"If This Is What It Takes"
Londoners react to traffic disruption caused by Extinction Rebellion protesters.
The Mound of Sound
Deutsche Bank and Dirty Rubles
It was Donald Trump’s lender of last resort, Deutsche Bank. And now the sullied giant is mired in a Russian money laundering scheme aptly named the Global Laundromat. Germany’s troubled…
A Political Stress Test, An Idea Whose Time Has Come.
Imagine a government fully committed to meeting the multiple threats of climate change. What would that government look like? What would it be doing? How would that be reflected in…
So, What in Hell Does Justin Do Now?
This is another fine mess he’s created. He tried to help Rachel as much as he could but she’s out, bumped off by the bete noire of Western conservatism, Jason…
Mark Carney Warns Climate Change Demands Wholesale Change – While There’s Still Time.
Canadian Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has joined with Villeroy de Gilhau, his counterpart at the Bank of France, to warn the financial community that they can…
This Could Be Another Difficult Day for Mr. Trudeau
He panicked and tossed away $4.5 billion on a pipeline project, money we might not (probably won’t) get back. He’s about to pour another seven to nine billion into constructing…
First We Worried About CO2, Then CH4. Now It’s N2O.
Nitrous Oxide, N2O, has joined Carbon Dioxide, CO2, and Methane, CH4, to our climate change worries. Carbon dioxide is bad and persists for centuries. Methane is about 25 times more…
The Guardian – It’s Time to Break the Machine
Is revolt in your future? Perhaps, if you want a future for your children and grandchildren and all the young people of their generations. The editorial board of The Guardian…
If You Want a Future, You’ll Have to Fight Power to Get It – Monbiot
The political class, as anyone who has followed its progress over the past three years can surely now see, is chaotic, unwilling and, in isolation, strategically incapable of addressing even…
Trudeau’s Dodgy Ten Billion Dollar Bet
Justin Trudeau bet the farm on bitumen when he bought the Trans Mountain pipeline. Cutting a treasury cheque for $4.5 billion to the former owner, Kinder Morgan, and facing another…
Assange Turfed/Arrested
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has been taken into custody by British police. Assange was nabbed after Ecuador stripped him of his diplomatic immunity. He had been holed up in Ecuador’s…
What Planet Are These People From?
The Edmonton Journal warns that Albertans are itching to separate from Canada if they don’t get full access to British Columbia’s coastal waters. A recent poll by the Angus Reid…
Where the Rubber Meets the Road – Climate Migration – Central America
Imagine Central America empty. Not exactly empty but heavily depopulated. Think of it as climate change for the Americas. It’s been coming for a while, several years in fact. A…
This Is Starting to Turn Downright Fenian
Enough with Wilson-Raybould and Philpott, Trudeau and Scheer. Enough. We’ve been bombarded with this stuff, especially by some who seem determined to stir up the cistern at every opportunity. You…
The Global Economy Is a "Pyramid Scheme" – Nobel Laureate
Former Obama-administration energy secretary and Nobel laureate, Steven Chu, says the global economy is dysfunctional because it depends on constant population growth. “The world needs a new model of how…
Have We Lost the Ability to Govern Ourselves?
It was October, 1980, and US elections were just a few days away. Ronald Reagan took to the airwaves and asked Americans “Are you better off than you were four…
And It Seems They’re Delicious Too
There’s no doubt that man has been waging a relentless war on nature. When, over just forty years, one species can cause the loss of half of all terrestrial life…
How Is This Even Possible? Trump Picks a Fox For the Nation’s Hen House.
A new chapter in the “Donald J. Trump Book of Malevolence.” Trump has recently turned his attention to health care so who does he choose as his new healthcare czar?…
What We’re Up Against – The Gang That Would See Canada in Ruins.
It’s the cast of “The Gang of Thugs” premiering this fall.
That Horse, It’s Dead. Leave It Alone.
The SNC-Lavalin business has jumped the shark. That’s not to say it’s over or that there may not be new revelations but, until something seismic comes out – if ever,…