Is This the Oceanic Time Bomb We’ve Been Warned About?
Even the Globe and CBC are now reporting that the world’s oceans set an all-time heat record in 2018, sending marine life reeling and fleeing for colder waters. Fleeing for…
The Mound of Sound
Unbelievable. Excluding LGBTQ from Anti-Lynching Law
Some people go out of their way to be in-your-face ugly. One such group is the American evangelical non-profit, Liberty Counsel, a group fiercely opposed to gay rights. The U.S.…
Oh, That "National Emergency."
Apparently the Mango Mussolini today proclaimed that he has an “absolute right” to declare a national emergency. And, in the Great Bloat’s mind, the threshold for declaring an emergency is…
Those Other Tipping Points That Go Unnoticed
It’s become customary in climate change reports to mention “tipping points.” Anyone who has learned to handle a canoe knows there is a point at which the vessel lists far…
The F-35. What Use Will It Be in the Next War?
When the next big scrap comes, as eventually it must, all the high-tech wizardry that we find so beguiling may turn out to be useless. Our last peer-on-peer war ended…
Terraform Mars, What Then?
Ever wonder if you’re a pessimist? I spotted this on the innerwebs the other day. To hear Elon Musk tell it, he might even be among the first to emigrate…
Take It From Katharine.
She’s possibly Canada’s best known climate scientist even if she is from Texas. I have mentioned Katharine Hayhoe a number of times over the years. She’s quite intriguing. For starters…
Here’s a Term We’ve Come to Ignore – "Proportionality"
Why does Canada support war criminals? Why does Ottawa support regimes that routinely commit war crimes and crimes against humanity? Saudi Arabia is a blatant example with its slaughter of…
Why Doesn’t Trudeau Take a Page From His Father’s Book?
Justin Trudeau has been promising a carbon tax for ages. For the past several months a gaggle of provincial leaders, sitting and soon to be sitting, has been raising a…
"More Mad Than People Think."
Why, with Trump, is it always the Russians? His latest stunt – absolving the Russians/Soviets of any wrongdoing for staging a military intervention in Afghanistan in support of its then…
What, the Toronto Sun? A Sun Columnist Says "a Pox on Both Their Houses."
Toronto Sun columnist, Lorrie Goldstein, says, when it comes to climate change, Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer are on the same page. Both leaders, he says, are trying to blow…
Think of Climate as a Finely-Tuned Engine Gone Screwy.
There was a time, we called it the Holocene, when the climate worked for us. A gentle, relatively predictable climate allowed humanity, over the course of 12-thousand years, to grow…
It’s Complicated. The Polar Vortex Fractures.
I would guess you’re not a meteorologist. Same here. The way climate change is unfolding, however, that would certainly be an asset. Most of us can understand that a warmer…
Think of It as Climate Change Adaptation for the Wet Coast
It looks like a trip to the woodshed is in order. No, not metaphorically. It’s time to bring in another load of firewood, just in case. When that’s done it…
Really, Chuckles, Really?
Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer, seems intent on fighting this year’s federal election on the destruction of our planet and the ruin of Canadian society. By that I mean, Scheer is…
"A Raging, Howling Signal"
That’s now the Washington Post summed up 2018 in climate change news. A raging, howling signal. As if to emphasize the state of this looming environmental catastrophe, hundreds of scientists…
Pushback Over Steve Bannon’s Ploy to Infiltrate the Catholic Church
He was born into an Irish-American family and was raised a Roman Catholic. He attended Benedictine College Preparatory, a private, Catholic, military high school in Richmond, Virginia before moving on…
Happy New Year – Brave New World, 2019
It’s here. You’re being mind-fucked. And your government is doing absolutely nothing to protect you. Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, closes out 2018 with what should be a troubling look at…
"Nomophobia" – C’mon, Take a Guess.
We can all do to expand our vocabulary. It’s a lifelong quest. So how about the Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year – “nomophobia.” Are you feeling a touch nomophobic?…