Dog On A Root

- jim Young “If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.” - Nassim Talib My passport says it expires in November. Of course it can take some time to have a new passport processed so I have to apply for it well in advance of the expiry date. And I have to pay for it in full, up front when I apply for it - not when I get it.  And then some countries such as the U.S. won’t allow you entry unless your Passport is valid for 6 months AFTER the date you are LEAVING their country. Why is that anyway? If my passport is valid when I go INTO the country - what difference does it make if it expires AFTER I’m there? My personal data doesn’t change just because my passport expires. I don’t change just because my passport expires.  I don’t suddenly become a terrorist as of midnight on the day my passport expires and even if I did, I would still be in your country anyway. My birth date doesn’t change, nor does my social insurance number or eye colour.  My height, weight and h...

 

  - jim Young 20251002 (W: 785) “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell There are still too many people spreading too much garbage on Facebook and still too little that Facebook is doing about it. People are using false and misleading information to spread hate, racism and misinformation on social media. What’s social about that? Some of those people just don’t care and some of those people are just too ignorant to bother checking to see if what they are spreading is even true. The biggest excuse I get for that is, “I don’t know how to fact-check,” or “Who has time to fact-check?” If you can learn how to spread ignorance and lies on Facebook you can learn how to fact-check.  If you don’t have time to fact-check, how dare you take the time to spread rumours just because you like what it says? Stop pretending to be part of the news media that you are always blaming for doing exactly what YOU are doing. There’s an old saying, “If you don’t...

 

- jim Young “Next time you get bad service, speak up. Remember: It’s your money you are defending - money you worked hard for. Tell the company and others. Use the internet and social media. That’s how customer service will improve for us.” - Larry Winget The remote control for our Bell Receiver has been acting up for some time, so I logged into My Bell to request a replacement. I’ve been putting off making the request because I dreaded contacting Bell. It seems that even getting simple things resolved turns into a bigger issue with Bell than it needs to be. As it turns out, I was not wrong. After a few minutes chatting with their virtual assistant, I was finally put through to a live person. Of course that meant explaining (all over again) what the problem was.The chat assistant Richell then had to take a minute to pull up my account. After waiting almost a minute a message popped up on the chat screen indicating that after 5 minutes of no activity the chat would end unless I sent a m...

IMPORTANT HEALTH WARNING!  If you have been following my posts you probably already know my opinion of Donald Trump. So I want to caution you before reading this post. You may want to sit down if you aren't already. Donald Trump recently said something that I can get on board with and support 100%. In the interests of full disclosure, I admit this clip was taken out of context. So you don't have to tell me that it was taken out of context because I already know it was taken out of context. But it's pretty funny and still pretty accurate.

- jim Young “ Whose tongue soe'er speaks false, not truly speaks; who speaks not truly, lies. ”- William Shakespeare, King John On September 22, with United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his side, Trump made an announcement condemning the use of Tylenol by pregnant women.  Years of research has shown there is no link between acetaminophen and autism but now Trump and Kennedy do. Tylenol is considered the only safe and effective pain and fever medication for pregnant women that should still only be taken as needed and only after consulting with your doctor. With no scientific evidence to support him, Trump claims there is a link between acetaminophen and the increase in autism among women who take Tylenol during pregnancy, based on things he’s “heard”, “rumours about” and what he “thinks” all the while admitting, “I’m not so careful about what I say.” As an alternative, Trump offers only a suggestion for pregnant women to “tough it out” if...