Gas - Burnt at the pumps · Thursday May 10, 2007 by colin newell
Cheryl de Wolfe has comfirmed my suspicions all along.
We are getting screwed at the gas pumps.
Or maybe doused and set alight.
(Don’t try this at home…)
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has confirmed, pretty much, what every Canadian from Tofino to St. Johns, Newfoundland already knows.
They have us by the fuel injectors and ain’t letting go.
So as Cheryl de Wolfe says as she fills her tank:
Whistle a happy tune and imagine a dog actually eating a refinery. It makes the price of mobility a little easier to swallow
Grrrrr. Arf! Snipple! Snap!
Poison land · Thursday May 10, 2007 by colin newell
In an effort to harmonize Canadian pesticide rules with those of the United States, Ottawa will soon allow higher residue levels on fruits and veggies.
Harmonize? Harmonize?
You mean fold to the whim of America? Bend.
Mutilate.
My god. What is wrong with this country anyway?
Differences in residue limits, which apply both to domestic and imported food, pose a potential trade irritant, said Richard Aucoin, chief registrar of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, which sets Canada’s pesticide rules.
A trade irritant huh? Oh boo-hoo.
Pesticide and growth hormone abuse is so rampant in Central America that girls are reaching puberty at 11.
What else are we going to have to do to placate American industrialists.
Irritant my ass.
Read the full story on Canada.Com
Canada's guardians to be ready · Friday April 20, 2007 by colin newell
“The RCMP is gathering aerial photographs and blueprints of thousands of schools across Canada as part of its plan for responding to school shootings, which it unveiled Thursday.”
“The goal is to ensure that, in the event of a shooting, the first officers on the scene don’t have to waste time learning where things are.”
“Although it’s a massive project, the officials said they are confident the force can have the program up and running by September.”
“After that, the RCMP plans to do the same for universities and colleges across the country.”
“The officials said the basic plan is to get as much information about every school as they possibly can and then put it in every police cruiser — either in printed form in a binder, or as a CD for the car’s laptop computer.”
“The Mounties have already started to visit schools to obtain floor plans, electrical plans and other blueprints that show how fire alarms, water sprinklers and public-address systems work.”
“They are taking photographs of areas such as parking lots, cafeterias, and stairwells. link
This is the most absurd thing I have read in monthes… maybe the last year.
Maybe while the RCMP is at it, they can map out all homes, get master-keys for all offices, learn 50 languages and build a 5-tube radio from a kit.
...and then dance a quick step.
Come to think of it, this is all rather cartoonish. The RCMP couldn’t defend a lemonade stand from an unruly 5 year old…
without the help of the U.S. Airforce and a couple of unmanned drones.
Remember folks: Question everything!
Tim Horton's Rant #2 · Friday April 13, 2007 by colin newell
Pulling into Port Alberni on the way home from Tofino on the Easter weekend…
Stopped at the Tim’s for a quick bite before the push to Nanaimo.
Ordered up some tasty grub.
When offered the roll-up-Cups by the luscious and buxom maiden behind the counter, I offered: “No thanks.”
She said: “What? No cups?”
and I said: “Just trying to save a twig…”
and she said (in her best Barry White…): “Right on, right on…”
I kid you not.
I no longer felt alone.
My journey complete.
