When I saw the trailer for Argo, I had a flashback to the Tommy Douglas Story. It was obvious from the focus of the plot that the CIA was going to get credit for saving the American hostages in Iran, 1979, instead of Ken Taylor, the Canadian diplomat. That’s the
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Immigration
Working on campus: allowed. Work a shitty job at Walmart for two weeks, and declare the income: deportation. It’s the reality that international students face in Canada. Those students placing their hopes in the hands of Jason Kenney, are going to need that church for a while. Here’s a timely
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Regina’s Unlikely Sights
An unexpected appearance by Beaker in the 3rd floor RIC window A wasp drinking some pop Red Sun at One in the Afternoon: I couldn’t figure out what the unnatural light in the stairway was until I got outside and looked up. It was natural, and filtered by atmospheric dust
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oh Yeah?
-My tongue is longer than yours. -Oh yeah? Well, my tail is longer than yours. -Don’t look at me, I’m staying out of this.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Gregg: Too Long; Didn’t Read
TL;DR is a common refrain found on the Web now. It means that something was too long for for the comfort of the reader, so they didn’t bother. Reader’s Digest version, please? Why bring up this smarmy abbreviation? There’s a blog post going around that’s got a lot of good
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Open Possibilities
Fourteen years ago last night I was laying in a new bed, on my own as an adult in the wider world for the first time. Besides my worry and wonder about the coming school year was my nostalgia and longing for the previous Summer months when my Grandpa was
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #ConAir: RCMP Grounds Plane Critical of Harper
WARNING: Strong language and feelings ahead. Canadian democracy is at risk, so you’re damned right I’m worked up: Okay, our country has taken a new turn for the worse this morning, after our national police force has apparently violated our constitution to ground a banner-carrying plane circling Ottawa, only 1.5
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Run from Hit & Run
If you have an option to not see “Hit & Run” [4/10], take it. If I’d written this review last night, I might have given it a 5 and said it could be worth rewatching, but thinking about it a bit more it’s not really worth the time. There are
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: It May Not Be Over, But It’s Forked #RoboCon
Stick a fork in it, Elections Canada is done like dinner. They’ve been sitting on evidence that ties Prescott to Poutine, and have known since at least May, 2012. Why they are not aggressively pursuing this investigation, when it’s at the heart of a national democratic crisis, is anyone’s guess.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: It’s Over #RoboCon
-(Federal Court, ASS. PRESS) REGINA, SK – Elections Canada’s commissioner put an end to the so-called Robocalls investigation today, citing the difficulty faced with investigating a sweeping national election crime. Commissioner Yevs Cote told Postmedia’s Stephen McMaher, “It’s been really difficult for investigators to obtain evidence when the trail led
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Photos of Gravelbourg, Fir Mountain, and Wood Mountain
Here’s a sampling of why you’d want to take a drive south of Moose Jaw sometime. I left Wood Mountain on Sunday afternoon Drove by Fir Mountain not too long later. Arrived in Gravelbourg under an hour later, after passing Thompson Lake and Lafleche too. Dodged a few potholes along
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Waiting For Nothing #RoboCon
As many bloggers have suspected for months, there’s no serious investigation into over 230 ridings across Canada regarding the robocalls scandal. Elections Canada is supposed to be working on more than 1300 credible complaints of fraudulent phonecalls during the 2011 general election on May 2, but they can only produce
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Folk Festival Saturday
Some more photos from the Wood Mountain Folk Festival, with videos to come when I send some to YouTube. Little Miss Higgins The backdrop over the audience Scene from that hill Scene on that hill Sunset from that hill – On Sunday, my Mum and I helped out at the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wood Mountain Folk Fest
On this weekend I’m at the Wood Mountain Folk Fest. Last night the air was cool and windy, with a few drops of rain, but dozens of people stuck it out anyway in front of the stage while a lot of others watched and listened from their trucks lined up
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: To the Moon and Back: Neil Armstrong RIP
Neil Armstrong has passed away, at 82 years of age. He was the first person to walk on the Moon. No one has set foot on the Moon since I was born. It’s possible the last human to ever walk on the Moon has already done so, and that’s terribly
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Storyteller Gil
My Dad’s cousin, Gil Dumelie, passed away last weekend. I was at his funeral today, along with about 600 (or more) other family and friends. Gil was a memorable guy, larger than life, and from the size of his family and crowd he drew to his farewell, others thought so
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Condemn An Industry
I often condemn the tar sands oil industry as a communist owned, unethical, dirty mess that’s destroyed Canada’s reputation just for a quick (geological-time) buck. There are engineers writing for Fox News that are condemning the green economy, and green jobs, because they are uncreative hacks responsible for depressing our
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: North Sky from Regina
– Last night during the thunderstorm. – A few months ago when everyone in Regina got those great mammatus cloud photos.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Tell Me What Music to Buy
I have 7 days left to use 35 iTunes song credits. Give me suggestions of independent, or Saskatchewan (or Canadian) musicians who need more money and make great music. I want these credits to be putting scratch in the pockets of undervalued musicians especially. If you don’t know anything other
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sunset
This is the sunset a few evenings ago, through a #12 welding filter plate.
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