Manitoba's Stagnant Pool Beside The Red River

When politicians create static, that becomes the story in a Blowback Dispatch from the cold reality of consequence

Villain Narratives vs Capital: political messaging, and why voters eventually reject narrative in favor of reality

Systems have a funny habit. They humble everyone inside them.

But what happens to the man who mistakes himself for the system?

He becomes static.

New Premier Of BC Won His Constituency With 70% Of The Vote

 

47+% CONSERVATIVE POP VOTE TO 37% for the NDP

And they didn't have a leader until there was an election. So if the Conservatives had run a cardboard cutout, 50% of the province was going to vote for it.

Besides half the people in tonight's celebration, who else is asking the question, "Who is Lorne Doerkson?" 

I bet Mainstream Media didn't mention his name once since September. I bet his caucus needs formal introductions. The deeper story is: "Why would British Columbians choose a man like Lorne Doerkson right now?"

Albertans Voted as Albertans and Chose Canada

 

A referendum meant to test the limits of Confederation instead revealed something far less dramatic

 and far more Canadian: the willingness to complain vigorously while staying put

Political movements often promise earthquakes and turn out to deliver municipal sewage reports. Such was the curious beauty of Alberta's referendum.

For months, commentators deployed its usual inventory of existential dread, and professional outrage merchants stocked the shelves for what was advertised as a historic reckoning. The atmosphere suggested Confederation itself might soon be loaded onto a flatbed truck and driven toward the US border.