Lest We Forget — it’s a phrase not well understood by many people any more. Not only does it sound old, but taken out of context it could mean anything. Most people know it as a sombre expression of remembrance. If we forget the horror of war, we’re doomed to repeat it. Canada has been […]
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Can’t Trespass On Your Own Land
The Occupy Regina protesters in Victoria Park have been told by the City of Regina that they must get out. The City is wasting tax money and resources by creating an opening for those with their constitutional rights violated, to sue our city. Whichever lawyers are advising the city to proceed with an “eviction” are […]
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Perry’s brain freeze
Last night, Rick Perry, the most bloodthirsty governor in American history (he has permitted 234 legal murders and counting) had a major big time brain freeze when asked what three agencies he would try to cut from the US government (presuming of cours…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Dream No Small Dreams – End Poverty
Should we eliminate poverty? It’s a ridiculous question made serious by people who have lost sight of their dreams in a wasteland of practicality and concession; They’re practical, to the point of inactivity where it counts the most. When a man has his feet nailed to the floor, do we stop the bleeding, but leave […]
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": Homicide Shmomicide
So what if the number of homicides is down to a 44 year low? What about all of the unreported homicides?
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": Homicide Shmomicide
So what if the number of homicides is down to a 44 year low? What about all of the unreported homicides?
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": Homicide Shmomicide
So what if the number of homicides is down to a 44 year low? What about all of the unreported homicides?
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Banks Refusing Your Money?
Did you know it’s possible to try and use your good credit, and functioning Visa or Master Card, and have the transaction refused for only $10? Try sending money to the corruption-busting website WikiLeaks, and you won’t be allowed! Visa and Master Card are among the willing participants of an ominous financial blockade that has […]
Continue readingHarper’s Plan For The Poor and Mentally Ill/Sign Crime Bill Petition
I had to distribute this as I felt it was VERY apt! Credit goes to artist Malcolm Mayes, Edmonton Journal and Leadnow.ca. Please sign the petition at http://www.leadnow.ca/keep-canada-safe so we can make Canada safer, no meaner. Filed under: …
Continue readingcmkl: The most convict-spiking state of the union thinks Canada’s tough-on-crime approach is crackers
They’re at it again, the Tories. On about being tough on crime with this omnibus anti-crime bill C-10, which has already been denounced by lawyers and jurists. But the best rebuke to their fact-free approach to punishing people comes from Texas.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Twitter and Facebook Failing
I’m having trouble posting and reading Facebook and Twitter suddenly, I suspect they are feeling the strain of extra eyes due to the Occupy Together protests around the world today. This is where blogs come in handy, when your micro-blogging sites are overwhelmed. I’m off to downtown Regina now, to participate in Occupy Regina. Together […]
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: At long last, a "churchie la femme" has been busted …
Finally, after more than a quarter of a century, a Roman Catholic bishop in North America may finally be held to account in the courts — the legal courts, not the canonical ones. The sex abuse scandal that has plagued the Catholic Church has had a rel…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Wagging the dog, Mexican style
It’s been a little over 24 hours since the United States announced it had arrested an Iranian operative who was picked up in Mexico for wanting to try to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US. If even half of it is true then it s…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: 99% Paying The Taxes
This video demonstrates that nothing has been done in more than 25 years to close the tax loopholes that Reagan supposedly wanted to close in 1985. Obama is saying the same things, literally, as Reagan did. The Bush(s), Clinton, and Obama governments since have lost ground for the 99% of us. This is one big […]
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Quick weekend thoughts (2010-10-02)
Quick whip of two items so let’s go:Good on the Supreme Court of Canada for ruling the Insite clinic in Vancouver does not run afoul of drug control policies; more technically that it does but to deny it a “constitutional exemption” would be a far wors…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: WikiLeaks: State Did It For Lulz
The State Department is one of those organizations that deems a hyperlink as “publication” of the material it links to. Publicity, almost certainly, but it’s impossible to knowingly and forever publicize what is being linked to, because websites are dynamic and links get broken due to their targets’ changes. And the State is eager to […]
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Scary is Governing with Ignorance
It’s been blogged about again and again, but that is because it’s so stupid and at the same time, scary. With their majority government, the Tories are looking to spearhead an omnibus “tough on crime” bill to increase jail time among other th…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Home, Home on the Strange
Isn’t it strange how oil companies can act as if they have the rights of people, but if they commit crimes or need police protection, they are suddenly special entities? If you built a pipe through your neighbours yard, and it leaked toxins thousands of times, do you think your neighbour wouldn’t sue you into […]
Continue readingMcFadyen Brings Knife to Gun Fight
Poor, poor Hugh. He`s stuck playing Charlie Brown……again. I can only imagine the scene over at the Omega Theta Pi Frat House when they were discussing their latest scheme. “Hey, Hugh!”, says brother Neidermeyer, “I know how we can fix that Greg Selinger, real good!” “How’s that?”, says Hugh. “Let’s challenge him!”, says Neidermeyer. “Challenge […]
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Unfunded mandate galore, courtesy the Fed Cons
No surprise that the Cons reintroduced, yet again, their “omnibus” crime bill. And no surprise, again, that the Cons refused to say how much it will cost to implement — much less if there will be any commensurate transfers to the provinces…
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