Harry
Shannon
Spring forward, Fall back; so goes the saying. Which means you ‘lose’ one hour when the clocks go forward in Spring.
Yet I
managed to lose three! I was in Canada
for the first one on 10 March. North
America extended the summer time period some years ago. The U.S. Congress were pretending they were
takin…
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How to be a philanthropist: An 11-step guide
Harry
Shannon
Pay your workers starvation wages,
preferably in low income countriesIgnore labour laws and health and
safety hazardsMake obscene amounts of moneyBefriend powerful politicians and donate
to their partiesContinually deny any wrongdoing or
dreadful labour practicesTransfer your money to tax havensGive a tiny fraction of the taxes
s…
Resiliency – My satirical letter in the Toronto Star
. Some background: The Ontario government has announced that it will increase the average class size for high schools. It's a cost-saving measure that many fear will lead to poorer education for children. But the Minister of Education claimed that it's going to increase the resiliency of the students, so it's a good policy.
Here's my lette…
Choosing your words
Andrew Scheer, the leader of Canada's Conservative party, needs to be more careful.
He attacked Justin Trudeau over what Trudeau said in response to questions about the SNC-Lavalin affair. Now I believe that companies should not get away with corruption, so I think the prosecution should go ahead.
But that's not my point. Reading from a pr…
Can you keep a secret?
Harry Shannon
26 February 2019
Well, can you? If so, you must be in a minority.
Go into a bookstore and check out the
non-fiction titles. To give you an idea
of what you’ll find, I typed ‘secret’ into Amazon’s website and looked at the
non-fiction books that were listed.
First up was 21 Metaphysical Secre…
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Welcome to my blog
‘ProbablyMaybe’
Harry Shannon
Monday 23 February 2019
“Just what the world needs,” I hear you muttering
sarcastically, “another blog.”
So why the heck am I doing it? Of course there’s some ego involved. I’m the same as lots of people, I like to
think I have something to say. …