Harper Aide, Bruce Carson, Heading for Another Stretch in the Greybar Hotel
Like where in hell did he get the money to pay for an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada? Bruce Carson has lost an appeal against conviction for influence…
The Mound of Sound
McMaster Out, Bolton In. Brace Yourselves.
Last Friday, Trump chief of staff, John Kelly, convened the West Wing staff to assure them there would be no more major staff changes for the foreseeable future. Here we…
We Knew it Was Bad But Sixteen Times Worse Than We Had Thought? How Do You Even Get Your Head Around That?
There’s a lot more man-made garbage afloat in the Pacific Ocean than we had thought. Sixteen times more. A patch twice the size of France. The sprawling patch of detritus…
BC’s John Horgan Tied for Most Popular Premier in Canada
British Columbia’s NDP premier, John Horgan, and his Saskatchewan counterpart, Scott Moe, are tied in popularity at 52 per cent. The wicked witch of the west, Rachel Notley, polled a…
The Danger is Enormous But It’s Nothing Compared to the Price of Not Fixing It
Paul and Anne Ehrlich created a real stir when their book “The Population Bomb” was released in 1968, half a century ago. It posited an apocalyptic collapse in human civilization,…
Trump’s Lawyer Bails
The lawyer heading the Mango Mussolini’s legal team on the Mueller investigation is hitting the trail. John Dowd has reportedly had enough. Some say it’s because Trump ignores critical advice.…
Trudeau’s Jeeps
Taxi, Taxi! Justin Trudeau has something in common with Donald Trump. They’re both bullshitters. That’s the term Obama used to describe his successor, “he’s just a bullshitter.” But our prime…
AggregateIQ Falls Under the Scrutiny of Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein wants to know what role Victoria-based psychographics firm, AggregateIQ played in Northern Ireland’s Brexit vote. Mid Ulster MP Francie Molloy has written to the Information Commissioner’s Office asking…
This Should Shock You. It Won’t.
It seems like every week there are two or three new studies that we ought to find jarring – but we don’t. A report by the European Academies’ Science Advisory…
Cambridge Analytica – Why Has Trump Fallen Strangely Silent?
It’s not like the Mango Mussolini to go mute when something, anything threatens to impugn his reputation. He’s always ready to denounce people as liars or unflattering stories as “fake…
This is Awesome – I Think.
The folks at Grist are billing it the Scopes Monkey Trial for the 21st century. Only this time it isn’t evolution on trial but climate change. The trial pits the…
Cambridge Execs – "We Won the Election for Trump."
Don’t these people know when to shut up? Top execs of Cambridge Analytica were supposedly top experts in dirty tricks but they fell for a hidden camera sting. Britain’s Channel…
To CBC News
I’m astonished at how poorly CBC News is covering the AggregateIA, Cambridge Analytica, Steve Bannon, Trump story. They don’t see the connections. Coming from our state broadcaster, it’s embarrassing. It…
"Russian Roulette" – Second Excerpt
In my initial post on Isikoff and Corn’s new book, “Russian Roulette,” I described it as a recapitulation of facts we already knew but placed in a much clearer light…
Wiley Fingers Lewandowski, Bannon and Trump. Russia Too.
Does Chris Wiley not know that people die for saying less?
The Disaffected Lib 2018-03-19 12:34:00
Projects, a load of them, costing tens of billions of dollars each now to avoid tens of trillions of dollars of losses and suffering for future generations. See the problem?…
Coming Soon to Your Nightly News
There are some 600,000 of them, Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, huddled across very steep and very bare slopes in an area of Bangledesh called the Kutupalong-Balukhali settlements. They’re huddled close…
A Modest Proposal – A Way Forward for the Kinder Morgan Pipeline?
Most British Columbians oppose the Notley/Trudeau/Big Tar Kinder Morgan pipeline. We oppose it because of the devastating environmental harm that can be caused by pipeline ruptures and, yes, the record…
Trudeau’s Dirty Double Dealing Explored – Michael Harris, iPolitics.
We all loved Michael Harris when he would sink his teeth into Stephen Harper. Now some of us don’t love him quite so much when he calls Justin Trudeau out…
Is AggregateIQ Out to Subvert BC’s Next Provincial Election?
Think of it as the love child of Chris Wylie and Steve Bannon. AggregateIQ, a small Victoria company widely thought of as the black magic that led to the upset…