Aboriginal Students Centre Launch at UofR
The expanded space for the ASC was launched on Thursday in the RIC building. Many dignitaries were on hand. Shawn Fraser was rep’ing the City, and gave a short and…
John Klein
Django; The ‘D’eath Is Not Silent
Watched “Django Unchained” , and realized that bodies were exploding because it was a Tarantino movie. It went about as expected. Some parts should not be watched, or it will…
ConCalls: 701 days, 1 charge, 234 ridings #RoboCon
It’s been more than 701 days since Elections Canada first became aware of a nation wide malicious robocalling scheme to misdirect non-Conservative voters away from legitimate polling stations for the…
Oil Spills Create Jobs
I’m severely disappointed in the lack of vision that conservatives have regarding our economy. Faced with information that burning a lot of fossil fuel is not able to be sustained…
WikiLeaks: Major Revelations Is What Journalists Do – See @carwinb
There’s some crow to eat this morning, for anti-Assange, anti-Wikileaks people. Last year we got confirmation in the form of a WikiLeaks-Strafor leak of all things, that Assange had been…
Forward Together #UofR: Buffy St. Marie – Live Blog
Buffy St. Marie tackled the subject of Aboriginal peoples’ self image. What has been the basis for it? In many cases in popular culture, it’s from philosophers in Europe who…
Doing What’s Right Doesn’t Always Look Cool
“Finish your food; there are children starving in… Regina.” When I first started recovering items from dumpsters, I was of course keenly aware of the social stigma implications. I consoled…
Wab Kinew at UofR Minifie Lecture
On Tuesday I tried to live blog Wab’s lecture from my smart phone, but the WiFi or something else wasn’t working right. The lecture will be online soon, and is…
Oil The Humanity!
Oww, my sides would be hurting from laughing at the irony of this situation, if it weren’t a deadly serious joke that the Conservatives are playing on Canadians. On a…
Sask. energy building codes consultation – Live blog
7:30 I have a feeling I won’t be here long. It’s not quite what I thought I’d see. A short 50 minute PowerPoint presentation. It’s not a technical overview of…
Transportation: Where to go, and how to get there in #YQR
– Most of my speech as heard in the video above, and posted to my Regina politics blog: I’m very pleased to have been asked to speak at Campion College…
ConCalls: Penashue Campaigns Early #cdnpoli
Kady at CBC learned that Peter Penashue’s campaign started while he was still a Minister, suggesting the Conservatives calculated at least one last photo-op before he stepped down as Minister…
ConCalls: Penashue Campaigning Already
The corpse of Penashue’s political career isn’t even undead yet, and it’s already lurching forward thanks to a rich injection of Conservative Party of Canada franken-cash to repay a debt…
ConCalls: Penashue Hush Money From Conservatives – Working Closely with #RoboCon
I think it’s fair to call the money paid by the Conservatives back to Canadians, in lieu of disgraced Minister Peter Penashue repaying us, as hush money, akin to bribery.…
Conservative Shampoo
Conservative #CPC brand Election Shampoo: CHEAT, RINSE, REPEAT! Endorsed by Cheater Peter. Also available is #CPC brand Hide Detergent. If the opposition is throwing dirt, use Hide. – Here’s my…
Nixon Was Scum
Win at any cost. That seems to have been Nixon’s election campaign strategy, and it worked. Had LBJ notified the public of information the FBI illegally gathered from an ambassador…
ConCalls: Peter Penashue Stepping Down #RoboCon #elxnfraud
The country could hold its breath, but would probably pass out for waiting. When will Conservatives be charged for their election fraud crimes? Here’s a summary from Sixth Estate listing…
Tarsand Analogy
This is an unpolished analogy of Canada’s attitude toward the tarsand/climate change problem. Let’s say Canada is a person complaining about their weight (they think their carbon footprints are too…
WikiLeaks: Hollywood Hatchet, Swedish Swindle
The problem with how Sweden, the UK, and the United States have been treating Julian Assange of Wikileaks, has dragged on for years. It’s left the foremost journalist in the…
Not A Lot
Not much to say tonight, except it was a busy and fulfilling weekend, with lots of community gathering, and plenty of optimism for the Spring, gardens, cycling, busing, and all…