How About One of You Bright Lawyer Types?
Why don’t you sue Harper? In Federal Court? For declaratory and injunctive relief. To force Harper to take the gags off the public service and the armed forces. To allow…
The Mound of Sound
FEMA Throws In the Towel? Not Quite Yet.
“We cannot afford to continue to respond to disasters and suffer impacts — particularly looking at large-scale catastrophic disasters — under the current program. It will fail.” That little ray…
Of June and High Water
British homeowners have been told they’ll have to fend for themselves come June when their government’s agreement with Brit insurers for provision of flood coverage lapses. Insurers are reacting to…
Six Brits Missing, Presumed Dead, in Afghanistan. Cameron Reacts Quickly to Declare Missing Soldiers Dead
A patrolling British Warrior armoured fighting vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. The six soldiers who had been aboard are missing and, curiously, presumed dead. The…
No Accidental Tyrant
Stephen Harper is despotic by design. That much is apparent in an excerpt from a letter Harper wrote in 2001 while head of the National Citizens Coalition, known as the…
The F-35’s Lowered Expectations
Now it’s not only way over-budget, way overdue but the Pentagon is having to lower its performance requirements so it won’t have to call the F-35 a complete turkey. If…
In Missouri, Truman, Disney and Mark Twain Share the Stage with Rush Limbaugh
Apparently the state of Missouri sees Rush Limbaugh as one of its greatest native sons. “…state House Speaker Steven Tilley (R) has commissioned a statue of Limbaugh to stand among…
Want The Job? First, Let’s See Your Social Networks Accounts
It was bound to happen. Prospective employers asking demanding to inspect job applicants’ social network accounts. Employers and colleges find the treasure-trove of personal information hiding behind password-protected accounts and…
I Don’t Believe Anonymous Did Anything Wrong
Did Anonymous threaten Vic Toews as is being suggested? Did Anonymous warn Toews that, if he didn’t kill C-30, it would out him over his involvement with a Manitoba judge?…
Steve Sends China Our Oil, They Send Us Their – Ozone?
As much as 20% of ground level ozone in the western US is arriving from China. Scientists have been documenting the phenomenon of pollution crossing the Pacific Ocean since the…
Italy’s Mason-Dixon Line
Their leaders have names such as Durnwalder, Klotz, Widmann, and Mair. Their neighbours include Swiss, Germans and Austrians. And at the moment a good many of them are wondering why…
Of Polar Bears and Pond Hockey
Global warming is expected to devastate polar bear numbers but even down toward the 49th it may bring a similar fate to pond hockey or, as we called it when…
Think We Don’t Have a Petro-Parliament? Think Again.
The outfit behind the Northern Gateway pipeline/tanker venture, Enbridge, successfully lobbied (code for “ordered”) the Harper government regime to scuttle an agreement with a charity that supports inconvenient environmental causes.…
Arms Race Update – China Races to Catch Up
China’s “official” defence spending has rocketed over 11% this year, topping $100-billion for the first time. Compared to US defence spending of $740 that may not sound like much but…
Will a 25-Year Old Murder Bring Down Rupert Murdoch?
Daniel Morgan Hacking celebrity voicemails for lurid gossip is one thing but obstructing a murder investigation, an axe murder possibly committed by crooked cops, is something else altogether. It’s one…
Hey, MSM. Can’t You At Least Give Vic the "All Clear"?
It made all the papers when a week ago Anonymous promised to drop a bombshell on Vic Toews. The media even covered Thursday’s Anonymous video claiming the Day of Reckoning…
Can Pakistan Leave America Bottled Up in Afghanistan?
Western forces in Afghanistan are finding it’s not especially easy to get out. The Brits recently negotiated an exit route via Kazakhstan for removal of their equipment and weapons. British…
They’ve Even Got a Name For It Now – "Green on Blue"
“Green on Blue” is the newly coined term for deadly attacks by Afghan military or security forces on US or NATO soldiers in Afghanistan. It seems to be happening with…
Tornadoes Are Just God’s Whirligigs
How can a people be so damned quick to see what’s not there yet so unwilling to see what is? Is it because they can’t figure out who to bomb,…