Month: June 2019

White holes: Do black holes have mirror images?

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is calling for severe punishment after 86 pounds of cocaine were found in the luggage of an advance plane for his trip to Japan. Bolsonaro (center) is seen here preparing to leave for this week's G-20 meeting in Osaka.

How To Upset A President

Bolsonaro's G-20 Trip Hits Snag: Brazilian Crewman Arrested With 86 Pounds Of Cocaine

Planemaker and suppliers used lower-paid temporary workers.

Mayhem In Pursuit Of Profits?

Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers

John Lee, lawyer for Qing Quentin Huang, speaks outside of the courthouse after Huang's bail hearing was put off until a later date in Toronto, Wednesday, December 4, 2013.

A Very Strange Case

Case of Canadian accused of spying for China slowed by mysterious secrecy disputes

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shakes hands with B.C. Premier John Horgan at the closing of the Western Premiers' conference in Edmonton, June 27, 2019.

A Fundamental Divide

Alberta and B.C. put on positive front amid Trans Mountain spat, but remain fundamentally divided

Is This Guy For Real?

Boris Johnson, the Brexit Illusionist

A massive global poll now reveals that big majorities of the world’s population agree with President Trump: Fake news is a problem.

Fake News A Big Problem

Trump is right: Fake news now a worldwide concern

Canada would survive a full-scale trade war with China, but it would offer a painful lesson on how much we now rely on that country.

Reason To Worry?

What a trade war with China would do to Canada

We can only hope the Supreme Court will view the case with clearer eyes than the majority at the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Another Questionable Court Decision

Carbon tax ruled constitutional in split and muddied decision

Daily Video 29/06/19

'Hannity' panel on the important questions Mueller needs to answer.

The Donald' is many times less predictable than Reagan, and thus harder to handle for foreign powers. China has learned that.

Don’t Get The Guy Worked Up…

...You never know what might happen next.

Health is not simply about push-ups. There’s also nothing magic about grip strength or walking speed. But these abilities tend to tell us a lot.

The Power Of One Push-Up

Several simple ways of measuring a person’s health might matter more than body weight.

A cybersecurity study of Huawei equipment found that 55% of the Chinese company's hardware devices tested contained at least one backdoor access point.

Huawei’s Secret Back Doors

Huawei is facing federal charges related to economic espionage of American cellphone technology and illegal financial dealings with Iran.

That the Trudeau government doesn’t want to close off the foreign-funding loophole entirely is not surprising.

The Fix Is In

Foreign money can still skew our federal election, critics warn

A Manitoba dealer who was caught after ordering fentanyl via the dark web shines a light on the drug’s supply chain.

Fentanyl And The Dark Web

Fentanyl at the click of a mouse

Iraq and Afghan veteran Doug Beattie, member of the Northern Irish assembly for the Ulster Unionist Party, asked for Mr Hunt to clarify his remarks, saying that as far as his party is concerned, “there is no equivalence between the Security forces — the lawful forces of the State — and the terrorists they were trying to thwart, any more than there is equivalence between a police force and the muggers, burglars and rapists they are trying to catch”.

Hunt’s Ridiculous Suggestion

Hunt Criticised for Saying Northern Ireland Veterans, IRA Terrorists Should Be Treated ‘Same Way’

Biden is just plain out of his depth. Or so it appeared on Thursday night.

Joe Biden Got Demolished

After all the Biden-bashing in Miami, the former senator and vice president doesn't look quite so "electable" anymore.

Violent extremists of any sort need to be condemned. So do those that would use terrorism to falsly malign their opponents.

This Is Political

Trudeau plays politics with terrorism again

Ontario municipalities face $300M in new charges next year, credit rating agency says.

Ontario Belt Tightening Continues

Ford government cuts will blow $2-billion hole in municipal budgets, Moody's warns

Daily Video 28/06/19

Hannity: Trump emerges as clear winner of Democratic debate

Just when you think you got the wokeness down BAM! – there you go, right back to the end of the woke line.

The ‘Wokeness’ Trap

Joe Biden Learns You Can Never Be Woke Enough

Back doors to your personal data can be found in everything from smart fish tanks to Wi-Fi pineapples.

A Messy Tech Ecosystem

The Hotel Hackers Are Hiding in the Remote Control Curtains

During one week in 2018, Interpol confiscated over 10m fake medications that had spread via post with equivalent value of US$14m. As a result, 3,671 illegal websites selling such drugs were closed – including 175 sites in Sweden.

Fake Drugs A Problem

Potentially Deadly Fake Drugs Are on the Rise in the Western World

World demand for Exxon’s products, fossil fuels, is expected to increase and remain steady over the coming decade.

Fossil Fuels Are The ‘In’ Thing

The world needs more of what Exxon is selling (and will for decades)

People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier (left) and Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May (right).

A Little Honesty Helps

Only Elizabeth May and Maxime Bernier are consistent on climate change

Tom Penn and partner Eve Leigh have not been seen at their home.

‘Feet, Get Thee Gone!’

Boris Johnson neighbours flee after ‘death threats’ for recording row with Carrie Symonds

Democrats, after all these months, still show as the party of loons.

They’re Still Loons

Democrats, debating, don’t disappoint

We’re being attacked by China. And Chrétien and Manley and the rest are on China’s side.

Whose Side Is Chrétien On?

As China wages a political attack on Canada, the former PM’s interventions give cover to Beijing—and to Meng Wanzhou’s...

Ford's office announced the names in a news release Wednesday, the same day opposition parties called for an external review into government appointments after it was revealed that at least three had personal ties to his former chief of staff.

Ford Better Have A Good Excuse