Oh, There IS a Santa!! And He Showed Up a Week Early!
You might remember this smug prick, Martin Shkreli. He's the Grinch whose claim to fame rests with pharmaceutical price-gouging. Well the FBI wiped a whole lot of that smug off…
The Mound of Sound
Toss the Little Bugger in Jail and Throw Away the Key – Affluenza My Arse
Remember young Ethan Couch? He's the juvi drunk driver who ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in Fort Worth in 2013, killing four of them.Ethan's rich parents hired a team…
Coast Guard Station to Re-Open ASAP
Canada's major west coast port and boaters' paradise will soon be again under the protection of the Canadian Coast Guard.The federal government has announced that CCG Kitsilano will re-open as…
OMG – Americans Now Oppose Ban on Assault Rifles
For 20-years the American public has supported a ban on the sale of assault weapons. Now an ABC News/Washington Post poll suggests that a majority of Americans now oppose such…
What? We’re Selling Canadian Air to China?
It was only supposed to be a joke. It's not a joke any more.A couple of enterprising Canadians, Troy Paquette and Moses Lam, have found there's a market in Beijing…
The Beginning of the End? Duffy Gets Grilled by the Prosecution. Even Stephane Dion is on the Crown’s Agenda.
Mike Duffy's "innocent victim" schtick is under attack by the Crown. In a trial full of curious irrelevancies even Duffy's smear job on Stephane Dion has surfaced:Why are you telling…
Trump Wars, Scottish Style
His mother was a Gaelic-speaking lass from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis but that hasn't endeared the Mouth that Roared, Donald Trump, with the Scottish people or their governments.America's…
Guardian Readers Skewer the COP21 Climate Deal
Here are some sobering comments from letters received by the Guardian responding to the COP 21 climate summit deal inked in Paris last week.Frank Jackson, former co-chair of the World…
More Grim Records for the Arctic.
The 2015 "Arctic Report Card" has been released by NOAA, America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In case you haven't guessed the gist of the report, here are a few…
This Sounds Like a First – the Sahara Reaches Britain
For some time now dust storms from the Sahara Desert have crossed the Mediterranean to reach the southernmost parts of Europe. That's one thing but Britain, surely not?A Saharan dust…
Vlad Walks the Walk Only It’s the "KGB Stomp"
This is really weird. Vladimir Putin's rise to the top began with a career in the Soviet Union's dreaded KGB where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.Scientists who've been…
The Big Climate Change Counter-Offensive Has Begun. Care to "Ride to the Guns?"
There's no guarantee that it's not already too late or that it will, in the end, succeed but there are signs that 2015 may just be the year that the…
Duffy and the "Born Again Christian" Defence
Mike Duffy's problem? Why, of course, it was having to deal with all those Born Again Christians, i.e. Harper and his entourage.Duffy said he had insisted he had done nothing…
Well, When You Put It That Way I See Your Point.
I'm not sure he wouldn't like to take his words back, if only. The head of Europe's coal lobby, a fellow named Ricketts, has said that, as a result of…
They’re Getting Awfully Good at This. Practice Makes Perfect.
Philippine authorities have evacuated six provinces in preparation for Typhoon Melor. Some 750,000 people were relocated to safety. This sort of thing is now becoming almost routine in the Philippines…
(Enter Month Here) Shatters Warming Record
Last month was the warmest last month since records for this sort of thing were first kept in 1891.When this month becomes last month next month we'll probably be able…
Bacon It Is Then. The Sacrifices I Make for Our Planet
All those veggies may be good for you - you selfish bastard - but they're hell on the environment. This bacon sandwich? I'm just taking one for the team.A study…
I Give Up. More of Us Should Follow Suit.
The world is moving much too fast today to entrust it any longer to people of my generation. It's time for political renewal, fresh blood. It's time to deliver the…
A Helpful Blow to the Bitumen Boosters from America’s National Academy of Sciences
As though, following the COP 21 climate summit, there remained any argument for the continued extraction, production and export of the world's filthiest, costliest, most carbon-intensive unconventional petroleum. And, yes,…
Well, That’s Certainly Awkward
You're a struggling opposition leader, becalmed in the Sargasso Sea of politics, as you watch your rivals sail on by. Somehow you've got to get moving, you have to go…