21Jun 2010 by R&O No Comments
2010 Olympics: The gift that keeps on taking

2010 Olympics: The gift that keeps on taking

Business, Olympics, Politics, Rants
Remember the 2010 Winter Olympics? Remember how fun they were? Remember how much is cost? Well it continues to cost the taxpaying victims of VANOC's success well into the summer as the bills just keep rolling in. ICBC reports that over $2.3 million of damage was done to VANOC's fleet of General Motors vehicles used during the Olympics and Paralympics. The 4,791 vehicles suffered a variety of scratches, dents, crunches and smash-ups that will probably contribute to the cost of your automobile insurance. Don't ya just love these guys? As of May 5, there were 4,679 claims worth $2,300.392.34 when the vehicles were gathered at one location and inspected by claims personnel. There were no payments made on 757 of the claims and damage details were not disclosed. The drivers…
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18Jun 2010 by R&O 4 Comments

Resident Evils

Observations, Of Interest, People, Politics, Rants
It's no secret that here's no shortage of scumbags in the lower mainland but the numbers seem to be growing as our useless legal system does little or nothing to slow their reign of terror. Here's a few of the most recent pieces of garbage to grace the pages of our local newspapers: On July 5, 2005 16-year-old Matthew Martins made the mistake of walking by Katherine Quinn's house. Quinn, a 23-year-old greasy-haired, bottom-feeding mother of three decided to jump Matthew and take his necklace. Matthew had other ideas and used a penknife to defend himself and stab Quinn. Matthew was chased to the Surrey Central SkyTrain station and Quinn's low-life boyfriend, 28-year-old Robert Forslund, beat him to death with Quinn instructing him to kill Matthew for what he had…
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24May 2010 by R&O No Comments

Tweedsmuir Twits

Observations, People, Rants
Facebook sucks at the best of times. It reaches a new level of suck when a few teenage horn-dogs flagrantly advertise their intention on a Facebook page to bed Grade 8 school girls. Such was the case with students at Lord Tweedsmuir High School in Cloverdale. This industrious group of mouth-breathing chronic masturbators posted their intentions on Facebook for all to see which, not surprisingly, came to the attention of school administrators. And you can imagine how they reacted. No, they didn't take the offenders aside, lecture them about bad behaviour, order them to remove the page and call it a day. Contrary to what would have happened in my day, all hell broke loose. In these days of touchy-feely political correctness, Surrey school officials contacted the RCMP and alerted…
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29Apr 2010 by R&O No Comments

The sorry state of pop music

Entertainment, Music, Observations, Rants
Pop music officially entered the 'complete shit' phase of it's existence with the recent appearance of The Black Eyed Peas on the American Idol Gives Back broadcast. Don't believe me? Take a gander at the video below but be sure to have a small bucket handy while you watch this piece of visual and aural excrement. The Black Eyed Peas also appear on the cover of the April 29 edition of Rolling Stone magazine with the tagline Black Eyed Peas - The Science Of Global Pop Domination. THIS is what it takes to dominate pop music in the 21st century? Bad costumes à la Earth Wind & Fire during their metallic spandex period and off-key, teeth-gritting vocals? Ridiculous and utterly goofy. But at least Earth Wind & Fire could write…
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