The Next Climate Change Epidemic
It’s potentially lethal and it’s spreading to workers throughout Central America. It’s a mysterious kidney disease attacking labourers. Scientists have identified certain key themes. The majority of people with the…
The Mound of Sound
There Once Was a Difference Between Liberal and Liberal
For years I would instinctively point out that there was a huge difference between British Columbia’s Liberal Party, our perpetual provincial government, and the federal Liberal Party. To me there…
Samuel L. Jackson Unleashes a Little "Pulp Fiction" Before Tuesday’s Georgia Vote
It’s expected to be a close race in Georgia’s 6th District Congressional Special Election. Samuel L. Jackson used a bit of Pulp Fiction magic to stir Democrats to get out…
It Could Be Another Hot, Riotous Summer for the United States
It happened in an instant. The guy in the blue shirt is identified as Nate Damigo, a white supremacist who attends California State University. In the clip below, at the…
Another WMD Hoax?
Was the Idlib sarin gas attack blamed on Bashar Assad a hoax? This is not some Facebook conspiracy theory. Let’s get that out of the way. It’s the opinion of…
While Trudeau Fiddles, The Arctic Melts
Across the Arctic, the permafrost is thawing and, like everything else up there, it’s happening faster than we had ever foreseen. CBC News reports on Inuvik where the town’s buildings…
The Emperor Has No Clothes, The Emperor Has No Clothes, The Emperor Has No…
A tough day for the Dauphin. On both sides of the Atlantic, Justin Trudeau is being called out for who he is, not what he appears to be. In fact,…
That Swamp, the One Trump Promised to Drain? Well, Think Again.
By now Hillary was supposed to be behind bars, those currency manipulating Chinese were supposed to be reeling and begging for mercy, NATO would be taken down a notch or…
MOAB – Less and More Than Meets the Eye
A grand furore ensued following the use of a U.S. mega-bomb called MOAB against what was said to be an ISIS gathering point in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. MOAB,…
Another One Gone – CanProg
Canadian Progressive Voices, aka CanProg, is gone. Lauralee and her partners concluded it was no longer economic to continue. There were a few important bloggers who had become CanProg affiliates.…
Meanwhile in Other News From the Slave States
I can’t summarize this. You’re going to have to read it for yourself. What’s on offer? A North Carolina Republican who compares Lincoln to Hitler. North Carolina, the State that…
Trump Cannot Turn the Page
So let’s get this straight. The CIA and the FBI weren’t conspiring to surveil Donald Trump and his campaign advisors. European intelligence agencies – British, Dutch, Estonian and Polish in…
Where Democracy Goes to Die
It’s NATO’s only Muslim member state. It’s the only non-European prospect for membership in the European Union. It’s been democracy’s toe hold in the Muslim world. All of that may…
That United Airlines Video is Bad for the Airline. It’s Worse, Much Worse for America.
The video of hired muscle dragging a terrified Chinese American guy off a United Airlines jetliner in Chicago has raised quite a stir but America being America it’ll be down…
Spicer’s Folly – "Even Hitler Didn’t Use Chemical Weapons"
Trump’s gaffe-prone press secretary, Sean “Sphincter” Spicer, has soiled himself again. “We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II,” Spicer said when discussing alleged Russian complicity with the Assad…
Could This Be It? Are China, S. Korea and the U.S. Coming for Kim Jong-un?
For the past couple of days there have been reports of a US Navy carrier battle group steaming for North Korea. The formation is now said to be off the…
Do We Really Need Another Reason to Despise Our Airlines?
It’s easy to hate airlines which, for Canadians, means Air Canada in particular. Or at least for Canadians who find themselves having to fly “Cattle Class.” My last – last…
Want to See Climate Change? Go to Your Grocery Store, Produce Aisle.
Even in Canada, California supplies a good bit of our fruits and vegetables, especially in the off season. We feared for supply – and cost – while California farmers endured…
Stealth Over Syria or When You Put It That Way
America’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighter is reportedly being flown in Syrian airspace. That could bring America’s top stealth warplane into dangerous proximity to Russia’s “stealth killer” air defence missiles, the…
While We’re All Worked Up About Chemical Weapons and Innocent Babies
Maybe Donald Trump can spare a thought of two for all the innocent babies who continue to fall victim to Agent Orange in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, American forces…