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.
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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.
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(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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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.
My son and I watched Iron Man 2 recently. I think the original was better, but # 2 was okay.
Scarlett Johansson? Big deal! Gwyneth Paltrow is more my type.
Anyhow, no need to spend time on my fantasies.
Here is a well done parody called Iron Baby.
Enjoy.
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LOL !!!
You need to watch and listen carefully to the words.
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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.
Read more details at MetroNews.
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.
What do you think? Leave a comment.
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How to live like a billionaire. Interesting article. I highly recommend that you read this, and then come back and leave a comment here.
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