It’s a Poacher’s Paradise in Harperland
Just when we thought our prime ministerial jackass had given the West Coast his worst, he pulls another trick on us. This time it’s all about giving free licence to…
The Mound of Sound
France Rebuffs Amazon
Amazon is the biggest threat to independent booksellers and it’s a huge threat. It offers deals on books the indies often can’t match and usually throws in free shipping to…
Our Oceans Are In Peril And, Yes, You Can Thank Manmade Carbon Emissions
Our oceans haven’t been this acidic in Three Hundred Million Years. And our carbon emissions are the culprit. The only reason we don’t have massively greater concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse…
Denialism Is for Wingnuts – New Study
The ranks of climate change denialists are laced with conspiracy theorists. That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to those who have paid any attention to the Tinfoil…
Shadow Boxing – the F-35
“There may be a universe where it is smart to give your adversaries 25 year’s notice of exactly how you plan to render their defenses obsolete. We just don’t live…
Windows 8 – Advice Needed
My old computer is coughing up a lung after many years of yeoman service. A new desktop is on the way, perhaps just in the nick of time. This means…
Will the European Parliament Honour Edward Snowden? In a Way They Already Have.
NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, is a finalist for this year’s Sakharov Prize, awarded annually by the European Parliament to those who “combat fanatacism, intolerance or oppression.” Also in the running…
No, Nay, Never.
Dual-citizen and pundit, Diane Francis, maintains that Canada should merge with (into) the United States. She seems to think North American union is vital to protect our economy against state-run…
America’s Southwest Faces Imminent Water Woes
It supports 40-million people and four million acres of farmland production. It’s the Colorado River and it’s drying up. Next year the desert states of Nevada and Arizona could see…
What America’s Rightwing Media are On About This Morning
Hint: it isn’t the shutdown of the federal government. The New Republic takes a look at the curious behaviour of America’s rightwing media the day after the night before: …the…
IKEA to Sell Residential Solar Panel Systems
It’s starting in Britain but IKEA has plans to bring renewable, solar energy to the public worldwide. The company started selling solar panels made by China’s Hanergy in its store…
Monbiot – It’s Time for Scientists to Go Rogue
Britain, Australia and Canada have been singled out in a Guardian op-ed for “crushing academic integrity on behalf of corporate power.“ Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, contends that scientists have a…
Thanks For Your Service, Now Get Back In Your Cardboard Box
Canadian veterans’ ombudsman, Guy Parent, says seriously wounded Canadian servicemen are being left to face a life of poverty. “We’re saying it’s an urgent need,” Parent said. “I’m urging the…
Australia Feels the Heat
Australians may have elected a climate change denier, Tony Abbott, as their prime minister but that’s not going to make their climate change problems go away. The Hong Kong and…
A Court Down Under Deals with Climate Change Migration
A New Zealand court will hear a refugee-status claim from a Kiribati man who contends he had to flee not persecution but climate change. Kiribati is a low-lying atoll in…
Water Wars – Coming Soon to The Middle East?
It’s the perfect storm of three factors – scarce groundwater resources, climate change-driven droughts and massive population growth. Put them all together and security analyst Russell Sticklor, writing in the…
Hedges’ Quest to Find the Triggers of Revolt
It should come as no surprise that Chris Hedges openly and strongly advocates for outright revolt. He believes that laissez-faire capitalism has run its course, leaving blue and white collar…
America is Out of Business
America’s Taliban, a.k.a. Tea Party Republicans, have shut down the government of the United States. Having campaigned against Obamacare in the last elections – and having lost – the Tea…
Is Montreal an Object Lesson for Canada?
Montreal’s atrophied infrastructure should stand as an object lesson on political responsibility for our federal government and every provincial and municipal government from coast to coast to coast. To comprehend…
If Our Premiers Only Had the Courage of Our First Nations
Murray Dobbins weighs in on our prime minister’s obvious contempt for democracy. Investment is always portrayed as a good thing, period. It creates jobs, increases tax revenues, grows the economy.…