Another Roller/Trump Buddy Bites the Dust
Life is not going smoothly for Jerry Falwell Jr., son of the late Talibangelist, Jerry Falwell Sr. Junior was recently suspended from his job as president of Liberty University, a…
The Mound of Sound
Manhattan D.A. Shelves Demand for Trump’s Tax Returns
It was a long and hard-fought battle against the legal legions of Trump but, finally, Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., triumphed. He could get Donald Trump’s tax returns. At…
It’s Not Like They Had Much to Choose From
Canada’s Tories, like their Republican cousins to the south, are old, white and increasingly irrelevant. Both parties have to pander to an aging demographic that is becoming more xenophobic and…
Kelly Anne Says Adios, Donaldo
Trump apologist extraordinaire, Kellyanne Conway, is leaving the Trump administration – and there’s no two-week notice either. Kellyanne is clearing out at the end of the month. Her husband, George,…
Stranger Things – Election Eve Edition
Will Americans go to the polls as scheduled on November 3rd? Probably. However there is a 1 in 200 chance of an asteroid hitting Earth the day before. NASA says…
Sturgis, the Results Start Coming In
It’s only been a week since the 80th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally wrapped up and, as expected, the Covid-19 pandemic results are beginning to flow in. So far Minnesota, Nebraska…
The Latest in Mod-Cons, a Wildfire Smoke Tracker
California Redwood burning What will they think of next? Canadians now have a website devoted to wildfire smoke. A quick click shows you where the smoke is coming from and…
Can We Tough It Out Until 2022? And, If We Do, What’s Next?
It could be two more years before the Covid-19 pandemic is reined in. That’s the latest from the World Health Organization. It probably comes down to the fact that, while…
The Markets and the Economy. Might As Well Be on Separate Planets.
There was a time when stock markets were expected to rise and fall in step with the health of the economy. We call that the Era of Sanity. That time…
Is This What Awaits Our Kids? You Need to Watch This.
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at a sometimes disturbing Chinese experiment at blending early education and artificial intelligence learning.
Tick-Tock. One Million Tonnes – Per Minute
There are roughly 525,600 minutes in a year. There are just over 2,200 pounds in a metric tonne. The most recent survey shows that the Greenland ice sheet has been…
Growth – More Deadly Than Fentanyl
For all the potentially devastating scourges humanity will confront this century, growth may be the deadliest. Growth not only drives these existential threats, our blind adherence to growth ensures we…
Well His Wardrobe Won’t Change Much
He’s the self-proclaimed wizard who propelled Donald Trump into the Oval Office. It was a boast that so grated on Trump that he got rid of Steve Bannon. Bannon cultivated…
You Know How Sometimes When You See a Familiar Name From the Past?
You’re just scanning through the headlines. There’s a name. It might take a minute or two but you go scrambling back to check it out. Name: Nigel Wright. Nigel is…
I Wonder if Airbus Chipped In?
Peter MacKay seems poised to be the next leader of the Conservative Party. As he tries to erase his lasting shame for having betrayed the Progressive Conservatives, MacKay has attracted…
Notre Dame Re-Opened. How Well Did That Go?
It took just eight days for Notre Dame to shut down the campus. Eight days and 146 students infected with Covid-19. “The virus is a formidable foe,” Notre Dame University…
A Former Trump Insider On the Lunatic at Large Inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
A glimpse at the monster running America. Rolling Stone reports that Trump says he wants not one more term but two. Trump says he was spied on and therefore he…
So Much for Kushner’s Middle East Peace Breakthrough
WARNING – I’m leaving this post up, for now. However I tried to confirm this information and, in the process, learned that the source of this story is unreliable and…
Here, Have a Quick Look at This
I know little about medicine, even less about dermatology, but, being not that many years younger than the Mango Mussolini, I’m sometimes struck when I see close up photos of…
Alan Fotheringham, RIP
One of the greats of Canadian political punditry, Alan Fotheringham, dead at 87. Anyone remotely sentient who enjoyed Canada in the 70s and 80s will recall “the Foth” or, as…