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Greetings Season 2016
There are some people in some places who get their panties in a twist over other people wishing them Happy Holidays. In their narrow, little, Protestant worlds, it's all about Jesus's birthday, (which probably actually happened some time in April, if he was a real person at all), and they bitterly -- oh, so very bitterly -- resent the lack of a " ( Read more... ) -
An Open Letter to Bill Downe, CEO of the Bank of Montreal
Mr Downe, you are a liar ( Read more... ) -
An Open Letter To Senator Stephen Greene re. Fixing The CBC
Dear Senator Greene:
On Wednesday, January 28, during a public hearing of the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, you made the following comment to Alain Saulnier, a former executive at the CBC.
"Wouldn't you agree that the most important thing is the ability of Canadians, who provide a billion dollars a year to the CBC, to ( Read more... ) -
Two Linux Distros To Avoid
I used to be an Amiga user. Then Comodore went under and my old Amiga A1200/B1260 slowly got older and older. It couldn't be upgraded as vendors went under or turned to other platforms. At last I got an old PC, installed Ubuntu and I've been a Linux fan ever since. I was happy for a long time with Ubuntu's performance using KDE as my window manager ( Read more... ) -
Groundhog Day Report 2014
It's Groundhog Day and here's the run-down. First the Canadian groundhogs.Wiarton Willie of Wiarton, ON predicted six more weeks of winter ( Read more... ) -
Africa Against LGBT Rights
On Friday, December 20th, Uganda's government passed a law which made LGBT sex a crime.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uganda-punishes-aggravated-homosexuality-with-life-sentence-1.2471421
Malawi, too has laws against LGBT sexuality.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malawian-gay-couple-found-guilty-of-unnatural-acts-1.941394On Tuesday, January 14th, ( Read more... ) -
An Open Letter To Stephen Harper
There is a site where Canadians can send a letter to the Prime Minister asking him to recall Parliament and discuss whether or not to join America in joining the rebels in the Syrian civil war. I made significant changes to the letter before i sent it. I want to share it openly.
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Verizon Wants Into Canada... Big Deal.
According to this article, the big three Canadian telecom providers, Rogers, Bell and Telus, are crying real tears to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, because the US telecom giant, Verizon wants to buy a couple of Canadian cell-phone start-ups, Mobilicity and Wind Mobile, and bid in the next round of spectrum ( Read more... ) -
Groundhog Day Report 2013
It's Groundhog Day and here's the run-down. First the Canadian groundhogs ( Read more... ) -
Bicycle Drivers
So last Tuesday I was walking along the street to the grocery store to get some salad veggies. I was minding my own business, not really thinking of anything, when I got near a parking lot entrance. Before I crossed it, I looked over my shoulder to make sure no cars were about to turn into it. There were no cars, but this dork on a bicycle was ( Read more... )