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DAVID CLIMENHAGA ON TURMOIL IN ALBERTA POLITICS, FLOOR-CROSSING, KENNEY'S "TRUMP STYLE" (MF GALAXY 099)

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EX-PC LEADERSHIP CONTENDER’S FLOOR-CROSSING TO THE NDP GOVERNMENT “SLEAZY” CAMPAIGN TACTICS BY THE JASON KENNEY CAMPAIGN TAKE OVER THE PC PARTY FRIGHTENING MISOGYNY IN THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT   DESPERATE FUTURE OF WILDROSE LEADER BRIAN JEAN NDP MISFIRES ON THE ROAD TO RE-ELECTION THE COLD REALITY OF PETRO-CAPITALISM HOW CORPORATE JOURNALISTS BENT OVER TO MAKE “OIL SANDS” POLITICALLY CORRECT LISTEN/DOWNLOAD If you’re not from Alberta, you  may not know that the province has been, functionally, a one-party state  for decades at a time. Thirty-six straight years of Social Credit rule  collapsed to forty-four straight years of Progressive Conservative  control. 2015 saw the  unexpected election of the New Democratic Party under the leadership of  Rachel Notley, leap-frogging over the right-wing splinter party Wild  Rose led by former Conservative MP Brian Jean, and crushing the PC party  led by former Conservative MP, the la...

STEPHEN NOTLEY, CREATOR OF BOB THE ANGRY FLOWER (MF GALAXY 030)

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Stephen Notley is the cartoonist who for more than 20 years has written and drawn the genre-hopping, politically satirical, gonzo fanboy comic strip Bob the Angry Flower about an evil, brilliant, and super-enthusiastic flower named Bob. Notley got his start in cartooning at the University of Alberta Gateway newspaper where he also became the editor in chief. He went on to a successful career in the Seattle video game studio Pop Cap, but he’s never left cartooning, and has put out numerous Bob the Angry Flower compilation books and appeared at many major conventions including San Diego Comic Con . He has a vast following and counts among his fans no less than Joss Whedon , who also blurbed one of his collections . In today’s episode, Stephen Notley discusses: The personal significance for him of acclaimed socially satirical cartoonist Keith Knight How San Diego Comic Con used to be before it went corporate His own pre- Bob the Angry Flower superhero satire cartoon str...