Category Archives: bad news

The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

September 5, 2010 – 5:02 am

Narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons, this “mockumentary” video, hammers home the stark reality of California’s plastic bag pollution situation. Learn more at http://www.healthebay.org Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Thanks Kate.

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where’s the WINTER CLOTHES box?

September 1, 2010 – 10:28 am

Just a few days ago I was sweltering. Why am I having to search out the fleece on September 1st … ??

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DOH – car breakdown in Montana

August 30, 2010 – 12:15 pm

My car is fixed, for now. About $500 total. The guys finished the repair just before closing. ____ original post: I was half hoping my old Honda would break down in Vegas. … Have it towed to the auto wrecker. Fly home to Calgary. Simple. For my $1600 initial cost, I didn’t expect it to [...]

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death at Idaho Triathlon

August 1, 2010 – 4:44 pm

I was a last minute volunteer at the Hayden View Triathlon. We arrived before dawn. Jeni and I manned a “rescue kayak”. One of the last swimmers to finish the half mile lake course looked to all the rescue boats to be disoriented. He waved off help, then tried to swim directly into another of [...]

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will humans go extinct?

June 24, 2010 – 9:15 pm

Eventually, certainly. But will we go extinct in the next 100yrs? Professor Frank Fenner thinks we will: … in an interview with The Australian, the well-respected microbiologist expressed his pessimism for our future. “We’re going to become extinct,” he said. “Whatever we do now is too late.” … I’m inclined to disagree. Even after reading [...]

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should Canada separate from Quebec?

May 16, 2010 – 12:19 pm

The two times Quebec voted on separation from Canada, I had mixed feelings. I could see the logic. And pondered whether, ultimately, both Quebec and R.O.C. (Rest Of Canada) might be better off. Neither vote passed. Today Quebec manages to convince the rest of Canada that they are a “have not” Province. That Québécois should [...]

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things getting worse – women

May 11, 2010 – 5:17 am

Don’t jump to conclusions. Women aren’t getting worse. Women are less happy nowadays in the West, 40 years after the rise of feminism, a new study claims. Despite having more opportunities than ever before, they have a lower sense of well-being and life satisfaction, it found. The study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, said [...]

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Harper “pouring money down a rat hole”

March 22, 2010 – 5:23 am

So says Craig Jones, executive director of the John Howard Society regarding the Canadian prison system. Why is the Harper government taking millions more dollars out of our pockets in times of massive deficit? … expenditures for the coming fiscal year will increase 43 per cent, to $329.4 million in 2010-2011, from $230.8 million in [...]

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Villages of Loreto Bay

March 15, 2010 – 5:01 am

Located seven miles south of the town of Loreto in Baja California Sur, the Villages of Loreto Bay is an 8,000-acre new urbanist development that strives to be North America’s largest sustainable resort development. At buildout—anticipated by 2020—the $3 billion project will include village neighborhoods constructed in nine phases primarily along the protected Loreto Bay [...]

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Spring allergies in February?

March 1, 2010 – 10:47 pm

Rockin and I were both suffering … during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. What’s with that? … Bloody GLOBAL WARMING. Normally my allergies peak about May 24th in Calgary. I’m allergic to some sort of tree.

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