Category: rantings
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Community disservice. Thanks, Rexall.
Rexall Pharmacy has gotten on a lot of folks’s bad sides in Pembroke this past weekend. As the locals are aware, the 2010 Christmas parade ended up happening on Saturday. We were there, for all the fun that was–a separate entry on that’s coming. The parade’s route this year, as … Read the rest
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Own an MP3 player in Canada? You must be a criminal.
So says quite a list of Canadian music artists, anyway, who’re trying to put pressure on the government to introduce a new tax on the players. Naturally, they call it a levy, but look it up–it’s a tax. The letter urges the ministers to apply a levy to MP3 players … Read the rest
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Another touchy feely security oopsy. Have we learned yet?
From the very same folks who brought you this, let me introduce you to an equally disturbing, and just a little tiny bit disgusting, part two. It certainly appears that the TSA might need a bit more training with these new intrusive groping pat downs. MSNBC has the … Read the rest
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Dalton McGuinty’s definition of save: Spend more!
So Ontario’s premier finally gets that his environmentally friendly initiatives re: hydro are very slowly and very painfully breaking the bank. In response, he’s decided to offer us a generous 10% rebate on our hydro bills, starting in the new year. Just ignore the 46% increase over the course of … Read the rest
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Sorry, the TSA just did what?
Okay, I get it. Terrorism’s everywhere and you can never be too safe, yada yada yada. But was this really required, Transport Security Administration? There certainly are a lot of TSA search stories these days but it’s an important topic, so we’ll keep covering it as long as there are … Read the rest
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Clive Doucet doesn’t get the meaning of “Stop emailing me”. Again.
In 2009, I had a very short, two email long conversation with Ottawa councillor Clive Doucet during the OC Transpo strike. The exchange quite literally consisted of one email in each direction. And the email coming from his direction pretty much told me and my valid–and not disputed–criticisms of the … Read the rest
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Things to keep in mind if you’re a politician: accessible does not mean blame the other guys.
When it’s brought to your attention that your office is somewhat less than accessible, particularly when you happen to be the member of parliament in charge of things to do with people with disabilities, the appropriate response would be to: A: Appologise and work towards fixing it where possible, such … Read the rest
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I don’t get Rogers.
Run this past the logical part of your brain and tell me if I’m out to lunch. The phone company tells you you owe them 158 dollars by end of month. Because you’re not made of money, and they’re not the only ones who’d like you to hand over what … Read the rest
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Attention Sharron Angle: Canada hates you right now.
According to certain fragments of the US political system, Canada’s little more than a terrorist haven. The latest spokesperson of that line of thinking? Nevada senate candidate Sharron Angle. According to this lovely ray of sunshine, the border shared between the US and Canada is the most porous border America … Read the rest
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Note to american Airlines: It’s a cane, not an explosive.
I don’t think Bill diamond will be flying American Airlines any time in the near future. Particularly not after a flight attendant on his trip from Pittsburgh to Chicago decided his cane was, in fact, some kind of threat to airline security and promptly asked him to surrender it.… Read the rest