So Much for "Reefer Madness"
It’s been a couple of weeks since Canada decriminalized recreational cannabis use. So far I’ve seen no sign of any impact. I spoke to a friend, a very long-time cannabis…
The Mound of Sound
Two Years to Determine Extinction. Two Years.
Extinction, Jeebus! It’s impossible to believe and yet we’re really doing this. Now it’s the United Nations warning that we have two years, that’s all, to decide if we’re going…
Daylight Savings Time – Again.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour tonight. Here British government workers on Salisbury Plain move the stones back one hour.
Alberta Caught Red-Handed
Alberta would have a somewhat stronger case for bitumen pipelines and experts if it wasn’t for the government of Alberta, Conservative and NDP. First of all, they’re wastrels. For all…
Sullenberger Strikes Back
A genuine American hero, Charles “Sully” Sullenberger, the soft-spoken pilot who landed US Airways flight 1549 on the Hudson River, is taking off the gloves. In an op-ed in The…
Canada, One of Five Nations Holding Most of the World’s Remaining Wilderness.
This map says it all: The march of mankind has seen to it that there’s not much wilderness left on Earth. 70 per cent of what remains is found in…
Global Warming – Oceans Retaining Vastly More Heat than Believed
Sixty per cent more atmospheric heat has been absorbed by the world’s oceans than we thought. We’ve known for years that our oceans were the repository of most of the…
But, Herr Richter, I Vas Only Following Herr Trump’s Orders.
“C’mon, judge, cut me a break. Trump made me do it.” Their militia was called the Crusaders and their mission was to slaughter Muslims living in Garden City, Kansas. They…
A Blast From the Past – Harry Truman
Donald Trump brings the past back to mind in so many ways. There are people out of our dark past that he closely resembles. There are people from the past…
Is He That Desperate or Just That Low?
Donald Trump, his latest wife, the Jewish kids and that guy, Mnuchin, descended on Pittsburgh to stage a personal appearance at Tree of Life Synagogue, the site of the Trump-inspired…
Timothy Snyder – How Trump Follows the Fuhrer’s Playbook
Yale professor, Timothy Snyder, has drawn some eerie parallels between Donald Trump and, yes, that German fanatic who rose to power in the 30s and dragged the world into the…
But the Worst Part…
Pretty grim news today. Since the early 70s, the human species, has caused a 60% drop in the population of all other terrestrial species. And we have bumped that loss…
The Extinction Barometer – 50% in 2014 – 60% in 2018
The 2014 Living Planet Report was – or it should have been – shocking. It reported that the world had lost fully half of all land-based life in just 40…
Netanyahu Chooses Trump Over Tree of Life
“Shameful.” That’s how the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, describes the response of Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his minions to the Squirrel Hill massacre. Unfortunately, their message of sympathy is…
Can We Please Free Our Minds of Magical Thinking?
It was over 20 years ago that Carl Sagan wrote, “The Demon-Haunted World.” I’ve only just started reading but I’m already finding it delightful. There’s something comforting in his observations…
Is Revolt an Option? What Choice Do We Have?
What do Chris Hedges, George Monbiot, the Archbishop of Canterbury and assorted academics have in common? They all argue that ditching our current order, the cult of neoliberalism, is our…
The Glue That Binds. The Face of Violent Radicalism in America. It’s Trump.
People like MAGAbomber, Cesar Sayoc; the Butcher of Squirrel Hill, Robert Bowers; and “whites don’t shoot whites” killer, Gregory Bush; are routinely dismissed by Trump & Company as rogues, nutjobs,…
Republican America as a Cult. Trump as America’s Jim Jones.
In Chris Hedges’ view, Donald Trump’s America is more a cult than a political movement. If he’s right it spells trouble for America and Canada has no wall, no immunity,…
Michael Harris – Why Andrew Scheer is Unfit to Become Prime Minister
In his latest piece for iPolitics, Michael Harris writes that “Scheer’s promise to stand up to media an absurd and shabby fundraising ploy.” Does he think ‘Andrew Trump’ will sell…
In Irish News, Sinead O’Conner Is Now a Hindu
You read it here first. Ireland’s favourite bad girl has moved on.