Focus groups are good at focusing. If there is a strong racist voice in the group, they might start to focus on race. When I heard the news this morning mention the Bank of Canada changed the image of a woman on the $100 because she wasn’t white-bread enough, I
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: England Threatens to Risk War With Latin America to Please United States!
I wish my title was embellished, but it’s been a crazy 24 hours. The background to this story is that Wikileaks‘ editor Julian Assange is holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, waiting for the Ecuadorian President Correa to rule on his asylum bid. It’s expected that asylum will be
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Judges Don’t Need To Be Fair
…They just need connections. “Deep law and order background.” [link added] Oh, is that what you have when convicted of an election crime? Maybe Martin is referring to Toews deep psychosis, referring to Canadians standing against him as “child pornographers“. Sounds like a perfectly fair judge, eh? == Chaulkupy is
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: In which I don’t sell something on Kijiji.
Reblogged from the other Hilary: So the other day my coworker Tannis left her knife at work. Naturally I decided to put it up for sale on Kijiji. Some background: we use knives a lot in the sign-making business; they are fiercely guarded and often lost (or stolen). Sort of
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: While You Were Sleeping
Have you committed a crime? No? You’re still in a police database somewhere. It’s not supposed to happen according to our laws, and according to American law, but it’s happening and it’s called TRAPWIRE. 9/11 is often the excuse used, but it’s actually simply the state using its latest tech
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Earthshine and Meteors
I tried photographing some Perseid meteors, but didn’t have much luck this year. I did get some nice shots of the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus though. -I took this one while a meteor flew down, from above Venus, but it didn’t show up. Maybe the shutter wasn’t open like I
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Defending Election Fraud is the Right Thing to Do #RoboCon
I’m giving you the following because you too deserve to be irritated by “The Incurious”. Among them is a supposed journalist who should know it’s not very Canadian to call people speaking out against election fraud schemes “liars”. (http://www.danieldickin.ca/2012/08/crucial-robocall-claimant-revealed-to.html) Saskboy said… Considering the evidence made public thus far, you’ve identified
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: “Categorically False” #RoboCon
Andrew Langhorne, COO of RMG has claimed in court documents that his business did not do what was stated in another affidavit made by a former employee of his company. A Twitter account that appears to be his, has only three tweets, all re-tweets of people saying RMG didn’t participate
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mars Laser
We’ve equipped Mars with a laser. Our latest rover there, called Curiosity, actually shoots fricken laser beams from its head. How cool is that? Is there a scientific purpose in aiming the rover’s laser at Earth and detecting the flash here? I think there must be. We could use it
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Randy Travis Bender
Some rather disappointing news in the world of country music, as Randy Travis drove drunk, naked, crashed, then threatened the police who arrested him. Now being mocked hilariously online. Why can’t good artists stay sane (or start out that way)? Here is Randy in 2008 when he put on an
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mars Sounds
One thing missing from Curiosity, that seems an obvious oversight since it’s included on every mobile computer now, is a MICROPHONE! It would be more of a novelty than anything, which is why it was left out I’m sure, but we apparently have not heard actual recordings from the surface
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Mars Landing Videos
Mars Science Lab which is presently the Curiosity rover, landed on Sunday night Earth time in Saskatchewan. There’s an excellent video first that explains why the landing was carried out in this manner. Then there’s a dramatic version timed with video clips from Earth of the people in charge of
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major
Generally I don’t post video clip blog posts. This one is worth it, however. -XKCD is a genius.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Martian Automobile Association
Years ago I created the Martian Automobile Association (MAA), and tried selling memberships on eBay. I forget if I managed to sell any membership cards, but remember creating at least one (and have a photo of it), so I probably did. That member hasn’t stayed in touch, probably because they
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mars Curiosity Lands Safely!
(Written late last night.) It’s one of those momentous nights in human history, when a team of scientists makes new discovery possible by working together as a team around the world. The new Curiosity Mars Lander has touched down on the red planet, and as the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter makes
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Private Employers Access Police Database
Here’s the really strange part… the employers didn’t hack the system to gain illegal access. The police give sometimes false positive criminal record checks to B.C. citizens seeking jobs. “The best thing about PRIME, from my perspective, is the sharing of knowledge across North America,” says Insp. Bruce Imrie, who
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Show The Cards Elections Canada #RoboCon
A lawyer is trying to compel Elections Canada to release more public details of its super slow investigation into the election fraud from May 2011. Apparently the next date we’ll have any news from the Federal Court is August 8th. In the meantime, the greatest crime against this country in
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Chick-Fil-H8
Last week I didn’t know Chick-Fil-A existed, or how to say it. I wish I still didn’t. That sack of meat, dirt bag owner of the chain is welcome to cluck right off. What sort of faux-Christianity is it to use the Bible to fill a capitalist business after they
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wood Mountain Hail
There was a bit of hail in Wood Mountain today; the ground turned white at the park. @canadogreg Friend at Wood Mountain park took this one http://t.co/dqGg1fHX— Riley Fafard (@RilesFaf) August 01, 2012 Tornado warning, and one touched down near Glentworth apparently.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: BP Doesn’t Pay
BP isn’t repairing the damage it caused in the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, it was easy to predict that. Enbridge didn’t clean up the huge spill in Wisconsin. Yet these sorts of companies get billions of dollars in government subsidies, despite huge profits they are allowed to keep even
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