This should be unsurprising to those familiar with the HB Gary Scandal involving an attempt to smear WikiLeaks. We’ll have to see if this latest plot is smashed by Anonymous, as the HB Gary one was months ago. Some additional banking bastards need crushing.
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Saskboy'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 readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: No Engagement – Occupy Regina to be Occupy City Hall
Mayor does not want to engage the protestors Mayor Pat Fiacco maintained on CJME’s Morning News on Monday, he would not engage the protestors. “We’re busy, we’re very, very busy and we’re doing what City Hall is supposed to be doing,” Fiacco said. He acknowledged some people wish the City
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Regina – Private Security Doing Police Work
While the Occupy Regina protesters were stationed 24/7 in Victoria Park, I felt safe going there. Many people I know do not feel safe in Downtown Regina at night, and one of the big reasons is that it lacks a critical mass of people who are happy to leave you
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 readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: You Can’t Evict An Idea
(Written Nov. 14 or earlier, I thought it was posted, but it was not.) Saskatoon and Regina’s respective City Halls are both going to try to proceed with illegal evictions of peaceful protesters from public parks. This creates a huge problem for our democracy, and the several homeless people living at the Occupy Regina protest […]
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 readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy A Job
There is no shortage of angry people with no civics training, calling for Occupy Regina (Wall Street) protesters to “get a job”. As an Occupy Regina protester, I have a job. If I wasn’t employed, I’d still find a job volunteering, while I look for other paid employment. Those volunteering their time in Victoria Park […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: I Remember
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 […]
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: Liberalism of Conviction and of Convenience – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
The 20th century began as the age of the dictator. It ended with liberalism having come of age as the ascendant political philosophy across the world. Yet liberal parties everywhere are in crisis. Can they grow with the success of liberalism, or have they been outgrown by the success of
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: Liberalism of Conviction and of Convenience – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
The 20th century began as the age of the dictator. It ended with liberalism having come of age as the ascendant political philosophy across the world. Yet liberal parties everywhere are in crisis. Can they grow with the success of liberalism, or have they been outgrown by the success of
Continue readingSaskboy'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 readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mayors Out Of Touch: MOOT Canada
I think it’s time for Rob Ford to “leave” office, and “move on”. – Constitutional law expert and University of Saskatchewan professor Dwight Newman appeared on Richard Brown Wednesday afternoon, and believes the city law could survive if they argued the protest is unsafe. “Being there overnight during the winter, the city could certainly argue […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: It’s Hard to Make Priorities
Mayor Fiacco could use a little more tact. It’s hard to be personable though, when you’re out to violate citizens’ Charter right to free assembly. It’s funny how the occupation of Tahrir Square in Cairo was praised by people and the media here, but a similar occupation in Regina is condemned by some politicians, and […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: CBC Pat On The Head
There there CBC, it’s okay. The Conservatives are going to put you out onto the street anyway. If you can’t be fair during an election, Don’t expect the public’s protection. You’re so busy spinning a tale, The truth was missed, soon you’re for sale. The CBC was so busy running “gotcha journalism” they forgot to […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Paint a Rosy Picture
Murray Mandryk is concerned there may be no “real opposition” in the coming legislature. I’m not surprised that there won’t be. The Green Party of Sask. has been campaigning on that expression, and that has probably not been noted in Mandryk’s paper or elsewhere in the SK media. The fiction presented to the SK people […]
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Design Regina – Shooting the Shit… Literally
“Don’t shit or piss in the park.” It’s not the first thing you’d expect to hear from a city Councillor in an informal chat about Occupy Regina. It’s not even on the top ten. But it was what I remember hearing first from Councillor Clipsham. Perhaps that’s because he repeated it several times. I asked […]
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 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 readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: More Debates – Press Release
I sent this to various Saskatchewan media yesterday. It appeared in part in the Star Phoenix and Leader Post. This province has had its laws constructed and maintained over the last 20 years by the NDP (coalition w/Liberals), and Sask Party. To exclude other parties from the debate on TV is to only give the […]
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