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When the bottom is dropping out of the economy and the government gives a package to try to help banks get back to where they were to stimulate growth in the economy, they go and do this.

This just goes to show you that banks clearly do not care about people when they needed a bailout then decided that their executives deserved 160+million in bonuses.  Shouldn’t they be getting a pay decrease for getting in this mess in the first place?

It makes you lose faith in the world when people will be this greedy when the rest o fthe people are suffering. I hope you’re happy.

Also, thank you American Government for giving out this money before you gave it specific rules for being lent out. I hope you learn your lesson.

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fintag/2229168521/

Hi All, I’m still here. Just been super busy at work and will be back in no time at all!

Check back soon

Today is the day most of the world has waited for. While I am not a Democrat supporter and would rather have seen a Republican take office, it is good to see a party change every now and again. Everyone says Barack Obama will be the change America needs.

It is a big task for Barack Obama to “fix” America and American image across the world.

Congratulations to Barack Obama and lets hope that he is the actual change that America needs and that he can do lots of good things for the United States of America.

If you wanted to see streaming video of the Inauguration you can check the following sites:

Canada:

CityNews

America:

CNN

PIC2009 (Government Site)

World:

Belfast Telegraph

I took these two pictures a while ago and finally got around to posting them up! The first picture is of a Church sign that is completely anti-evolution. The other is a funny market sign.

Funny Church Sign:

Funny Store Sign:

A water leak Thursday night, flooded a transformer room and knocked out power to thousands of residents. Toronto is currently experiencing unusually bitter colds dipping past -20 degrees Celsius.

The worst part of this was the fact that the TTC had no subway service between Islington station and St. George station. This is basically half of the city. They had shuttle busses running but it was no good, the line-ups for the buses were way longer. By the time the buses got to the station they were already so packed no one could get on.

I realize there is no way to provide adequate transportation levels for the volume of people that get the subway usually. I just think it sucks!

I hope the commute home is a lot easier for these folks!

Stay warm.

More posts coming soon, I’ve been swamped with work.

While Israel has stopped any reporters from entering Gaza, there are still many inside who are sending pictures out. These pictures, as you can see from the news, mostly show all the destruction that has occured.

Israel has now moved in and divided Gaza in two. We will see how this will turn out. I personally think that this will do nothing but delay Hamas attacks until Israel moves out again. It will all repeat itself again.

I’m not going to get into a big post about which side is wrong. I honestly think there will never be peace in this region because neither side will back down because the demands of either side will not be met. I think that every rocket sent into Israel by Hamas makes more people hate them. Every person that is killed by the IDF (Israeli) will make the hatred towards the other side grow greatly.

I have compiled a list of a few interesting pictures/videos I have found.

The first is:

1) Is Israel using White Phosphorous in Gaza? The picture appears to say YES! Can anyone confirm this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/effarania/3166206397/

2) Compilation of videos and pictures:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f56_1231032805

3) Militants using an Ambulance to stage their attack:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=116_1231063776

4) Graphic video of airstrikes on Gaza – From the ground – *WARNING GRAPHIC (18+)*

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1f9_1230850386 (Shows Dead Bodies)

5) Latest Flickr pics from the Israeli / Gaza Fight:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&ct=6&q=israel+gaza&m=text

Main Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/farshadebrahimi/3158999283/

For all you 24 die hard fans out there, like myself, you will be very excited since Jack is back in ONE WEEK. We all saw the 24 special that was on a few weeks ago that leads up to this season. There is also a 17 or so minute clip for the first episode of the season out there.

From what I have read on many different sites, there appear to be the usual twists and turns and good people turning bad! I’m not going to give it away, so you will have to find out for yourself what I am talking about!

The cast is almost all new. Many people complain about this aspect of 24 but I like it. The fact they have a large majority of the cast new each season keeps it fresh. You get tired of the same old characters over and over again.

Do any of you like 24 or did you get tired of it after a few seasons?

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Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I hope you all had a safe new years and are out getting hammered right now!

If you have any predictions at all for the coming year, ie. more terrorist attacks, the economy, how Obama will do, etc? Please post them in the comments so we can see if they come true!

Cheers

What a gift for everyone who has a Zune, huh?

I know how frustrating it must be. I have to admit when I first heard about this I was thinking it was some mass virus or hacked code that someone put in an update.

The real reason: “The Leap Year”.

It looks like Y2K finally hit! According to MSNBC they are working on a fix for it as we speak so it should be up and running soon!

Links after the jump!

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I’m just checking in to throw a quick post in about Barack Obama. I personally do not see why this is such a big deal? It seems like there is more buzz for Barack Obama topless than there has been for any male or female topless pictures from beaches before. It is still all over the news and a highly searched term on the internet. It’s on a lot of blogs online (including this one now :P)

I know people have said that Barack Obama has celebrity status already and he is not even President. I do not argue with that fact and I think it is kind of cool. The fact that people are showing this much interest in the president makes me think that he will be under more pressure to make decisions that are best for the country and not for his own agenda.

I hope that all this pressure is for the better and does not make him make poor decisions. I guess only time will tell.

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