Words of Wisdom
Back in the early 70s I got to know the then Reeve of Gloucester Township outside Ottawa, Bob “Doc” MacQuarrie. I was thinking of Doc today and I was reminded…
The Mound of Sound
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul – Vegas Style
From the “how f__king stupid can they get?” file. Las Vegas is fast running out of water. The city fears it may not even have drinking water next year. It’s…
Water Wars Warning, Part Deux
Yesterday it was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning that many parts of our world are on the brink of instability and warfare triggered by global warming and the…
All I Want In a Political Party
There are many things I’d like from a political party but, for now, there are two key priorities. One is a total ban on bitumen tanker traffic through BC inshore…
The Face of Vesta
A photograph from NASA showing the 500 km. diameter asteroid Vesta. The photo was taken by NASA’s orbiting spacecraft Dawn which is now moving on to a scheduled encounter with…
Friday Night Blues – Britain’s Bluesman
And this is why old Keith Richards is considered Britain’s true bluesman – Little Red Rooster Christ, where did the years go?
Mountie Corporal Monty Guilty of Obstruction
RCMP corporal Monty Robinson, has been convicted of obstruction of justice in killing motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson in October, 2008. Robinson was one of the RCMP officers at Vancouver Airport who…
Australia Steps Back from F-35 Buy
Another day, another F-35 fiasco. This time it’s Australia that’s getting cold, make that colder, feet on the overdue, over priced, under performer. The Canberra Times reports that Australia’s defence…
Harper Gives the Great White North a Cold Shoulder
Remember when Steve Harper couldn’t stop talking up Canada’s north and what he was going to do to defend our sovereignty and interests up there? Well, he was bullshitting. That…
HarperLand’s View of Organized Labour – They’re "Animals"
Harper LabourMin Lisa Raitt apparently got into it with disgruntled Air Canada employees last night at Toronto airport. Three Air Canada employees apparently greeted Raitt with a round of slow-clapping,…
Afghanistan – Rags to Riches to Rags
Iran, China, Russia and India are poised to become the real beneficiaries of the blood and treasure we’ve poured into the Afghan War. An investigation by the British newspaper, The…
Can You Smell the Hypocrisy?
NATO, stalwart defender of Afghan democracy, is planning to slash its financial support for the Afghan army and police by two-thirds. And, yes, that would be the very same Afghan…
Situation’s Predicament
Even if you’re one of us who has never watched an episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore reality show, you’ve probably been exposed to some of the cast through other programmes…
Top General Nails CTV Reporter as Harper Mule
Oh, this is juicy. Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk saw the Harper government’s hand at work when CTV reporter Bob Fife got his hands on flight logs showing…
Something to Ponder
“He who opens his eyes to the possibilities of evolution in their endless variety will abhor fraud and violence and disdain prosperity at the expense of his fellow creatures.” –
Water Wars Warning
Hillary Clinton looks at water and doesn’t like what she sees. The US Secretary of State warns that competition for increasingly scarce water supplies may will fuel terrorism, political instability…
Sailing Into Uncharted Waters
You don’t have to like it but you’re going to have to live with it. Climate change is setting in – hard. It’s already here and we’re going to have…
Israel Risks Plunging Middle East Into Regional War
This must be music to the ears of those who dream of Armageddon and impatiently await The Rapture. The Americans recently ran a war game simulation of what would follow…
Catholic Priests Castrated Dutch Kids
Is there a week that goes by without another sordid revelation or scandal involving the Roman Catholic church? And these assholes see fit to lecture the rest of the world…
Aspirin May Ward Off Cancer. You’re Welcome
Three studies published in Britain’s most authoritative medical journal, The Lancet, suggest that low doses of aspirin taken daily may prevent, perhaps even treat cancer. Prof Peter Rothwell, from Oxford…