Politics, Gas and the World... · Wednesday May 2, 2007 by colin newell
So. A panel of 3 people set out to decide what kind of money British Columbian MLA’s should get…
and the best they could come up with was 29%
for the MLA’s no less.
Don’t ask what they have suggested for the Premier…
link
Okay. 53%.
A 53% increase for the leader of the Liberal party and our Province’s Premier.
Sick people are sleeping in hospital corridors and this is on the table.
In other news, gas prices are increasing in Canada almost daily. For some reason the price of gas in Vancouver is just shy of $1.30/litre.
There is a 35 cent variation in the price across Canada.
Meantime the weasels in the refining industry claim the following reasons for high prices at the pumps.
-fires at the refinery
-refinery is down for maintainence
-the dog ate the refinery.
Whale Oil Beef Hooked anyway.
Oil companies are reaping mind boggling profits and we are taking it up the hoo-hoo.
Sing a happy song.
I had a friend head down to Australia for a couple of weeks. They had to transit through LAX on their way from Vancouver to Honolulu and Fiji. While in LAX they were forced to give finger prints and a retinal scan…
One more reason we will not be travelling to America anytime soon. I have another dear friend and colleague who is travelling overseas via the U.S.A. and will go through the same intrusive song and dance over what?
As Naomi Wolf writes in her blog on HuffingtonPost.Com – America is taking one significant step after another down an obvious path to a police state.
We shouldn’t be afraid friends. We should be angry… very angry.
Canada's guardians to be ready · Friday April 20, 2007 by colin newell
“The RCMP is gathering aerial photographs and blueprints of thousands of schools across Canada as part of its plan for responding to school shootings, which it unveiled Thursday.”
“The goal is to ensure that, in the event of a shooting, the first officers on the scene don’t have to waste time learning where things are.”
“Although it’s a massive project, the officials said they are confident the force can have the program up and running by September.”
“After that, the RCMP plans to do the same for universities and colleges across the country.”
“The officials said the basic plan is to get as much information about every school as they possibly can and then put it in every police cruiser — either in printed form in a binder, or as a CD for the car’s laptop computer.”
“The Mounties have already started to visit schools to obtain floor plans, electrical plans and other blueprints that show how fire alarms, water sprinklers and public-address systems work.”
“They are taking photographs of areas such as parking lots, cafeterias, and stairwells. link
This is the most absurd thing I have read in monthes… maybe the last year.
Maybe while the RCMP is at it, they can map out all homes, get master-keys for all offices, learn 50 languages and build a 5-tube radio from a kit.
...and then dance a quick step.
Come to think of it, this is all rather cartoonish. The RCMP couldn’t defend a lemonade stand from an unruly 5 year old…
without the help of the U.S. Airforce and a couple of unmanned drones.
Remember folks: Question everything!
Tim Horton's Rant #2 · Friday April 13, 2007 by colin newell
Pulling into Port Alberni on the way home from Tofino on the Easter weekend…
Stopped at the Tim’s for a quick bite before the push to Nanaimo.
Ordered up some tasty grub.
When offered the roll-up-Cups by the luscious and buxom maiden behind the counter, I offered: “No thanks.”
She said: “What? No cups?”
and I said: “Just trying to save a twig…”
and she said (in her best Barry White…): “Right on, right on…”
I kid you not.
I no longer felt alone.
My journey complete.
Monday night at the Flood... · Tuesday April 10, 2007 by colin newell
Get this:
My wife and I are sitting watching TV at close to 11PM
last night —
actually… she had just switched the TV off
and she said (and I quote…):
“Can you hear that? That sounds like water running?”
From the living room I could not hear anything…
As we moved into the hall, I could just hear the
shimmering sound of a torrent of water..
We darted into the master BR and the on-suite bathroom
was filling with water via the exhaust fan!
It was a horrifying torrent of water — probably
coming in at a rate of 1 gallon per minute.
I grabbed a dozen beach towels and threw them on the
floor… within seconds I darted upstairs to the
neighbors (a slightly younger couple…)
The upstairs neighbor answered the door
and from the look on her face she knew something
was amiss:
“Hi Colin…. whats… up? “
I said: “Have you looked in your bathroom recently?”
She shrieked: “Oh my god! Oh my god! “
and then darted into her bedroom with her husband not
far behind….
I came in after them.
Their onsuite had several inches of water and water creeping into
the master BR.
Apparently the water-closet in the toilet failed and was overflowing.
I think they were in the living room “working out” or “exercising”
based on what they were wearing and did not hear the event unfolding.
Anyway – got everything mopped up and sanitized
by about 1 AM.
The ceiling will probably need to be replaced.
Thank god for beach towels!
Do yourselves a favor folks – if you do not have one of these inexpensive water alarms, get one.
We did not suffer any extensive damage – but an alarm would have saved us some time cleaning up.
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