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“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

Edmonton
Joined February 2011
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This is going to be long. Sorry. The entire "parent's rights" thing happening in AB right now is entirely based on strawman arguments, red herrings and sheer imagination. 1/12
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Alison Redford was forced to resign over taking her daughter on government aircraft Dale Nally takes a buddy on a 5 day bourbon distillery crawl in Kentucky on our dime and the UCP thinks its fine #abpoli #ableg
Dale Nally's booze cruise just gets worse! It appears that Nally brought the husband of his Chief of Staff (who coincidentally ran for an imaginary senate position) on the booze cruise. But it actually gets more bizarre! /1
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Like the tax or not, getting rid of it accomplished nothing but taking money out of peoples pockets. Corporations soaked up the gap and we stopped getting cheques.
Few agree, but the carbon tax was a good tax...it also provided benefits to millions of Canadian households...killed by grandstanding politicians who took advantage of the vacuum of support for the tax....most Canadians had no idea they actually received cash rebates from the tax
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"he believes it could end soon"? Didn't he say he would have it finished on his first day in office or something?
President Trump says he believes the war in Ukraine will end soon, adding that ultimately there could be changes to the country’s borders: “They're going to end up with a little bit different shape Ukraine.” cbsn.ws/4BPOyNp
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My son doesn’t have school tomorrow. Would’ve been a perfect night to stay up a bit later than normal to watch the game and build a young fan into a life long one. We’ll go to chess night at the library instead, I guess.
IT'S GAME DAY! The #Oilers will aim to make it back-to-back wins when the Rangers visit @RogersPlace tonight. ⏰ 7pm ABT 📺 @Sportsnet+ 📻 @CHED880 🎥 Oilers+ (post) 🎟️ EdmontonOilers.com/Tickets 🚗 RogersPlace.com/Parking #LetsGoOilers
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Notice how they've waited until now to even both starting this process? They'll use this as evidence of their efforts over the next election and then scale or pull back if they win.
Alberta govt is investing $39M to support planning and land acquisition for 9 new urgent care centres in Alberta. They say it will boost urgent care capacity by 150% and divert 300K ER visits per year.
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This is why Dave Chappelle said he feels better about Charlie Kirk being gone btw The fact that conservatives think they can ban jokes about a guy who used to joke about genocide is peak hilarity. You guys forever lost the culture, just take the L
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I hate the "(center)" note there.
Pretty cool! Leon is a goal scorer! via @DAZN
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Man, brain fog is a real thing. Sometimes you don’t know just how much it’s impacting your everyday functioning until it lifts for a bit.
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He should be top 5 in this list easily. However... Mario should also be top ~3. But life.
Most points in NHL History: 1. Wayne Gretzky - 2,857 2. Jaromir Jagr - 1,921 3. Mark Messier - 1,887 4. Gordie Howe - 1,850 5. Ron Francis - 1,798 6. Sidney Crosby - 1,772 Give it up for Sid 👏
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Headline writers with integrity would note that using the results of the review in this way is lying.
Smith takes aim at Nenshi following provincially commissioned review into city's handling of utility services calgaryherald.com/news/local…
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I had like 150 chuds calling me the R word because I mentioned that the focus on "DEI" by Smith and Co was a MAGA talking point (tactic).
Listening to the Trump press conference. He is blaming DEI for this crash, blaming the helicopter pilot, saying Pete Buttigieg did a "bullshit" job, blaming Biden and Obama, and talking about not enough White men weren't allowed to be hired. This is disgusting but not surprising.
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The NDP doesn’t say even need to pull stunts. Basic election started calls for the famous Kudetah.
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Like him or hate him, compared with what he does now? It’s hard to conclude anything other than he has significantly degraded over the last 10 years.
I do harbor a profound sadness for President Trump I was there in 2016 10 years with you and believing in you What the fuсk happen to you... ?
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a) it's much higher than 65 000 Canadians b) this isn't a "go find a homeless person and spend money on them" project I mean, we can have a discussion on basic income but let's start with some actual facts/data.
Canada just announced a plan to spend $30 Billion to end homelessness for about 65,000 Canadians over TEN YEARS. Hello? Look I'm not a Rocket Scientist, but that's roughly $460,000 per person. Why can't we just use #BasicIncome @MarkJCarney
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So proposed laws like Bill 35 don’t apply to private schools? How do people try and rationalize that? C’mon.
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Yes.
Do you think human memory is becoming fundamentally worse because we might eventually outsource everything to AI?
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Did this dude imagine this made him look like anything other than an asshole?
Here’s a real conversation I had with a woman in an elevator today. Woman: “Excuse me, what’s the red flower for? Why is everyone wearing them?” Me: “Are you visiting Canada or do you live here?” Woman: “I live here.” Me: “Where are you from?” Woman: “Kuwait. What’s the flower for?” Me: “Google it.”
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My son's (8 and 10) see these things and openly mock them. 🤷‍♂️
This is my 8 year old sons favorite vehicle. Every time we pass one on the highway or anywhere he always says dad dad there’s a cybertruck. This will be ours one day
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