Alberta dismisses B.C. demand for more pipeline revenue Just like Dear Leader Harpo, Alberta is taking on the royal “we” in declaring that BC’s cop out Liberal greedbag of demands are “not in the national interest”…who are they to pontificate on the national interest? Crusty Clark’s ridiculous capitulation aside, you
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Regina City Council – Stadiumapalooza #YQRcc
Check out my presentation here, or on Access 7 replay later on. CTV, Global, and LP mentioned me, but the CBC reporter they sent wasn’t interested in a quote even though she sought one from Conrad who is running against me in the upcoming election. She probably liked his cool
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B.C. seeks ‘fair share’ in new Gateway pipeline deal Province lays out five criteria for all new crude oil pipelines After all the BS, Christy Clark has, once again, shown that the leopard never ever changes its spots…. This was your last and final chance to seriously prove you
Continue readingCritical Brain Candy: Electric vehicles are not cheap yet
I was perusing the options for electric vehicles the other day, such as the Volt, Leaf, Focus, etc. Whenever we do need to buy a new car, I would be interested in looking at electrics, but wow they’re expensive. It doesn’t look like you can get a pure electric vehicle
Continue readingIn This Corner: Parks and Rec gets screwed … again.
I don’t normally become particularly excised over entertainment industry awards. They are what they are, with politics playing as much a role as performance. But something has to be said about the utterly baffling snub the TV academy has delivered to Parks and Recreation. The Emmy voters have seen fit
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PostModern PostMedia
Somehow Stephen Maher has a job at PostMedia. It’s amazing, there is still some honest journalism going on at the husk of former Black-owned newspapers, in 2012 no less. Instead of enlightening people about the treasonous robocalls made in the last general election, this time he’s explaining that climate change
Continue readinggritchik: Hudak found a new way to get cozy with the pro-lifers
Remember the white paper, about flexible labour markets, that the MIA Ontario PC leader, Tim Hudak, released last month? If you didn’t, don’t sweat it. No one else gave it much thought either. Or, at least I didn’t until reading this, from the Tories’ bosom buddy, the anti-choice Lifesite: Calling for “worker
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: But Batman is lonely too, Sad Spaceman
Alltop always wanted to be Robin. I know, weird, right?
Continue readingLeft Over: Take a little Time out of Your Busy Schedule……
Romeo Dallaire, possible the only ex-Armed Forces biggie I could ever have any respect for, is sponsoring this petition to bring Omar Khadr home…it’s well past time for this to happen, and as usual, the CRAPs are acting as though the issue didn’t exist, because it doesn’t suit their agenda
Continue readingPressing Politics: Protected: The Newfoundland Legislature, Backbenchers, and the Infamous Paul Lane
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Gone Dismissing
So, new Elections Canada commish, what’s up? I know you’re new on the job, but you seemed to have been able to get a confident handle on things enough by only your second day at work. You were already sure it was right to dismiss a months-long investigation into an
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: As Close As We’ll Get
SaskAdapt.ca feels like waving the white flag, but it is an important website, and a project at the UofR. It’s also the closest we’ll get to an admission from the Sask Party government that climate change is real, and is a grave threat to our people (and every living thing
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Editor’s Picks: Some recent stories you may have missed
It’s time for our summer break. We won’t be posting again until mid-August, but you may want to explore some of the almost 600 articles that are already up on our site. This year we won an award for best web … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Google Street View Circa 1907
It seems Google didn’t invent Street View The idea was 100 years old when it first started to become popular on the Internet! Behold Vancouver, street view from 1907 Barcelona, Spain 1908 Look at all the bicycles! Vancouver in 1971, albeit a little shaky camera work. Moose Jaw, circa 2006,
Continue readingIn This Corner: Names for ex-Capital Ex fail to inspire, but still ….
Northlands is trying to get the public engaged in renaming its annual summer fair by holding a naming contest to replace the unloved title Capital Ex, which itself replaced the loved-only-by-old-people Klondike Days. The names that Northlands has offered up are a fairly uninspired lot, which is perfect considering that
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Ontario hospitals: Only Mexico to pass to reach the fewest beds per capita
Here’s a given – as Ontario hospitals start to shed services and staff in the next three years, the government is inevitably going to proclaim the benefits of serving patients in the community. The Canadian Institute for Health Information recently … Continue reading →
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: What is the best approach of making first contact with a race that thinks of your species as food?
This is one of the first sensible questions people have asked me on this column. Most of your questions are about petty human concerns such as getting a mate, and what kind of loofah should you use. Thank you! You’re … Continue reading →
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Australia’s Gay Panic Defence Get Challenged
Slap reader Tim writes in with this bit of news from Down Under: Currently in Queensland Australia there exists a legal defence which allows a reduced sentence on murder of another person of the same sex if they hit on you. [There is a] petition put forward by Rev. Fr.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Stolen Bike Alert
My Giant Boulder SE, men’s frame, silver colour bike was stolen from 15th Ave and McTavish St. (Regina) at 2:45pm Saturday; please watch for it. It had a yellow round reflector hanging loosely from back of seat, rear black plastic fender (but not front fender), and a black headlight, and
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: On “Killing Jerry Sandusky would not be enough…”
My response to this blog post: While violence as vengeance is not my style I can appreciate a good fantasy in cases such as this. Even if the thought was in jest, the most compelling argument against capital punishment, to me, is that it deprives victims of at least knowing
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