saskatchewan progressive bloggers

	Good news Mar 10, 2010 \| Author: CathiefromCanada \| Source: CathiefromCanada One more reason to hope that health care reform in the States is approved. [read more]
	Louis Riel Trail Book Club: Gabriel Dumont War Leader of the Metis Mar 10, 2010 \| Author: LRT \| Source: The Louis Riel Trail The Book: Asfar, Dan and Tim Chodan. Gabriel Dumont War Leader of the Metis. Unknown (Canada): Folklore Publishing, 2003. [read more]
	Who is Beyond the Law? High Profile Conservatives Mar 10, 2010 \| Author: LRT \| Source: The Louis Riel Trail Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer's guilty verdict in an Ontario courtroom has ignited an outrage across Canada. Many are now questioning why the charges of cocaine possession and drunk driving were dropped in the case.... [read more]
	Mysterious MSN Live Messenger Contact Spam Mar 10, 2010 \| Author: saskboy \| Source: Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff – Site News Do you talk to robots? If you use an Instant Messenger like Microsoft’s Live Messenger, you’ve probably been contacted by a spam robot by now. There are several ways to get spam on Messenger, and I’ll tell you about the two ways I see t ... [read more]
	Deep thought Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations Just remember, the Harper Cons have absolutely nothing to do with the implementation of the HST. [read more]
	Get Ready For Harper's HUGE Public Asset SELL OFF! Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog You knew that Stephen Harper couldn't resist at least one huge 'sell off' of public assets while he was PM! (Don't look now but his old 'Reform' roots are showing ...) [read more]
	Canadians will still sing in politically incorrect unity! Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: ken \| Source: KenonCanpolitics I usually just hum after the first few bars anyway. It seems that most Canadians are not worried about changing son's to a more gender neutral phrase of some sort. Maybe we could have had daughson''s commands although that would involve ... [read more]
	On missed objections Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations Oh, how I would have liked to be wrong in worrying that the opposition parties were going to pass up their chance to put in place some rules that couldn't be so easily manipulated by the Harper Cons. Here's Kady: (G)enerally speaking, ... [read more]
	The Coup in Chile: The Other 9/11 Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country By PAUL CANTOR Counterpunch [read more]
	Why Is The Saskatchewan Party Exploiting 9/11 To Fundraise?? Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog I want to add my voice to those of other bloggers who are shaking their heads in wonder at a poster being circulated for a Saskatchewan Party fundraiser: -BigCityLib -Accidental Deliberations -Humble Opinion [read more]
	"Sarah Palin: God wrote on his hand too" Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Audrey II \| Source: Enormous Thriving Plants "At an Ohio Right to Life fundraiser Friday night, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin once again defended the notes she wrote on her hand during last month's Tea Party Convention. She said she didn't have a good answer to media criticis ... [read more]
	On dereliction of duty Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations While I tend toward the view that the high-profile portions of question period are covered to death, there's still sometimes room for some highly noteworthy questions and answers to slip through the cracks. Take for example what this ex ... [read more]
	Sask NDP "getting personal"? Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Audrey II \| Source: Enormous Thriving Plants Criticizing the Wall government for failing to take its budget issues seriously isn't "getting personal". The same stands for raising concerns over Wall's executive competency or the similarities between his governance and that of Mr. ... [read more]
	Recycling Scandal in Saskatchewan Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: saskboy \| Source: Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff – Site News There is no “municipal” recycler of e-waste in Regina. We have SWEEP at SARCAN (Provincially funded), or private recyclers, one of whom is at risk of going out of business because the Premier of the province lied* and expanded the SWEEP ... [read more]
	On exploiters Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations There are plenty of ways to respond with snark to the Sask Party's use of 9/11 carnage to raise money. But this is one time where even trying to respond with humour would miss the point. [read more]
	Renewing Socialism Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Transforming Democracy, Strategy and Imagination New edition By Leo Panitch [read more]
	Other shoe Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: CathiefromCanada \| Source: CathiefromCanada Last week Atrios made this perceptive observation I'm really not sure how we got from we don't torture, to that torture stuff we do isn't torture, to anyone who opposes torture hates America. Apparently that's where we are.I have no dou ... [read more]
	Has the Popular Resistance Begun? Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Next Year Country \| Source: Next Year Country Contributed by John W. Warnock Act Up in Saskatchewan [read more]
	In Defense of the Civil Service Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Scott \| Source: Canadian Political Viewpoints Source: CTV News: Day says Ottawa Will cut 245 Patronage Positions [read more]
	Music Monday - "I got a letter from the government the other day/Opened it and read it/It said they were suckers/They wanted me for their army or whatever" Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Jason \| Source: Head Tale - Yet Another Librarian's Blog :: Main Page When I was in England in 1995, this song (and the album it appeared on) were consistently rated at or near the top of the "best of" lists for that year by the NME, Melody Maker and Q. [read more]
	No Editing, Just the Real Deal Mar 9, 2010 \| Author: Humble Opinion \| Source: Humble Opinion
	Concern trolling par excellence Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations Shorter Kelly McParland: [read more]
	Copyright in Regina ; Pigeons faster than ADSL Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: saskboy \| Source: Saskboy’s Abandoned Stuff – Site News Michael Geist is coming to Regina in March. He’s $50 to go listen to though. $10 if you’re a student! == Here’s (one reason) why being smart can be a problem if you try to make your own work. == Ever heard of the “evil bit”? It’s a ... [read more]
	Question Period Review - March 8 Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: Giant Political Mouse \| Source: Giant Political Mouse So, I may not get a chance to do this every day (in fact I think you can assume I will miss more days than I hit) but any time I get a chance to watch the Saskatchewan QP I will post my review of both the questions and the answers. [read more]
	Important public notice Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations To residents of Edmonton-Strathcona: any vote for the Cons' Ryan Hastman will be interpreted as justifying Rob Anders' existence. Govern yourselves accordingly. [read more]
	Painless Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: The Jurist \| Source: Accidental Deliberations Shorter Stockwell Day: [read more]
	Secrecy continues as Wall government denies third freedom of information request for Western Economic Partnership records Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: Joe Kuchta \| Source: Owls and Roosters For the third time in less than a year, the Saskatchewan Party government has denied a freedom of information request for records pertaining to the Western Economic Partnership between Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. [read more]
	Abitibi reaches tentative agreement with union. Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: ken \| Source: KenonCanpolitics Abitibi, union work out deal March 08, 2010 [read more]
	TORTURE - It seemed like a good idea at the time .... Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: leftdog \| Source: Buckdog Look ... in the early days of the Harper government, the new Conservative administration was simply not prepared to let Dick Cheney and the Bushites have all the fun torturing evil types in the name of truth, justice and the American (e ... [read more]
	Mask-Slipped Monday. Mar 8, 2010 \| Author: Audrey II \| Source: Enormous Thriving Plants Daniel Pipes gives a glimpse of what really lies beneath the neocon line of "spreading democracy". [read more]