Alberta’s looming water crisis
Every time I sit down to review the news before a post I always end up logging on at the exact moment that Alberta’s bullshit is exposed. As a result…
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Rule of acquisition #109: Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.
Chris Martenson has written an excellent summation of ‘The Real Reason The Economy Is Broken (and Will Stay That Way)‘. Albertan’s, Alberta’s industries, and the Alberta Government itself should read…
Update-1: The political sportscast: meet the new plan, same as the old plan
I’ve been overly stressed lately. For the past week or so I had once again written off bothering to follow the news, write about the news, comment on the news,…
In Alberta a deficit is inevitable, it’s where we choose to put our money which matters
So I have run through Alberta’s new public budget tool and it’s about as lackluster in options as you would expect. It’s no wonder that if this simplistic approach is…
Ice on Whyte – Photos
Lots of people from around the world read this blog so I figured I’d post my photos from the Ice on Whyte festival. It’s pretty cool and for those not…
A tax for every occasion
There is a lot of talk going around on Twitter about solutions for Alberta’s revenue problems and perhaps the most popular of these ideas is more taxes. From a simplified…
Sneaky Trends and Dystopian Ideals
Are we ready to face the realities of slow growth? No, we’re not. To be ready for something you have to prepare for that something prior to it occurring. Two…
Tales From the Crypt: #yegarena
Well holy crap-balls it’s back. The #yegarena has arisen from the dead and as any dark lord will tell you, the deals gotta get worse all the time. You keep…
Why Alberta’s current fiscal situation is actually something worse than just a bust
Following yesterday’s episode of RedTV I am seeing a lot of people on Twitter saying stuff like ‘Here we are again, the boom and bust cycle!”, etc etc. Our current…
Alison Redford on RedTV: ‘Opening new markets is job #1 for my government’
Wow! Was that ever underwhelming! That’s it? A pledge to open new markets for the oil industry? This is the “solution” to Alberta being “vulnerable” to oil markets? I mean…
Alberta presents: [In The] Red-TV
Premier Redford to address Albertans in Thursday night televised speech Hey, Albertans! Remember Ed-TV? I thought not, you’re not really supposed to remember Ed-TV because in Ed-TV a 5 year…
Suspending and extending an artificial reality
Well the United States continues to impress me. I mean really, suspend the debt ceiling? Brilliant. Just think how many debt ceiling showdowns, fiscal cliffs, etc could have been avoided…
Ethical Ignorance
So, has anyone else noticed that “Ethical Oil’s” news feed has been dead since September, 2012? I guess it would be quite difficult to write about how ethical Canada is…
Windows 8: Did Microsoft finally get something right?
I’m going to depart from my traditional posts for today and instead provide my feedback on Windows 8. Now, to start with. I am a Linux guy, I started with…
UPDATE-1: Growth: It ain’t going to pay for itself
“Growth ain’t going to pay for itself”, says the new mantra of Canada. We’ve already covered Alberta’s “realization” about this fact, and now it’s Saskatchewan’s turn. The City of Regina…
You will be assimilated; resistance is not futile
Where to begin? What is this post about? To be honest I don’t know yet. Every post is getting more and more difficult to write. There are so many new…
The great hunt: for prosperity and terrorists!
You’ve got to feel a little bit sorry for our “leaders” and “experts”. It has to be awfully stressful for them to continue passing bullshit as truth when the facts…
The waiting game
Reconciling sanity with our society is difficult. On one hand we cheer for “rebels” fighting their oppressive governments and on the other we fear “terrorists” fighting their “recognised” governments. We…
Trend breakdown for 2013
In 2013 we can expect to see some significant events. I still believe that 2012 will be considered a “cakewalk” compared to what we can expect to see coming up…
Defaulting on Sanity
Just when you think the stupidest ideas on Earth have died for good, they will be resurrected as an even stupider idea. The Wildrose alliance has finally given their take…