Another death attributed to a out-of-date 911 system here in Canada. Here is the text of a letter that I just sent to the Prime Minister.
Dear Prime Minister:
cc: Mr. Ken Dryden
How much do the cell phone companies receive in fees attributed to 911 service? I myself pay 75 cents per month.
How much do the cell [...]
Actually, it was not just the automakers. It was an entire team from various industries, including a big, bad government.
This is pretty scary stuff. The Big 3 U.S. based automakers are all on the edge of bankruptcy, with many experts conceding that if they go belly up the economy will go into a steeper tailspin. [...]
This mess in Greece is ridiculous. Yes, a tragic death (perhaps a mistake by police) occurred. But what the protestors are doing to their fellow citizens is not making them look very human.
Destroying shops, cars, and other personal items, of fellow citizens who may actually agree with their point of view.
I think that many of [...]
Regular readers will know that I am both a healthy eater and that I claim to be able to shop for food in a VERY economical way. One part of the process is to buy items on sale.
I received a sale flyer from one of my favourite grocery stores and wanted to comment on it, [...]
Have you seen the Die Hard movie with Bruce Willis, where he ends up chasing the bad guys into Canada and shoots at a hydro line, which then falls and helps destroy a helicopter? Awesome marksman, eh?
After an unfortunate incident in which an individual died after being tasered, a family member of the victim asked [...]
hi ho the derry-o, a hunting we will go. (from a children’s musical rhyming poem)
“A handful of top executives from American International Group Inc. spent thousands of dollars during a recent English hunting trip, even as the New York-based insurer asked for an additional $37.8-billion (U.S.) loan from the Federal Reserve Board.” (quote from the [...]
The Canadian election is over, and I have 2 comments.
Comment One. The turnout was pathetic. I believe it was something like 60%, and I had read that in the previous election they estimated that only 25% of young people (18-25) voted.
Comment Two. The Green party received about 68% as many votes as the Bloc. The [...]
If you are a basketball fan in the U.S., then you probably know who Mark Cuban is. If you do not know that name, Mark is a billionaire, and the down to earth owner of the Dallas Mavericks, a pro basketball team.
I just found out that Mark has a blog, and this entry is awesome. [...]
We had Enron and others like it. Now we have the Wall Street meltdown, and the same questions are being asked.
Have those nice people at the top been fiddling with the books so they could continue earning those big fat pay cheques?
I, for one, cannot believe that they did not know what was happening. [...]
Statistics claim that poor people have poor diets. Diets loaded with too many calories and not enough fibre and nutrients.
Grandpa Richard asks, “Why?”
This was highlighted to me by a news story today out of Los Angeles.
73% of South Los Angeles restaurants are fast food establishments, compared to 42% in West Los Angeles. West Los Angeles [...]