1. Don't Let America become France: So you're a captain of industry and you've just been promised a big wad of corporate welfare, what's your first order of business? Why, fund an assault on the union movement of course. As reported on Tuesday in the Huffington Post, Bernie Marcus, co founder of Home Depot, participated in a Bank of America hosted conference call with several conservative activists in which he characterized the Employee Free Choice Act as "the demise of civilization" and urged massive donations to the fight against the bill. As of today, you can listen to the entire conversation via Wikileaks.
2. Downsize that Venti Decaf Misto: Starbucks is laying off 6,700 employees and closing 300 stores. Now, if we can just find some way to get the Broad Street Crossing and its Tim Hortons bulldozed.
3. Council Urged to Consider Extending Shovelling Bylaw: Monday's Regina city council meeting wasn't all condo conversions -- oh no, that was just the first three and a half hours -- there were also presentations by community groups and Canada Post criticizing the state of city sidewalks in winter. They urged council to extend the shovelling bylaw to cover residential property. Nothing seems forthcoming as long as city staff are in the process of doing some sort of new snow removal survey. Maybe next year those of us who number among the carless can expect to see some relief from Regina's pedestrian moonscape.
4. Regina the Not-So Cheap: Regina has dropped from the most affordable place in Canada to the 18th. Cape Breton has claimed the top spot.
5. Obama Throws Down Weather Gauntlet: Worried that coverage of American politics will become as slight as TMZ? Worry no more. The Globe and Mail bravely blazes a trail deep(er) into tabloid trivia land by making Obama's coatless winter jaunt a top news item.
6. Wanking Causes Cancer: File this under "Things I Wish I Didn't Know." Apparently, men who have too many orgasms in their 20s and 30s are at a higher risk for prostate cancer. And yes, that means orgasms by any means are a problem. But they're saying that orgasms achieved by "spanking the monkey" (or do you prefer "choking the bishop"? Or something else maybe?) are especially deadly. Well, that's it. I'm doomed.
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4 comments:
Re: 6.
I guess that wasn't a spoof, then:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/wanking-kills-200901271535/
Sadly no. Doesn't that just... ahem... beat all.
While the City is thinking about extending "shoveling bylaws" and its current "snow removal" system, they ought to try something novel where it comes to the streets and sidewalks in town:
STOP LEAVING THOSE GOD-AWFUL MOUNTAINS ON THE SIDEWALKS. And the side of the street and the boulevard too. If you're going to leave that shit there every time you plow, then we're better off without you plowing. Not only do they make it nigh-impossible for pedestrians to find a safe place to walk, they are a hazard to drivers too, as they create huge blind spots everywhere and narrow the width of the road.
I know what someone is saying: "but the city can't remove those damn things because of parked cars"... well here's an idea: POST A DAMN SIGN THAT SAYS YOU'RE PLOWING HERE TONIGHT. Then maybe people will find a different place to park and you PROPERLY remove the snow.
Oh, and on the prostate thing: that can't be true, can it? Last time I checked, guys with prostate trouble were being recommended by their doctors to wank it. Seems to me that "use it or lose it" makes more sense to me. It's called exercise. If you don't exercise you get fat and sick and can't move. If you do exercise, you have strength when you need it. Right?
re: Snow removal... Yes. Definitely. And that point was also raised by the groups that spoke at council. The response was some talk of the cost of actual snow removal, though. So I'd say there'll be some foot dragging on this. Wouldn't hurt to let council know how you feel about the issue though... you can tell them here http://www.regina.ca/Page1105.aspx
Also, about the wanking... that was just one study. So, who knows how it'll - ahem - "stand up" under peer review. I wouldn't - cough - beat yourself up about it.
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