Category Archives: Politics

Hillary Clinton’s Being Presumptive Nominee Is Historic Only In The Context of a Two-Party System Where Both Democrats and Republicans Work Against Other Parties Gaining A Foothold

Don’t be fooled – the only true divide in America isn’t men vs. women, black vs. white, Muslim vs. Christian or any other binary. The only one that matters is rich vs. poor and Hillary is very clearly on the side of the rich while Bernie Sanders is on the side of the poor. It’s […]

~ Swirl ~ (A Poem About How The Orlando Shootings Gave Double Meanings To Everything This Weekend)

(I started writing this Sunday night but didn’t finish until Monday.  I’m backdating it to be a Sunday post though as that seems most appropriate given Sunday’s incredibly tragic events.) ~ Swirl ~ Thursday My library staff do a tour of the local Muslim school. We observe prayers.  We learn to say “library” in Arabic. […]

10 Moments That Have Defined The US Primaries @hillaryclinton @berniesanders @donaldtrump #politics #uspoli #primaries #election

Here’s a list of some the most memorable moments from this wild and wacky primary season. For the record, here’s the list Trump launches his campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists” The Bernie movement is born Trump attacks a Fox journalist saying “blood coming out of her…wherever” Bernie doesn’t take opportunity to attack Clinton on e-mails in […]

What Could @BernieSanders Have Done Differently To Beat @hillaryclinton? #primaryday #politics #feelthebern #notmeus

So last night, the Associated Press announced that they’d surveyed all Democratic super-delegates and there were enough who indicated previously undeclared support for Hillary Clinton that AP was ready to consider her the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee prior to today’s votes in California, New Jersey and a handful of other states. Journalist Glenn Greenwald summarizes […]

Hmm, Maybe I Should Do More Political Blogging?

My post about #elbowgate got shared out by a few well-connected people on a couple different social media sites and ended up getting, oh, about a zillion times more traffic to that one post than my blog posts usually get.

Tru(deau) Colours? #PrayForSophie #OuttaTheWayForJustin #elbowgate

So it’s been a pretty bad week for William and Kate, I mean Justin & Sophie Trudeau. Ms. Gregoire-Trudeau sparked outrage on the left and the right with her comments about how tough her (unofficial) role as First Lady (but not really) of Canada is and how much she could use an extra assistant to […]

Saturday Snap – @BernieSanders Speaks Outside Public Library After Winning Indiana #feelthebern

Just when I thought I couldn’t love this guy any more, he pops up on the late night news speaking in front of a public library! (Sorry for the crappy photo – taken in a darkened room of a crappy TV.)

The Spectacular Pundit Failure on Donald Trump

Here’s an article about how many pundits and insiders predicted definitely that there was no way that Donald Trump could win even one state, become the front runner, outlast establishment candidates like Jeb Bush and John Kasich, defeat all other candidates to become the nominee, become the President of the United States? One of my […]

Changing Politics and Culture Through the Art of the Long Game #occupy #idlenomore #saskbookawards

So I’ve been thinking about the “Long Game” quite a bit lately. Essentially, “Playing the Long Game” refers to the idea of not just focusing on an immediate goal but also laying the groundwork for something important further in the future, even if it seems like something unattainable initially. (A similar idea is often expressed […]

A Few Thoughts On @BernieSanders Use of Technology #feelthebern #primaryday #newyork

So today was a pretty big day in the United States as born and raised Brooklyn boy, Bernie Sanders went up against adopted hometown gal, Hillary Clinton in the New York primary in their ongoing battle to secure the Democratic Party nomination. As someone who’s very interested in the use of digital technology and social media in politics, I […]