Grandpa Richard Speaks

Do you and your family know what to do in the event of a fire? How good is your knowledge of fire safety?

Please watch these videos at knowfire.ca with everyone in your household. Make sure they all know what to do.

Movie celebrity Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. The problem stems from violating her probation that resulted from two separate 2007 cases of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol.

Rich, famous, and suffering from some demons. She needs to get rid of the demons.

Further details at this site.

It started with a bet between blogger Jeffrey Strain and his sister. Jeffrey said he could eat for a whole month on just $31. His sister said he couldn’t. He set out to prove her wrong and blogged about it.

Interesting challenge, and some very interesting ways of beating the challenge.

Check out Jeffrey’s blog.

I came across a short book about health today. It is called Minimalist Health: How to Focus on the Essentials. It is a free e-book, well designed and an easy 20 page read. Just click on the link 2 sentences ago.

I especially liked the final sentence of the book.

Please read the book and share with your family, friends, and co-workers. Then come back here and leave a comment.

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Wow!

Talk about compact living. And very environmentally friendly.

84 sq ft. That is a small house.

I love this idea, and feel it is time for it to happen. See this article for details on the Tobin Tax.

Here is a statement from a well known Ontario based union about it.

June 25, 2010 OPSEU President Smokey Thomas and NUPGE President James Clancy will lead our Union’s delegation at the G20 rally on Saturday, June 26 at 1 pm.

Join us as we demonstrate against G20 governments who have spent trillions of dollars to save banks and financial markets only to turn around and cut public spending, public services, and jobs.

We are calling for a Robin Hood Tax – a tiny tax of 0.05% on trades in stocks, bonds and currencies – which would not affect ordinary consumers but would raise $650 billion a year to create jobs, reduce debt and fight poverty.

Did you know that the currency market (FOREX) sees about $2 trillion in trades every day? How many of these trades are speculative in nature? No goods or services are being made/produced. And the speculation and greed in our system had a lot to do with the financial collapse of many U.S. based financial companies last year.

If you are a soccer fan, you must be pumped. The World Cup is so close.

I do not follow the sport closely, but I recently met a young man who does, and he has a blog that he is using to comment on all the action.

Visit Bret’s Blog to read lots of detailed commentary.

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In honour of Stephen Harper’s fake lake, Tony Clement’s steamboat, and the billion dollar bill for the G8 and G20 Summits. Because it had to be done (with apologies to the Barenaked Ladies).

For Jennifer Smith, singer, writer and municipal candidate in the town of Milton, the fake lake in the ever growing controversy over G20 summit spending was the last straw.

Read more background to this video on The Toronto Star website.

Comments?

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I love this commentary by Lorrie Goldstein of the Toronto Sun.

Especially the last couple of lines.

Indeed, when the s— hit the fan, these guys acted like Soviet apparatchiks, screwing the public for their blunders.

Worse, they got away with it.

or, how about this one?

Wall Street traders … success was individual achievement, failure was a social problem.

This last quote is similar to one of my pet peeves. It seems that CEOs get lots of bonus money no matter what. If the company does well, it is because of the CEO and they get big bonuses. If the company does poorly, it is due to the economy,etc, and the CEO gets a big bonus because they helped hold everything together under bad circumstances. Why can’t we just get a proper salary, and if you do well you get to keep the job. If you do poorly, you get turfed.

Comments?

(obviously, the article in the Sun contains some strong language. Be forewarned.)

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After watching it the first time I wnet back to see the beginning again. They could have hid things a bit better, showing less of the gal, and then the ending would have caught me even better.

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