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10 Meter Tower

When I was a kid in Moose Jaw we'd go swimming at the Natatorium. We didn't call it the swimming pool or rec center, it was the Natatorium. Even though in the summer we only used the outdoor pool, and technically that wasn't a Natatorium. Anyways, there was a diving board there, 7 Meters at the high board, but it was always closed so the adventurous could jump off the 5 meter lower platform, rumour had it that someone had once done a belly flop off the top board and exploded when they hit the water and that's why it was always closed and of course we all believed it...

Which makes the following video of Swedish Divers working up their courage all the more interesting...

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004882589/ten-meter-tower.html?src=vidm

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Category: Link of the day
Created: 31 January 2017
  • Moose Jaw,
  • Diving,
  • Natatorium,
  • Swimming,
  • Pool,

V is for Vendetta

...watched it again tonight, more relevant than ever, if all the cable companies in the US united and played at once in a prime time slot, maybe, just maybe they'd all get the idea...

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Category: Film
Created: 31 January 2017

Civil War

The time is drawing near, and he's proving the remarkable catalyst of change that everyone hoped he would be:

Links:

  • Donald Trump Fires Attorney General Sally Yates
  • Donald Trump Fires acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Daniel Ragsdale
  • Donald Trump Remembers the Wall Promise

Now it's their country, they can do as they wish. But the speed with which he is expediently honouring promises no one took even slightly seriously is alarming. And impressive. And, as much of it's all internal (and we should - like every other country in the world - deny US Citizens access or immigration until they sort it all out) - I'm hoping for a Civil War. Because, quite frankly, a few more of his recommendations and Imperial decrees and it will be a world war...

Remember. They were a democracy. They asked for this. Be Careful What You Wish For. And we owe them nothing.

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Category: Miscellany
Created: 31 January 2017
  • United States,
  • Civil War,

Kaleo Pharma

Link of the day or rant? Hard to decide. You make up your mind.

Kaleo Pharma markets an injection tool to prevent Heroin overdoses. $4500 per needle. Overpriced? There are opinions for sure. 

LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-4500-injection-to-stop-heroin-overdoses/2017/01/27/becaaca4-dcf6-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?utm_term=.81efb5a92d01

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Category: Rants
Created: 31 January 2017
  • Capitalism,
  • Corruption,
  • Kaleo Pharma,
  • Pharmaceutical,
  1. The End of an Era
  2. The Staffordshire Hoard
  3. Bezoars, Toadstones & Madstones
  4. A Grand Piano on Ice

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