The RBC Outsourcing Scandal (0)
4/10/13 •
I’m not so sure how bad the news of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) outsourcing is, in the sense of degree of “bad”. First, many Canadians work abroad on visas offered by foreign countries. I think there are up to 3 million Canadians living in the US alone, working, studying or simply living in a [...]
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Anonymous Operations Israel (0)
4/07/13 •
Over the weekend OpIsrael, a form of protest by the hacktivist group Anonymous took place in retaliation for Israeli policies in Palestine. Mainstream media reported over the last few weeks that Israel would be prepared for such an attack, but judging by the dead and defaced websites coming from Israel, it doesn’t look like they [...]
Should I Buy My Baby an iPad? (0)
3/28/13 •
Should I buy my baby an Apple iPad or are iPads good for kids? Good question. The days of buying Lego and those old fashioned wooden toys are long gone. Parents today are asking the question – should I buy my toddler an iPad? Never mind the fact that kids can have tons of fun [...]
The Rohingya Genocide (0)
3/24/13 •
The Rohingya people, an ethnic minority in Burma are being slaughtered, as we speak, as I write. I probably wouldn’t have heard about this tragedy that is currently taking place if I had not been actively reading my Twitter feeds. You, too, probably don’t know about it because the mainstream media is not reporting it. [...]
Ageism is Running Rampant in the Workplace (0)
2/23/13 •
Ageism is perhaps the last “ism” or form of racism and prejudice in the workplace today. Prejudice against people from other countries and even women in the workplace in North America has been wiped out to an extent. Even though a glass ceiling and problem with wage equality still exists for woman, there’s another inequality [...]
The Desktop PC Finally Dies (Comments Off)
2/02/13 •
After seven years, my old desktop computer finally died. The new year is here, the cold weather set in and a couple of days ago my desktop PC finally gave up for good, breathed its last breath, gave up the ghost. Well, I had moved on a few years ago to a couple of laptops, [...]
Merry Christmas Happy Holidays or Whatever (Comments Off)
12/23/12 •
Merry Christmas to all our readers. Happy Holidays if you want. Whatever. I’m feeling rather Grinchy this year. I’ve done my Christmas shopping which I hate because I hate shopping, I hate malls, I hate the crowds. The materialism of it all kind of turns me off. I’m writing this mainly because I thought I [...]
The Right to Bear Arms? (Comments Off)
12/15/12 •
I thought I’d have a chat this evening with James Madison, author of the Second Amendment. James was rolling in his grave, not able to rest in peace. I asked him what he meant about the “right to bear arms” and exactly what type of arms he was referring to. Looking at me with a [...]
Operation Smile (Comments Off)
12/06/12 •
As we all get ready to celebrate the Christmas season with our family and friends, decorating our homes, making Christmas lists, battling the crowds in the shopping malls, mailing Christmas cards as some still do, planning meals, attending Christmas parties and after work drinks, I ask, have we made time to help others less fortunate [...]
First Stop: San Salvador (Comments Off)
11/15/12 •
It is only by chance I had the opportunity to go to San Salvador. It was not a planned trip. It was accidental. I was flying to Managua and the only flight I could find was one with a stopover in San Salvador. Five hours outbound and seven hours on the return. That’s a lot [...]
Honor Killer Peer Khairi (Comments Off)
11/15/12 •
Currently in the courts in Canada and reported by all the major Canadian newspapers, but not the Globe and Mail, is the horrific story of Canada’s latest honor killing. Wife killer – honor killer Peer Khairi complained his wife had changed before he slit her throat, court heard recently. So what do you call someone [...]
Dubai – Magnificent and Ultra-Modern (Comments Off)
10/09/12 •
People run short of epithets when it comes to describing Dubai. It is both a magnificent and ultra-modern metropolis in the desert. It is the primary emirate in the United Arab Emirates and it also a glittering city that occupies a strategic trade location. What’s really amazing is that this place was nothing more than [...]
Age Discrimination in the Workplace (Comments Off)
10/05/12 •
Experienced job seekers and senior employees currently in the workplace are reporting age discrimination; it is not just about the baby boomers, but strangely enough, individuals in their mid-thirties are also facing age discrimination in their workplace. In such a scenario, a working professional can consider himself washed out as soon as he reaches forty [...]
Bill C-428 – Political Correctness Gone Mad? (Comments Off)
10/04/12 •
The Hon. Diane Finley P.C.M.P., Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development recently wrote as a response to emails sent to the Office of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper regarding private member’s Bill C-428. Bill C-428 proposes to amend the Old Age Security Act to reduce the residence requirement for entitlement to [...]
Three Gold Eagles (Comments Off)
5/25/12 •
One windy evening, some years ago, before there were computers and a man on the moon, a man came to stop at our store in a dusty part of our state. I remember it must have been well before Christmas, as the catalog hadn’t arrived yet, but it was cold, the leaves were long gone, [...]
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