Sarah Palin announced her resignation on July 3, the Friday before a long weekend which is the classic tactic of a politician trying to bury bad news. But this is Sarah Palin we're talking about here and some are even speculating that she actually timed this announcement to try and tie her news into […]
…Regina barrister, Noah Evanchuk!Other blogs have already broken, commented on and projected some potential impacts of this story with the main theme appearing to be: “Team Meili was more than a bunch of people drawn to an inspiring new political figure but a group of already accomplished men and women, many of whom will make […]
I'm home sick today with what is either H1N1, severe neck and intra-skeletal damage from dragging around concrete patio blocks in my backyard the other day or possibly a slow-developing brain aneurysm. For that reason, I wasn't able to attend the “BBQ With The NDP Leader” event that happened in a Regina park this evening. […]
Happy Canada Day! (or should I say: “Joyeux fête du Canada!” )Or if that story doesn't float your canoe, Reddit has tons of Canuck-related stories in their Canada sub-reddit section. Hope everyone enjoyed their mid-week stat holiday!
I heard about this innovative library program during a presentation by Red Deer Public Library’s Director at CLA. For the last two municipal elections, that city’s library has created information pages for all municipal candidates from the mayor to council to both school boards. The candidates provided the information and the library simply posted it […]
I'll still thinking about a post with my thoughts on some of the things the Meili campaign could've done differently to perhaps put themselves over the top. But until that comes clearer, I thought I'd do a post looking at things in the bigger picture. I never get a good response when I call for […]
John Hodgman roasts Barack Obama at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner while trying to decide if the new President is a nerd or a jock (and including a subtle message that perhaps the expectations for Obama were set too high?).
Ryan's concession speech is now up on YouTube. I don't know what to say as I'm still, even a couple weeks later, oscillating between disappointment at how close the result was only to come up short in the end and unbelievable joy when I think about how much his campaign was able to accomplish in […]
Came across this article while doing some unrelated searches. It's short so I'll quote it in its entirety. The cool thing? It's from 2003! I don't know what the Sask NDP uses these days but hopefully they've only expanded their use of open source technologies! (The link back to the original NDP newsletter with three […]
Regina Leader-Post columnist, Will Chabun, has a different take on what Dwain Lingenfelter's role might be in the current political climate by drawing parallels to other times of upheaval for the provincial NDP. He's also got another piece on his blog about the role that a small community branch library at RPL played in […]
