I’m so sick of the government reading all of my Facebook status updates, and never liking any of them. (Seen on a graphic going around Facebook) SOCMINT “It had been used, in one case, to arrest ten people who threatened to protest in front of UK Prime Minister David Cameron
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LisaKirbie.com: Globe and Mail columnist on crack?
Metaphorically, of course (it does seem to be going around these days). But I’m not sure what else would explain this piece of tiresome drivel, full of sweeping generalizations, which manages to insult both sexes equally. (You can see I’m trying to be polite). Margaret Wente opines in today’s Globe
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Freegan and Garden combined
Freegan and Garden combined Originally uploaded by computer_saskboy #Freegan & #Garden combined into supper (+ bonus dandelion eating) Bye social norms. 3D = Dumpster Dirt Dandelion
Continue readingIn This Corner: Small town news in the ‘big city’
As a news junkie and former member of the Fourth Estate, I’ve always had a fascination not just with the actual news, but how it is presented. For example, as long as I can remember, rule no. 1 of the newspaper and TV game was Biggest Story Leads. Whether it
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PRISM: Prepared for Exposure
More details are out on PRISM, Tempora, and other illegal spying schemes by the NSA and friendly intelligence agencies, apparently even in Germany. The NSA even has a special department for such cooperation, the Foreign Affairs Directorate, he says. He also exposes a noteworthy detail about how government decision-makers are
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Good luck with open nominations
I said it was dumb before, and I’ll say it again – unless of course, you like running a slate of white guys, or special interest group candidates in winnable ridings. I’m not terribly concerned that Ms. Alvero thinks my views are “outdated,” either. I just hope the Trudeau Brain
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Rail Tragedy Strikes (Anytown) Canada, Real Strategy Needed
The rail tragedy in Lac Megantic on the weekend reflects a real failure of all stakeholders to plan ahead. If they don’t, expect it in your town next.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Harper Government Must Be Right On Track #cdnpoli
This morning, I dealt with indignant HarperCons on Twitter, while they didn’t take my advice about the validity of claims by a certain tweeter not shy of bending the truth a lot to fluff his dear leader. Sorry for what you’re about to see, because if you drill down a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Harper’s “Public Event” “photo opportunity” (Cameras and photographers only) #cdnpoli
Where is this event you ask? Lac-Mégantic, Québec 3:15 p.m. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper will participate in a photo opportunity. Why is Harper there? You could say that Harper’s PMO has all the tact of a runaway train. – Hat tip to Daniel J.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PRISM: Obama Didn’t End Illegal Spying, He Extended It
“There are no checks and balances here, and we’ve got to restore them.” Sensenbrenner, Republican who drafted the Patriot Act II. Go read 2001/2002 debate over the Patriot Act – NOBODY thought it enabled mass, indiscriminate, bulk collection of all Americans' records.— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 11, 2013 Sensenbrenner pointed
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Runaway Train
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec was partially levelled by a massive oil explosion from a train that became detached from its locomotive and rolled into the downtown. The locomotive experienced a fire before the detachment from the oil laden cars. Questions need to arise about the safety of unattended, automated locomotives. ” Everybody
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wealth in the USA Graphed Nicely
You can see what Americans desire as wealth distribution, vs. what they think the unfair situation is vs. reality. It’s off the charts, literally, how much money the 1% makes in comparison to what sort of uneven system Americans accept they experience. It really displays the absurdity of even well-off
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Stephen Harper’s Circle of Ignorance
Evidence from initial investigations into Senate payments indicate that one person should be held accountable for this: Stephen Harper.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Senate Is a Cartoon
I’ve been cartoon-ified by Jim Sadlemyer! Larry and I unintentionally wrote a joke used in ParlimANT Hill. Duffy’s PMO scandal with Nigel Wright just gets more filled in, and bigger as time goes by. Harper’s really wearing this crime heavily now, after skating away from Cadscam and Penashue’s campaign pay-off.
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Best of Diablogue in 2013 (so far)
It’s time for our annual summer break here at the Diablogue. This year our readership has almost doubled from 2012 and more than tripled from our humble beginnings in 2010. More of you are also sending us story leads as well as leaving … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: One State Can Make a (Sweet) Difference
Coke and Pepsi are still both deadly if you consume them regularly and in sufficient amounts. Yet Coke has got a leg up on Pepsi recently by reducing its product’s ability to cause debilitating or deadly illness in one form. the centre of the years-long controversy is the iconic soda’s
Continue readingLeft Over: Immigration, Reformed
Conservative Refugee Reforms Put Party At Odds With Jewish Group Posted: 07/05/2013 5:44 am EDT | Updated: 07/05/2013 10:43 am EDT Huffington Post This is a blast from the past- a rather dismally dark corner of the Canadian WW2 agenda, the new 20th century agenda, that never seems to get talked about openly… such
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Sliverization: Glaciers Melting Quickly
Civilization has a sliver of a chance to survive this century. Earth’s ice sheets are doomed. That’s it for us. Watch the trolls roll through saying, “The. earth. has. natural. cycles,” in their robotic programmed voices. Oh really? No shit, sandman. You know what else has natural cycles? Women. Men.
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Blood Services — Has Dr. Sher ever heard of the precautionary principle?
Dr. Graham Sher has to be the most confident guy on the planet. While experts around the world are cautious about making safety claims regarding blood-based products, the CEO of Canadian Blood Services told a hand-selected Health Canada round table … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Northern Lights Animation
I have a few more of these aurora animations to create and upload to YouTube. Here’s a fun one to start with tonight though.
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