Is This Another Fine Mess We’re Getting Into?
Another brilliant dumb idea up in smoke. It’s the “Just In Time” management concept designed to reduce overhead, and max out profits, by ordering supplies and material when they’re immediately…
The Mound of Sound
Montana Judges Stare Down Corporatist US Supreme Court, Reject "Citizens United."
Judges of Montana’s Supreme Court have defied the US Supreme Court and refused to apply the perverse Citizens United decision in their state. The court upheld Montana’s right to regulate…
In Israel, Even the Top Court is an Outlaw
When Israel’s top court runs headlong into international law it’s an ugly day for the rule of law. The Israeli Supreme Court had to decide whether Israeli companies can exploit…
Living in Wonderland 2012
What really makes my skin crawl about living in the world of the Far Right is how seamlessly, yet powerfully, fantasy is interwoven with reality. Let’s name it. How about…
Let’s Hope She Takes Losing Well
Michelle Bachmann, just one of the nutjobs running for the Republican presidential nomination, is reported to be in trouble. One of her Iowa campaign chiefs bolted to Ron Paul and…
We Need to Talk
In some ways my late dad was not a deep thinker. Just crawling out from under the Great Depression and severe wounds from combat in WWII likely had more than…
This One is for James Morton, Happy New Year James.
I watched it, had to post it. Enjoy, James
Time to Break Our Growth Addiction
Imagine being trapped in a society that considers heretical the notion of living within its finite means. That is very much the civilization within which you and I and the…
Harper’s Diabolical Christmas Gift to Big Oil – Selling Out Canadian Workers
Any doubt that the federal government has turned Canada into a petro-state beholden to Big Oil can be put to rest by this chilling account from yesterday’s G&M. The Alberta…
Not Your Standard Christmas List
The High-Tech Priests at CNET have published an unusual, Top 10 List that they describe as the 10 technology trends that “keep us up at night.” Most of their tech…
If You Want to Fight Climate Change (and Harper) Get Loud About It
An interesting piece from Grist.org suggests that getting action on climate change is a noisy business. The trick, it claims, is to be outspoken and brutally honest about what’s happening…
That Was Fast. Iraq Stumbles Into Civil War.
Iraqis knew they were getting something special for Christmas this year, the departure of American combat forces. And a good many Iraqis also knew that marked the time for settling…
WTF? China is Driving Canada’s Purchase of the F-35?
If you have any doubt about how feeble Canada’s corporate media have become you need only read the PostMedia scribe Matthew Fisher’s article proclaiming that “Canada will buy F-35 joint…
Dear North Korea. Sorry For Your Loss. Maybe We Can Help.
Our sincere condolences on your loss. A guy like Kim Jong-Il doesn’t come along every day and he’ll be hard to replace. Sure you’ve got his pork pie kid but…
Future Thinking
If our civilization is to have a future we’re all going to have to change the way we think. We’ll need a new way of seeing things, new values and…
The Reviews Are In. Canada Sucks.
It’s hard to believe anyone was surprised that the Harper regime reneged on Canada’s Kyoto Accord commitments. But even though they knew it was coming, at home and abroad people…
It’s Over. US Troops Leave Iraq.
The United States military mission in Iraq is over, eight years, eight months and 26-days after American tanks first poured in from Kuwait. Some 4,500 US soldiers have died. No…
Canada Needs Answers Or It Should Scrap the F-35 Deal
The recent Iranian downing of America’s latest, high-tech stealth drone, the RQ-170, raises a load of questions that nobody is asking. Begin by asking just how Iran managed to down…
Krugman Warns It’s a Depression and Democracy Itself is at Risk
New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman is now calling the developed world’s meltdown a depression. And he’s warning that we’d better wake up to the threat…
Just Askin’ That’s All. Is the F-35 Still Stealthy?
Early American stealth technology, the F-117 kind, relied heavily on angled plates and special paint to prevent radar waves from being returned to enemy receivers. The current stealth technology relies…