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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Canada No Monopoly? Total BS

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a thinly veiled swipe at Russian President Vladimir Putin last night, as he criticized "self-serving" energy policies. He also declared Canada an "energy superpower" because of its vast oil, gas and uranium reserves.

"We believe in the free exchange of energy products based on competitive market principles, not self-serving monopolistic political strategies," Mr. Harper said in a speech to the Canada-U.K. Chamber of Commerce, the night before he arrives in St. Petersburg.

Where do I start. Canada is 100% for any type of Monopoly. Oil, Gas, Cable TV, and Cell, the list goes on forever. The word Monopoly is printed on every bit of money Canada cranks out. Stevie Harper stands up on his all expenses paid Russian holiday and talks like he banged his head on an drill rig. Harper came off like the Dipstick he really is. Mr. Putin you sould send Harper packing, drill rig and all.

9 Thumbs Down for Dip Shit Remarks.

The Electric Company is Killing You

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Ok everyone, get your alarmist hats on tight over your already firmly planted tin-foil ones. We've heard the argument made before -- and believe us, it's a tough sell to us gadget dorks, but two official Department of Health reports, a Health Protection Agency (HPA) meeting, and the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) have all convened on today's scary gadget-related disease du jour sure to make the hypochondriacs and "electric allergics" cringe with self-justification. The bend is to convince everyone that electromagnetic "smog" -- excessive electrical, radio, and microwave pollution -- could "interfere with the tiny natural electrical currents" of our nervous systems, as concluded by a National Radiological Protection Board survey that found children living close to power lines were developing leukaemia and even some two heads. Sure, that study might be getting a little post hoc ergo propter hoc on us, but the WHO and other health specialists are now beginning to blame electromagnetic fields as being a "likely cause" of up to 30% of childhood cancers, adult leukaemia, depression, brain cancers, possibly breast cancer, and even up to 1/10th of all miscarriages. Bold claims, and they kind of lost us when they got into the "allergic to electricity" argument, but hey, who are we to argue with peoples' gadgety ailments? Perhaps it's time for me to pack up shop and move to the mountains to. Who's with me? Nobody? Ok then lets just ride the Sinewave.

Power Really Kills or Just Electric Company BS.

Tune in again when Rocky & the Moose update this story.

Please StandBy

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Ourselves, we never thought all that gear we keep shut off and plugged in really pulled that much off the grid while in standby, and who would? If you just told us that some 10% of our electricity came from gear in standby, we'd outright not believe you. But PC Bob's Golden Screwdriver Team was struck by the notion that small amounts of electricity in aggregate could quickly add up, so he rigged up an AC breakout system to meter the juice sucked up by his gadgets and electronics while not in use. The results are damn crazy: 10% of his yearly electricity was being consumed by his turned-off computer gear (that figure doesn't include turned-off home electronics like TVs, microwaves, etc.). We doubt most of America has as many electronic toys as he or we do, but even a little goes a long way when it comes to 300 million people.