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Category Archives: Business
Jokes of Billionaires
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
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics
Tagged 50 000 new jobs, Amazon, Amazon headquarters, Bill Gates, billionaires, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, giving most of his wealth to charity, humor, humour, is the Donald even a billionaire?, Jeff Bezos, jokes, Mike Bloomberg, Mike Lazaridis, minimum wage jobs, part time jobs, politicians, quality jobs, quantity jobs, starship, temporary jobs, the Democratic party, the Perimeter Institute, the Sun and environs, why is he still getting richer?
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BC Has the Lowest Per Capita Marijuana Retail Sales in Canada
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
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged biggest per capita market, black market, British Columbia, Canada, gold medal, marijuana, medical marijuana, Nagano Olympics, pot store, pushers, Ross Rebagliati, second hand pot smoke, smallest per capita retail sales, snowboarder, stoner, THC
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My Pepsi Boycott
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
Posted in Business, Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged advertising, advertising gone amok, advertising isn't vital - science is, amateur astronomy, astronomy, boycott, could get India to blow up the advertising, cubesats, economics, Eiffel tower 100th anniversary, France, free publicity for Pepsi, I still won't use McCafe, Messier objects, mylar sails, Pepsi, Pepsi backed out, precious views ruined, red light flashlight, reflecting the sun, space debris, space eyesores
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Tariffs Aren’t Just a Feature of Trump’s Policy
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
North American Shoulders are Slowly Relaxing
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
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour
Tagged auto sales, golden age for shoulders?, New Beetle, no punch backs, North America, punch buggy, punch Mini, sadists, shoulders, VW Beetle
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The Vehicle Arms Race Begins
The overprotected generation has continued past the age of 16. You know what I mean; that generation that is almost loved to the point of being smothered with their ever present helmets and padding. Before the age of 16 that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Science
Tagged arms race on our roads, best crash test results ever, big SUVs intimidate, big vehicles, cars, inexperienced drivers, make cars like bullets or arrows to intimidate, normal car drivers are at risk the most, not sweet after age 16, smothered with helmets and padding, sports utility vehicles, superstructures for cars can help, SUVs, the overprotected generation, worst drivers on road in toughest vehicles
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3 Things
First of all tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Ma, you have such a positive image that there have been attempts to corporatize your image. The first one is Mother’s Pizza. This chain of restaurants is back from the dead in Ontario … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics, Science
Tagged collar and button of Wendy, Kitchener-Conestoga, Michael Harris, Mike Harris Jr., Mike Harris Sr., Mom in Wendy's corporate image, Mother's Day, Mother's Pizza, natural end of the solar system, Neptune, Ontario, Pluto, Progressive Conservatives, the VW symbol upside down says Ma, there was a time when Uranus was the end of the solar system, Uranus, William Herschel
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KO Wynne for Wind?
People are attracted to their own names. Many Dennises become dentists and many Lawrences become lawyers. I think Ontario’s premier, Kathleen Wynne is no different. Wynne went into politics which contains clear winners and losers. It’s no surprise that she … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged Canada, Dennis the Dentist and Lawrence the Lawyer are disproportionately common, electricity generation, first-past-the-post system, K. O. Wynne, Kathleen O'day Wynne, Kathleen Wynne, Liberals, New Democratic Party, Ontario, opposition parties whine, politics has clear winners and losers, Progressive Conservatives, renewables, renewables are now one of the best bets, solar, the puns - my god - the puns, wind bag politicians, wind power
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Blinking To My Own Beat
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 →