Like millions of other Canadians, I am debating what strategy to take tomorrow. Do I rise with the birds at 5 a.m. (or probably before the birds, who are sensible enough to still be sleeping) to watch Canada vs. Sweden for the Olympic gold medal? Or, do I do the
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: WikiLeaks: How the NSA Endangers a Free Society
Some NSA efforts to destroy Assange and intimidate people supporting Wikileaks have been revealed. ANTICRISIS GIRL was a system to spy on Wikileaks searchers. – This other item is big news too, because Matt’s been an important journalist covering Wall St. crimes.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: An Exxon Valdex EVERY WEEK
Why do we tolerate more than 50 oil spills the size of Exxon Valdez in the Tar Sands? Where is the outrage?
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Why the Minimum Wage Debate Isn’t Going to Go Away
Yesterday I tweeted this: <blink> Gap will raise minimum hourly pay Walmart “looking” at support of min wage raise In honour of the momentum, I am posting the piece I wrote for Economy Lab a while back, and including the numbers that drive the chart that attracted quite a lot
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: It’s Tıme For Social-Democracy To Exit The Twentieth Century
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Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Legitimating Neoliberalism in times of crisis
Originally posted on Greek Left Review: The Bulgarian protests in 2013 posted at chronos.eu by Georgi Medarov View original Filed under: Uncategorized
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: A Bodhisattva’s Love
A conversation related, between a Bodhisattva friend and another: Q: “So, what do you do for fun?” A: “I help people.” Q: “No, what do you do for fun?” A: “I help people.” Q: “No, I mean, what do you do for fun?” A: “I help people.” I love it.
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Bernie Madoff, Robin Hood and the present dark age
Why is Bernie Madoff the only Wall St. criminal to face jail time? Because he robbed the 1%, and not the 99%. Rob the rich, and you are attacked, reviled, vilified and quite possibly imprisoned as well, if not burned at the stake or publicly beheaded, drawn and quartered –
Continue readingCalgary Grit: A brief history of Stephen Harper supporting our troops (updated)
“In 2006, after the Liberal ‘decade of darkness,’ we took action to rebuild Canada’s Armed Forces.” –Stephen Harper October 2010: “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is scrambling to contain an ever-widening scandal in which officials deliberately tried to ruin the reputation of outspoken military veterans“ October 2011: Veterans Ombudsman Questions
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Advertising, bondage and consumerism
I turn off the mute on the radio, to check if the nauseating ads are finished and we can get back to the music, and I hear, “New York steak…” – so I mute it again immediately; and I think: Advertising = the intensification and multiplication of human wants and
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Freedhoff says Heart & Stroke Foundation should be ashamed of themselves
Ottawa’s Dr. Yoni Freedhoff wonders why the Heart and Stroke Foundation would endorse a product for your children that’s basically “sugar, water and marketing.” Freedhoff’s says two servings of Sunrype’s FruitSource is the equivalent of eating 34 teaspoons of sugar. … Continue reading →
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: If General Leslie wasn’t a Liberal, this wouldn’t be news
More Tory dirty tricks. The Harper guys don’t seem to mind shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to move a disgraced general after he was court-martialled to the UAE. They don’t have a problem with shutting down veterans’ offices or cutting two billion from defence spending over their years
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bitcoins – How to Start Mining
This guide describes an indirect way to mine Bitcoins at home. You’ll need to understand how to edit a batch file and run it in the folder with a program you’ll also download. It’s become unrealistic to discover Bitcoins before specialized ASIC miners find them, so to get around this
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Action Plan Year 2: Progress report more politics than substance
Reflecting on two years of “progress” under Ontario’s Health Action Plan, Health Minister Deb Matthews published her list of “accomplishments” in an on-line pamphlet posted in January. After two years there’s not a lot to show. Some of the list … Continue reading →
Continue readingExcited Delirium: What Canadians Aren’t Reading About Keystone XL Pipeline
Dig a little and you’ll find that the world doesn’t think much of the Conservative Party’s desire to put the Keystone XL pipeline in place.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Kickstarter hacked
I signed up for KickStarter and didn’t even end up using it. Because I was lazy/human, I used a password I’d used on some other websites when creating my account there. Kickstart hacked, personal info obtained. So now I’ve had to go to a bunch of other websites and change
Continue readingLeft Over: Canadian Athletes: Smart Like Tractor, eh, Putin?
Vladimir Putin and the Horror at Canada House http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/ Why are you even surprised, Simon? The fact that they are involved in the ‘owe-limp-icks’ tells you everything you need to know..they probably shop at MalWarts, and accept endorsement money from any PR hack from any company (can you say ‘Nike?)
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: #JohnToryValentine
Hey, look who sent me a Valentine!
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Happy Valentine’s Day
Roxie’s song is called “Hey Valentine”. I met her at Access 7 while I was there to appear on TV too, for Regina Car Share Co-op. Our interviews are on Access Talk of the Town today at 2pm and 5pm. @roxielenton http://www.facebook.com/roxielentonmusic (iTunes) http://cdbaby.com/cd/roxielenton (The song is also available on
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