In Defence of the Deep State.
To some, conspiracy theorists and those with a feeble understanding of governance, the Deep State is a sinister group of powerful insiders manipulating the strings of government for devious ends.…
The Mound of Sound
Welcome to WaterWorld. No, Not the One With Costner.
Even Americans pay attention to this facet of climate change – sea level rise. And the news is bad and getting worse. You probably remember the early 1990s well enough.…
Is It Time We Chaperoned Our Politicians
Yes, Christy, this is about you – and the rest. Christy Clark, Canada’s Queen of Cash has been known to be a grateful recipient of campaign contributions from those friendly…
Trump Lawyers Up
He says he has no and never has had any connections with the Russians since entering politics but Donald Trump is smart enough to lawyer up anyway. Donald Trump has…
Pure Ecstasy
Another one of those “a picture is worth…” moments. A lucky photographer captures the moment as a wave of utter ecstasy sweeps across the face of pope Francis as he…
What Goes Around
Don’t waste a tear on big game hunter Theunis Botha of South Africa. Just try not to giggle. Theunis Botha, 51, from Johannesberg, was leading a hunt in Gwai, Zimbabwe,…
Don’t Worry, Be Happy. We’ve Got Kinder Morgan’s Word, After All.
A dandy little interactive piece from the Globe & Mail showing how bitumen-laden supertankers will navigate through British Columbia coastal waters. People who know better won’t be impressed but the…
Water, Water Everywhere (At Least Everywhere It’s Not Wanted)
Let’s cut to the chase. The IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has estimated sea level rise over the course of this century will be somewhere between 30 cm. to…
Assange Outwaits the Swedish Heat
Julian Assange may walk on the rape allegations from Sweden that have kept him bottled up in Ecuador’s London embassy for years. Swedish prosecutors have dropped their preliminary investigation into…
Weiner’s Final Tumble
Registered sex offender. That should be the last nail in the coffin for the former Democratic congressman, Anthony Weiner. Mr. Weiner will plead guilty to a single charge of transferring…
Yes, Dame Cathy, Pollution Isn’t Free.
It’s only taken a year and a half but, finally, Justin’s EnviroMin, Cathy McKenna, has declared that “pollution isn’t free” – only she really doesn’t mean it. She’s just bullshitting.…
Caesar Was Felled in Minutes. Trump May Take a Little Longer.
It really is a lot like handing your 16-year old the keys to a brand new Corvette and telling him the only traffic signs he has to obey are those…
Mueller Has a Lot to Gnaw On
If there’s one thing that marks the Trump administration it’s their favourite pastime, lying. That and the erratic ramblings of the Cheeto Benito. It’s getting tough for Trump’s handmaidens. A…
Roger Ailes, Cable News Lecher in Chief, Dead at 77
Disgraced founder and ex-CEO of FOX News, Roger Ailes, has gone to the Great Celestial Studio in the sky. Ailes, who possibly defined the term “dirty old man,” was shown…
The Bloat Gets Burned. "Asshole" Really? Asshole?
Donald Trump craves public adulation. That’s probably one of the reasons he’s still staging rallies. It’s an opportunity to get a gaggle of feeble-minded Americans in a hanger to chant…
To Americans He’s Pompous. To Russia, He’s a Giggle.
To Russians, high and low, America’s new president is a laughingstock. U.S. democracy may be facing one of its toughest challenges in hundreds of years, but for Russia, this is…
This Is What Our World Looks Like
In Washington, Kurds protested the arrival of Turkish strongman, Recep Erdogan. As they have in the past, Erdogan’s bodyguards, neatly dressed in suits, waded into the protesters and the capital…
Slaying the Fossil Fuel Beast
Here’s a big heads up for all of Canada’s petro-pols from Justin Trudeau on down. A new report out of Stanford University predicts a permanent collapse in oil prices within…
So, Are We Just Going to Take This On the Chin?
From Ontario to Quebec and all the way back to British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley we’ve been experiencing severe flood events. A new study published in the journal Nature concludes that,…
Oh Dear. NATO Prepares for Trump.
What do you do when the self-styled leader of the free world has the attention span of a fruit fly? According to The Independent, Nato officials have instituted a new…