Posts Tagged: Non-partisan blog posts
Sadder News
Posted by on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 in - leave a comment
Even his wife doesn't believe him...
Brass Knuckles
Posted by on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 in - 5 comments
I can't think of anything smart-arsed to say about this from this morning's Toronto Star: • “On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Me., carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chainsaw stained with what appeared to be …
How A Bubble Begins
Posted by on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in - leave a comment
One way is when experts determine the way you will pay consultants for the advice you do not know you need yet, as in: • “How much would you pay for your accountant to leave a voicemail answering a question just before you ask it? That's how to make money podcasting.” • Watch out! <a …
Retirement
Posted by on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in - leave a comment
I noticed this change to the law being announced in this morning's Star: • “Ontario will become the latest province to take steps outlawing mandatory retirement at 65 when Labour Minister Chris Bentley details his plan today at a store where many seniors work: Home Depot. The chain was chosen …
One-Third
Posted by on Monday, June 6, 2005 in - 1 comment
Baseball is about one-third of the way through its season. Didn't the snow just melt? Already Kansas City is 20 games back. Baltimore and the ChiSox are surprising many still by holding their own. And just look at the National League East: • “ • TeamGames BackWashington0 • Atlanta1/2 • NY …
The Tantrama Tapes
Posted by on Thursday, June 2, 2005 in - leave a comment
Shock, disgust and some confusion have spread from Ottawa to Atlantic Canada with the revelation of tapes of conversations between a senior official in the Tantrama City Government and a top cabinet member in the Federal Unity Government. In the tapes, made somewhere between 25 and 30 May 2007 …
You Can't Make This Stuff Up...
Posted by on Thursday, June 2, 2005 in - 2 comments
...unless of course you are actually involved in this farce. • Look, this is how bad it is: I vote NDP most elections but even I know it is a sad sad day when the Federal NDP has, by far, the most plausible chance of forming a national government people would generally support on the basis of …
Fiscal Prudence Being Restored
Posted by on Thursday, June 2, 2005 in - leave a comment
Recovering from conservative fiscal imprudence takes time but it is good to see, according to the financial marketplace, that Ontario is on the road to recovery: • “Dominion Bond Rating Service upgraded the long-term debt rating of Ontario to `stable' from `negative' today due to the province's …
Possible Charges
Posted by on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 in - 13 comments
Again, the moral objectionists, boo-hoo bleaters all, have come out full of rage over the Gurmant Grewal tapes. To briefly review, Tim talked to GG and GG taped it without telling Tim. That is OK. But what they talked about? Now the RCMP is listening to the tapes. Moral ragers say "HANG TIM" and" …
Flat Lining
Posted by on Monday, May 30, 2005 in - 28 comments
The new neato, podcasting, is very odd. Consider these claims to fames in an article by the Toronto Star this morning: • “It's all done automatically (some say automagically) so users don't have to hunt constantly for new downloads. Podcasts are "asynchronous bundles of passion, automatically …
