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No CPP for you

The Canadian government is raising taxes to help pay for CPP. They don’t call it a tax, but it is.  Anytime a government takes money away from you it’s a tax. They can call it an investment but here is what is really going on.  The “Me” generation blew all …

Pride

I don’t normally go to PRIDE anymore. It was exciting the first few times I went, when I was younger and that part of sexuality was new to me.  When I first saw a muscle bear in chaps in real-life. (only seen it on the internet before that) Or the …

Ma’agalim

I came across this charming animation video on reddit which /u/xChipsus translated. Ma’agalim – Jane Bordeaux from Uri Lotan on Vimeo.   Nights turn into days Days turn into years And among them I was going faster in circles Winds are blowing on me Blow on the back of my …

Ma’agalim

I came across this charming animation video on reddit which /u/xChipsus translated. Ma’agalim – Jane Bordeaux from Uri Lotan on Vimeo.   Nights turn into days Days turn into years And among them I was going faster in circles Winds are blowing on me Blow on the back of my …

Encouraging news

There were two news stories recently that I found very encouraging. The first was the Panama Papers.  The Panama papers is this massive leak about the offshore holdings of the filthy rich. While having offshore accounts isn’t illegal in and of itself, it usually smacks of something nefarious and maybe …