Is it time for the Barons of Bitumen to wave the white flag? That seems to be the case according to an article from the latest NewsWeek, “Keystone and the Riddle of the Tar Sands.” …some of Alberta’s crude has made its way to market, but so much slower than
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The Disaffected Lib: Oh, This Is Rich. Stephen Harper Wants Us to Listen to Scientists.
“get the facts from the …scientific community, and if you’re not a …scientist yourself, listen to the people who are. It’s that simple.” You heard it right, straight from the lips of Stephen Joseph Harper. Get the facts from the scientific community and, if you’re not a scientist yourself, listen
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Pony Express Government
CSE has undertaken a domestic spy operation that is illegal in Canada, because it’s spying on communication of Canadian citizens. CSE is supposed to only spy on foreigners, and the Commissioner overseeing the signals intelligence agency is supposed to put a stop to any overstepping of that mandate. Something clearly
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: C-51 Being Pushed by “Fascist” language
A former Mountie and CSIS operative thinks Harper’s so called anti-terrorism bill is scary and unnecessary. Mr. Lavigne, 55, left government in 1999, but follows intelligence news closely. He spent years tracking dangerous radicals without the powers the government wants to give to CSIS. “I find it a little convenient
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: This is Canada. Of Course We Live In a Democracy. Right? Think Again.
Do you know the difference between liberal democracy and illiberal democracy? It can be a complex issue. There are oodles of papers to read if you really want to get a handle on it but, for now, here’s a somewhat useful explanation taken from Wiki. An illiberal democracy, also called
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Will the E.U. Again Pull the Rug Out From Under Harper’s Feet?
The European Union’s FQD, fuel quality directive, was once seen as a bitumen killer. It’s intended to encourage the use of lower-carbon oil and to kill off the European market for tar sand oil. It had been reported that the Canadian government persuaded the Euros to drop the regulation, opening
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Stephen Harper and the Beautiful Flag He Hates So Much http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2015/02/stephen-harper-and-beautiful-flag-he.html As an ex-Yank who always found it profoundly disturbing that rampant, ignorant, my way or the highway stupid patriotism started with ridiculous flag-worship in the States, have to say that spending any kind of big money on the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Rumours Swirl Around Harper’s Head
Interesting opinion/speculation piece from Harry Stirling in this morning’s Times Colonist.Now there is some speculation that, due to the abrupt resignation of Baird, coupled with Adams’ defection, Harper himself might increasingly find his own leadership questioned by normally loyal party members. Even one of the Conservatives’ former MPs, Albertan Myron
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: A good-news story in Canadian media/journalism news: Sun…
A good-news story in Canadian media/journalism news: Sun “News” Network, aka Fox News North, aka the Conservative Broadcasting Corporation, aka Harper TV, aka Scum Spews is finally shutting down due to a shortage of viewers. I just hope Harper doesn’t bail them out with our taxpayer dollars as part of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Tories Look to Make Death With Dignity a Wedge Issue for 2015 Elections
Well, that didn’t take long. Just days after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the criminal prohibition on physician assisted suicide, Harper justice minister Peter MacKay let’s slip the Tories see it as a possible election issue. [MacKay] noted the court provided a calendar year to deliver its answer,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #HarperFired Soudas Joins Liberals Who Need Heads Examined
To welcome Soudas and Adams into their party after all of the years of their Liberal-bashing, proves that they aren’t a Big-Tent, but rather a Motel Room-for-rent. “Dimitri Soudas arrives with a handful, maybe perhaps boxes full, of information,” Graham told CTV News Channel. “Soudas has a lot of secrets.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: We Should All Be Able To Cross The Floor
Instead of bashing politicians who cross the floor, we should instead be more like them.It’s more likely than not to be a good thing that people change political parties. First it shows our competing ideologies are similarly moderate and not extreme; s…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: We Should All Be Able To Cross The Floor
Instead of bashing politicians who cross the floor, we should instead be more like them. It’s more likely than not to be a good thing that people change political parties. First it shows our competing ideologies are similarly moderate and not extreme; second it shows that we aren’t as polarized
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: We Should All Be Able To Cross The Floor
Instead of bashing politicians who cross the floor, we should instead be more like them. It’s more likely than not to be a good thing that people change political parties. First it shows our competing ideologies are similarly moderate and not extreme; second it shows that we aren’t as polarized
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The (New) Hockey Song
It would have been more of a tribute if the puck was dropped by a disabled vet. https://t.co/mQIN0NKFf1 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/um7HxKoinb — Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens) February 8, 2015 I’m seeing alarming tweeted images of military men taking over a Maple Leafs game with weapons drawn. Oh wait, it’s a gimmick. Well
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Danger of the Lone Wolf
Canada’s had its share of lone wolf terrorism. In fact, most of the worst incidents have been the work of lone wolf terrorists. They’re loners, often unhinged and looking for whatever “cause” they can latch onto. Then they grab a gun or a car and make headlines for opportunistic politicians
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: They’ve Already Shown You Their True Colours. And You’ll Vote for Them, Why?
My party has only one voice in Parliament but it’s a voice against which all the rest are to be measured and, when you do that, you get to see them clearly for what they are, their true colours. In today’s Toronto Star, columnist Tom Walkom calls out Mulcair and
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper’s Bitumen Policy – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
The Harper government has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid the public learning just what’s in bitumen and the risk that stuff poses to our rivers, our lakes, our groundwater supply and our oceans. Mum’s the word. Two things we’ve learned about Harper by now. He’s secretive and pathologically dishonest.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Canadians Being Spied On
Your Government is Spying On Your Downloads. http://t.co/2hkBFUe7K3 w/ @caparsons pic.twitter.com/OHOf95n64u — CANADALAND (@CNDLND) February 2, 2015 3. Or maybe the media has allowed government (#CSE) to define spying on its own terms- the least alarming terms possible. — Jesse Brown (@JesseBrown) February 2, 2015 4. #CSE says it doesn't
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Seven Deadly Traits of a Permanent Warfare State
Classic military science holds that war is a state of affairs that exists between periods of peace. In other words, war is intended to achieve peace on terms acceptable to the victor. War is not an end unto itself. Well, guess what? That was then, this is now and, today,
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