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	<description>Eclectic commentary about random political and social issues, primarily on federal and provincial politics in Canada, from an Albertan's perspective</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lawrence Martin&#8217;s Fortunes</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/12/12/2489</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ethics & virtue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Oracle at Delphi didn&#8217;t always get it right. It understood that some of man&#8217;s fate is in his own hands, as Machiavelli acknowledged in Chapter 25 of The Prince two millennia later.  Fortune only governs half our actions when we exercise our skills.
One has to give some credit to Lawrence Martin here for acknowledging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloodied and [temporarily] Out of the Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/12/12/2486</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/12/12/2486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[federal politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They came, they didn&#8217;t see much, but  the voting  public punched them in the nose.  The aggressive Liberal strategy of taking the government down, come what may, didn&#8217;t pay and it is slowly morphing into keeping away and trying to say and do nothing &#8211;for now.
Mr. Donolo appears to have adopted a strategy of &#8220;taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By-election wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/11/09/2483</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/11/09/2483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The prevalent wisdom is that governments don&#8217;t do well in by-elections because by-elections afford voters the opportunity to vote against the government and send a message without endangering its stability.
It is also prevalent wisdom that voters vote against the government in times of economic hardship.
So what exactly would current wisdom say about a government that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving the Saviour</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/29/2481</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/29/2481#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calling Peter Donolo&#8217;s out of the shadows to come rescue Iffy&#8217;s flaundering political life is a clear indication that Liberals no longer see the Harvard professor as their saviour.  A true messiah needs a healer about as much as the physician needs a shaman, right?!  A fish needs a bicycle&#8230;, and you get the idea.
Who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate losers</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/27/2476</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/27/2476#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[energy & resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[law & order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nature & environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I say CLIMATE, you say LOSERS!
CLIMATE!&#8230;
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		<title>A National Emergency?!</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/24/2474</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/24/2474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[US politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health and wellness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[leadership & leaders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barak Obama has declared H1N1 a National Emergency.  The overreaction down south will have repercussions in Canada as nervous Nellies and prophets of doom in the opposition push for the Harper government to make similar pronouncements.
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		<title>Slip Slidin&#8217;Away</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/24/2472</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/24/2472#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s approval keeps heading south.
Obama&#8217;s most recent average ranks 144th [out of a possible 255], or in the 44th percentile, clearly below average not just for presidents&#8217; third quarters but for all presidents.
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		<title>Alberta: The Way Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/15/2467</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/15/2467#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach addressed the province in an 18-minute pre-recorded, televised video. It was entitled &#8220;The Way Forward.&#8221;
One has to wonder about the timing of the address, two days before the Wildrose Alliance pick their new leader (to be announced this coming  Saturday), and a few weeks before he faces a leadership-review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Present for Iffy</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/12/2465</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/12/2465#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and for all Canadians.  Thanks, Garth.
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		<title>War is Peace for the Nobel Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/09/2457</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/09/2457#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The poor Taliban, twisting in the wind, are unable to understand Scandinavian logik.  Sadly, they get it!
The Taliban Friday condemned Barack Obama&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize, saying rather than bring peace to Afghanistan he had boosted troop numbers and continued the aggressive policies of his predecessor.
&#8220;We have seen no change in his strategy for peace. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dans la lune</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/08/2455</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/08/2455#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[humour & curiosa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As an astronaut, Marc Garneau spent time in orbit, far from the center of the earth and its gravitational pull.  He is a decent man, but he is as distant from a political boss now as when he was in orbit.]]></description>
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		<title>Testing the Waters</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/06/2454</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/06/2454#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As far as I can tell the wave of rumors about undetermined Liberal MPs crossing the floor, even though no one can even name them or guess who they are, looks like a clever plan to test the waters.
How receptive will their constituents be in Central Canada. From their perspective, one way to find out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Liberal Blood for Quebec</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/04/2450</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/04/2450#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Quebec]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The country can breathe with some relief now that it has been announced: Stephane Dion will once again run to represent the good citizens of Saint-Laurent-Cartierville.  With Martin Cauchon returning and Dion staying, Michael Ignatieff can convincingly show that he is a leader capable of attracting new and vigorous blood to the Liberal Party.
Considering that Denis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cauchon v. Coderre 4</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/02/2446</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/02/2446#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As if to underscore his political weakness, Iffy is now threatening Denis Coderre.
Ignatieff may be trying to goad and humiliate Denis Coderre into vaulting to the Bloc.  If Coderre were dumb enough to do that&#8211;and he is not, but he certainly has the hubrys for it&#8211;Ignatieff could then show how Coderre was a separatist Trojan horse. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It will be up to Justin soon&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/02/2444</link>
		<comments>http://www.civitatensis.ca/archives/2009/10/02/2444#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kaqchikel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Soon it will be time to find a "new" but disproportionately inflated Liberal  figure with a commensurate messianic ego. I am not saying it will be tomorrow, or the next month, but it will be soon.]]></description>
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