Jul 032012
 

Also the Yes Men, see:  http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=6218 CONTENTS (1)    THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD (2)   A HUFFY CANADA SHUTS DOWN ‘YES MEN’ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = (1)    THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD In my estimation Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano are low-key brilliant and this […]

Jun 282012
 

Is there a bigger “David versus Goliath” story than Julian Assange (Wikileaks)  versus the American Military Empire? What a cliff-hanger!  Will he be extradited to Sweden, or will Ecuador come through? For Assange, it is the difference between death and life (the Swedes will turn him over to the Americans.  Ecuador, into whose custody he […]

Jun 282012
 
2012-06-28  Julian Assange sent extradition notice by Met Police

Julian Assange’s Wikileaks published leaked diplomatic cables Related Stories: Q&A:  Julian Assange and asylum Assange’s ties with Ecuador Is it legal to hide in an embassy? Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by the Metropolitan Police. Officers from the extradition unit delivered a note to Mr Assange at Ecuador’s London embassy. […]

Jun 282012
 

Watch the video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY OR, same thing, but on Dan Simons’ blog: http://www.dansimons.com/videos.html    the top video. OR:  To the right see the menu of 8 videos.  The top right-hand one should be 19.16 minutes, of Dan’s TED Talk, demonstrating students passing basketballs.  Try that one. The work of Dan Simons is valuable.      

Jun 272012
 
2012-06-27  New evidence backs claims of questionable Dean Del Mastro donations

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/27/new-evidence-backs-claims-of-questionable-dean-del-mastro-donations/ Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, Postmedia News OTTAWA — Two donors to Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s 2008 election campaign have produced copies of cheques they say were reimbursements paid by a small electrical company owned by his cousin. The cheques show the donors each received $1,050 from Deltro Electric Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., […]

Jun 232012
 
2012-06-21  Elections Canada robocalls probe taken over by ‘low-key’ bureaucrat Yves Côté, National Post

NOTE: The Globe & Mail reported Corbett’s departure from Elections Canada as a  RESIGNATION.  See  2012-06-21 Election-law enforcer resigns amid robo-calls investigation The National Post reported it as a RETIREMENT  (article below). – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/21/elections-canada-robocalls-probe-taken-over-by-low-key-bureaucrat-yves-cote/ Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor, Postmedia […]

Jun 232012
 

(I would like to publish the URL but doing so changes the formatting.) Julian Assange’s appeal for asylum in Ecuador may spare him a prison stay in Sweden or the United States. Barring a CIA drone strike on the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s sudden appeal for asylum there may spare him […]

Jun 222012
 

BRAVO, ROMEO! ROMEO D’ALLAIRE’s speech in the Senate on the Harp Gov’t’s  watering down of the Bill (Bill S-10) against the use of those ugly weapons, Cluster Bombs! BRAVO, ROMEO! ******************** “And yet, Bill S-10 contains an exception, in Section 11(3)(a), that would allow Canadian Forces to aid and abet the use of cluster munitions while […]