Archive for political

Is It Really A Carbon Tax?

Posted by trent on Sunday, July 13th, 2008

This past Friday, I was listening to Alder Online with the host Charles Adler speaking with his guest, Liberal MP from Thunder Bay, Ken Boshcoff.    What came out of the show was some refreshing, but brutal honesty about the real underlying meaning behind the proposed Liberal “Carbon Tax” plan.   Let Mr. Boshcoff tell you in [...]

Happy 4th July!

Posted by trent on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

For all my great american friends, this one is for you

Anti-Social Networking?

Posted by trent on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

I guess the rise of social networking sites will also breed hybrids that are not exactly what the founding fathers had imagined. From CTV news:
Hatebook unites members over things they despise
Updated Thu. Jul. 3 2008 11:46 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A new online community is attempting to copy the wildly successful format of the social [...]

Farming Is Dangerous!

Posted by trent on Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Who says farming is easy! These photos were emailed to me, so I am not sure where they came from. If they are your photos and you want credit, let me know. If they are your photos and you don’t want them online, let me know as well!

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The Ant & Grasshopper

Posted by trent on Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Sent to me via Pat!
*Disclaimer* - This is all in fun and not my work.   Someone else wrote it as a joke.
CLASSIC VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he’s a fool, and laughs and dances and [...]

Yes We Can Vote

Posted by trent on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

For all of my American friends, today is Super Tuesday and your chance to vote and help change your nation by finding your leaders for the upcoming presidential elections. It is pretty wild that I found on DipDive.com this video of Barack Obama with Will I. Am. getting some of his celebrity [...]

We Remember

Posted by trent on Saturday, November 10th, 2007

The word “peacekeeper” is a big part of Canadian heritage, but it also tends to have Canadians forget what happened before “peacekeeping”. We had soldiers fight and lose their lives for our freedom throughout Canadian history. Let us not forget.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark [...]

Facebook Apps Killing Me

Posted by trent on Monday, August 27th, 2007

I know that facebook has a great API that allows anyone to create a new application for Facebook. This has some tremendous possibilities to extend facebook to do some really amazing things! I am all for this!
What I do have a problem with is that there is not an [...]

Barley Monopoly Again

Posted by trent on Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

A judge has struck down the federal government’s proposal to eliminate the monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board on barley exports. The current system has all barley exports brokered through the board on their pricing schedule. You cannot determine the price through normal market discovery, you must be a [...]

What Happened To Mad Mag Guy?

Posted by trent on Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Little bit off color, but a funny one none the same:)

Music Sharing Scare

Posted by trent on Friday, October 18th, 2002

It would seem that some of the major record labels in the USA are trying to get a court order for Internet Service Providers to name their customers who share music on the Internet.
This is the first such case in North America, possibly the world, where record labels are trying to force an Internet company [...]

Nirvana Comeback

Posted by trent on Friday, October 4th, 2002

Early in 1994, Kurt Cobain recorded some music with the rest of the members of Nirvana that was to be released later on that year.
The problem is, Kurt shot himself to end his life in a tragic gunshot second and destroyed the likes of Nirvana forever.
Kurt left behind his wife and the rest of the [...]

World’s Free Another Day

Posted by trent on Thursday, September 12th, 2002

While today was supposed to have multiple terrorism attacks throughout the world, nothing major happened. The world moved on with several moments of silence for the fallen of last year’s attacks.
I was working today and found something in my office that made me laugh. It was a piece of wood with the following engraving:
If [...]

World’s Free Another Day

Posted by trent on Thursday, September 12th, 2002

While today was supposed to have multiple terrorism attacks throughout the world, nothing major happened. The world moved on with several moments of silence for the fallen of last year’s attacks.
I was working today and found something in my office that made me laugh. It was a piece of wood with the following engraving:
If [...]

September 11th (Hopefully Not Revisited)

Posted by trent on Wednesday, September 11th, 2002

Tomorrow will be September 11th!!.the 1 year anniversary of one of the top terrorist attacks in history.
Today the USA is stepping up measures to guard its citizens against possible attacks again tomorrow. It is urging people to stay away from public places and from extremely urban gatherings.
Smart advise.
I will never forget the phone call that [...]