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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
The Blame Game
It seems fair to blame young adults for their failures to launch. That is getting a job, being self sufficient and not living at home till they are thirty-five. First of all in my jurisdiction of Ontario, there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged does the intern benefit more than the business?, for profit companies, high school graduation with strings, interns, jobs, let 16 and 17 yearodls vote, mandatory volunteer work, not for profit companies, Ontario, sub minimum wage for students, unpaid internships, USA
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Rainbow Adventure
We are told that a rainbow is an optical illusion that depends on your perspective, the position of the sun, and the existence of water droplets in the air. But that doesn’t say if the pot of gold exists. The … Continue reading
Minority Marketing
Now that ads increasingly have minorities in them, marketers are taking advantage of some of the qualities that these minorities bring. Those ads for teeth whitening products now almost exclusively include those with darker skin. Why do these companies do … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Stage and Screen, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged ads, dark skin, drag queen, even men can be satisfied by our burger, glow in the dark, limo ad, marketers, marketing, minorities, primordial dwarves, primordial dwarves have very high voices, primordial dwarves' voices give them away, same proportions as an average sized human, small women, teeth whitening
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Affluenza Treatment
For this post I am going to use the second definition of affluenza listed at the link, because it is the one the public is more familiar with due to the trial of Ethan Couch in 2013. So affluenza is: … Continue reading
Ironic Titles?
Two stalwart rock bands, Coldplay and Imagine Dragons came out with albums recently. Both albums implied there was more to come in this vein. The title of the Imagine Dragons album is Mercury Act I. Act I usually implies that … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged album series, are these ironic titles?, Coldplay, Did the label have to name the Led Zeppelin albums?, Follow You, Green Day, Imagine Dragons, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Act I, Music of the Oblate Spheroids, Music of the Spheres, My Universe, Tre is a Green Day band member, Vol. I From Earth With Love, Wrecked
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Big Net
One of the most useless things in sport is the basketball net. But Big Net has convinced us that we need this little extra in the game of basketball. Never mind that the game can be played exactly the same … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Sports
Tagged a decoration, basketball, basketball net is useless, belch, Big Net, Brooklyn Nets, Jets, makes ball come down straight, Mets, net, rim, straight down to the toilet, swish sound, useless
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Greater NYC Wants a Fourth NHL Team – The Reason Why May Surprise You
New York already has the New York Islanders, the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils in greater New York City. But there have been stirrings about a possible 4th team to make things even more interesting for a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Sports
Tagged All the New York hockey teams have multiple Stanley Cups, Brooklyn Nets, Half the NHL teams make playoffs, hockey, Jets, Metropolitan Division, Mets, New Jersey Devils, New York, New York Bets, New York City, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, NHL
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Pandora Papers Legacy
A huge news story lately has been the Pandora Papers leak. That is where it has been leaked to the public all sorts of specific information about the wealthy hiding their riches from the taxman. A lot of information is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 2016, 2017, 2021, Canada Revenue Agency, Elvis Stojko, free advertising, free endorsements, government, Jacques Villeneuve, leaks, offshore tax havens, Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Patriot Papers?, tax cheats, the wealthy
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Quota Time
Let’s say you’re an Ontario cop and you’ve got to make your quota of fines and tickets for the month. Of course you will deny up until your death bed that you have a quota, still, you would like to … Continue reading
Figurative Stockholm Syndrome
Well we’ve just about closed the case for another election in Canada and still I wonder why people don’t vote for their self interest. For instance, the NDP was offering free pharmacare and free dental care. While both packages are … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged accountants, Canada, captive sympathizes with captors, crash tests, election, landlord, NDP, pharmacare, self interest, stockholm syndrome, SUVs, SUVs for safety, take taxes down to zero, tax the ultra wealthy, the Green Party, universal free dental care, young people vote for the parties that susidize fossil fuels
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