Kudos! to Larry Powell for his excellent, humorous rebuttal to the new President of Croplife Canada, Ted Menzies, former MP. Blogger Responds to Accusations from CropLife Canada. http://www.planetinperil.ca/2014/09/blogger-responds-to-accusations-from.html (I appended a copy, in case the above URL becomes invalid.) PRIOR TO MENZIES, LORNE HEPWORTH was 20-YEAR PRESIDENT OF CROP-LIFE, WHAT ABOUT HIM? 1. […]
Video of MP Calandra, House of Commons: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/09/23/paul-calandra-iraq-mulcair-scheer-neutrality_n_5870714.html There is no reason to put up with this behaviour. Small steps are important. They empower all of us … and then the tide turns. So… I expressed my displeasure directly to Calandra by forwarding an email thread: From: Sandra Finley Sent: September-24-14 To: ‘paul.calandra@parl.gc.ca’ (or […]
From: Sandra Finley Sent: September-23-14 To: Gordon Barnhart, President of the University of Saskatchewan; Vianne Timmons, President of the University of Regina Cc: ‘Elizabeth Williamson, Secretary, U of S Subject: A note re investments Dear Gordon Barnhart and Vianne Timmins, I sent the following information to investment people. I would be remiss if […]
Wow! Good News in this interview! http://www.nationofchange.org/heirs-billionaire-oil-tycoon-john-d-rockefeller-join-growing-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement-1411401
Neil writes: If you’ve never read Gail Tverberg, she’s usually a good read and one smart cookie! Her recent blog looks interesting: http://ourfiniteworld.com/2014/09/21/low-oil-prices-sign-of-a-debt-bubble-collapse-leading-to-the-end-of-oil-supply/ (Sandra speaking: I recommend you go to Gail’s blog. The “comments” are also worthwhile. As usual, a back-up copy appears below, “just in case”.) – – – – – – – […]
COMPLAINT, ASHU SOLO TO BC GREEN PARTY, SEPT 16, 2014 “. . . Green Party of Saskatchewan member and Green Party of Canada member, but both parties won’t allow her back due to her criminal and unethical conduct against me.” From: Mayo McDonough [mailto:mayomcd@gmail.com] Sent: September 16, 2014 12:29 PM To: Sandra Finley Subject: […]
“IDENTITY CORRECTION” – – a fun way to get a point across. To re-define. What is it? Andy Bichlbaum, Yes Men parodist: (From http://beautifultrouble.org/tactic/identity-correction/) Key Principle at work The real action is your target’s reaction Often the most revealing moment in a successful identity correction is the reaction of the target. When you identity-correct a […]
(I marked the 6th last paragraph with >>>. Remedies put forth by John McMurtry.) The University Wars: The Corporate Administration versus the Vocation of Learning Address to Faculty and Students Neatby-Timlin Lecture Theatre University of Saskatchewan April 7, 2009 by John McMurtry Ph.D, F.R.S.C. My experience of the university extends over […]
“Lockheed Martin is a leading provider of cyber security technology and services to the NSA” (last paragraph of Lockheed Martin’s webpage below. A “screen capture” is appended.) http://www.lockheedmartin.ca/us/news/press-releases/2013/april/isgs-nsa-cdx-0415.html Lockheed Martin Hosts Cyber Defense Exercise Supporting NSA for 11th Year April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) will host emerging cyber leaders from U.S. and […]
http://www.euronews.com/business-newswires/2673574-exclusive-canada-seen-buying-fighter-jets-from-us-not-europe-source/ By Randall Palmer, David Ljunggren and Andrea Shalal Reuters, 04/09 22:42 CET OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada is likely to choose between two major U.S. firms when it buys a new fleet of jet fighters, excluding two European competitors, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The source, who spoke on the […]