Another Great Reason Not to Vote Liberal
Justin Trudeau’s unforgivable sin was when he broke his promise on electoral reform. That, and a decade of Stephen Harper, is what gifted him his false majority. Like Harper before…
The Mound of Sound
"Clinging to Fantasies"
Years ago when I stumbled across the Dark Mountain collective I was drawn to how it was a place for ‘people tired of the lies society tells itself.’ Now with…
Okay, Junior, So What’s the Plan?
It’s been widely reported that the massive fires currently sweeping the Amazon rainforest will be the hot topic at this year’s G7 summit. It seems that the fires have some…
The Amazon is Never Far From It’s Tipping Point
One fact distinguishes the Amazon from other forests. It’s also the Amazon’s Achilles Heel. While other forests hold a good deal of their biomass in the soils, almost all of…
He Must Be Somebody’s Useful Idiot, But Whose?
It’s been a little unnerving this week watching Donald Trump’s descent into lunacy. If you’re having trouble keeping up with the Madness of Donald, Vox has a handy summary but…
Obviously, That’s the Cure, But We’re Not Having It.
A ‘global climate strategy.’ That’s what we need. Four words – don’t hold your breath. The Guardian’s Larry Elliott is spot on when he contends that our ‘green’ gestures are…
There’s a Cannon Loose on the Gun Deck
Donald Trump’s descent into madness took another dive today when the Mango Mussolini first tried to chew the head off the chairman of the Federal Reserve before ‘hereby ordering’ US…
One Down…
Yes, I know how callous that sounds given that, I suppose, David Koch couldn’t have been all bad. He must have done something good beyond greasing the path for America’s…
The Life and Times of Justin Trudeau – The Long Read, The Guardian
Justin Trudeau is featured in The Guardian’s latest “Long Read.” The title – “Justin Trudeau: the rise and fall of a political brand” – has something for everyone, fan and…
Who Knew? Climate Scientists Have Been Underestimating Climate Change. It’s Time to Fix That.
If the recent deluge of climate change reports is getting on your nerves – there’s no nice way to put this, it’s worse than you’ve been told. Scientific American takes…
The Smell of Fear
There have been reports of late suggesting that America’s CEOs have had something of an epiphany. It seems they’re becoming deeply concerned about the wellbeing of the Average Joe. Some…
Think of It As the Colour of Prosperity
To the whingers it’s blue-green algae, the toxic growth that fouls our rivers and lakes and triggers massive coastal dead zones but Nixon vice-president and jailbird Spiro Agnew knew those…
The Man We Call Prime Minister – a Brazen Little Hussy
Justin Trudeau, continuing on this year’s campaign theme of ‘I’m better than that jerk‘ is warning that our chances of fighting climate change will be dead as a National Lampoon’s…
Trump’s Solution to a Debt Besotted Government – More Debt
Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Robbing the poor to pay the rich. Robbing the future to pay the present. That’s the way we like it and we’re damned good at…
STFU!! Saying Climate Change is Real is ‘Partisan Activity’ – Warns Elections Canada.
Is this still Canada? A pre-election chill has descended over some environment charities after Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the coming federal campaign…
Fascists Don’t Kick In Our Doors. They Don’t Have To, We Leave Them Unlocked.
The United States is degenerating into a fascist nation. I always point out that for all the adherents of the radical right there are more decent Americans appalled at what…
The Lynch Mob Should Stand Down
I’m not inclined to race to the defence of Justin Trudeau but, really, this nonsense has to stop. Neither the prime minister, nor Butts, nor Wernick committed anything approaching a…
The Brits (Wisely) Dodge a Bullet
It had John Bolton’s fingerprints all over it and, if the Brits had fallen for it, they would have been America’s accomplices in its cold war with Iran. It was…
What’s Next, Obstruction of Justice?
It went largely unnoticed yesterday when the RCMP announced their investigators were looking into the SNC-Lavalin/JWR/Trudeau affair. It’s hard to imagine they’re looking at anything other than possible obstruction of…
What Do They Know that Justin Doesn’t? Koch Bros. Bail on Tar Sands.
The Koch boys seem to know a bad deal is a bad place to be stuck. Right now that bad place is Athabasca. Once among the largest landholders in the…