Harper Gets B.C. Bum’s Rush
As the Prince of Darkness was about to begin a question and answer session with the Vancouver Board of Trade, two climate activists with protest signs managed to briefly get…
The Mound of Sound
The World in 2050 As Goldman Sachs Sees It
Goldman Sachs and the World Bank foresee global GDP expanding massively over the next 35-years. Whereas today, America’s economic GDP is the world’s largest at over $16-trillion, by 2050 China’s…
Globalization In Decline?
Is the era of hyper global-commercialism on the wane? Is the global economy gradually yielding to the forces of localism? Fareed Zakaria writes that, after a 30-year romp (more like…
Hey, Deep Freeze Canada. Remember the Trevi Fountain and Canals of Venice.
Calm down. Here on the balmy Pacific coast we know you’re being hammered by cold winds, ice and snow. It might help if you could think of it as “your…
Maggie’s Bubble
It’s taken three decades for many Americans to realize that once revered Ronald Reagan was a vacuous bullshitter who steered their country on the path to its current ruin. It…
A New Year, a New Government, a New Climate. Brace Yourself, Oz.
Australia has just logged 2013 into the books as the hottest year ever recorded. 2013 was also the year that Australians voted in a rabid, free enterprise fossil fueler/climate change…
For What You’re Worth
Is our climate change fiasco a function of our lack of regard for human life? Kali Ha of the Hampton Institute asks “would a species that recognized its own worth…
Inside Israels Apartheid State
CounterPunch has a must-read interview with Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.
Maybe It’s Finally Our Turn at Bat
Canadian progressives should be delighted to witness the possible return in 2014 of the Democratic Left. It’s happening and it should send a message, loud and clear, to our own…
New York Times Demands Pardon for Edward Snowden
To Washington and the American intelligence community, whose abuses he exposed, Edward Snowden is a traitor who deserves to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars. Symptomatic of…
Let’s Be Clear, War on Labour is War on the Middle Class and War on Your Kids’ Future
Stephen Harper’s relentless war on labour is a deliberate attack on Canada’s middle class. He’s not quashing collective bargaining rights because union members vote NDP. He’s doing it because he’s…
Is the Great Recession Even Worse Than the Great Depressioon?
In 2008 when America’s economy tanked, the U.S. took down most of the developed world with it, particularly the Euro countries that had developed taste for made-in-America casino capitalism. Europe…
Hedges Calls for War on Speculators
Chris Hedges taps into a vein of widespread anger to call for the overthrow of America’s malignant speculators. Money, as Karl Marx lamented, plays the largest part in determining the…
Did We Get It All Wrong?
An Australian-led team of researchers reports that we’ve underestimated the heating effect of carbon dioxide emissions which suggests we’re heading for a 4C future. Report authors Steven Sherwood, Sandrine Bony…
Sorry, Canada. I Only Just Heard.
Got the motorcycle ready to go out for a spin today. I’ll wait until afternoon when the temp is expected to reach 7C. Ordinarily I’d prefer 10C but, hey, it…
Light Bulb Ban Starts Today
The door is closing on incandescent light bulbs. As of today manufacturers can no longer supply the Canadian market with 75- and 100-watt bulbs. Retailers will be permitted to sell…
Offshoring Alzheimer’s
They may not plan to retire in Thailand yet that’s where they might wind up. The cost and quality of care for those afflicted with Alzheimer’s at home is creating…
Australia Comes Out Swinging Against IPCC and Climate Change Action
If there was any doubt about where Australian prime minister Tony Abbott stands on climate change, his mouthpiece top business advisor erased it. Maurice Newman, chair of Abbott’s Business Advisory…
Happy New Year, Everyone!
I have never been happier to see a year pass more than 2013. It’s just been one goddamned thing after another. 2014. I’m hopeful that this is the year that…
2014 – The Return of Occupy!
A leading American technology research firm, Gartner Research, foresees a resurrection of the Occupy Movement in 2014. They contend that America’s changing economy makes social upheaval inevitable. By 2020, the…