Kirby Ferguson, who made the highly enjoyable “Everything is a remix” web documentary, has a new project out, which may be of interest to all you paranoid groovy people. You can just go sign up for the series here. Assuming … Continue reading →
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Greens: Conservatives Ordered Illegal Destruction of Canadian Records
Elizabeth May on Harper government's library closures: Book burning doesn't remind me of this century #CDNpoli— Mike De Souza (@mikedesouza) January 27, 2014 A worrying subset of the Canadian population seems content settling for a Conservative Party that willingly destroys Canadian heritage and property. How can Canadians peacefully stop the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Sorry State of Oil Stained Wretches
“A man standing up for downtrodden people: Is he a hero, or a hypocrite? Let our expert panel decide for you by suggesting the hero is a hypocrite simply through his participation in modern society. One of our experts working for an oil-friendly newspaper in a city oil-money built, will
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Part 2 #OilConVoid – PMO: Wallin’s Missing Calendar Found
Suspended Senator Pamela Wallin should soon be in more hot water, along with the corrupt Conservative Party for which she was apparently fundraising for while traveling on the taxpayer’s dime. More problems for Pam Wallin? RCMP computer forensics find new daily calendar. bit.ly/K5XEfr #skpoli #cdnpoli— Murray Mandryk (@MMandryk) January 16,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Prescott Gets Off #RoboCon #elxnfraud #cdnpoli
Andrew Prescott has reportedly worked out an immunity from prosecution agreement in the Pierre Poutine Robocalls (RoboCon) election fraud of 2011. Presently Michael Sona faces charges as the only Conservative charged in Guelph with the Pierre Poutine conspiracy to misdirect voters by fraudulently claiming to be Elections Canada. “Why would
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Vancouver, Climate Justice Activists Disrupt Stephen Harper’s Pro-Big Oil Party
Two climate justice activists peacefully disrupted Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s question-and-answer session at the Vancouver Board of Trade on Monday. The post In Vancouver, Climate Justice Activists Disrupt Stephen Harper’s Pro-Big Oil Party appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: F-35: Lies from Lying Liars #cdnpoli
The F-35 was going to be a plane made with Chinese parts, despite US law forbidding that. mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBR… this just adds to the ridiculousness. Russia probably has deal w china to remotely disable these.— jeff cliff (@jeffcliff1) January 04, 2014
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: New story up at Jersey Devil Press
My latest flash fiction is now up for reading in the 50th edition of the Jersey Devil Press, in either their fancy full-magazine mode, or as a plain old web page. It is the story of Wally (Waldo to those … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PMO: Anger Betrayal Deception; Oil
Our lying Prime Minister felt betrayed and angry, and … deceived? The scheme only became public after a CTV news report on the evening of May 14. The next morning, said Harper, he met with Wright, the successful Toronto financier he had brought to Ottawa in 2010 to be his
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: New Conservative Ad Reveals Stephen Harper’s Fear of Justin Trudeau [VIDEO]
The possibility of “waking up in 2015 to Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister” of Canada unnerves Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. The post New Conservative Ad Reveals Stephen Harper’s Fear of Justin Trudeau [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Obama’s NSA is the East German Stasi of our time
German leader flat out states that Obama’s government is little better than the East German Stasi. “In an angry exchange with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel has compared the snooping practices of the US with those of the Stasi, the ubiquitous and all-powerful secret police of the communist dictatorship in East
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper Conservatives not bothered by Third World-style child poverty in Canada
Federal minister James Moore shows that the Harper Conservatives aren’t at all bothered by the fact that 1 in 7 children live in poverty in Canada today. The post Harper Conservatives not bothered by Third World-style child poverty in Canada appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Conservatives Are Not Responsible
Conservatives are not responsible for your neighbour’s children. Your neighbour’s children will be paying off debts incurred by Conservative Ministers, however. Conservatives only feel responsible for your neighbour’s children when they street race, have sex, use drugs, or are bullied. Full bellies are definitely not their responsibility, unless it’s unsafe
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Public sector unions legally challenge Harper Conservatives’ Bill C-4
Federal public sector unions are joining forces to legally challenge the Harper Conservatives’ latest assault on Canadian workers’ rights through Bill C-4. The post Public sector unions legally challenge Harper Conservatives’ Bill C-4 appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Neil Young’s 4-city concerts to benefit First Nation’s tar sands fight
Neil Young’s 4-city Canadian concert tour to raise money to support the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s legal defense against tar sands developments. The post Neil Young’s 4-city concerts to benefit First Nation’s tar sands fight appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: First Nations Get $0.3M for Solar Research #skpoli
The Conservative government generously gave First Nations in Saskatchewan enough grant money to build one impressively sized solar array that could power a half dozen homes. Ontario is going with $5,000M. SaskPower gave 10 times this much to the UofR to research how to put CO2 underground so more oil
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: 300 Years Is Bogus
Thanks to another letter writer, Michael McKinlay, I caught this opportunity to again offer a better future perspective than SaskPower’s current President has done thus far. http://saskboy.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/an-irrational-mixup-at-saskpower/ I’m writing in response to SaskPower President and CEO Robert Watson’s comments in the November 25th article, “SaskPower set to overhaul power grid“.
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Spanish Syndicalism (1) CGT Strike in Unipost
CGT DECLARES UNLIMITED STRIKE IN SPANISH ‘UNIPOST’ OVER HOLIDAYS The following is a translation from a Spanish language article at Rojo y Negro, the organ of the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union the CGT. I have had to rather “freely translate” as the particulars of Spanish labour practices are quite different
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Spanish Syndicalism (1) CGT Strike in Unipost
CGT DECLARES UNLIMITED STRIKE IN SPANISH ‘UNIPOST’ OVER HOLIDAYS The following is a translation from a Spanish language article at Rojo y Negro, the organ of the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist union the CGT. I have had to rat…
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