Does Austerity Lead to Nuclear War?
We in the West for much too long have taken our military supremacy over everybody else for granted. With a lead partner (or perhaps “head office” would be more apt)…
The Mound of Sound
Steve Hits One Straight Out Of the Park
Confused about the NDP’s real position on combating climate change? I’ve never been able to figure them out, especially since Layton and Mulcair put their party on the path to…
Well, I’ll Be Damned. No, I’m Serious – Damned.
From The Washington Post, a map depicting the world’s least-religious countries. Well we’re not as bad as those Pagan Swedes or the Chinese but we’re batting above 50% as either…
Jody Thomas is to the Coast Guard what Bill Elliott was to the RCMP.
Jody Thomas sits in Ottawa as the Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard. She brings with her a lifetime of political hackery, none of it remotely related to her current…
Former Coast Guard Commander Calls "Bullshit" on Harper
Retired Coast Guard Commander, Fred Moxey, believes the federal government’s claims to have recovered 80% of the English Bay oil spill are nonsense. “I’ve been in hundreds of spills and…
How the Fearsome Become the Fearful
A Weapon of Weakness? How did we become indentured to a culture of fear? Fear-mongering has become a modus operandi in today’s morally corrupt, visionless politics. It is the stock…
Another Hot Year, Even Hotter for 2016
Word from Australia that this year and next will probably see record-breaking temperatures. Sea temperatures around Australia are posting “amazing” records that climate specialists say signal global records set in…
As Flat as Piss on a Platter
As oil spills go, Harper’s “world class” oil spill response team couldn’t have asked for better conditions than they faced last Wednesday in Vancouver’s English Bay. There was nothing to…
Of Leaders and Eunuchs
One of these three has balls: Tommy Boy, Junior, or Hillary. And the winner is – Hillary! Even though her duel at the ballot box isn’t until November of next…
Guess Who Can’t Make the Party?
It’s quite a gathering. 55-warships from 13-NATO countries are taking part in Exercise Joint Warrior in the waters off Scotland. This year’s war games are considered especially important given the…
Oopsie. And the Walls Come Tumblin’ Down.
The Crown in the Duffy trial has introduced a very interesting proposition using Justin Bieber to make the point. The Crown’s contention is that you cannot be a senator unless,…
We Hear Rumours
Spent almost two hours tonight with a veteran trial lawyer/long-time Tory insider dissecting Week One of the Duffy trial. Stephen Harper won’t be testifying at trial? Who says? Duffy’s lawyer,…
Harper is a "Defence Deadbeat"
The man sure talks a good game but Canada has never seen a bullshitter with the skillset of Stephen Harper. Oh we’ve got a penny packet of jets flying here…
Houthis Commit Atrocities Too – Well, Sort Of.
By now we’re all too familiar with al Qaeda executing people and ISIS beheading captives, even burning them alive. But let’s not overlook the Houthi rebels in Yemen. They too…
In Over Our Heads, Way Over.
Usually when someone orders their life according to alternate realities we consider that person mentally ill. It’s not hard to notice, they do a lot of weird things that just…
From SLATE – Do Not Watch "Game of Thrones" With These People
Sunday opens the fifth season of Game of Thrones. If you’re going to watch it, Slate.com suggests you not view it with any of these sorts of people. While you’re…
Say What? Oh, Yeah. Say What?
You know you’ve reached 60 when the peer discussion suddenly turns to memory loss. There’s a strong element of ‘gallows humour’ involved. Yet there’s rarely anything said in total jest.…
Does This Mean No More Chocolate Bunnies?
Cute Little Buggers, Eh? Hold the presses! Word out of Israel that the lost tomb of Jesus has been found and it contained the ossuaries (bone boxes) of Jesus; Mrs.…
Can Duffy Shred Nigel Wright’s "Goody Two-Shoes" Routine?
Nigel Wright’s ‘gift’ of $90K to senator Mike Duffy was a bribe when it was pocketed by Duffy but not when it was given by Wright. Most of us are…
John Oliver Takes on the Surveillance State
From Last Week Tonight