The Weekly Stupidity Awards: 28/10/2011 Published October 28, 2011 “Think of how stupid the average person is and realize that half of them are stupider than that.”-George Carlin In a world that is constantly in motion and full of change, the one thing you can always count on is the stupid things that stupid people …
It Is Only New To Occupy Published November 26, 2011 I usually get a few comments from people about whatever it is that I’ve written on a particular day. Some agree with me, some disagree and a few think I’m an idiot. All comments are welcome because I tend to think of this blog as …
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Looking Under The Rock. The Real Driving Force Behind The Occupy Movement Published November 16, 2011 The romantic mythology is that Occupy Wall Street was a grass roots response to the greed and corrupt practices on Wall Street. While very few of us would dispute the level of greed in the financial securities industry, the …
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And so it begins Published September 23, 2011 Despite the best efforts of technology and the collective gene pool that runs Web 2.0, I have finally managed to set up a blog. I know what you’re thinking (I confess that it is a bit presumptuous to think that anyone is reading this and if anyone …
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Schyzophrenic Language Published September 27, 2011 I’m tired of writing about the Ontario Provincial Election (I’m actually tired of thinking about it if you want to know the whole truth). I need a break from it so I’m not going to write about it until after the leader’s debates. Instead, I’m going to write about …
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Occupy Canada Movement May Be Only A Begining Published October 14, 2011 “Occupy Wall Street is partly about Wall Street, and Bay Street, and taxes. But it’s mostly about getting governments to serve the interests of the other 99 per cent.” —Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist There is a lot of chatter in the media and …
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Occupy Is Not Exclusively The 99% Published October 19, 2011 I was delayed picking Maggie up after work today because traffic was abysmal. This is not unusual although traffic has been moving fairly well in recent weeks now that the construction season is coming to a close. There is always that little window in the …
Occupy vs The Profit Motive. A Misguided Waste Of Energy Published October 25, 2011 “The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.” – Samuel Gompers One of the big enemies for the Occupy Movement is profit. Profit, they clim is the root cause of corporate evil. It …
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Occupy And The Long Goodbye Published October 20, 2011 Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought. – Marcus Aurelius Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought. – Marcus Aurelius I have watched the Occupy Movement almost from the beginning and defended it in my …
Updataing to Upgrade Published September 26, 2011 I still remember the first real computer I bought. It was an IBM clone with two 5 1/4 paper disks; one to power the thing and the other on which to save data. I thought I had died and gone to heaven even though I couldn’t do much with …
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