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- Updated with readers photos of their BC** I'm not saying that it's going to be easy.... I AM saying it is going to be worth it. The future is yours if you rise to the challenge.
- “The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.” ~ Richard Nixon.
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- SNC Lavalin takes further ( damage control ?) action, replaces Gwyn Morgan and 3 directors.
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Weekend roundup for your reading pleasure!
With this stunning and somewhat rare West Coast Sunshine, we should all be outside enjoying the weather before it returns to nasty rain again! However, I know a lot of people down with flu and colds now, and so I’ve compiled a few … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, BC Rail, Corruption, crime, Federal politics, forestry, Laila Yuile, The China Connection, The Environment
Tagged 24hours vancouver, andrew nikiforuk, basi-virk, Bc film industry, BC Jobs plan, bc liberals, bc ndo, Bc Rail, bob mackin, CFOX, Christy Clark milf, drex, entertainment, fracking, Katherin Carlson, kathryn marshall, movie industry, rob shaw, the duel, the tyee, vancouver
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Meet British Columbia’s best friend in government – Auditor General John Doyle
In CBC this morning: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06/21/bc-basi-virk-auditor-general.html B.C.’s auditor general is going to the province’s Supreme Court to get information about defence costs related to the Basi Virk corruption trial. John Doyle filed a petition Tuesday seeking an order for access to records … Continue reading
Posted in BC Rail, crime
Tagged basi-virk, bc liberals, Bc Rail, christy clark, john doyle, Laila Yuile
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“Bad news Friday” becomes bad news Monday for Campbell and Liberals on November 1st.
“One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground” ~ Baltasar Gracian A follow-up to the Sea to Sly highway shadow toll story will be posted for Monday morning, … Continue reading
Corruption is complete authority plus total monopoly, minus transparency.
corrupt [kuh-ruhpt] –adjective 1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. 2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. 3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. 4. infected; tainted. … Continue reading
Filed under ” Never thought I would see this photo in the paper – again!”
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Basi+played+role+handling+Gordon+Campbell+drunk+driving+charge+trial+hears/3157718/story.html This photo crack’s me up every time I see it…why the hell was he smiling? http://jimspss1.courts.state.hi.us:8080/eCourt/ECC/PartyIdSearch.jspx Search results for criteria: Party Id: @665975, CaseType: ALL ID Name/Corporation Case Next Event Party Type Filing Date 5 cases found, displaying 5 … Continue reading
At long last, a return to Bits and Bites,Tuesday June 8th, 2010
Good evening, my loyal friends and readers! I have to thank all of you for your continued patience and let you know how much I appreciate your faithful stops even though the pages here have remained vacant of posts for some … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Laila Yuile
Tagged basi-virk, bc mary, Bc Rail, Bill Tieleman, black wave, bp oil disaster, canada line, candace gorman, civil rights, coastal first nations, dogwood initiative, enbridge, exxon valdez, fight hst, first nations, gazetteer, Gordon Campbell, guantanamo bay, hst, hst rebate cheques, human rights., Laila Yuile, northern gateway project, orange bears, railgate, rav line, rob fleming, south fraser perimeter road, the gallop[ing beaver, the legislature raids, United states department of defense
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” I actually have a responsibility to the taxpayers to protect the integrity of the court system…”
Yes, my friends, this little gem actually came out of the mouth of our not-so-dearly-beloved premier, Gordon Campbell. In reference to the entire Railgate scandal. He wouldn’t talk about it before the election. He wouldn’t even talk about it during … Continue reading
Posted in BC Rail, crime
Tagged basi-virk, bc hst, bc liberals, Bc Rail, Gordon Campbell, Laila Yuile
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When is a losing bidder, NOT a losing bidder? When it involves bidding on a Ministry of Transportation project!
Without a doubt, it’s when the losing bidders have bid on a Ministry of transportation project with the BC Liberals! It came as a shock to me, anyways, when I recently read in the South Fraser Perimeter Road Request for … Continue reading
Coming tomorrow: “Just the tip of the iceberg…”: Why ‘Railgate’ and the Basi-Virk trial is about so much more than Basi-Virk
Forgive me, my friends, but there are simply not enough hours in my day to get this out today as promised. I will do my best to get it out tomorrow.
Posted in crime, Laila Yuile
Tagged basi-virk, bc liberals, Bc Rail, Gordon Campbell, kiewit, Laila Yuile, P-3's, railgate
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A little rebellion now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. ~ Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Jame Madison
And never have I felt more rebellious, more incited to revolution than tonight, when I sat down to read who, and what, really controls what you, and I, and our friends and neighbours read and watch in the evening news…. … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Laila Yuile
Tagged basi-virk, bc liberals, Bc Rail, bc supreme court, corruption, ctv, Laila Yuile, railgate, robin mathews, stephen smart, the legislature raids, the sun
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