November 23rd, 2007
$620M for Quebec manufacturers hit by loonie rise
If you’re too lazy to read, the Liberal government is issuing tax cuts and other beneficial adjustments to help struggling Quebec manufacturers whose business has been negatively affected by the rising value of the Canadian dollar. Real cute.
While all of us consumers are enjoying the strong dollar (at least in theory, because importers are mostly pocketing the exchange), these factories are suffering. Why are they suffering ? Maybe because they rely too much on exports; if their income were coming primarily from within Canada, they would be somewhat indifferent to the exchange rate. A smart business would adjust to the changing economic climate, taking measures to use the strong dollar to their advantage. Considering how quickly this has happened, I can understand a reasonable amount of lag, but I’m not particularly impressed by this governmental ass-kissing. Businesses come and go, and every time the government gets involved to artificially protect something, someone else has to foot the bill.
I say let the businesses suffer, because if and when they fail, lessons will be learned and a newcomer will rise where its predecessor fell.
November 9th, 2007
CQ Politics | FBI Hoped to Follow Falafel Trail to Iranian Terrorists Here
Fee Fi Fo Figger… As if the collective society of US law enforcement and security agencies weren’t already the biggest asses on the beachball, they’ve done yet another thing to remind everyone how ignorant they truly are.
I don’t know how else to say this, but the FBI is trying to track down terrorists by observing what kind of food they charge to their credit cards. I guess my “5 shawarma platters per week” diet makes me Osama Bin Canada! I guess that means the… Read the rest of this entry »
October 18th, 2007
Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14
Okay, time out! Can someone please tell me why these worthless South African war mongers have autonomous robotic machine gun thingies ?
Who makes these things ? How much does one cost ? What kind of bottom-feeding Mercedes-driving sack of shit would design and build such a thing ? And who got the brilliant idea of outsourcing the software development to some backyard meth lab in China ?
How about we stick them all together on a remote island and napalm these sons of bitches on live TV ? I’d… Read the rest of this entry »
October 6th, 2007
Energy giant rages against plan to hike Alberta royalties
Energy cartels are trying to coax the Government of Alberta into not hiking royalty rates on gas and oil. For those of you just tuning in, that’s essentially a tax on oil, only it’s collected from the producer rather than the consumer.
To the cartels I say: pay the royalty or find somewhere else to dig! Surely there are plenty of oil-rich countries that would gladly let you rape and pillage their soil for free, to support your profiteering ways… they must be all lined up in front… Read the rest of this entry »
July 16th, 2007
Quebec troops fly off to Afghanistan - 940 MONTREAL
Some 200 more Canadian soldiers are headed to Afghanistan to relieve another group of Canadians.
I know we’re supposed to be a peace-keeping army, but I don’t think peace was ever a goal over there when the Americans invaded in the first place. Years have gone by, and still we send our people to clean up after a crazy man and his family’s vendetta.
My question is: who’s going to come to Canada’s rescue when the Americans decide we’re ripe for the picking ?
Fuck this war, and all it represents. Bush… Read the rest of this entry »
May 5th, 2007
On Friday, Brazil decided to bypass a pharmaceutical patent in order to get better AIDS treatment for its people. They were in negotiations with Merck, creator of the Efavirenz drug, but couldn’t reach an agreement on the price. Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (I call him Louie) made the decision to break the patent and put his citizens first… Read the rest of this entry »
May 3rd, 2007
The Webby Award winners have been annouced, and one of the most hypocritical controversies on the net right now involves eBay, winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award. Some woefully retarded rednecks are accusing eBay of providing weapons to Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech Shooter… Read the rest of this entry »
April 30th, 2007
A woman in Maine accidentally dropped one of those modern power-saving CFL light bulbs, the spirally ones that cost umpteen times more than the regular ones. Knowing that these little greenpeace bombs contain mercury, she asked everyone she could think of on how to best clean up the mess and avoid “contamination”. E… Read the rest of this entry »
