A Sign of the Times? Tough Times Trigger Return of LSD.
Scientific American reports on a hefty increase in LSD use in America. The article suggests it’s becoming a popular form of “chemical escapism” in this era of existential perils. Those…
The Mound of Sound
Burn Baby, Burn. Canada In Top One Per Cent!
At some point even the most ardent, unquestioning Trudeau fans will have to accept that Canada’s vaunted battle to slash CO2 emissions is a farce. The Libs talk a good…
The Death of a Queen
I was still in my teens when I first got to fly aboard the Boeing 747. I suppose that over the decades there have been countless teens who did the…
Nikiforuk On Our Deadly Pursuit of Exponential Growth
I am tired of writing about the perils and pitfalls of perpetual exponential growth so obsessively pursued by our political leadership. It seems so obvious that it’s tempting to think…
Hot Enough For Ya?
Heat could be the big environmental issue of this decade. The Earth is getting hotter. I think we all realize that. The land is getting hotter. The air is heating…
If It’s a Scandal You’re Looking For
If you think this “WE” business rises to the level of a scandal, you’re wrong. Trudeau has apologized and let’s move on. There is another scandal involving the Trudeau government,…
Fauci to Trump – Grow Up!
After days of sniping from Trump’s White House sock puppets trying to undermine him, Dr. Anthony Fauci apparently has had enough. “I cannot figure out in my wildest dreams why…
Some Good News – At Least It Sounds Good
Overpopulation is going to ebb faster than some had imagined. A new report by the University of Washington published in the Lancet predicts mankind will peak at some 9.7 billion…
Banksy Hits the Tube
Guerrilla artist, Banksy, has released a video showing him taking the Covid-19 fight to London’s Underground. Dressed as a disinfectant crew member, he boards a car and has at it.
Krugman – How Americans Drank Away Their Children’s Future
It’s hard to argue with Paul Krugman’s logic on how America’s leaders bungled the Covid-19 pandemic and why its school kids will be left to pay the price. A brief…
Re-Thinking Hydro-Electricity
Most of the electricity British Columbians use is hydro-electricity. BC has two advantages: mountains and location, namely the west “wet” coast. We get a lot of moisture-laden air coming off…
High Crimes and Misdemeanors. What Just Happened?
Trump waited until Friday night to announce he had commuted his buddy, Roger Stone’s, prison sentence literally on the eve of the dirty trickster’s start of a 40-month prison sentence.…
Just What is Cancel Culture Anyway?
I’m having trouble understanding the uproar over “cancel culture,” whatever that is. I do understand the scourge of intolerance. It’s bad. I’ve read Huxley and Orwell so I have a…
The Virus is Bad Enough. The Failure of Political Leadership is Even Worse.
The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, seems to be taking aim directly at authoritarian leaders such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro for their bungling of…
Let the Whining Begin
The US Supreme Court has sent Trump into a rage. The court ruled, 7-2, that prosecutors in New York can access Trump’s financial and tax records. As for Congress getting…
Covid-19 Should Be a Wakeup Call to Canadians
Few would dispute Justin Trudeau’s statement that it will take years for Canada’s economy to recover from the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s the harsh reality of a…
Texas Joins the Big Boys’ Club
The unofficial motto of the Lone Star state holds that “everything’s bigger in Texas.” Texas may not quite be Number One but today it joined New York and Florida by…
What Else Did Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump Have in Common?
Wouldn’t you know it? Why, Deutsche Bank of course. New York state financial regulators slapped Deutsche Bank with a $150 million (CAD 204 million) penalty for the bank’s “significant compliance…
Mary Dishes on Don
Donald Trump’s niece says her uncle is not the very stable genius he claims to be. In her new book she writes that her uncle did well on his SATs,…
The Old Bugger Deserves What He Gets!!
Jair Bolsonaro has contracted Covid-19. About time. “I’ve came back from the hospital now, I’ve done a lung screening, my lung is clean, OK? I went to do a Covid…