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A selection of progressive bloggers form Saskatchewan
Well, This Explains A Lot
According to a study done at Brock University, Stephen Colbert was right. Reality has a liberal bias. (LiveScience). And part of being a small-c conservative is being not only unable to deal with a changing society, but also unwilling t ... [read more]
Raging entirely by voice recognition
I wrote a article the other day for my blood using voice rec mission on my android phone and it is very impressive how so much is it was very accurate although it did make a few mistakes. Today I may not be speaking clearly enough becau ... [read more]
On responsible management
Tobi Cohen's report on fund-raising in the NDP's leadership race ends up serving largely as an analysis of Nathan Cullen's position and fund-raising to date due to his willingness to provide a donor list before it's required. (Which nic ... [read more]
Much Over Due
Source: CBC News: Layoffs at Sask. Human Rights Commission [read more]
I’m singing in hell
I’m singing in hell This is a place where my City Councillor invokes UN property rights instead of human rights for the 130 people evicted from a rundown apartment block destined for demolition, where the Mayor, hell-bent on the erectio ... [read more]
Catching Up on Pipeline News and Actions
the regina mom has many links open in her browser window right now so this post could get long.  Each relates to the Northern Gateway pipeline.  The story, obviously, has legs and is running hard.  There’s this bit about the HarperCons ... [read more]
Pick of the Day: Belle Plaine CD Release
Belle Plaine is no stranger to the pages of prairie dog. For two years running she’s been voted Best Regina Vocalist in our Readers’ poll. Tonight she’s launching her new CD Notes From a Waitress at Artesian on 13th (show at 8 p.m., $15 ... [read more]
Get a grip
I know local radio news always wants to create some excitement, but every time I turned on the radio today I kept hearing about "gunfire in a fifth grade class" and "diamond heist in Saskatoon" . Well, not so much. The gunfire turned ... [read more]
Best lecture ever
I work at a university and so I keep hearing about how dull it is when faculty just lecture all the time. Well, here's an account of the least dull lecture of all time. Thanks, Dr. Grumpy. [read more]
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. [read more]
Copyright Radical
I’m a copyright radical, like most younger people. I wasn’t born that way, but Napster, and the war on Napster and filesharing helped shape my vision of what people need to do to remain free. As most TED talks are, this is an amazing vi ... [read more]
Parliament in Review: November 23, 2011
Wednesday, November 23 saw the last votes in the House of Commons on the dismantling of the single-desk Wheat Board. And to who thought there might be some suspense as to the Cons' determination to impose their agenda without listening ... [read more]
Okay, It’s The Afternoon, But For Rosie, It’s The Thought That Counts
1 FRUIT OF THE LOON One way to improve a story about a story about a guy stealing 10,000 pairs of women’s panties? Read on. (The Telegraph [Australia]) 2 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SPACE:1999 FANS DON’T GROW UP Newt Gingrich promises to ... [read more]
What Stephen Harper DID NOT Tell Delegates At The Davos Capitalist 'Love In'
Canada's PM Harper spoke to delegates at the elitist Davos conference in Switzerland today. Here are a couple of key points that he DID NOT make in his speech: [read more]
Dances With Oil
If Stephen Harper were a character in a Hollywood epic movie about the western Canadian frontier, and went to live with the First Nations people, I can’t help but think his alternate name would be Dances With Oil. He sure doesn’t dance ... [read more]
New column day
Following up on this morning's roundup, I comment here on how the NDP's group of leadership candidates includes loads of possibilities to take up Jack Layton's mantle of negotiation and cooperation. [read more]
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Yes, Alice comes as close as one can to distilling the entire NDP leadership race into a single post. But there's still plenty going on as the field becomes official - so let's take a look at what's new over the past couple of days. [read more]
Food as a Commodity
By Fred Magdoff  Monthly Review January 2012 [read more]
Pick of the Day: Cope
Written by Greg Ochitwa (pictured), this hip hop musical focuses on the struggle of three young adults to survive the perils of their poverty-stricken inncer-city neighbourhood. It opens tonight at the Globe as part of the theatre’s Shu ... [read more]
January 25 - Our link to the Twin Towers
I just found out today that the architect who built the World Trade Centre in New York (Minoru Yamasaki)  also designed our Dr. Archer Library.  Who knew?  The building is listed in the Wikipedia article about Minoru Yamasaki. [read more]
January 24 - We belong to one world
The hallway in the South Residence Building features flags representing all the international students who have attended the University of Regina. It also contains a few provincial flags as well (yeah Alberta!) [read more]
January 23 - Happy Chinese New Year
Many locations around campus acknowledged the Chinese New Year. This photo was one taken outside a coffee shop in the Riddell Centre. [read more]
January 22 - Hallways of learning
I work at the University of Regina. It's a lovely campus with many interesting architectural features. For the rest of this month and for the month of February, I will be taking photos of different aspects of the buildings I work in. I' ... [read more]
January 21 - Feeling poorly...
I've had a migraine for the past week, so I haven't been posting. I am feeling better today and will catch up on my posts. [read more]
Catching Up With Regina Music News
Here’s the latest fix for all the rabid remix fans out there: Regina’s own Library Voices recently posted Vancouver artist Teen Daze’s take on “Traveller’s Digest” from the Voices most recent album, Summer of Lust. You can listen to it ... [read more]
Four In The Afternoon: Winds Of Change?
1 DAVOS DOWNER Today the World Economic Forum kicked off in the Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland. The Canadian agenda, which has been called a “major trade charm offensive” seeks to pressure the EU into solving its debt crisis but also ... [read more]
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. [read more]
Run for Your Lives!!!
I don’t know if it actually emerged from the Pacific Ocean like another famous monster did sixty or so years ago, but it was first reported in B.C., and it’s been steadily working its way eastward ever since, gobbling up everything in i ... [read more]
Letter to SaskPower President Regarding Solar Power
Here’s a letter going to the SaskPower President soon. If anyone has any suggestions for it, you have short time to make them. rwatson at ]saskpower.com[ Dear Mr. Watson, I've found some troubling information on the SaskPower website. T ... [read more]
Incompetent Senior Vancouver Police Officials Allowed Robert Picton Serial Murders To Continue Far Too Long!
VANCOUVER — Geographic profiler Kim Rossmo told the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Tuesday that his 1998 bid for a working group to investigate a possible serial killer was shot down in flames by a senior Vancouver police officer. [read more]