The EDF Fights Back
I’ve never heard of an environmental group with its own satellite but it’s sure to fire a rocket up the arse of the fossil fuelers and every petro-pol on the…
The Mound of Sound
A Cruel Prime Minister
I don’t know whether Justin Trudeau despises British Columbians or whether he just doesn’t care about them but I do know that he treats them with great cruelty. British Columbians…
Let Me Put This Bluntly
A province being coerced to allow something potentially catastrophic to be done to its territory and coast against the will of its people and without our consent, something no other…
Minnie and Mickey Get Baked
Couldn’t let this one go. Eight Argentinian police officers have been sacked after claiming that ravenous mice are to blame for nearly 1200 pounds of marijuana gone missing from a…
That Queasy Feeling
It’s like that queasy feeling you can sometimes get out at sea, short of fullblown seasickness but still uncomfortable. Today, it seems, that queasiness comes back, a lot, even on…
Nikiforuk on Kinder-Morgan’s Blackmail
If there’s one guy who can cut through even Trudeau-grade crap on Canada’s bitumen trafficking and perverse pipeline politics, it’s author and journalist Andrew Nikiforuk. In today’s Tyee, Nikiforuk dismembers…
Meanwhile, in Climate News
Usually doing one of these roundups entails going to multiple sites. Today, however, there’s enough just from The Guardian. First up, the Gulf Stream. A new report warns that the…
They Know It’s Going to Get Ugly
The National Observer reports that the Trudeau cabinet has been warned that pushing through the Trans-Mountain pipeline will spark protests and civil disobedience in British Columbia. Team Trudeau has rejected…
There’s an Affidavit Worth Reading
The Mango Mussolini called it nothing less than “an attack on America.” Really, Donnie? I just don’t see it. What got Trump’s feathers ruffled was FBI raids on the offices…
Show Us "The Science" Justin, or, A Feeble Prime Minister Gets His Marching Orders.
A Texas pipeline company and a provincial premier whose days are numbered have given Canada’s dodgy prime minister his marching orders. Justin Trudeau knows he’s been bitchslapped good. He’s even…
It’s Time to Re-Think NATO
One of the great geopolitical blunders of our era was Western Europe’s and NATO’s march east in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. TheEuropean Union and NATO…
Would You Vote Liberal Again?
Don’t look at me. I parted company with the Liberal Party of Canada during the reign of Ignatieff. I became a Liberal when Pierre Trudeau succeeded the thoroughly estimable Lester…
What Do You Do When They Take Away "Job Churn"? The Return of Labour Feudalism.
One of the iniquities of neoliberalism has been governmental abandonment of labour. Harper had a “fill in the blank” approach to quelling labour unrest with back-to-work legislation. He’d just insert…
It’s Funny How Canada Lost Its Voice
The Israeli army is back at it again, wantonly murdering unarmed Gaza Palestinians who stray within 300 feet of the border. Did I say “murder”? Well, that’s because it is…
What if America Loses Its Trade War with China?
So far its a war of tariffs and countervailing tariffs, tit for tat, but it is escalating and that seems to be Washington’s doing, not Beijing’s. Donald Trump is plainly…
Madeleine Albright’s Plaintive Plea – Stop Trump
Former US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, is gunning for the bestseller list with the release next week of her book, “Fascism – a Warning.” In it Albright surveys the…
On the Other Hand… Climate Change News
The critters are beginning to panic. This time they’re scurrying around muttering about “geosolarengineering.” That’s an awkward term for pumping massive amounts of stuff, aerosols the odds-on favourite, some 20…
Who is Jordan Peterson and Why Should I Care?
I’ve heard the name. He’s some professor from Toronto. But apparently he’s a big deal, enough so that Foreign Policy thinks he’s some sort of latter day Pied Piper luring…
Coal is King – Again
We’ve been warned. Climate scientists have told us that the only hope we have of avoiding warming of 2 degrees Celsius is to leave high-carbon fossil fuels, that is to…
What are We, Israel’s Jordan Across the Sea?
What are we, Israel’s Jordan for its “unacceptable” African refugees? Over the years several thousand African black people have taken refuge in the UN-created, “this had nothing to do with…