They Get It. We Don’t.
California has set an ambitious target for greenhouse gas emissions. Their target is to cut emissions 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. That’s an ambitious target but, let’s face it,…
The Mound of Sound
The Face of God – Why It Looks Just Like a Circuit Board!
If there is a Supreme Being out there in the multiverse, it’s probably a “mind-blowingly intelligent super computer.” Many scientists believe the human race is only decades away from being…
Putin Signs Military Pact with Argentina
Well this is bound to piss off David Cameron. Badboy Vlad Putin has inked a military pact with Argentine president Christina Fernandez backing her country against Britain over the Falkland…
Yes They Do. Of Course They Know.
Canada’s Auditor General may not be very good at casting bones and reading entrails at least not when the offal comes from Steve Harper. The AG is complaining that, “The…
Smoking Gun, What Smoking Gun?
(Your Punchline Here) The oh so Conservative Senate is trying to prevent the audit into senators’ residency qualifications from being exposed in court in the Duffy bribery/corruption trial. What’s that?…
Climate Change In The Raw
Imagine a highway full of cars, all traveling at very high speed, and all of them simultaneously going out of control. Something along those lines may be in store with…
New York City. Four Cops. Two Black Guys. Nobody Dies.
Maybe it was because the cops were Swedes on the subway going to catch a performance of Les Miserable. A fight broke out between two homeless men. When the conductor…
The End of Trust. Life In the Surveillance State and the Deconstruction of Privacy.
A panel of British academics and experts furnish a very timely and necessary discussion of privacy, surveillance, ethics and the slow death of trust. If you are genuinely concerned about…
One That Almost Slipped Through the Cracks
You might have read this already. I’ve seen no reference to it so I thought it should be posted before it slips down the Memory Hole. From the very credible,…
The Struggle Ahead for a Decent Future for our Youth
It’s sometimes hard to read a Henry Giroux essay without coming away feeling like you’ve been dragged into a dark alley and bludgeoned. In his latest essay, this American intellectual…
You’ll Never See Vlad Putin the Same Way Again
If there’s one guy who doesn’t get any slack from the Western media, it’s Russian strongman, Vlad Putin. We vilify Putin at every turn and, while he certainly brings some…
This One’s For the Ladies. Well, Actually It’s For Me.
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They’re Calling It "World War O"
It seems pretty clear that Barack Obama came into the presidency intending to extricate the United States from its foreign wars. There were two at the time, Iraq and Afghanistan.…
How Is Steve Supposed to Compete With This?
The Prince of Darkness, Steve Harper, loves to send Canadian fighter pilots to distant corners of the world to bomb the living Hell out of people who don’t go to…
My, My. Tax Cuts Do Create Jobs.
A new study reveals that tax cuts do indeed create jobs and boost investment. One little snag. It’s only tax cuts for the bottom 90 percent that benefit the economy,…
It’s Louisiana, Bobby, the Urinal Cake of the United States.
Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal, is at it again. In a New York Times op-ed, Jindal has pledged to protect the ‘religious liberty’ of individuals, businesses and corporations in his state…
Texans and Frogs. What Do They Have in Common?
It’s pretty hard to exaggerate our indifference to early-onset impacts of climate change. They’re here, they’re worsening before our eyes and, more often than not, we ignore them. Some call…
Canada Advances to Top Tier Warmongering. Congratulations All.
Did you hear the news? Pakistan has inked a deal to buy eight modern Chinese submarines. Pakistan, yeah. And the Pakistan navy is looking at developing nuclear warheads for the…
Let’s Ditch the Cowboy Act
Modern, high-tech warfare is putting many nations in an increasingly offensive military posture. The controversial F-35 is a perfect example. Despite what we’re told, the F-35 is not a fighter…
Another Badly Overdue Conversation We’re Not Brave Enough to Have.
It was around the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The British magazine, The Economist, published a provocative opinion piece focusing on whether Europe should erect defences to…