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“His Name Was Alan Kurdi”

A “refugee crisis” is something far away and remote. Kenya. Bangladesh. Syria. Foreign. Easily ignored. But this. This is something different. This is a child. A child whose death has given a face to the millions of other children and adults around the world who are fleeing natural disasters and famine and war. A child posed as […]

¶ Posted 03 September 2015 § Baby § Library § Meme § News § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: economics, history, language, television

Music Monday – “Who muzzles the poor scientist?/Calls troubled people “terrorists”?/Who wants the courts to just say yes?/Suppresses freedom of the press?”

The “Harperman” protest song is interesting for a number of reasons: the person who wrote and sang it is a federal civil servant and is now suspended from his job for an investigation about whether he violated the Federal Government’s employee ethics agreement At issue is whether Turner violated the code of ethics that all public servants […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2015 § Censorship § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music

“Enough” – Great NDP Ad

One of my pet peeves is people who say that all politicians are the same. It is true that there are good and bad people in every party but the level of corruption and criminality in the current Conservative party is unparalleled in Canadian history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmmSV1jtK3s

¶ Posted 30 August 2015 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

The Eyes Have It – Jim Flaherty Reacts When Stephen Harper Says He Didn’t Tell Ray Novak About Nigel Wright Payment #canpoli #cndpoli #duffy #harper #lyingliars

No matter your politics, the late Jim Flaherty (who was Stephen Harper’s Finance Minister) is widely regarded as a stand-up guy – honest, sincere, and reliable. That’s what makes Flaherty’s reaction to Stephen Harper talking about the Mike Duffy payment by Nigel Wright during Question Period in the House of Commons so incriminating. Tim Powers, vice-chairman […]

¶ Posted 25 August 2015 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

How Google Could Rig the Election

This is about next year’s American election but could apply equally to the upcoming Canadian election. Our new research leaves little doubt about whether Google has the ability to control voters. In laboratory and online experiments conducted in the United States, we were able to boost the proportion of people who favored any candidate by […]

¶ Posted 23 August 2015 § Censorship § Internet § News § Politics § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

Two Months to Canadian Federal Election

The Federal Election was called nearly three weeks ago and I haven’t written about it nearly as much as I thought I would. I mean, if you’ve read this blog for more than a couple days, I think my politics are pretty clear. Beyond that, there are tons of others who are covering every aspect […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2015 § Blog § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

How Do You Make Amends For Trying To Erase A Culture

I met Tasha through friends while in University but never knew her story until now. Worth a read…

¶ Posted 12 July 2015 § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – 13 Numbers Showing Harper’s Conservatives May Truly Be The Worst Government in Canadian History #skpoli #canpoli

As the Federal Election draws nearer, I suspect I’ll be posting a lot more political content – something I haven’t really done since the conclusion of the last Sask NDP leadership contest. Here’s a good list from Press Progress to get things started!