Is the dust-up about the release of personal information in the rearview mirror now that the file is off the Internet blog site? Unfortunately, “No.” As far as I know: • CRA has yet to report this incident to the authorities. • CRA has not informed the five people directly affected that their information was…
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Review: Palermo Restaurant
Palermo has been around for forever in my hometown. I never think about it when it comes to Italian food, even though I have been there 3 times prior. It is a family-owned restaurant that clams to make Italian food from scratch. Let’s get to the review! Blogger Note: on this trip we were in…
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I told my girl that I wanted a burger and a beer. I’m not much of a drinker but it just sounded good. We hopped in the car and drove for about 20 minutes to somewhere I’d never been before. We parked next to a McDonald’s—not a good omen—and then went for a walk. We…
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I’m about ten days into this trip. Here are a few observations thus far. Getting a visa extension to stay here was easy. The hardest part was the demand that payment be made in cash. The cost was just north of 4,000 pesos ($66). I needed to complete a form, pay a fee, and then…
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Fellow readers, X made the long drive from his underground bunker to meet the Blog Father, the great William, for lunch at an undisclosed location. Upon approaching the counter to place an order, both X and said Blog Father realized neither had a working credit card. Apparently both of us bank at Wells Fargo, or…
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Link: IMDB This movie title from the 1970’s is what I think of when I keep reading the nonsense spewing out of the Service Employees International Union concerning their threatened strike of state workers. Does anybody think nonessential state workers deserve a 22 percent across the board pay increase over four years? Especially in this…
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I recently got a new bank card because my bank said I had purchased something from a store that had a security breach. In this case I think it was Wendy’s. I was told that the card I was using would stop working on August 25th and needed to activate the new card before then.…
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Disney has reported for the last several years problems in its ESPN (Sports Programming) division. (For low information readers, Disney owns the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and ESPN is a subsidiary of ABC.) Much of this stems from the high cost of producing live events and declining subscribership due to cable and satellite cancellations. Much…
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If you saw headlines like this today, Because of photos like this Would you believe this is a coincidence?
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This week, the SEIU is again pushing for members to be prepared for battle. However, I have still heard nothing about asking members to vote to authorize a strike. Is this their “October Surprise” or do they want folks out of work in time for the holidays? If they do pull the trigger on a…
