What Kind of an Allowance Is That for a 12-Year-Old?
It’s funny what kids get up to in their parents’ basements, especially pre-teens who can put their hands on ten large. Consider the case of 12 year old Jackson Oswalt…
The Mound of Sound
Theresa, It’s Time to Get Off the Pot
Think back to your college days. The weekend parties. Eventually you nip upstairs to the can only to find a line of people anxiously waiting for that one person who…
Dare to Dream. Imagine This.
Imagine if you were so rich, you could lose four billion dollars in one day on ketchup. That’s Warren Buffett rich. The bulti-billionaire (“multi” just doesn’t do it justice) suffered…
Anyone Up For a Little Crowdfunding?
There’s one among our ranks who seems to be working overtime at grinding his axe on this Lavalin business. As far as I can tell, and I could be wrong,…
We’re In No Mood for Listening
If someone gave you a credible warning that the road just around the bend was washed out would you hit the brakes or floor the gas pedal? What if you…
Bitumen Blues on the Hill
The white nationalist rally masquerading as a pro-pipeline truckers’ protest clogging the streets of Ottawa is, well, boneheaded. They seem to have lost sight of the massive wildfire that nearly…
A Nation in Meltdown?
With its departure from the European Union less than six weeks away and the terms of Brexit unclear after years of negotiation and bickering, the UK seems to be on…
Climate Change Roundup
Here’s a summary of recent climate change developments. A conference on climate and security at The Hague has heard that climate change poses an “imminent” security threat fueling violence and…
Definitely Not Oprah’s Book Club – The Uninhabitable Earth
A few years ago I took an excellent online course on climate change produced by Germany’s Potsdam Institute with the financial support of the World Bank. The lectures featured some…
CNN – Mueller Report Next Week
CNN is reporting that US government officials say the justice department will announce next week the completion of the Mueller report. That’s not to say anyone of us will be…
Washington Post – Could the Green Party Spell Trouble for Justin Trudeau in October?
Justin Trudeau must be so pleased that he reneged on his promise to rid Canada of first-past-the-post elections and the consequent false majorities it has inflicted on the Canadian people.…
Obstruction of Justice? Of Course, Yawn.
Up here in the Great White North, we’re dampening our dainties over whether the prime minister strong armed a former justice minister to intercede on behalf of a Quebec company…
The Rapid Decline of Governance – Part Deux
Is 2019 the year the Transatlantic Alliance irreparably fractured? Have Europe and the United States finally taken their leave of each other? Has the United States forfeited its right to…
Jody? Jody Who? Oh, Her. Why I Couldn’t Care Less About Jody or Gerry or Justin.
Some people seem to have a wonderfully newfound fondness for ex-Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. I get the part about how she’s First Nations and the first FN to serve as…
The Breakdown of Governance
As a global civilization we really have behaved terribly. For couple of weeks I’ve been working on a piece on pollution. Greenhouse gas is a part of this problem but…
Smoke & Mirrors – The Athabasca Saga Continues
Has Big Fossil been fudging the environmental assessment studies it spoon feeds to Alberta’s oh-so-accepting regulator? Apparently so. Dozens of oilsands environmental impact studies are marred by inconsistent science that’s…
Mueller. He’s Not Done. Not Even Close.
Everytime it seems special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation must be close to wrapping up something new pops up. This time it’s Robert Mercer and Steven Bannon’s vote-rigging company, Cambridge Analytica,…
Because All the Rest of the News is Boring Crap, How About This to Put a Bit of Sunshine in Your Day?
Anthony, “The Wandering Weiner,” Weiner is again a free man. Weiner was released after serving 15 months of a 21 month sentence in the Greybar Hotel for texting dick pics…
Please, Explain This to Me
There’s a bunch of sketchy hombres down in Texas. Their pedigree traces back to a notoriously corrupt energy company called EnRon. After EnRon exploded and the principals were sent for…
How Stupid Is Donald Trump?
Fresh from signing a national emergency declaration, the Mango Mussolini stepped behind a microphone in the Rose Garden and told reporters there’s really no emergency. He just wanted to build…