I am watching Suicide Squad again. It got panned by a lot of people but I just don't see what their problem is. Maybe they expect an Oscar style movie?
The action is great. The graphics are great. The characters are great. The story is good. The acting is from ok to great. What isn't to like?
Jared Leto should have had more of a role! Fuck you. He was fantastic in the movie but the focus is supposed to be the Squad and not The Joker.
WTF is up with Enchantress and the dancing? Who the fuck really cares? Does it make the movie suck? No. While it is kind of stupid it doesn't detract that much from the movie.
Ok, I do agree, Captain Boomerang and the pink unicorn was pretty fucked up but it does have some comedic value.
Will Smith is FANTASTIC as Deadshot.
Margot Robbie is an awesome Harley Quinn....
... and ...
Joker should not have been the focus of the 1st Suicide Squad movies. A big Fuck You to all the whiners that say that. He should be the main villain in the next one. :) I feel like they have played all of us. Yes, he was a main focus in this one but god damn he would be a great main focus in the next one. :)
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
I am watching it as I type. Same problem I had with the 1st Jack Reacher movie, Tom Cruise isn't 6'6+ and built like a brick shit house. But he still does a good job.
I have to go back and reread the book. I am not saying the movie deviated a lot from it. I just don't remember because it has been so long.
The movie has been damn good so far.
From what I recall it deviates from the book ... but ... it is good. :)
"Never underestimate the charm of a seedy motel." Bwahahahaha
It would be more believable if he was a 6'6" brick shit house ... but ... it
is believable. :)
Yeah ... believable is the right word. Cruise really pulls it off. Damn I hate to say that but he does.
I sort of saw the ending coming but didn't. Well played!!!
Choke the mother fucker out!!!
This movie isn't even over and I want to see the next one.
Ok. I figured that would show up ... but didn't expect it when it did. Well played! :)
Holy shit! Cruise does a great Reacher. :)
It makes the books mean a whole lot more. Which means reread. And it is great on its own. :)
I don't say this a lot but ... watch this movie!!!
No he isn't relieved. He was hoping. DAMN!
Great ending!
and I am ho,lding back so many creepy scientology jokes right now!!!!
Good movie ... so many ... good movie ... damn.
Yes, he does. DAMN!
I have to go back and reread the book. I am not saying the movie deviated a lot from it. I just don't remember because it has been so long.
The movie has been damn good so far.
From what I recall it deviates from the book ... but ... it is good. :)
"Never underestimate the charm of a seedy motel." Bwahahahaha
It would be more believable if he was a 6'6" brick shit house ... but ... it
is believable. :)
Yeah ... believable is the right word. Cruise really pulls it off. Damn I hate to say that but he does.
I sort of saw the ending coming but didn't. Well played!!!
Choke the mother fucker out!!!
This movie isn't even over and I want to see the next one.
Ok. I figured that would show up ... but didn't expect it when it did. Well played! :)
Holy shit! Cruise does a great Reacher. :)
It makes the books mean a whole lot more. Which means reread. And it is great on its own. :)
I don't say this a lot but ... watch this movie!!!
No he isn't relieved. He was hoping. DAMN!
Great ending!
and I am ho,lding back so many creepy scientology jokes right now!!!!
Good movie ... so many ... good movie ... damn.
Yes, he does. DAMN!
What the ... negotiation?!?!?
This is the 3rd time the Government and NSTU negotiators have come up with a contract for the membership to vote on. The membership voted no the other 2 times. If the answer is no again what should happen?
It seems as though the NSTU negotiators aren't speaking for the membership and have no idea what they want. There have been 3 contract offers NSTU approved of. and reccomended the membership accept. If the 3rd is rejected why should the government have to go back to the table?
NS is not a rich Province and we are already highly taxed. If there is no more money to invest why the hell should we have to have our taxes raised? Because that is where the new money will come from. Enough is enough. If this contract is rejected the Premier needs to take a page from Ronald Regean's book. Come the end of the school year your contract is done. Your job is done. Time to rehire. Kiss your seniority good bye. This actually could be a good thing for the younger teachers who get crowded out by those who have seniority. Don\t force a contract on them. Start over.
Of course, the Government forced a contract on them. I understand it. It will lead to legal battles that will cost too much. They should have fired them.
It seems as though the NSTU negotiators aren't speaking for the membership and have no idea what they want. There have been 3 contract offers NSTU approved of. and reccomended the membership accept. If the 3rd is rejected why should the government have to go back to the table?
NS is not a rich Province and we are already highly taxed. If there is no more money to invest why the hell should we have to have our taxes raised? Because that is where the new money will come from. Enough is enough. If this contract is rejected the Premier needs to take a page from Ronald Regean's book. Come the end of the school year your contract is done. Your job is done. Time to rehire. Kiss your seniority good bye. This actually could be a good thing for the younger teachers who get crowded out by those who have seniority. Don\t force a contract on them. Start over.
Of course, the Government forced a contract on them. I understand it. It will lead to legal battles that will cost too much. They should have fired them.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
What the ... interpretation?!?!?
The Nova Scotia Provincial Government and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) came to an agreement on a contract to be presented to the union membership for ratification or rejection.
The NSTU had been doing a work to rule campaign since before Christmas and halted it pending the vote on February 8th. Under work to rule the teachers refuse to do any work that they are not specifically contracted to do. his means after school activities, trips, helping students who are having trouble. Basically, they work 8-3 and only teach, mark, and do paperwork in that time. Anything else is not allowed. This meant they would not do reference letters for students applying to University. Sports tournaments had to be cancelled because the teachers would not volunteer to be there for them. In a move of great hypocrisy some Union Members DID go on a trip to Hawaii for "development" training. Their reasoning was that the trip was already paid for. WHich was cold comfort for parents and students who had trips that were already paid for cancelled because the teachers wouldn't go. But I digress. The work to rule campaign was put on hold.
Then, out of the blue, the NSTU announced the work to rule campaign would be back on this coming Monday. Why? According to Union President Liette Doucette, they didn't know if they still had a contract because the Premier in a comment about the contract reneged on the agreement. According to Doucette the Premier reinterpreted the meaning of part of the contract that gave 2 more days off to teachers.
The Premier told reporters on January 26th that the 2 days are for marking and preparation time. They aren't just days that a teacher can take anywhere at anytime. Which means they aren't free vacation days.
Here is what the contract says (this is from a copy of the agreement that someone made available to the media even though it is supposed to be confidential)
Article 31.10 (i) (a) Effective August 1, 2017, permanent, probationary, and teachers with a term contract of a minimum 175 days will be provided 2 days of leave with pay per school year for self-directed preparation/development of the teacher.
That pretty much sounds like what the Premier said to me. It further states:
iv) Leave under (i):
(a) shall be requested in advance;
(b) can be taken in half day or full day increments;
(c) is subject to the availability of a substitute teacher;
(d) is subject to the requirement to appropriately staff the school;
(e) cannot be contiguous with other time off (e.g., holidays, March Break, long weekends, other approved time off). The foregoing may be waived in special circumstances; and
(f) shall not be unreasonably denied.
;
So, where is the Premier reneging on the agreement? Exactly how did he misinterpret it?
If someone told the union membership the clause meant a free day a la vacation time they lied. Doucette is the President of NSTU. Did she, or someone from the bargaining unit, lie to the membership?
Now some teachers are complaining that they didn't want extra days off. Well this isn't exactly extra days off, it is 2 days they can use for preparation and marking, something they have complained they need. Plus, the NSTU bargaining unit was part of putting it into the contract, It isn't like the government legislated it in.
As things stand now NSTU is going back to work to rule because the Premier stated what the tentative contract says about the 2 days off. They claim he reneged on the deal, Something smells wrong about the way NSTU is acting. Methinks the NSTU President felt that the membership would reject this contract and is just trying to save face.
The NSTU had been doing a work to rule campaign since before Christmas and halted it pending the vote on February 8th. Under work to rule the teachers refuse to do any work that they are not specifically contracted to do. his means after school activities, trips, helping students who are having trouble. Basically, they work 8-3 and only teach, mark, and do paperwork in that time. Anything else is not allowed. This meant they would not do reference letters for students applying to University. Sports tournaments had to be cancelled because the teachers would not volunteer to be there for them. In a move of great hypocrisy some Union Members DID go on a trip to Hawaii for "development" training. Their reasoning was that the trip was already paid for. WHich was cold comfort for parents and students who had trips that were already paid for cancelled because the teachers wouldn't go. But I digress. The work to rule campaign was put on hold.
Then, out of the blue, the NSTU announced the work to rule campaign would be back on this coming Monday. Why? According to Union President Liette Doucette, they didn't know if they still had a contract because the Premier in a comment about the contract reneged on the agreement. According to Doucette the Premier reinterpreted the meaning of part of the contract that gave 2 more days off to teachers.
The Premier told reporters on January 26th that the 2 days are for marking and preparation time. They aren't just days that a teacher can take anywhere at anytime. Which means they aren't free vacation days.
Here is what the contract says (this is from a copy of the agreement that someone made available to the media even though it is supposed to be confidential)
Article 31.10 (i) (a) Effective August 1, 2017, permanent, probationary, and teachers with a term contract of a minimum 175 days will be provided 2 days of leave with pay per school year for self-directed preparation/development of the teacher.
That pretty much sounds like what the Premier said to me. It further states:
iv) Leave under (i):
(a) shall be requested in advance;
(b) can be taken in half day or full day increments;
(c) is subject to the availability of a substitute teacher;
(d) is subject to the requirement to appropriately staff the school;
(e) cannot be contiguous with other time off (e.g., holidays, March Break, long weekends, other approved time off). The foregoing may be waived in special circumstances; and
(f) shall not be unreasonably denied.
;
So, where is the Premier reneging on the agreement? Exactly how did he misinterpret it?
If someone told the union membership the clause meant a free day a la vacation time they lied. Doucette is the President of NSTU. Did she, or someone from the bargaining unit, lie to the membership?
Now some teachers are complaining that they didn't want extra days off. Well this isn't exactly extra days off, it is 2 days they can use for preparation and marking, something they have complained they need. Plus, the NSTU bargaining unit was part of putting it into the contract, It isn't like the government legislated it in.
As things stand now NSTU is going back to work to rule because the Premier stated what the tentative contract says about the 2 days off. They claim he reneged on the deal, Something smells wrong about the way NSTU is acting. Methinks the NSTU President felt that the membership would reject this contract and is just trying to save face.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
I can be a dick.
It is easy to be a dick. I can be one. You can be one. Sometimes all it takes is the right mixture of bullshit.
I am at a new job now. When I was a Relief Supervisor at my old one I had the opportunity to not be a dick or to be one. I chose to be a dick. And I say that with no compunction. I CHOSE to be a dick.
We had a fucking skewed chain of command at my old job. 4 managers, including the overall head of Security, 2 supervisors, and 1 relief supervisor, me. I have NEVER worked at a place that had managers out numbering supervisors until that job. Hell, I want to say ,not to toot my own horn but fuck I am tooting it, when I quit they had to hire TWO RELIEF SUPERVISORS to do the job that I did. Yet the 2nd in charge couldn't understand when I told him the job was burning me out. But I digress.
So, I was waiting for the call for my new job when, let's call him Richard, said something really strange.
Richard "Do you and Glenn (The fictitious name I give to the then head of our department.) have some kind of arrangement?"
Me "What?!?!?!?"
Dick: "Well you haven't talked about your new job or starting it so I was wondering if you and Glenn came to some sort of arrangement and he promised you a full supervisor job when I get let go."
This was SO fucking out of left field that I didn't know how to respond at first. So I went with the truth, which is usually the best option.
"No, DICK, I just haven't heard anything about when I start the new job. I have the new job I just don't know when training starts. Which is why I had nothing to say about it. There is nothing to say."
Richard "Oh. I see."
He had been acting like a real wanker lately and annoyed everyone. So I took the opportunity to be a dick: "So, why bring this up? Worried about being let go?"
Richard "Ummm."
Me "You should be. When is your 20th anniversary with the company?"
Richard "May 15th."
Me "You will be let go before then. So stop worrying about it. You want the package that comes with being let go any way."
I was right. He was let go a few days before his 20th anniversary of starting work with the company. I hadn't planned on being a dick but he was just so fucking annoying that I couldn't help myself.
The company we worked for had a long line of people they fired/let go right after their 20th anniversary with them. One poor schlub had his 20th anniversary party on a Wednesday night and on the Thursday he showed up for work to be told he had no job any more.
So, I was a dick but god damn I was also right.
I am at a new job now. When I was a Relief Supervisor at my old one I had the opportunity to not be a dick or to be one. I chose to be a dick. And I say that with no compunction. I CHOSE to be a dick.
We had a fucking skewed chain of command at my old job. 4 managers, including the overall head of Security, 2 supervisors, and 1 relief supervisor, me. I have NEVER worked at a place that had managers out numbering supervisors until that job. Hell, I want to say ,not to toot my own horn but fuck I am tooting it, when I quit they had to hire TWO RELIEF SUPERVISORS to do the job that I did. Yet the 2nd in charge couldn't understand when I told him the job was burning me out. But I digress.
So, I was waiting for the call for my new job when, let's call him Richard, said something really strange.
Richard "Do you and Glenn (The fictitious name I give to the then head of our department.) have some kind of arrangement?"
Me "What?!?!?!?"
Dick: "Well you haven't talked about your new job or starting it so I was wondering if you and Glenn came to some sort of arrangement and he promised you a full supervisor job when I get let go."
This was SO fucking out of left field that I didn't know how to respond at first. So I went with the truth, which is usually the best option.
"No, DICK, I just haven't heard anything about when I start the new job. I have the new job I just don't know when training starts. Which is why I had nothing to say about it. There is nothing to say."
Richard "Oh. I see."
He had been acting like a real wanker lately and annoyed everyone. So I took the opportunity to be a dick: "So, why bring this up? Worried about being let go?"
Richard "Ummm."
Me "You should be. When is your 20th anniversary with the company?"
Richard "May 15th."
Me "You will be let go before then. So stop worrying about it. You want the package that comes with being let go any way."
I was right. He was let go a few days before his 20th anniversary of starting work with the company. I hadn't planned on being a dick but he was just so fucking annoying that I couldn't help myself.
The company we worked for had a long line of people they fired/let go right after their 20th anniversary with them. One poor schlub had his 20th anniversary party on a Wednesday night and on the Thursday he showed up for work to be told he had no job any more.
So, I was a dick but god damn I was also right.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
What the ... right wingnut?!?!?!?
A friend left a comment on this so it showed up on my Facebook feed. I endorse and support my friends comment of "Hate and will not share." while these twats are looking for likes and shares.
"Concealed Carry Canada. Please like and share to show your support for Canadians to be able to defends themselves." Seriously? This is the battle you choose to fight with this meme?
The comparative stats just do NOT add up to making this something to fight for. If anything it could make an argument for stricter gun laws in the USA. And by stricter they would only be considered strict by the NRA and right wingnuts. You know strange ideas like if someone ha mental issues they can't get a gun. Oh so strict.
Mind you, as I said in the title of this post, right wingnuts are involved. The twats that run this Facebook page are Trump boosters. So the fact they are around the twist comes as no surprise.
The Unified Conservative Movement of Canada? Real Conservatives in Canada would simply consider you a bowel movement and nothing more. A more bitter version of the Reform Party that turned the Conservatives into the CRAP (Conservative Reform Alliance Party). Keep your bat shit south of the border fucktards. It isn't wanted here.
"Concealed Carry Canada. Please like and share to show your support for Canadians to be able to defends themselves." Seriously? This is the battle you choose to fight with this meme?
The comparative stats just do NOT add up to making this something to fight for. If anything it could make an argument for stricter gun laws in the USA. And by stricter they would only be considered strict by the NRA and right wingnuts. You know strange ideas like if someone ha mental issues they can't get a gun. Oh so strict.
Mind you, as I said in the title of this post, right wingnuts are involved. The twats that run this Facebook page are Trump boosters. So the fact they are around the twist comes as no surprise.
The Unified Conservative Movement of Canada? Real Conservatives in Canada would simply consider you a bowel movement and nothing more. A more bitter version of the Reform Party that turned the Conservatives into the CRAP (Conservative Reform Alliance Party). Keep your bat shit south of the border fucktards. It isn't wanted here.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Return of the Telefucktards.
Just got a call from 1-613-521-0415 a new number for the old fucktards who annoy with calls to help with your credit card debt. Their number gets blocked as they call which usually gives a few months respite until they start using another one.
It is the same old BS. "We have tried reaching you several times. This is the final time this will be offered. We can help you with your credit card debt. Dial 1 to take advantage of this offer. Dial 2 to be removed from our list and lose out on this offer."
Knowing that hitting 2 is useless and just lets them know they have a live number I usually hang up and block the number. Today I hit 1 and when the guy started his spiel interrupted and said "It doesn't matter how many times you switch your number it gets blocked asshole." He hung up. I blocked the number. I give it 3 months before I get another call.
It makes me wonder just how many times these twats find a sucker to fleece. Enough to make it profitable I guess.
It is the same old BS. "We have tried reaching you several times. This is the final time this will be offered. We can help you with your credit card debt. Dial 1 to take advantage of this offer. Dial 2 to be removed from our list and lose out on this offer."
Knowing that hitting 2 is useless and just lets them know they have a live number I usually hang up and block the number. Today I hit 1 and when the guy started his spiel interrupted and said "It doesn't matter how many times you switch your number it gets blocked asshole." He hung up. I blocked the number. I give it 3 months before I get another call.
It makes me wonder just how many times these twats find a sucker to fleece. Enough to make it profitable I guess.
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