McConnell Tells Trump to "Back Off"
Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has told Donald Trump not to cut a Covid stimulus deal with House majority leader, Nancy Pelosi. Trump is desperate for votes and he’s all…
The Mound of Sound
A Sea of Bodies
Think of them as collateral damage from the nearly four-year term of the Trump administration. They’re the men and women who were either fired or resigned from Team Trump and,…
Wishful Thinking?
When it comes to hoping that the menacing cloud of Covid-19 will be lifted by next summer by a silver bullet vaccine, I’m as delusional as anyone. This virus is…
What Now?
When I spotted the BBC headline, “The grim fate that could be worse than extinction,” I instinctively recoiled and thought, “fuck, what now?” I don’t know about you but with…
Warpaint. Never, Ever Thought I’d See This
HMCS Regina is getting spruced up for the annual RimPac naval exercises. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, Regina will be sporting “dazzle” pattern camouflage paint…
This Is a Story About a Real Dick. Dick is a Lawyer.
CBC has a “sign of the times” story about a Thai restaurant in Windsor, Ontario that refused service to a customer who would not wear a face mask. After refusing…
Meanwhile in Germany
The Berlin tourist authority has launched an ad campaign targeting people who don’t wear masks. I guess you don’t have to sprechen Deutsch to get the point.
"Rage" The Shortest and Best Chapter
Rage, Bob Woodward’s latest book on Donald Trump and his administration is a pretty good read. The least interesting bits are his conversations with the hopefully outgoing president. There’s a…
"The Arctic is Dying"
This photograph is the wall of Batagaika Crater in Siberia. It’s the biggest permafrost crater in the world and it’s still growing. All the once safely sequestered carbon is being…
America Stages a Comeback – to Pre-WWII America
An insightful article in Foreign Policy predicts that America is en route to a time before the era of liberal democracy. Trump’s “America first” approach to foreign policy has deep…
A Real Sh*tshow of an Election – B.C. Votes
My mail-in ballot arrived last week. It’s still sitting uncompleted on my coffee table. For several years I’ve been a committed Green Party member. After leaving the Liberals, Elizabeth May…
Government of the Rich, By the Rich, For the Rich – The Republicans’ Plutocratic Agenda
Give Mitch McConnell his due. To him, hypocrisy in defence of plutocracy is no vice. How else to explain how Senate Republicans never met a tax cut for the rich…
Goldman Sachs Warns First Class Passengers to Take to the Lifeboats
They’re going to miss the bloated bastard when he’s gone. To Wall Street, Donald Trump has been a champion of the rich, so much so that Goldman Sachs is now…
Why Michigan? It Was No Fluke.
Why did heavily armed domestic terrorists storm Michigan’s statehouse? Why did a group of terrorists, members of Michigan’s Wolverine Militia, plot to kidnap and put on trial their governor, Gretchen…
Lindsey Has Caught "Mad Trump Disease"
Lindsey Graham figures South Carolina is just fine with black people or at least some blacks that may or may not actually exist. In a candidate forum with the South…
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone
Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving today or the more conventional holiday tomorrow, it’s good to give thanks on this weekend. We should be thankful for our families, even if it is…
Coals to Newcastle
From what I’ve read, sales of legal marijuana (government stores and licenced retailers) haven’t lived up to expectations. This is especially true for what was once known as the Napa…
Has Bill Barr Decided It’s Now "Every Man for Himself"?
Bill Barr deserves no sympathy, none. As Attorney General, Trump’s very own Renfield, has betrayed the American people, disgraced his office, damaged the Department of Justice over which he presides…
Does Trump Want to Spread Covid-19?
It’s hard to imagine an American president choosing to put the public in harm’s way as a pandemic rages but those expectations don’t apply to the Trump administration. With “second…
South America’s Self-Inflicted Environmental Catastrophe
North Americans are all too well aware of our wildfire crisis as, every year, vast swathes of forest are consumed by fires that spread so fast they seem almost diabolical.…