This and that for your Tuesday reading. – John Abraham and Dana Nuccitelli discuss the worrisome spread of climate change denialism, particularly around the English-speaking developed world. But lest we accept the theory that declining public knowledge is independent of political choices, Margaret Munro reports that the Cons are suppressing
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Accidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Glen McGregor reports on Michael Sona’s conviction as part of the Cons’ voter suppression in 2011. But both Michael den Tandt and Sujata Dey emphasize that Sona’s conviction was based on his being only one participant in the wider Robocon scheme – and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Michael Sona Found Guilty of Being Pierre Poutine in #RoboCon
While Sona’s been found guilty of one charge, questions remain about how he would have managed to have log files removed from CPC Headquarter’s computer database known as CIMS. "There is no record of the accused accessing that database at anytime" Hearn says, but notes others did, incl. Ken Morgan.—
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #PCloadLetter The Ontario PCs Send Misdirecting Mail #VoteOn
.@kady @KrankyKanuck @Mary_OGrady @1223Chuck Wouldn't you rather unmarked envelopes tell you where? twitter.com/LibPressSec/st… #PCloadLetter— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) June 11, 2014 (PC Load Letter is from printer displays of the past, and the comedy Office Space. It indicates the paper tray is empty. It was the best pun I could come
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jim Armitage discusses how the privatization of public services in the UK is being mashed up with the principles behind subprime lending and debt bundling – leading to a bubble which promises to take down investors and the public alike. – Dylan Matthews
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Trial Begins for Sona in #RoboCon #elxnfraud
An important trial in Canadian history is underway in Guelph, Ontario. Michael Sona, the only person accused by prosecutors of carrying out the illegall robocalls in Guelph to redirect people to the “Old Quebec St. Mall”, faces jail and fines. However, he could not have carried out this crime by
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: Why Law Professors will rub their hands with glee over the Commissioner’s Report
Counsellor Shrybman: The Doubter One thing is for sure: for the next two decades or more, constitutional law professors in every law university in Canada will be rubbing their hands in delight at being able to present to law students the report of a commissioner into electoral fraud, and a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Insufficient Investigation for #RoboCon
A lawyer central to the Federal Court challenge of election fraud in 2011, has made a list of deficiencies in the Elections Canada Commish’s report. #cdnpoli #MUSTread Dancing with Mr. Côté over the Fair Elections Act & PDF assessment of #robocalls case. rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers… #muckreads— Judyth Mermelstein (@GadflyQuebec) May 10, 2014
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Who Did The Domestic Calls? #RoboCon #elxnfraud
Some behind the scenes numbers about Elections Canada’s impotent investigation into illegal robocalls… [note Prime Contact, which came up in the blogosphere earlier this week.] 81. At the national level, the Conservative Party, using data from its Constituent Information Management System (CIMS) database, called through two primary telemarketing companies: Responsive
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alex Himelfarb and Jordan Himelfarb comment on the dangers of failing to talk about taxes: The tax debate is often muddied by disagreement about whether taxes have actually gone up or down. As the economy grows, so too do tax revenues and spending,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Canadian Election Attacked From America #RoboCon
If Canada’s “SIGINT” (Signals Intelligence) agency doesn’t have records to share with Elections Canada of malicious #robocalls made outside of Canada aimed at disrupting our federal election, then what good is CSEC doing for our democracy? Tracking Brazilian terrorists? Production orders were obtained for records from Rogers, Shaw and Videotron.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Commish Waves White Flag in #RoboCon #elxnfraud Investigation
Despite audio evidence of widespread illegal robocals, the Commishioner of Elections Canada has announced “no offenses committed”! @DonMartinCTV @nspector4 "We didn't find anything because we weren't allowed to find anything"…. oh well. #cdnpoli— Out of Order (@muddywolfking) April 24, 2014 Canadians have had a heaping helping of obvious crime going
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Testify, Born Again Christian #RoboCon
Andrew Prescott’s immunity deal is a strange development. The loyal party worker and born-again Christian had for two years categorically denied any knowledge of or involvement in the robocall affair. But why do innocent people need immunity deals? One of the people Prescott professed his innocence to was Michael Sona.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: No Charges Despite New Prescott #RoboCon Information
After giving some immunity to a man who either lied to me, or to Elections Canada’s investigators, Canada’s election agency has no new charges to announce against the perpetrators of 2011′s Guelph or national election fraud robocalls. Andrew Prescott’s information fingers the already charged Michael Sona, and the exiled Ken
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Mitchell Anderson discusses Canada’s woeful excuse for negotiations with the oil sector – particularly compared to the lasting social benefits secured by Norway in making the best of similar reserves: Digging through the numbers, it seems Norway is considerably more skilled at negotiation.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Soudas was Resign-Fired #HarperFired #cdnpoli
It happens with plenty of Harperites. They Resign, no wait, they were Fired. Depending on who you are, there’s a different tale of what caused the undesirable to fall under the Harper Omni-Bus. Fired. Resigned. Nigel Wright who worked in the Prime Minister’s Office until last year was also Resign-Fired.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the Cons’ explanations for the Unfair Elections Act reflect a disturbing attempt to rule out any voter motivation other than partisan interests – while excusing future Robocon-style deceit by placing all responsibility for accurate information on Elections Canada alone. For further reading…– Alison documents the Con MPs
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Satire and Analysis Becomes Reality in #RoboCon
Ever wonder why Elec Canada didn't raid CPC hq. On robocalls? I know I do. See ipolitics @HarrisAuthor #cdnpoli— Michael Harris (@HarrisAuthor) March 24, 2014 In early March 2012, I asked the same, putting the question to major political parties and Elections Canada. “Why doesn’t Elections Canada just check the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Yves Smith notes that a short-sighted focus on returns for shareholders generally represents a poor allocation of resources even on the level of a single corporation – while also pointing out what that mindset does when shared across the business sector: As the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: We Need An Election
It’s time for a federal election. They want to change fundamental Canadian rights, and oppose laws in our Constitution that they didn’t get a mandate for in their crooked 2011 stable victory. A not-so-radical proposal: If the government wants to make major changes to the Supreme Court, the Senate, and
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