I have a few charities that I personally support, mainly the United Way and Cancer Society and I tend to make my donations directly and not respond to door to door canvassers.
Someone from NAMCA, the North America Missing Children Association came to my door asking for donations. They came last year and I didn't make a donation and checked them out. I thought I'd post this and you can make up your own mind as to what you want to do with your money - personally I don't care what you do.
The registration number of this charity is 899696553RR0001. Upon doing a search on the CRA site I found the following:
(Source: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/sec/SrchLogin-e?login=true&searchType)
NORTH AMERICA MISSING CHILDREN ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
BN/Registration Number: 899696553RR0001
Charity Status: Revoked
Effective Date of Status: 2007-02-24
Charity State: N/A
Language of Correspondence: English
Designation Description: Charitable Organization
Charity Type: Benefits to the Community & Other
Category: Community Organizations, (not else classified)
Address: 136 ROUTE 420 HWY
City: SOUTH ESK
Province/State: NEW BRUNSWICK
Country: CA
Postal Code/Zip Code: E1V4N8
Charity Email Address: N/A
Charity Web site Address: N/A
Revocation:
Reason for Revocation: Revocation for Cause
Income Tax Act Reference: ITA 168.(1) - 168.(2)
Letter of Revocation: N/A
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
Economy
Although we haven't really felt the full brunt of the economic downturn here in Nova Scotia, at least not yet I have a few observations.....
I've never put much weight into what the analysts or so called experts say. Remember when oil dropped to $100, there was an article in the National Post predicting oil could either go to $50 or to $150.
Jonathan Chevreau then advised us that we should lock in our variable rate mortgages as fast as we could. Don't know about you but I'm paying 2.5% on mine - 5 months later. I'll likely lock in when the long term rates in Canada drop some.
What all this tells me is and what I've always known is that all of these are mere opinions and hold no more weight than anyone elses. There have been predictions of economic depression for 20 years now and every year is the year. Perhaps this is the start of one, perhaps not. I have no idea and neither does anyone else.
I spent just about every evening through last fall and through to February listing to the financial news and how bad everything is or is getting and predictions from the "experts" either on how things will turn around by the end of 2009 and get worse and stay that way for at least a couple of years. Considering that time travel hasn't been invented yet, it's pretty clear to me that no one knows. I've stopped listening to doom and gloom predictions and to the pie in the sky predictions. To avoid driving yourself crazy you have to get your feet back on the ground and make an assessment of your situation. Dale Carnegie once wrote, I believe it was in his book
"How to Stop Worrying and Start Living": Assume the worst and then try to improve upon it.
My advise, focus on the "try to improve upon it" part and less on "the worst". Don' t misunderstand me and assume that I have my head shoved so far up my ass that I don't realize how bad the economy is, all I'm saying is that you can't do a thing about it but do whatever you can to improve your own financial situation.
I live in a part of the country that has been historically considered a "have not" province. One of the advantages is that the economy here never booms or busts, I've been lucky enough to have been working through every recession since 1990 - I am hoping that my luck holds for this one.
I've stopped paying so much attention to the news and reports on job losses, distressed companies, the stock market etc. etc. It's not like I can do anything about it, so why should I worry about it. Just in case something does happen, I've started doing a little freelance work for some extra money now and a source of income in the event I lose my job.
Other than this I go into work every day, do the best job that I can and hope that it's enough. I moved my investments around last fall and took my lumps, I'm about 40% in cash, 30% in bonds (mutual fund) and 30% in a balanced fund which is weighted roughly 50/50 in bonds and stocks. Like many people, I have a little to much credit card debt. However I've been getting that under control for the last year - I've got about 6-9 months to go and they'll be paid off.
I feel for everyone out there who has lost there jobs and have been struggling to find something else. I cannot imagine what it must be like and I wish you all the best in your job search.
I've never put much weight into what the analysts or so called experts say. Remember when oil dropped to $100, there was an article in the National Post predicting oil could either go to $50 or to $150.
Jonathan Chevreau then advised us that we should lock in our variable rate mortgages as fast as we could. Don't know about you but I'm paying 2.5% on mine - 5 months later. I'll likely lock in when the long term rates in Canada drop some.
What all this tells me is and what I've always known is that all of these are mere opinions and hold no more weight than anyone elses. There have been predictions of economic depression for 20 years now and every year is the year. Perhaps this is the start of one, perhaps not. I have no idea and neither does anyone else.
I spent just about every evening through last fall and through to February listing to the financial news and how bad everything is or is getting and predictions from the "experts" either on how things will turn around by the end of 2009 and get worse and stay that way for at least a couple of years. Considering that time travel hasn't been invented yet, it's pretty clear to me that no one knows. I've stopped listening to doom and gloom predictions and to the pie in the sky predictions. To avoid driving yourself crazy you have to get your feet back on the ground and make an assessment of your situation. Dale Carnegie once wrote, I believe it was in his book
"How to Stop Worrying and Start Living": Assume the worst and then try to improve upon it.
My advise, focus on the "try to improve upon it" part and less on "the worst". Don' t misunderstand me and assume that I have my head shoved so far up my ass that I don't realize how bad the economy is, all I'm saying is that you can't do a thing about it but do whatever you can to improve your own financial situation.
I live in a part of the country that has been historically considered a "have not" province. One of the advantages is that the economy here never booms or busts, I've been lucky enough to have been working through every recession since 1990 - I am hoping that my luck holds for this one.
I've stopped paying so much attention to the news and reports on job losses, distressed companies, the stock market etc. etc. It's not like I can do anything about it, so why should I worry about it. Just in case something does happen, I've started doing a little freelance work for some extra money now and a source of income in the event I lose my job.
Other than this I go into work every day, do the best job that I can and hope that it's enough. I moved my investments around last fall and took my lumps, I'm about 40% in cash, 30% in bonds (mutual fund) and 30% in a balanced fund which is weighted roughly 50/50 in bonds and stocks. Like many people, I have a little to much credit card debt. However I've been getting that under control for the last year - I've got about 6-9 months to go and they'll be paid off.
I feel for everyone out there who has lost there jobs and have been struggling to find something else. I cannot imagine what it must be like and I wish you all the best in your job search.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Jesus appears on ceiling - whatever
Pretty soon there be a pilgrimage to this weight loss clinic. It's one thing to believe this crap, it's totally another to pay $24,000 for a grilled cheese sandwich with an image of the Virgin Mary on it. Kudos to the one that sold it though.
Can you say "more money than brains"?
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Can you say "more money than brains"?
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
David Boyd running for Mayor
David Boyd, a taxi/tow truck driver from Halifax, is running for HRM mayor. His platform - making Halifax a Vegas of the east with more casinos and strip clubs.
In a 2004 run for council he also advocated changing marriage laws to allow unions between humans and androids.
Dave, why don't you shut the fuck up and do something useful; tow some cars or something?
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In a 2004 run for council he also advocated changing marriage laws to allow unions between humans and androids.
Dave, why don't you shut the fuck up and do something useful; tow some cars or something?
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Joe Lieberman's - McCain speech
Politics is such bullshit.
Joe Lieberman made a speech before the RNC in support of McCain and criticizing Obama's experience and as a result could potentially lose the chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The threat is that he could be removed from the Democratic Caucus which allows him to chair the committee.
Given that he's an independent, the sole solitary reason that he's still in the Caucus is the slim majority the Dems hold (49 R, 49 D and 2 I that causus with the Dems) in the Senate, otherwise he would have been long gone.
If this is what Lieberman honestly thinks, fine. However there's something inherently wrong in a system which penalizes and democratically elected representative from voicing the opionions of the people that chose him to represent them just because those opinions aren't the same as the rest of the party. It's not like this is any kind of epiphany, politics is, after all, all about power and not about representing the electorate.
A similar thing happened to Bill Casey of the Conservatives when he voted against his own party's budget last June because of changes that were made to the Atlantic Accord. He was expelled from Caucus and now sits as an independent.
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Joe Lieberman made a speech before the RNC in support of McCain and criticizing Obama's experience and as a result could potentially lose the chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The threat is that he could be removed from the Democratic Caucus which allows him to chair the committee.
Given that he's an independent, the sole solitary reason that he's still in the Caucus is the slim majority the Dems hold (49 R, 49 D and 2 I that causus with the Dems) in the Senate, otherwise he would have been long gone.
If this is what Lieberman honestly thinks, fine. However there's something inherently wrong in a system which penalizes and democratically elected representative from voicing the opionions of the people that chose him to represent them just because those opinions aren't the same as the rest of the party. It's not like this is any kind of epiphany, politics is, after all, all about power and not about representing the electorate.
A similar thing happened to Bill Casey of the Conservatives when he voted against his own party's budget last June because of changes that were made to the Atlantic Accord. He was expelled from Caucus and now sits as an independent.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Election in Canada - October 14th
Looks as though the PM will be asking the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and we'll be heading to the polls.
Out of the three candidates: Stephen Harper, Stephane Dion and Jack Layton; I can't say that any of them inspire me give my support. I used to be a member of the PC party but resigned about a year after the merger with the Alliance. I gave it a chance, but the new Conservative party just didn't reflect where I stood on a multitude of issues and Stephen Harper is simply someone I cannot support given his history political leanings. Particularly concerning to me was the 2% reduction in the GST/HST in lieu of reductions in income taxes. Reduction in the consumption tax will prove to be an serious error in judgement a few years out from now.
I'll have to find out more about the carbon tax proposal of the Liberals. I'm certainly not in support of any kind of tax grab. It's probably not all bad but I need more information.
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Out of the three candidates: Stephen Harper, Stephane Dion and Jack Layton; I can't say that any of them inspire me give my support. I used to be a member of the PC party but resigned about a year after the merger with the Alliance. I gave it a chance, but the new Conservative party just didn't reflect where I stood on a multitude of issues and Stephen Harper is simply someone I cannot support given his history political leanings. Particularly concerning to me was the 2% reduction in the GST/HST in lieu of reductions in income taxes. Reduction in the consumption tax will prove to be an serious error in judgement a few years out from now.
I'll have to find out more about the carbon tax proposal of the Liberals. I'm certainly not in support of any kind of tax grab. It's probably not all bad but I need more information.
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Sarah Palin / Bristol Palin
It's been quite some time since I've blogged but this whole Sarah Palin thing and the media fascination with Bristol Palin being pregnant has forced me from hiding.
What used I used to find amusing in the US "news" I find increasingly annoying so I've stopped watching CNN and Fox News. I can certainly appreciate Lara Logan's comment, "if I had to listen to the news you watch United States I'd blow my brains out because it would drive me nuts." There was one exception though, I did enjoy watching Ali Velshi getting pummelled by wind during the Hurricane Gustav coverage. Way to go CNN, put the new guy on the barrier island, 7 ft above sea leave while anticipating a 10 ft+ storm surge.
CNN health benefits must be SWEET!
But, I digress....
It has to be tough for Bristol Palin, I'm sure she had a tough time when she told her parents she was pregnant. Now, even better, there's 400 million people talking about it; everyone talks about how candidates children are off limits, yet the media not only still talks about it but analyzes the shit out of it.
The bottom line: Unless you live in Juneau, Alaska and are either 18 years old or a perv, do you really care if Bristol Palin puts out?
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What used I used to find amusing in the US "news" I find increasingly annoying so I've stopped watching CNN and Fox News. I can certainly appreciate Lara Logan's comment, "if I had to listen to the news you watch United States I'd blow my brains out because it would drive me nuts." There was one exception though, I did enjoy watching Ali Velshi getting pummelled by wind during the Hurricane Gustav coverage. Way to go CNN, put the new guy on the barrier island, 7 ft above sea leave while anticipating a 10 ft+ storm surge.
CNN health benefits must be SWEET!
But, I digress....
It has to be tough for Bristol Palin, I'm sure she had a tough time when she told her parents she was pregnant. Now, even better, there's 400 million people talking about it; everyone talks about how candidates children are off limits, yet the media not only still talks about it but analyzes the shit out of it.
The bottom line: Unless you live in Juneau, Alaska and are either 18 years old or a perv, do you really care if Bristol Palin puts out?
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Monday, December 03, 2007
Iran's nuclear weapons program
I find the perspectives from the major news networks/sources around the world quite interesting. You wouldn't know it from the headlines but the content is quite similar......
Fox News: Hadley: U.S. Policy Toward Iran Nuclear Weapons Must Continue
CNN: U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003
BBC: US report plays down Iran threat
Al Jazeera: US: Iran nuclear work ended in 2003
Globe and Mail: Iran halted nuclear program in 2003: report
I've blogged a couple of times before about this type of thing, once on a story related to the Venezualan election and once on an article about Donald Rumsfeld. Thoughts anyone?
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Fox News: Hadley: U.S. Policy Toward Iran Nuclear Weapons Must Continue
CNN: U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003
BBC: US report plays down Iran threat
Al Jazeera: US: Iran nuclear work ended in 2003
Globe and Mail: Iran halted nuclear program in 2003: report
I've blogged a couple of times before about this type of thing, once on a story related to the Venezualan election and once on an article about Donald Rumsfeld. Thoughts anyone?
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