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Category Archives: Politics

Throwback Thursday – Congrats Yens Pedersen! (June 2009) #skpoli

Longtime NDP member, former Sask NDP party president and candidate for office and party leader, Yens Pedersen, won the byelection in Regina Northeast yesterday to boost the number of Saskatchewan NDP MLAs to 13. My first introduction to Pedersen was when he competed against Ryan Meili for Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP in 2009. At […]

¶ Posted 13 September 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Sask Party Candidate Opposes Sask Party Cuts

With the Regina Northeast by-election happening in a week, this is pretty funny…

¶ Posted 05 September 2018 § Humour § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – By Any Standards, The Catholic Church Is A Corrupt Organization

Imagine for a moment that a big, admired multinational corporation, one selling a beloved product, was employing large numbers of male pedophiles and rapists, operating in rings all over the world, and that their crimes had been uncovered in Australia, Ireland, Canada, the Philippines, Belgium, France, Austria, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Britain, Germany and the […]

¶ Posted 26 August 2018 § News § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, history

Friday Fun Link – Trump Prison Montage

Great editing – anybody recognize which show/movie this is from? So familiar but I can’t place it…The Wire? The Departed? Something else?

¶ Posted 24 August 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

The Worst Day of Donald Trump’s Presidency?

Trump’s personal lawyer admits to knowingly committing illegal finance campaign finance violations at Trump’s direction while Trump’s former campaign chair is found guilty of multiple counts of bank and tax fraud as well. The BEST people!

¶ Posted 21 August 2018 § Jobs § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

Retro Friday Fun Link – The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain

This article should be mandatory reading before someone is allowed to use the Internet!

¶ Posted 10 August 2018 § Infographic § Internet § List § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, facebook, language, twitter

Retro Saturday Snap – Prairie Sunset

When my wrist is healed and I’m up to typing longer pieces again, I’m hoping to write a long percolating post about how the Sask NDP can make in-roads in rural Saskatchewan. But until then, had a great visit at Shea’s aunt and uncle’s on Saturday night…

¶ Posted 04 August 2018 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Cost of A Broken Wrist? USA = ~$10,000, Canada = $12

Doing a lot of reading about various aspects of the scaphoid bone I broke in my wrist and always shocked to see American sites talking about the cost of healthcare (~$6000 – $10,000 for the x-rays, hospital stay and surgery I had) or how they would forego treatment completely due to a lack of health […]

¶ Posted 01 August 2018 § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: unitedstates

Owning People Online Is The Left’s Path To Victory

According to recent polling, a staggeringly small portion of the 22-to-45-year-old demographic watches cable news, and in fact almost 50 percent of young people do not watch traditional TV at all, instead opting to get their content from online streaming services, social media, and the like. I’ve been a big believer in the power of the […]