Jumping Off the Leftward Cliff

I hope I’m wrong about David Swann. I don’t think that he’s the man to broaden the Liberal coalition in Alberta – I actually think that there is a decent chance that he might shrink it (although we might pick up a seat from the NDP). From what I can tell, there are maybe [...]

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Alberta Liberals Road to Oblivion

David Swann was recently elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Alberta. I’d been a fan of Swann for some time, even though he was not my pick for leader, because I think that he brings a perspective to Albertan politics that was lacking. Mind you, there are a lot of perspectives [...]

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Set Your Cell Phones to Vibrate

I like movies, so I can sympathize. I just wish that the Cineplex Odeon staff would be more concerned about people bringing guns into the theater as opposed to me smuggling in a bag of Glosette Raisins that didn’t cost $15.
In other movie related news, Doubt and Milk are awesome.

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The Invocation Temptation

Rick Warren is a bad choice for the Obama Inauguration Invocation. A bad choice because it sends the wrong message, and a bad choice because it is divisive. From his Wikipedia article, the five non negotiable issues of Rick Warren:

What does each candidate believe about abortion and protecting the lives of unborn children?
What does each [...]

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Seeing Red at Greene

The following is an open letter to Senator Designate Nancy Greene Raine.
Dear Ms. Green Raine
I am writing to you to express my profound disappointment in your actions over the past several days. Your hypocrisy is emblematic of a cancer in today’s political discourse. When someone like you, who has long claimed been an advocate of [...]

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Experts on Shirtlessness

So, whilst perusing the internets, I came across this piece on Barack Obama and his vacation in Hawaii.
I would be concerned if the President did not behave like he was at the beach when he is at the beach. What else would we expect? I think I would be more concerned if he were wearing [...]

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Long Term Memory and Irony

These are things that Stephen Harper lacks.
“Why should anybody have confidence in the leader of a party who would agree to fold his own party into another party?” – PM (but not for much longer) Harper. Um, where did the Canadian Alliance go?
“I think they are just signing their own death warrant,” Harper said. “This [...]

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