The Disaffected Lib

Long before two Boeing 737 Max jetliners nose dived into the ground extinguishing the lives of all aboard, the company's chief technical pilot knew the jet's automated MCAS system had critical problems.
Boeing's chief technical pilot on the 737 Max project told another employee in 2016 that there were "egregious" problems with the jet's automated MCAS system, two years before the first of two fatal crashes attributed to the system, The New York Times...

If we want to solve all of our existential threats the solution is quite simple. Mankind, our global civilization, has to find ways to live within the very finite limits of our biosphere, Planet Earth.
We're already far past those limits. There are too many of us. The Earth cannot bear our weight and it is showing signs of serious breakdown. What we do collectively to overburden the planet we echo on an individual level reflected in excessive consumption...

Like most ex-Trump aides, former US defense secretary, general James Mattis,  since leaving the White House, been the target of insults and abuse by Trump.
Mattis said that he would speak his mind but, in fairness to his successor(s), not for a while, a year....

Andrew Scheer says "modern convention" holds that, should Justin Trudeau's Liberals fail to win more seats than the Conservatives next week, Trudeau must step down and allow the Conservatives to govern Canada.
He's wrong.
"Modern convention" says that no one should ever deign to become prime minister without first demonstrating an ability to hold down a job, any job, in the private sector for at least two consecutive years running. No one, whose resume consists of "summer...