Allaudin and his wonderful expense account? Departing Alberta Health Service executives may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: One of the few photos available of Allaudin Merali; CBC investigative journalist Charles Rusnell. One is practically struck dumb by the astonishing CBC revelation that the Chief Financial Officer of Alberta’s massive
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Dead Wild Roses: 8 gaffes on the road to the US Presidency
Thanks CBC. Let’s look at the list. Here are some other notable campaign missteps: 1. Romney’s father, George Romney, then governor of Michigan was considered an early favourite over then vice-president Richard Nixon in the 1967 Republican primaries. But Romney’s comment that he had “the greatest brainwashing that anybody can
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Regina City Council – Stadiumapalooza #YQRcc
Check out my presentation here, or on Access 7 replay later on. CTV, Global, and LP mentioned me, but the CBC reporter they sent wasn’t interested in a quote even though she sought one from Conrad who is running against me in the upcoming election. She probably liked his cool
Continue readingCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: Canadians Mourn The Untimely “Death of Evidence”
“The Harper government is the most environmentally hostile one we have ever had in Canada.” – Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council of Canadians About 1,500 scientists, lawyers, students and activists from across Canada gathered on Parliament Hill yesterday and held a mock funeral to mourn the death of Canadian
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Prairie Music
Saskatchewan is known for many musicians, and types of music. It has a provincial name that is a challenge to include in songs too. However, not many people have heard the musical qualities of grain bins. It’s like steel drum meets vocalist. Enjoy! I’ve spent a few minutes of my
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Del Mastro Sits Down, Shuts Up
Ethical Dean should step down from being the PM’s Parliamentary secretary, and from his Ethics Committee posting. The Conservatives should continue to use Vic “The Violator” Toews, Elections Finance Act convict, to defend Del Mastro against accusations of Election Act crimes, because that’s funny stuff. It seems the Conservatives don’t
Continue readingTrashy's World: Ottawa radio rankings…
This is interesting. At least I think so… and nice to see that some Ottawans are coming to their senses and tuning out the blathering by the CPC wingnut supporters on CFRA! My own listening habits revolve mostly around CBC Radio with some CHEZ 106 and Live 88.5. Maybe BOB
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Some more eclipse
I posted my eclipse photos the other day, but there are more to look through too. There’s an amazing coincidence photo from Japan, with a plane transiting the lunar transit. That’s a lot of lining up to do. WHOA RT @greenpost unbelievable shot of a plane flying by the #eclipse
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: English language Montreal media gets it wrong, again,
If you read the first sentence of the article above about the 28th consecutive nocturnal protest in Montreal against proposed tuition hikes, it states that “Hundreds of people returned to Montreal’s streets Monday night…” I went to this protest, and, as the City of Montreal Police Service confirmed, there were,
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: English language Montreal media gets it wrong, again,
If you read the first sentence of the article above about the 28th consecutive nocturnal protest in Montreal against proposed tuition hikes, it states that “Hundreds of people returned to Montreal’s streets Monday night…” I went to this protest, and, as the City of Montreal Police Service confirmed, there were,
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: English language Montreal media gets it wrong, again,
If you read the first sentence of the article above about the 28th consecutive nocturnal protest in Montreal against proposed tuition hikes, it states that “Hundreds of people returned to Montreal’s streets Monday night…” I went to this protest, and,…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: #RoboCon RoboContinues
Thx! RT @kady: Meanwhile, if you've lost the thread of the #robocalls plot, the intrepid @laura_payton has you covered: is.gd/Xzrnby— Laura Payton (@laura_payton) May 16, 2012 There’ve been a few days of no new news reported in the robocalls criminal investigation. What has been said today in CBC, while factual,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Now it Gets Interesting #RoboCon
I’m kidding. RoboCon has been the biggest collective Canadian (Christian-) Conservative cock-up in the history of bonehead crooked cover-up conspiracy scandals. It’s always been interesting, we just didn’t collectively realize it on May 2nd, 2011. And its designers intended it that way, because as long as there is plenty of
Continue readingArt Threat: One Month Later – How the 2012 Federal Budget Impacts the Arts
With the release of the 2012 federal budget one month behind us you’ve likely captured the gist of the budget – cuts to the CBC and none to the Canada Council for the Arts. Here’s a full breakdown of how the cuts (and non cuts) affect arts and culture in
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Soft landings
Another change in BC Premier Christy Clark’s office, Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee, May 2, 2012 The Premier’s office is now Scott free, which conveniently fixes a CBC problem. They had refused to resolve the conflict issue after their own Ombudsman Kirk Lapointe sided with the online community and found that
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Harper Government Attack On SRC Extends Well Beyond Budget Cuts
Inspiring. The budget cuts imposed by the Harper Government on the CBC – and by extension, its French counterpart SRC – have been well documented in the media. The public broadcaster’s funding was cut by 10%, or $115 million, over the next three years. What is getting less attention are
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Double Them
The F-35 costs were (more than) double what MacKay and the Conservatives told the public. The books used to track expenses for the jets were doubled. The books for Fantino’s CPC Vaughn campaign are alleged to have been doubled. Bruce Carson, Harper’s trusted PMO adviser, was a two time convict.
Continue readingLeDaro: Commissar Harper must be stopped from appointing CBC Leadership
Harper gives the impression that he owns all Canadians therefore he must control every aspect of our lives. His ability to appoint the leaders of the CBC is totally unacceptable. Harper must know that CBC is funded by taxpayers and not by him. His ability to appoint leaders of public
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: VikiLeaks30: A Little Deserved Contempt
I enjoyed all three of the videos that play in succession on this CTV page. Kady live blogging in the background is amusing. I supposed most people get funny facial expressions while they are writing, I can only imagine mine while I’m blogging. Her crack up at the revelation of
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Top Ten Losers and Winners of the Alberta Election
Danielle Smith, leader of the upstart Wildrose Party celebrates her… Wait! That’s not Danielle! That’s Alison Redford! (Reuters Photo, snatched from the Internet.) Remember: Alberta political winners may not always be exactly as illustrated by the media and the pollsters. Below: The real Danielle Smith. ’Tis late and the CBC’s
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