Monsanto Fingered?
Glyphosate is the key chemical in agri-chem giant Monsanto’s controversial herbicide, RoundUp. Now in a development similar to the discovery of decades old Exxon internal documents acknowledging man-made climate change,…
The Mound of Sound
Hang the Rich
No, this isn’t about taxing the rich to raise revenues to fight inequality. It’s about locking the bastards up. “Better Late Than Never” Gordon Brown, former British prime minister, argues…
That Tightness in Your Chest? That’s Time Running Out.
The clock is running out – on us, me and you. As The Guardian’s Damian Carrington reminds us, the health of hundreds of millions of people around the world is…
I Hope Bob Mueller Has a Sense of Humour
There are some things that just get better with age. That includes scandals. They need time to soak and simmer. Yesterday it was Manafort (plus one) and Papadopoulos. Trump began…
Another FBI Investigation to Worry Trump. This Time It’s Whitefish.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the FBI has launched an investigation into the incredibly smelly $300 million no-bid contract given to Montana company, Whitefish Energy, to rebuild Puerto Rico’s…
Garrison Keillor Pens Donald Trump’s Obituary
Who better than Garrison Keillor – author, humourist, creator of the long-running radio show, “Prairie Home Companion” (1974-2016) to write Donald Trump’s political obituary. “Donald Trump is Done,” from The…
They’re Back. Putin Exploits Trump Again. This Time It’s Cuba.
Donald Trump may be incapable of doing anything good for the United States but he keeps delivering a bountiful windfall to Beijing and Moscow. As Trump tears down or undermines…
America’s Flood Fiasco
For some time I’ve been writing about the US national flood insurance fiasco, where climate change meets climate change denying America. Hard to tell how much is cognitive dissonance, how…
"Idiots", "Anarchists" and "Assholes" – John Boehner Sums Up Today’s GOP
He was a movement conservative, through and through, and a Republican powerhouse in his day, but former GOP house speaker, John Boehner, doesn’t think much of the current Republican crew…
Three Million Years, Are You Kidding? Another Record for Mankind.
Atmospheric CO2 levels got a bump last year to 403.3 ppm, up from 400.0 ppm in 2015. This is all getting into ancient records territory. The last time our planet’s…
And the Hits Just Keep on Coming
It’s raining Trump conspirators. Just after word got out that Paul Manafort (plus one) has been indicted for tax evasion and money laundering, it’s being reported that another Trump aide,…
Manafort Told to Turn Himself In
And so it begins. Special counsel Robert Mueller has called on former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, to surrender himself to authorities for arrest on money laundering and tax evasion…
A Must Watch – The Chronology of American Crazy
C’mon, we’ve all known that just to the south of us, in the homeland of our American cousins, our largest trading partners and closest allies, a degree of crazy lubricated…
Feeling the Heat, Trump Lashes Out.
Whenever Donald Trump’s knickers bunch up he hauls out his Hillary Clinton punching bag. The Mango Mussolini must have a raging case of swamp ass today, fearful of just who…
Islamabad Takes the Piss Out Of Tillerson
Rex, the “King without a throne,” Tillerson recently blamed Pakistan for not doing enough to suppress insurgents who cross over to attack US and Afghan troops. That earned Old Rex…
The Rape of Puerto Rico
The US island territory of Puerto Rico has had a rough time of it going back years before the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The hurricane did, however, take down the…
Ya Think? IMF Fears Worsening Inequality a Threat to Capitalism.
You have to hand it to the really, really rich. No, I mean that. You have to hand it to them. As in when you hand your wallet to the…
A Demoralized America?
Trump seems to have brought the American people to a new low. Seven in 10 Americans say the nation’s political divisions are at least as big as during the Vietnam…
Mueller Investigation, First Charges Laid
Who is charged? No one knows as yet. What are the charges? Ditto. Arrests could be made as soon as Monday. CNN reports that a federal grand jury has approved…
Meanwhile, In the Delusional States of America
I suppose if you locked your doors, disconnected the power and drew your shutters you might manage to get through a day without being exposed to some head-shaking example of…