Now Trudeau Has Amnesty Snapping at His Heels
Political Capital 101. If you're going to defend something as odious as the Saudi death wagon deal, bullshit excuses only make everything worse.First, Trudeau, dismissed them as "jeeps." Given that…
The Mound of Sound
A Roadmap to Neoliberalism and How We’ve Been Unwittingly Herded Down this Path for Decades
There has been a lot written in recent years about neoliberalism. Ralston Saul, Mirowski, Galbraith and many others have weighed in and the more you read the clearer the picture…
And Now For a Little Perspective
If 100 people lived on Earth:
Angela, What Are You Thinking? Oh Yeah, I Forgot.
Germany ought to have a law about shaking down its head of state, in this case Angela Merkel.The shakedown comes in the form of Merkel's "go ahead" on the possible…
Harper’s Gone but They’re Still Kicking Him to the Curb
In two decisions that seem more like janitorial service the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down two of Shifty Steve Harper's "tough on crime" laws.One was a mandatory-minimum sentence…
Some Times You Leave the Lambo in the Garage and Go For the Old Chevy Half-Ton.
It's easy to get distracted by tales of invisible this and all-seeing that, but if you look at real-life air combat today it's the old reliable warplanes that are getting…
Death with Dignity? Maybe, Maybe Not.
The Liberal government's doctor-assisted death bill is already attracting a good deal of legitimate criticism. The bill, which mainly amends other laws including the Criminal Code is being criticized as…
Dion’s "Rigorous Process" Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
Merchants of Death.The Saudi war wagon deal is hanging around the Trudeau government's neck like a long dead fish. It's another rotten deal foisted off on Canadians by Cap'n Sunny…
One of the Very Best Days of the Harper Era
Passing the Petro-TorchIt was the day on which the Harper government was forced to back down on exporting Quebec asbestos to the backward countries abroad still willing to expose their…
Justin’s Folly
Like it or not, entirely willing or not, Justin Trudeau is a Tar Sander, a fossil fueler - and all that business about his government following science is self-serving crap.…
Good Thing Steffie Dion Isn’t American.
If Stephan Dion was America's Secretary of State instead of our bumbling foreign affairs minister he could be headed for a stretch in the pokie.In another graceless, nay clumsy, attempt…
I Think In Australian, the Word is "Chunder"
Our Aussie cousins are a rough and tumble crowd with a reputation for speaking their mind (or so much of it as they can muster most days). And they aren't…
del Mastro Appealing – Only In the Legal Sense of the Word.
What, he's out? Jailbird Tory, Dean del Mastro went to jail last week, spent the night, and was sprung the following day pending another appeal of his conviction and, presumably,…
Isn’t This Precious?
Feast your eyes:The year is 1989. The place is New York state. The event is the first (and apparently last) annual Tour de Trump bicycle race. At the finish line…
Beelzebub Sighting
Eccentric recluse Howard Hughes hid out there for years and, according to the G&M, so has Shifty Steve of late. Seems he's got a thing for Las Vegas.Seems Mr. Harper…
Gerald Caplan’s Post-Mortem
Is the NDP supposed to be a party of ideas and values or a party questing for power? A former NDP national director, Gerald Caplan, says the party faithful need…
Dear Rachel, Relax
Dear Premier-Next-Door Notley:Don't get your orange knickers in a bunch over the Leap Manifesto. It's just the latest family business of the Lewis clan. Think of it as a conversation…
What? In the Globe & Mail?
In today's G&M, the CEO of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, Don Forgeron, asks why our federal government is doing next to nothing to prepare the country for severe climate…
Chris Hedges and the Rise of America’s Crisis Cults, a Harbinger for Us All
In his latest essay for TruthDig, Chris Hedges explores the decline of the American Empire.When a society laments the past and dreads the future, when it senses the looming presence…
The Most Important Thing We Don’t Know About Climate Change
We keep thinking that, at last, we know and then something comes up to prove us wrong. The most important thing we don't know about climate change is how bad…