Wherein George Sets Out to Save the Jews From Themselves
He’s baaaack. George w. Bush is taking the stage to help bring Jews to Jesus. Curious George is joining the effort to save Jews from themselves. Next week, former President…
The Mound of Sound
Rob Ford’s Re-Election Campaign Gearing Up
Ford handlers have already selected their campaign theme song. This is not to suggest any shred of equivalency between the late Ms. Winehouse’s struggle with substance abuse and that of…
Thought Crimes, Welcome to the Brave New World
There’s a growing trend, fortunately still confined to the United States (for now), of inflicting inhumane punishment on prison inmates caught committing thought crimes. Segregation cells in American prisons are…
Hunting Harper
The RCMP appears eager, perhaps too eager, to see senator Pam Wallin charged with fraud and breach of trust. Curiously, we haven’t heard a peep about prosecuting senator Mike Duffy.…
A Difficult Time
As I sit at my keyboard I need only glance up to see the dress badges of the Oxford Rifles, Canadian Fusiliers and the Essex Scottish. Just below them are…
What’ll It Be, Christy – Alberta or Norway?
A report came out this week concluding that British Columbia’s reserves of natural gas may be twice as great as previously thought. The numbers, if accurate, would put British Columbia…
California Exceeding Renewable Energy Targets
Big business of the high tech variety is giving the boost California needs to beat its target of 33% renewable energy by 2020. Projects by Microsoft Corp. and other companies…
Philippines Hammered by Super Typhoon
Two numbers tell the story – winds of 196 mph gusting to 235 mph. That makes Typhoon Haiya, now hitting the Philippines, a full, category 5 hurricane. “If it maintains…
I Was Never Really Afraid of China Until I Read This
Chas Freeman, who served as Richard Nixon’s interpreter in his breakthrough 1972 visit to China, says the real danger from China is that it might just decide to become another…
With Family Like That, Who Needs Enemies?
Just what a substance abuser needs, a family in denial. Her son’s substance-fueled buffoonery may have made him a laughing stock literally around the world but Rob Ford’s mom has…
China May Crank Up CO2 Emissions to Battle Smog
A NASA satellite image shows northeastern China and the city of Harbin literally smothered in smog. The past two weeks have been record setting for the region. To combat the…
China Reaches North and South
China is determined to become a polar player – in the Arctic and in Antarctica. Beijing is now sending its massive icebreaker, Snow Dragon, on a 155-day expedition to Antarctica,…
When You Blunder Into a Civil War, You Had Better Pick a Side.
America’s half-century plus intervention in the Muslim world seems to be unraveling. They’ve made a mess of things in Iran, in Iraq, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Syria and Libya,…
Calling All Enviros. James Hansen Wants You to Back Clean Nuclear Energy
There was a time when diesel-powered vehicles were pretty much the dirtiest, noisiest automotive conveyance on the roads. Technology improved and great strides were made in diesel engine performance. Today’s…
Oh, Yippee! Let’s Hit the Beach.
Just kidding. This is nothing to cheer about. The Pacific Ocean is now warming 15-times faster than normal. From Grist.org: Average global surface-air temperatures have been rising at a slower…
Duffy’s Docs
Senator Mike Duffy’s lawyer, Don Bayne, has reportedly handed over hundreds of pages of documents to RCMP investigators thought to be relevant to the Wright-Duffy-Harper affair. The RCMP asked, they…
CETA – Not Much to Speak Of, But a Lot to Talk About
To hear the Cons tell it, the Canada Europe trade deal is Harper’s crowning moment. Coming in the midst of the Senate expenses fiasco, with Harper himself firmly mired in…
Filling the Moats and Raising the Drawbridges, The Developed World Establishes Walls Against the Rest
Welcome to the Walled World of the 21st century. In every corner of the globe, advanced nations are building walls and manning the ramparts to keep the hordes at bay.…
As Remembrance Day Looms in Canada, Germans Prepare to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht.
In Berlin this weekend, about a hundred businesses will be affixing decals to their storefront windows. The decals simulate broken glass, memorializing the shattered windows of Jewish stores attacked 75-years…
What Lurks Down Under
By some accounts Australians have become the wealthiest people on earth, largely from flogging massive quantities to coal to China. Yet not all Australians are well off, especially not the…