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Random Thoughts: Week of the Long Guns

Fun with Guns

Given the fun and games in Parliament this week, now we have an interesting situation, where we may end up with a late fall election (or early winter)? I won’t wade into the Long Gun Registry issue, as I don’t think it is within scope of this blog, but the effects of the Private Member’s bill defeat should be very interesting to see. Will Parliament dissolve soon? Don’t know, but it will make for a lot of interesting political fodder in the coming days.

I note that all of the facets of the budget for this year is not passed yet either, wonder what that might mean too?

I had a guest post of Personal Finance Mistakes, Inflation Drops (a little), How Expensive RV’s Seem, Sometimes (not often though) It Pays to be Audacious, Seth Godin telling us It’s Broken (in video), and Random Thoughts: Back to Work!. The Guest post is a very brave bit of writing, since I am always leery about talking about the big mistakes I have made in Personal Finance as well.

In the blogosphere, there were much more interesting posts out there, like:

  • Michael James worries that Jack Layton Wants to Take Away Your Credit Card , if he promises not to charge anything on it, he can have it!
  • A CanadianPersonalFinanceBlog wrote about the Ins and Outs of RESPs, sure now tell me! Oh well, pretty thorough view on things.
  • Financial Highway asks Do You Trust Your Neighbours for Investment Advice ? Should you? Should you trust bloggers? Hmmm….
  • Preet returned from L.A. and boastfully posted Back From La-La-Land, with lots of pictures, no real financial stuff, but still nice to know he is back in Ontario the Good. Maybe L.A. proved too much for the man (to quote Gladys Knight).
  • Echo from Boomer and Echo posted Why I Cancelled My Landline, which is an interesting idea, but I just feel safer with a landline for now.
  • Balance Junkie wants to know Are Your Ready for BiFlation? A new interesting Financial term, but BI is the new Straight after all.
  • Larry MacDonald asks Is China the Next Enron ? If it is Canada is in deep trouble, but that catastrophe did give us the Hot Babes of Enron in Playboy at least (thought provoking).
  • Rob Carrick writes about A Retirement Product That is Guaranteed but Not Pretty, to quote the Norther Pikes, it ain’t pretty it just looks that way.
  • Canadian Financial DIY points out the Dwindling Rankings of Canadian Universities, I also note that my Alma Mater and my daughter’s school are not on the list either.

What will the coming week bring? Who knows but with Parliament back in session and the polls predicting another Minority Government, it is going to be fun!

Remember

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

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  1. Sorry I missed this on Friday. Thanks very much for including my biflation post. If “Bi” is the new straight, then surely confusion is the new certainty. All these flations have me pretty confused. 😉

  2. Thanks for the link sir. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, basic survival and safety & security needs are steps #1 and #2. With your gun and your landline, you’ve got that covered.

    When you reach self-actualization you can be at peace with just your cell phone 🙂

    Have a great weekend!

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