If Trump Wants a Swamp to Drain
Forget Hillary Clinton’s emails. That was all nonsense anyway. If Trump wants to “drain the swamp” the only way he’ll do it, the only thing that will do his people…
The Mound of Sound
Sam Bee Disses the "Caucasian Nation."
She’s got a point. If all American Muslims are suspected terrorists, then all white Americans, even if they voted for Hillary, are responsible for Trump.
How Nigel Wright Got a Pass
It’s an interesting story but hardly convincing. When the RCMP went after senator Mike Duffy for supposed bribery it left people shaking their heads. How could Duffy have committed the…
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words –
He’ll have a hard time backpedaling on his promise to kick start AmeriKa’s coal mines back into production. That probably begins by eviscerating the Environmental Protection Agency, perhaps getting rid…
Are Establishment Republicans Cowering in Their Cellars?
Once he’s sworn into office, could Trump unleash his very own, Republican Reichsmordwoche or “night of the long knives”? That was the week when Adolph Hitler purged his movement of…
Robert Reich Calls For a What? A "New Democratic Party" Whatever That Is.
During the campaign, Robert Reich urged American progressives to hold their noses and vote for Hillary. He also said that, the day after the election, they should mobilize, perhaps around…
Has Trump Committed Treason?
The National Observer’s Sandy Garrosino, journalist, entrepreneur and former Crown Attorney, certainly thinks so. America, you have been plunged into crisis, and so has the entire world. Do not normalize…
Brace Yourself. This Is Hard to Take.
With all the endless political lipflap about keeping global warming under 2 degrees Celsius or 1.5C or 3C In a paper in the journal Science Advances, said the actual range…
Ever Heard of GMACCC?
Move over Sierra Club, here come the generals. It’s the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change, an organization made up of retired and serving military leaders. They’ve got a…
How the Future Voted
America is a society deeply divided across any number of lines – ethnic, sectarian, gender, economic, political, religious and, increasingly, generational. Here’s what the electoral map would have looked like…
What the Foreign Policy Gang Had to Say
For the first time in its half-century existence, Foreign Policy made a presidential endorsement and it didn’t go to Donald J. Trump. With that in mind, here are some thoughts…
A Tongue-in-Cheek TrumpLashing
Thanks to The Tyee for a little levity from its American-born culture scribe, Steve Burgess. Dear Stunned, Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States. That is a sentence…
This Is Where It Gets Personal
One thing you can count on from Donald Trump’s AmeriKa is an abrupt reversal of Barack Obama’s climate change agenda. Keystone XL, a done deal. Big Coal, it’s back. Trump…
Apres Mois Le Deluge
A lot of people are asking “what next?” The CBC’s Neil Macdonald says a lot of Americans who voted for Trump had better be prepared to see all those crazy…
One of Their Own
They’re some of the scummiest people in the West and they’re delighted. Viktor Orban of Hungary, Britain’s Nigel Farage, Marine le Pen of France (and her father), Geert Wilders from…
We Have Our Own Problems to Worry About.
For starters. Above and beyond any and everything else – how “Trump-friendly” will Trudeau become? Remember how Tony Blair fawned all over Bill Clinton until George w. Bush moved into…
I Wish I Didn’t Feel So Damned Austrian Right Now.
The American people have reached out to touch the face of fascism and decided to embrace it. This virulent strain is well documented through history. Tonight it sprouted and it’s…
Well, At Least He Didn’t Grope Her
I saw a creepy photo today of Donald Trump voting. While he’s at the balloting station, the picture caught Trump looking into the next booth: Then it turned out the…
NetFlix It Is Then
It feels a bit like that day when a municipal garbage strike ends. There’s a sense of relief when crews hit the streets but there’s no joy in it. You…