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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20May 2010 by R&O No Comments
Fallen Hero

Fallen Hero

Observations, People, The Law
On March 31, 1984 Steve Fonyo started his Journey For Lives cross country run for cancer. He finished the run on May 29, 1985 on a beach in Victoria, raising $14 million dollars for cancer research and becoming a national hero. He met Pope John Paul II, Lady Diana, George Harrison and other celebrities and politicians. He was living the high life. Things have changed since then for Steve Fonyo. Steve Fonyo was on the front cover of The Province on Sunday May 16 and Michael Smyth wrote an interesting and revealing article about his life in 2010. All of Steve's past indiscretions have come back to haunt him and life is not nearly as interesting for him as it once was. In 1996, he pleaded guilty to 16 charges…
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14May 2010 by R&O No Comments

My New Boss

Business, Of Interest, People
My employer, Canwest Global Communications Corp, has sold it's 46 newspapers to a group of bondholders fronted by Paul Godfrey, president and CEO of the National Post. Canwest has been operating under court supervision since 2009 and has struggled since the death of it's founder Israel Asper, it's purchase of expensive acquisitions and the downward spiral in advertising revenues for newspapers and television during the recent global recession. All combined to force David and Gail Asper, the son and daughter of Canwest Global Communications founder, to resign from the media conglomerate's board of directors and the company to come under control of it's creditors. I can't say I'm unhappy to be free of Canwest and Mr. Godfrey appears to be an astute business man, savvy politician and media manager. Here's…
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13May 2010 by R&O No Comments

Pricey Pills

Health, Internet, Observations, Of Interest
You may have received the 'prescription drugs' email from a friend or co-worker that outlines drug price discrepancies from one pharmacy to another. I tend to ignore those type of emails as a general rule but I had occasion to test the accuracy of the viral email's claims recently and thought I'd post my findings. The email in question was titled 'Costco Prescriptions' and included a variety of prescription drugs with consumer pricing, cost of active ingredient and percentage of markup. Including the ingredient pricing and the markup is actually quite deceiving because drug companies don't really charge for the drug itself but rather the cost of development and marketing. Big bucks in the drug world and we, the consumer, pay for it. Through the nose and other orifices. The…
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