Tag: history

T-13: A Way To *Guarantee* Stephen Harper Loses #elxn42 #canpoli

A couple years ago in April 2013, soon after the NDP and Liberals had their respective conventions, I blogged about how each party had a strong “cooperation” element

T-14: Red Door, Blue Door. Time To Open the Orange Window! #elxn42 #canpoli

I saw the above graphic on Reddit and it struck home. The short term memory of Canadian voters always astounds me – many ridings across Canada will elect

T-15: Music Monday – “Your pipeline will spill its disease/You shut down all the research libraries” #elxn42 #canpoli

You know it’s bad for Stephen Harper when even one of Canada’s most popular bands releases a song slamming your government’s record. (and includes citations for all the

T-16: Which Party Should You Vote For? (It Might Not Be The One You Think) #elxn42 #canpoli

All of us have reasons why we vote for the parties that we do – some people are “born wearing orange diapers” and will vote NDP as if

T-17: Stephen Harper Fails Democracy 101 #elxn42 #canpoli

In an effort to minimize the chance of a candidate saying something wrong or that could be taken out of context during the election, those running for the

T-18: Stephen Harper and His Abuse of Military Veterans #elxn42 #canpoli

One of the things that’s surprised me about the Harper government is how they seem happy to offend and mistreat even the people who make up their core

Introducing T-19: An Election Countdown #elxn42

So beginning tomorrow, I’m planning to have a 19 day series of posts with various thoughts and observations about the Canadian Federal Election. My politics are no secret

Super Moon Eclipse

Watched some of the rare supermoon lunar eclipse with Shea and Pace tonight. Pretty cool, especially considering the last time it happened was 1982 and it won’t happen

“Matthew tells us that Jesus and his family fled the wrath of Herod and were refugees in Egypt…” #canpoli #cndpoli

So it’s no secret that I’m an atheist. One of the many reasons I lost whatever inherited belief I had as a child growing up was seeing the

“His Name Was Alan Kurdi”

A “refugee crisis” is something far away and remote. Kenya. Bangladesh. Syria. Foreign. Easily ignored. But this. This is something different. This is a child. A child whose

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