As Germany mulls a proposal to ban paintball after the shooting spree involving teenager Tim Kretschmer, it does force a look at how these shootings can happen.
I disagree with any ban of paintball as it seems to be very reactionary. A decision by a politician who feels something must be done–and quickly. I understand the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Mental health education in the schools?
May 29, 2009Production vs. Maintenance
May 28, 2009I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this, especially as we are seeing many manufacturing facilities lower production all over the world. Maybe we are getting too good at mass producing things, and therefore using too many of the Earth’s resources. Wouldn’t trying to maintain the items we have be more efficient [...]
Balsillie to face the NHL
May 7, 2009Just to put it out there, I’m a big fan of Jim Balsillie. I know that the NHL does not want to put another team in Canada, especially southern Ontario, but it really makes too much sense. Here is a guy with a bunch of money, that wants to bring NHL hockey to his town. [...]
Dow Jones update, not so bad…
May 7, 2009Had to check up on things. The DJIA is hovering around 8500, still much higher than the 5500 I predicted. I hope I’m proven wrong, and we are at or near the bottom. I think there are people/organizations out there with some money and still bargain hunting on the stock market. And with the interest [...]
Interesting connection…
May 5, 2009Conspiracy theorists are probably having a field day with this one. Guess who’s company invited Tamiflu? Guess who’s now on the board and a major shareholder of Roche, the world supplier of Tamiflu? Why, Dick Cheney of course! Supposedly (unconfirmed rumours only) the world stock of Tamiflu is going to be out of date soon, [...]
The Swine Flu Virus Cometh
May 1, 2009The swine flu is making headlines around the world. Is there a reason to fear? Or is it just more media scare? Very good questions. You read the comments on the major news stories and it seems to be about 50/50. If the majority is correct, we still don’t have an answer. The true answer [...]
