Tue22Apr20080618AM
The connection between what we call, in modern times, Earth Day and the birthday of the monstrous man once known as Lenin is tenuous, admittedly. But not so tenuous that some people don’t remember that the first April 22nd Earth Day was put on that day to deliberately coincide with the marking of what would have been Lenin’s 100th birthday.
Because the Russians — especially during the Soviet heyday — were so environmentally friendly, after all. Not that the fact that there are, shall we say, close ties between modern rabid environmentalism and modern rabid socialism comes as much of a surprise. 
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Mon21Apr20081021AM
Just in time for the commemoration of Lenin’s birthday Earth Day, the weather saw fit to furnish Edmonton with several inches of snow.
I love snow, and I certainly don’t mind the cold. Hey, it’s a part of life here in Alberta — when one lives this far north, one has to at least grant that such odd turns in the weather are possible. Yes, ten inches of snow and bitterly cold winds aren’t exactly what one expects from April weather. Equally, though, they aren’t unheard of.
Tomorrow, there is evidently supposed to be something at an Edmonton park — Hawrelak Park, I think — to do with Earth Day, and presumably that event will be a vehicle for people to discuss the imminent threat of global warming. If, that is, the event doesn’t get canceled on account of the weather.
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