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Oh it's happening. Exhibit A: perennial very destructive wildfires. Exhibit B: extended warmer summers.
totally done with the mainstream Canadian media. Just listened to CBC's the House, nattering on about the MOU, and all I could think was: What about the climate? What about the climate? What about the climate? What about the climate?
Not a word about. Do they think it won't happen to them?
Not a word about. Do they think it won't happen to them?
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Oh it's happening. Exhibit A: perennial very destructive wildfires. Exhibit B: extended warmer summers.
Smith will say just about anything to please her wildrose supporters,majority of whom want to break away from the federation of Canada.
The rest of us can only hope that moderate conservatives who voted for UCP have shifted away from UCP and will vote differently in 2027.
Stay safe and stay well.
The rest of us can only hope that moderate conservatives who voted for UCP have shifted away from UCP and will vote differently in 2027.
Stay safe and stay well.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith liberally uses "woke" as a slur. Multiple times, not just once. Now calls "DEI a destructive mandate". Wow. Just wow.
I'm everything hated by the current Alberta government in one human.
I'm going to sit with that all day. Then I'm gonna pray for my personal safety.
I'm everything hated by the current Alberta government in one human.
I'm going to sit with that all day. Then I'm gonna pray for my personal safety.
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Smith will say just about anything to please her wildrose supporters,majority of whom want to break away from the federation of Canada.
The rest of us can only hope that moderate conservatives who voted for UCP have shifted away from UCP and will vote differently in 2027.
Stay safe and stay well.
The rest of us can only hope that moderate conservatives who voted for UCP have shifted away from UCP and will vote differently in 2027.
Stay safe and stay well.
Semi literate Trump knows no boundaries. 🤯
There is no bottom for Trump. Or, it seems, for those who still support him.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Semi literate Trump knows no boundaries. 🤯
Bad teddy, bad teddy.
The fact anyone thought this was a good idea...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Pulled From Market After It Offered Graphic Sexual Advice
www.comicsands.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bad teddy, bad teddy.
Had the exact thought upon learning of Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet.
Not always a fan of Guilbeault, but it's nice to see there are still politicians willing to act on principle sometimes. globalnews.ca/news/1154707...
Guilbeault resigns from cabinet after Carney signs Alberta pipeline deal | Globalnews.ca
Global News has confirmed Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault, the former federal environment minister, has resigned from cabinet.
globalnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Had the exact thought upon learning of Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet.
And Israel's cruel leaders should foot the bill.
“The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that Israel’s military operations had ‘significantly undermined every pillar of survival’ and that the entire population of 2.3 million people faced ‘extreme, multidimensional impoverishment’.”
Israel’s war in Gaza has created a “human-made abyss”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the United Nations has said.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And Israel's cruel leaders should foot the bill.
Key missing conditions from MOU, in my humble opinion:
1. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate orphaned and abandoned wells.
2. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate all the tailing ponds.
Smith never talks about these environmental concerns.
1. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate orphaned and abandoned wells.
2. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate all the tailing ponds.
Smith never talks about these environmental concerns.
The real problem with this Pipeline MOU, is that it's incredibly divisive.
Read it through this lens: it makes Canada and Alberta equal partners, and the rest of Canada (other provinces and First Nations) lesser players.
Look at BSKY tonight and see how much fighting it's already lead to.
Read it through this lens: it makes Canada and Alberta equal partners, and the rest of Canada (other provinces and First Nations) lesser players.
Look at BSKY tonight and see how much fighting it's already lead to.
This is not a good take. Carney's move signals to the rest of Canada, and the world, that it's OK to keep building more fossil fuel projects.
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
Other countries will use this to justify doing the same.
Our children are watching, to see if we care about their futures. Do we?
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Key missing conditions from MOU, in my humble opinion:
1. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate orphaned and abandoned wells.
2. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate all the tailing ponds.
Smith never talks about these environmental concerns.
1. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate orphaned and abandoned wells.
2. Plan and financial commitment from oil&gas CEOs to remediate all the tailing ponds.
Smith never talks about these environmental concerns.
This reminds me of the official opening of the new cancer center in Calgary. Smith chose not to invite Notley who got the project off the ground following years of neglect by PC govt.
So petty on Smith's part and now she pulls this stunt with Carney.
So petty on Smith's part and now she pulls this stunt with Carney.
Ok I am confused, here is the Carney-Smith signing ceremony. But the Alberta government news feed only had the solo Smith. Its like there were two separate ceremonies and press questions. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
PM Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Sign Energy Framework
At an event in Calgary, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sign a framework to strengthen energy collaboration. (no interpretation)
www.cpac.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This reminds me of the official opening of the new cancer center in Calgary. Smith chose not to invite Notley who got the project off the ground following years of neglect by PC govt.
So petty on Smith's part and now she pulls this stunt with Carney.
So petty on Smith's part and now she pulls this stunt with Carney.
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UCP WASTES $125 MILLION on DynaLife lab services.
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
UCP WASTES $125 MILLION on DynaLife lab services.
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
UCP lost $1.3 BILLION by buying Keystone XL pipeline.
AIMCo lost $2 BILLION in pension funds after UCP replaced management.
But don't worry, Alberta. You can trust us with your CPP!
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
#abpoli #ableg
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One of my favorite Old Twitter exchanges:
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One of my favorite Old Twitter exchanges:
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see."
Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."
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Following the previous AB prov election I said the UCP will implode one day - I don't know how and I don't know when. Is that day...
The resistance in Alberta is inspiring. Albertans are taking the fight to 14 of Danielle Smith's elected sock puppets.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/25/f...
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/25/f...
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Following the previous AB prov election I said the UCP will implode one day - I don't know how and I don't know when. Is that day...
Time to call this one in.
Remember when Trump’s sons announced a made-in-the-USA smartphone and a new wireless service, Trump Mobile?
Three months later, the phone’s ship date keeps getting delayed with no explanation — although the company continues to collect $100 deposits.
The grift never ends.
Three months later, the phone’s ship date keeps getting delayed with no explanation — although the company continues to collect $100 deposits.
The grift never ends.
The Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay
Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Time to call this one in.
Just another whimsical idea from Smith, someone who believes she is the smartest person in the room. Only true when no one else is there.
In 2001, Alberta got 80% of its electricity from coal.
In 2015, the province announced coal power would be phased out by 2030.
In 2024, the last coal plant shut down, six years ahead of schedule.
In 2025, Alberta's premier is musing about bringing coal power back.
🔗: youtu.be/WEgu3im_22I?...
In 2015, the province announced coal power would be phased out by 2030.
In 2024, the last coal plant shut down, six years ahead of schedule.
In 2025, Alberta's premier is musing about bringing coal power back.
🔗: youtu.be/WEgu3im_22I?...
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just another whimsical idea from Smith, someone who believes she is the smartest person in the room. Only true when no one else is there.
I truly believe Smith asked Nally to find some sneaky UCP way of nullifying an application for a recall.
So now, which minister has broken the rules of access to voter information?
I highly doubt there is any restriction of that nature in the rules for initiating a recall.
Simply adds fuel to fire.
So now, which minister has broken the rules of access to voter information?
I highly doubt there is any restriction of that nature in the rules for initiating a recall.
Simply adds fuel to fire.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I truly believe Smith asked Nally to find some sneaky UCP way of nullifying an application for a recall.
So now, which minister has broken the rules of access to voter information?
I highly doubt there is any restriction of that nature in the rules for initiating a recall.
Simply adds fuel to fire.
So now, which minister has broken the rules of access to voter information?
I highly doubt there is any restriction of that nature in the rules for initiating a recall.
Simply adds fuel to fire.
Oh the irony of it all.
Alberta Prosperity Project based in Thailand.
Alberta Proud based in Ireland.
Alberta Secession based in the US.
Danielle's separatist UCP is supported by foreigners.
But 456,388 loyal Canadians who signed the #ForeverCanadian petition are based in #Alberta.
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #abpoli
Alberta Proud based in Ireland.
Alberta Secession based in the US.
Danielle's separatist UCP is supported by foreigners.
But 456,388 loyal Canadians who signed the #ForeverCanadian petition are based in #Alberta.
#Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #abpoli
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Oh the irony of it all.
Wow! Medical science is much more complex in 2025. A one year nursing program just doesn't cut it anymore.
Their anti-intellectualism and misogyny are on full display.
Department Of Education No Longer Considers Nursing A 'Professional Degree' Thanks To 'Big Beautiful Bill'
www.comicsands.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Wow! Medical science is much more complex in 2025. A one year nursing program just doesn't cut it anymore.
And it's not only Facebook. Spending less time on all social means that a person might be doing something more meaningful for for their overall well being: exercising, meeting a friend for coffee, visiting a grandparent, volunteering, ...
We all thrive when the experience involves face to face time.
We all thrive when the experience involves face to face time.
Honestly between this, ebike battery fires with uncertified batteries, AI in general, I'm getting ready to come out of the closet with my "government regulation is good actually" stance loudly.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And it's not only Facebook. Spending less time on all social means that a person might be doing something more meaningful for for their overall well being: exercising, meeting a friend for coffee, visiting a grandparent, volunteering, ...
We all thrive when the experience involves face to face time.
We all thrive when the experience involves face to face time.
Nasty and well designed.
Art with an unmistakeable message outside the conference venue yesterday.
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nasty and well designed.
Profs need to rethink assignments and require students to use higher level thinking skills (analysis, evaluation, ...) while recognizing that students do access AI tools.
Kind of like when calculators first appeared decades ago. Lots of concern initially. Everyone eventually adapted.
Kind of like when calculators first appeared decades ago. Lots of concern initially. Everyone eventually adapted.
This makes me physically ill. All hail the plagiarism machine that is destroying students’ ability to do everything: read, write, do research, think critically.
There’s still time to beat it. But not if administrators are determined to join it.
There’s still time to beat it. But not if administrators are determined to join it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Profs need to rethink assignments and require students to use higher level thinking skills (analysis, evaluation, ...) while recognizing that students do access AI tools.
Kind of like when calculators first appeared decades ago. Lots of concern initially. Everyone eventually adapted.
Kind of like when calculators first appeared decades ago. Lots of concern initially. Everyone eventually adapted.
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Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
And use a monster megaphone to start the chant!
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
And use a monster megaphone to start the chant!
And it all started with Kenney burning $1.4B on a pipeline to nowhere. Smith now burns taxpayer dollars on every pet project she dreams up at night.
"The issue was interference & corruption & a government that cared more about moving privatization & being American-style in how they deliver health care than actually cared about patient well-being or the taxpayer."
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.
Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
And it all started with Kenney burning $1.4B on a pipeline to nowhere. Smith now burns taxpayer dollars on every pet project she dreams up at night.
A thought: the surgeons I know work extremely long hours. I simply can't see any of them having the time nor the energy to add more work hours.
Smith has a simplistic understanding of what surgeons do. They don't have "regular hours" like a 9 to 5.
Just more pathetic leadership.
Smith has a simplistic understanding of what surgeons do. They don't have "regular hours" like a 9 to 5.
Just more pathetic leadership.
Allowing doctors to practice in both public and private systems solves precisely two problems that conservative governments would like to fix: (1) barriers preventing the wealthy from line jumping; and (2) barriers preventing doctors from becoming more wealthy.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A thought: the surgeons I know work extremely long hours. I simply can't see any of them having the time nor the energy to add more work hours.
Smith has a simplistic understanding of what surgeons do. They don't have "regular hours" like a 9 to 5.
Just more pathetic leadership.
Smith has a simplistic understanding of what surgeons do. They don't have "regular hours" like a 9 to 5.
Just more pathetic leadership.
And the surprise is? (directed to Smith & Lagrange)
Smith is quick to tell others to "stay in their own lane" even though she meddles in others' lanes every day of the week.
Two words: pathetic leadership.
Smith is quick to tell others to "stay in their own lane" even though she meddles in others' lanes every day of the week.
Two words: pathetic leadership.
TL;DR
The AG finds that the Dynalife fiasco was yet another fiscal disaster for taxpayers courtesy the UCP, and that Adriana LaGrange meddled in matters that should have been exclusively AHS' domain.
The AG finds that the Dynalife fiasco was yet another fiscal disaster for taxpayers courtesy the UCP, and that Adriana LaGrange meddled in matters that should have been exclusively AHS' domain.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And the surprise is? (directed to Smith & Lagrange)
Smith is quick to tell others to "stay in their own lane" even though she meddles in others' lanes every day of the week.
Two words: pathetic leadership.
Smith is quick to tell others to "stay in their own lane" even though she meddles in others' lanes every day of the week.
Two words: pathetic leadership.