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[Uncle Dudley]

Trouble in Toryland: their Dirty Tricks catalogue

The Conservatives have been caught up in many shady activities since coming to power. The revelation that they may have been behind a robocall operation to suppress voting for opposition parties would rank, if proven, among the more serious offences.

Stephen Harper has denied involvement in the scam in which operatives acted under the guise of Elections Canada officials. Coincidentally, another controversy, the in-and-out affair, involved Elections Canada. Some of Harper’s most senior officials took part in that operation.

In giving or not giving the benefit of the doubt on matters like these, the question of the track record figures prominently. To the misfortune of Team Harper, its record on duplicitous activities is hardly one to inspire confidence that its hand are clean.

There follows a list – is Harperland becoming Nixonland? — of dirty tricks, black ops and hardball tactics from the Conservatives’ years in power.

1. Cooking the Books
2. The Hidden Slush Fund
3. Falsifying Documents
4. Shutting Down Detainees’ Probes
5. The Cotler Misinformation Campaign
6. The Suppression of Damaging Reports
7. Attempt to Frame the Opposition Leader.
8. Communications Lockdown.
9. Intimidation and Bullying of Adversaries
10. The “Citizenship” Dog and Pony Show
11. Writing the Book on Disrupting Committees
12. Leaking Veterans’ Medical Files
13. Unfixing The Fixed-Date Election Law
14. Declaring Brian Mulroney Persona Non Grata
15. Unreleasing Released Documents
16. Ejecting Citizens From Rallies
17. Hit Squad On Journalists
18. Dirty Work on Dion
19. Tory Logos on Taxpayer Cheques
20. The Rob Anders Nomination Crackdown
21. The Rights and Democracy Takeover
22. Vote Suppression Tactics

[Stanislav]

Ой, а тут что - театр одного актера?
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[Waterbyte]

Ой, а тут что - театр одного актера?
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не мешай работе мастера... нимфоман...

[Gadi]

Ой, а тут что - театр одного актера?
Дай-ка хоть немного разбавлю...

не мешай работе мастера... нимфоман...

сюда нужно заходить только разувшись и с благоговением ...

[Uncle Dudley]

Spending review of B.C. First Nations band highlights need for better financial literacy

Aboriginal Affairs officials have turned over to RCMP a review of spending by a former B.C. First Nations chief that found hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable spending, but books so bad that further investigation was not possible.

The review of the Tl'etinqox-t'in First Nation's spending highlights a major issue facing First Nations and federal bureaucrats as the Conservative government moves toward greater financial transparency for bands: financial literacy.

The review of spending by the previous chief of the small band located in the B.C. Interior, formerly called the Anaham First Nation, was completed in January by Deloitte and Touche, covering the period from April 2004 to the end of March 2009. The current leadership of the band requested the review, and provided auditors with financial information.

Auditors found that over those five fiscal years, the former chief received $284,000 in wages and bonuses, contract fees and truck rental fees with no evidence of approval from council. He collected another $111,000 in reimbursements for expenses, travel claims and advances that were not approved by council and some without any supporting documentation. Another $28,000 was paid to two entities related to the former chief, seemingly without the approval of council.

Among the findings, more than $21,000 in band funds were used to purchase personal vehicles for the chief and a band councillor who later charged more than $10,000 in rental fees for the use of those vehicles.

Auditors also found almost $250,000 was paid by the band on behalf of Klatassine Resources Ltd., which is owned by the Tl'etinqox-t'in government and operates as part of a Forest and Range Opportunity Agreement between the Tl'etinqox-tin and the B.C. government.

[Uncle Dudley]

New evidence suggests Stone Age hunters from Europe discovered America

New archaeological evidence suggests that America was first discovered by Stone Age people from Europe – 10,000 years before the Siberian-originating ancestors of the American Indians set foot in the New World.

A remarkable series of several dozen European-style stone tools, dating back between 19,000 and 26,000 years, have been discovered at six locations along the US east coast. Three of the sites are on the Delmarva Peninsular in Maryland, discovered by archaeologist Dr Darrin Lowery of the University of Delaware. One is in Pennsylvania and another in Virginia. A sixth was discovered by scallop-dredging fishermen on the seabed 60 miles from the Virginian coast on what, in prehistoric times, would have been dry land.

The new discoveries are among the most important archaeological breakthroughs for several decades - and are set to add substantially to our understanding of humanity's spread around the globe.

[Uncle Dudley]

Dear Prime Minister Harper and Public Safety Minister Toews,

We believe that in a democratic society, authorities need a warrant to access our information. Bill C-30 violates our fundamental right to privacy. We urge you to abandon C-30, respect the rule of law, and respect our right to privacy online.
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[Uncle Dudley]

Dear Prime Minister Harper, Ms Turmel, Mr Rae, Ms. May and Mr. Plamondon,

I am gravely concerned by the report Elections Canada has just traced illegal phone calls made during the 2011 federal election to a company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country.

The “robocalls” were apparently designed to stop non-Conservative voters from casting ballots in key ridings by falsely telling voters that the location of their polling stations had changed, causing them to go to the wrong location on election day.

This news casts doubt on the legitimacy of our Government. We need answers now, and real consequences for illegal behaviour that may have determined the outcome of our election.

I demand a full and independent public inquiry, backed by Elections Canada and the RCMP, to expose the facts about the robocall scandal and ensure that the penalty for this election fraud matches the consequences of the crime - including new elections.

We cannot allow individuals to be scapegoated for actions that benefit institutions. We need to lay the foundation for new laws to restore the integrity of Canadian elections.

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