When I called it a day yesterday, the Americans (or so I thought) were churning through proposals for a trillion dollar stimulus spending initiative. That was soooo yesterday. In this…
Former Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, has penned an op-ed for the National Observer. She concludes that there might be a silver-lining to the pandemic if we’re lucky and we’re…
Energy analysts are struggling to predict where world oil prices could bottom out in the months ahead. Energy consultant Stephen Shorck told Bloomberg, “This is Operation Desert Storm, Enron, 9/11,…
America’s radical rightwing hopes to weaponize the coronavirus. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office recently sent out an alert to local authorities warning of extremist groups it said…
It was just a few months ago that we were told to prepare to respond to major calamities, two, perhaps three at a time. Covid-19 certainly qualifies as one. We…
One thing you’ll find on this blog a handful of times every year are posts that discuss some major ecological calamity that conclude that the whole business will be down…
My gaze fell on my air purifier this morning, the unit I bought to keep seasonal wildfire smoke under control in my house. It’s the same model as the one…
It wasn’t money that fueled Joe Biden’s come-from-behind victory in the Democratic primaries. Of the final seven candidates, Biden’s spending was dead last. Outgunned on the airwaves and out-organized on…
The New York Times has posted an animated graphic of how Covid-19 has spread through the United States. A picture really does beat a thousand words. Maggie Haberman discusses the…
This social distancing/self-isolating thing is going to get tiresome if it’s not already. If you’re like me you may wonder how long you can live out of your pantry. The…
The Toronto Star’s Heather Mallick reckons we can come out the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic a lot smarter. It might even allow us to take a grown-up attitude…
Highlights from today’s New York Times or, as I like to call it, ‘Today in Trumpland’ The United States is falling further behind and, without urgent action, could be overwhelmed…
Pity Alberta premier, Jason Kenney. The provincial government’s favourite game, Blame Ottawa, has run out of steam. Michael Harris writes “it’s Game Over for Kenney.” Before COVID-19 turned Times Square…
A report at OilPrice.com claims the fossil energy producers are running out of space to store their oil. Some are even renting supertankers and using them for mid- to long-term…
The Trudeau government has not distinguished itself in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was slow off the mark declaring an emergency but it’s inexcusable failure has been the…
Let’s face it. Donald Trump is an unscrupulous prick. He’s a grifter. Same same for many of his immediate family and his courtiers. We’ve got this pandemic brewing. The best…
The retreat of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism, especially in America and parts of Europe, has intrigued me for many months. How does this happen? How do good people,…
An off-the-shelf anti-viral for Covid-19? It may not be perfect but the Chinese coronavirus experience suggests it is both safe and effective. Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s science and…
Jason Kenney says the Alberta economy is getting hammered. It’s getting hit so hard that he can’t even lay it off on Justin Trudeau. You know it’s bad when Kenney…
China did it first. Thus it’s obviously totalitarian, outright fascism. This is leftist nonsense on acid. Lockdowns aren’t a creature of fascist ideology. Epidemiology has nothing to do with fascism…
