Now This Is an Eye-Opener. Greenland Goes Black.
Glaciologist Jason Box of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland is trying to wake up the world to just what’s actually happening to the Greenland ice sheet. He’s crowd-sourced…
The Mound of Sound
The Royal Canadian Rent-a-Navy
Protecteur Being Towed Home Mr. Harper. It’s probably not a brilliant idea to get into Vlad Putin’s face when you’ve left Canada with as navy so neglected that it can’t…
You May Know a Man By the Company He Keeps
There’s much to be learned by exploring the type of persons our prime minister seeks out; the gaggle of fixers, hustlers, punks, pocket liners, bullies and reprobates who surround him.…
Sona Bags Nine Months for RoboCalls
I hope Michael Sona gets a frail, elderly cellmate. He’s not the sort of guy who would do well with a guy named “Bubba.” Off to the Greybar Hotel for…
Is America About to be Stabbed in the Back by Its Own Defence Contractors?
It’s one thing when an outfit like RubberMaid gets bought out, packed up and moved overseas. It’s another thing when what have been considered “strategic industries” go the same route.…
Will We Get It Right This Time? Do We Dare Get It Wrong?
David Cameron is adding his voice to the chorus warning that we’re nearing the brink of another global economic meltdown. The British prime minister, whose failed austerity programmes have done…
Arms Race Update – US to Spend a Trillion Dollars on Upgrading Nukes
US Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, put it bluntly. “No other mission we have is more important.“ The mission Hagel was referring to was a trillion-dollar, 30-year programme to upgrade America’s…
The Humiliation of Tony Abbott
Hosting a G20 summit is supposed to be prestigious. You get the leaders of the world’s largest economies to come to your country, to gather in your town, to discuss…
Harper Chasing Votes Down Under
His supposedly blunt message to Vladimir Putin reveals how Steve Harper really knows how to work a room when there’s an election in the offing. Walking up to Putin at…
Keeping Score in Cold War II
When it comes to Cold War II, we’re limited to snippets of information; an incident here and there, accusations and counter-accusations. It’s hard to get a meaningful picture of what’s…
Forget About the 1%. It’s the .1% Who Are the Emerging Problem.
They’re now buying elections as efficiently as they once had to settle for buying politicians (or judges) and they’re buying their way to ever dizzying heights of aberrant prosperity. They’re…
Why the Obama-Xi Emissions Deal is Window Dressing.
The CO2 emissions deal reached this week by the presidents of the US and China is a positive step, no doubt about that. It’s also far too little, much too…
International Energy Agency Warns World Poised for Hefty Increase in Fossil Fuel Consumption for Next 25-Years
The International Energy Agency has released its latest World Energy Outlook and it paints a pretty grim picture of our future. The agency sees global energy demand growing by 37…
Sh_t Pravda Says
Ah, Pravda, the legendary propaganda agency of the Soviet Union, is back at it, merrily thrashing about in its favourite Cold War wading pool. Articles such as, “Russia takes complete…
Dear Tony, You Can Kiss Our…
A group of Australians gathered on Bondi Beach to bury their heads in the sand in protest of their prime minister’s fossil fuel fetish. More than 400 protesters stuck their…
The Big Easy – Easy On Rapists
There’s always been a seedy undercurrent to New Orleans – everything from street hustlers to corrupt politicians. It’s part of the flavour of the place. Now it turns out the…
Das Auto is Awesome.
The rednecks in the state government did everything underhanded they could to keep Tennessee Volkswagen workers from going union. It was a move that pitted the company against, not its…
It’s Down! Philae Lands on Comet.
Here’s a name you’ll never remember: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. That’s the official name of the comet that’s now playing host to the European Space Agency’s Philae lander as both hurtle through space…
Is There a Nuclear War in Your Future?
Maybe that’s why Sideshow Steve went on the down low to get F-35s in RCAF hangars as soon as possible. Could the planet be headed for the first (and last)…
It Sounds Good, Sort of, On Paper
It is an historic deal – if it ever comes to pass. China and the US have made a pact to cut carbon emissions. The US has promised to cut…