Gas prices finally low enough to have you feel like we’re getting a ‘discount’? Think again.
Continue readingTag: Uncategorized
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Don’t Buy a VW
This is awful. Holy crap. VW had software in cars to detect official emissions tests & cheat them. Real world emissions 40x higher http://t.co/j8u9Uw7Pcr — Real Gaz of Trumpton (@gazza_d) September 19, 2015
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Why I take issue with the Observer’s stance on Jeremy Corbyn | Comment is free | The Guardian
The veteran writer offers a personal response to last week’s editorial on the new Labour leader Source: Why I take issue with the Observer’s stance on Jeremy Corbyn | Comment is free | The Guardian Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Corbyn, Labour Party, UK Politics
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 36: Another (yawn) debate; Trump blows hard; new look Journal just blows
The federal election is now into the home stretch, which in previous years would have been referred to as ‘at the starting line’. The Big Three (The Little One, Green Party leader Elizabeth May was no invited) debated the economy on Thursday, and just like everything else in this campaign,
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 36: Another (yawn) debate; Trump blows hard; new look Journal just blows
The federal election is now into the home stretch, which in previous years would have been referred to as ‘at the starting line’. The Big Three (The Little One, Green Party leader Elizabeth May was no invited) debated the economy on Thursday, and just like everything else in this campaign,
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Porn, Sex Positivity, and Working Class Solidarity
The UK’s gradually expanding porn law restrictions have been going on for years and eventually came to a climax the end of 2014, when previously existing restrictions were applied to all pornographic material made in the UK. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Porn, Sex
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oil and Gas Still Not Four Letter Words?
Brad Wall, speaking directly to oil and gas men, remarked that he thinks Ottawa needs a “champion” of non-renewable energy. There’s been more than enough support for that industry in the past decades. This is a good sector, that oil and gas are not four letter words. That they create
Continue readingExcited Delirium: My Recommendation for Electoral Reform
A wish list for electoral reform becomes a random collection of ideas related to democracy, our monarchy and the future of Canadian politics. But briefly 🙂
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Last Night’s Debate Winner: Mainstream Media & Corporate Canada
The only true winner in last night’s debate were mainstream media and corporate Canada. Canadians lost.
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: British PM David Cameron Says Jeremy Corbyn is a National Threat
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: British Left, Corbyn, Labour Party
Continue readingLeft Over: Take a Propaganda at this Ridiculous Headline….
Spin Cycle: Is the NDP’s proposed corporate tax hike a ‘job killer’? Liberals, Conservatives decry NDP plan to raise corporate tax rate to 17% from 15% By Ira Basen, CBC News Posted: Sep 17, 2015 3:22 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 17, 2015 3:32 PM ET Who wrote that headline, some-under-assistant
Continue readingLeft Over: Take a Propaganda at this Ridiculous Headline….
Spin Cycle: Is the NDP’s proposed corporate tax hike a ‘job killer’? Liberals, Conservatives decry NDP plan to raise corporate tax rate to 17% from 15% By Ira Basen, CBC News Posted: Sep 17, 2015 3:22 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 17, 2015 3:32 PM ET Who wrote that headline, some-under-assistant
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: The Problem With College Educated Revolutionaries
There are many college-educated revolutionaries in cities and towns all through the United States. Whether they work at cafes, wash dishes, teach in public schools, or drive trains, they share the common experience of a college education. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The Problem
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #EatThinkVote Event A Success
John Klein: Be Engaged, and Eat Well. Originally posted on John Klein – Regina: The tables were full of people, and full of delicious free organic food too, at the Eat Think Vote forum for candidates this evening at the Core Ritchie hall. (The event had to wrap up at
Continue readingEh Types: Teach Your Children Well
A national newspaper referred to the “Sex-Ed problem”, regarding the ongoing curriculum dispute between the province and some parents. There is no Sex-Ed problem, there is an irresponsible parent problem. These parents are abdicating a responsibility to their children, to others as well, and it needs to stop. To parents who
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: XKCD 1576: I Could Care Less
XKCD is one of the smartest comics online. Read it. Given how often I’ve been told I sound either condescending or pedantic when I write something I could just as easily beeither person in this comic.
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 35: Refugees keep coming; Liz sets employment record
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany is a big country, with 81 million people, but a half-million refugees every year for several years is an awful
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 35: Refugees keep coming; Liz sets employment record
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany is a big country, with 81 million people, but a half-million refugees every year for several years is an awful
Continue readingExcited Delirium: So Harper DID Fire His Campaign Manager Midway Through the Campaign???
Stephen Harper is in a muddy pit, no deep Tar Sands, and he has hired Lynton Crosby to pull him out. Doesn’t this mean he’s fired his other campaign manager, Jenni Byrne?
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Harvest Time
Had to pick the tomatoes, frost is coming tonight to Regina. Got a single, awesome butter-nut squash, and some baby squashes.
Continue reading