Coming Soon to The Simpsons Channel – COSMOS 2014
Cosmos is coming back. Premiering on 9 March on FOX, Neil deGrasse Tyson will be hosting an updated version of the legendary show hosted by the late Carl Sagan. When…
The Mound of Sound
Another Reason to Worry About Overpopulation – Robotics
Maybe we picked the wrong time, possibly even the worst time, for a global, population explosion. We’ve been warned for years that the robot age is upon us and it’s…
Steyn Stew
Another big setback for rightwing loudmouth, Mark Steyn, and another big win for climate scientist Michael Mann in his defamation action. Mother Jones reports the defendants’ camp is coming apart…
Global Warming Reaches the Factory Floor
It’s about time. According to The New York Times, industry is beginning to ‘get’ the reality of climate change now that it’s beginning to hammer their bottom line. Today, after…
Sportfishing Rules
Guardian enviro-scribe George Monbiot gets it. Sportfishing trumps commercial fishing any day and in every way. It’s better for the environment and it’s better for the economy, way better. Here…
Today in Afghanistan – Inmates Still Running the Asylum
Outgoing (this year) Afghan president Hamid Karzai says the U.S. needs to start peace talks with the Taliban or they might as well just pack up and leave. Given that…
Solar Panels Endanger Firefighters?
This should make the fossil fuelers happy. Rooftop solar panels supposedly present a threat to firefighters. They, supposedly, could even prevent firefighters from saving your home. That’s right, they might…
Because Nothing Screams "Invasion" Like the An-2
North Korean garden gnome, Kim Jong-Un, is reported to have recently overseen exercises that simulated a special forces attack on South Korea’s busy Incheon airport. The attack involved airborne troops…
That’s What Bitumen Is For – The Great Flood
You know that whole Noah’s Ark business? Well the Noah before the Judeo-Christian Noah was apparently told by God 1.0 , the Mesopotamian original, to build an Ark with the…
Is Rex Murphy CBC’s In-House Tipping Point?
Rex Murphy gives curmudgeons a bad name. The jumped-up little shit has exploited his perch at the CBC to promote outrageous climate change denialism. Murphy, whose educational background lies in…
The Tyee Asks: Are the RCMP Ready for the Battle of The Northern Gateway?
It’s looking increasingly unlikely that Harper will ever get bitumen into supertankers at Kitimat wihout one hell of a battle against First Nations, environmentalists and just ordinary citizens of British…
Why Do Trudeau and Mulcair Want to Govern Canada?
If they don’t want to tackle the major challenges of the day, why do they seek to govern our country? I’m not speaking of Stephen Harper, he’s a dead loss,…
Worrisome Mutterings from Davos, the World Economic Forum
Stephen Harper will not be happy with the talk that’s making the rounds at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. What he really won’t like are the calls for…
First They Shuttered Our Libraries, Now They’re Coming for "the Black Bomb"?
It’s an acquired taste, sort of like Guinness Stout. It’s a gooey, salty, beef-flavoured yeast extract that Brits like slathered on a piece of toast. It’s Marmite, popularly known in…
Letterman Skewers Rob Ford – Again
The Americans love the guy, at least when they’re looking for a bozo.
This Is No Time to Go Blind
Several research papers over the past year have pointed to major changes to ENSO, the El Nino Southern Oscillation, that plays havoc with the weather around the world when it…
Say It Ain’t So, Joe. Canada’s Ghost Ship and a Tale of Cannibal Rats.
Somewhere out on the briny deep the abandoned cruise ship, Lyubov Orlova, may be drifting toward somebody’s coast. And she might be full of cannibal rats. Who left the Lyubov…
If You’re Wondering What Happened to Arctic Sea Ice, Wonder No More.
I’ll let you connect the dots.
Boycotts Bring Reality to Ordinary Israelis
The Harper Effect seems to have been decidedly short-lived in Israel. It seems that Beelzebub’s presence did little to assuage Israelis’ concern over the growing, international boycott of their country…
Rule No. 1 – Never Call a Crazy Person with Nukes Crazy
The head of America’s Pacific military forces, Admiral Sam Locklear, maybe didn’t have world peace foremost on his mind today when, at a Pentagon press conference, he expressed doubts over…