American GunNut Strikes Again
This time it happened in Webster, New York. Volunteer firefighters responding to a house fire were ambushed. Two of the firefighters were shot and killed. Gunman later found dead, apparent…
The Mound of Sound
Arms Race Update – Christmas Edition – China Rising
It’s hard to know just how much America spends on its military but it is certainly upwards of $700-billion annually. It’s even tougher figuring out just how much the second-biggest…
Meanwhile, Just Below the Surface, Canadian Discontent Builds
Canadians are quietly simmering. A poll finds a majority of Canadians now support grassroots protests as a vehicle to force political action. The majority of respondents said they supported grassroots…
Mister Wizard Is a Dick
Holiday funnies from Mister Wizard – unless you’re the kid
Sure, But It’s All That Keeps the Bats From Escaping
Federal Court judge Luc Martineau isn’t impressed by Harper Public Safety and Family Values minister Vic Toews. The judge has given Toews 45 days to accept the transfer back to…
NRA Booted From Pillar to Post
National Rifle Association boss Wayne LaPierre has sparked a backlash of anger and ridicule at his suggestion that the solution to schoolhouse tragedies like Sandy Hook is more guns at…
John Baird’s Black and White World
Harper ForMin John Baird doesn’t like ambiguity. When it comes to foreign affairs he views the world as black or white. No time for trifling shades of grey. You’re either…
Steve Harper and that Vision Thing
The most myopic prime minister perhaps in all of Canadian history, Stephen Harper, may have diagnosed his own affliction. Shortsighted Steve, asked how his evangelist faith affects his decision-making, replied…
The Massive Millstone Round America’s Neck
Fanaticism dooms Americans. As a people, Americans hold and are held captive by fanatical, irrational beliefs. The most terrible of these is the common conviction that their Constitution is sacrosanct.…
When Beijing Comes Calling
The people of Morococha situated on a Peruvian hill called Toromocho aren’t much to speak of. Morococha is a shanty town for its 5,000 inhabitants or at least it was…
America’s War on Basra and Fallujah Grinds On
And you thought America’s war on Iraq was over. Remember Basra? Remember Fallujah? They were two Iraqi cities that endured extensive fighting when American and Coalition forces moved in. The…
The GunNutz’ Response to Newtown? Turn America into a War Zone.
American gunnutz are slowly responding to the Newtown massacre and, predictably, their solution is to transform the United States into an Israeli-style War Zone. Yes, if only your kids can…
A World Mad for Coal
There’s a big bright future ahead for coal and we’ll pay dearly for it. The International Energy Agency warns that, within five years, coal will rival oil as the fossil…
Garrison Keillor’s Christmas Letter
Ah, yes. That time of year has arrived again. We have decked the halls and wrapped the presents. The shortbread lures us to the kitchen. And, as in years past,…
Is Canadian Progressivism a Farce?
The topic came up recently in a discussion I had with a prolific and thoroughly progressive blogger who will go unnamed. He lamented that he had become fed up with…
Our Plastic Oceans
A museum in Berlin is introducing Germans to a massive and growing problem, the sea of plastic forming in the world’s oceans. Here are a few photos from der Spiegel…
It’s Over for Assad’s Syria
It’s over for Syrian president Assad. His key backer, Russia, has thrown in the towel. The Russian defence ministry has announced it has sent warships to the eastern Mediterranean apparently…
Killing Off Old King Coal While There’s Still Time
If we’re to avoid runaway global warming, we have to get carbon emissions down into the mid to low-40s by 2020. At the moment we’re at 52 and trending upwards.…
The People’s Republic of Athabasca?
Figuring out what’s going on and what lies ahead for Old Beelzebub and his cherished Tar Sands is like casting bones and reading entrails.For months there have been warnings that…