Thieves of Government of Brit"SHIT" Columbia

There used to be this extremely stupid motto or slogan on every Government of Brit"SHIT" Columbia's website, letter or sign reading The Best (which actually is the worst) Place on Earth! With fucking stupid thing like that they attract people from around the world to that raining shit-hole and empty their pockets. The slogan was disappeared after that fucking drunk pig, Gordon Campbell stepped down as the premier. One of the many ways that those bastards emptied people's bank account was called HST or Harmonized Sales Tax which rose taxes on almost every item you bought or most of the services you received.

Many opposed to that and eventually a poll was called and people of the province voted against it. The Provincial Government is now supposed to return all those money to the people and they have said that it will happen in the next 5 years!

Can you believe that? The fucking thieves robbed you and now they have to return the money and not with the interest and they say it would be paid gradually in the next five years! If you are paying for their stupid Health Card which has no use and you are a little behind, they telephone you every day and send you letters on weekly basis but if they get unfair money from you, you have to wait years to get it back!

(Photo: Former Premier Zalm who started HST campaign and succeeded)

State of Bullshit

I was surfing the channels the other day and while I was jumping from this to that I realized that several different channel were broadcasting this annual State of Bullshit of Obama! And it truly was state of bullshit as soon as he started. I wanted to see what he was saying but when after a few sentences he came to ... Today United Stated is stronger and more respected around the word ... I said No! Where did this horseshit come from!!?

You could not be more stupid to say some silly thing like that! I was just a few months ago that they were all scared shitless about what was going on with the economy! And the US has more debt probably more than ever it had! 1 out of 10 Americans is unemployed or just a little late and they cheat their government for money. I read that in the news just a few weeks ago that many Americans still collect unemployment cheques from the government after they get a job! It means they do not have a good control system.

The presidential election, I guess, will be this coming November. One candidate, that I don't remember his name, said a few days ago that because Obama had turned his back to Canadians in that pipeline deal, now the Canadians are going to enter to an agreements with Chinese. Such President is not good for the US!

Regardless of these, he really started a few changes in the country. He established a new Health Care System to cover more Americans. I don't know if he has been successful to deploy this system or not but I do know that many people opposed to him for doing that. He also recalled all the Americans from Iraq. Something that might have made American top soldier mad. You should have seen their faces on TV when Obama said no more American would be in Iraq. The thing is the US is already struggling with unemployment and no more people, the army people are goin' to add to that population, no matter how small this population is. He might have been tougher than his predecessor on Iran and the other countries like that. Libya is an example and economic sanction on Iran is another one. But I don't know he wouldn't get too far from the general American's policy toward the hostile countries.

(Photo: Obama's cartoon at the time he call America a stronger and more respected country around the world! What a load of crap!)

Risky Drive

I have to admit that it was a quite a risky drive today, much dangerous than any time although I only drove 4 blocks to get The Lady from the train. I sat at the wheel and pushed the clutch to start the engine. I turned the key and the it started but when I released the clutch, it did not response as quick as usual. It return to the default position very slowly and unwillingly! I guess it had something to do with the oil used in its system. Could be frozen! Then I could smell gasoline. Felt like someone had spilled gasoline all over the vehicle. The thermometer should -26 C but it could be colder because it usually shows warmer temperature with +3 difference.

I waited a few minutes and tried to come out of the park but it died. I tried again and started immediately. I drove after a few minutes and seemed alright but you could hear all sorts of noise from the vehicle. It was quite surprising that the car could run with no block heater. I am not sure if it damages the engine or the electrical system of the vehicle. But I should admire Toyota again for providing such a car. I will check with a mechanic about the block heater and will post.

(Photo: The vehicle's thermometer shows -26 C but could be colder)

My Finance Tracker

I used to kind of manage my expenses for years in the old country before coming to Canada. I used to save everything is an Excel Sheet and apply charts and other different statistical methods and compare them. My spending budget was very limited because I was saving for immigration. Barely took a cab and mostly walked or took a bus.

Then here I started doing the same last summer just to see how we were doing and have a little control but it was almost impossible because now there are two of us and it's hard to keep all the receipts. Eventually after a few month I gave up. But then a few month after that I was checking something in my online banking and I realized the system automatically provides the same service in this section called My Finance Tracker. This is RBC and I am not sure if the other banks have the same service but this very helpful. May be not very much for me who does most of his purchases with the credit card or someone else who mostly uses cash but still helpful with cheques and automatic deductions. Check this great service out at the bottom side of your RBC Online Service.

Short Practice in Wicked Cold

We decided to check the rink by the river out, the one in Eau Clair Market, last night but I think it was a crazy idea! It was almost -19 C and there was barely anybody on the streets especially because it was Sun. night as well. Everybody was getting ready for tomorrow's work. So we were there and we saw this sign saying Rink Closed with a handwritten note says Dangerous Conditions! I did not understand what they were trying to say so put my skates on and did a little practice for 10 minutes. F. F. was really cold and I guess it was her boots and jeans! So I decided to end it quickly. There were a couple on the bike with Ski goggle and helmets and then there was a jogging guy and a few passersby and a man with his dog.It was almost impossible to see while driving because the window would fogged up just after a few minutes sitting inside. Not a good practice!

(Photo: This rink is prepared by the municipality in Eau Clair and is a good place for skating when it's net evil cold!)

Expensive Sport

We spent almost 2 hours in Sportcheck, Canadian Tire and SportMart for a pair of skates and a helmet. I spent close to $110 on these two. Almost $70 for the skates and around $40 for the damn helmet. It was not easy to select the skates because it's not easy to try them on! A good pair of skate can not be purchased less than $100 I assume but for a beginner like me I guess that is more than enough. I guess I tried at least 5 different ones. I understand why they say Hockey is an expensive sport because to play Hockey you have to add the cost of stick, visor, body armour, shorts and pads and everything else as well.

(Photo: I got a pair of Bauer skates and a CCM certified(!) helmet which is valid until 2017. I did not know that the helmets should be re-certified! Rather than that I paid a damn $5 for sharpening the blades. I have no idea if they are sharp enough, have been sharpened properly and how long they last until they needs sharpening again!)