Recommend: go to the URL and listen to the interview with Levison. I captured the text of the news story below, for backup purposes. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lavabit-founder-fought-9-month-legal-battle-with-fbi-1.2658374 After refusing hand encryption codes to federal agents, Ladar Levison had to shut down his company CBC News Posted: May 29, 2014 Last year Ladar Levison shut down Lavabit, the […]
From: Larry Waldinger [mailto:lwaldinger@gmail.com] Sent: June 23, 2014 2:53 PM To: Sandra Finley <sabest1@sasktel.net> Subject: Re: Revised Permanent Peace Agreement Ashu Solo Sandra: I was not going to respond, but your words: “REQUIRED: an undertaking by Ashu to conduct himself appropriately vis-a-vis other people.” seem to suggest that you are still open to a possible […]
—–Original Message—– From: JoAnne Sent: May-22-14 Subject: Re: Mandatory Labour Force Survey Hello Sandra, I came across your contact information after doing much research on this Labour Force Survey which I have recently been contacted to do. I was furious to learn of the nature of personal information that I would be required to provide. […]
I find this interesting (as well as tragic), in the context of Change. Change comes about through awareness – – seeing through things. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == Email exchange, My reply: Yes – angry men. They were betrayed by their leaders. I wonder how […]
My thank-you note to journalist David Pugliese follows the posting. Related posting: 2013-10-09 Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News) – – – – – – – – – – – – – Government orders federal departments to keep tabs on all demonstrations across country http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/government-orders-federal-departments-to-keep-tabs-on-all-demonstrations-across-country by David Pugliese June 4, 2014 The federal government […]
D’Arcy writes: Hi folks, This news story in this morning’s StarPhoenix should raise concerns on many levels: “Arbitrator rules against tenure veto power” by Jason Warwick http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatoon/Arbitrator+rules+against+tenure+veto+power/9905370/story.html (INSERT: The text is copied below in case the link becomes inactive.) The recommendation to veto the granting of tenure to a U of S professor was made […]
(This is also about Lockheed Martin Corp, only because it is a useful example.) “The community” is doing an excellent job of educating citizens to what is going on, through letters-to-editors. Keep them rollin’ in! Gordon Barnhart is the Acting President of the University of Saskatchewan, in the wake of the firing of Ilene Busch-Vishniac. […]
UPDATEDMay 14, 2014 10:10 AM CT CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/#!/content/1.2642637 The head of the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Public Health was fired this morning after he spoke out against the school’s TransformUs restructuring plan. The university confirmed that it fired professor Robert Buckingham, but would not comment further. When Buckingham showed up to work this […]
The next census is in 2016. There are renewed calls for a mandatory long-form census. So frustrating! The articles and comments mention nothing about Lockheed Martin’s role. I “commented” on two news articles (links follow), using basically this: = = = = = = TO: Auditor General Michael Ferguson Dear Michael […]
http://www.nationofchange.org/how-privatization-perverts-education-1392652405 By Paul Buchheit Profit-seeking in the banking and health care industries has victimized Americans. Now it’s beginning to happen in education, with our children as the products. There are good reasons—powerful reasons—to stop the privatization efforts before the winner-take-all free market creates a new vehicle for inequality. At the very least, we need the […]