The Soprano's explained · Monday June 18, 2007 by colin newell
My buddy Bob in Los Angeles wrote an article on the final episode of the Soprano’s…
and the entire internet showed up to look.
Click here
to become the 13,234,456th person to view this funny article.
Now I have never watched an episode of the Soprano’s but I can certainly appreciate the energy that Bob put into this.
Bob and I co-wrote an episode of CSI-Las Vegas, Season-3, Episode title: “The Last Laugh” — all good fun… now on DVD.
Now go join the hordes over on BobHarris.Com!
Missile defense - No thanks · Thursday June 7, 2007 by colin newell
It is a well know fact that the U.S. Missile defense system simply does not work. It has never worked.
It is too easy to spoof the system with decoy missiles.
We live in a post-cold war era where missile systems used multiple warheads in multiple break-away modules on multi-missile launches.
The basis for the American missile defense system (which doesn’t work by the way) works on a one missile, one take down concept. Multiple incoming missiles with decoy warheads is more than enough to completely spoof George Bushes coveted defense system.
Simply does not work. Never did.
In an odd turn of events, our fearless leader Canadian PM Stephen Harper is cosying up to Bush and his missile defense plan.
Why, you ask… when the system does not work.
Well – Bush is short buddies lately… British P.M. Tony Blair’s no longer on Dubya’s friendly Five anymore.
And, I mean… what to heck. The Canadian conservatives are so in bed with George W’s GOP that it is hard to tell who actually cleans the sheets these days.
Anyho – the World is on the brink of another Cold War that now has none other than Vlad Putin (President of Russia) pissed off with the U.S.
I am old enough to remember the last major Cold War. It was`nt pretty then and likely as not will not be pretty now.
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Hands in your pocket rant #2 · Wednesday June 6, 2007 by colin newell
We have known for years now that Canadian chartered banks have been screwing their customers with obscene ATM fees.
Bank profits are at record levels. And how to banks respond to their record braking profits? They raise fees more.
Actually, they do other things.
They screw their employees out of fairly earned wages. And they have been doing this for years.
Here is the trick. I can it the Walmart maneuver
Load up the employees with more work than they could possibly complete in a 7 to 8 hour shift and then stiff them for the unauthorized overtime that they end up doing.
There is nothing that angers me more than giant companies and corporations that rip off their hard working and dedicated staff… and get away with it.
Now CIBC is in the cross-hairs.
Apparently they have garnered some media attention now because people are coming forward (and hiring legals) to report these and many other similar abuses.
The payout could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars (representing a lot of unpaid overtime)
Remember this friend: Banks are not your friends.
Banks think that they are doing you a great big favor to handle and exploit your money.
Think about this the next time you want to open a bank account. Think about trust companies and credit unions.
Gaggia under the knife updates · Tuesday June 5, 2007 by colin newell
Some comments…
