Steve Harper’s "Culture of Entitlement"
Steve Harper, perhaps unwittingly, set out to be the Defence department’s butt boy and today he finds himself with a blinding hangover, lying in an alley in a pool of…
The Mound of Sound
Pack Up Your Bags – The Weather’s Coming. Word Is Canada is Still Nice This Time of Year.
As the world transitions into a new and dangerous climate state, no nation is going to be immune to extreme weather event disasters. That’s the conclusion of the latest IPCC…
The Trial of Stephen Harper, Part II
As suggested I have now contacted Avaaz.org and the Council of Canadians seeking their assistance in organizing a petition demanding our federal and provincial governments take immediate action to decarbonize…
The Trial of Stephen Joseph Harper
I imagine the day, probably within twenty years, when Stephen Harper, former prime minister of Canada, will sit in the prisoner’s dock to stand trial. Harper and his co-defendants will…
We’ve Been Warned
We’re down to the home stretch in the fight to save civilization from the ravages of runaway global warming. A report in Scientific American warns we’re within just one decade…
Time to Take Stock – On Turning 500,000
Stay or go? I feel like a Bill Moyers zygote. I have never achieved his serene altruism, not even close. I don’t aspire to his higher moral purpose. Yet I’ve…
Green on Blue Now #2 Cause of Allied Death in Afghanistan
Three more Western soldiers gunned down by their Afghan counterparts today, two Brits, one American. Attacks by our Afghan allies on Western forces now rank second only to improvised explosive…
American Support for Afghan War Tanks
Four months ago a bare majority, 53% of Americans, thought US soldiers should no longer be fighting that conflict. Today that number stands at 69%. In November less than half…
All the Enviro-News Fit to Print
There’s a new climate news aggregator, the Climate Desk, www.climatedesk.org. It’s a joint effort of The Guardian, Grist, Wired, Mother Jones, the Atlantic, Need to Know, Slate, and The Center…
Washington Post Off Its Perch on Climate Change
The editorial policy of the Washington Post now acknowledges that global warming is not only real but a very real threat to the United States that demands urgent action. The…
How A Degree or Two Makes a Huge Difference
RealClimate.org has published a very informative article, “Extremely Hot“ by Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou that explores the impacts of even modest one or two degree C warming on severe…
Dobbins on Mulcair – Serious Doubts
Tom Mulcair makes Murray Dobbins uncomfortable. In the latest Tyee, Dobbins succinctly lays out the problem: Two things shocked me about this race and its final two days. The first…
The Fundamentalist Dominion of Canada
Another warning that our federal government is “beholden to a religious agenda averse to science and rational debate.” This time it’s Andrew Nikiforuk writing in the latest Tyee. Any Canadian…
Sayonara Time for Christie Clark’s Neo-Con Liberals
When trying to make sense of some of BC unelected premier Christie Clark’s recent machinations I was left wondering whether she’s indifferent to offending voter sensibilities because she knows her…
Mitt’s Cousin Denounces Mormonism as a "Cult"
Park Romney was once a Mormon high priest. Unlike his more famous cousin, Mitt, Park Romney left the church that he now labels a fraud. “There’s compelling evidence that the…
The Magic 2C By 2100? We’ll Hit 3C by 2050.
A joint BBC/climateprediction.net simulation relying on mid-range emission scenarios concludes it’s likely global warming will exceed 3 degrees Celsius by 2050. That pretty much blows out the long-established target of…
Our Buggy Stealth Buggy
Okay, the F-35 isn’t a buggy, it’s a bomb truck – a very buggy flying bomb truck. The F-35 has had more than its share of lurches, stumbles and controversy…
The Sin of Political Despair
In some people’s holy book, despair is a sin. I always figured that idea came from somebody who wasn’t quite done with you yet. Is Stephen Harper the Prime Minister…
How Far, How Fast, How Hard?
We now have a new liberal NDP leader and he’s wasting no time pronouncing himself his party ready to govern Canada. Fair enough and more power to Mr. Mulcair. If…
I Hope They Incinerated the Old One
Dick Cheney has had a change of heart – no, really, he has changed his heart. The old one was cut out and a dandy new one implanted. The rotten…