Posted
on June 9, 2010, 8:42 pm,
by GrandpaRichard,
under Humour.
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.
Posted
on June 8, 2010, 7:08 am,
by GrandpaRichard,
under Opinion.
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.)
Posted
on June 8, 2010, 6:05 am,
by GrandpaRichard,
under Cool Ads.
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.
Posted
on June 5, 2010, 5:31 pm,
by GrandpaRichard,
under Advice.
This is written mainly for residents of Ontario, Canada, but other jurisdictions may have similar programs.
Hopefully you are already a blood donor, unless health issues stop you. What about organ donations? Except for those with specific faith-based reasons, we should all donate organs when we die. We will not need them, and your body can help save up to 8 lives, not to mention helping many others have better lives. Visit the Gift of Life site for more details.
Posted
on June 2, 2010, 6:00 am,
by GrandpaRichard,
under News.
For most of us, eating a lot of beans can cause some problems later. Beans in often means smelly gas later.
Well, a Ukrainian perfume company claims to have invented a jelly bean capable of producing perfumed “gas”. Some of the aromas offered so far are Sensation, Clara, and Calvin Klein. There are plans to produce more than 35 smells in all.
Posted
on May 28, 2010, 4:34 am,
by GrandpaRichard,
under Opinion.
In these times of government deficits I do not understand why well off (rich) seniors get a majority of their prescription drugs for free. A report in The Star says that 1/2 of all government spending on drugs for seniors is for those with higher incomes. The Star did not elaborate on what “higher incomes” means, nor did they mention what total spending is.