Closing Out Canada’s Lost Decade
In case you haven't noticed, this has been removed from this blog.The removal marks the end, I hope, of Canada's decade of darkness, the decade of Harper but also the…
The Mound of Sound
Sorry to Piss on the Parisian Parade
It's been difficult figuring out just what to write about global warming, the now concluded Paris climate summit, and what lies ahead.Part of my difficulty is that goddamned enormous Memory…
I Know This. We Won’t Be First, But…
Our prime minister lives in the shadow of his father. Wisely, Justin is not setting out to emulate Pierre but to walk to his own path.During the election campaign he…
COP21 Deal Signed
Trust the National Observer to have it first. The delegations to the Paris climate summit, COP21, have finalized a deal. This could mean the end of the fossil fuel era.
Just Sayin
Utterly transformative
Cognitive Dissonance, Parisian-Style
It's a wonderful thing. Indications are that the nations of the world are on the verge of abandoning the 2 degree Celsius ceiling for global warming in favour of a…
Of Trump and Le Pen and Populism, Xenophobia and Neo-Nationalism
Not even the Globe's Margaret Wente can imagine Donald Trump winning the Republican presidential nomination much less the White House. I would like, for once, to think Maggie is right…
Nowhere to Run. Nowhere to Hide.
Greenhouse gas emissions and how to wrestle them to the ground are key elements of the Paris climate summit, COP 21. The negotiations have an element of a poker game…
Scalia’s Open Racism
When moral corruption has infected your nation's highest court, how broken is your judicial system?The court to which I refer is the United States Supreme Court, as politicized a court…
Who Writes this Guy’s Stuff, Donald Trump? Turkey’s PM Accuses Russia of Ethnic Cleansing in Syria.
Turkey, renowned home of the Armenian Genocide and legendary oppressor of Kurds both within and beyond its borders, is accusing Russia of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Syria.Turkey’s…
Duffy Fingers Tkachuk
There'll be blood on the floor of an Ottawa courtroom before this day is over.Senator Mike Duffy has opened fire on the senior Tory Senate leadership who ruled the roost…
Trump Seems to Like His Terrorism with an Irish Lilt
Here's a delightful pair - Jerry Adams and Donald Trump - at a Sinn Fein fundraiser in New York in 1995 a few months before the Canary Wharf bombings by…
My Bad
My favourite self-proclaimed Liberal posted a photo under the title, "Old snapshot of unknown religious refugee family, hiding in a barn, after being denied a home by a politician." I…
Phillie Mayor Sums Up Donald Trump in One Word – You Won’t Want to Miss It.
It's the "Trump Phenomenon" and Philadelphia mayor, Michael Nutter, captures it in one almost elegant (for Trump) word.
Monitoring Climate Change – From Space
Sometimes the best way to make sense of climate change on Earth is to leave Earth. Satellites can efficiently and accurately scan the entire planet, day in and day out,…
The Cavendish Cottager Takes the Stand. Duffy Fights Back?
The life and times of Michael Dennis Duffy is getting top billing at Ottawa's courthouse today. Duffy is on the stand and he's taking the court and spectators on a…
Seeing Is Believing. Right There, in the Washington Post.
Exxon representatives made a pretty startling admission recently when meeting Washington Post editors."With no government action, Exxon experts told us during a visit to The Post last week, average temperatures…
Too Good to Be True?
Jimmy Carter says he's now cancer free. America's most progressive president of the postwar era says a recent MRI scan found no signs of the original cancer or any new…
The New York Daily News Comes Down on Gun Terrorism in America – Fingers LaPierre
The front page says it all.
Be Wrinkled, Be Happy
Who knew? Grey hair and wrinkles bring happiness.Here's a discussion on the latest research claiming to show that, the older you get, the less you.. oh, I don't know... maybe…