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What If Saskatchewan Had Proportional Representation? #skpoli #skvotes

With at least eight ridings still to be decided, I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on the Sask Election once the mail-in ballots are counted and we know what the final count is. But after a conversation on Twitter with a former high school classmate who felt the BC election didn’t represent […]

Posted 27 October 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “So go about your earthly mission/Don’t trust no politicians/You look to yours and I will look to mine”

“You Look To Yours” – Colter Wall

Posted 26 October 2020 § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

10 Reasons The Sask Party Doesn’t Deserve Another Mandate #skpoli #skvotes

Maybe I should’ve posted this earlier since a lot of people (including Shea and I) have already voted by mail or in the early polls. But with the bulk of the votes still to come tomorrow and the polls showing a tightening race, I figured I’d do one last post about the current provincial election […]

Posted 25 October 2020 § List § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The American Election: Controversy, Campaigns and Complexity (November 2016)

I attended a presentation at RPL about the history of American elections just prior to the 2016 US election. It was a great presentation but I’ll always remember the Q&A at the end – someone asked “Who do you think will win?” and the presenter looked out, half chuckled (as did most of us in […]

Posted 22 October 2020 § News § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Obama Unleashed

It’s hard to know which way to turn if you’re a political junkie and there’s a municipal election, a provincial election, (nearly) a federal election and a major US election – all within a couple weeks. But this one definitely caught my eye yesterday…  

Posted 21 October 2020 § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Voted! (And a Good Omen For An Orange Wave?) #skpoli #skvotes

Legally, I don’t think you can display campaign materials or actively campaign at a polling station. But when we went to vote tonight, I thought it was a good omen to see a wall of orange chairs as we exited our polling place! On a completely unrelated fashion note, I thought Shea’s orange mask was […]

Posted 20 October 2020 § News § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “We’re in a state of crisis, people are dying/While you line your pockets deep/Commander in Chief/How does it feel to still be able to breathe?”

Pretty powerful… “Commander-in-Chief” – Demi Lovato

Posted 19 October 2020 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“I Want A Dyke For President”

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Posted 18 October 2020 § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – NDP Means A Healthy Society (February 2013) #skpoli #skvotes

This is a very cool poster that Ryan Meili’s team created during his 2013 leadership run. The design may be retro but the message is more timely than ever as Saskatchewan and the entire world try to figure out the best way forward in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. I don’t know about you […]

Posted 15 October 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

(Not Quite) Live Blogging The #skvotes Leader’s Debate #skpoli

A few hot takes as I watched the debate… Does Molly Thomas still live in Sask? If not, weird optics to fly in a debate moderator from out-of-province during a pandemic. Moe looks very nervous right out of the gate, not what I expected from the Premier and frontrunner. Drink!  Moe says NDP has record […]

Posted 14 October 2020 § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,