Oh, That Kind of Lawyer. Cohen Seems Ready to Roll.
It was reported last week that long time Trump fixer, Michael Cohen, was changing lawyers. At first word was that he wanted something a little downscale, less costly, someone who…
The Mound of Sound
Is the Mooch Staging a Comeback
CBS News is reporting that Sarah Sanders Huckabee or Huckabee Sanders, whatever, and her understudy, Raj Shah, are looking to bail out of the asylum known as Donald Trump’s White…
Happy Father’s Day Everyone (who qualifies, that is)
Ever notice how nobody says “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” in a flattering, positive sense. But if your kid, just once, is on the run from the…
Just Say "No" to You Know Who
An Ipsos poll released Friday finds that 70 per cent of Canadians intend to boycott American goods. Seventy per cent of Canadians say they will start looking for ways to…
Thoroughly Nice People
Naomi Schulman points our that it’s often genuinely nice people who empower thugs like Donald Trump. T
Supremes Side With Law Societies, Nix Christian Law School
It’s a bleak day for BC’s Trinity Western University. The Supreme Court has upheld the right of provincial law societies to reject the graduates of a proposed Christian law school…
Manafort Off to Jail
Former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has new digs. He’s off to the Greybar Hotel at least until his trial commences in September. Witness tampering, not the brightest move.
The Guardian Praises Canada – At Least Our Libraries
The Brits are still taking the piss out of us for electing Rob Ford’s evil brother and for the Tar Sands and Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Memorial Pipeline. However… The folks…
Pre-Dystopian India. It’s Real.
200,000 people in India die every year from lack of access to clean freshwater. India’s groundwater resources are failing. Up to 70% of what freshwater India still has is contaminated.…
Well Worth a Read. 1965, June Callwood’s, "In Defence of the Parliamentary Press Gallery."
A blast from the past and a breath of fresh air. June Callwood’s stirring defence of the Parliamentary Press Gallery as it then was when journalists and politicians truly despised…
The Free World Has a Bad Case of the Trumps. But That’s Only a Symptom.
Brit journo, Paul Mason, is no friend of America’s Mango Mussolini but, like a growing chorus of critics, he sees Trump as a symptom of a greater contagion. Mason has…
Der Spiegel Conducts a Biopsy on Liberal Democracy and the Authoritarians Seeking to Destroy It
Der Spiegel has published a two-part special on the rise of authoritarianism and the threat it poses to the continuation of liberal democracy. Not surprisingly, the focus is on Trump,…
Preston Goes "Full Churl" on Trudeau
Whatever he might once have been, Preston Manning has become the old man sitting on the front porch rocker yelling at the Future to “get the fuck off my lawn.”…
When in Rome – Call the Emperor a "Demagogue"?
It’s one thing to know Donald Trump is a demagogue. It’s another thing to say he’s a demagogue. It’s something altogether different to go into the American capital and say:…
Trump’s Fixer in a Jam
Time for a bit of juicy gossip. Recent reports claim Trump is scared sh_tless that his personal fixer, the guy who knows where the bodies are buried, is about to…
Jeremy Grantham – "Capitalism Is Killing the Planet"
Billionaire investor, Jeremy Grantham, knows a lot about capitalism, how it works and when it doesn’t. He’s known for calling the last two major market bubbles. Now he sees a…
Living With Trump in the Age of Entropy. We Have to Figure This Out and Soon.
The Washington Post carried this message of warning from Steve Bannon in February, 2017: Bannon dismissed the idea that Trump might moderate his positions or seek consensus with political opponents.…
"A Big Step Backwards"
Global consumption of fossil fuels – oil and coal – rebounded last year. It’s enough that fossil energy giant, BP, called it “a big step backwards” and warned that the…
Did the Trudeau Liberals Use Hacked Data to Win in 2015?
What role did Victoria’s AggregateIQ and perhaps Cambridge Analytica play in the Trudeau Liberals’ come-from-behind triumph to majority in the 2015 federal election? An article in the National Observer suggests…
Monbiot Trashes NAFTA
Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, hates NAFTA. He thinks it a scam perpetrated without the consent of the peoples of Canada, America and Mexico by their political bosses. Monbiot especially detests…