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	<title>A New Leaf...</title>
	
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		<title>Tinfoil hats and bottom feeders #wrpagm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend is over.  The Wildrose Alliance Party annual general meeting for 2012 is over.  Now it is time to sit back and reflect on the various items we accomplished over the weekend. Friday night started off with an informal reception complete with beer, wine, hard alcohol, lots of melons and cheeses.  People we haven&#8217;t...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/tinfoil-hats-and-bottom-feeders-wrpagm/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill 3, 2012 The Education Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we have a new old government.  The last bill on the floor before the the spring election was Bill 2, 2012, The Education Act.  It was shot down.  Of course the reigning PC party, and education minister at the time, Thomas Lukaszuk, blamed the death of the Bill on the Wildrose Party.  Of course...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/bill-3-2012-the-education-act/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zeroes need not apply – Educators take note</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynden Dorval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Zero Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Bradley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debate rages on in the news, coffee shops, office water-coolers and pretty much anywhere we go regarding this phenomenon known as the &#8220;No Zero Policy.&#8221;  To date I have not met a single educated person who agrees with this ridiculous policy.  Of course I haven&#8217;t had an opportunity to speak with any of the geniuses...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/zeroes-need-not-apply-educators-take-note/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Horse Texting Definitions: Strathcona Animal Bedding.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t put anything humorous on this site in a long time.  I received this in an email from Strathcona Animal Bedding and thought I would share. If you text and own horses you will find this amusing.  I did. &#160; Horse Texting Definitions OOF &#8211; Out of Hay LAS &#8211; Lost a Shoe HJBM...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/horse-texting-definitions-strathcona-animal-bedding/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Blue Bronna Wilderness Camp Ride-A-Thon]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
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		<title>Need a Family Doc?  Click Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Health Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PCN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things to do when you move to a new city is finding a good family doctor.  I resided in Edmonton for more than a decade before I found one.  Rather than go through the turmoil of pouring through the Yellow Pages just to be told &#8220;we are not accepting new patients...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/need-a-family-doc-click-here/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta, The Media and PCAA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renegford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rather than getting your facts from the media, get them from your MLA&#8221;1 Now, if you&#8217;ve read my second post about how the media has played a large role in Alberta politics and done your home work by reading Professor Epp&#8217;s 1984 paper on the relationship between Premier Lougheed and the media, you would have...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/alberta-the-media-and-pcaa/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to NO ZERO Grads!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton Public Schools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[No Zeros Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To All Employees: It is with the deepest regret I have to inform you this company is going out of business.  I understand this is going to be a tough time for you to find another job, with most companies like ours currently declaring bankruptcy.  For reasons not understood by this writer, the No Failure...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/an-open-letter-to-no-zero-grads/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Pride or Media Manipulation – You decide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winslow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton Pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypocrisy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, June 9th, 2012 will see the downtown core once again regaled in rainbows and the scantily clad gay community as Edmonton once again goes through Pride Week.  This is the annual festival where the LGBTQlmnop community celebrates their equality.  Wait a minute&#8230;  This is the week when the LGBTQlmnop community proves that, through...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/gay-pride-or-media-manipulation-you-decide/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta PC and the Alberta Media – A History – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renegford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, a short history of Alberta political parties and Alberta&#8217;s media. Since the time Alberta was given provincial status in 1905 the governing party of the day was basically seen as an arm of that party. As a matter of fact in the research of Roger Epp and his paper regarding Alberta media and...<a href="http://sirthinks.com/alberta-pc-and-the-alberta-media-a-history-part-2/">&#187;</a>]]></description>
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