20Sep 2009 by R&O 4 Comments

Jeremy Pete and Bethany Granholm

Assholes
Remember über parents Jeremy Pete and Bethany Granholm who attempted to sell their week-old baby on Craigslist last year? They claimed that it was all just a 'sick joke' and Bethany even proclaimed young Jeremy a "bit of a dick" (isn't young love wonderful?). Well these two wankers are at it again. And they got caught...again. This time our intrepid young couple were quite busy with a prosperous new credit-card theft business. The Winnipeg police say they were involved with a group of scammers who used stolen and forged cards to rack up about $80,000 in charges. In total, seven people have been charged in the theft following the purchases of jewellery, electronics, limousine trips and airline tickets. These kids really know how to live, huh? Well not really because…
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18Sep 2009 by R&O No Comments

For whom the road tolls

Rants
Translink and the esteemed Mayor of Vancouver think it's time to start tolling our roads and bridges to create a new revenue stream for future abuse and mishandling. Great idea guys but I'd like to offer a few tolling alternatives of my own: Flatulence Toll - Every time some joker farts in the elevator or any other public place he/she should pay an ass toll Comb-over Toll - Every guy that insists on culturing a length of hair that 'covers' a bald head should pay a toll based on length, width and greasiness Cell Phone Toll - Every clown that talks on his/her phone in restaurants, buses, trains or any other place that annoys everyone else should be charged based on volume of voice and length of call Politician Toll…
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17Sep 2009 by R&O 2 Comments

Have a heart

People
Chris Kirby is a 34 year old Port Moody resident with a wife and two year old daughter. He's also a guy that needs a heart...literally. Chris was healthy enough to run a half-marathon two years ago but now can't lift his daughter, jog or hold a job due to a heart that works at about 20-per-cent capacity. He's confined to his house while his wife works and his daughter goes to a babysitter which must be more than frustrating for a guy that was physically active just a short time ago. The problem is that Chris needs a heart transplant but there are just not enough donor hearts available these days. The median wait time for a heart transplant in 2006 was two months, in 2007 three months and…
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15Sep 2009 by R&O 1 Comment

The Money Walk

Olympics
So you decide to connect two buildings on your property by building a 90-metre-long concourse. It will be built of concrete, the walls will be decorated with native art and it will have nice thick carpets on the floor. How much do you think it would cost...$10,000?...$50,000?...$200,000? If you're the Provincial Government you'll pay about $38 million. Yes, that's THIRTY EIGHT MILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS! That's exactly what they paid to build the walkway that connects Vancouver's twin convention centres. Why did it cost as much as 100 Rolls-Royce Corniche Convertibles or 2,750 Hyundai Accents, or the money it would take to raise 150 children to the age of 18? According to Warren Buckley, CEO of the B.C. Pavilion Corp., most of the cost is hidden. "You're only seeing…
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