Personal Qwest

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

What is the future of Brent Rathgeber?

Last week his surprising announcement shook-up the Hill. Much speculation that this was a significant sign of CPC problems when combined with continuing problems with Sen. Mike Duffy Expense Scandals, backbench Socon revolts and now speculation about the PM's future Leadership intentions.

Then this?

I rate it as unlikely he will run Provincially - but I am intrigued that so many NDP think Rathgaber it worthy of comment. I suspect it may have something more to do with the changes in Alberta Federal Riding boundry's in his riding and others in Alberta.

Canadian Psycho

It's official, and ex-Premier who was probably astonished to get re-elected - resigns.

Monday, June 3, 2013

Tom Sowell "Dismantling America"

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

How to bury a terrorist

“Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

John Robson addresses the bumbling decisions over burying the Boston Marathon Bomber - Tamerlan Tsarnaev. His key point is that we should be worried about burying Tsarnaev in a way that he wanted. No we bury the bodies of terrorists to suit our convenience - and refuse to kowtow to his religious supporters - as if we owe them something..

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Wildrose Hits just keep on coming...

As if Redford needs it - the hits just keep on coming!

Ex-AHS Capital Health VP expensed thousands for dinners, booze, charity balls

Former Capital Health vice-president Michele Lahey - for whom opposition Wildrose revealed last week had claimed expenses of $7,000 for a second medical opinion on her Cancer diagnosis at renown U.S healthcare Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN - also billed over $10,000 for Charity Events*.

Documents released by the Wildrose opposition show former Capital Health vice-president Michele Lahey expensed $4,300 for the Nov. 5, 2005, St. Joseph’s Annual Gala Fundraiser, which Lahey described as a “heavenly evening of dining” on her expense form.

She expensed $3,000 for St. Joseph’s College Gala, $1,200 to the Hope Foundation of Alberta and $1,700 to host the Friar’s Ball on May 6, 2006, advertised as “one of the top social events of the year.”

All the donations were made between 2005 and 2007 by Lahey’s husband, former provincial Crown prosecutor Bill Gatward. Lahey expensed the donations to Capital Health and they were approved by health authority CEO Sheila Weatherill.

In addition this healthcare bureaucrat took a course that would allow her to examine her family roots in order to:

"give[s] you emotional tools to allow you to have the choice to let go of many limiting belief systems so that you can enjoy the banquet of life instead of just settling for the crumbs,”

How uplifting!

(How fast can you back-pedal this bike?)

*Noun	1.	blandishment - flattery intended to persuade cajolery, palaver flattery - excessive or insincere praise
	2.	blandishment - the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery wheedling enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless" ingratiation, insinuation - the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Did he jump or was he pushed?

Former Oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found dead in his bath in his home in Surrey UK this morning.

After escaping Russia he continued to oppose Putin from England. And one of his friends who fought the political battle after Berezovsky left - Alexander Litvinenko - was brutally murdered by polonium poisoning - a hallmark signature of the old KGB and died in 2006.

In comments it is said this was not suicide - even if it appeared so.