Robert Gates Doth Protest Too Much – America Losing Its Appetite for War?
According to outgoing US defense secretary Robert Gates, the US is getting tired of carrying the load for its European allies. Gates, in a moment of abject hilarity, said the…
The Mound of Sound
Republican Kryptonite – Integrity
It's not easy to reach the highest tier in today's Republican hierarchy. Qualities that would be seen as genuine attributes in any decent, sane society are transformed into fatal character…
Harvard Involved in African Land Grab?
Whatever happened to ethical investing? Venerable Harvard University may be just one of America's top schools pumping endowment funds into deals that could force thousands of Africans off their lands.The…
A Spiral of Decline Fueling the Century of Revolution
If our young people are indeed our future, countries like America have trouble looming on the horizon. Over the past generation, public education in the US has suffered - a…
Throne Speech Debate? Why Bother?
The elected representatives of the three out of five Canadians who chose not to vote for the Ruler's party will not be permitted to debate the government's throne speech.Government house…
Will America Face the Humiliation of a Fighting Retreat?
U.S. commanders fear that American forces may have to leave Iraq the same way they arrived - fighting.46,000 American troops are scheduled to di di mau out of Iraq this…
Build It And They Shall Come – Harper Finally Gets His Crime Wave
Ruler Stephen Harper's bondage incarceration fetish has brought Furious Leader an awful lot of ridicule by people pointing out Canada's continually declining crime rates. But maybe SHarper wasn't quite as…
America Teeters on A Great Depression
It wasn't that long ago that our Ruler, Stephen Harper, worshiped all things American. Canada was a lazy, backward, northern-European style welfare state in the very worst sense of the…
Sarah Palin – As Dumb As Dog Dirt – Part Deux
If there's someone Sarah Palin could be expected to revere, it would surely be, why, Paul Revere. So what does the former, half-term governor, recall about Revere? You might be…
Is This Clear Enough?
This eye-opener was published in The Guardian today. It depicts the biomass of fish in the North Atlantic as it was in 1900 and as of just a decade ago.…
Chretien, Clinton and Fox Fight For Water
20 former world leaders, including Jean Chretien, Bill Clinton and Mexico's Vincente Fox, have joined forces to warn of the looming water crisis and to form a panel to tackle…
Dr. Jack Checks Out
Assisted suicide champion, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, has departed this mortal coil - apparently without assistance or intervention. The 83-year old died in hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan from pneumonia and…
C’mon, You Have to Do Better Than That
What's in a name? Iran has just unveiled its latest surface-to-surface missile. It's been given the unfortunate name, Qiyam which, in English, means "Resurrection." Can we quit with the Apocalyptic…
Pakistan Said to be Gearing Up for Nuclear War
The people who assess the risks of nuclear war spend a lot of time casting bones and reading entrails. Right now they warn that Pakistan is seen readying to "cross…
Doesn’t Anyone Just Bomb Any More? The US Moves to Militarize Cyberspace
America's military/industrial/civilian warfighting complex must be running out of countries to bang away on. It's hard on a true warfare state when you run short of wars and begin suffering…
What’s Fueling Skyrocketing Gas Prices? Ask Goldman Sachs
I saw pump prices advertised at $131.9/litre yesterday. Lately I've developed a game for these occasions. When I see a gas price spike I try to match it to some…
Will Canada’s Future Be Sold on the Auction Block?
With a major freshwater crisis setting in throughout South Asia, India and East Asia and warnings that already record prices for food staples may double by 2030, this is what…
And They Want to Run a Pipeline Across British Columbia?
Enbridge, backed by their parliamentary bootlicker, our exalted Ruler, want to run a pipeline from Athabasca across British Columbia's incredibly rugged and remote terrain to pump toxic, corrosive bitumen sludge…
The Astonishingly Short Shelf-Life of Stealth Technology
When you're looking to part with tens of billions of dollars for an aircraft you'll be relying on for thirty years in service, it's best to get something with some…