Harold Ramis, 69
Terrific SCTV founding cast member, Harold Ramis, dead at 69.
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Is the U.S. Working to Sabotage Its Nuke Deal with Iran?
According to Asia Times, the U.S. is adopting an Israeli policy platform that could scuttle the prospects of a nuke deal with Iran. The Barack Obama administration’s insistence that Iran…
Who Wants to Be the Piers Morgan of Mars?
Inventor/entrepreneur Elon Musk says he wants to travel to Mars. He’s young enough that he might manage to do that unless he comes to his senses and thinks better of…
With Numbers Like This, We’re So Screwed
Now I remember why I so rarely lift the carpet to take a peek underneath. Just had a look at the world’s largest corporations. Eight out of the top twelve…
The Fall of Victor Yanukovych
With Ukraine teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, the country’s deposed ex-president, Victor Yanukovych is finished. The fugitive former prez is being charged with the murders of protestors as he…
What Befalls Putin’s Potemkin Village?
Now that the Olympics are over and the athletes and tourists – and their wallets – have packed up and left what does the future hold for host city Sochi,…
America Downsizing
The American people’s security blankie is about to shrink. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is proposing to reduce the U.S. Army from 570,000 to about 440,000. With America’s wars in Iraq…
When Government Turns Irrational, Mad as Hatters
Why are governments becoming increasingly detached from reality? Especially when it comes to climate change impacts, governments seem incapable of acting rationally. Case in point, Britain. In recent years the…
Canada’s Mythical Middle Class and the Quislings of Parliament Hill
The government likes to say it’s all about the middle class. So, too, the opposition parties. On Parliament Hill it seems Canada’s middle class is virtually surrounded by a sea…
Just Sayin’
When you’ve just tossed your president and appoint an interim president to govern in his place pending elections, don’t choose somebody who shows up for work dressed like this: That,…
The Relief of California
Desperately needed rain may be enroute to northern California. With any luck some agricultural production may be saved. There’s hope that an El Nino believed to be building in the…
For Once It Sucks to Live on the West Coast
Getting up at 4 a.m. to watch a hockey game. Well more than just a hockey game. It was worth it. And now a message to the flat-packers who earned…
Do We Really Need the Moon?
Without it, life on Earth probably never would have occurred. It has defended life on Earth from many meteor and asteroid strikes. It energizes life on Earth today. It may…
Are We Poisoning Our Babies?
The growing onset of neurodevelopment disorders in babies such as autism and ADHD may be rooted in toxic chemicals to which infants are exposed. That’s the opinion of Philippe Grandjean,…
Rex Murphy’s Best Friend and Staunchest Defender – Why That’d be Rex Murphy
Wherein Rex assures us all, soiled linens aside, he has not been sleeping with Big Oil and, indeed, always says what’s on his mind, unfettered though that may be by…
Hungary ’56, Czechoslovakia ’68, Ukraine ’14?
Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been sent packing. The parliament has turned on him and proclaimed him constitutionally unable to carry out his duties. It is being reported that…
Denialists Are Not Skeptics, Even When You Turn the Planet Upside Down.
Maybe the time has come when the onus of proof should shift off the shoulders of climate science and onto the shoulders of the denialist community. You say it’s all…
Where Did All the Sea Ice Go?
America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency has released a quick video showing what happened to the “old” Arctic ice (the most important stuff) from 1987 until 2013. The video covers…
See If This Doesn’t Put You in a Mind To Revolt
I watched the documentary Revolution that’s now airing on Movie Central (yeah, I know, pay tv – hey, it’s the only way I can get HBO). It’s not enjoyable to…
So That’s What Crawled Up Harper’s Ass and Died
The Tories have been quick to jump all over retired General Andrew Leslie’s retirement relocation expenses. I’ll bet they wouldn’t have said a word if only he’d accepted their overtures…