Its not a joke, so sign the petition if you like food.

http://action.sumofus.org/a/world-food-prize-monsanto-syngenta/11/2/?akid=2419.1515733.YSGMRH&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1

Magic Cars

"They do not build cars like they used too"  During the 1970 and 80's that was a common refrain.  Planned obsolescence either by purpose or practice infected the auto industry. However we have come a long long way since then.

First vehicles are exponentially safer. Proving that size is only part of the safety equation.


Secondly for some brands rust is sleeping. In particular Honda, European Brands, and Toyota have virtually eliminated rust.

Third the power-plant has not only become essentially maintenance free, its power and efficiency have soared. While the Chey Volt pioneered a better hybrid, it may be Honda that reaps the rewards.

Fourth the creator comforts, HVAC, seats, and entertainment would have been considered Sci Fi  twenty years ago.

"Technology properly advanced is indistinguishable from magic." In 2013 every new vehicle has serious magic.

Meltdown not happening

I am a student of history, thus I have some perspective. If you ask me are we on the verge of a great collapse, I could answer nothing but yes. However we have so many reality distorting facilities in place that we should not worry. Understand that the world economic system is based upon fantasy. The only way our model could fail is for some body go rouge. So we will muddle through this, and in history it will be same old same old.

The Gas Plant Scandal

I wonder how much was incompetence and how much was corruption. Because when you spend a billion dollar the cracks are very absorbent and hard to detect.

As I understand it the liberal government made the brave decision to shut down coal. The conservatives would not have done this but I expect the NDP would have been all for. Coal is a cheap way to produce power, BTU per dollar its great. However everything else is bad, mercury pollution alone is reason enough to shut down these killers. Even if you can scrub the heavy metals its still a green house gas gasbag. There is another element to power that is never discussed. Ontario could buy all its power from green clean Manitoba or Quebec at a reasonable rate. Why not, I wonder why?
Nevertheless we are here today with a billion dollar bill. You cant really fault the government, the area was zoned for a power plant. If you look at a Map could there be a better place to put it? NIMBY reared its ugly head and it cost.
NIMBY is a force we must put in its place. Sometimes NIMBY loses when it should win. The airport train is a case in point. To many interests going after the same goal, and half of them pushing for failure.

Whats the solution, for Ontario its going back to Ontario Hydro, a stupid monolith that gave Ontario the best power prices in the world despite its elephant steps.

Girlfriend is better

If I was to think of something

something that should be said

I could count on forces

forces that we should dread

To say that I was misinformed

or in the worst case

dead.

Yep thats the world I live in

and if you live in a better place

friend me right now

I will take my backbackpack

remove the explosives from my fridge

leave my glocks in the garbage

and sit my skinning knife on the edge

Cause thats were I am after all the killing

and knowing only terrorists are dead.

I dream and think far away

I want six weeks vacation

and fourteen months pay

Is there any chance I could live

this way in a world dominated by the USA.

If the Chinese take over is there any chance

it will be better in any way.

An insders guide to the US shutdowon adn credit crisi

If you have not noticed because you are blissfully ignorant the US is the modern version of the Roman empire with less virgin births. Now the grind of funding is hitting home. Why drop a couple of trillion on the sands of Iraq and Afghanistan with little return except all the excellent health care the veterans receive at no cost.

I read the newspapers every day and today is a world I could never have imagined following the wisdom of those pulp paper prognosticators.  Terrorism is a gift to the losers in most equations. The USA should spend the GDP greater than most of the nations in the G20 on defending against men in caves is ridiculous.

Whatever outcome the masters of reality foresee, I think it will work out different. Best case in jail, most likely joining the innocents of the French Revolution,

Lisa Christensen gets the axe

Lisa Christensen was a straight shooter in an industry built on angles. She brought cold hearted facts to emotional listeners. Lisa had a radio show about car repair on Newstalk 1010. In a world occupied by first world problems, after our spouse, children and pets, for most our cars supersede our homes as our next love. Houses for the holli polli are a marriage of convenience, we can never love them because of all the flaws they exhibit daily. Rehabilitating a car is well within the reach of the majority. Lisa was a dynamite relationship consular guiding us through our anthropomorphism.

I have no way of knowing what the lack of thinking was behind the cancellation of her show after fifteen beloved years. Newstalk 1010 tends to operate like the Argentine government of the seventies, people just disappear with no explanation. Fantastically at Newstalk 1010 sometimes these Zombies reappear with great fanfare, 

The first to rise from the dead was Ted Woloshyn , a silver tongued but boring devil who was guest of honor for every Mike Harris event and could have carried enough conservative water to earn him a lifetime achievement for delivering toxic substances without indictment.

Now the brain trust under the control of Bell Media has decided we need the Motts in our lives. What are the Motts. No they are not a waterdowned drink of clammato. They are the perfect Harper couple spouting off defending emotion against best practices. Yes what they learned owning a horse farm can be universally applied. I think they only know about spreading manure.