2018
The Most Obnoxious Nation on Earth
I caught a portion of a Trump performance at a recent rally that was unusually disturbing. Trump was regaling his followers with his version of the ubermensch pitch: “We have…
July 7: A hurried job….
I am having a terrible time on today’s blog. Twice I have erased all I had written. And I don’t even know how it happened. I also lost a very…
The Internet: a vanity press for the deranged
Liberals love it when I write about Patrick Brown’s alleged misdeeds. Conservatives don’t. Conservatives love it when I write about Justin Trudeau’s alleged misdeeds. Liberals don't. The world is crazy.…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jon Stone reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s message to progressive parties that voters have had enough of being told there is no alternative to…
One part of his dilemma is the fact of the groping
Here’s the other part of his dilemma. Both are of his own doing. Nobody else’s.
Saturday Photo: Breakfast on the Grass, or Why It’s Good to Talk about Heat-Related Deaths
It’s been hot around here and until the heat wave broke yesterday the parks were full of people early in the morning taking a break(fast) away from their hot digs.…
Out In The Cold
Donald Trump has made it pretty clear that he wants to do to NATO what he did to the G7 — blow it up. Trump has always been a bully;…
Secrets of the speech writer.
There seems to be a wealth of expertise today on why the Ontario liberals failed us in the June election. One of the more recent apologists was a speech writer…
Alfred Schaefer Back In Jail
Hey, remember when I suggested that Alfred Schaefer might end up back in a German jail due to his activities June 30? Monika is still in jail (perhaps as a…
Musical interlude
Big Wreck – You Don’t Even Know
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Martin Regg Cohn writes that reducing access to pharmacare is just the first item on Doug Ford’s extensive hidden agenda. And Steve Morgan…
I believe her. I don’t believe him.
She says it happened. He says it didn’t. I believe her. He used to say believe the victims, too. So: can he continue as Prime Minister? Should he? He’ll try…
This Doesn’t Make the F-35 Obsolete but It’s A Big Shove In That Direction.
Keep in mind that the F-35 is 20 year old technology.That’s why it’s an over-priced, overdue and under-performing bit of kit. Lockheed sought a marketing advantage by labeling the F-35…
Timothy Snyder – Is the Internet Making Us All a Bit Fascist?
Historian Timothy Snyder contends that the Gutenberg printing press was to the 15th century what the internet is to the 21st – a hugely disruptive force. And, just as the…
If It’s Good Enough for Kinder Morgan, It’s Fair Enough for the Liberal Government
Kinder Morgan dodged a bullet when it flogged the TransMountain pipeline to the Trudeau government for a handsome 640 per cent return. The bullet had been fired by KM’s own…
Is Britain the Miner’s Canary of Climate Change?
British firefighters tackle wildfires withultra modern technology – scythe and flail. When you see a photo from India of a pedestrian’s flip-flops getting stuck in the melting asphalt as he’s…
Hey, Warren. You Even Made It in The Guardian.
Our friend Kinsella has become the official critic of prime minister Handy. He’s been given the nod by the New York Times and the Washington Post. Today he can claim…
Hiding Donald Trump
I know this quaint crofter’s cottage up on Culloden moor. That should do in a pinch. Theresa May is scrambling for venues to keep the Mango Mussolini from boiling over…
Did Big Oil "Get" to Trudeau on the TransMountain Pipeline
It sure looked curious at the time. Kinder Morgan was threatening to abandon the TransMountain pipeline project. That wasn’t a surprise because the business case for the multi-billion dollar bitumen…