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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
If there’s been anything consistent in climate science it has been the errors in forecasts and projections. Climate science – the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), NASA, the Hadley…
Themis. To the ancient Greeks, Themis was the goddess of justice. Wiki offers this description: She is described as “ of good counsel”, and is the personification of divine order,…
One of the side effects of becoming a petro-state, a purveyor of fossil energy whether oil, gas and/or coal, is the political retardation factor. Since climate change became a recognized…
When the 2011 Occupy movement sparked and flared and, in short order, fizzled out, a lot of people said “well, that’s that.” I didn’t see it that way. That such…
Here are a few plums from Foreign Policy’s latest security review. NBC News reports that Kim Jong Un has pulled a fast one on the Dotard from Merde-a-Lardo. Even as…
Apparently the global demand for construction-grade sand has reached the point where gangs now strip paradise islands of their beaches. Our insatiable appetite for new buildings, roads, coastal defences, glass,…
It’s being reported that Thai rescue crews have found 12 Thai soccer players and their coach alive inside a flooded cave.
I’m a bit of a buff when it comes to the War of 1812. In my bookshelves sit eight historical volumes, three American, the rest Canadian. I also have an…
Made it under the wire, barely. While I’m pretty ambivalent about the whole “Canadian” thing these days my family and most of my friends remain devoted Canuckleheads. And so, in…
Perhaps you’ve read professor Snyder’s recent book, “On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” Here he explains what underlies Russia’s manipulation of Trump, how the process works and what…
“Panem et Circenses” the old Roman technique of pacifying the public with free food and the spectacle of the circus. This came to mind in reading a thoughtful essay by…
Here’s something for Justin, the Bitumen King, to mull over this Canada Day. It’s about how we petro-states are screwing over the Third World. It’s not just that we’re killing…
An increasing number of Floridians are coming to realize their state is facing a severe problem from sea level rise. Held back by incompetent, ideologically-hidebound state governments, the people of…
