Because I Stumbled upon This Just Before BedTime
And, because, as today's events in Syria gave us a glimpse into how easily this all could unravel, it's just a tad therapeutic. It gets your mind off Sarajevo.
The Mound of Sound
What Brad Wall Would Prefer You Ignore
Alberta's Rachel Notley has vowed to shut down her province's coal-fired power plants and implement meaty carbon pricing levies. Her colleague next door, Saskatchewan's Brad Wall, is already squealing like…
New Media Celebrates the Passing of Old (as in "Post") Media
The National Observer, outshoot of the Vancouver Observer, is making a name for itself as an up and coming new media outlet carrying real news, conducting real investigations, doing the…
Oh, Damn !!
Turkish warplanes have shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border. Vlad Putin has vowed that Turkey can expect to find itself on the receiving end of "significant consequences."The…
"It was pretty remarkable, and it was a pleasure to be able to do it."
"A pleasure to be able to do it." That's how a senior research scientist from Environment Canada, Greg Flato, described the experience of finally being allowed to brief the premiers…
Sorry, Naomi, Climate Change Can’t Be Your Sociology Project. BTW, Nice Hair.
Naomi Klein has her designer knickers in a bunch because, with some pretty nasty individuals floating around Paris lately, Hollande has banned protest marches at next week's climate change summit.Klein…
Just When I Thought Canada Was Short One Asshole
Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall popped up to let us know we're in no danger of running a rectum deficit anytime soon.Wall served notice again today that he's going to be…
Syria in Two Photos
Imagine this was your world
Sorry JT But the Honeymoon’s Over
Even the New York Times can't look the other way any longer. America's "grey lady," put it on the record today. Saudi Arabia is no ally to the West. It…
The New York Times Nails It – Saudi Arabia is Just an ISIS That Made It.
At last, a voice pointing to the cognitive dissonance bordering on madness in the West's (including our own) military adventurism in South Asia and the Middle East. I've been arguing…
The Real Harper Derangement Syndrome – the Conservatives Mirage Surplus
It smelled from the get to. The economy was wallowing on the cusp of recession. World oil prices had tanked. Yet Shifty Steve Harper went into the last election telling…
Duffy? Duffy Who?
Yeah, so the trial of the Cavendish Cottager has resumed. Who cares? Now with Stephen Harper sent packing and a new party with a secure-term majority, it doesn't seem to…
U.S. Yells "Uncle" on F-35
When American military commanders run out of money, you know something is very wrong.U.S. defence planners have run the numbers and figure there'll be no 60 or 80-a year buy…
Climate Change Makes the Case for Renewable Energy Alternatives
Charleston, S.C., October, 2015 In America’s southeastern states they call it “sunny day flooding.” That’s when coastal towns experience flooding caused only by high tides and sea level rise. That’s…
While Paris Mourns, Netanyahu Makes His Move
With all eyes weary from trying to follow the Paris attacks, the G20 and APEC summits, our favourite peace lover, Benjamin Netanyahu, marked the occassion by “authorizing the marketing of…
Well That Wasn’t Very Polite. Putin Outs ISIS Supporters.
This is certainly awkward. The West’s favourite Bad Boy, Vlad Putin, brought some interesting info to the G20 summit. He brought intelligence data naming what he claims are the 40-countries…
Muslim, Jew, Doesn’t Make Much Difference. We Don’t Like Them When They Come Looking for Help.
A timely reminder from the Washington Post about how compassionate we are to refugees fleeing murderous persecution. It comes in the form of a flashback to1938 when European Jews tried…
He’s Here!
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency has released their latest projections for el Nino. At the bottom of this chart you’ll see a band of dark red that stretches…
The RedHead Girl in the Back of the Chevrolet
I’ve been writing some, no, a lot, of pretty grim essays lately. Sorry but that’s how I see what’s unfolding around us. This stuff gets to me too, maybe even…