What About the Notable Deplorables?
Want a bit of fun? Here’s a list of prominent individuals still endorsing Donald Trump for president. Would you want their endorsements if you were seeking office? How many of…
The Mound of Sound
Ah, Jeebus! Did You Hear the One About Turkey and Iraq?
What a mess. Who will Canada side with on the looming battle to oust ISIS from Mosul? Will it be Iraq? Mosul, after all, is Iraqi. Or will it be…
Has Donald Taken the Wheels Off His Campaign War Wagon?
Harper telegraphed it was over for him and his rancid government three days before last October’s election when moving trucks showed up delivering pallets of flat pack boxes and hauling…
Michael Harris – He’s Gonna Blow!!!
Michael Harris on the rapidly bursting blowhard.
Bang the War Drums. Rattle those Sabres. Mental Mobilization for War Proceeds Apace.
It’s a form of conditioning, something we’re not very good at detecting. The warning came in the form of an editorial in the German financial paper, Handelsblatt. It offered the…
Our New Normal
I’ve noticed it. Chances are good you have too. “It” is the marked change in local precipitation patterns. I live in a place where we’re used to pretty torrential downpours…
Former Senior US Prosecutors, Republicans, Slam Trump
Add to the growing ranks of prominent Republicans turning on Donald Trump, a number of senior prosecutors and Justice Department figures. From Politico: …former Republican appointees to senior Justice Department…
Foreign Policy Backs Clinton
Foreign Policy magazine has, for the first time in its half-century history, endorsed a candidate for president of the United States. While the magazine and its columnists are anything but…
First, the Good News…
The World Energy Council predicts global demand for energy will peak in 2030 and decline thereafter. That’s the good news. Now, for the bad news. That’s “per capita” global demand…
A World-Class, Non-Stop Deviant
Wherein Trump tells Howard Stern how he drifts backstage at his beauty pageants to get an “owner’s eyeful.”
Nourishment for a Hungry Mind
What follows is a lengthy excerpt from a book I only too recently read. I’ll present this passage largely uninterrupted and unburdened with editorial comment. It’s a lot better that…
Why Next Month’s Presidential Election Weighs Heavily on My Mind
For starters, I don’t like Hillary either. I do, however, want her in the White House in January. I’m worried. I’m worried about Syria, about tensions in the Baltics and…
Whither Clint Eastwood?
WWDHD – What would Dirty Harry do? Just this past August, movie tough guy Clint Eastwood rallied to Donald Trump’s defence with this declaration: “ onto something, because secretly everybody’s…
Backpfeifengesicht, Drumpf-Style
Backpfeifengesicht, that wonderful German word that, in English, means “a face in need of a fist.” Today it’s a perfect description of the Giant Orange Serial Sexual Predator and Republican…
American Satyr
The Boastful Man-Goat. What a spectacle. In his own words, a candid admission – no, a boast – that he’s some sort of serial sexual predator. He is indeed the…
GOP Meltdown
“When you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.” It’s over for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump after a tape leaked in which he tells Billie…
New President, Same Old War
It was George w. Bush’s war for nearly 7-years and Barack Obama’s war for the next 8. Soon, America’s longest running cluster f#@k will become a new president’s war, probably…
Desmond Tutu Backs Assisted Dying
Archbishop Desmond Tutu wants the option of assisted dying and is urging his government to implement such a law. The 85-year old cleric and legendary anti-apartheid activist believes all dying…
This Is Sooo Wrong. The Rise of the "Techno Tot"
Steve Jobs didn’t let his own kids have iPads. Plenty of other parents don’t have Steve’s reservations or his insights. Psychologist Sue Palmer says that parents are using iPads as…
That’s Too Much Dirt to Sweep Under the RCMP Carpet. Who Am I Kidding?
RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson has a bag just full of cash. He’s hoping it’s enough to make a huge problem just go away. Paulson has $100-million tax dollars to settle…