Accidental Jurist has an excellent analysis of the campaigns so far of each candidate in the provincial NDP leadership race – how they got into the race, what they've done so far, the strategies they'll need to be successful now that the membership deadline has passed and the campaign's entered its final phase. Lingenfelter – […]
Shea and I managed to wrangle a babysitter (thanks dad!) so were both able to attend the final NDP leadership debate forum tonight.The Accidental Jurist and I ended up sitting next to each other and when I introduced Shea to him, I explained, “he's the guy who puts thought into his posts, fact-checks and keeps […]
As a follow-up to my post about the list of donors who've given more than $250 to each of the four NDP leadership candidates, I'd like to point out that The Accidental Jurist has done some investigative journalism (at least someone is – thanks for nothing MSM!) into the background of each candidates' major donors […]
Serendipity can be a wonderful thing. Every morning, I meet for a brief staff meeting with my colleagues in my unit at the library. Since the office where we meet is right by the DVD collection, I usually take a moment to peruse the day's offerings. Today, I happened upon a copy of “Prairie Giant: […]
The NDP has released the names of everyone who has donated over $250 to one of the leadership candidates so far and I have to say, even as a Ryan Meili supporter, I was surprised to see that, when you look at the donations from individuals, Ryan has raised nearly as much as Lingenfelter – […]
David Forbes, a sitting MLA, endorsed Ryan Meili today adding to the momentum that the campaign is building heading into the final weeks of the campaign. Buried near the end of the story is the fact that the local CTV affiliate took the opportunity at the press conference to ask a question about Ryan being […]
In honour of the last episode of “Corner Gas” tonight, here's one of my favourite songs by the Odds, the former band of Craig Northey who wrote the “Corner Gas” theme song, “Not A Lot Going On”. (Unfortunately, the clip is from MuchMoreMusic who have more crap around the edge of the screen than the […]
Tonight is the first in a series of province-wide forums among the NDP leadership candidates in Moose Jaw. (At least I think it is – the official NDP site I just linked to doesn't list this event – though the candidates' sites do. Who knows?)Anyhow, I'm pretty sure it is the first forum tonight and […]
For an interesting counterpoint to Meili's position on the possibility of a nuclear reaction for Saskatchewan (see below), read Dr. Jim Harding's excellent essay on Dwain Lingenfelter's position, “Trapped by History“. (Edit: Accidental Deliberations has more on this subject as well.)—NEWS RELEASEMarch 31, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENuclear Power: Not a Viable SolutionRyan Meili calls of NDP […]
I guess if I'm doing corrections, I should make sure I use precise language. Correcting myself that Dwain Lingenfelter's Google Maps mash-up isn't misleading isn't entirely accurate either. It *is* misleading, just not in the way that I said it was. It's not misleading in that it contains information about non-existent events as I originally […]
