Ian Nunn
Ian is a retired information technologist. While working at Health Canada he completed a BCS degree with highest honours at Carleton University in 1999. In 1998 he took a leave of absence from the federal government and worked as a consultant to Ontario Hydro Nuclear for 15 months in Y2K risk management. He retired from the government in 2000, went on to earn an MCS degree at Carleton, 2002, and subsequently completed the requirements for a PhD except for a dissertation.
Several years of graduate studies have equipped him to do thorough background research and analysis on topics he finds engaging. He is owner of the eclectic blog, The POOG. The acronym “POOG” came from a forgotten source: “pissed-off old guy”. A web search found a more flattering but accurate association: ”The mightiest of all men. He fights ignorant darkness in the name of wisdom, truth, courage, and honor.”
Ian lives in Ottawa.
Most Recent Articles by Ian Nunn:
Russia Is Not Bluffing
June 10, 2024
On another matter, this may be why Macron has been the lead hawk in escalating NATO engagement: Macron Faces Crushing Defeat In EU Elections
Pay Attention. God Has Spoken
January 2, 2024
If I am right, and I’ve taken this into prayer, the Catholic Church no longer has a pope at its head except in name only
Calling Out the Evil in the World Today
December 20, 2022
There are two clear sides in this battle and you are on one by default if not by choice. Do you understand which side you are on?
Monkeypox Update
August 11, 2022
Understand Monkeypox Before They Turn It Into Fear Porn
What is Monkeypox?
COVID Vaccine Damage and Breakthrough Deaths
August 7, 2021
The Pfizer vaccine, as reported by Dr. Rose, in terms of highest percentage of reactions, is the most dangerous
Ontario’s Debt Down The Rabbit Hole
April 10, 2018
What, Me Worry?
We will be on the lookout for sharks circling next month
Finally, looking at the total jobs in the three public sectors, we see that the public sector represents 25% of the jobs in the province.
Tracking Canadian House Prices
February 12, 2016
In brief, January house prices were down 0.1% nationally. On a city basis, they were up most in Hamilton at 1.04% followed by Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg
The Weather in 2015: Hardly Extreme
February 11, 2016
As noted in Flash Point: Hurricanes and Hyperbole, the National Hurricane Center lists the hurricane season in the Atlantic as beginning June 1st and ending November 30th
The Lies My Mommy Told Me, Part III
February 8, 2016
An economy in recession and the collapse in commodity prices and associated exports
The Middle East: A Simmer Or a Rolling Boil?
June 9, 2015
The Sunni / Shia divide must be maintained in a dynamic equilibrium.
Eat your Broccoli Now
March 13, 2015
California, drought, Lake Mead, Las Vegas, reservoir, water
The Weather in 2014: Extreme Hysteria but Not Extreme Weather
January 6, 2015
So 2014 was weather as usual. The "extreme" moniker likely comes from the constituency that is desperately trying to produce causation from human burning of hydrocarbons
The Ontario Employment Picture: November, 2014
December 6, 2014
The net job losses, particularly those that are full-time, points to a continued deterioration of the Ontario economy
Blowin’ In The Wind
November 27, 2014
Mr. Chiarelli obviously doesn't see from his public speeches, the problem his energy policies have helped create. He and his wind turbines are blowin' in the wind.
Canada: Whither Goest Thou?
September 18, 2014
Flash Point: Hot It’s Not – Get Your Bias Right
September 4, 2014
Maybe we should switch back to the context of a cooling trend that the Time article was framed in terms of.
Beauty and the Beast: Mom’s Latest Child
August 10, 2014
Canada, Goods-producing sector, Services-producing sector, economy, jobs, CANSIM
The Real Job Situation in Ontario: Ugly
July 13, 2014
Modest net gain of jobs over the year in fact is a net shift from wealth production to wealth destruction
The Lies My Mommy Told Me, Part II
January 11, 2014
Management of the Ontario economy by the liberal government has been a disaster
Obama Has Secured His Legacy
November 25, 2013
Most inept and disastrous president in American history
Flash Point: The Future of Housing in Canada
December 7, 2012
Canada is in a housing bubble
Flash Point: The Significant Impact of U.S. Oil Production
December 1, 2012
The Canadian economy is on the edge of a major contraction that will devastate those socialist provinces so dependent on a vibrant export market for Canadian oil
Flash Point: The need for Vigilance
October 16, 2012
Latest United Nations Push For Global Taxation
Ontario Is Not California
August 7, 2012
Ontario is not California but we may reach the point where we wish it were.