The Many Faces of Donald Trump and Company
Apparently the video of the Alt-Right gathering with the “Heil Trump” and Nazi salutes was just too much for America’s president-elect. Trump now says he denounces the Alt-Right movement. The…
The Mound of Sound
Obama Admits Defeat on TPP
We’ll have to see what the Dauphin has to say about this but as far as Barack Obama is concerned, the Trans Pacific Partnership is as dead as a dodo.
Is Anybody Listening?
Judging by the petro-posture of our prime minister and America’s “clean coal” president, it doesn’t sound like there’s anybody on our side of the Atlantic listening to the alarms being…
Would That Our Prime Minister Had the Courage of this Irish Senator.
Senator Aodhan O Riordain says what we should be hearing from our own government.
Has Anyone Else Seen This?
An anonymous commenter mentioned that cherry trees have come into blossom in Victoria at the south end of the island. Has anyone else seen such a thing in that area?
The Arctic’s Death Spiral
It’s that bastard, Rossby. Blame Rossby. The Arctic is again overheating a lot like last year. Winter is setting in except it’s not, not really. Something is totally off. The…
Did Vote Rigging Let Trump Win the White House?
Veteran American investigative reporter, Greg Palast, says the vote was rigged and it handed Trump the presidency. He writes that the polls that all favoured Hillary weren’t wrong – not…
A Question of Time We Don’t Have
The last line came with a jolt unexpected from a Guardian article: At the risk of losing objectiveness but keeping candor, we are fucked. That from John Abraham, a professor…
Young Scientists Call "Bullshit" on Trudeau
Remember when Justin Trudeau said that his government’s decisions would be evidence based and follow scientific knowledge – unlike the Harper government? Many of us who have been watching the…
How the Leader of the Free World Became the Leader of the Global Right Wing.
AmeriKa’s president, Donald Trump, will not be the leader of the free world. He will, however, be the leader of the global right wing. Across Europe, the radical right is…
That Didn’t Take Long. Is This Assange’s Reward?
Is Julian Assange getting an early Christmas present? A week after Donald Trump’s election victory and six years after Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a Swedish…
Will Trump Embolden Bigots in Canada?
Yesterday we read Kinsella’s post about a white power, Alt.Right handbill posted in his neighbourhood. Today we have an account from CBC Ottawa of a woman, Anna Maranta, a rabbi…
Our Miner’s Canary – the Arctic
Do you remember how balmy temperatures were in the high Arctic last winter? No? Well it’s a safe bet that most have probably forgotten all about it. That too is…
Stiglitz Throws Down the Gauntlet to America’s President-Elect
Donald Trump has promised to “make America great again.” That was his whole schtick and he rode it to an upset win over the odds-on favourite, Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately Trump…
Let’s Not Be Under any Illusions. Alt.Right Lives and It Will Have a Voice in Trump’s White House.
I’ve been using the word “AmeriKa” to refer to Trumpland. Now it seems I might be infringing on somebody else’s intellectual property rights. Kinsella found this handbill plastered on what…
The Neoliberal Racket
George Monbiot traces the origins of neoliberalism and how to seized control of political and economic thought in the West eventually leading to the election of Donald Trump. At a…
That Flushing Noise? It’s the Sound of the Great "Bait and Switch"
The Gullibillies want their due from Team Anti-Establishment and it’s captain, the Orange Behemoth. It’s “winning” time and they know they’ll soon be winning so much they’ll become tired of…
All Of the Above
Everybody, it seems, has an explanation for how a racist, bigoted, misogynistic pathological liar became the president-elect of the United States. Inevitably the focus becomes attaching blame for this farcical…
Hillary Fingers Comey
A leaked recording of a conference call between Hillary Clinton and top party donors reveals Clinton puts her election defeat down to FBI director James Comey’s interference in the campaign.…