Having an issue with my Rogers cell phone. They’ll fix it…For a fee!!!
What a great day I had today, let me tell you about it. My cell phone basically shut down this morning, sometime before it was to sound the alarm I…
August 2012
Arctic Ice Decline Much Worse Than Expected
August 2012, Arctic ice extent models.png As the extent of Arctic sea ice declines to levels unrecorded since satellite monitoring began, the National Snow and Ice Data Center has released…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
Canadian Government to extend EI benefits to families of seriously ill children
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with…
New Sask Ridings Give NDP a Leg Up
The folks doing the federal redistribution for the province of Saskatchewan has come out with their proposed boundaries today, finally putting to rest those horrible eight ridings that broke up…
Netflix Satisfaction Ratings Dip by Daisy Whitney
According to TDG’s research, the number of “highly satisfied” Netflix streaming customers has dipped from 68 percent to 48 percent.
He Blinded Me With…Science?
Source: CBC News: Harper Defends Independence of Pipeline Approval Process Well, this certainly wasn’t a headline I was expecting to find this afternoon. It’s pure fantasy, of course, but it…
4997…Twoonie Tuesday At PFK
PFK is known as KFC in the non Bill 101 world, nonetheless I believe that Twoonie Tuesday is universal. It is also closer to two twoooonie Tuesday but I digress.…
Time for British Columbians to Get Serious About Energy Issues
A recent poll by the Globe and Mail reveals that British Columbians place an appallingly low priority on energy matters, with just 1% identifying energy as the most critical political…
4996…How About Them Expos
First place in the National League East. Of course they are now called the Washington Nationals but, but, but. As a former residence of Jonesville I have my fingers and…
Montreal’s Week Against Prisons, August 7-12
Because if you’re Black, you are three times more likely to end up in a federal penitentiary. Because if you’re Indigenous, you are nine times more likely to end up…
FIFA sucks… and so does the IOC…
This is such utter bullshit. Either the fix was in or that ref was just so completely incompetent that it defies imagination. And I know more than a little bit…
“Right to Work” Laws and Jobs
Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak claims that passage of an anti union “right to work” (RTW) law (making mandatory union dues illegal) would create jobs, especially in hard-hit manufacturing. With…
4995…Say A Prayer For Jim Watson
It is reported widely that Ottawa’s boy mayor is, as I write this, undergoing his second round of treatment for skin cancer. And if you are white like he and…
4994…I Said National Socialist Not Nazi
That would be Amina Chaffai who QMI reports Tweeted that “The #PQ is a nationalist and socialist party, Adolf Hitler’s party used the same national-socialist name.” Ah, yes, but you…
Nuze Flash: Fox News North Luzes Less!
From Canadian Business: Operating income in TVA’s television sector fell to $17 million due to a loss at the new TVA Sports service, partially offset by higher operating income at…
Will Marois and the PQ Sweep Gaspé?
The Globe and Mail has an interesting article pointing out PQ Leader Pauline Marois’ belief that a sweep of the three ridings that make up the Gaspé region of Québec.…
I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major
Generally I don’t post video clip blog posts. This one is worth it, however. -XKCD is a genius.