Category Archives: Current Events

Bagelshop Blues

Posted on November 23, 2012 by ben

So I was on the way home with Mouse and bumped into Andrew Colbert playing outside the Bagel Shop.  Since I had my Zoom on me, I flipped it on.  Check it out.

Posted in Current Events, Eclection, Local (Ottawa), Not-so-current Events, Song | Leave a comment

Nigel Farage strikes again!

Posted on December 2, 2010 by ben

This guy knows how to spout truth about the EU!  I couldn’t agree more about the poor Irish, who have been suckered by the bankers.  If they, like Iceland, defaulted and restructured around a new Irish currency instead of lining … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Politics | Leave a comment

Let’s get physical!

Posted on November 26, 2010 by ben

Having seen that cute animation about “the quantitative easing”, I just had to give it a shot.  So I went to XtraNormal.com, signed up, and the content grew out of the limited selection of settings and characters I could use … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Investing, Politics | Leave a comment

Some inconvenient truths – Hot tempers at EU hot air

Posted on November 25, 2010 by ben

I bumped into this at zerohedge.com and have to share.  Nigel Farage, British MP and leader of the UK Independence Party, tells it like it is to the bozos who just don’t get it at the EU.  I have spent … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics | Leave a comment

The American Experiment in Government

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Xty

I have been watching an excellent set of interviews on a website called Uncommon Knowledge, conducted by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.  Focussing on economics and current world affairs, the quality of the interviewees is astonishing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Politics | Leave a comment

Crash JP Morgan, buy silver: The first google-bombing

Posted on November 21, 2010 by ben

Max Keiser offers up a very different world view than you’ll get on any of the major media.  So does Alex Jones at InfoWars (!).  The combination has recently proven explosive.  A quick googling just now for the exact phrase … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Investing, Politics | Leave a comment

Vote Today October 25th, 2010

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Xty

McGuinty’s Men – Voter Beware In two of the most prominent Ontario cities, Toronto and Ottawa, the McGuinty Liberals are trying to get their men in.  In Ottawa it looks like a done deal for Jim Watson, a testimony to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Local (Ottawa), Politics | 2 Comments

American Liberalism Wakens Sleeping Conservatism

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Xty

Ramesh Ponnuru & Rich Lowry have written a brilliant account of current American politics in National Review Online.  Here is but a sample: The liberal journalist Peter Beinart noted that for decades Democratic leaders had treated the American public’s latent … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Politics | Leave a comment

Ski, Snowboard, and Travel!!!!

Posted on October 23, 2010 by ben

We are shortly heading off the to ski, snowboard and travel show to pick up some gear for the youngest lad, who has grown like a weed since last year. Show opens at 10am this morning, at Lansdowne Park. Check … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Local (Ottawa) | Leave a comment

WHO Striving for Fairness, not Good Health

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Xty

There has long been much suspicion about the value of many international organizations, particularly those with three letter acronyms.  The IMF and the World Bank have arguably done much more harm than good, saddling the Third World with unmanageable debts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Politics | Leave a comment