Visualizing Alberta Pt 4.
Another quick map from Teddy. This is a possible end result of the election. Note it is not a projection or a prediction, just an example of a Wildrose government.
2012
Let’s Take a Page from Australia and Demand Voter Participation
I was nudged into writing this via an article written by Bill Tieleman who, as his Tyee bio reports is a regular Tyee contributor who writes a column on B.C.…
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment
-Dale Carnegie So very true — worry and frustration(and stress) is exhausting!!!
Wildrose strategists snarl at media to keep their overextended bubble unpricked
A bubble of Wildrose Party support hovers over Edmonton Journal political columnist Graham Thomson. Actual Alberta political writers may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Mr. Thomson; Dave…
The Canadian Housing Conundrum
Canadians are now out of wiggle room. The Canadian economy is now literally at war with itself. Canadian authorities are stepping up oversight of the nation’s housing market even as…
The Cons and the Man Who Would Drown his Dog
Uh oh. I see Stephen Harper ran into a little moral turbulence today, courtesy of the Auditor General. But he just shrugged it off, claiming he never said we would…
Fiona’s story
I saw this last week on Brilliant at Breakfast and have to share it:
thorny candidates could be the wildrose party’s biggest liability.
Danielle Smith (photo from Wildrose Facebook page) As the face of the campaign, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith is her party’s biggest asset. She is media savvy, personable and, despite…
Risking it all
Its not often you see a politician, with an insouciant air and a sublime and total confidence in their ability to make their own luck, risk it all.Remember Hillary downing…
First Baptist Church of Jacksonville settles with blogger
A few years ago a blogger who had begun to post anonymously about FBC Jacksonville Florida, found himself under seige and under threat for what he wrote. FBJax Watchblog endured…
Think HQ #AbVote Poll – 43% Wildrose, 30% PC
This Think HQ poll is now the fourth poll in a row to show the Wildrosers moving far ahead of the PCs, with a 13-point lead over Premier Redford’s Progressive…
Mackay, Conservatives should wear F-35 boondoggle
The auditor general’s report Tuesday on the mismanagement by DND and the government of the F-35 is drawing major attention, and rightly so. But the fact is these revelations have…
A conversation between Micah Goldberg & Joseph Uranowski on: Progressive Cooperation
Micah Goldberg is one of my favourite people (he has guest blogged for me on a number of occasions.) One of our first conversations together was an argument about some…
4431…Pierre Poutine Come To Danny
You know you are going to get caught. It is just a matter of time. But, but, but if you turn yourself into me I will give you a free,…
New affiliates
Please welcome 4 new affiliates to Progressive Bloggers:
Do you drink the water in Algonquin Park?
I got an email from someone planning a trip to Algonquin Park this spring and he posed me the question. It’s a good one. And while I hasten to add…
Woody-Worthless!
Boys ‘n’ girls, it seems that that abortion debate is going to be reopened, whether we want it to or not. Yikes! Even certain “progressive” bloggers seem to be taking…
Taxing Ontario’s Richest
Ontario’s NDP was out today with a Robin Hood proposal to collect more provincial tax from personal incomes in excess of half a million dollars. The approximately $570 million of…
4430…Gay Porn And First Communion Married
Don’t you hate it when you mix up your USB stick with gay porn with the stick that has religious instructions on it? One can be certain that Irish Roman…
Brad Wall Probably Thinks That Protests Over His Cancellation Of Saskatchewan’s Film Tax Credit Have Quieted Down …..WRONG!
“The loss of the Saskatchewan film employment tax credit has been a blow to the industry, but it will also be felt in Indian country, where aboriginal people were playing…