A Canadian Muslim Speaks Out
Straight from enduring TorStar Rosie DiManno’s stomach-churning screen on the terrorists in our midst, I came upon Toronto Muslim, Murtaza Hussain’s insightful comments in The Guardian. It is a curious…
The Mound of Sound
Just What is a Weapon of Mass Destruction Anyway?
If a jury-rigged, pressure cooker bomb is a “weapon of mass destruction” what does that mean for our own, far more generous use of force against others? This is no…
It’s Time to Reinstate the Cucking Stool
Canada, for reasons obscure and probably troubled, has not just a tolerance but a positive fondness for professional scolds. There is a gaggle of these haughty merchants of sanctimony and…
When Big Money Flows from Taps
“If you can find ways to invest in water, you will be extremely rich because we do have a serious water problem in many parts of the world like India,…
Did Joe Oliver Just Declare War on British Columbia?
A solid and steadily growing majority of British Columbians want nothing to do with Alberta’s bitumen pipelines crossing our province to our coast. Fewer of us still want bitumen-laden supertankers…
Joe Oliver’s Blowjob
Joe Oliver got a freebie from Claudia Cattaneo in the pages of the Financial Post. In an extraordinary puff piece, ‘A Battle of Canada’s Future: How Joe Oliver has become…
Don’t Sugar Coat It, Maggie
Ah, Margaret Thatcher, the giggles just go on and on. There were not many people in this world that Maggie liked and a good many that she despised, among them…
Sphincter of the Week – Surprise, He’s a Brit; No Surprise, He’s a Tory
Our Sphincter of the Week award goes to Midhurst county councillor, John Cherry, a Tory of course, for his opposition to a proposal by Brixton’s Durand Academy to expand to…
American Taxpayers Paying the Price of Climate Change
Their Congressional representatives may dispute it, call it a hoax even, but the U.S. government is doling out big money in relief for those hit by climate change impacts. According…
Big Story – British Columbians Speak Out
RCMP in suburban White Rock foiled an apparent burglary/home invasion after receiving reports of two males trying to break into a home. The suspects took off but inside the officers…
On Climate Change, Money – Or Its Absence – Talks.
I can give you six hundred and seventy four billion reasons to believe the scientific consensus on climate change. $674,000,000,000.00 – that’s the amount the top 200 energy companies spent,…
Nuclear Fangs for the F-35 – Obama’s Light Bomber
Don’t Worry, This Will Only Hurt for a Second The United States is refurbishing 200 nuclear bombs for use aboard the F-35 light attack bomber. The old B-61 gravity bombs…
Happy 420
It’s 4/20, or 420 or 4:20 a day of celebration in downtown Vancouver at the Vancouver Art Gallery and other centres such as Haight-Ashbury, Parliament Hill and Major Hill’s park…
Bill Maher’s Anti-Islam Smear
On his RealTime programme last night, Bill Maher couldn’t wait to get into his shopworn, anti-Islam theme about the Muslim faith being unique in promoting violence. As I listened to…
They Took Suspect 2 Alive – What a Relief
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody, hours after his brother, Tamerlan died following a gun battle with his pursuers. I had feared the 19-year old Dzhokhar would either be brought…
Vulture Capitalism is Alive and Well
For all the lofty reports lately of a capitalist reformation and new age economics that recognize natural and social capital in addition to financial capital, there’s this. In the U.S.,…
Monckton Down Under
The Eyes Have It? He holds an arts degree and a journalism diploma from the mid-70s. He fantasizes himself being a member of Britain’s House of Lords even though being…
Iceland Shills for Chinese Voice in Arctic Affairs
The timing must be entirely coincidental. Iceland just became the first European country to conclude a free trade agreement with China. The China-Iceland FTA covers trade in goods and services,…
Extreme Weather Funnies – Chicago Sewer Geyser
Chicago was hit by a deluge, some say of apocalyptic proportions. One of those “storm of the century” events that now seem to occur a couple of times a year…