Is This a Game Changer for America in South Asia?
The latest American air strike blunder in Afghanistan could mark a major shift in US military operations in south Asia. The bombing, against a home the military believed was housing…
The Mound of Sound
Cooking the Carbon Books
Maybe it’s time to put a cork in China’s hydrocarbon pipelines. A study published in Nature reveals that irregularities in China’s energy consumption data suggest total carbon emissions from the…
Now Do You Get It, Alberta?
A measly 3,000 barrels. Conventional crude oil at that. Yet such a minuscule oil spill has central Albertans in a fury. It turns out they don’t like their water contaminated.…
The Venus Movies
From NASA, here’s a montage of the planet Venus transiting the Sun earlier this week.\ The surface of the sun is recorded in a variety of wavelengths from visible light…
Calling the Prince of Darkness, Calling Beelzebub
The Insurance Bureau of Canada has an unwelcome message for Steve Harper – global warming is real and it’s going to cost Canada big time. Telling the Weather Story, a…
Steve Harper’s Taxpayer-Funded Enemies List
Last evening I wrote of a state security operation on behalf of the Tar Sanders that has been launched by Stephen Harper. It is a supposed counter-terrorism organization staffed by…
Are You A Terrorist? To Harper, the RCMP and CSIS, You Might Well Be.
You might be to Stephen Harper’s twisted mind, at least if you’re opposed to the Athabasca Tar Sands and the associated pipelines and supertanker traffic that threaten northern and coastal…
Has Vlad Putin Ever Been to Quebec?
Russian president Jean Vladimir Charest Putin has human rights activists up in arms over a new law cracking down on peaceful protest. This week, the Russian parliament approved a controversial…
Just How Close Are We to the Edge?
A paper came out in the journal Nature yesterday that contends we have reached the point of imminent environmental collapse. Those of us who don’t have a couple of hundred…
How Do You Compete Against a Computer Game?
That’s the dilemma faced by South Korea’s Defence Aquisition Program Administration (DAPA). DAPA is trying to hold a competition for new jet fighters for South Korea’s air force. There are…
A Climate Change Noah’s Ark
Consider it something like a bomb shelter for species endangered by global warming. The Nature Conservancy is cataloguing regions best suited to accommodate plant and animal species that might otherwise…
The Disaffected Lib 2012-06-07 11:58:00
An article from Reuters asks “Can Occupy Wall Street Survive?” “More than eight months after Occupy Wall Street burst onto the global stage, decrying income inequality and coining the phrase…
The Jewel in the Crown – India
India has nothing but friends these days, that is if you leave out Pakistan. Russia’s her friend, has been for generations. China wants to be India’s BFF. And America is…
Defence of the Realm
DefMin Pete MacKay is gung-ho for Canada to join America’s “pivot” to the Far East, a.k.a. the contaiment of China mission or, as I like to call it, Cold War…
F-35, A Modest Proposal
Here’s a great way to handle Canada’s F-35 dilemma. Let’s wait until the aircraft’s operational testing and evaluation is completed, see what it is that’s actually on offer, and then…
Could Harper Force the Evacutation of Vancouver?
Tanker Navigating the Second NarrowsNo Margin for Error Harper’s fetish to deliver petro-sludge to China via British Columbia ports includes Vancouver as well as Kitimat. If Kinder Morgan gets its…
George Soros Dissects the Failure of Modern Economic Theory
Billionaire investor and activist George Soros has some interesting views on why the sort of economics that brought us where we are today no longer serves mankind.
Does the West’s Swing Right Portend Trouble Ahead?
The West has undergone a powerful rightward shift over the past two decades. Leftist parties have turned centrist. Centrist parties have become conservative. Conservative parties have left the traditional bounds…
Jesus’ Numbers Are Holding
A Gallup poll has found that 46% of Americans believe that the world was created by their god less than 10,000 years ago. That’s 1 point above the statistical average…
Is There Someone, Anyone, In Opposition Who Will Call Out Harper?
Whether it’s the demise of the Liberals or inexperience of the NDP, Harper is getting too much of a free ride from the Opposition. Canada is about to wrap up…