After his latest debacle outside a nightclub, Chris Brown has decided to take the celebrity high-road and enter RE-HAB!
Gee, I didn’t know they had re-hab for assholes!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Is Stephen Harper throwing Nigel Wright under the bus?
It appears that the Tories have a new strategy in their defense in the ongoing Senate expense scandal: relentlessly vilify Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright. “From our side there is one person responsible for this deception. That person is Mr. Wright by his own admission,” the Prime Minister said.
(Last spring, Wright admitted to gifting Senator Mike Duffy $90,000 to repay taxpayers for alleged inappropriate expense claims. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Harper led the most scathing attack we’ve seen since spring against his former right-hand man.)
SO …………….., OUR “ASSHOLE OF THE DAY” IS EDWARD MASON JR.
Oh you might never have actually heard his name before, but just the same you know who this is kids!
THAT’S RIGHT!
This is the guy who drives the bus everybody keeps getting thrown under!
Now you know the rest of the story!
—————————————————–
Meanwhile: In Toronto, a man in his 60s is in
life-threatening condition after he was struck by a bus on Dufferin
Street near St. Clair Avenue West at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday. All
lanes of Dufferin were closed from St Clair Avenue West to MacKay Avenue
for the police investigation. The street was reopened to traffic just
before 6:30 a.m.
No word on whether it was Ed…………… or not!
See more at: http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/218065432/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df#sthash.2gWBoqLN.dpuf
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If Elvis were still alive he would be a grandfather by now ……………………. and maybe even a GREAT-GRANDFATHER! (Please: Don’t be cruel!)
The daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and her first husband, musician Danny Keough, is 24-year-old Riley who recently made headlines for being romantically linked to “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson. However, Lisa Marie has shot down the speculation, saying that her daughter wouldn’t do that because she and Pattinson’s ex, “are like best friends.”
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Remember that old “Western” movie where the sheriff gets shot, but the bullet hits his badge, and that saves him?
Something like that happened in Orlando, Florida.
A convenience store clerk in Florida can thank his cellphone for stopping a bullet fired at his chest during an attempted robbery, police said on Tuesday.
The clerk’s cellphone was in the breast pocket of his baggy shirt.
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Never let it be said that we here at the ‘Perspective Research Department’ are not keeping up with all the latest fashion news kids:
One surprising item invaded nearly every young woman’s closet this summer: the mini skort from Zara. Skorts, a hybrid of skirts and shorts with a flap across the front, were initially popularized in the 1960s, as increasing numbers of women began playing golf. The easy movement of shorts combined with the feminine lines of a skirt continued to make skorts an activewear go-to. Everyday skorts were a wardrobe staple in the 1980s and early ’90s,
especially among kids, and then they disappeared. Somehow, out of
nowhere, Zara single-handedly resurrected the special garment with a
cool origami-style wrap. This season, the Spanish retailer has a whole
new batch of skorts, and other brands at every price point, from Forever
21 to Valentino, are on board with the trend.
(Well, maybe not EVERYONE here at Perspective …………., your fashion
un-conscious reporter doesn’t remember these from the 60′s OR the 80′s!)
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By Caroline Howard, Forbes Staff
Who’s more powerful: the omnipotent head of a corroding but still feisty superpower or the handcuffed head of the most dominant country in the world? This year, our votes for the World’s Most Powerful People — an annual look at the heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs who truly rule the world — went with the former.
President Vladimir Putin has solidified his control over Russia (“dictator” is no longer an outlandish word to ponder) while U.S. President Barack Obama’s lame duck period has seemingly set in earlier than usual for a two-term president — latest example: the government shutdown mess. Anyone watching this year’s chess match over Syria has a clear idea of the shifting individual power dynamic.
The Most Powerul People in the World list represents the collective wisdom of top FORBES editors, who consider hundreds of nominees before ranking the planet’s top 72 power-brokers – one for every 100 million people on Earth — based on their scope of influence and their financial resources relative to their peers.
The World’s 10 Most Powerful People
1. Vladimir Putin Getty Images/Platon
Who’s more powerful: the omnipotent head of a corroding but
still feisty power or the handcuffed head of the most dominant country
in the world? This year’s snapshot of power puts the Russian President
on top. Putin has solidified his control over Russia (“dictator” is not
longer an outlandish word to ponder) and the global stage. Anyone
watching the chess match over Syria has a clear idea of the shift in the
power towards Putin. The ex-KGB strongman–who controls a nuclear-tipped
army, a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and some of the
world’s largest oil and gas reserves—is allowed to serve two more terms,
which could keep him office until 2024.
2. Barack Obama AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
His signature legislation, Obamacare, is under fire, U.S.
allies are outraged over NSA surveillance overseas and the government
shutdown for 16 days in October begs the question: who’s in control
here? It appears that President Obama’s lame duck period has set in
earlier than usual for a two-term president, causing him to drop one
notch from the No. 1 spot. To be sure, though, the leader of the free
world remains in charge of the the most powerful nation in the world,
with the largest, most innovative economy and the deadliest military.
3. Xi Jinping REUTERS/Edgar Su
Recently promoted in March, the 60-year-old
is the paramount political and military leader of China. Xi exercises
near dictatorial control over 1.3 billion people (close to 20% of the
world’s population). China has the largest central bank, with $3.5
trillion in assets — and owns some $1.3 trillion in U.S. securities,
making it the largest shareholder of U.S. debt. Along with India, the
country is predicted to overtake the U.S. in aggregate GDP in coming
decades; it is currently $8.2 trillion. There are 122 billionaires in
the country, up from zero one decade ago. In addition to his title of
general secretary of the Communist Party in China, Xi is also president
of the People’s Republic of China and the chairman of the Central
Military Commission.
4. Pope Francis REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
The March election of Pope Francis has
injected new energy into the world’s largest religion with 1.2 billion
followers around the world. The first Jesuit and Latin American Vicar of
Christ preaches compassion for the poor and a greater role for women
while signaled the church to quiet its focus on “only on issues related
to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptives.” He has
embraced social media, regularly using Twitter to dispense religious
advice to his 10 million followers and is responsible for the world’s
first papal “selfie.” Born in Buenos Aires as one of five children to an
Italian immigrant railway worker, Pope Francis (né Jorge Mario
Bergoglio) is an avid FIFA fan and cheers the San Lorenzo de Almagro
club.
5. Angela Merkel
The world’s most powerful woman is the
backbone of the 27-member European Union and carries the fate of the
euro on her shoulders. Merkel’s hard-line austerity prescription for
easing the European debt crisis has been challenged by both hard-hit
southern countries and the more affluent north, most particularly French
President Francois Hollande. Merkel is fresh off a commanding
reelection victory, and has served as ¬chancellor since 2005; the first
woman in the position.Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list
of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years.
6. Bill Gates
Gates is the wealthiest man in the U.S.,
despite his past gifts of more than $28 billion to the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. He bolstered his foundation’s efforts to
eradicate polio in April, securing $335 million in pledges to the cause
from six billionaire comrades, including $100 million each from Mexico’s
Carlos Slim and New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Shares of Microsoft
jumped in late August on news that Steve Ballmer will step down as CEO;
Gates will remain chairman of the software company he cofounded with
Paul Allen in 1975. He and fellow Most Powerful Warren Buffett have thus
far convinced over 100 billionaires to sign on to the Giving Pledge, a
promise to donate at least half one’s net worth to charity.
7. Ben Bernanke
Big Ben is stepping down as of January 31,
2014, and Janet Yellen has been nominated to lead the Fed next year.
Bernanke has served as chairman during some of the biggest financial
challenges since the Depression. The former Princeton professor’s
decisive actions and policies helped to avert a global economic meltdown
during late 2000s fiscal crisis, and jump-started a still-moderate U.S.
recovery. The American economy’s “adult in the room” has said that
there is only so much the Fed can do; politicians are the ones with the
power to keep us from going over a fiscal cliff.
8. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Saudi Arabia’s aging monarch holds the keys
to two of Islam’s holiest mosques and the world’s second largest crude
oil deposit of 265 billion barrels, amounting to 20% of the world’s
reserves. The Kingdom boasts a $727 billion GDP, putting it in the top
20 richest countries worldwide. But with 12% of nationals without a job,
including 25% of its under 25s, the king has pushed $130 billion at
unemployment funds and housing projects in recent years.
9. Mario Draghi
As chief banker of the world’s largest
¬currency area–the euro zone’s collective GDP is now nearly $17
trillion–Draghi faces the Herculean task of trying to maintain financial
unity across 17 countries. But if anyone can wrangle the interests of
nations as diverse as Germany and Greece, it might be the man who
navigated the minefield of Italian politics so deftly that he earned
himself a nickname: “Super Mario.”
10. Michael Duke
Duke heads the world’s No. 1 retailer ($470
billion in 2012) and biggest private employer (2.2 million employees).
Wal-Mart can make or break a company simply by deciding to stock its
product. Last year Sweden’s $785 billion in assets sovereign wealth fund
(none bigger) dropped its Wal-Mart stock – reportedly worth about $140
billion — on advice from its Ethical Council that cited a “serious and
systematic abuse of workers’ rights.”
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-world%E2%80%99s-most-powerful-people-2013-17
——————————————————
Well kids, it’s good to see that your humble reporter’s luck is finally changing!
I just got word that I won $5294.00 in some sort of a lottery ……….., and they will send me a cheque as soon as I pay a $152- permit and handling fee!
Gee, I didn’t know they had re-hab for assholes!
—————————————————————-
Ladies and Gentlemen, Is Stephen Harper throwing Nigel Wright under the bus?
It appears that the Tories have a new strategy in their defense in the ongoing Senate expense scandal: relentlessly vilify Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright. “From our side there is one person responsible for this deception. That person is Mr. Wright by his own admission,” the Prime Minister said.
(Last spring, Wright admitted to gifting Senator Mike Duffy $90,000 to repay taxpayers for alleged inappropriate expense claims. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Harper led the most scathing attack we’ve seen since spring against his former right-hand man.)
SO …………….., OUR “ASSHOLE OF THE DAY” IS EDWARD MASON JR.
Oh you might never have actually heard his name before, but just the same you know who this is kids!THAT’S RIGHT!
This is the guy who drives the bus everybody keeps getting thrown under!
Now you know the rest of the story!
—————————————————–
Meanwhile: In Toronto, a man in his 60s is in
life-threatening condition after he was struck by a bus on Dufferin
Street near St. Clair Avenue West at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday. All
lanes of Dufferin were closed from St Clair Avenue West to MacKay Avenue
for the police investigation. The street was reopened to traffic just
before 6:30 a.m.No word on whether it was Ed…………… or not!
See more at: http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/218065432/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df#sthash.2gWBoqLN.dpuf
————————————————————
If Elvis were still alive he would be a grandfather by now ……………………. and maybe even a GREAT-GRANDFATHER! (Please: Don’t be cruel!)
The daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and her first husband, musician Danny Keough, is 24-year-old Riley who recently made headlines for being romantically linked to “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson. However, Lisa Marie has shot down the speculation, saying that her daughter wouldn’t do that because she and Pattinson’s ex, “are like best friends.”
————————————————–
Remember that old “Western” movie where the sheriff gets shot, but the bullet hits his badge, and that saves him?
Something like that happened in Orlando, Florida.
A convenience store clerk in Florida can thank his cellphone for stopping a bullet fired at his chest during an attempted robbery, police said on Tuesday.
“He was very lucky,” said Lieutenant Scott Allen of the Winter Garden Police Department.
The middle-aged clerk, who police
are not identifying for his safety, was shot at by a robber who ordered
him and a female clerk to open the safe at a gas station and convenience store near Orlando, Florida, on Monday.
“He (the clerk) was not able to open the safe,” Allen said. “The
suspect went to leave, he pointed the revolver at one of the clerks and
fired a single shot as he was leaving the store.”—————————————–
Never let it be said that we here at the ‘Perspective Research Department’ are not keeping up with all the latest fashion news kids:
One surprising item invaded nearly every young woman’s closet this summer: the mini skort from Zara. Skorts, a hybrid of skirts and shorts with a flap across the front, were initially popularized in the 1960s, as increasing numbers of women began playing golf. The easy movement of shorts combined with the feminine lines of a skirt continued to make skorts an activewear go-to. Everyday skorts were a wardrobe staple in the 1980s and early ’90s,
especially among kids, and then they disappeared. Somehow, out of
nowhere, Zara single-handedly resurrected the special garment with a
cool origami-style wrap. This season, the Spanish retailer has a whole
new batch of skorts, and other brands at every price point, from Forever
21 to Valentino, are on board with the trend.————————————————-
By Caroline Howard, Forbes Staff
Who’s more powerful: the omnipotent head of a corroding but still feisty superpower or the handcuffed head of the most dominant country in the world? This year, our votes for the World’s Most Powerful People — an annual look at the heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs who truly rule the world — went with the former.
President Vladimir Putin has solidified his control over Russia (“dictator” is no longer an outlandish word to ponder) while U.S. President Barack Obama’s lame duck period has seemingly set in earlier than usual for a two-term president — latest example: the government shutdown mess. Anyone watching this year’s chess match over Syria has a clear idea of the shifting individual power dynamic.
The Most Powerul People in the World list represents the collective wisdom of top FORBES editors, who consider hundreds of nominees before ranking the planet’s top 72 power-brokers – one for every 100 million people on Earth — based on their scope of influence and their financial resources relative to their peers.
The World’s 10 Most Powerful People
1. Vladimir Putin Getty Images/Platon
Who’s more powerful: the omnipotent head of a corroding but
still feisty power or the handcuffed head of the most dominant country
in the world? This year’s snapshot of power puts the Russian President
on top. Putin has solidified his control over Russia (“dictator” is not
longer an outlandish word to ponder) and the global stage. Anyone
watching the chess match over Syria has a clear idea of the shift in the
power towards Putin. The ex-KGB strongman–who controls a nuclear-tipped
army, a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and some of the
world’s largest oil and gas reserves—is allowed to serve two more terms,
which could keep him office until 2024.2. Barack Obama AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
His signature legislation, Obamacare, is under fire, U.S.
allies are outraged over NSA surveillance overseas and the government
shutdown for 16 days in October begs the question: who’s in control
here? It appears that President Obama’s lame duck period has set in
earlier than usual for a two-term president, causing him to drop one
notch from the No. 1 spot. To be sure, though, the leader of the free
world remains in charge of the the most powerful nation in the world,
with the largest, most innovative economy and the deadliest military.3. Xi Jinping REUTERS/Edgar Su
Recently promoted in March, the 60-year-old
is the paramount political and military leader of China. Xi exercises
near dictatorial control over 1.3 billion people (close to 20% of the
world’s population). China has the largest central bank, with $3.5
trillion in assets — and owns some $1.3 trillion in U.S. securities,
making it the largest shareholder of U.S. debt. Along with India, the
country is predicted to overtake the U.S. in aggregate GDP in coming
decades; it is currently $8.2 trillion. There are 122 billionaires in
the country, up from zero one decade ago. In addition to his title of
general secretary of the Communist Party in China, Xi is also president
of the People’s Republic of China and the chairman of the Central
Military Commission.4. Pope Francis REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
The March election of Pope Francis has
injected new energy into the world’s largest religion with 1.2 billion
followers around the world. The first Jesuit and Latin American Vicar of
Christ preaches compassion for the poor and a greater role for women
while signaled the church to quiet its focus on “only on issues related
to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptives.” He has
embraced social media, regularly using Twitter to dispense religious
advice to his 10 million followers and is responsible for the world’s
first papal “selfie.” Born in Buenos Aires as one of five children to an
Italian immigrant railway worker, Pope Francis (né Jorge Mario
Bergoglio) is an avid FIFA fan and cheers the San Lorenzo de Almagro
club.5. Angela Merkel
The world’s most powerful woman is the
backbone of the 27-member European Union and carries the fate of the
euro on her shoulders. Merkel’s hard-line austerity prescription for
easing the European debt crisis has been challenged by both hard-hit
southern countries and the more affluent north, most particularly French
President Francois Hollande. Merkel is fresh off a commanding
reelection victory, and has served as ¬chancellor since 2005; the first
woman in the position.Merkel has earned the top spot on the FORBES list
of Most Powerful Women In The World for eight of the past 10 years.6. Bill Gates
Gates is the wealthiest man in the U.S.,
despite his past gifts of more than $28 billion to the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. He bolstered his foundation’s efforts to
eradicate polio in April, securing $335 million in pledges to the cause
from six billionaire comrades, including $100 million each from Mexico’s
Carlos Slim and New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Shares of Microsoft
jumped in late August on news that Steve Ballmer will step down as CEO;
Gates will remain chairman of the software company he cofounded with
Paul Allen in 1975. He and fellow Most Powerful Warren Buffett have thus
far convinced over 100 billionaires to sign on to the Giving Pledge, a
promise to donate at least half one’s net worth to charity.7. Ben Bernanke
Big Ben is stepping down as of January 31,
2014, and Janet Yellen has been nominated to lead the Fed next year.
Bernanke has served as chairman during some of the biggest financial
challenges since the Depression. The former Princeton professor’s
decisive actions and policies helped to avert a global economic meltdown
during late 2000s fiscal crisis, and jump-started a still-moderate U.S.
recovery. The American economy’s “adult in the room” has said that
there is only so much the Fed can do; politicians are the ones with the
power to keep us from going over a fiscal cliff.8. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Saudi Arabia’s aging monarch holds the keys
to two of Islam’s holiest mosques and the world’s second largest crude
oil deposit of 265 billion barrels, amounting to 20% of the world’s
reserves. The Kingdom boasts a $727 billion GDP, putting it in the top
20 richest countries worldwide. But with 12% of nationals without a job,
including 25% of its under 25s, the king has pushed $130 billion at
unemployment funds and housing projects in recent years.9. Mario Draghi
As chief banker of the world’s largest
¬currency area–the euro zone’s collective GDP is now nearly $17
trillion–Draghi faces the Herculean task of trying to maintain financial
unity across 17 countries. But if anyone can wrangle the interests of
nations as diverse as Germany and Greece, it might be the man who
navigated the minefield of Italian politics so deftly that he earned
himself a nickname: “Super Mario.”10. Michael Duke
Duke heads the world’s No. 1 retailer ($470
billion in 2012) and biggest private employer (2.2 million employees).
Wal-Mart can make or break a company simply by deciding to stock its
product. Last year Sweden’s $785 billion in assets sovereign wealth fund
(none bigger) dropped its Wal-Mart stock – reportedly worth about $140
billion — on advice from its Ethical Council that cited a “serious and
systematic abuse of workers’ rights.”http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/the-world%E2%80%99s-most-powerful-people-2013-17
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Well kids, it’s good to see that your humble reporter’s luck is finally changing!
I just got word that I won $5294.00 in some sort of a lottery ……….., and they will send me a cheque as soon as I pay a $152- permit and handling fee!
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