I’m a dad. I’ve seen some pretty strange stuff with my daughter. I’ve changed more nuclear diapers than you can count. I’ve seen my wife breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is perfectly normal and natural. It’s what women do with new babies. It’s the biological reason of breasts in the first place. (Recreational uses aside, that is.) I…
Read moreIf This is his Sales Pitch, What is it like in the Complaints Department?
http://www.calgaryherald.com/mobile/news/alberta/Alberta+shots+success+Liepert/2176446/story.html In the Calgary Herald article I’ve referenced above, Ron Liepert has called Alberta’s mass vaccination program a success. A program where people had to wait 3 or more hours. In the cold. In the rain. With small children. No restroom facilities. A program where healthy, low-risk adults were permitted to squeeze out those who…
Read moreRon Liepert is a Moron
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…
Read moreAftermath
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…
Read moreDeconstructing the Dyrholm Campaign.
First things first – I received a phone call from the Mark Dyrholm campaign today. I didn’t waste much time, I just politely told the caller I was firmly behind Danielle Smith. He said, “oh, so you’re supporting the libertarian then?” I simply said, “yes,” and left it at that. At least they aren’t calling…
Read moreShamless cross-promotion
I’m going to link to another blog site – Leigh Patrick Sullivan, a writer who lives up in the Edmonton area (but I won’t hold that against him.) In his blog entry, Leigh points out a number of concerns surrounding , Mark Dyrholm, rival to Danielle Smith in the Wildrose Alliance leadership race here in…
Read moreAfter the Debate
Well the debate is over. Afterwards the candidates hung around chatting with the attendees. Danielle sat up at the front, relaxed and informally visiting. Mark wandered around, schmoozing and talking about the issues. Jeff Willarton conceded and endorsed Craig Ch- oops I mean Dyrholm. So now we are down to two candidates, which makes the…
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