A Real Eye-Opener. Man’s Rapacious Destruction of Our Oceans.
Think of it this way. When the world’s oceans die, we die. Life on Earth depends on the viability of our oceans. This graphic depicts what little wilderness remains of…
The Mound of Sound
Caught Between a Tide and a Cool Place
It sounds like we left coasters are real wimps. At least when it comes to heatwaves we’re treated differently than other Canadians. Environment Canada has introduced a new scale for…
So You Think Yourself a Progressive.
From what I’ve seen, there are many Canadians who consider themselves progressives by virtue of being somewhat to the left of the Conservatives. It’s almost a default laurel. You earn…
He Was Warned. Now Trump May Be Hoist On His Own Petard.
In Trump’s case, his petard might wind up to be Twitter, his everyday early morning workout. Trump takes to Twitter to energize his base, the Gullibillies. He routinely uses tweets…
If We Can’t Learn to Live With Our Planet, We Can’t Continue to Live On It.
We have some serious problems to address. How we respond to those problems will determine how human civilization goes forward or even collapses. So, what’s it going to be? It’s…
Our Unshakable Habits.
A report in The Guardian yesterday reminds us that the world enters overshoot this year on August 1. As the article points out that means that next year we’ll be…
Can You Feel It? I Know You Can – If You’re Lucky.
Will 2018 go into the books as the year the world realized that we’ve entered a new climate epoch? Mega-summer, it’s been building for a while but it’s here now…
Gullibillies Take Another One Up the Butt from DJ Trump
It’s difficult to guess how incredibly stupid Trump supporters, his base, must be but we’re beginning to see some metrics. Take the Republican tax cuts that DJT loves to brag…
Could Trump Derail the Great American Ponzi Scheme?
Are America’s Asian creditors getting tired of Donald Trump and his temper tantrums? An article in the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s newspaper of record, suggests patience is running…
Has America Reached One of Those Moments Jefferson Warned About?
Has the United States of America run its course? Has it outlived democracy and transformed into something even Americans can’t stomach? Is it time for the Jeffersonian cure, rebellion? McGill…
No Takers. It’s the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline Now.
The Trudeau government was counting on a quick flip to unload the dodgy and massively overpriced TransMountain pipeline that it took off the hands of sketchy Texas oil company, Kinder…
To Return To a Now Familiar Theme
The northern hemisphere is on fire and, where it’s not, it is probably baking. Even the southern hemisphere is unduly warm in its mid-winter. Forest fires are sweeping the west…
The Damage Wasn’t Done in Helsinki. It Happened in the Days Following Trump’s Return to Washington.
It wasn’t so much Trump’s juvenile performance in Helsinki or the harsh rejection from Democrats and Republicans in Congress. No, it was how quickly Republican opposition switched back to again…
Oh Momma, Momma
I think it’s best you read this for yourself. They’re talking about evidence of a mega-drought four millennia ago that triggered a mass, societal collapse. Who knew?
SS/DD Where’s the Beef?
It’s now a rule of thumb in this Age of Nihilism: if it’s going to kill us, we’re fine with it. With all the global warming already baked in from…
Hey, You Can Finally Put Away the 12 Gauge
Some say the best part of your Golden Years is sitting on the veranda in your rocker yelling at the future to “get the f#@k” off your lawn. But, delightful…
That’s a Lot of "Getting Used To."
Who can forget when Trudeau’s finance minister, Morneau, told Canadians they’re just going to have to get used to a future of “job churn” – living short-term job to short-term…
It’s Wildfire Season – Within the Arctic Circle
The rapidly warming – and drying – Arctic Circle is a terrific feedstock for wildfires. Tundra = frozen peat. Peat = fuel. A bit of lightning – voila. “This is…
Would Impeachment Trigger a Breakdown of Civil Society in the US?
Insurrection has never been far from the surface since Donald Trump chose to seek America’s presidency. During the final stage of the election campaign he whipped up his Gullibillies with…