Think of Yourself as Collateral Damage
We’re all familiar with the reality of collateral damage these days. An Afghan wedding party gets disrupted by an uninvited guest in the form of a thousand pound high explosive…
The Mound of Sound
Idiocracy – In the Flesh
Democracy cannot withstand mass idiocy. It can’t and we’re seeing the proof of it right now south of our border. The Guardian addressed America’s civic illiteracy three weeks ago. Chris…
Bat Shit Crazy, And They Let These People Vote
Jimmy Kimmel’s Lie Witness News. These people are deciding the fate of the world. Relax, sit back, enjoy
The LA Times Endorses Hillary – Sort Of.
The editorial board of the Los Angeles Times has endorsed Hillary Clinton even if it’s in a backhanded way. Today’s editorial is headlined, “With the Paris Agreement ratified, the world…
The Depleted Uranium Controversy Surfaces Again
A report will be released later this week into the use by American forces of depleted uranium (DU) weapons during the conquest of Iraq in 2003. US government documents show…
Real Change or Another Hollow Gesture?
So a carbon tax it is then. Ten dollars a ton for the first year, stepping up by an additional ten dollars a ton over the span of five years.…
Who Said Anything about Nuclear War?
Just thought you should know. Russian president (and Trump admirer) Vlad Putin today suspended tore up a deal between Russia and the U.S. on cleaning up weapons grade plutonium. The…
1.5 C by 2030. 2.0 C by 2050. Let’s Go Out and Get an Electric Car.
This is one of those blog posts that was almost spiked. I wrote it last week but put it on hold. Another study on climate change. Seems we got it…
Justin and Christy’s Pipe Dream
What have those two been smoking? Justin Trudeau, Christy Clark and the stoner’s dream of vast wealth to be had flogging liquid natural gas (fracked) to Asia. It culminated in…
The Next Time Your Surly Old Uncle Insists Climate Change Isn’t Man Made
Here’s a complete answer to those annoying gits who claim that climate change isn’t man made. Step One Show them this list. Global warming and severe storm events of increasing…
Welcome to the Anthropocene
This time it’s Windsor, Ontario. Insurers won’t carry the losses any longer. Governments are expected to make good “once in a century” calamities that now arrive every few years. That…
The Tyee Asks – Has Justin Out-Harpered the Conservatives?
I’m sorry to you Liberal faithful but it’s a more than fair question. What happened to all that stuff about the Liberals being progressive? Oh dear. The key players in…
Who Needs the Pundits’ Take When We’ve Got Samantha Bee
The presidential debate in a nutshell
Let’s Stop Digging this Hole
Shortly after I started my blog, 2005 if I recall correctly, I began putting together a list of the major challenges confronting mankind, indeed all life on Earth. Let me…
Clinton Bags More Endorsements
The Washington Post endorsed Clinton for president weeks before the first debate. The New York Times took a little longer but came to the same conclusion. Okay, it is Donald…
We Broke Through – And We’re Here to Stay
There was a great stir a couple of years back when atmospheric CO2 levels first spiked through the 400 ppm mark, a harbinger for ever more global warming to come.…
Welcome To the Age of the Id
It’s the sleaziest, most despicable and effective political weapon to be had. It’s fear or, more specifically, fearmongering. It’s gotten Donald Trump to the point where he’s a serious challenge…
Couldn’t They Have Placed a Conference Call?
The timing couldn’t have been much creepier. One day after the federal government announced approval of a major LNG “carbon bomb” in British Columbia, experts are gathering at the White…
But, Surely, That’s the Whole Point
The CBC’s blaring headline, “Ottawa fails to protect law-abiding Canadians from security surveillance, watchdog warns.” The federal government is failing to protect the privacy of law-abiding Canadians under a sweeping…
Give Justin a Break.
Maybe I’ve been too hard on Justin Trudeau. Maybe, despite some troubling indications to the contrary, Canada remains a genuine, liberal democracy. Maybe, in the face of the gravest threat…