Ron Liepert is a moron. He has been quoted on the radio saying is it more than likely that Alberta will run out of H1N1 vaccine. This is not a major surprise to me, and while it will fuel frustration and anger amongst people wishing to be vaccinated (it will also increase pressure on the…
Read moreLame Excuses Just Don’t Wash
What a mess. I’m talking about the “brainiac” (to quote one Calgarian) decision of Alberta Health Services to initially open up – get this – four “mass vaccination clinics” in Calgary; a city of one million people, to be serviced, initially, by a grand total of 80 vaccination stations (that’s 20 in each location). 20…
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Well, it’s over. Thank God for that. Danielle Smith is the new Leader of the Wildrose Alliance. It’s no secret that I’m pleased by the result, and I believe that a new era of Alberta Politics is about to begin. Alberta is governed by dynastic regimes – the United Farmers of Alberta (1921-1935), then the…
Read morePremature Sour Grapes
I’ve been thinking. Yes, it’s dangerous but it’s what I do. In my (admittedly limited) conversations with people from the Mark Dyrholm campaign, there have been references to some form of “purge” afoot. A Facebook chat I had weeks ago with Craig Chandler comes to mind. In that chat, Craig references information I am “not…
Read moreYah, Mon
So here is the challenge: To put together a blog entry about my Jamaican vacation, and, in a similar vein to Hell in the Pacific, or Terrible, Absolutely Terrible — make it funny. The problem this time is that, while there were some laughs along the way, there were no major misadventures. One of the…
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