Trump Rigs the November Vote
Donald Trump is, as expected, out to do whatever he can to skew the vote this November 3rd. With the pandemic showing no sign of abating and a ‘second wave’…
The Mound of Sound
Is America on the Verge of Insurgency?
There have been several reports lately about a mobilization underway among radical rightwing groups such as the Boogaloo Bois and other white supremacists. An op-ed in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz,…
The Forecast Today: Hot and Overpopulated – and Those Mice, What About Those Mice?
Wow, here’s a shocker. The last decade was the hottest decade on record. Here’s another shocker. By the time 2030 rolls around, the 2020s will be the new “hottest decade…
A Hint of Irony?
When Deng Mabiour got his first chance to speak to the judge he said, “I’m sick. I need a doctor.” That’s a bit ironic given that Mabiour is charged with…
Would He Dare? Would It Work? Nah.
Bloc leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet, wants Trudeau, Morneau and Telford gone and says, if they don’t go, he’ll try to bring down the Liberal government on a confidence motion this fall.…
I Hate That, Despite the Lofty Promises, Canada Remains a Climate Pariah
Liberal or Conservative, it doesn’t make a whit of difference which party governs. Canada remains in the grip of petro-pimps and, yes, that includes the current Liberal government. The National…
A Warning from the Gods
“Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad.” Whether the warning comes from Euripides or Sophocles is unclear but it is part of the wisdom of the ancient Greeks.…
America Confronts its IDP Problem
IDP or Internally Displaced Population is a term that was once used to describe groups of civilians forced to leave their homes to seek refuge elsewhere in war-torn countries such…
Farewell America
It’s human nature to think the world as you know it, as you’ve known it all your life, is normal. Hey, that’s all you’ve ever known for 40 or 50,…
Climate Emergency Round-Up
The climate emergency has faded from consciousness. It can’t compete with the Covid pandemic, Donald Trump, the Trudeau scandal of the day, the economic collapse that half claim is a…
Maybe We Should Ask the Supreme Court to Decide the Face Mask Issue and the Larger Questions
If a province mandates the wearing of face masks in public during the pandemic need the public comply? Do those who reject masks have a right to refuse? Is it…
Covid on Two Wheels
This is the 80th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally. Each year up to 500,000 bikers show up for the 10-day event in Sturgis, South Dakota. Like a desert flower blooming after…
A Word to the Wise
As the pandemic stretches into months then seasons, perhaps years, it becomes less the exclusive preserve of healthcare professionals and ever more the playground of other experts, especially those who…
160,000 Dead. 190,000 by Labour Day. 300,000 by December?
The United States has now logged more than 160,000 dead from Covid 19. The CDC predicts that number will tally between 175,000 to 190,000 by month’s end. If federal and…
Lockheed is Still Knocking on Ottawa’s Door.
Lockheed has pretty much scraped the barrel for customers to buy its flawed and compromised stealth light bomber, the F-35, but the company still has Canada in its sights. When…
First It Was Total, Now Exxon. The Verdict Is In. Athabasca Bitumen Is a "Stranded Asset."
When word got out on Wednesday that energy giant Exxon was writing down 20 per cent of its fossil fuel assets – Athabasca bitumen and natural gas – the writing…
When We No Longer "Give a Sh_t"
Covid-19 statistics become a blur. Millions infected, hundreds of thousands dead. Slowly what once alarmed us no longer matters as much. “If I look at the mass I will never…
Mulcair Bites Back
I haven’t always agreed with failed NDP leader, Thomas Mulcair, but he’s on the money in his op-ed in the latest Maclean’s, “How Canada became an environmental outlier.” Liberals and…
The Great Athabascan Write Off
It’s not like Justin Trudeau and Jason Kenney couldn’t see this coming. It’s just that they wouldn’t. Bloomberg reports that energy giant, Exxon, is preparing to write off certain fossil…