#Riders have never won a Grey Cup under a @Sask_NDP government. Your job is to be quiet now…. OK? @cambroten
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 18, 2013
Mr Premier, Tear Down Those Windmills
Canada “should be proud” of its status as an energy superpower, says Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, and to claim that status the country needs to be able to move those resources across the country to meet the demands of its global customers.
In an interview with CTV’s Question Period, Wall said Canada “needs more pipeline capacity,” to move oil and natural gas to ports on either coast.
Wall says projects such as TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline and Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline will move oil to ports where it can be shipped overseas, which will also help suppliers get fair market value for their product.
I Miss The Canadian Wheat Board
“Did you know you can get paid to store grain on farm? And it doesn’t interfere with other strategies.”
And still the Black Knights battle on…
Bye
Unfortunate circumstances, but this isn’t the same as a productive member of society working two jobs and having to be sent back because of a spelling mistake.
The rule of law is what defines civilization. As opposed to, say, hunter-gatherer cultures that suffer famines, slavery and warfare with all the neighbouring tribes. Just saying.
Heh.
Given our recent accomplishments on the field, this may be too much, but it is funny.
H/t: Greg
Harvest
Send the kids to bed and put on headphones.
Next thing you know Dad’s on the radio, “What are you doing out there? Combining or …” Severe language warning (audio).
H/t: Aaron Spence @ajspe
Banjo Bowl
Here's a short #banjobowl message. http://t.co/r9oHdnvITW #embracethebanjo #Riders #Ridernation
— Brad Wall (@PremierBradWall) September 6, 2013
Cam Broten Caption Contest
In keeping with NDP prospects in the province, a winner is not possible. However, a prize will go out to the caption judged 1st Runner-up.
(Note – my apologies for the double posting. If your caption was lost in the deletion, please repost it here.)
“Organic” Is The Latin Word For “Starving The Poor”
Global Crop Production Increases Threefold Over The Past 50 Years;
* Global crop production has expanded threefold over the past 50 years, largely through higher yields per unit of land and crop intensification.
* Global per capita food supply rose from about 2 200 kcal/day in the early 1960s to over 2 800 kcal/day by 2009
* Buoyed by high commodity prices, agriculture has demonstrated astonishing resilience during global economic turmoil. In 2010, agricultural value-added at the world level rose by 4 percent, in contrast to a 1 percent increase in overall GDP.
Related: Eric Anderson on Combining potash in Saskatchewan.
Hammered
Kisbey, SK area after 5 inches of rain and hail taken Saturday, July 13th.
Right click for full size. Photo credit Judy N.
More on the storm system.
Acceleration, 9.8 m/s/s
Powering America: Uranium Mining and Milling
Filmed at Cameco’s McArthur River and Key Lake mines.
“New high-speed camera system reveals what snow looks like in midair”
Like anybody gives a shit.
Reward success, Punish cheats
Tony Merchant is fairly notorious in Saskatchewan circles, deserved or not. Many people react to the name with a an upturned eyebrow and a smirk. Anyone familiar with David Orchard’s reputation in the province is by default familiar with Mr. Merchant’s reputation.
He is, by all accounts, an excellent class-action lawyer and as such, richly deserves the rewards that our justice system allows in those types of suits. Whether they are justified or more akin to ambulance chasing is secondary. They are allowed in law and as such Mr. Merchant has every right and responsibility to make as much for his clients and himself as possible.
And that’s why the allegations regarding taxes and hidden money really gets my goat.
A prominent Canadian lawyer, husband to a Liberal senator, moved nearly $2 million to secretive financial havens while he was locked in battle with the Canada Revenue Agency over his taxes, according to documents in a massive leak of offshore financial data that were shared exclusively in Canada with CBC News.
Make a pile of money doing something most people don’t really want to be associated with, well done. Try and cheat the country out of it’s share; whose laws allowed the pile in the first place, very wrong.
(Note: Liberal lawyer in this story. Watch your comments.)
Save Our Saskatchewan Crowns AGM, March 26
(Originally published March 28th, bumped for listeners of JGL)
Via email;
Only 24 people attended the 2013 Saskatchewan Crowns Annual General Meeting held last night at NDP Headquarters, aka. Tommy Douglas House. There AGM was open to members and the public! No New Democrat’s decided to show up..
Signs Of Spring
Taken yesterday near Vanscoy, SK. shortly before road equipment arrived to help them out.
This Is Awkward
Roll On
Sometime around ’92, I was aboard HMCS Saskatchewan and we were doing a refueling and resupply at sea. As we came up to the resupply ship, this was played over the loudspeakers.
Roll on, Tom, roll on.
SGI Motorcycle Rate Increase
So, what’s the fine for riding an uninsured motorcycle in Saskatchewan?
See current vs proposed rates (PDF)
