Willy Loman

Been a bit light on posting this week as I'm kind of busy, you know trying to sell stuff while we are in a recession. Sorry about that. Here’s some notes from posts I was planning on doing.  Prentice stumbles on to the world stage  While spewing conservative rhetoric at the UN climate summit in Poznan, Poland, our new Environment Minister Jim Prentice stated: We must bring to these negotiations a sense of urgency and a shared vision for long-term co-operation ... And we must ensure that our vision is informed by the best science and also by the traditional knowledge and voices of aboriginal people. Unfortunately Jim's department refused to let one of it’s Senior Scientists, Don MacIver attend the meeting. MacIver was to act as chair of the organizing committee for the World Meteorological Organization's climate conference and speak at the talks, with his travel costs being covered by the WMO, was refused permission to attend by Ottawa. MacIver has since resigned. Ye...

The CBC ran tests on 41 Tasers used by the majority of policing organizations in the world and found that ten percent of the tested weapons fired a stronger current than the company claims. The tests' designer, University of Montreal biomedical engineer Pierre Savard, says they provide a rare glimpse at the effectiveness of Taser's weapons, which are not subject to rigorous independent examination. "When you use a cellphone, well, cellphones have to respect a set of standards … for the electric magnetic field that it emits. The Taser, well, nobody knows except Taser International." The four faulty stun-guns were all manufactured before 2005, raising concerns that the weapons deteriorate with age. The RCMP they will be pulling a sample of their own Tasers for testing based on the results. Savard says weapons that fire a too strong current present a dangerous situation because officers are trained to fire the Tasers directly at a target's chest. "When...

According to CNN here . Nike said Friday it would pull its ads for its Hyperdunk basketball shoes, responding to criticism that they fed homophobic views. Here's the ads at least until Monday. Nike Commercial - Hyperdunk Victim No 1: Devante. Nike Commercial - Hyperdunk Victim No 2: Terry I sort of missed the politically correct era. These ads are funny and it looks like a good campaign.  The story could be a plant to boost views, or there really are people out there with strange views. Hell I was going to buy a pair.

As per this CTV breaking news report here, Fuel Cast Network the company that runs the Point of Sale advertising at fuel stations apparently won't allow political ads.  Now that is disappointing, Stage Left , BigCityLib , Dr. Dawg , John Waugh , Red Tory and others were getting a great protest organized where we could actually give Steve and his Neocons some direct Southern Ontario feedback. You would think if you announced your campaign to the press saying you were going to be on the pumps, you set up your web site with pictures of pumps, you even send out emails with pumps, that you would at least check to make sure that Fuel Cast would run the ads. These Tories are either the poorest marketers I've ever seen, I mean you must of had a contract right or they realized they were going to get their ass handed to them at the pumps. Come on they chose an oil spill as their spokesperson, only a Tory would think that was cute.