Voices On Neoliberalism
The late Tony Benn. Naomi Klein on the global neoliberalism.
The Mound of Sound
Well, When You Put It That Way. The Staggering Cost of an Ice Free Arctic.
Brace yourselves. When miscreants like Harper and his polar petro-pal Putin think of an ice free Arctic dreams of oily sugarplums dance through their pointy little heads. Civilization-destroying wealth is…
Blobs
It doesn’t matter much except to people of the Pacific coast of North America. It’s called “The Blob” – a vast area offshore that is unusually warm, by some accounts…
Dethroning Climate Change Skeptics
The influential Associated Press style book is rewriting the rules for writing about climate change deniers. Among other things they’re no longer to be called “skeptics” because that demeans real…
The Environmental Time Bomb We Never Talk About
There are major food security threats building around the world and yet there’s very little public discourse over what it is, what it means, what we can do about it…
"It’s Not Doing Any Good" – Our Failed Air War against ISIS
The Independent’s Robert Fisk has been reporting on all things Middle Eastern for three decades now. When it comes to knowing the region, he’s it. Naturally, a lot of his…
A German Call for "Planetary Guardrails"
From the WBGU, Germany’s climate advisory council, a call for environmental/ecological guardrails. It’s about more than slashing carbon emissions. It’s about defining limits of mankind’s ecological footprint on everything from…
Did Trudeau Blunder by Rejecting the F-35?
From everything I’ve learned about that warplane, Trudeau made the right call only it might not have been the right time. The overdue, overpriced, under-performing F-35 is not the aircraft…
Mulcair to Spend More Than Harper on Veterans.
My stomach churned a little bit when I saw the photo of Tommy with some old, bemedalled vets rolling out his platform of hundreds of millions more in funding for…
This Might Be the Mother of All Class Action Lawsuits
The operative principle is that fraud vitiates (negates) consent. When a person is induced to enter a contract on the strength of fraudulent misrepresentation, the standard remedy is rescission of…
The F-35 Is Living on Borrowed Time
Barring a comeback win by Stephen Harper, Lockheed’s sort of stealthy, light attack bomber will not be adopted by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Mulcair’s against it and, now, so…
Our Brave New World is Here and We’re Wearing It
Your personal privacy may be heading the way of the Dodo bird. Privacy may be the least appreciated human right we possess given how readily we shed it these days…
Kevin Page Versus Tommy Mulcair – Which One Will You Believe?
At the end of the day it comes down to this: who are you going to believe, the most credible and courageous voice from Parliament Hill or the artful dodger,…
An Ungovernable World for the 21st Century
I’ve heard this before from some of the world’s top experts in war studies. Now it’s James Hansen’s turn. The renowned climate scientist is warning that climate change impacts could…
Well, After All, They Did Invade Poland – a Lot.
The people’s carmaker, Volkswagen AG, has been caught with its Teutonic hand in the environmental cookie jar. It’s not exactly the Reichstag Fire – but close. The US EPA is…
Now Who’s Under the Bus?
Wait, yes, it’s orange. Oh my goodness, it’s the NDP! Who threw the New Democratic Party under the bus? What, it was Tom Mulcair? The NDP’s in-house Manchurian Candidate? Tommy…
Come October 20th, I Know What I’ll Be Doing
When I created this blog many years ago I dedicated it to the “restoration of progressive democracy.” I chose the term “progressive” quite deliberately, knowing that it has a genuine…
Best Lawyer Joke – EVER
I like good lawyer jokes. They’re far and few between. Everyone seems to have one but they’re usually just some version of one of four. Boring. Best lawyer joke ever.…
Republicans Debate Again Tonight. Trump’s Leading. Here’s What Might be Wrong.
When it comes to political debates, few rise to the mark of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The Republicans’ Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the Democrats went at it,…
Hey Kids, Christmas Isn’t Far Away. This Year, Tell Dad You Want a "Cruzado" Under the Tree
Cruzado, it’s just another AR-15 assault rifle knock off only with that little Heavenly difference. When you slap in another 30-round mag, you’ll see the Templar Cross and shield. On…