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Category Archives: Business
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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The Chinese Revolt
Capitalism and communism make strange bedfellows. In China at its present state, with the communist party in charge of the government and capitalist businesses driving the economy, strange bedfellows is the norm. That such a contradiction in systems could make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged Beijing, Beijing olympics, Beijing's smog, capital of China, capitalism, capitalists, China, communism, communist party, death struggle, maybe a new leader will abandon communism, National People's Congress, powerful economy despite the contradictions, premature deaths, solar panels, strange bedfellows, windmills
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How to Increase the Number of Canadian Hockey Stars
I was first pointed out the selection bias in the NHL by the writings of Malcolm Gladwell. He noted that more NHL caliber players were born in the first three months of the year than any other three months. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Social Science, Sports, Wry
Tagged 14.5 % of players were born in last quarter of year, 36 % of NHL players were born in first quarter of year, any community with 2 teams the same age should divide by half years, birthday in first quarter of year, birthday in last quarter of year, if we don't start this some other country will, long time for pay off, Malcolm Gladwell, NHL caliber players, not a hard sell to parents of kids born in 2nd half of year, players start at 4 or 5 when months matter, selection bias, should lead to more good players, two hockey systems
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A Couple Thoughts
Sonnet insurance stormed onto the airwaves in the last couple years, trying to appeal to optimists. A couple of their slogans were: “Protect your optimism, not just your things”, and “Don’t let anything get in the way of your optimism. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics
Tagged Amazon, do they know the mindset to get insured?, employees, employers, employs, insurance, jobs, optimistic advertising, optimists, pessimists, Sonnet insurance, usees, users, uses
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Malka
I just recently figured what “Imma” means. It means “I am going to”. Just look at it. It’s not a proper contraction because there are no apostrophes (and wouldn’t it have to use 3 apostrophes?) and its not a proper … Continue reading
History is Bunk
Mass production great, Henry Ford, once said that “History is bunk”. Now, Henry Ford is long dead so we have historians to thank for preserving this quote and passing it down through the ages. If history is bunk, then, the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, History, Humour
Tagged Ford is long dead, Henry Ford, historians, mass production great, not and April Fool's joke
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Let’s Build a Wall
It has been said that the reason The United States must build a wall is because many Mexicans are trying to escape their hellhole for the relative peace of the United States of America. So along came Donald Trump with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics
Tagged as a businessmans Trump will pay-oh wait, attempted Canadians, border, build a wall, Canada, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Liberals, Manitoba, Mexico, Ontario, present the bill to Donald Trump, Quebec, send bill to Mexico, the Donald, USA, wall of great lakes
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