No Big Deal – Episode 2
Arctic warming has given scientists the willies. The freak phenomenon of above-freezing temperatures in the midst of the blacked-out Arctic winter began a few years ago with a brief warm…
The Mound of Sound
No Big Deal – Episode 1
I know, it’s depressing. So I’ll just cut to the chase. Environmental news, drive-by style. New research shows the Amazon rainforest or at least half of it is in dire…
You Elect a Bigot, This Is What You Get.
Quelle Surprise!! Anti-semitism is flourishing in the United States of America. Antisemitic incidents in the US surged 57% in 2017, the Anti-Defamation League said on Tuesday, the largest year-on-year increase…
Canada – the Last Refuge of the Polar Bear
Scientists working on how to save the polar bear from extinction are focusing on Norway Bay in the Canadian archipelago. It’s believed to be the last place that will have…
No, Trump Would Not Charge to the Rescue at Any School Shooting
The more outrageous the lie the more the Cheeto Benito will spin it. His claim that he would have charged into the Parkdale, Florida high school massacre is obviously one…
Good Riddance. You Too, Harvey.
The House that Harvey Built, the Weinstein Company, is going under, filing for bankruptcy. Maria Contreras-Sweet had been angling to buy the company, planning to transform it into a company…
Federal Government Report Says Canada Falling Ever Further Behind on GHG Emissions Target
Well, we’ve finally got our prime minister home so maybe he can get out of his Indian party costume, throw on his dad’s buckskins and run that “bitumen = a…
How Democracies Die. It Begins At the Ballot Box.
One thing we’ve learned about modern despots is that they almost always begin by winning elected office. Hitler did. Mussolini did too. Ditto for Viktor Orban, Recep Erdogan, Hugo Chavez…
Okay. Well, He’s the General. I Suppose He Knows What He’s Talking About.
David L. Goldfein predicts it will only be a few years before the United States finds itself “fighting from space.” The four star general and Chief of Staff of the…
No, Not This Guy. Not Bolton. Even Trump Isn’t That Crazy, Is He?
What sick bastard came up with the idea that uber-hawk John Bolton may be in line to replace General H.R. McMaster as Trump’s next National Security Adviser? Yet, there it…
We’ve Still Got Ten Months to Get Through
Here we are, two months into the year. There are plenty of signs that 2018 will be a tumultuous year. I can’t imagine Canada not remaining a civil society into…
What Happened When a Conservative Republican Spoke Out at CPAC
Mona Charen is a lifelong Republican and has been well before she worked for Ronald Reagan. After the Gipper, she declined to work for George H.W. Bush finding him not…
Brace Yourselves. This Might Just Ruin Your Day.
Remember we all said he would never get elected? We all were convinced that Hillary Clinton would become the first woman president of the United States. And then, like a…
OMG, It’s Trump With a Badge
The sheriff of Broward County, Florida, sounds like a Trump wannabe. Sheriff Scott Israel was quick off the mark to heap scorn and derision on the school’s rent-a-cop, Scot Peterson,…
It Wasn’t a Lack of Firepower That Caused the Parkland School Massacre
In the wake of the shooting deaths of 17 people, students and teachers, at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, officials, including the Mango Mussolini, were quick…
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers Meets Donald J. Trump
The Guardian’s take on this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is that it vaguely resembled The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.Donald Trump has created a Born Again GOP, made…
Speaking of Julian Assange
If there’s one thing that Donald Trump fears, it’s evidence emerging of very real collusion between Russia and his election campaign. That evidence, or at least one important element of…
I’ve About Had It With Amerika
Wayne La Pierre, Dana the Douche Loesch, the NRA and seemingly unstoppable plague of school mass killings, America’s malignant gun culture, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, FOX & Friends, Hannity, Limbaugh…
Donald Trump’s Cheat Sheet Exposed.
How is a very stable genius supposed to cope with meeting the survivors of a school shooting and their parents? How do you handle it when there are cameras rolling…
Avalanche! Rick Gates to Plead Guilty.
There were some who thought Omerta might just save the Trump gang. For a while it looked as though Paul Manafort’s understudy, Rick Gates, would tough it out and refuse…