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100 km.Traffic Jam Approaching Beijing. It’s encouraging that leading climate scientists are coming to view global warming/climate change as part of a greater challenge confronting the survival of our civilization.…
The Mound of Sound
Another Reason Canada Should Steer Clear of Trump’s Call to Return to Afghanistan
If it can be rigged, it’ll be rigged. If it can be corrupted, it will be corrupted. You probably remember when Donald Trump said that America’s biggest failing in the…
Is Somebody Sending Us a Message?
Well there’s news, in a way, and there’s bad news, in a worse way. The news is that sperm counts are plummeting in the Western world. A 50% decline over…
Ralph Klein’s Sabotage
I used to sort of like Ralph Klein, until he quit drinking. Then he turned into a real son-of-a-bitch. While he may be largely forgotten today, he’s left Alberta a…
Trump Jungend
The Republicans assured themselves their 70-year old man/boy president would mature once in office. You morons, the guy turned 71 on June 14. He ain’t gonna change. He’s not smart…
The Madness of King Donald
Two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, caught discussing the madness of King Donald and his “crazy” minions in the House. Oh yeah and at the end they were talking…
For a Guy On Death’s Doorstep, He Can Still Come Out Swinging.
Yes, Arizona senator John McCain did return to Washington to cast the essential vote allowing the Republicans to go ahead and debate health care, the first step to abolishing the…
Rachel, Justin, the Science Is In.
There’s plenty of it and it all points to one conclusion – bitumen trafficking is dangerous. An 8-person Stanford research team led by Canadian, Stephanie Green, a Banting post-doctoral fellow…
Rethinking North American Football
They died as young as 23 and as old as 89. In their professional careers these men played every position on a football team. They had one thing in common.…
Britain Follows France, Bans Diesel and Gas Powered Cars Effective 2040
Barring some grave misfortune I won’t be around to see it but you might. First France and now Britain will ban gasoline and diesel-powered cars by 2040. Informed of the…
Dying But Not Quite Dead Yet
Oh this is a glorious day for Trump and his Senate minions. The first step to the repeal of Obamacare just happened as Arizona Senator John McCain cast the 50th…
Oh, Never Mind. What Was I Thinking?
Hard times are coming. In such times you need to know your real friends, those you can count on. This is as true for nations as it is for individuals.…
Taming the Wild West
It’s time to drain the swamp now that Christy Clark and the BC Liberals have been ousted from power. Only unlike what Trump meant by the term, basically nothing, British…
WTF? Sessions Again?
As if to erase all doubt that he’s barking mad, America’s imperial president is again hectoring his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions. President Trump launched another public assault Tuesday morning…
News on the Climate Change Front, Mostly Good
First the good news. The Vancouver-based National Observer reports that Canadian security regulators are beginning to scrutinize publicly-traded companies to determine if they’re hiding climate change risks from investors. This…
Say It Again, Jared. This Time With Meaning.
Most media accounts will give you the impression Trump son-in-law, Jared Kushner, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee for two hours today, asserting that neither he nor anyone else involved…
George Orwell, Why Did We Ever Doubt Him, or, Remember When We Thought "1984" Was a Novel?
Foreign Policy’s Thomas Ricks writes that the doubters were wrong and Orwell’s mistake was he got the year wrong. Harold Bloom wrote in 1987 that Orwell’s great novel of totalitarianism,…
Obituary for An Imperfect Democracy. America Down.
The Gullibillies thought he was going to make America great again and he will, just not for them. Six months of Donald Trump has shown that the imperial president does…
Do You Think Trump’s Mad? Do You Think Trudeau’s Sane?
We’re just a couple of weeks off from World Overshoot Day, 2017. That will mark the day on which humankind has exhausted an entire year’s supply of Earth’s natural resources.…
Faulty Math on Climate Change, Yikes.
The battle with climate change comes down to numbers. Countries joining the fight usually pledge to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by some percentage of what they were at some…