Saturday, October 10, 2026

The second Chow - is he a plant?

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There's a second Chow on the ballot form for the upcoming Toronto mayoralty election . Braeden is an unknown guy off the street, with no...

The Myth of the Deal

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President Trump has struck a deal! Yay. And it's the "best deal ever". Again. If Americans are not thoroughly over this stuff ...
Friday, October 09, 2026

New White House Press Secretary looks familiar

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That Mr. Trump has just appointed a new White House Press Secretary , Katie Zacharia. She looks kind of familiar. You don't think he has...

Why is the bond market in rurmoil?

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I keep reading articles about bonds without really understanding them. "Spiralling chaos from the bond market", we are told , ...

Nuclear fusion no closer to a working model, but generating lots of spagghetti

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I have always been, and I remain, skeptical about the dramatic claims made by nuclear fusion energy developers . From time to time, a glowin...
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

Revelations of separatist leaders' deals with America rattles Albertans

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As Quebec votes in a separatist government (albeit only a minority government, with a much weaker mandate than was widely expected), Alberta...
Monday, October 05, 2026

Trump's AI rebranding just more smoke and mirrors

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As a new CNN/SSRS survey concludes that the vast majority of Americans are very concerned about AI and the way it's being developed, Pr...
Saturday, October 03, 2026

Christa Pike on life support is the mother of all ironies

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I'm sure everyone has heard about the "failed execution" of Christa Pike in Tennessee this last week.  Incidentally, "fa...