Justin Says "I Take Responsibility" …But
So he broke the law, so what? He won’t apologize for standing up for Canadian jobs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepts and takes full responsibility after Ethics Commissioner…
The Mound of Sound
Jody’s Chances Never Looked Better
Until yesterday I had never heard of Taleeb Noormohamed, a 42 year old “tech entrepreneur” the Liberals have chosen to run against Jody Wilson-Raybould in the Vancouver Granville riding. I…
Wilbur Ross – Hong Kong an "Internal Matter."
Since WWII, democracy is something totalitarian regimes use tanks to suppress. There was the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 and the Soviet/Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Now…
GOP Congressman Says We Shouldn’t Overlook the Good Side of Rape and Incest
Republican congressman, Iowa’s Steve King, thinks there are vestiges of rape and incest in all of us and, face it, we might not even be here today without it. To…
Climate Round-Up
One of the side effects of following developments in climate change is having to pull your punches. There are things you don’t want to talk about, especially not in conversation…
Match to Gasoline. Another Climate Change Surprise.
The match is lightning. The gasoline is the rich, peat-like fuel we still call tundra even as it is thawing and drying out. Beneath the tundra lies permafrost that holds…
If Not Now, Then When. Canada Needs a Progressive Restoration. It’s Time for the Liberals to Stop Standing in the Way.
This would be a hectic time for progressives in government, if only there were any around. If you don’t know what a progressive is, here’s just one telltale that can…
Not What I Usually Expect From Concerned Scientists on a Monday Morning
One of the many emails I look forward to on Monday mornings is the bulletin of the Union of Atomic Scientists, a body mainly known for maintaining the Doomsday Clock.…
Are We Blind to the Future?
One of the most serious drawbacks of the neoliberal era has been the rise of technocrats in place of what we used to know as leaders. Today they’re short-termers with…
Grim, Yet Strangely Fascinating
Every now and then you stumble across something that was hiding in plain sight. In my case it was the discovery of the BBC.com site, Future. There are some really…
It’s Not All Killer Heatwaves and Crop-Killing Drought. Another Facet of Climate Change.
To many, perhaps even most people, the impact of climate change on infrastructure is not well understood. We’ve seen the dramatic stuff – cars stuck in flooded underpasses or roads…
Seppuku?
It’s not the Texas book depository but this will fuel conspiracy theories for a long time. Jeffrey Epstein is dead, apparently by his own hand. It’s reported he was found…
There Really Is a "Hole In the Bottom Of the Sea"
It’s not so much a hole as a tear in the 600 mile long Juan de Fuca Plate and, scientists conclude, it could mark the end of the tectonic plate…
All You Ever Needed to Know About America’s Sleazebag in Chief
One photo captures the grotesque sleaze who serves as America’s president. Donald Trump and Melania using a baby orphaned in the El Paso massacre as a prop for a ‘thumbs…
Is Complacency Our Achilles Heel?
Over the years I’ve watched as any number of really important reports and studies are published then broadly reported across the mainstream news outlets only to disappear down the Memory…
What’s Really Killing Us?
Global warming is a symptom of the disease. Overpopulation is another symptom of the same disease. The degradation of our farmland, the loss of biodiversity, deforestation, the freshwater crisis, the…
Well, Let’s Add This to Our Growing List of Dire Warnings
Another day another warning that humanity is pushing its luck, overstressing this Earth, our one and only biosphere. For those of you who can’t handle stress, don’t fret. It’ll be…
How the Liberals and the Conservatives Jumped Into the Bag for the Fossil Energy Giants
They’ll feed you no end of horseshit about how fossil fuels are critical to the Canadian economy. They don’t want to tell you why they never have much, if anything,…
Manhunt Over
RCMP announce the bodies of Schmegelsky and McLeod have been found in northern Manitoba.