This Just In
From The New Yorker: WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a dramatic announcement from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, Donald J. Trump pronounced the planet Earth a “loser” and vowed…
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Climate Change Variables
Now that Donald Trump has formally announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, will the efforts of individual states and municipalities be enough to limit the…
The Infrastructure Bank: Another Taxpayer-Funded Subsidy To Big Business
There are undoubtedly those who will never accept the fact that in electing Justin Trudeau and his sunny band of men and women, they were, in fact, putting into power…
In Some Ways, It Must Be Nice To Be An Idiot
That way, you get to say anything that comes into your near-empty head. Recommend this Post
Some Interesting Facts About Andrew Scheer
If you have trouble reading this, just click on the image to enlarge it. Recommend this Post
A Lesson In Ecological Humility
I saw the following last night on Global. It impressed me so much that we took a drive today to Long Point, an area I hadn’t visited for over 45…
Normalizing Treason
Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly seems to have tumbled down a very deep rabbit hole. Recommend this Post
President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H.R. McMaster: "I Smell Nothing"
It’s sad to witness the total failure of the olfactory system. Thanks to the work of The Washington Post for this: Recommend this Post
On Public-Private Partnerships
Much has recently been written about the Trudeau government’s plan to establish an Infrastructure Bank whose putative purpose is to leverage private sector money to help fund projects. One can…
Are Trump’s Ties To Russia About To Be Made Transparent?
You can read the long version here, or watch the short version below. For a slightly different slant, The Raw Story’s evaluation of the writer of the article cited provides…
The Cassandra Award
This is an interesting concept. Check out the website and watch the following brief video. Recommend this Post
Make Of This What You Will
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Can’t Say We Weren’t Warned
But then, it’s all a hoax anyway, isn’t it? Recommend this Post
As The Orb Turns
Here we are in Canada, celebrating the Victoria Day long weekend. Meanwhile, in a land far, far away, sinister forces are at work: Recommend this Post
An Insurmountable Divide
These days I find myself writing less on this blog and curating interesting material more. In that spirit, I offer the following letters from Star readers. The first one suggests…
A Person Of Interest
Soon, one hopes, we will learn more. Recommend this Post
I Feel His Pain
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The Noose Tightens
The narrative of Russia’s involvement in the U.S. presidential election continues to evolve: Recommend this Post
We’re In Impeachment Territory
Most right-thinking individuals (i.e., not Trump acolytes) would, I suspect, agree with David Gergen here. Recommend this Post
Inside The Mind of Trump: A Salamander Guest Post
In response to yesterday’s post, The Salamander offered the following analysis, which I am featuring as a guest post: .. have a long background on the perimeter of ‘mood disorders’…