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0800 Tuesday - Ceiling and visibility unlimited,,
-25º, wind 11 knots at 240º,, altimeter 30.49---------------------WeatherLog
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- Afternoon ladies
- Tuesday, January 14, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
At 2:00 this group of nine ladies and one gentleman enjoyed each other's company
at Wolfers.
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 Recognizing Boundaries and the Value of
Thinking versus the God of Money and the Gospels of Standard of Living and Productivity- Tuesday, January 14, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The idea that Gross Domestic Product can grow infinitely is simply not true and yet
the principles that the worshippers of the god of money are convinced that there
are no limits. Indeed greed is in itself infinite.
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 Freezing In the
Dark- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Power went off in La Ronge and most of Northern Saskatchewan at noon yesterday, came
back at 7:00 and went off again this morning at 8:30.
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 The Greenwater Report- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
The cold weather is not slowing down the snow mobilers as Gerald tells about their
preparations for upcoming Derbys and there are pickerel under the ice.
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 If Only This Were Jack Layton's
Vision Of Proportional Representation- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
The cherish need of many Canadians is to see some sort of electral reform that would
more fairly allow all Canadians to feel a part of the democratic process. NDP candidate
Jack Layton has been touting proportional representation and Ron Thornton considers
this as an interesting alternative with some possible improvements.
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 Anti-Canadian
Wheat Board Rhetoric- Monday, January 13, 2003
by: Joyce Neufeld
The elections for the Canadian Wheat Board are history but the harping of those who
oppose the system continues to rattle around the country. Joyce Neufeld from Waldeck
points out the small minority involved and the need for everyone to grasp the logical
that makes the Wheat Board a good idea.
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 Stuck Train, March
10, 1979- Sunday, January 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Saskatchewan in the winter can be a remarkable place, this set of pictures tell of
a Sunday afternoon after the wind had brought a little snow the area near Palmier.
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 Venezuela: the
other side of the story- Sunday, January 12, 2003
by: Mark Weisbrot
This story appeared in the Washington Post today and is one of the few stories that
tells what the United States government would rather their people did not know. Mr.
Weisbrot maintains that the common poeple of the country support the government while
the affluent and oil companies supported by the US government want to over throw
the democracy.
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 Requiem for a spruce tree- Saturday, January 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Hardly a lamentation, this tree had the sharpest and most vicious needles ever experience
on a Christmas Tree.
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 An exemplified description of Systems
Dynamics: Small events can have large consequences- Saturday, January 11, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Edward Lorenz made an incredible discovery about weather computer modelling that
has rippled through every theory related to existance. Mario gives us the details
on how he sees the chaos theory affecting human economic activity and theory.
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 Life Goes On- Friday
January 10, 2003
For some a cold day is a day to stay inside and dream of warmer times but for others
it is a time to do what they always do.
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 Nystrom, Tim Horton's,
the cops and the NDP- Friday
January 10, 2003
It looks like Edwin Wallace is not endorsing Lorne Nystrom as leader of the NDP.
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 Program Mismanagement A Hallmark- Friday
January 10, 2003
Mike Reilly points out the complete and total failure of the federal government's
gun registration program that has seen $200,000,000 spent on making and upgrading
a simple database. (By the way the one in the illustration by FTLComm would cost
you a bit less)
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 President Bush
Inc.'s $674 billion Stimulus Package: A partial lesson of critical
thinking for Bush Inc. and Walter Robinson- Friday
January 10, 2003
Mario deSantis takes issue with Walter Robinson's facts and observations that the
Bush tax cuts will be good for the United States and would have positive effects
if Canada followed suit. Mario sites a number of American sources that point out
that the US deficits are certain to degrade both the economy and the standard of
living for the majority.
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 Surprise, shock
and things are normal- Thursday
January 9, 2003
This morning at 0800 the snow swirled around and the biting West wind gnawed at my
coat, this is January.
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 Bush tax cut plan will force
Manleyís hand . . . eventually- Thursday
January 9, 2003
Walter Robinson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation believes the US president has
it right and that Canada just get right at it and mirror the tax cuts proposed in
the US for stock holders and high income earners as he points out that Canadians
are paying more income tax each and every year.
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 Ravens and Woodpeckers- Thursday
January 9, 2003
Sandra McIntyre tells us how she related to a story on this web site and the wonder
of being a part of a world that includes vocal ravens and noisy woodpeckers.
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 The Linear Thinking mentality of President
Bush Inc. and Thinking in Circles with Systems Thinking- Thursday
January 9, 2003
Mario deSantis identifies a major problem. The method and and the thinking process
involved predetermines the solution developed. Though this seems like a simple premise
the ramifications are extremely far reaching and most definitely affects everyone
living on this planet.
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 Hope for a better 2003- Wednesday
January 8, 2003
Ron Thornton points out some serious concerns about the way things are going and
presents the hope that these are not trends and that we will some hope find a better
way.
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 "arriving at a general
approach" unlikely- Wednesday
January 8, 2003
Joe Hueglin is from southern Ontario but he realises the counterproductive approach
to the Kyoto Protocol by exempting Ontario's automotive manufacturers.
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 Connecting the
dots . . . or not!- Wednesday
January 8, 2003
When the hard news becomes implusible rumors and gossip will evolve to fill the unexplained.
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 The Bush Administration
policies of cutting taxes and going to war: an artificial propped up
economy and getting ready for another collapse- Wednesday
January 8, 2003
Mario deSantis details what looks very much like wrong headed economic theory that
goes behind the United States tax cuts. The hard facts are that the American economy
is not performing well and despite predictions of budget surpluses the reality is
a big deficit.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
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At 2:30 this afternoon this tree and its seeds stands in the cold January wind.
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