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Entries from September 2009

You could have heard a pin drop.

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

I read Don Surber every day, but this is one of the most poignant columns I’ve read in a long time. I couldn’t possibly do it justice with an excerpt. It is a fitting column for a sombre day like September 11th.
I do wish Don had full feeds though.

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$2.5 million per month.

September 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

On May 9th of this year I wrote about the ballooning cost of light rail transit in Waterloo, Canada, from $306 million to $790 million. It seems that wasn’t the end of the story though. In an article on the front page of Section B of today’s paper entitled "Funding is the next rail transit [...]

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Escalating over several weeks?

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments

According to the New York Times, White House environmental jobs czar Van Jones resigned on Saturday:
In a victory for Republicans and the Obama administration’s conservative critics, Van Jones resigned as the White House’s environmental jobs “czar” on Saturday.
Controversy over Mr. Jones’s past comments and affiliations has slowly escalated over several weeks, erupting on Friday [...]

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There’s one born every minute.

September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

I got this spam about a purported email account today:
In order to ensure you do not experience service interruptions/possibledeactivation Please you must reply to this email immediately confirming your email account details below for confirmation/identification
1. First Name & Last Name:2. Full Login Email Address:3. Username & Password:4. Confirm your Current Password:
Failure to do this [...]

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