Oh My, My – This Is Juicy
Did Obama leave a minefield for the Trump administration/junta, one sowed with Trump’s own mines? The New York Times reports that Obama officials in the final days before the new…
The Mound of Sound
Sorry, But Those Jobs Aren’t Coming Back
Say what he will, and we know by now that Donald Trump will say just about anything,Trump’s promise of many hundreds of thousands of new, high paying jobs is nonsense.…
Sorry, But Those Jobs Aren’t Coming Back
Say what he will, and we know by now that Donald Trump will say just about anything,Trump’s promise of many hundreds of thousands of new, high paying jobs is nonsense.…
Trump’s New Commerce Secretary Focused On One Aspect of Climate Change. Of Course.
America’s newly minted commerce secretary, shady billionaire Wilbur Ross, doesn’t entirely share Trump’s view that climate change is a hoax. No, to Wilbur, sea level rise is real. For the…
Trump’s New Commerce Secretary Focused On One Aspect of Climate Change. Of Course.
America’s newly minted commerce secretary, shady billionaire Wilbur Ross, doesn’t entirely share Trump’s view that climate change is a hoax. No, to Wilbur, sea level rise is real. For the…
Is This How Trump Rigged the Election, Really?
“It’s no exaggeration to say that minds can be changed. Behaviour can be predicted and controlled. I find it incredibly scary. I really do. Because nobody has really followed through…
Is This How Trump Really Rigged the Election?
“It’s no exaggeration to say that minds can be changed. Behaviour can be predicted and controlled. I find it incredibly scary. I really do. Because nobody has really followed through…
What Raif Said – Times Two
There’s a surging discontent with Canada among many British Columbians. One of us, the iconic Rafe Mair, lays it out very well. For as long as I can remember, I’ve…
What Raif Said – Times Two
There’s a surging discontent with Canada among many British Columbians. One of us, the iconic Rafe Mair, lays it out very well. For as long as I can remember, I’ve…
While You Were Watching the Oscars
I didn’t tune in to the Academy Awards last night because I “cut the cable” a couple of months back. I suppose I could have caught it online but I…
It’s Carnival Time in Germany
It’s the Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) celebration in Catholic parts of Germany and, this year, Donald Trump is front and center. And they even had a spot for Theresa May
Trump’s War Budget – Sorry, Gullibillies, What Did You Expect?
There’ll be more money in Donald Trump’s first budget. More money for the military that is. 54 billion dollars more. Given that the Orange Bloat remains dependent on Chyna picking…
U.N. Secretary-General Sounds Alarm on Right Wing Populism.
“We are increasingly seeing the perverse phenomenon of populism and extremism feeding off each other in a frenzy of growing racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred and other forms of intolerance.”…
George W. Weighs In on Trump
Donald Trump’s immediate Republican predecessor, George w. Bush, has slammed the Orange Bloat’s policies on – just about everything. Former United States President George W. Bush, in his first interview…
The Big Chill
A disturbing account of the big money people manufacturing Donald Trump’s alternative reality. As Steve Bannon says, every day is a war. They are at war – with the truth.…
The New Founding Fathers – Mk. 2
Americans love their Constitution and they revere their “founding fathers” which makes it all the more curious that they’re devoutly supporting the ultimate charlatan who wants to relieve them of…
Riding the Geezer Train to Nowhere
Sometimes You Have to Know When to Let Go. If the Tories want to reclaim a respectable share of the youth vote before the Boomer generation dies off, they’re barking…
Bill Maher’s Hypocrisy On Paedophilia
Bill Maher thinks he did a great public service by inviting Milo Yiannopolous on his Real Time programme on HBO where the alt.right troll got into it for defending man/boy…
Coyne Pans the Manning Conference
Andrew Coyne sees Canada’s Conservatives as heading down a dark road, one that may (hopefully) consign them to years in the political desert. He offers, as proof, this year’s Manning…
The Age of Angst
I grew up in the 50s and 60s, the height of the Cold War. That was the time when the MAD or Mutually Assured Destruction paradigm hadn’t yet quite taken…