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Parcel #5 Arrived, daughter not here to appreciate. Thanks. Still waiting on 6 & 7, & no reply to the ticket I opened on Sunday...
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C-51, the antithesis to "Home of the Free". Harper's Dystopia, and by even writing this I risk becoming a victim of his Orwellian policies. Appalling that the Liberals in any way endorsed this...
Link: McLeans on Bill C-51
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September 24th and another parcel arrives, 2 month delivery from Singapore, 3 down, 4 to go. I didn't want to, but it was time to write them a letter, and trying to do so without any trace of vitriol or sarcasm proved quite a chore. In the end I succeeded, more of a "Hey, what's up with my mail" sort of thing, no response as of yet, probably no response ever, if my experience is the standard then they're doubtless pretty busy.
Canada Post, singlehandedly destroying E-Commerce, 1 parcel at a time...
Update: Checked mail today, Parcel #4 Arrived. Too late to leave feedback on Ebay. 3 to go...
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And more and more in the news, Harper the impending election. I think to myself that if Alberta can replace the Conservatives, then maybe so can the country...
It's a simple thing, ally yourself against what every customer in the restaurant is voting for and in some measure your interests may be served.
Of the many things I dislike about him (and there are quite a few), one that recently has been gathering some press is his censure of government scientists and staff.
In a democracy, this is wrong. Or, to perhaps clarify, it is wrong, regardless, but it is especially in a country that prides itself on being a "Democracy". We pay the scientists and the Government, and have therefore rights to access their research. The censure that he's placed upon them strongly suggests not only wrongdoing, but complicity...
Any democracy - or government - in a first world country should be able to tolerate both the truth and dissent. That Harper will tolerate neither suggests we live in a dictatorship.
If only the Liberals could see that they've never had a better chance, just give us a reasonable candidate (not Justin Trudeau, sorry..).
For more on Harper:
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/21/worlds_researchers_to_canada_stop_censoring_science/
And, for a gentler and kinder view of Harper's Tenure in Office:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/the-closing-of-the-canadian-mind.html?_r=0
Note: There's something about a country that under Obama has continued to execute it's own citizens without trial or evidence calling us "Regressive". We should take notice.
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Another week, another 5 undelivered parcels. I've posted a screenshot of 2 of my undelivered parcels, with order date and "estimated delivery". They were all ordered at the same time. Read that. The daughter's returned to Qatar, the boy off to college, and the trifles I'd intended to give to them, despite being ordered well in time, have not yet arrived.
You guys. Really, you fucking guys...