Trump’s Own Ratted Him Out
Business Insider reports that the whistleblower who turned Trump in over the Ukraine shakedown is a CIA officer who once worked in Trump’s White House. But wait, there’s more. The…
The Mound of Sound
Is "Degrowth" Our Future?
How do we shake our political leadership out of the delusion of perpetual, exponential growth? Three per cent doesn’t sound like much. That’s what most Western leaders strive for, a…
I Had My Doubts – Yesterday. Today, It Might Be On.
Those Whom the Gods Would Destroy They First Make Mad Imagine sweeping up Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Bill Barr in one web of corruption. Upwards of a dozen spooks…
Friedman Thinks He Knows How the Dems Can Topple Trump in 2020
Tom Friedman thinks the way to drive Trump out of the Oval Office is to go all environmental on his ass next year. I know, it’s Tom Friedman but he…
Another Dire Climate Change Warning
Meh, who cares? If you do, you can read it here. The New York Times has the story here.
Liberals Still Catering to ‘Morneau-Class’ Canadians
Unless you’re very, very rich this isn’t about you. It’s about the HPPs, ‘higher purpose persons,’ Canadians at the top 1% of the income scale. It’s about those who gross…
Scheer Slams Safe Injection Sites. Offers No Alternative.
Andrew Scheer seems to think that safe injection sites are Trudeau’s dirty work. Anything but. You could call them Vancouver’s dirty work or British Columbia’s dirty work but not Ottawa’s…
Daring to Speak the "E" Word
The American media won’t use it but it’s inescapable. Donald Trump isn’t bad, he’s evil. America has an evil president, a man whose every instinct summons evil. A thoughtful essay…
The Biggest Difference Between Boris Johnson, 2019, and Stephen Harper, 2008.
Boris Johnson tried to prorogue Parliament and he got ingloriously shot down – first by the high court of Scotland and then by the entire 11 judge panel of the…
Greta Sends Fox News Into Meltdown.
The jackals at Fox News went spinning out of control at Greta Thunberg’s address to the United Nations. Fox News has apologized after a guest criticized the teenage climate activist…
Zero by ’50?
The Libs are about to make a major announcement on climate change. Canada will be carbon neutral by 2050 and they’ll see to it. Dare to dream but there’s always…
Canadians Losing Trust in Science
Nearly half of us consider scientists “elitists” and now one in three is skeptical about science, up from one in four just a year ago. A survey suggests that the…
The Unflinching Darkness at the UN Climate Summit
The champions of coal will be among the first to speak at today’s opening of the UN climate summit. Among the first countries to appear at the summit meeting on…
As the Stomach Churns
Don’t read this after a big meal. I will not be held responsible. It took me two full days before glimpsing into Farhad Manjoo’s latest column in the New York…
If You’re Looking for West Coast ‘Granola Munchers’ Here’s Where You’ll Find Them.
There’s no federal riding that compares with West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country, the toniest part of BC that reaches way up to the ski resorts…
Can You Feel Its Hot Breath On Your Neck?
It wasn’t that long ago that we were warned to prepare for sea level rise of a centimetre per decade. Today it’s averaging 5 mm. per year. And it’s still…
Sure, That’s What India Needs – Bitumen
The Globe’s Rita Trichur writes that Canada needs to get bitumen flowing to waiting markets in India. She contends it’s just a matter of getting dilbit to ‘tidewater’ which means…
Has It Come to This? Must We Revolt?
It’s Climate Week. Today the world leaders are supposed to gather at the UN to turn in their homework – concrete plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Not targets, not…
There’s Not Much Sunlight Between Them. T-Rex Murphy and ‘Liberal’ Stalwart, the Legend, Warren Kinsella.
Just sayin’ https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/rex-murphy-for-anyone-else-resignation-would-be-unavoidable-and-appropriate?fbclid=IwAR3Zpfrp24ojOxi0HoE4-jtPb_x9sDmyGqxvc_cSLAZ4Njc_SAz7wbrsot4