Category Archives: Business

Did Disney Purchase Marvel for the Potential Lawsuits?

Posted on 26 June 2021 by Larry Russwurm

I don’t think that Marvel can sustain the success they’ve had at the box office for too much longer. Oh it’s not going to be a precipitous drop – just a slow and steady drop off after the Avengers peak. … Continue reading →

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The Ontario-Wide Financial Paradox

Posted on 1 May 2021 by Larry Russwurm

Ontario-Wide Financial has been advertising on television quite often lately. Their ad doesn’t apply to me so mostly I tried to ignore it. But then I accidentally watched it with discernment one day. They declare in the voice-over that they … Continue reading →

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Tan and Other Racial Things I Didn’t Know Were Racial

Posted on 24 April 2021 by Larry Russwurm

It just came to me the other day that the colour tan is racial. I just thought it meant light brown as a colour. It never occurred to me that this name had anything to do with the concept of … Continue reading →

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Jokes of Billionaires

Posted on 22 February 2020 by Larry Russwurm

Let’s start locally with this one. Mike Lazaridis of Blackberry fame is still a billionaire. He started and named the Perimeter Institute which is the premiere physics institute in Canada. He used the name Perimeter because he expected that the … Continue reading →

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BC Has the Lowest Per Capita Marijuana Retail Sales in Canada

Posted on 14 December 2019 by Larry Russwurm

British Columbians have a reputation in Canada as being the biggest pot smokers in the country. This reputation was built over the last few decades at least. It was no surprise to Canadians that gold medal winning snowboarder, Ross Rebagliati … Continue reading →

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The Helium Shortage

Posted on 15 June 2019 by Larry Russwurm

Everyone knows the two main properties of helium. It is lighter than air and also is capable of making your voice a couple octaves higher when you breathe it in. People have been playing with helium and these two uses … Continue reading →

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My Pepsi Boycott

Posted on 20 April 2019 by Larry Russwurm

Pepsi announced that they were going to advertise in the evening/early-morning sky with cubesats that have reflective mylar sails. They will spell out, like constellations, the image Pepsi wants us to see. This is a horrible idea that will be … Continue reading →

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Blinking To My Own Beat

Posted on 23 March 2019 by Larry Russwurm

The other day I was distracted watching a news broadcast when the interviewing reporter seemed to blink erratically. I came out of my suspension of disbelief (something a non-fiction consumer of news needs to have these days), and thought of … Continue reading →

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Tariffs Aren’t Just a Feature of Trump’s Policy

Posted on 18 August 2018 by Larry Russwurm

Let’s say you’re a 1 percenter like Trump is. Of course you only want minimum taxation on all of your doings. The best case of all would be if that tax were zero. Now Trump also got elected because the … Continue reading →

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North American Shoulders are Slowly Relaxing

Posted on 11 August 2018 by Larry Russwurm

The good news for North American shoulders is that VW Beetle auto sales are decreasing over time. Why should this matter to North American shoulders? Fewer VW Beetles mean the spotting of fewer “Punch Buggies” where the sadist punches the … Continue reading →

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