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You have no idea how fast your life can be erased and destroyed when money, power & influence are at stake - even when you shut down Canada's most dangerous neo-Nazi group.
I need to raise $8000 in the next 3 weeks to continue my legal fight against Bernie Farber. Please help me.
I need to raise $8000 in the next 3 weeks to continue my legal fight against Bernie Farber. Please help me.
Any amount will help - please help me fight to get my life back. paypal.com/paypalme/elisa…
Wanna know the dark humour in all this? A few years ago, when I was trying to fundraise researching my family's Jewish roots in eastern Europe, I asked Bernie for a dollar, or just to share the link on his wall. He declined to help under the pretext I wasn't a registered charity.
Week 57 - 19/06/2022:
#ReceiptKeepers Streisand Effect thread on massive Johnson/Carrie #Cronyism scandal.
1) Times print edition features scoop reporting Johnson had tried to install his then-mistress Carrie into a £100,000 p/y job as Chief of Staff:
#ReceiptKeepers Streisand Effect thread on massive Johnson/Carrie #Cronyism scandal.
1) Times print edition features scoop reporting Johnson had tried to install his then-mistress Carrie into a £100,000 p/y job as Chief of Staff:
2) The huge story then mysteriously disappears from The Times and other locations repeating the accusations, as reported in The New European:
theneweuropean.co.uk/boris-johnson-…
theneweuropean.co.uk/boris-johnson-…
3) @thetimes Journo behind the scoop, Simon Walters, says "I stand by the story 100%", and that he was in comms with No.10, Ben Gascoigne, Mrs Johnson's spokeswoman - none offered an on-record denial.
Rumours of a super-injunction against publication...
theneweuropean.co.uk/simon-walters-…
Rumours of a super-injunction against publication...
theneweuropean.co.uk/simon-walters-…
A Sunday Morning Doug Ford 🧵
It starts with simple questions:
WTF?
How is Doug Ford still a thing?
How is he polling in the high 30s?
Do people not see the in-your-face corruption?
How is anyone in this province even remotely enamoured…
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It starts with simple questions:
WTF?
How is Doug Ford still a thing?
How is he polling in the high 30s?
Do people not see the in-your-face corruption?
How is anyone in this province even remotely enamoured…
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…with a barely educated, barely literate, former strip mall hash dealer with a penchant for folksy populism, and blatant grift?
The man got elected on a platform of simply not being #KathleenWynne. And sadly, enough people in this province hated the thought…
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The man got elected on a platform of simply not being #KathleenWynne. And sadly, enough people in this province hated the thought…
2/
…of being governed by a lesbian woman that they bought into it.
Remember when the most memorable plank in that platform was ‘Buck-a-Beer’?
But supporters will point to windmills and spending as excuses for why Ford trumps Wynne (see what I did there?) .
And yet…
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Remember when the most memorable plank in that platform was ‘Buck-a-Beer’?
But supporters will point to windmills and spending as excuses for why Ford trumps Wynne (see what I did there?) .
And yet…
3/
In the short time (26 weeks) that we’ve been #KeepingTheReceipts, we’ve recorded 18 instances of MPs or public servants being accused of involvement in lobbying. 🧵
In our first week, Priti Patel was revealed to have lobbied Michael Gove on behalf of a healthcare firm, Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd, over a £20 million contract for surgical masks:
The same week, Tory peer Eddie Lister apologised for failing to disclose that he was still being paid as an adviser by a firm that received a £187m loan with taxpayer money:
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
As we conclude #KeepingTheReceipts week 10, cronyism once more takes centre stage after days of new revelations uncovering VIP contracts, donors/political allies elevated to key positions and the Tories pushing through plans to accelerate #NHS privatisation.
Let’s dive in:
Let’s dive in:
1. On Monday Sue Gray, a key witness who played a major role in granting Greensill Capital formal access to Whitehall, was blocked from giving evidence to the PACAC by the Cabinet Office and Michael Gove
2. The same day, it emerged that Cameron had taken a salary of more than $1m a year for just 25 days work, more than $40,000 per day
Now that the country is trying to return to “normal”, expect the #Racism & #Retaliation to re-emerge. Some of the same people, even in our industry, who were involved in the #favoritism #nepotism #cronyism gossip and whisper campaigns -that comprise the foundation of racism…
Are returning to their old habits. Let’s not forget that some of these same people cried, protested, complained and railed against #SystemicRacism, simply because they had to, to avoid being exposed and branded as what and who they are. They key is to recognize and call them out
just as we did before #GeorgeFloyd was killed. I’m grateful for the allies of all races who’ve stuck their necks out literally to support racial justice in the last year. Without them, like it or not as @RobinGivhan suggested, it took those voices to bring the kind of pressure
Hey bitcoiners
I suggest the term #cronyism to describe the current financial system to distinguish it from #capitalism
CC
@BitcoinIsSaving @danheld @TheGuySwann @coryklippsten @stephanlivera @johnkvallis @dergigi @CitizenBitcoin @maxkeiser @PeterMcCormack @mrcoolbp
I suggest the term #cronyism to describe the current financial system to distinguish it from #capitalism
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@BitcoinIsSaving @danheld @TheGuySwann @coryklippsten @stephanlivera @johnkvallis @dergigi @CitizenBitcoin @maxkeiser @PeterMcCormack @mrcoolbp
As in
ran out of space, how do you guys like cronyism?
@MarkYusko @PrestonPysh
@michael_saylor
@WClementeIII
@BTCization
@100trillionUSD
@woonomic
@MarkYusko @PrestonPysh
@michael_saylor
@WClementeIII
@BTCization
@100trillionUSD
@woonomic
For those wondering why we need my #CronyBill...
The UK’s Covid response seems to have been run not by those with expertise, but those with personal connections to top Tories – a chumocracy at work. Thread 👇🏻
The UK’s Covid response seems to have been run not by those with expertise, but those with personal connections to top Tories – a chumocracy at work. Thread 👇🏻
The gov’s fast-tracked procurement process has allowed 10% of suppliers referred by a political contact to succeed, as opposed to 1% for others. My Bill would require ministers to declare these interests & help prevent some of the farces below:
One company was handed £108m to provide the NHS with gowns – which were then rejected for their quality. This company’s expertise? Apparently none – it was a vermin control company worth only £19,000.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-548977…
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-548977…
1/ CRONYISM = TORY CORRUPTION
The Conservatives have created massive levels of public sector debt theguardian.com/world/2020/nov…:
in what historian Gaetano Salvemini argued in 1936, is as aspect of fascism, which makes taxpayers responsible to private enterprise,
The Conservatives have created massive levels of public sector debt theguardian.com/world/2020/nov…:
in what historian Gaetano Salvemini argued in 1936, is as aspect of fascism, which makes taxpayers responsible to private enterprise,
2/ because "the State pays for the blunders of private enterprise... Profit is private and individual. Loss is public and social."
Quite apart from the obvious apparent corrupt incompetence in C4’s exposé, the UK government failed to publish details of £4bn Covid contracts
Quite apart from the obvious apparent corrupt incompetence in C4’s exposé, the UK government failed to publish details of £4bn Covid contracts
3/ with private firms... Good Law Project and MPs call for independent inquiry over apparent breach of UK law. Kate Bingham reports directly to the PM. She’s the wife of a Tory Minister, who went to school with Rachel Johnson. The public needs to know why she’s
The virus has exposed not only gross incompetence, but cronyism & corruption at the heart of government
With contracts for chums and billions of tax-payers money siphoned off to the private sector
And unnecessary lives lost
Thread ⬇️
1/ #Dispatches #bbcnews #r4today
With contracts for chums and billions of tax-payers money siphoned off to the private sector
And unnecessary lives lost
Thread ⬇️
1/ #Dispatches #bbcnews #r4today
Testing and trace is a vital component of infectious disease control
Against the advice of public health experts, the government outsourced both elements of the process to favourable private companies, with no expertise
Resulting in a dog’s breakfast of incompetence
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Against the advice of public health experts, the government outsourced both elements of the process to favourable private companies, with no expertise
Resulting in a dog’s breakfast of incompetence
2/
Deloitte was given the contract, of undisclosed value, to set up off-site testing centres & run the new Lighthouse Laboratories, bypassing existing NHS infrastructure
Deloitte then went on to outsource the running of the testing centres to numerous other corporations
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Deloitte then went on to outsource the running of the testing centres to numerous other corporations
3/
The Enigma of 8 decades. The Malaysian Maverick, Tun Mahathir Mohamed.
He is a teetotaler, not a womaniser, no scandal with men and the work never stopped for him.
The Man who was born to fight British elitism, Malay Upperclass Elitism and inequality in wealth between races in Malaysia ended up being a family of elite himself. #TheMalaysianMaverick
Why am I (We) so mad about Kenney and the UCP? My friends and family ask me this all the time. Reflection: its not just the atrocious cuts and wars on our health (among too many other things to list), its much more than that.
Long thread, sorry!
#abpoli #ableg
Long thread, sorry!
#abpoli #ableg
I remember growing up, in #Calgary, born in early 80's, and being raised to be Canadian - you know: be friendly and kind, look out for others, be considerate, understanding, and thoughtful. Golden rule, if you can't say something nice.. etc.
And it seemed good. #Politics were snarky but, as far as I recall, it was still Canadian - with respect and decent dignity to the other side. It seemed like we had a certain pride to have our own brand of politics, Canadian style politics. It wasn't US attack-style politics.
@JMPSimor WAKE UP UK!
When govt attacks & constrains independent judiciary!!
When it resort to using inexperienced legal professionals "as a tool of enforcement" of their policies when top lawyers purged or forced to resign!
When #cronyism in govt undermines the economy...
When govt attacks & constrains independent judiciary!!
When it resort to using inexperienced legal professionals "as a tool of enforcement" of their policies when top lawyers purged or forced to resign!
When #cronyism in govt undermines the economy...
The Times is right - Boris Johnson needs to outline his plans for a UK State aid regime.
The reason isn’t simply to unlock EU trade talks (although that’s important).
It is about what kind of country the UK plans to be in future.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…
The reason isn’t simply to unlock EU trade talks (although that’s important).
It is about what kind of country the UK plans to be in future.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…
It’s laudable that the UK proposes to become a champion of rules based free trade around the World.
However our credibility depends upon leading by example.
Therefore we should be creating the best possible competition law regime, not dismantling it.
uksala.org/the-future-of-…
However our credibility depends upon leading by example.
Therefore we should be creating the best possible competition law regime, not dismantling it.
uksala.org/the-future-of-…
@OdysseanProject is fizzing with ideas about how to turn the UK into an innovation powerhouse.
Although realising these objectives is possible under EU State aid rules, creating a UK State aid regime is an opportunity to imbed these ideas within the subsidy award process.
Although realising these objectives is possible under EU State aid rules, creating a UK State aid regime is an opportunity to imbed these ideas within the subsidy award process.
The UK has traditionally invested far less in its businesses through #StateAid than other EU countries.
I welcome greater investment by this Government so we can #catchup and hopefully overtake.
I welcome greater investment by this Government so we can #catchup and hopefully overtake.
The greater the sums invested, the more important it is that we have effective subsidy control rules, which:
- protect the #taxpayer from excessive subsidies;
- guard against #cronyism;
- coordinate public funding towards objectives such as #levellingup and #climatechange.
- protect the #taxpayer from excessive subsidies;
- guard against #cronyism;
- coordinate public funding towards objectives such as #levellingup and #climatechange.
#RafaleScam in Tamizh
‘நாட்டை உலுக்கும் ரபேல் பேர ஊழல்’ என்ற தலைப்பில் எஸ்.விஜயன் எழுதிய நூலை இன்று (ஏப்ரல் 2)சென்னையில் பாரதி புத்தகாலயம் சார்பில் வெளியிடுவதாக இருந்தது
‘நாட்டை உலுக்கும் ரபேல் பேர ஊழல்’ என்ற தலைப்பில் எஸ்.விஜயன் எழுதிய நூலை இன்று (ஏப்ரல் 2)சென்னையில் பாரதி புத்தகாலயம் சார்பில் வெளியிடுவதாக இருந்தது
இதற்கிடையே இன்று பிற்பகலில் தேனாம்பேட்டையில் உள்ள ஒரு புத்தகக் கடைக்கு வந்த தேர்தல் அதிகாரிகள், மேற்படி புத்தகங்களை நூற்றுக்கணக்கில் பறிமுதல் செய்தனர்
இன்று மாலை நடைபெறுவதாக இருந்த புத்தக வெளியீட்டு நிகழ்ச்சிக்கும் தடை விதித்தனர்
#RafaleScam in Tamizh
இன்று மாலை நடைபெறுவதாக இருந்த புத்தக வெளியீட்டு நிகழ்ச்சிக்கும் தடை விதித்தனர்
#RafaleScam in Tamizh
தேர்தல் நடைமுறைகளை மீறி நிகழ்ச்சிக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருப்பதாக அதிகாரிகள் குற்றச்சாட்டு வைத்தார்கள்
இந்த புத்தகத்தை பறிமுதல் செய்யும்படி தேர்தல் ஆணையம் உத்தரவு பிறப்பிக்கவில்லை என தமிழ்நாடு தலைமை தேர்தல் அதிகாரி சத்யபிரதா சாஹூ கூறியிருக்கிறார்
#RafaleScam in Tamizh
இந்த புத்தகத்தை பறிமுதல் செய்யும்படி தேர்தல் ஆணையம் உத்தரவு பிறப்பிக்கவில்லை என தமிழ்நாடு தலைமை தேர்தல் அதிகாரி சத்யபிரதா சாஹூ கூறியிருக்கிறார்
#RafaleScam in Tamizh
Democrats Fight #GOP Culture of Corruption to Make Washington Work for the People/1 #VoteBlue2018 #Midterms #Democrats #DemsWork4USA #WhyIVoteDemocrat
This week’s indictment of #GOP Congressman Chris Collins shines a stark light on the rampant culture of corruption and self-enrichment among #Republicans in Washington today/2 #Collins #CorruptGOP #SwampThings
..and the story continues to widen as reporters unearth at least six other #GOP current and former Members of Congress who have recently owned or sold stock in Innate Immunotherapeutics, the Australian company at the center of the arrest of Rep. Collins./3 #GOPCORRUPT #Collins
