Trying to decide whether to do this all in caps. 10:46 No, don’t think so. Not feeling belligerent enough. I have to say, one of my new favourite twitter accounts is @HULKMULCAIR (just happens do be done in all caps too). His latest: “HULK HOPE GREEN SKINTONE NO CLASH WITH
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politics on CAPS LOCK: Liveblogging the first NDP leadership debate
The first NDP leadership debate is about to start. I’m not even going to liveblog in caps, THAT IS HOW SERIOUSLY I AM TREATING IT 12:03 Robert Chisholm, he is already somebody that I like. Here comes Niki Ashton, I like her too. So yeah, it’s going to be 120
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M GOING TO LIVEBLOG THE SASKATCHEWAN ELECTION AND NEITHER CAN MY FAMILY
IT’S A GOOD THING I DON’T KNOW AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT THE SASKATCHEWAN ELECTION BECAUSE IT SEEMS TOO DEPRESSING TO THINK ABOUT. ALSO THE KIDS ARE UPSET THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH THEIR OLD FRIENDS FROM MCMURRAY WHO ARE VISITING AND SHANNON WILL NOT ABIDE ANY
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: CHECK IT OUT TRUCKS TURNS OVER IN ROUNDABOUT NO SURPRISE
EVER NOTICE THAT THE ONLY NEWS YOU EVER SEE ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS INVOVE ACCIDENTS CHECK IT OUT: Overturned truck snarls traffic in Charlottetown YEAH NO KIDDING THE GUARDIAN DELIVERS. THE CBC STORY WAS VERY SPARSE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE AN HAIKU. I INCLUDE A LINK ONLY SO YOU CAN BE AS
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: Meeting the Candidates
I’ve made my mind up about who gets my #1 vote in the NDP leadership election, March 24, 2012, in Toronto. It’s Tom Mulcair. Almost every declared and non-declared (or expectant) candidate for the national NDP leadership were in Edmonton this weekend. At first, we heard that Paul Dewar was
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon elections tonight
Apparently I’m missing some pretty sweet coverage. Forget that though, election night may be the most romantic night of the year, but only when it’s one of OUR elections. Anniversary trumps, no live blogging or making an ass of myself (online). It’s been a sweet 14 years, watching a lot
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: THE BIG SHOW
YAH I KNOW I STARTED LIVE BLOGGING JUST AS ITS ALL OVER. SORRY BUSY EVENING, WHAT WITH THE BOY COMING HOME AND BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. WATCHING SUNTV FOR THE TRASH FACTOR. WILL UPDATE IN BETWEEN BREAKES COOKING SUPPER 9:04 TIM HUDAK’S OPPOSITE OF VICTORY SPEECH. LONGER THAN PETER MACKAY’S
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: NWT ELECTION YESTERDAY
DIDN’T WATCH IT SORRY NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. YAY NO TEAM AT ALL GET IT, IT’S A CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT JOKE
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: LATE TO THE PARTY
SO YEAH JUST BACK FROM VISITING MY SON AT THE HOSPITAL, DID YOU HEAR THIS THEY HAD AN ELECTION IN MANITOBA? BASICALLY IT’S BEEN CALLED ALREADY (SPOILER ALERT: NDP MAJORITY) BUT I SEE THAT CBC STILL OFFERS LIVE COVERAGE ON THEIR WEBSITE. LET’S HAVE A LOOK, SHALL WE… 9:20 SOME
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE
THE WINGNUTERER, THE ORIGINAL BLOG TO USE THE ALL-CAPPS DEVICE I GUESS YOU’LL HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THE ORIGINAL BLOG IS DELETED AND THE NEW ONE DOESN’T SEEM TO DO IT ALSO IT DOESN’T SEEM TO GET UPDATED
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: PEI ELECTION TODAY
YOU’D THINK THAT I’D BE ALL ABOUT GETTING TANKED AND LIVE BLOGGING THE PEI ELECTION. YEAH BUT NO. TOO DEPRESSING. 4:43 DAMN IT’S TEMPTING THOUGH 4:55 I WOULD PROBABLY CAVE IF I DIDN’T NEED TO MAKE SUPPER AND GET TO SEE MY BOY IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: HAVN’T POSTED IN A WHILE LOL
EVERYONE LOVES IT WHEN A BLOGGER COMES BACK AFTER A LONG ABSENCE TO WRITE A POST ABOUT HOW THEY “HAVEN’T BLOGGED IN A WHILE LOL” !!! I’M NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO MAKE THIS JOKE OBV THIS IS MY INSPIRATION. SRSLY SHE MADE THE JOKE FIRST AND I’M BLATANTLY LIFTING
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: Challenge
What next? Difficulty: No defeatist talk or whining.
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION 2011 LIVEBLOGGING: *** UPDATED COMPULSIVELY ***
I AM STONE SOBER LISTENING AND SOMETIMES WATCHING THE PRE-ELECTION SHOW FROM ATLANTIC CANADA OVER SKYPE AND IT’S KIND OF SUCKY NOT BODING WELL GUYS GOT TO BE HONEST 5:32 OBVIOUSLY NOT COMMITTING ANY OFFENCES UNDER THE CANADA ELECTIONS ACT TONIGHT 5:34 IAN HANNOMANSING OPINES THAT PEI IS A LIBERAL
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: I used to have a blog
It was a politics blog and it was a rotten embarassment so I erased it. Here. It’s funny to see now that it was going on five years ago, holy crap. Anyway, I’ve mostly kept my political opinions low-key in the intervening period, with a few exceptions: 1) During elections
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