Climate Change Going to Start Hitting You In Your Pocketbook
Few understand the reality of climate change better than the insurance industry and one of the industry’s biggest re-insurers, Munich Re, says people will soon have to pay a lot…
The Mound of Sound
Trump – US to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Illegally Occupied Golan Heights
Russia (Crimea), China (Tibet) and Israel (West Bank) flout international law that prohibits annexation of occupied territory. Donald Trump cares little for international law or the organizations that America itself…
Rogue Waves – Good News and Bad News
The beaches of the west coast are a big draw for tourists and locals alike. And every year there seems to be one or more news reports about rogue waves…
Why Are These Jetliners Falling Out Of the Sky?
Three recent crashes of Boeing airliners have raised questions of what in hell is going on. Now all but forgotten is the crash of a Boeing 767 cargo plane operated…
Trump Linked to Brexit Leave Campaign
Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, the “Bad Boys of Brexit,” were guests last year at Trump’s favourite hole-in-the-wall, Mar-a-Lago. Congressional investigators in the US are investigating whether the Brexit leaders…
Oh Dear. Jane Wants to Talk.
This one’s gonna hurt. Jane Philpott wants to tell “her truth.” The former Treasury Board president has given an interview to Macleans’s Paul Wells that can only flame the embers…
UN World Happiness Report 2019 – A Need to Reflect
With all the chaos and havoc sweeping so many nations, today’s release of the UN’s World Happiness Report 2019 (pdf) went largely unnoticed. That’s unfortunate because there is some thought…
Conspicuous By Its Absence
A budget speech is not a throne speech. That said the finance minister’s speech usually highlights the government’s priorities. The Trudeau government often proclaims, with a straight face, that climate…
The Guardian – Theresa May Has Screwed the Pooch
The editorial board of The Guardian isn’t mincing words about the Theresa May’s bungling of her premiership and Britain’s dealings with Europe. Mrs May has asked the European council to…
Brexit On The Rocks – Nine Days and Counting
Theresa May warns that, even if MPs back the withdrawal agreement today, there’s not enough time to avert a hard Brexit unless the EU throws Britain a lifeline and grants…
Notley Calls Election
Albertans will go to the polls April 16. After weeks of speculation, NDP leader Rachel Notley has made it official: it’s election time in Alberta. The vote will take place…
Ten Days to Brexit
The UK and the EU are just ten days from a “hard Brexit.” MPs have twice rejected Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement. Speaker John Bercow says her government can’t bring the…
Trump Backers Sought to Bury Cambridge Analytica So Deep No One Would Uncover Its Secrets
Cambridge Analytica, the now defunct company believed to be instrumental in the Brexit Leave campaign and the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, is now before a…
Beyond Free Market Capitalism, the Case For a Socialist Revival
“Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful momentin time we created a lot of value for shareholders.” We’ve got tough decisions to make if we want to save…
Theresa May Mugged By Speaker Bercow
Having twice failed miserably to persuade MPs to endorse her agreement to withdraw Britain from the European Union, everyone expected Theresa May to bring the motion back at least once…
Sure, They’ll Rubbish our Kids’ Future, But We’ll All Have High-Speed Internet by 2030.
2030 is becoming a popular year. That’s the year by which the world’s scientists, speaking with one voice, tell us we must have slashed greenhouse gas emissions by half if…
Chris Wylie Resurfaces.
There’s nothing we do quite so well as to “lose the plot.” We lose our ability to understand or cope with things that are then flushed down the memory hole.…
"The Control Freak Who Lost Control"
A “control freak who lost control.” That is how the Observer’s chief political correspondent sums up prime minister Theresa May who now finds herself neck deep in the quagmire known…
Who Is Calling the Hogs Out There?
Looks like a perfect pair. I’m not sure this rises to the level of a genuine scandal. CBC seems to think otherwise. Mother Corp breathlessly reports that these two, Jason…
I Guess Spring Has Sprung – Finally
I’m back with nature’s alarm clock, the barking of sea lions gathered on the rocky beach down the block. I only wish they would show a bit of respect and…