Wed Dec 20, 2006 – 9:26 am
Threats of an election seem to be in the wind. There is a chess game being played here. The leaders position their parties to maximize their advantage, and certainly to embarrass their opponents. Duceppe is the most active in this respect, lobbing his ‘nation’ question into the middle of the Liberal Party, […]
Wed Dec 20, 2006 – 8:40 am
Being from the Lower Mainland can make for confusing news day. When I read, “Investigator to board Picton Castle“, I think that they are going back to the pig farm in Port Coquitlam to look for more hooker’s remnants, not for why Bob Gainey’s daughter was swept overboard.
In other news, I have to echo the […]
Wed Dec 20, 2006 – 8:34 am
Commenter “Bob”, while attempting some paltry logical analysis, drops this howler in the comments:
However the whole thing rests on IP1. If that’s not true, nothing else follows.
Not so. An argument’s form establishes validity. Its material content determines whether its true or not. To say it does not follow implies that one of the steps […]
Tue Dec 19, 2006 – 11:20 am
As I ask back here, who the f**k is Lloyd Snelgrove and why is he suddenly the most powerful minister (besides Stelmach) in Alberta?
Before his entry into provincial politics, Mr. Snelgrove served two terms on Vermilion’s town council…
Mr. Snelgrove’s business endeavours date back to his active participation in the family’s farming operation and construction company…
He…retains […]
Tue Dec 19, 2006 – 10:49 am
Two days after winning the leadership of his party, Stelmach reiterated his intention to publish the list of donors to his leadership bid. Now, Stelmach has gone back on his word, however he wishes to rationalise it.
Tue Dec 19, 2006 – 10:31 am
Link and Ted Morton go way back, to the Reform Party’s early beginnings, and Link’s recent article shows his displeasure with Premier Stelmach’s choices for the provincial cabinet,
The one-in-three Alberta Conservatives who voted for Ted Morton two weeks ago – all the ones I know, anyway – feel like they got short shrift from new […]
Tue Dec 19, 2006 – 8:38 am
I am going to try something: every Tuesday I am going to scour the vastness of unreality to find the weekly use of Hitler or Nazis to vilify someone. It has been happening so often, I think we need to keep an eye on the trend. I may wind up keeping statistics on […]
Mon Dec 18, 2006 – 10:00 pm
The Honourable Dallas K. Miller is appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta.
Mon Dec 18, 2006 – 9:48 am
Thanks to kaqchikel for pointing out this excellent editorial by Lorne Gunter, who argues that the Harper government needs to do a better job defending the conservative principles for its policies, instead of simply getting into political debates, which Gunter thinks they’re bound to lose. I tend to agree. I suppose Harper staffies […]
Sun Dec 17, 2006 – 4:04 pm
Last week the Prime Minister used some selected words when being grilled on the environment. He referred to greenhouse gases as “so-called greenhouse gases”. Queue the imperial death march and lower the black helmet. He’s obviously gone mad to refer to the very truth of environmental issues at such a demeaning level, adding the words […]
