It’s First Nations, Surfers & Loggers Versus Those Damned Dirty Hippies
A confrontation is brewing on the north island where remote Raft Cove Provincial Park is bracing for a flash mob of 2,000 hippies planning to stay there for up to…
The Mound of Sound
"The Greatest Water Grab in History"
Across south and east Asia, water is power. If you want to know why China invaded and seized Tibet, it was the water. New academic research shows that India, Nepal,…
Gun, Check. Point at Head, Check. Squeeze the Trigger?
Think we’re on the cusp of a “clean energy revolution” that will sweep the world and rescue our grandkids from environmental catastrophe? Think again. A report from the Our World…
Swiss Inmates Going to Pot
Swiss prisons have a marijuana problem and Swiss prison guards like it that way. A recent study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy estimates that 50 to 80…
NSA Funnies
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Of Meteors and UFOs
I saw a UFO last night, maybe a pair of them. Vancouver Island has two seasons; wet (9 to 10-months) and, dry (2-3 months). The Pacific night sky holds a…
California Climate Changed
The California Environmental Protection Agency has released a report documenting how the state has already been “climate changed” and warning of plenty more change on the way. The study, written…
What Do a Kid’s Sneakers and a Warplane Have in Common?
When I was a youngster growing up in the early postwar era, parents used to economize a little more than we do today. I think we were more likely to…
Australia’s Senate Drops Climate Change Wrench into General Election
The contenders to form Australia’s next national government have night & day differences on climate change. The incumbent, Labor’s Kevin Rudd, trails his rival, Tony Abbott’s Liberal Coalition, 48 to…
Could the F-35 Be the Biggest Blunder in Canadian Military History?
A timely warning about “locking in” to novel technologies such as the over budget, overdue and under-performing F-35 from Brookings Institution senior fellow Peter Singer. His advice – learn from…
Real Women Don’t Fancy John Baird
I never thought I’d wind up sympathizing with John Baird but I do now. Real Women of Canada has their ‘size wholesome’ knickers in a bunch over Baird’s criticism of…
MM&A Pulls the Pin
The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors (read “victims”). MM&A went Chapter 11 in the U.S. and its Canadian division filed under the…
Women Just Don’t Like Drones
A Pew Research study has found a big gap between men and women in their outlook on U.S. drone strikes so popular with Barack Obama. In six of the twelve…
Cash Crunch Offers New Insights Into the F-35.
The United States Air Force is scrambling to protect the F-35 light attack bomber from the threat of cancellation. There has been talk over the past week that the F-35,…
FOX News – Fair and Balanced Misinformation 24/7 – And It Works!
You don’t have to be stupid and gullible to watch FOX News but they’re hoping you are. A new study finds that FOX News is an effective tool in spreading…
While You Weren’t Looking
Backwoods, western Alberta. Here’s a montage of images taken from one of those motion-sensing game cameras hunters sometimes use to scout game. It’s pretty funny.
How Do You Like Your Frog Legs? Boiled?
Proof that the Boiling Frog Syndrome is as powerful as ever was plentiful from the release, yesterday, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s report on the state of climate…
Climate Change, British Columbia Style
Giant Sunfish or ‘Mola’ British Columbians don’t need to be persuaded that climate change is real and its impacts are coming on hard and fast. The evidence is inescapable: changes…
Jared Diamond on How We Can Avert Collapse
A funny-looking little man delivers a decidedly unfunny little talk. If you want the short talk, you can skip to 10:35 where Diamond discusses how elites can undermine and collapse…
Der Spiegel Calls Manning Conviction "Obama’s Defining Injustice"
Der Spiegel’s foreign news editor-in-chief, Hans Hoyng, has written a scathing editorial about the conviction of Wikileaks leaker, Bradley Manning, and calling for Obama to pardon Manning without delay. President…