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  1. Karlin

    Wage Gap - done by noon on day 1

    by noon on the first day back to work in the new year, Canada's CEOs have brought in as much as I take in over the whole year. At 7 Million doallars a year, their incomes might seem gross. When we look at it compared to 'regular people' - the average income people - it really is gross. We...
  2. Karlin

    Saddam writes a Letter - Dec 27/ 2006

    The media says Saddam is urging Iraqis "not to hate each other" in his letter. And, "not to hate the invaders"!! Wow, what a nice guy!! [or maybe that was not what he said...] I didn't see anything like that in his letter, posted at this site...
  3. Karlin

    U.K. corrpution probe halted - corporations tied to Saudis

    U.K. corruption probe ended for corporations tied to Saudis, with national security given as the reason for doing so, by British officals. The Saudis are holding the Brits hostage with threats of cancelling some contracts to build airplanes, if the probe continued. This is pretty crass...
  4. Karlin

    Extreme weather extremely costly - Suzuki

    Below here is the whole article from the link. David Suzuki tells us about the costs of global warming, including deaths of humans and loss of species, plus disrupted lives and econsystems. He did not list the exact economic costs, like * $100million in lost logging revenues in BC alone from...
  5. Karlin

    Fabreeze and Cancer

    FABREZE YOURSELF! Don't get that crap on me!! Fabreeze this and that, spray your children's clothes so they can get a date? Wow, this is foolish stuff momma. Fabreze, like all the artificially scented crap out there, is made up of 20+ cancer-causing chemicals. Of course it is...
  6. Karlin

    Popular Science "Cellphones Kill Sperm"

    "41% reduction in sprem counts in men using cellphones for four hours a day" [compared to men who did not use a cell phone at all] [thats me]. "Two hours = 20% reduction" This is reported in Jan 2007's issue of Popular Science, from a study doing at the Reproductive Research Centre in...
  7. Karlin

    Dion starts election preparations Dec 14 2006

    Stephane Dion, new Liberal leader, held a press conferance today, and outlined the problems with the Harper government. Dion readies party for election call Thursday, December 14, 2006 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/12/14/dion-liberal.html In a possilby related story, an arrest...
  8. Karlin

    Global Warming - the phrase never uttered: "

    What we need to do is get real, but even the authorites who are now 'allowed' to speak about global warming publicy [on TV] are not saying "reduce fossil fuel emissions". There is still some taboo about fingering fossil fuels. Mind you, methane plays a huge rols, but of what humans CAN do now...
  9. Karlin

    Iraq war explained - Saudi Iran proxy war

    The Iraq Study Group [ISG] has a strong Saudi connection, through Dick Cheney, Baker, and even the Democrats in the ISG. Baker Botts, the law firm Baker founded, became a wealthy powerhouse by representing Saudi Arabia. The Democrats in the ISG , including Vernon Jordan of the law firm of Akin...
  10. Karlin

    Trickle Down theory officially dead - UN Report

    Well ok, so the UN didn't say the theory is dead, but the statistics in their report say that by themselves. Trickle Down didn't even drip a little into the hands of the poorest in the past two decades, but there was surely a major "Flood Up" as the numbers show. Everything in our economy...
  11. Karlin

    avoiding the bots

    Those 'bots' that they send to use personal computers as part of a network can be thwarted by simply unplugging the line [from your phone jack to the computer]. They will not want to use a computer that is not available all the time. This likely applies to the hi-speed and hi-speed light modems...
  12. Karlin

    Tricking Americans into supporting war - Zinn interview

    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/24/1442258 After reading that interview with historian Howard Zinn, even printing it out so I could highlight some phrases, I felt I needed to share some quotes and my thoughts on the ideas in it. I hope that some of you might print this...
  13. Karlin

    Toxins in Fabric softeners and Scented stuff

    How many people reject the idea that there are toxins in everyday products that do cause cancers? - its seems like a lot, I still see many in the laundromat using fabric softeners and added scent in their washing. There are just a lot of people who have their 'worry plate' full with other...
  14. Karlin

    Didja ever notice....

    Did'ja ever notice that when the politicians and news people talk about global warming, they NEVER say the phrase "reduce our FOSSIL FUELS emissions" ? Thats because they want to take the heat off the real offender in global warming, FOSSIL FUELS and the corporations that sell them...
  15. Karlin

    Record corporate profits

    Can't afford Kyoto? The oil and banking sectors made record profits - $58Billion in the third quarter alone - but refuse to get on board with reducing emissions that cause global warming. Some economists say there will be positive financial outcomes from embracing alternative energy projects, so...
  16. Karlin

    NEW Green Party leader

    New leader in Elizabeth May!! Now that the corporate hump, Jim Green, is not longer leader [wrecker] of the GPC [Green Party of Canada], I feel much better about the GPC. They have a few new ideas in their platform too, with corporate control of our government a primary issue. Ms...
  17. Karlin

    SPY says Al Qaeda chose Iraq too

    http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyemonday/feature_201106.html " A Spy's Story " That will air tongight I guess, 10pm. Al Qaeda members would pass information that was false while under interrogation/torture by Americans. They were trained to do this. They said Iraq was a terrorist hotbed...
  18. Karlin

    Rambrose - Ridiculous and Hypocritical

    quote: “I won‘t get involved in French domestic politics, it‘s not my way to get involved as she did in ours‘‘ Ambrose said [at the UN Climate Conference in Nairobi this week]. How hypocritical is that when Canada is presently involved in occupying Afghanistan by military force? Isn't that...
  19. Karlin

    Coast battered by storms - GW/CC

    If anyone who lives on the BC coast does not believe in global warming, you might get swept out to sea in coming years. The warmer air picks up more moisture. Pacific moisture is brought to the BC coast this time of year on the Pineapple Express weather systems, and more and more water is...
  20. Karlin

    Death Threats to Rona Ambrose over GW/CC

    note - GW/CC means Global Warming / Climate Change Assassinating a government minister who refuses to implement the will of the majority over "an issue of planet-wide catastrophe" - Is it a good use of one's life? Would you sacrifice your personal freedom to advance the cause of reducing our...