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 Laura
Penny
is a Canadian author and a lecturer at University of King's College in
Halifax, Nova Scotia who wrote YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US THE TRUTH ABOUT
BULLSHIT.
Laura is pretty young (30) to understand this stuff its taken
me nearly twice that long to finally figure it all out. I'm impressed! Well done
Laura!
WaronBullshit.com
Kavan Wolfe, a communications consultant from Canada has declared war on
Bullshit. From what I can see he appears to be winning! Well done Kavan!
 Harry
G. Frankfurt is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus
at Princeton University
He has written ON BULLSHIT.
a reviewer wrote ..."Immediately, I must
say: read it. Beautifully written, lucid, ironic and profound, it is a model of
what philosophy can and should do. It is a small and highly provocative
masterpiece, and I really don't think I am bullshitting you here."--Bryan
Appleyard, The Sunday Times (London) Well done Harry!
How
to Detect Bullshit by Scott Berkan An author and consultant who teaches
creative thinking at the University of Washington. Well written! Thought
provoking too! Well done Scott!
Doug
Innes A very interesting Canadian site-well worth a
visit- that uncovers examples of government waste and you will be amazed at some
of the items. Occasionally we see a brief reference in the media and then no
follow up. But to see all of these items in one spot at one time is a real eye
opener. It does make one wonder who is running the show. And it is the taxpayer
who pays. Well done Doug!
Bourque
Newswatch -an absolutely staggering amount
of information with hundreds of useful links. By far the best site of it's type
in Canada. Well worth the visit just to find out what they have should you ever
need it. Used as a resource by thousands of Canadians.
Sealegacy.com
A professional mariners website includes excellent articles on the QUEEN OF THE
NORTH disaster and Ships Safety Branch Transport Canada. By Capt E.G. da Costa
Duarte. Every Mariner or ship's passenger in Canada should review this excellent
website.
OfficiallyScrewed.com
An entertaining site with the following objectives: OfficiallyScrewed.com
is a website dedicated to logically debasing, abashing, abasing, degrading,
demoralizing, and deflating those that our society chooses to shower with press,
praise and perfume (not to mention MONEY) for being imbeciles.
Wikipedia entry on Bullshit
Wikipedia comes thru again with a thought full treatment of Bullshit in
pretty good detail. You will learn something.
 The
Shopping Bags -an excellent program on W network where Kristina Matisic
and Anna Wallner shop for consumer products and test to see which one is best
and represents the best value. They do excellent work and the fact that both are
quite attractive (gorgeous) with engaging personalities is icing on the cake! In the
complex world of marketing they cut to the chase and identify good products for
you. Well done Shopping Bags! Oh and now they have their own cooking show
too! Upbeat, funny and you learn something too. I really like these two
characters!
CANADIAN
TAXPAYERS FEDERATION Now here is a group that cuts through the bullshit and
supports the Canadian taxpayer. How innovative. Check them out -they appear to
be a useful group worthy of your support. Well done CTF!
Canadian
Intellectual Property Office This is an amazing federal government
service, which will be of great interest to inventors and people who are
just interested in how things are made and how they work and are designed.
More of us could do a little inventing and this website shows how it is
done. I tried looking up a couple of inventions and was amazed at how well
it worked and the detail it provided. Worth a look -no bullshit! Well done
CIPO!
Canadian
Tire Jump Start Program No bullshit here. A major Canadian company is
helping out disadvantaged kids with grants for sports equipment and
registrations. They have helped over 65,000 of them so far. Pretty impressive!
Well done Canadian Tire!
Centre
for the Study of Living Standards CSLS "The
Centre for the Study of Living Standards is a non-profit, national,
independent organization that seeks to contribute to a better understanding of
trends in and determinants of productivity, living standards and economic and
social well-being through research." I reviewed the paper
on productivity trends and it's excellent! A wonderful example of a source of
high quality information and analysis that is not available in our media. Well
done CSLS!
Web
BULLSHIT GENERATOR Oh this one is good! The program automatically
generates bullshit terms which a techie might use. If you are reaching for a
good phrase in a report and want to take a bit of risk try it out and see if it
gives you anything! Thanks to Dack.com.
Rip
Off Report founded by Ed Magedson. This is an excellent webpage which
allows consumers to report consumer rip offs. Its a very good source of
information about companies which engage in shady business practices and you
will be very surprised at the fact them some of them are pretty major companies.
One company included on the list is the infamous Domain Registry of Canada who
for years has been sending out what appear to be bills for annual domain
registrations. They sent me one for all my domains and had the nerve to suggest
annual rates over five times what I am paying now. These dudes have been
operating for years in Canada and for some odd reason the authorities seem
unable to stop them. Possibly its that 5% GST they are collecting that otherwise
wouldn't be collected if the domain registers were in the USA.
 BattistonPublishing.com
-our Publishing
Company- we enlighten and entertain. We published "the
best book every written on Business in Canada" YOUR
VERY FIRST BILLION 420 pages by popular and world famous
Author Miss Marcie M. Farsea. Entertaining and very readable it tells
you facts about business that you will not find in any other
source and it also applies to business everywhere. Makes a great
gift for yourself or anyone else interested in business from students
to startups
to major corporations.
We live in very
challenging times and this truly unique approach to business shows how
in real terms one can be successful. For example, there are reasons
why a hard working ma and pa operation will always stay small and why
it is just as hard to make a billion as is to make a million or even a
hundred thousand. You have the same number of hours in the day but you
need to do different things. We designed the book to be fun to
read and trust us when you start reading it in a group at an airport,
on the commuter train, in the Boardroom or even on a park bench people
will take note. An excellent motivation for your managers and
directors when everyone is getting discouraged. Your Very first
Billion gives us all something to shoot for. It raises the bar and
shows you how to join that rather exclusive club which presently has
over 1100 Billionaires -46 of whom are resident in Canada and listed
for you. This book will very likely be your best investment this year!
The
Canadian Winter Driver's Handbook Published in 2009
this is the bible for all drivers for winter or summer road trips in
Canada. We drove across Canada from Victoria to North Bay in 78 hours
55 minutes in the depth of the Canadian winter (Feb) and encountered
every winter driving condition you will ever meet. The trip was made
in a 17 year old MPV minivan purchased for $300 to prove that it could
be done safely on a budget. Information on safety and advanced driving
methods is presented in a readable way by Authors with over one
million safe driving miles under their belts. No political spin, no commercial
bias just the facts. And some of the facts will surprise you like the
math involved in meeting a moose or deer at night on our roads. This
book could very easily save your life or prevent you from having a
serious injury. It will increase your enjoyment of road trips and show
you how they can be done. Some of the information is not available in
any other source and will be of interest to any driver professional or
not who venture out on our highways for long distance driving.
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