Category: politics
Hey remember that time I was despondent over Trump being elected and I sat “staring at an empty screen for a disconcertingly long time, trying to figure out what to write”. So I’ve been experiencing that again. There’s so many horrible things going on in the world right now that I don’t even know where […]
Another insightful thing to read on this whole situation – this one written by my friend Patrick: Curses ((He originally posted it on Facebook, so I couldn’t link to it yesterday. But he got a lot of positive feedback on it, so he made it a blog posting.)). I’ll probably go back to my flippant writing […]
And speaking of things that are long overdue for posting, I have been remiss in writing a congratulatory posting to my friend, Patrick Johnstone, on his recent election to New Westminster City Council. As you may recall from this posting, I was helping out on Pat’s election campaign because I thought he’d make an excellent city councillor […]
On Sunday, I did something I’ve been wanting to do for years ((And which I inexplicably didn’t include on my “101 things to do in 1001 days list”.)) – I learned how to curl! It was all part of a FUNdraiser for my friend, Patrick Johnstone, who is running for New West City Council in […]
No, it’s not one day left of school for me (though I can see how you might have thought that). It’s only one day left to support The Tyee in time to get some awesome political paper dolls ((Still waiting for mine, but trust that I will post some fun stuff once I get them…. […]
First of all, watch this video: Canada needs more independent voices from The Tyee on Vimeo. So, I’m sure you can see why this campaign appeals to me. Facts – I’m a big fan of those. In depth, well-researched investigations into news stories instead of sound bites of 140 characters or less – that sounds […]
From the Canadian House of Parliament: Props to Kalev for bringing this important piece of Canadian politics to my attention! For those who are interested, here’s a link to the CDC’s zombie preparedness plan, as referred to by the Honourable Pat Martin in the video.
So it’s municipal election day in British Columbia, the day we get to vote for mayors, city councillors, and school board trustees. And given that I know jack squat about Surrey politics, I decided I should read the candidate statements before I headed off to the polls. First of all, there about about eleventy billion […]
I woke up to the news that Jack Layton passed away this morning at the age of 61. This is heart breaking. My heart goes out, first and foremost, to his wife, Olivia Chow, and their children. And it also goes out to our country because we’ve lost a great man today. A man who […]
As you would entirely not be able to tell from my blogging of late, today is a federal election in Canada. But despite my lack of blogging about the subject, I (like a surprising number of Canadians this time) have actually been quite engaged in this election: reading the actual platforms of the parties (as […]