The Ottawa Citizen announced the start of the Ottawa area hospitals integrated laboratory service. The Citizen somehow links this development to Don Drummond. It has nothing to do with Drummond. This particular project dates back to 1996, is fully within the public sector and continues a long tradition, back to
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gritchik: About the ONDP budget phone line
You know, the one Andrea Horwath set up to hear from the people before her party decides whether or not to support the McGuinty budget. It’s now being reported that Ontarians are urging Horwath and her caucus to vote with the government and support this budget. But, between you and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Live #PROC Committee – LiveBlog
Watch live on CBC.ca Kady: In what can only be described as a deeply unfortunate bit of scheduling business, Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand is set to make his first public statement on the robocalls controversy at committee later this morning, just hours before the budget drops, when all but
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Parade of Disgraceful Conservatives
The Conservative Party of Canada could use better people to back it, and its ideology. The current support crowd online has some pretty obvious, and significant flaws: threatening lawsuits (both Gator69 and Red Jeff have offered to report me to the appropriate non-authorities on climate change, so they can send
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCoke: Fun Contest to Celebrate Dying Democracy
I dislike both Coke and iTunes, thinking the world would be a better place without either of them. I hate RoboCon a lot more though, because our country would be a lot better off without cynical and illegal attempts to subvert our democratic elections. So I’m combining all of these
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Cats
It would appear from this graph that as the cat threat makes it into the news more, there are fewer people[?] searching the word “cat” on the Internet. Curious. I’m questioning my theory that the Internet runs on cat power. Perhaps the AI autocorrection robots will overtake their cuteness and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: One Piece At a Time
… and it didn’t cost me a dime. – Johnny Cash I went to the latest Design Regina public forum Tuesday night, at Artesian on 13th Ave. That building is quite impressive inside, including a clever use of bathroom space downstairs. Check it out sometime. Anyway, at the meeting the
Continue readingFalse positive: private profit in Canada's health care: US Health Insurance Truths Emerge
As the American government slithers through the mud with the health insurance industry towards universal health coverage certain truths about private insurance that supporters of public health care know, and remarkably, pro-market advocates continue to deny, are emerging. Mark Bertolini, CEO Aetna Insurance, one of America’s largest health insurance companies,
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Subliminal Frames
If you’ve watched Santorum’s “Obamaville” web advert once or twice, it’s easy to miss a number of what can only be described as “subliminal” images as they appear for only a fraction of a second and often in rapid succession. Whether or not that advertising tactic actually works is highly
Continue readinggritchik: Ontario Election 2012
Seems unlikely, right? You’d think so yet just months after the last election Tim Hudak was on CBC radio this morning huffing and puffing about the McGuinty budget. I’d call it a liberal budget but it wasn’t. Not really. It was probably the most conservative budget since the Harris era.
Continue readingIn This Corner: Election Day 1: The BS hits the fan
Ah, election time. The promises are flying, candidates come out of hiding, and the lowly, forgotten voter becomes the belle of the ball. The election is underway, so let the blogging begin! I Call Bullshit On That #1: Alison Redford came out swinging at the Wildrose, saying the party killed
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Tough on Crime
Information is the lifeblood of democracy. Stephen Harper knows that, he said it. Ask yourself why the Chief Electoral Officer’s report on electoral fraud this week, is being given to Parliament on the very day when it’s known most Ottawa journalists will be in impermeable rooms so they can get
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Write CBC and other Media
Dear CBC: As a Canadian citizen, it is with great alarm that I’ve watched the RoboCon scandal unfold. The report to Parliament by Marc Mayrand, Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer scheduled by the Conservatives to be the same day as their budget announcement, reeks of an attempt to suppress this news.
Continue readingtheKrellant.ca: Cat Reporter Infiltrates the NDP!
Risking all 9 of his lives, Cat Reporter infiltrated the NDP Leadership Convention to bring you the Cat Truth about their plans to overthrow the government–and paint 24 Sussex Orange!
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Trans Contestant Booted From Beauty Contest For Being Born Male
Jenna Talackova, a contestant in this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant, has been disqualified from the competition after organisers discovered that she’s trans. Pageant judges selected Talackova from numerous other applicants to compete in the finals for the Donald Trump-owned competition, but after Denis Davilla, one of the directors, had
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Not Serious? Get Serious!
It should be obvious to most people that the Liberal Party of Canada isn’t behind the vast majority of illegal phone calls made to voters during the May 2, 2011 election. If they were, the Conservative Party would have already bowed to public opinion to call an inquiry, and surely
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Poutine’s Email Address
I’ve emailed Postmedia for clarification, were there 2 or 3 emails? The account was registered to someone using the email address pierres1630@gmail.com. The order required PayPal to turn over account details, transaction history and the IP address used by pierre1630@gmail.com, whenever he or she connected to the payment company’s servers.
Continue readingLeft Over: It’s the Least Wonderful Time of the Year…
A lousy day all around…I can think of nothing I like less than the idea of Mulcair, the ex-Liberal, as the leader of the Party I would have gone out of my way to support and volunteer for, if anyone, and I mean anyone, running, would have beat him… Great..we
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Favourite Poems L
Yes, the fiftieth edition of Favourite Poems. You might wonder why a blog about nurses and nursing (and some other stuff, but mostly nursing) does poetry. The answer is simple: because nursing is far more than all the mundane tasks we need to do to care for our patients. Poetry
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Crap Like This
** Old draft from April 12, 2011 that I’m publishing now, untouched, a bit like a time capsule from Election 41** #wtf LPC proposed AG table report if #hoc dissolved. BQ supported LPC. CPC opposed + NDP weirdly supported CPC: http://goo.gl/4eA26 #elxn41 Mr. Jean-Claude D’Amours: Mr. Chairman, my question is
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