Red on White – There’s Your Problem.
Many Vancouver Islanders get a little uncomfortable when they spot a white licence plate with red letters. That means a stranger in our midst, an Albertan. Not without cause Alberta…
The Mound of Sound
While We Dream Of a Better World, Sinister Forces Are at Play.
Lockdowns are golden opportunities for those with a mind and the means to exploit them. Under the cover of coronavirus, all kinds of wickedness are happening. Where you and I…
Moscow Mitch Wants to Fight That Other Pandemic.
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, wants Congress focused on fighting what he calls the “second pandemic.” Fortunately Mitch already has a vaccine for this contagion. Mitch is worried that…
Countdown to the Memorial Day Incubation Weekend in America
I believe it was Monday that America hit the 80,000 Covid death threshold. Today the American death toll has reached 88,000. And the Memorial Day long weekend arrives in a…
The Lancet – Trump is "Inconsistent and Incoherent."
The prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, isn’t pulling any punches. “Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should…
Last Call for a Progressive Restoration
One thing that history has proven is that economic disruptions, bubbles bursting, recessions, depressions, always leave scars. As economist and author, James Kenneth Galbraith, son of the legendary John K.…
What, a Million-Mile Battery?
A car battery that won’t need replacement for a million miles or 20 years, whichever comes first, might be coming to Tesla. Last year, a team from the Dalhousie University…
Physical Distancing?
Industries are trying to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN has a look at how luxury automaker Bentley is coping. They’ve found a way to implement social distancing in their…
Where’s the Beef?
Covid-19 has focused a lot of attention on meat packing plants and the high-levels of infection experienced by their workers. We’ve had a few outbreaks in Canada, two of them…
Norway Dumps Tar Sands. Too Damned Dirty.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest such fund in the world, has unloaded its investments in the Athabasca Tar Sands. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says news that one of the…
Frum Dumps on Trump
David Frum has penned an excellent take on the mental meltdown of the Mango Mussolini. (I know, I know, it’s David Frum. I don’t care.) A couple of years ago,…
Ottawa Needs to Manufacture Medical Supplies in Canada, Not China.
I was surprised when the prime minister announced that, henceforth, Canada would arrange the manufacture of its own p.p.e. supplies – in China. That is so wrong for so many…
That Vexxing Duty of Care
Employers welcoming the return of their workers as the pandemic lockdown is lifted have a problem – the duty of care. It’s the employer’s responsibility under common law to ensure…
The Other Contagion – Dumbassery
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the conspiracy gang out of their moms’ basements to spread seemingly limitless stupidity online and elsewhere. We’ve even got at least one of these characters…
Meanwhile, South of the Line, In the Delusional States of America.
Doctor Rick Bright, recently fired head of the American government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development agency, who was axed for refuting Trump’s push for anti-malarial drugs as a solution to…
Ibbitson – The Anchor Around Canada’s Neck
The Globe’s John Ibbitson writes that Canada has a serious problem, one only tangentially connected to the Covid-19 virus we’re all dealing with. Any hope of economic recovery in Canada…
Boris Says "Back to Work"
Boris Johnson wants Britain’s economy back up and running. He says he’d prefer those who can work at home stay there but those who can’t should return to work albeit…
Coronavirus Hits Dumbass America
Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and North and South Dakota are the current hotspots for Covid-19 outbreaks in the United States. In a 7 May report, obtained by NBC News, the…
The Value of Human Life
One of the most vexing aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, at least for me, is the question of the value we all must place on human life. It’s a gruesome…
A Petro-Prophet Says Bitumen is Finished.
Today marks the resumption of Trudeau’s Folly, the multi-billion dollar Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion destined to carry a whole lot of nothing from Athabasca to “tidewater” on BC’s Lower Mainland. The…