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North Korea

Posted 4/1/2013 4:00:00 PM

NORTH KOREA April 1, 2013

           WHY IS THE NORTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP STORMING AROUND LAUNCHING FLOWERY RHETORICAL MISSILES AT THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA…AND YELLING ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR AND TARGETTING THE U.S. WITH MISSLES THAT CAN’T REACH THAT FAR.?

          THE STATE RUN “RODONG” NEWSPAPER HAS BEEN RUNNING PICTURES OF NEW LEADER KIM JONG-UN POURING OVER CHARTS AND MAPS WITH A CADRE OF AGING GENERALS…AT WHAT WAS CALLED AN “EMERGENCY MEETING, AND SIGNING AN ORDER PUTTING THE COUNTRY’S STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES ON STANDBY, READY TO STRIKE.  

          ONE WALL MAP SHOWS TARGETS INCLUDING, WASHINGTON D.C., LOS ANGELES AND WHAT THEY CLAIM IS AUSTIN, TEXAS. WHAT EXACTLY THE FINE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN HAVE DONE TO BE INCLUDED ON A LIST NORTH KOREA’S MISSILES CAN’T HIT IS A BIT OF AHEAD SCRATCHER.   

          THE HERMIT NATION HAS BEEN MORE BELLICOSE AND BALMY THAN USUAL IN RECENT WEEKS.  SOME ANALYSTS THINK ...



BC's 44 Month Long HST Saga Draws to a Close

Posted 3/29/2013 4:00:00 PM

44 Month HST Saga Ends - March 29, 2013

           DON’T LOOK NOW BUT APRIL FOOLS DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND WITH IT COMES THE OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE PROVINCIAL SALES TAX TO REPLACE THE H.S.T.

          EXCEPT 1 IN 4 BUSINESSES THAT NEED TO COLLECT THE PST HAVEN’T SIGNED UP FOR IT AND THAT’S NO JOKE.

          I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I’VE SEEN VERY LITTLE PUBLIC NOTICE ABOUT THE TAX SWITCH COMING THIS MONDAY….WHICH IS ODD GIVEN THE HUGE IMPORTANCE OF THE SALES TAX TO THE GOVERNMENT PURSE, ROUGHLY 5 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 

          NOT TO MENTION THE HASSLE BUSINESSES FACE IN MAKING THE CHANGE BACK TO THE PST AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PENALTIES IF ITS NOT PROPERLY COLLECTED.

          IF 25-PER CENT OF YOUR BUSINESSES AREN’T READY TO ROLL ON MONDAY THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING TO GOVERNMENT, ONE WOULD THINK.

          BUT SMALL BUSINESS ...