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Republicans on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee have decided that the military’s push for clean, renewable energy has gone far enough, and have proposed…

In 2008 Stephen Harper said that Canada has the only banks in the western world that were not looking at bailouts. But a new report says that several banks did need extra money – billions of dollars, in fact – to stay afloat. David Macdonald is a senio…

I was sitting here daydreaming when a thought struck me so hard I almost fell off my chair! Not only is life not fair, but fate has a strange sense of humour as well! Like most other men my age I have kicked and clawed my way through various jobs and schemes to make money [...]

We are all told to not sweat the small stuff. After all, it is meaningless in the grand scheme of things.I am not very good at this. I seem to sweat all the time.A month ago I got a speeding…

GC and I want to travel a little, maybe go to Newfoundland or New Orleans or San Francisco…anywhere, really. But when we have money we don’t have time, and when we have time we don’t have money, and sometimes we have neither. So we decided to start tucking a little bit of money away each [...]

But when campus pubs lose money, shut ‘em down

On the new plastic $20 bill, the most coveted waterfront home in Toronto and what you need to know about the principal residence exemption.

Liza Minelli and Joel Grey explain the surprising results in the 2012 Alberta Election. Also, the Toronto Star won five National Newspaper Awards.  – Syndicated from http://rwmcbean.blogspot.com/

Liza Minelli and Joel Grey explain the surprising results in the 2012 Alberta Election.

Also, the Toronto Star won five National Newspaper Awards. 

They say love is blind, but marrying someone who’s bad with money is just asking for trouble. Bruce Sellery offers his advice before you say “I do.”

Letting customers decide how much to pay for a product seems like a surefire way to go out of business, although bands like Radiohead have used the strategy with limited success. So does it really work?

Poisonby “Paradox”The following poem was originally posted on Revolution of the Mind (http://www.alparadox.blogspot.com) on February 25, 2012.It flows from the lips of every politician,Every print ad, every commercial.It is a siren song, calling people…

Feeling financially stretched? Bruce Sellery says a money coach can whip you back into financial shape.

Death and Taxesby “Paradox”As originally posted on: Revolution of the MindApril 7, 2012What are my taxes paying for? I think that people should have a right to choose what their taxes pay for, because as it stands, mine aren’t doing a damn thing for m…

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The Karl Rove-helmed lobbying group Crossroads GPS (in conjunction with their parent group American Crossroads) has decided to double down on the debunked talking point that Preside…

Karl-Rove.jpg The Karl Rove-helmed lobbying group Crossroads GPS (in conjunction with their parent group American Crossroads) has decided to double down on the debunked talking point that President Obama is to blame for the spike in gas prices. Thei…

Paying to use a woman’s body for sex is legal in Canada, while paying to use a woman’s body to give birth isn’t. There is no law in this northern nation that makes prostitution illegal but strangely enough there is one that bans payin…

Yesterday my firstborn turned the big 1-1.  Or as I referred to it – the 11th anniversary of motherhood for me.I spent the day as I do on each of their birthdays – giving a play by play on what…

Quick post today, as I don’t want to interrupt anyones weekend beer drinking time, including my own. The time has finally come where the penny will be no more. The Conservatives announced that the 2012 budget simply can’t afford to keep pennies in circulation. Pennies ironically cost more than a penny to manufacture, and in [...]

Say Goodbye to the Canadian Penny is a post from: I Backpack Canada

Behind the emerald curtain. On Friday I got whipped by Erika Lyremark and it hurt so good. I did it because several of you were raving about her, so I thought, let’s see. I thought I knew what it was – a freebie session with a coach aimed at getting me onboard as a client [...]