Bachmann Goes Batshit in Egypt
Michelle Bachmann links Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood with 9/11.
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Nothing To See Here. Move Along.
A former parliamentary law clerk can’t see what possible benefit flowed from Nigel Wright’s $90,000 under the table payment to senator Mike Duffy and, accordingly, based on what he can’t…
You Might Have Read How Arctic Sea Ice Has Recovered
There’s more Arctic sea ice this year than last, a fair bit more. What does that mean? In fact, not much at all. The Guardian’s Dan Nuccitelli provides a couple…
While We’re Focused on Chemical Warfare
It’s interesting how selective the United States can be about weapons of mass destruction given that the U.S. continues to be responsible for widespread death and destruction from its own…
Tony Blair Never Met a Muslim Country He Didn’t Fancy Bombing
There’s something about a snort of Yank bum that Tony Blair finds irresistible. It was that addictive scent, after all, that made Blair a war criminal for illegally invading Iraq.…
Harper Drops His Drawers to Save Keystone
Steve Harper is so desperate to win Obama’s support for the Keystone XL bitumen pipeline that he’s willing to accept America’s demands for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the oil…
When It Comes to Choppers, Once Again the Harper Government Can’t Tell Its Arse From Its Elbow
Back in the Mulroney days, then defence minister Kim Campbell opted to buy EH-101 super choppers to replace the Canadian navy’s fleet of aging Sea King helos. Since then we’ve…
How Do We Live in a Post-Prism World?
How do you like having a foreign government’s computer following you around? How do you like having your e-mails screened? How do you like having your browsing history traced and…
Of King Henry and King Stephen.
Sometimes what you don’t find can be more important than what you do find. The absence of something you should expect to find can itself be a statement. Sometimes it…
Last Year’s Wild Weather Tied to Climate Change. Well, Duh!
Another day, another study. A Stanford University study has found that last year’s wild weather, including the heat wave and drought that swept most of the U.S., is now more…
Happy Birthday to Me
How in hell I reached 64 is beyond me. That said, I indeed exceeded 63 – and 53 and 43 and even 33. How – beyond a good deal of…
Let Our Cousins "Down Under" Be the Miners’ Canary of Climate Change
It looks like the Labor government of Kevin Rudd will be swept out of power by Tony Abbott’s coalition in this month’s general elections. Good on ya, Australia. If there’s…
Syria – The First Big Proxy War of Cold War II
Russia’s in. China’s in. The United States is in. Iran is in, so is Israel. Everyone else within pipeline distance might soon be in also. It’s still about Syria, sort…
F-35 Could Cost Canada 71-Billion Dollars
It’s only 25-billion more than the current estimates of the Department of National Defence but, hey, it’s only money. A worst-case scenario of cost risks in a Department of National…
Guess What’s Been Spotted in Turkey?
The Doomsday Plane has been spotted at Incirlik, Turkey. The E-4B is an airborne battle command center which might be handy to have in-theatre if you’re planning to wage a…
"It Will Suck You In"
“The one thing we should learn is you can’t get a little bit pregnant. If you do a one-and-done (a few days’ punitive air strikes with Tomahawk cruise missiles) and…
America’s Cyber Guerrilla Army
They don’t wear boots or carry assault rifles but they’re far more dangerous to America’s adversaries. They’re machines situated in key spots around the world that have been covertly captured…
He Still Owes the State a Thousand Years
Ariel Castro is no more. Faced with a prison sentence of life plus a millennium, Aerial decided to fly economy, hanging himself in his cell. Given the future that awaited…
My Little Town Makes the News
We had a wild time last night, for a while at least. It began when Mother Nature made her presence known around 8 p.m. with a barrage of thunder. And…
Really, John? Kerry Says "World Wants to Know If U.S. Can Make a Difference."
John, calm down. We know the U.S. can make a difference. We all know that. We know the U.S. makes a difference to just about anything that gets its attention.…