Shark Fins, check. Bear Gall Bladders, check. Dead Baby Tissue, check.
Asians have long had a bad reputation for some of their eating habits. Their love of shark fin soup is contributing to the decline of global shark populations. Their fondness…
The Mound of Sound
Who Do Conservatives Hate Alternative, Clean Energy?
More evidence of how far today’s radical right is prepared to go to subvert the adoption of alternative, clean energy. “A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive…
World Bank, Countries Must Value Their Natural Capital
Hey, Steve Harper, are you listening? The World Bank is calling. They want Canada, and every other country, to start putting values, okay price tags, on all their natural capital.…
Is Harper Giving British Columbia Real Cause to Secede?
Some weeks ago Conservative senator Mike Duffy dismissed opponents of the Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline as “anti-Canadian.” The more I think about it, he may just have a point. Does…
Upheaval is the New Norm
That was so 20th century. We’re viewing the dynamic forces underway today in Europe as aberrant when, in fact, they may just be the latest manifestation of what will be,…
Enviro Commish Calls "Bullshit" on Harper
Quelle surprise! Harper was only bullshitting us on his committment to cut Canadian carbon emissions. That’s the conclusion of our Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner, Scott Vaughan. “Canada has committed…
Our Perverted Petro-Prime Minister and His Big Oil Pals Caught Again
Are Harper and his ilk just born liars? Can their warped, Born Again brains even recognize truth? Courtesy of The Tyee, the latest Northern Gateway pipeline outrage. It now turns…
Why Tibet Will Never Be Free
This map says it all: The Tibetan plateau is key to controlling the headwaters of just about every major river in East and South Asia. China controls Tibet, it controls…
Here’s What The F-35 is Really About. Canada’s First, First-Strike Air Force
It’s about one thing – a sneak attack against China. And that’s just what the United States Air Force had in mind when it conducted Operation Chimichanga. Wired magazine’s military…
Sarko No Mo
Widespread European unrest is reaching polling stations in several countries today. Most notable is France where president Nicholas Sarkozy has conceded defeat to new president Francois Hollande, the first socialist…
Harper’s Reckless Indifference to Inevitable Catastrophe
“But Skipper, the oil’s 600-feet down” It would probably take something of a mass insurrection to stop Stephen Harper’s plans to transport toxic Alberta sludge through British Columbia’s coastal waters.…
It’s Very, Very Good – Only It’s Very, Very Not
The folks at DND have grown used to treating our Parliamentarians and the Canadian public like imbecilic dupes. That much comes through loud and clear in the 160-word letter the…
The Raincoast May Be Getting Wetter
Coastal British Columbia may not be a great place to live if you have problems coping with rain. We have what I like to call the “Rain Festival” that runs…
42-years On, Is It Time to Revisit Kent State Massacre?
Four of the Kent State students wounded by Ohio National Guard gunfire on May 4, 1970 that left four of their fellow students dead want U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder to…
Can China Ascend Without Triggering Cold War?
Cold wars, in case you’re too young to remember, can be ridiculously ruinous ventures. Just ask Vladimir Putin. The Soviet Union came to an end due to Cold War spending…
Russia Warns of War
Hard to know what to make of this. A Russian general, Nikolai Makarov, has warned that Russia will use force against Poland and Romania if NATO deploys a planned missile…
Asian Youth Going Blind. No, It’s Not What You Think.
All work and no play makes Johnny a blind boy. BBC reports that kids in major Asian cities are losing their eyesight – to studying. Up to 90% of school…
But, But, But, It’s May Bank Holiday
If you’re from England or ever lived there, you’ll know how much Brits love their May Bank Holiday. Seaside excursions to the coast, picnics, the great outdoors. Bank Holiday 2012…
Heartland Institute Proves the Point
The point being that global warming denialism is not about science but focused on cheap public relations gimmicks. Here’s a billboard put up by the far-rightwing Heartland Institute that proves…
Well That Didn’t Take Long
Americans believed in global warming/climate change. Then they didn’t. But now they do again. Mother Nature has been given the doubters, predominantly from the south and central states, extra lessons…