Archive for June, 2006

Casino Rama, Mama… needs Big Brother

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Accompanying article: Casino Rama cash cow is sacred, off-limits to provincial auditors $1B in Casino Rama cash caught in public info void Bazillions of dollars are received by Casino Rama each year - more realistically, about 90-ish million, but you get the point. This money is distributed and spent by the First ...

Ralph Klein’s Wicked Pitching Arm

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Accompanying Article: Policy book that [Alberta Premier] Klein threw at page on the block at eBay What were you doing on March 1, 2006? And I don't mean reading Wikipedia's 1 millionth article. Well, I'll tell you what Ralph Klein, Alberta's Progressive Conservative Premier was doing. He was whipping a book ...

Same-Sex Marriage

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

Accompanying articles: Commons to revisit same-sex vote Many Tories wary about 2nd gay-marriage vote Gay couples take marriage fight to NY's top court Bush promoting ban on gay marriage Same sex marriage... well, what can a person say, really, that the hardline conservatives haven't said better. It's unnatural, it's unethical, it's sacreligious, it's ...

Hurricane Season is Upon Us

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Happy birthday, , if you're reading this... if not, well, it's Mel's birthday and she should be told Happy Birthday. :) So, the 2006 Hurricane Season is upon us. NOAA and CSU have both chimed in with their guestimates and have come up with some decent numbers. Agency: Named ...