[Edit: It's funny that I tell the story of calling someone else an idiot down below and here I was, originally titling this post “#9” when it was actually “#8”. The big difference is I can laugh at my stupidity and admit when I'm wrong.] When I watched the US election last year, some of […]
I’m taking a one day break from the “Top 10 Reasons I’m Supporting Ryan Meili” series of posts to promote a really cool idea. Last night, Ryan Meili’s campaign announced that it was launching a “Money Bomb“. If you’re not familiar with the concept, the term money bomb originated in the last US election as […]
One of Dwain Lingenfelter's greatest assets is also one of his greatest weaknesses. He's been a part of Saskatchewan's political scene from 1978 until 2000 when he moved to Calgary to become an executive with Nexen Oil. That's given him a great deal of experience in both politics and business during the past 30 years. […]
Back when I first started blogging regularly about the NDP leadership campaign, I had a loyal reader named Kent (who I'm 98.3% sure is Kent Lindgren who recently endorsed Dwain Lingenfelter.) At the time, Kent took issue with oh, pretty much every single thing I said (a tactic I'm increasingly seeing from Lingenfelter supporters not […]
I haven't looked this forward to a movie since probably “Batman: Dark Knight” which completely lived up to my expectations plus more. I hope this one does the same – one of the best books I've read (and re-read) in the past year or two.
When I first met Ryan, I made a special effort to take note of how his last name was pronounced (“Meili” rhymes with “smiley” – easy!) and I thought it was a silly thing but that his surname might be a slight barrier in his campaign. As a relative unknown (at least when the campaign […]
Here's a two-part video I stumbled across on YouTube about the “Making the Links” program for U of S medical students which takes them to First Nations communities in northern Saskatchewan, rural villages in Mozambique and to the SWITCH (Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health) clinic that Ryan Meili co-founded in Saskatoon's inner-city. The “Making […]
Pace Funny Moment of the (Other) Day: We usually put him down for his nap in our room (we're still co-sleeping so it's “his” bed too.) The other day, he was really fighting it and then it got quiet so we assumed he'd finally crashed. Shea went down to check on him and called me […]
