google
yahoo
bing

THE CORE

This is the Web-log of Professor Matthew Shugart ("MSS"); however, other "planters" have been invited to contribute. Please check the "Planted by" line to see the author of the post you are reading.

The Mission of F&V;

About the banner

Core principles:

Henry Droop on the "moderate non-partisan section"

Madison on "dangers from abroad" and "the fetters... on liberty"

FRUITS: Support your local, organic growers; and, plant vines and fig trees and pomegranates for the generations to come...

VOTES: For democratization and full representation, for environmental sustainability, social justice, and peace, always sincerely...

The Head Orchardist's other sites:
PRESERVED FRUIT
orchard blocks
  • All
  • FRUITS
  • VOTES
  • wide open spaces
  • 14 September 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Canada

    From today’s Globe and Mail:

    The battle over the future of the long-gun registry is narrowing as a clash of rural and urban values could very well bring about a tie vote on the floor of the House of Commons.

    While the governing (but minority) Conservatives are likely to be fully united behind a bill to lift the current gun registry requirements, and the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois unite behind the status quo, the unity of the New Democrats will be sorely tested. The NDP caucus is divided between urban ridings (districts) and rural ones. Classic wedge politics. Or is this a (risky) “Western strategy” opportunity for the NDP itself?

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Israel, Travel, Zionism

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    12 September 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Israel, Travel

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    08 September 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: FRUITS, Jewish living

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    07 September 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Australia, Coalition governance

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (10)


    03 September 2010

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (19)


    01 September 2010

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (19)


    31 August 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: FRUITS, Travel

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Blogging

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    27 August 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Australia, Coalition governance

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (10)


    26 August 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Australia, Britain, Coalition governance

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (5)


    22 August 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Australia, Coalition governance

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (10)


    20 August 2010

    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Australia

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (9)


    Planted by MSS
    Planted in: Zionism

    Propagation: Seeds & scions (0)


    19 August 2010
    FRUIT FEEDS
    PROPAGATION
    Recent comments.

  • Brown the Blunt (34)
    • MSS: Although off topic, because it came up… Brazilian law no longer allows parties to have different alliances for different elected...
    • Wilf Day: As to Brazil’s PT, where you note above that its founder Lula has been the party’s only presidential candidate til this year, when he...
  • Labor (10)
    • Tom Round: “The fabulous fiftieth NSW parliament, and other minority governments: Every Australian state and territory has experienced a...
    • Alan: One of the great evils of the structure of our House of Representatives was exposed in this election. It erects marginal seats into exactly...
    • Alan: I am persuaded by what Ted Mack said, the Nationals want their seats and they would have been supporting a government dedicated to winning...
    • Tom Round: What Leo Shanahan says here: “5 reasons Abbott didn’t seal the deal.”
    • Chris Curtis: The new government’s legitimacy will be severely attacked, of course. Go here to see what I mean. Warning; this site contains...
  • Do parties dump their own PM less often in Westminster systems? (19)
    • Tom Round: The last time Bob Rae’s name came upat this blog, it was in conne[x]ion to Australian/ Canadian shared political nomenclature. Of...
    • Ed: Bob Rae started as a federal MP (NDP), switched to provincial politics (NDP), then wound back in federal politics (Liberal). Until recently,...
    • Vasi: In Québec, it seems far more common for a federal MP to switch to provincial politics! The current premier, Jean Charest, was the leader of...
    • Alan: The Democrats destroyed themselves, largely be setting their recall trigger too low, it was 100 signatures to recall the federal leader. No...
    • Tom Round: [What Alan said, +] The former (?) Aust Democrats had a system where their leader was elected directly by the membership, but had to be...
    • Alan: Do provincial/fede ral swaps happen in Canada? I’m wondering because they tend to elect party leaders by convention rather than...
    • Bancki: Sorry for my bad english (promoVAte) Such state-federal-s waps do occur in my own Belgium (but that’s a special case of federalism)...
  • CROSS-POLLINATION

    FRUITS

    morn_blms_corralito.jpg

    The Fruit Blog (Fruit & fruit breeding)
    Daley's Fruit Tree Blog
    Orchards Forever
    The Orchard Keeper
    The Ethicurean
    The Jew and the Carrot
    Small farms ("real people & real food")
    Life begins at 30 (Farmers markets, etc.)
    Banana
    Festival of Trees
    Rare Fruit News Online
    Cloudforest Cafe


    VOTES

    bulgaria_protest copy

    Comparative democracy

    Psephos (Adam Carr's data archive)
    Electoral Panorama
    World Elections
    African Elections Database
    M. Herrera's Electoral Calendar
    Electoral Geography (Data archive)
    Michael Gallagher's data archive
    Election Finance (Blog, data archive)
    IFES
    Election Law (Rick Hasen)
    VoteLaw (Edward Still)
    Ballot Access News

    Electoral and Political Reform

    The FairVote Blog (US)
    Make my vote count (UK)
    Wilf Day (Canada)
    democraticSPACE (Canada)
    Citizens Assembly Blog (dormant)


    POLITOLOGY

    Blogs of political analysis

    PoliBlog
    Arms and Influence (dormant?)
    Outside the Beltway
    Political Science Weblog (abstracts)
    Frontloading HQ (Josh Putnam)
    FiveThirtyEight
    Vote View (Keith Poole)
    The Monkey Cage
    Political Arithmetik (dormant)
    Pollster.com
    Polysigh
    Reflective Pundit
    Rustbelt Intellectual
    Simon Jackman
    The semi-presidential one
    Josep Colomer
    Chapel Hill Treehouse (dormant)
    Political Behavior (dormant)
    The Democratic Piece
    Countries at the Crossroads (Freedom House blog)
    Jacob T. Levy

    REGIONAL ANALYSIS

    Canada

    Crawl Across the Ocean
    Idealistic Pragmatist
    Paulitics
    Pith and Substance

    Europe

    Centre for European Politics
    Dr Sean's Diary
    Euro Trib
    A Fistful of Euros

    Latin America

    Bloggings by boz
    Colombia: A PoliBlog Sideblog
    El Criador de Gorilas
    Pronto!
    Two Weeks Notice
    Central American Politics

    S.W. Asia & E. Mediterranean

    Informed Comment Global Affairs
    Prospects for Peace
    Lisa Goldman
    Michael J. Totten
    Yaacov Lozowick

    Africa

    La Constitution en Afrique

    E. Asia

    Frozen Garlic (Taiwan elections)

    New Zealand

    Kiwiblog
    No Right Turn

    OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE BLOGS

    Crooked Timber
    Statistical Modeling
    Social Science Statistics
    Cold Spring Shops
    Marginal Revolution
    Brad DeLong
    Greg Mankiw

    SUN & MOON

    CURRENT MOON

    NEWS

    ABC

    BBC

    CBC

    Democracy Now!

    Deutsche Welle

    El Tiempo

    Guardian

    Haaretz

    Hindustan Times

    The Independent

    Irish Times

    NZ Stuff

    RFE/RL

    ORGANIZATIONS

    About/disclaimer

    California Rare Fruit Growers

    Center for Voting and Democracy

    Californians for Electoral Reform

    Society for American Baseball Research

    Link TV

    SCION EXCHANGE

    HARVESTS
    ORCHARD SERVICES

    F&V; time: This blog's date function is so set as to start a new day at approximately local sunset. (Why, if we have "day" and "night," should a new "day" start in the middle of the night?)

    F&V; Coordinates: A compass may be helpful for navigating the orchard--a Political Compass, that is.

    Your Orchardist's coordinates:

    • –3.88 Economic left
    • –6.26 Social libertarian
    ...approximately the location of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand and close to the ideological positions of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Ralph Nader.

    Fruits & Votes encourages the flourishing of all democratic political viewpoints, respectfully presented.

    outlook repair software wordpress stats

    Powered by WordPress