tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.comments2023-06-12T07:50:04.540-04:00Terrible News, Everybody!terriblenewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-66440614779678960812012-09-22T23:18:17.699-04:002012-09-22T23:18:17.699-04:00Wow -intense and enjoyable.Wow -intense and enjoyable.tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351692108818152561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-22002878313638043192012-07-19T09:50:01.636-04:002012-07-19T09:50:01.636-04:00Ha ha ha.
Sob.Ha ha ha.<br />Sob.Mag.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14915913046243545386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-42960084733306335572012-07-19T09:48:13.659-04:002012-07-19T09:48:13.659-04:00Whut?Whut?Mag.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14915913046243545386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-90004671680439495032012-07-19T09:46:14.754-04:002012-07-19T09:46:14.754-04:00Brilliant.
Colin, president!
(oh, right...)Brilliant.<br />Colin, president!<br />(oh, right...)Mag.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14915913046243545386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-53181328271433594482012-06-06T17:04:33.454-04:002012-06-06T17:04:33.454-04:00Ha ha.Ha ha.Mag.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14915913046243545386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-14782304522883344632012-06-05T11:05:16.216-04:002012-06-05T11:05:16.216-04:00Yeah, it wasn't the smartest thing I've ev...Yeah, it wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but I'll be okay.terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-32466944611326273302012-06-05T05:35:50.469-04:002012-06-05T05:35:50.469-04:00That sucks! Stop taking your cues from Bobbie-Sue....That sucks! Stop taking your cues from Bobbie-Sue.moinknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-76763194393839786042012-04-16T11:54:36.488-04:002012-04-16T11:54:36.488-04:00Notice how Anonymous hides behind anonymity. I sur...Notice how Anonymous hides behind anonymity. I sure indicator that they are wrong.<br /><br />Cocoon raised hummingbirds rock!claidheamdannshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406116494193310872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-33951924652963168942012-02-14T07:47:55.845-05:002012-02-14T07:47:55.845-05:00Yeah, I sorta wanted to stop spamming everyone wit...Yeah, I sorta wanted to stop spamming everyone with every post. You should be able to do an RSS thing in your browser and get notified when I publish something. Anyway, now you have all that catch-up reading to do! Exciting! (*:terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-6457743978342394882012-02-10T15:51:32.690-05:002012-02-10T15:51:32.690-05:00This is odd, I thought you just weren't postin...This is odd, I thought you just weren't posting things anymore, I guess I was only coming to your blog when you linked it from the facebox, I think I last read any posts in summer or fall 2011 : <<br /><br />I saw this on CBC.ca, yeah a vote of a city council always seemed irrelevant to me in making city decisions . . . *sarcasm*Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09539336047942029891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-23465609411979958262011-07-13T11:18:00.700-04:002011-07-13T11:18:00.700-04:00I am not really comfortable with you putting words...<i><b>I</b></i> am not really comfortable with you putting words in my mouth, nor the mouths of "most people". ;*)<br /><br />Mostly what I mean here is that there are a lot of people you will have to deal with on a regular basis and there are a few ways to go about it. You can imagine yourself to be a rugged individual who solves his own problems and got everything she has through the terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-8285711189631935292011-07-13T10:27:45.861-04:002011-07-13T10:27:45.861-04:00I feel uncomfortable about the glibness of this ex...I feel uncomfortable about the glibness of this explanation and proposed solution. Without additional community, but just additional "live and let live" spirit, we could solve a lot of these problems and continue to hunker down behind our computers or in front of our TVs (odd how those have different front sides, eh?) and not have to worry about actually making friends with our smelly EricMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828626863091415117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-18287307384860278182011-06-25T09:48:54.909-04:002011-06-25T09:48:54.909-04:00I hope we don't, too, Jerome.I hope we don't, too, Jerome.terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-57117031537066185662011-06-24T11:44:55.585-04:002011-06-24T11:44:55.585-04:00Removing bike lanes and snobbing the Pride is his ...Removing bike lanes and snobbing the Pride is his Corpulence idea's of "Respect for taxpayers".<br />Oh Toronto, don't ever forget this lesson the next time mayoral election.Jeromenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-31782535549303604682011-06-22T13:39:49.673-04:002011-06-22T13:39:49.673-04:00MZ, it's not really about being right (althoug...MZ, it's not really about being right (although I *do* like being right ;*) ) but about trying to get the evidence out there. I think the logic of the Ponzi scheme articles is fairly easy to follow and I think the crumbling expressway in Toronto while the mayor cries "cut cut cut" are good, close-to-home examples of why taxes are important. <br /><br />Justin, I like your 1894 terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-50206581075595980452011-06-21T21:44:12.315-04:002011-06-21T21:44:12.315-04:00Stupid thing didn't post the first time }: (
...Stupid thing didn't post the first time }: (<br /><br />I like that his postcard is from 1894. I had a discussion like this with my Aunt a couple weeks ago and I see myself left with one question, do I think my new lifestyle will look more like 1932 or 1875? Either way I'm planning on being very downwardly mobile in the future.<br /><br />Also, I've even found myself contemplating Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09539336047942029891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-61694871996147660032011-06-21T20:56:10.444-04:002011-06-21T20:56:10.444-04:00That is one of the best lines from any movie ever!...That is one of the best lines from any movie ever!Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09539336047942029891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-56916651660231199202011-06-21T20:31:30.491-04:002011-06-21T20:31:30.491-04:00LONG story short. Long.LONG story short. Long.MZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-72779504044984578952011-06-21T20:31:03.989-04:002011-06-21T20:31:03.989-04:00Both those points are well-taken.
I'm convince...Both those points are well-taken.<br />I'm convinced that hiring the Infrastructure Squad would pay for itself, or at least come close to it, for the reasons I mentioned above, so more taxes aren't necessarily the result nor the solution. And you're right that the whole "respect for taxpayers" jibber-jabber doesn't help, because that's just an excuse to avoid makingMZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-22599867646503431432011-06-21T17:52:30.043-04:002011-06-21T17:52:30.043-04:00I don't think that the argument being made is ...I don't think that the argument being made is that growth is bad. Rather, that we, as an entire continent, got suckered into a growth Ponzi scheme. Just like (arguably) there are good investment funds, but Bernie Madoff's clients got suckered into an investment Ponzi scheme. And buying the car without being able to pay to change the oil is exactly what we've done. Not only that, we terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-9900378957204326032011-06-21T17:34:07.118-04:002011-06-21T17:34:07.118-04:00The thing is, there's an obvious solution.
We&...The thing is, there's an obvious solution.<br />We're still in a recession, and unemployment is too high. Meanwhile, our infrastructure is crumbling and we need new sources of energy.<br />Put another way: There are people who need work to do, and there is work that needs doing.<br /><br /><br />If the government - at the appopriate level, I don't know offhand whether highway MZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-72244155359024749262011-06-06T11:26:07.377-04:002011-06-06T11:26:07.377-04:00You don't sound very sorry, Anonymous... I do ...You don't <em>sound</em> very sorry, Anonymous... I do like KC's take on it, though.terriblenewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223467921290405417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-39549102657542582422011-06-05T12:48:51.631-04:002011-06-05T12:48:51.631-04:00I'm sorry, but a cocoon contains an organism t...I'm sorry, but a cocoon contains an organism that metamorphs from a larvae or pupal into another stage of life (e.g. A butterfly or moth). Since in vitro (egg) or in utero does not count as a stage in metamorphisis, this is incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-42132491928097165882011-05-30T22:16:07.981-04:002011-05-30T22:16:07.981-04:00It's a good thing we soon won't have Stats...It's a good thing we soon won't have StatsCan data like that to think about, so we won't even think about questions like that!Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556181175684006260.post-48951849176171928882011-05-30T17:40:05.732-04:002011-05-30T17:40:05.732-04:00Wow, just wow!Wow, just wow!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793983039162907748noreply@blogger.com