If Judah’s letter in the Gateway didn’t expose the intolerance of non-theistic beliefs at the University of Alberta, perhaps this will:
This is not a joke, this is a serious hate crime.
I have contacted Campus Security and have sent a press release to the local media outlets.
Continue reading UofA shows intolerance and hate
Another letter in the Journal, this time though, they cropped it down a bit:
Re: “Voters not buying what leaders are selling; Poll; Widespread dissatisfaction makes another minority government more likely: Ipsos Reid,” The Journal, Sept. 18.
The reporter should check his facts when he says the Conservatives approval rating is “64 per cent in Harper’s home province of Alberta.” Stephen Harper was born and raised in Toronto.
Ian Bushfield, Edmonton
NDP Leader Jack Layton rolled into town today.
Y’argh!
Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
As a special tribute, I want to make ye all aware of the Computer Engineers of the University of Alberta. They be the rowdiest crew of plunderers since the Last Saskatchewan Pirate (see the video).
Doubt my words about the mighty CompEs? Just watch the video below (2 parts):
As a final word, any buccaneers that be reading this in the area of Edmonton should do well to drop by Dewey’s on campus after 15h00 and visit the Pastafarians of the UofA Atheists and Agnostics.
Until next year, keep plundering the booty!
My article in the Gateway on Tuesday has stirred some response. Seeing as the letters are not available online, I’ll reproduce them here (for those of you out of town).
A couple quick notes first, neither letter addresses my arguments, both are written by chemical engineers (you can extrapolate and assume from here most UofA engineers are theocratic neocons) and I think there needs to be a contest for whoever can find the most logical fallacies in the second letter (read it more than once, it’s got fractal wrongness – thanks to Alan for the phrase).
Continue reading The critics respond
There’s a nice article in the Journal today praising the use of the internet as key to this election. They admit however that it’s often hard for local politicians to cover the web, but Strathcona candidate Linda Duncan gets a gold star for her (and her team’s) work.
One of the better local sites belongs to Edmonton-Strathcona NDP candidate Linda Duncan. Her site even provides a contact for “citizen media,” such as bloggers. Underneath, it has html code for people who want to include Linda Duncan banners on their sites.
Then local bloggers Idealistic Pragmatist, The Enlightened Savage, and Daveberta get nods too:
Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain, a University of Alberta professor who blogs as Idealistic Pragmatist, runs the site, which she calls “her baby.” She said it’s a relatively simple way to reach out to potential voters.
“I realized a long time ago that this was a way we could get people locally involved in the campaign,” Dailey-O’Cain said. “I think it really works — and it doesn’t take a lot of time and money.”
But while local candidates aren’t providing much web fodder, bloggers are picking up some of the slack. Dave Cournoyer, a liberal who blogs at Daveberta.ca, publishes a frequently updated list of nominated candidates in Alberta. The Enlightened Savage blog has an ambitious plan to write analysis of a different Alberta riding nearly every day until the election.
So today was a whirlwind of political activity for myself.
First, I spent this morning polishing my EngPhys/Undergrad Physics Symposium and CUPC talk. Then I edited and finalized my submission for an opinion article to the Gateway.
I then headed to campus (as I deemed finishing my talk and article more important than my financial management for engineers class) where I signed on as a Gateway volunteer and got my mug-shot. I then did a final edit of my article and emailed it off (it had to be around 650 words). There’s a 14 day moratorium on the article, but the positions are summarized by my previous post on attaining a secular convocation. The article will hopefully run Tuesday if everything goes smoothly.
Immediately following that I headed to Dewey’s for the University NDP group’s “Back to School Socialism” event, which was a meeting with Linda Duncan, the New Democrat candidate for Edmonton-Strathcona. And I have nothing but praise for the woman.
Continue reading Meeting the candidate
