Andrew Prescott got instructions from Jenni Byrne to avoid Elections Canada until she could consult a lawyer. Prescott’s work on the Guelph Conservative campaign in 2011 earned him notoriety for having a computer used also by Pierre Poutine. Some would conclude he’s at the very least met Poutine, but has
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Trained to Wreck
What’s with short term (and long term) memory loss in this country? This is the ugliest, most disturbing thing I've ever seen in Canadian politics. youtube.com/watch?v=gHMDQc…— Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) November 19, 2013 Again, how is the mayor allowed to bring his private muscle onto the floor of the chamber to
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Nervous Norvus
A song from my childhood was on the satellite radio this evening. Transfusion, by Nervous Norvus. I looked him up on YouTube. He passed away a good many decades ago from alcohol abuse and skipped a chance at appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show to perform Transfusion. He really was
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Conservatives Caught in Contradiction #RoboCon #cdnpoli
If some Conservatives were lying about when they supposedly spoke to Michael Sona about a robocall scheme, how dependable are similar stories from other Conservatives egged on by the party’s lawyer, Arthur Hamilton? Some of the most damaging testimony, according to a sworn statement by Elections Canada investigator Allan Mathews,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Coyne Skips The Trudeau #cdnpoli Taboo
One of the not-so-solemn duties of the blogosphere is to hold the Main Stream Media in check when they go a little astray. I’m not sure if I should hold Andrew Coyne’s hand as I walk him back to where he was a week ago, or if I should slap
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: In and Out
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/election-financing-scheme-smelled-former-tory-mp-117457603.html Old, but important in understanding that PM Harper’s corrupt team isn’t new at it.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Rob Ford Does The Expected
If there’s an incriminating video out there, naturally you’d hire a criminal cracker to destroy every copy. My prediction? Rob Ford will announce a new housing strategy.— Andrew Matte (@AndrewMatte) November 05, 2013 #CrackHousing? Then spend months denying there’s a video. When the police confirm they have recovered the video
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Conservatives Win Friends and Improve Policy…
…Or that might be what the usually compliant and forgiving media would say if they hadn’t been pissed off about being locked out of policy meetings at the Conservative Convention last weekend in Calgary. the weird, unsettling vibe that hung over the whole event. (We’ve grown used to seeing prime
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pacific Rim
I watched “Pacific Rim” [7/10] after “Super 8″ [7/10] and was not as impressed by either as I’d hoped to be. First, I can’t hear Pacific Rim any more without thinking Job after, thanks to the team named that at Owl Pub Trivia I go to frequently. Second, the movie
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Duffy vs. PMO: The Duffy Documents
Postmedia reports “Sen. Mike Duffy told a spellbound upper chamber Monday that the prime minister’s former chief of staff, who paid him $90,000 to cover his housing expenses, had also arranged a second cheque to pay his legal bills.” And: A court document filed by RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton says
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PMO: Where Resigning Means You Were “Dismissed”
Nigel Wright has resigned as PM Harper's chief of staff. This is a real loss to the people & good government of Canada.— (@davidfrum) May 19, 2013 Nigel Wright has resigned as PMSH's chief of staff.— Glen McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) May 19, 2013 Well, that's one way to start a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: TD;CSR. OMG No Way!
2012 was a strong year for TD, despite ongoing economic challenges and market volatility. Our total adjusted earnings were more than $7 billion dollars — up more than $600 million, or about 10 per cent, from 2011. -Colleen Johnston, Group Head and Chief Financial Officer, TD Bank Group Through a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Where Canada Is Going
It’s very important to Canada’s economy that we send a resource (we can’t use without killing the planet) to Communist China so their economy can continue to pollute at record pace as they ship unneeded goods to the United States and Canada so we can bury them in our landfills
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: To Vote, Or To Resolve Change
I noticed maybe a month ago that this Brand guy had a brain, and it’s a good one. Paxman: “You’re not going to solve world problems by facetiousness.” Brand: “We’re not going to solve them with the current system! At least facetiousness is funny.” – To detract from Brand’s point,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Transit stigma alive and well in Saskatchewan, says urban planning professor
Reblogged from Metro News: A long-standing aversion to city buses and a preference to extend suburban sprawl has stifled the development of public transit in Saskatchewan’s urban centres, says a prominent urban planning professor. “The typical western (Canadian) attitude is that we don’t ride the buses — it is somehow
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #PMO-Duffy Scandal Taking Shape #cdnpoli
More claims from the accused in the Prime Minister’s Office vs. Senator Mike Duffy, came to light today. The PMO claimed the money from Nigel Wright was part of “compassion and friendship” toward Duffy. Duffy said it was part of an extortion deal where he’d take hush money for improperly
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Police Violence Against #IdleNoMore
Watch how the media portrays the standoff between First Nations protesters, and the RCMP in New Brunswick. They talk about the “violent protest”. Was the protest violent until the RCMP showed up with snipers, dogs, and a phalanx of officers? Who is the real instigator of violence? Could the outbreak
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #GatewayPoems Make Light(crude) of Tragedy
On another note, who says there aren't any jobs in the resource industry for arts students? #GatewayPoems http://t.co/en4G6ffhLS— Adam Stirling (@Adam_Stirling) October 16, 2013 If you want the #KXL, you may as well burn in hell, because it’s bringing hell to earth. When you’ve lost you learn its worth. Petrostate?
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: He Called Himself a Journalist – UPDATED
The Independent got a black eye today from a former editor who shamelessly confessed to being an authoritarian. Blackhurst, in explaining why he would never have allowed his newspaper to publish any of the documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, actually wrote: If the security services insist something is contrary
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Rogers Is So Bad…
It ruins credit scores for people who aren’t even their customers! Bell isn’t much better. They sought unowed money from my parents, after my parents regularly paid their bills to Bell, and had credit card statements to prove it, but Bell’s accounting department was in such a mess, it had
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