postaday2011
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To anyone not offended by it, I hope you’ve had a pleasant Halloween. I have to be honest, this has been my best in years. Mostly because I don’t have hordes of fifteen year olds asking for the “scariest” movie at Blockbuster. It’s a trick question. The answer usually isn’t the same from one person…
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In a recent article in Macleans, Jesse Brown was talking about the new Aakash tablet which is being made in India. It’s not here yet, but it’s likely coming soon. The first thing to know about it, is that it’s a bottom end tablet. The processor is slow. The networking is substandard and there’s no…
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So yesterday I wrote about the Conservatives plan to spend billions on new F-35 fighter aircraft. Here’s a quick follow up. The tab for 65 F-35 fighters will ring in around nine billion dollars. But wait, it gets better. When you purchase a bunch of shiny new aircraft, you need parts and service on them. …
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Actually, there are more than two, but I don’t feel like writing a twenty-thousand word essay tonight. So I’ll limit this to just a couple, or so. First up of course is the idea of spending BILLIONS of dollars on new fighter aircraft. I’m going to assume that’s because we live in an unstable part…
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Earlier tonight, I was reading an article from the Huffington Post. It talked about a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals saying that corporations should be held to account for human rights violations overseas. Specifically, the residents of the island of Bougainville in the Phillipines is looking to sue the Rio Tinto for…
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Rare though it may be, I agree heartily with a recent article by Andrew Coyne in this weeks Maclean’s magazine. In it, he argues that the problem isn’t with the super rich one percent. It’s them and the eighty nine percent under them. Here in Canada, we don’t have the same issues as are motivating…
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My daughter is a fan of the Nickelodeon show Victorious. It’s not one I’ve taken the time to watch, but the bits I’ve seen over her shoulder tell me it’s another teen/highschool dramedy. Seen one, seen them all. Or so I thought. Then I caught a couple of minutes on while it was recording on…
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I was fortunate enough to get passes for “Puss In Boots”, the spin-off from the “Shrek” franchise. I was a little skeptical going in because generally, spin-offs tend not to catch the original magic. Puss manages to dodge that bullet as elegantly as the title character dodges blades. He is ably supported by Salma Hayek…
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According to the Ottawa Sun, a seventeen year old child was clocked driving 175 kph in an 80 kph zone. When police stopped him, he had two other minors in the car with him. His license and vehicle have been seized for seven days. The driver is facing a charge of “stunt driving”. Actually, it…
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Since losing my job with Blockbuster, I’m always on the lookout for new ways to save money. With the help of the fine people at Occupy Whatever, I’ve come up with a great new plan. Normally, my family and I would drive very long distances to set up our campsite and then later tear it…
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