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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Lies Don’t Matter
There may be no way to get fired from a cabinet job in the Harper Government. Well, unless Peter MacKay takes off his shoes and throws them at a helicopter pilot, that might do it, but we may never see that day. The CTV Question Period journalism crowd was flabbergasted
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Canadian Banks Made Millions from Illegal Secret Fed Loan
The other day I saw a video of Dennis Kucinich, an American Congressman, reviewing a scandal which I thought was years old. It was actually breaking news with important new information. Just when you thought Wall Street’s scandals couldn’t get much worse, details have come to light this week thanks
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Margaret Wente and the Importance of Being Deluded
I was going to give Globe & Mail‘s resident imbecile Margaret Wente a pass, in honour of the Sabbath, but I’ve decided that her column this weekend is so horrifically brain-dead stupid that I shouldn’t let it go without at least making some comment. At this point we really should
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Are We Supposed to Take the Media Seriously, Or Not?
The Conservative denial machine is in full swing this afternoon, as I predicted it would be yesterday. Now that Stephen Harper has deliberately made himself complicit in the lie, we may be quite sure that his arrogant, deceitful kleptocrat of a deputy, Peter MacKay, will never be disciplined for lying
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: The Attawapiskat Outrage
It is simply inexcusable that people should have to live in third world conditions in Canada. Yet that is how people in many First Nations (FN) communities across Canada do live. And it gotten so bad in Attawapiskat FN, Ontario — 694 km (432 miles) northeast of Thunder Bay, and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Republicans – Stupid, Mendacious, but with great PR.
How many ‘wtf’ moments are republican political candidates allowed before being branded too stupid to breathe? Michelle Bachmann must be getting super close to the limit by now. I’m not really sure what to do with this level of intellectual bankruptcy on her behalf. Coupled with the puerile servitude of
Continue readingRusty Idols: Afraid to call a Liar a Liar
The Montreal Gazette headline is ‘NDP accuses Tony Clement of doctoring Hansard’. Wow, thinks the reader, that’s a pretty serious allegation, accusing someone of deliberately distorting the public record of Parliament is a big deal. But look, the headline just says he’s just accused of it, so if its just
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Media Coverage of Occupy Wall Street and Wikileaks
There are two major ways that the Occupy movement can be covered in the media. One can either tell stories about the movement itself, or one can tell stories about the ideas and concepts raised by the movement. In the former category we have things like talking about police clashes,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: That Annoying Twitter Access
I’ve seldom seen a journalist whine so much about politicians who are too accessible to the public. Look no further, you can find them in the Calgary Herald. Mayor Nenshi has even replied to a tweet from me, and I don’t even live in Calgary, so obviously he must be
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Myth of Financial Literacy
Barrie McKenna has a very good column in today’s Report on Business about Bay Street simultaneously promoting “financial literacy,” more personal borrowing, and high-fee financial products. He makes some of the same points as contributors to this blog did when the Harper government’s Task Force on Financial Literacy began consulting, accepted
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Free Egypt, Free Syria from Regina
Protesters are clashing with authorities in Egypt’s Tahrir Square again. This video’s screenshot amazed me. Occupy Regina supported the Freedom for Syria rally in Victoria Park today.
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: On Global Day of Action, Occupy Ottawa flexes underrated muscle
By Obert Madondo Even as the threat of eviction from Confederation Park looms larger, the Occupy Ottawa movement is getting stronger, says Arun Smith. Yesterday, the movement held simultaneous marches before four key Ottawa landmarks: …Read More
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Links
Some random links about Occupy Regina and OWS in general: November 17 is going to be a big day in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The stock exchange may never be the same. – ModifiedTweet @dawnis: The @CityofRegina has an app. — Cool, but it probably issues a fine if
Continue readingTrashy's World: Another reason why I won’t subscribe to the Ottawa Citizen…
How is this news???? Tell me! Please!!! Seriously? This is People Magazine stuff. Not journalism. Who cares who is dating whom? Eyebrows were raised at the Gold Medal Plates culinary event in Ottawa on Monday when the prime minister’s former director of communications, Dimitri Soudas, showed up with a surprise date.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Regina Fined
– Hat with 99% Occupier signatures. The protesters of Occupy Regina were fined, one being arrested for not having ID on him while the City’s bylaw officer Flaman and Regina Police were issuing tickets for being in a park after 11 p.m. (There is a bylaw that says the parks are closed at 11 p.m.) […]
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Politics of Potash
Advocates of low potash royalties are claiming that New Democrats fared poorly in Saskatchewan’s recent election because they proposed higher potash royalties. Of course, potash companies and their boosters would like the NDP to give up this cause. Doing so would be a political mistake for the party and a disservice to the people of Saskatchewan. Most […]
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Brad Wall Light?
I got to know and like Dave McGrane in the Saskatchewan Young New Democrats, but the following assessment misses the mark: McGrane, an assistant professor at St. Thomas More College, said the NDP’s defeat was a product of failing to connect with rural Saskatchewan, poor political marketing and outdated policies. “People had no idea what […]
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Pig Penn
Very puzzling, but markedly less infuriating than the sexual abuse and cover-up scandal shrouding Penn State University, is the thoughtless, pigskin-headed response last night by student mobs to the sackings of the university president and, much more o…
Continue readingRusty Idols: If Ezra Levant pushed his way into your house and wouldn’t leave, wouldn’t YOU call the cops?
OTTAWA – When the CBC’s Mary Walsh shows up unannounced with a camera crew at Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s house, the state broadcaster considers it comedy. When Sun News Network’s Ezra Levant pops up in the lobby of the CBC’s Toronto headquarters with a camera operator, it’s a matter for
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