What Better Way to Begin the Week
How better to kick off the work week that with the latest climate change news. Will it be good news? Will it be bad? Are you kidding, of course it…
The Mound of Sound
Caveat Emptor – Beware Lockheed’s F-35
I do not believe that Canada needs a warplane that does one thing perhaps, possibly, maybe, better than its rivals: the ability to launch a first strike attack on an…
The Road From a Victoria Startup to An American Billionaire Runs Right Into No. 10.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal gets murkier by the day and now it wends its way from some data wizards in a walk-up shop in Victoria through Republican America (Robert Mercer,…
The Gospel of "Don’t Believe Your Lyin’ Ears."
The Vatican is racing to clear up the confusion after Pope Francis said that Hell doesn’t exist. They’ve been screwin’ with you these past two millennia. Just havin’ you on.…
This Would Piss Off Trump’s Gullibillies.
Trump already has his base, the Gullibillies, pissed off for signing the 2018 budget deal that buried them even deeper in debt. The silly bastards still haven’t connected the idea…
Oooh, Frosty. Mattis Meets the "Devil Incarnate"
This brief video clip might give you the impression that US Defence Secretary, James Mattis, is perhaps less than enthusiastic at greeting Trump’s new National Security Advisor, John Bolton, on…
How About a Change From All the Crap: Trump, Russia, All the Garbage
There are still so many genuinely terrific people across the United States. That greasy stain of a president sometimes keeps us from noticing them. Enough.
Batshit Crazy
That’s Trump’s problem. Between the ears – it’s all guano. Well, to be accurate, cobwebs and guano. Trump recently took a swipe at Trans Canada. The Mango Mussolini was deeply…
I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know That…
They don’t have a clue. Your federal government and our various provincial governments are in the same boat. None of them has assessed the risks we face from climate change…
If You’re Into the Mueller Investigation…
Consider this a Public Service Announcement. We don’t get a lot of news in Canada about the Mueller investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Most of what…
Assange Gagged.
The Ecuadorean embassy in London has severed Julian Assange’s communications with the outside world. Oh, that’s a pity. Ecuador’s government on Wednesday said it was cutting off WikiLeaks founder Julian…
Rachel, There’s a Price You Pay For Dickin’ Around.
Is this what Canada’s petro-slag heap, a.k.a. Alberta, has coming? The Tyee’s fossil fuel writer and author, Andrew Nikiforuk, offers a look at the ecological price being exacted on the…
This Might Be the Eye-Opener You So Badly Need.
Many of us approach online privacy with a “who would be interested in boring old me” attitude. That’s the internet equivalent of whistling past the graveyard. Check out data consultant…
Hey, Canada is in the Spotlight Again. In Case You Couldn’t Guess It’s About the Tar Sands.
The Guardian does like to periodically remind us that, when it comes to climate change, nice, decent, oh so polite Canadians are utter swine. And they’ve got a point. Justin,…
The Slippery Slope of Privacy
Those implicated in the Cambridge Analytica/AggregateIQ scandal inevitably contend that their uninvited intrusions and targeted messaging may have been unethical but they dispute that their acts were illegal and close…
Canada’s Taxman Picks a Fight With Alexander Graham Bell?
A Canadian tax adjudicator thinks Alexander Graham Bell’s claim to have invented the telephone is a load of hooey. Descendants of Alexander Graham Bell have accused a Canadian tax adjudicator…
Maybe Trump Isn’t Totally Crazy After All. But, He Probably Is.
Even a broken watch is right twice a day. Stymied by his inability to cajole Congress into funding his wall along the US/Mexico border, Donald Trump is approaching the problem…
Another Watergate? Maybe.
Revelations about Cambridge Analytica, its principals (Steve Bannon, Robert Mercer, Rebekah Mercer and Alexander Nix), its clients or contacts (Corey Lewandowski, Ted Cruz, John Bolton, the Trump campaign), and the…
Wylie Outs the Wizards from Victoria, AggregateIQ.
The laws behind the Brexit referendum set strict spending limits for parties wishing to participate in it. The Leave campaign had four distinct supporting groups: Leave, BeLeave (a youth movement),…
The Little Guy With the Funky Hair Lowers the Lumber on Cambridge Analytica, AggregateIQ, the Upset "Leave" Win on Brexit and the Upset Win of President Donnie Trump.
Christopher Wylie, the former research director for Cambridge Analytica turned whistleblower, is giving evidence today before a British Parliamentary committee. In the case of Brexit, Wylie says it was not…