Trump – If You Can’t Reform Health Care, Just Get Rid of It Entirely.
It recalls that old phrase from the late 50s – ‘Better Dead, Than Red.‘ That’s a bit like the mentality of Donald Trump when it comes to health care. Apparently…
The Mound of Sound
It Is Finished
After 16-uninterrupted years of rule by possibly the most corrupt provincial government since Grant Devine’s, British Columbians are rid of the BC Liberal government. The Lt. Gov., perhaps fearful of…
"The Clenched Fist of Truth"
Where freedom is safe, the National Rifle Association.
Our Fateful Final Hour
It’s expected that within the hour the British Columbia government of Christy Clark will lose a confidence vote. Clark has shown, as if anyone needs more proof, that she has…
Celebrating Idiocracy
It’s so obvious, so inescapable, you can almost smell it. “It” is America’s transformation into true idiocracy. The Globe’s Lawrence Martin writes that, in today’s America, “the less you know,…
Why Does Trump Surround Himself with Shady Characters?
Mike Flynn, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Jeff Sessions, Jared Kushner, Felix Sater and Bayrock Associates, a gaggle of Russian oligarchs linked to Putin, and, more recently, both of Trump’s lead…
Three Years. Are You Listening, Justin? Three Years.
Three years. That’s unless you’re listening to the pessimists and then we’re already well and truly screwed. Three years. That’s how long former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres says we…
Chris Hedges – America Is a Tinderbox
Have we already lost? Chris Hedges claims we’ve become hostages to our fears, unable any longer to grasp reality.
Saving Print Journalism – a Humble Proposal
I want print journalism in Canada to survive. I want it to flourish. I want papers like the Victoria Times Colonist popping up in cities across the country. The Tyee’s…
Alberta’s Urban Time Bombs – Reaping the Whirlwind
There are some 1,500 abandoned oil and gas wells in urban areas of Alberta. One in ten is leaking methane at dangerous levels. The Tyee’s energy scribe, Andrew Nikiforuk, got…
A Great Liar Who Lies Without Inhibitions
“was a great liar, a very talented actor who lied without inhibitions; a man capable of self-suggestion, from which he would build his willpower – the most dangerous combination you…
How Desperate is Trump to Cover His Tracks? Would He Resort to War for a Smokescreen?
Here’s the theory. The Russia investigation begins to close in on Donald Trump. Congressional Republicans seeking to save their own skins abandon their president. A desperate, authoritarian president throws his…
A Man After My Own Heart
“A man walks into a pub…” – the opening line of countless jokes. Only this time it was 53-year old Simon Smith of Reading, England and he’d just been hit…
The Sheer Numbers Are Devastating
I try to recycle every scrap of plastic that I can. I’ve kept vaguely current on the state of plastics in our oceans and along our coasts. Still I was…
Is Trump’s Evangelical Lawyer Just Another Dirtbag?
Why does Donald Trump surround himself with so many real dirtbags? Trump’s latest legal mouthpiece, Jay Sekulow, is a perfect example. The Guardian has published an expose on Sekulow that…
HuffPo Calls "Bullshit" on Trudeau on Electoral Reform Promise
The title of the piece speaks volumes: “Trudeau Blames Opposition For Not Reading His Mind on Electoral Reform. The prime minister could have been honest with Canadians.“ Prime Minister Justin…
What If… Britain Had Won America’s Revolutionary War?
Did America really “win” the Revolutionary War in 1776? Just what exactly did it win? That question is pondered by Neal Pollack, the self-described “Greatest Living American Writer since the…
"Comrade Christy" Has BC’s Conservative Liberals’ Heads Spinning
In an act of abject debasement, British Columbia premier, Crispy Clark, has thrown her entire, Liberal (in name only) Party under a very large bus. Her “hail Mary” throne speech…
Define "Peace" In the Age of Forever Wars.
What is “war”? Hard to tell anymore. Even harder to define these days is “peace.” As for “victory” well, good luck. Our common understanding of these terms is anchored in…
Python Politics
Theresa May, Brexit, Python – Perfect.