Oh Dear, Buyer’s Remorse Already.
An article in The Guardian this morning about Trump voters who are coming to realize they were had. Like Jacques Parizeau’s lobsters today they find themselves in a hot pot…
The Mound of Sound
The Glass Half Full
The good news. Global CO2 emissions remained stable last year for the third year in a row despite an overall increase in GDP. That means our increased production of stuff…
Angry Old White Dude Travels Light, Runs Out of Steam
American secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, cut short his visit to South Korea, reportedly citing “fatigue.” Tillerson is on a 3-nation Asia tour that started in Japan and is supposed…
Did German Reporters School Their Cowed American Counterparts?
Trump probably won’t be entertaining questions from the German press again anytime soon. Those attending the Merkel-Trump meeting didn’t mince words when they got a chance to question the Cheeto…
Like Shooting Fish In a Barrel – Apache Helicopter Gunship Attacks Refugee Boat
An Apache helicopter gunship has reportedly laid waste to a small boat packed with Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen. The U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR, reports that 42 of…
What a Churlish Prick
The handshake photo-op is an obligatory part of a foreign leader’s visit to the White House. The Cheeto Benito already has a well-earned reputation for the vigor of his hand…
"We’re a Very Powerful Company"
That little Freudian slip from the lips of the Cheeto Benito at the Merkel-Trump press conference just minutes ago. Trump was responding to a German reporter’s question – to Merkel…
America’s Islamophobia Industry
Hmm, why does the name Kellie Leitch come to mind? Islamophobia has become a hallmark of Amerika’s ascendant radical right. 90 years ago in Europe, it was the Jews. In…
A Crime Against Humanity
Trump budget director, Mick Mulvaney, announces that the Trump regime will no longer fund action to thwart climate change. It’s a “waste of money.” With Trump already having relieved the…
Trump’s Lethal Budget
Anyone who has worked for a large organization has seen them. They’re the old hands, the keepers of the keys, and you’re likely to find them neither at the very…
Wilders Fended Off (for now) But the Real Winner Is
Radical right wing populist Geert Wilder’s PVV party failed to achieve the breakthrough win that many had feared. Yet, as he says, the genie is out of the bottle and…
It’s Time We Started a Discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Our Kids’ Future
Artificial intelligence, robots, automation together ensure that our kids and especially our grandkids will inhabit a world unlike any previously known to humankind. The subject has recently come up in…
Monbiot Backs Scottish Independence
Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that the U.K. government is “politically dead from neck down” and Scots would be smart to get out while they can.Whenever I visit Scotland, I’m…
Who Says Progressive Values Defy Definition.? Oh Yeah, that Guy.
For a guy who doesn’t hesitate to self-identify as a progressive, a certain outspoken Liberal doesn’t seem to have a clue what that means. That much came through when, in…
Holy, Holy Shit.
You might find this a bit unsettling. The latest thing in nuclear war is cyber warfare, hacking an enemy’s control systems to either disable his nuclear deterrent or, worse, launching…
Why Fareed Sees Putin, Not Trump, as the World’s Most Powerful Man.
America’s economy dwarfs Russia’s. America’s military might eclipses the Russians’ except, perhaps, in nuclear warheads. Overall Russia can’t hold a candle to the United States of America. So why does…
The Great Arctic Raincoast, Coming Soon.
All my life I came to think of the Arctic as a place of ice and snow. It appears that’s about to change. The Arctic is set to get drenched…
When You Put It That Way
She’s a legend, Tracey Ullman.
It’s a Dam Shame
Get this. More than 4,000 dams in the United States are now rated unsafe because of structural and other problems. It’s a safe bet we’re in the same boat in…
It’s "Put Up or Shut Up" Time on Climate Change – and "Shut Up" Has a Big Lead Going Into the G20 Summit
Is the G-20 about to kick climate change to the curb? Apparently so, at least according to Bloomberg. Finance ministers for the U.S., China, Germany and other members of the…