The Mound of Sound
I’m Guessing He Won’t Be Invited Back
Who knows what the Greeks were thinking when they invited terrible-tempered Turkish despot, Recep Erdogan, to visit Athens. The Ottoman boor wasted no time making the Greek prime minister, Alexis…
Did Obama Just Compare Trump to Hitler?
Barack Obama appeared at a question & answer session last night at the Economic Club of Chicago. A reporter from Crain’s Chicago Business attended. Obama’s comments came after a series…
WTF? Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, Mexico. California on Fire. High Arctic Melting.
Think of it this way. You may not feel it but you are firmly in the grip of climate change. There’s nothing you can do to make it go away.…
"There Was No Rain"
Climate change refugees are on the march and they’re coming not just from Africa or the Middle East or some low-lying atoll in the South Pacific, they’re migrating poleward in…
Canada = Soft on Israel, Soft on Trump
We don’t have any reason to hold our heads high when it comes to Canada and Israel or Canada and Trump. It was expected when Harper made Canada Netanyahu’s willing…
Time Magazine’s "Person of the Year." It’s Not Trump But It’s His Victims.
Donald Trump doesn’t have to feel left out by Time magazine’s choice of “person of the year.” After all he’s been very close to several of them – touching, fondling,…
The Age of Gangster Capitalism
American public intellectual and McMaster prof, Henry Giroux, writes of how Trump is dismembering American democracy to clear the way for a fascist, gangster state. Just one year into the…
The Morbid Curiosity Aroused by America’s WTF President
The New York Times’ Frank Bruni performs an autopsy on the bloated body of America’s WTF president only to discover that Trump is empty inside. Show me a person who…
About Jerusalem
Trump has broken with previous administrations to announce that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The question on everyone’s lips is “why?” He wasn’t compelled…
Trudeau’s Trade Fetish
One line from Vice news sums it up perfectly, “Justin Trudeau is one of the few world leaders still trumpeting the pre-2016 dream that everything will be hunky dory in…
Chris Hedges – A Recipe for Emerging Dystopia
Chris Hedges addresses the transformation of the United States from a once hopeful democracy into an emerging dystopia.
It’s Just a Sense, a Feeling.
If there’s one thing we need to get much better at it’s learning to deal with the unexpected. It’s a huge understatement to note that, on so many fronts, we’re…
A Fitting End to a Country Grown Too Old
Remember when North America was called the New World? Well, in some ways, it’s rather old, very old. The United States boasts of being the world’s oldest constitutional democracy and,…
Billy Knows Best
President Flubber has been floating the idea that the Access Hollywood tape in which he was heard boasting about how his celebrity allowed him to molest beautiful women wasn’t actually…
In the Short Haul
Most Canadians have flown on prop aircraft such as the DeHaviland twin turbos, the Dash-7 or Dash-8. Many have logged a few hours of seat time aboard earlier DH prop…
America is Broken, Probably Beyond Repair
The sad fact that America’s Congress is “bought and paid for” is well known. America has long lost any notion of “government of the people, by the people, for the…
It’s Springtime for the Oligarchs
All eyes are on the US Senate today as it takes up Trump’s tax bill. For a country that loves to claim itself “Number One” this tax legislation sure rings…
Comey’s Christmas Greeting to Donald Trump
Shortly after disgraced former National Security Adviser, Mike Flynn, pleaded guilty in court this morning, ousted former FBI director, James Comey, tweeted the following biblical missive to – no one,…
Trump Challenged Obama to Produce His Birth Certificate. Why Can’t America (And Her Allies) Challenge Trump to Have His Sanity Tested?
It’s pretty clear to anyone now that Donald Trump is no longer in control of his emotions, perhaps even detached from reality. Everyone, every sitting Congressman, is glued to his…