I don’t visit all that often. But generally speaking I’ve been here every few years. I tend to measure the health of the people and the province by how much plywood I see covering shop windows on Portage Ave. And as Manitobans head into an election, Po…
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Progressive Proselytizing: Mandatory Sentences Really Mean Mandatory
Canada’s top legal group, the Canadian Bar Association, was not exactly kind to Harper’s approach to crime in its recent annual conference. It identified many issues from overcrowding to the rates of mentally ill in the prison system. But the issue tha…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Fox News Bullies Children
How old does someone have to be for Fox News to consider a person fair game for their media smear machine? Answer: Not even a teenager.
They didn’t like these kids expressing their willingness to dance on camera for a better political future.
Fo…
Continue readingTrashy's World: OK. So this is a good idea.
NO WAY that the IQ-challenged Tim Hudak came up with this!
It would be kind of akin to Rob Ford putting his shoes on the right feet in one try…
But still – kudos to the Ont. PC lemming who came up with this…
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Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Scary Republican
In the Debate Last week the Republicans were asked some questions. Some I found slightly interesting, but one question just made me scared! The Question was that if their was a budget deal that for every 10 dollars in cuts their will only be 1 dollar i…
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Cenk Uygur Vs. Fareed Zakaria on Progressive Dissatisfaction With Obama
In this clip from The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur responds to CNN‘s Fareed Zakaria. Zakaria criticize’s American liberals for their strong dissatisfaction with President Obama, saying among other things that they need to grow up, that they need to learn to appreciate compromise, and the like. Uygur responds by going on the offense and staying […]
The Happy Wanderer: Pawlenty Out, Perry In!
After Pawlenty’s bad showing in the Iowa straw poll Pawlenty is now out of the race for the White house. Tim Pawlenty who was said to have spend an enormous amount of money and time in the state was disappointed with the poor third place showing in Iow…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Iowa Straw Poll
The results of the Iowa Straw poll are in, and Michele Bachman wins the Iowa straw poll by just 150 votes. Ron Paul got a very strong second place showing with 4671. This isn’t much of a surprise. Ron Paul and Michele Bachman were reall…
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Why Obama and Democrats are Less Trustworthy than Bush and Republicans
Why a progressive blogger trusts Republicans more than Democrats and Obama to follow through on their commitments. 
bastard.logic: “The Frankenstein monster you created/Has turned against you, now you’re hated.”
by matttbastard Mary Riddell: London’s riots are not the Tupperware troubles of Greece or Spain, where the middle classes lash out against their day of reckoning. They are the proof that a section of young Britain – the stabbers, shooters, … Continue reading →
Progressive Proselytizing: Ontario Election 2011: This is, and must be, a referendum on green energy
In all of North America, Ontario is unique in its approach and scale of tackling the dual problems of declining cheap fossil fuel availability and global warming. It has implemented North America’s highest rates for feed-in-tariffs, a program that pays…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: It is the Inequality, Stupid. – Mother Jones Hits Nail on Head
Inequality tears societies apart. The concentration of wealth in Western societies is getting out of hand. The fact that our democratic institution have been bought out and now represent only elite monied opinion bodes ill for society. The sort of inequality represented below represent a great threat to the social fabric of the United States […]
The Happy Wanderer: Perry’a Fake Miracle!
Governor Rick Perry which by all accounts in the presidential campaign for the White House has been seen as the person to match Romney has been claimed to be the candidate who know something about Jobs. Texas has increased jobs…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Toronto and Ottawa
From Church St. looking northish. View from our hotel room. We paid a little extra over the Hotwire price to get this room, but it was worth it. Security blanket Harper I can’t have this photo, it’s a library. Saskatchewan in Parliament Harper in photos in Parliament Elizabeth May’s seat in Parliament. It’s number 309. […]
Death By Trolley: Is Obama a Fauxgressive – a Fake Progressive, or Simply a Non-Progressive?
Is Barack Obama a fake progressive (fauxgressive), or simply a non-progressive? 
Trashy's World: Torontonians and Ontarians are smarter…
… than to vote for three buffoons in a row.
They’ll be more sensible in the Fall….
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: “They are objectivizing us!” – The Tea Party rocks the Stupid
Cheering for a credit rating downgrade. They play with sparklers in fireworks factories too. *sigh* Filed under: Politics Tagged: Stunningly Stupid, Stupid, Stupid with Political Power, Tea party
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: So Angry
Are you so angry you’d: a- consider bombing a plane? b- leak a secret classified document? c- vote for Jason Kenney? d- all of the above? If you answered d-, you’re a Muslim man who has been accused and terror blacklisted, CSIS employed, Conservative. In other words, your life is shitty and effed-up by hate. […]
The Happy Wanderer: Dion Is Right!
Stephane Dion the former
Liberal leader for two years, and supported the Carbon tax has put the whole
Turmel affair in perspective. He raised a few question that I
found absolutely brilliant. He made it clear that a leader can change
their &n…
CalgaryLiberal: (1) The Challenge: Liberals are everywhere in Alberta–just not all with us: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province and some solutions to them. (1) The Challenge: Liberals are every…
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