Another "Modest Proposal"
And, no, this one isn't about eating babies either (unless you realize that you're the baby).Here's the premise. Rich people don't pay taxes so why should ordinary Canadians pay taxes?…
The Mound of Sound
From WikiLeaks to Edward Snowden to the Panama Papers – The Manifest Corruption of Western Democracy
When did graft, corruption and skulduggery become the default operating system of Western democracy?It traces back to the introduction of neoliberalism and the ascendancy of illiberal democracy. Today we live…
A Question for the Prime Minister from Glenn Greenwald
He rose to fame as the journalistic voice of Edward Snowden but, as to be expected, his biography is as extensive as it is impressive. Glenn Greenwald currently occupies the…
CCS – Just Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard.
Speaking of mankind's race to oblivion, I recently read a report that concluded that, with population en route to 9+ billion, in order to reach the UN's development goals to…
Think of It as the Ashley-Madison of Privilege, Graft, and Corruption
11.5 million documents, now that's a leak. The Guardian got a copy. So did the BBC. Apparently the original leak was to Suddeutche Zeitung. The Washington-based international consortium of investigative…
Dear Ms. McKenna, While You Were Out to Lunch
Forever, Eh?Canada's minister of wishy-wash, Catherine McKenna, seems to have thrown in the towel on climate change. She says she can't really deal with it because that would imperil national…
This Is What Political Capture Looks Like
One chart is enough to see the true face of America's "bought and paid for" Congress. You take an axe to the stuff on the left to find money to…
Climate Change is Dangerous. Dealing With it Is Worse.
Slow and steady seems to be the message from Liberal EnviroMin, Catherine McKenna.Actually doing something effective to slash carbon emissions could disrupt Canada's national unity says Ms. McKenna pointing to…
A Modest Proposal
No, we're not going to be eating babies. Sheesh. What I had in mind was to switch the way our governments have saddled the country with globalized free trade deals.…
How Would You Like a Lovely Sheepskin Coat?
Redundant. When I worked at a Bermondsey school in London in the late 60s, the famed Surrey Docks that had made Britain rich since the days of Elizabeth I, were…
Hillary’s Longest Week?
The media is stirring, even the CBC, with speculation over whether Hillary Clinton could be indicted over the long-running email scandal. The issue is whether she broke federal laws in…
Could Exxon Meet Its Waterloo in a New York Courtroom?
It's quite a posse on Exxon's trail - the attorneys-general of New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, Vermont, California, Delaware, D.C., Illinois, Iowa, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington…
Stiglitz to Trudeau – Don’t Sign the TPP
The Trudeau government should be grateful for free advice - when it comes from a Nobel prize laureate economist, Joe Stiglitz.Dr. Stiglitz' advice to Trudeau is that the Trans Pacific…
You See, It’s In the Fine Print
You don't hear much about it except periodic references in military and aviation journals. One (hyphenated) word: "multi-band." It's the key to effective stealth cloaking. It's the successor to the…
Is Elon Musk the Henry Ford of Electric Cars?
Tesla has unveiled its new $35,000 (USD) car, the "Model 3." The car is said to have a range of 320 km. on a full charge.Will the Model 3, a…
Erdogan’s Thuggery Follows Him to Washington
Not for nothing is Recep Erdogan called "the Boss of the Bosphorus."Erdogan recently came to Washington for the nuclear terrorism summit. He's pissed because Obama wouldn't greet him at the…
The Battle That Nobody Wins
The primate population is embarking on a losing battle with climate change. From Scientific American:According to a new study, climate change will adversely affect every single primate species on Earth.…
Sorry, Kinsella, But You Don’t Get to Define "Fascism"
Especially not on the strength of a throw-away line from an American novelist, Sinclair Upton, about how "fascism = capitalism + murder."The fascists, by the way, were Italian, Mussolini's crowd.…
This Speaks Volumes About Our Government’s Saudi Pals.
There is one ground war and two air wars currently underway in Yemen.The ground war engages the Houthi rebels against al Qaeda and ISIS fighters in support of Yemen's Sunni…
Death By Our Indifference
We've had a long fight to save the great whales from extermination at the end of a harpoon. Now we're doing them in with pollution, especially discarded plastic.In January, 29…