China Tells U.S. to Back Off over Ukraine
The message was delivered by China’s ambassador to Belgium, Qu Xing, but it pretty obviously came straight from Beijing – back off Obama. Ambassador Qu went on to blame the…
The Mound of Sound
The Rise and Fall of America’s Indispensable Ally – Israel
Israel has always been America’s indispensable ally in the Middle East. That may be changing. Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech yesterday to the US Congress might have been less of a bold…
The Real Threat Facing Israel
No one expected Benjamin Netanyahu to win the gushing approval of the editorial board of Israel’s liberal newspaper Haaretz but they were decidedly unimpressed by their prime minister’s speech to…
Here’s Something You Probably Don’t Think About Very Much. How Much Antibiotic Is In Your Fast Food Chicken?
This is one of those stories that’s just a bit cringe-worthy. McDonald’s is changing its policy about the sort of chicken it will drop in your lap at the drive-thru.…
The Path of Self-Destruction. Consumerism.
We, mankind, have to change our ways or else perish. It’s that cut and dried. We’re confronted with a number of existential threats. Our continued existence is imperiled by three…
Finally – My MP Makes the CBC
After 15 very idle years, and mere months before his retirement, my MP, the Conservative member for Nanaimo-Alberni, Doctor (no less) James Lunney has caught the interest of the CBC.…
I Feel Your Pain. More Than I Can Say for the CBC.
Oh Mother Corp can be cold, especially when it comes to the cold. The tag line on the CBC web page read, “Warm Weather for Everyone! (Offer only available in…
Sounds Like a Plan to Me. Meet the Burial Pod.
An Italian group has come up with a dandy idea to make good use of you when you’re gone – grow a tree. The deceased is bundled, fetal position, into…
Hmm – Fighting Kiddie Porn or Helping Get Harper Re-elected? Decisions, Decisions.
Yes they are indeed the Royal Conservative Mounted Police. That issue is put to rest by the CBC News report that the RCMP has been withholding millions of dollars earmarked…
Syrzia – A Much Needed Primer for Progressives Everywhere.
No, we’re not Greece. We don’t have their crushing economic crisis. We don’t have the punitive austerity regime they had. Yet there are many problems, existing and looming for Canada,…
What’s Going On with the Senate?
It seems there are a good many senators anxious about the already overdue audit reports into their expenses. Complicating matters is the letter they were cajoled into signing that waives…
You Play Ball With Me and I’ll Stick the Bat Straight Up Your….
There’s a scenario unfolding that’s pretty amazing. The White House has been negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran. Obama has apparently kept his Israeli counterpart, Netanyahu, briefed on the negotiations…
They’ll Nip This in the Bud
It’s enough to give an oligarch chest pain. Barely a month in power, popular support for the left-wing, anti-austerity government in Greece is soaring. Syrzia won the January polls with…
There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
In a decade or so the government of Canada will be in the market for new submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy. In the 17-years since the Chretien government snapped…
Netanyahu Has Screwed the Pooch for Israel
Even if the next US president is a Republican, what Netanyahu is doing this week will cost Israel far into the future. What the Israeli prime minister has somehow failed…
I’ll See Your Cult and I’ll Raise You One
They’re dying to get at each other or at least they would be if only we gave them a chance. Radical, fundamentalist Islam versus radical, fundamentalist Christianity – the End…
"He’s Acting Like Someone Who Has Nothing to Lose"
The editorial board of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz looks at the country’s prime minister and sees a one-man wrecking ball winging his way to Washington. The paper concludes that Israel…
Americans See Combating Climate Change a Moral Obligation. Speaking of Morality, Where’s Steve Harper?
Some are calling it the “Francis effect” after the forceful statements the Pope has made about the need to address climate change. A significant majority of Americans say combating climate…
Another Dubious Record
We’re about to hit the 30-year milestone. That’s 30 years of consistent, above-average temperatures. February will mark 360 consecutive months of above average temps. That’s even getting close to half…