Rick Dubecki

Ex-Bay Street trader, Retired early 50's and loving it.

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

OK, "Barbie": I was hoping it wouldn't be preachy, man-hating, and a #ZombieLie - alas, it was all three. What is a Zombie Lie? Something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it (tax cuts for the rich increase revenues, e.g.); OR something that USED to be true but no longer is, but certain people pretend it's still true. "Barbie" is this kind of #ZombieLie.

Spoiler alert, Barbie fights the Patriarchy. Right up to the Mattel board who created her, consisting of 12 white men! The Patriarchy! Except there's a Mattel board in real life, and it's 7 men and 5 women. OK, not perfect even-steven, but not the way the board IN THE MOVIE - which takes place in 2023 - is portrayed. And not really any longer deserving of the word "patriarchy." Yes, there was one, and remnants of it remain - but this movie is so 2000-LATE.

At one point the Barbies have to win over the Kens, and they are told to do it by pretending to act helpless and not know how to do stuff. Helen Gurley Brown called, she wants her premise back. Yes, that WAS a thing. I saw "Barbie" with a woman in her 30s who said, "I don't know a single woman of any age who would act like that today."

I know, I know, 'How could I know about the patriarchy, I AM a man!' That argument is so old and so silly. Of course, none of us can know exactly what others go through life, but I can see the world around me, and I can read data. The real Mattel board is a pretty close mirror of the country, where 45% of the 449 board seats filled last year in Fortune 500 companies were women. Truth is, I'm not the one who's out of step - I'm living in the year we're living in. Barbie is fun, I enjoyed it - but it IS a #ZombieLie. And people who don't go along with zombie lies did not take some red pill - just staying true to CURRENT reality. Let's live in the year we're living in! Hi Ken!!! #BarbieMovie

[Rick Dubecki @RickDubecki]

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[David Frum @davidfrum]

No bodies found at supposed "mass burial" site in Edmonton. The defamation of Canadian history continues to collapse when and where scientifically investigated. https://t.co/htyVrFCJuz

[Rick Dubecki @RickDubecki]

@yonkojohn You are wrong. The retailer does not get a tax write-off. Maybe before you post something like this, spend a minute doing research. Now you just look stupid.

https://t.co/FfFjV9CRlz

[Rick Dubecki @RickDubecki]

@PooleMegan @JoshMatlow What "massive deficit" ?? Toronto has never had a deficit. It is required by law.

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@AlexColangelo What subway stop is "steps" from Ontario Place?

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@tangibullah @TBoehmCrypto @stevetervit @Worsel66 @MaiaLiisaAnton @ClimateHuman Aren't those nuclear power plant exhausts in the picture that's headlining the article? It's just steam.

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@ericnuttall @ericnuttall ... Do you think this new US tax that affects USO and UGO is causing selling pressure as ppl sell their positions before 2023?

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@DJCousinL @Fletchtweety @ubi_works @MarkGerretsen Harper produced a surplus for 3 different fiscal periods. Perhaps the most impressive was getting Canada thru the '08 Recession better than any G7 and back to a sml surplus. Compare that to Trudeau in his 1st term when economy booming but rising deficits.

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@GordonHerriman @ericnuttall If there was no bus case for Cdn gas yet US ...& Australia had the bus case.

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@s_guilbeault Why would you say "hardworking" ?
You don't have to do any work to get the rebate.

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@patgagnon_75 @jjoyce4321 CPP was never raised to 67. It was Old Age Security that the Liberals dropped back to 65 not CPP.
There's a big difference how govt finances those programs.

[Seth Mandel @SethAMandel]

It's not a recession unless it's from the Recession region of France otherwise it's just sparkling misery

[Rick Dubecki @RickDubecki]

@AlacritysWhatev @MarshaBlackburn You should just quit, you sound more stupid with each reply. First... IT IS common practice. Second... because Heavy oil trades at a discount to WTI, refineries actually make MORE money.
....Another "weak post" in your view? Yet I use facts while you can only name call.

[Rick Dubecki @RickDubecki]

@AlacritysWhatev @MarshaBlackburn Not a smart post. No. 2 "tar sands oil" CAN be refined into gasoline. Refineries in the Gulf are configured to process heavy oil from Canada Mexico and Venezuela

[Dan McTeague @GasPriceWizard]

Green absurdities …

[Stephen R. C. Hicks @SRCHicks]

Trust the social science.

[E Worsley @AllieGirl49]

And the mainstream media are keeping it quiet. Wonder why?