Fred Stenson
@ftstenson.bsky.social
Author; SW Albertan; columnist at Alberta Views Magazine; novelist (The Trade, Who By Fire, The Great Karoo; Lightning)
Rumour has it that Alberta's Danielle Smith is interviewing the Three Wise Moneys for the province's Auditor-General job. Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil all said that they're interested but think that the Premier would be better off to hire their cousin: Add No Evil.
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Rumour has it that Alberta's Danielle Smith is interviewing the Three Wise Moneys for the province's Auditor-General job. Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil all said that they're interested but think that the Premier would be better off to hire their cousin: Add No Evil.
What it means if you dream of crapping on people: The act could reflect a wish to reclaim control or feel superior in situations where you feel powerless or wronged. The dream might also point to feelings of shame, guilt, or embarrassment about how you handle conflicts.
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What it means if you dream of crapping on people: The act could reflect a wish to reclaim control or feel superior in situations where you feel powerless or wronged. The dream might also point to feelings of shame, guilt, or embarrassment about how you handle conflicts.
I assume the choice of hat was so no one would see Melania's eye-rolls when Donald said or did rude things. Maybe he chose it. No, scratch that. Trump would never have that much insight into another human being--or himself.
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I assume the choice of hat was so no one would see Melania's eye-rolls when Donald said or did rude things. Maybe he chose it. No, scratch that. Trump would never have that much insight into another human being--or himself.
When I read the latest from AB's UCP Government, I'm reminded of TV westerns of my childhood. The plot where the stagecoach is carrying a trunkful of money and the owners of the stagecoach company put on masks, jump on horses, chase down the stagecoach and rob themselves.
September 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I read the latest from AB's UCP Government, I'm reminded of TV westerns of my childhood. The plot where the stagecoach is carrying a trunkful of money and the owners of the stagecoach company put on masks, jump on horses, chase down the stagecoach and rob themselves.
What happens when you go to Mar-A-Lago too often? You come back using the same excuses as Donald Trump.
I don't know anything about the FBI ransacking Bolton's house.
I don't know anything about a rule that Alberta UCP MLA expenses over $100 don't have to be reported.
I don't know anything about the FBI ransacking Bolton's house.
I don't know anything about a rule that Alberta UCP MLA expenses over $100 don't have to be reported.
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What happens when you go to Mar-A-Lago too often? You come back using the same excuses as Donald Trump.
I don't know anything about the FBI ransacking Bolton's house.
I don't know anything about a rule that Alberta UCP MLA expenses over $100 don't have to be reported.
I don't know anything about the FBI ransacking Bolton's house.
I don't know anything about a rule that Alberta UCP MLA expenses over $100 don't have to be reported.
What's up indeed? Well, it looks like the new MP for Battle River-Crowfoot was on the verge of shooting himself in the nose. Someone must have saved him and now so he's off to Ottawa--never to return, as staunch local opponent B Critchley predicts.
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
What's up indeed? Well, it looks like the new MP for Battle River-Crowfoot was on the verge of shooting himself in the nose. Someone must have saved him and now so he's off to Ottawa--never to return, as staunch local opponent B Critchley predicts.
Bribing a powerful leader who accepts the bribe is not new, but doing it in the open, as with Trump those who bribe him, is reversion to an earlier time: when bribers came to a potentate with camels and elephants heaped with gold and jewels. I'm comparing pre-democracy to post-democracy, I guess.
August 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Bribing a powerful leader who accepts the bribe is not new, but doing it in the open, as with Trump those who bribe him, is reversion to an earlier time: when bribers came to a potentate with camels and elephants heaped with gold and jewels. I'm comparing pre-democracy to post-democracy, I guess.
For the last time, I'm not watching Nosferatu! It's a political ad.
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For the last time, I'm not watching Nosferatu! It's a political ad.
Must be tiring for Alberta Premier Smith. Back and forth to Florida. Grifting in Margaritaville.
April 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Must be tiring for Alberta Premier Smith. Back and forth to Florida. Grifting in Margaritaville.
From this uniquely captured Heritage Moment, the ideas and allegiances of PPoilievre, DSmith, JKenney and many other would-be destroyers of Canada flow. Luckily, heroic other Canadians keep up the work of containment.
April 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
From this uniquely captured Heritage Moment, the ideas and allegiances of PPoilievre, DSmith, JKenney and many other would-be destroyers of Canada flow. Luckily, heroic other Canadians keep up the work of containment.
Okay, which of you guys is the one who won't get a security clearance?
March 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Okay, which of you guys is the one who won't get a security clearance?
A billionaire named Musk should consider a perfume franchise. Besides his name, he could give his fragrances cute names like:
"Temporary Hardship"
"DOGE Ate Your Paycheck"
"California Burning"
"Mexican Revenge"
"Brawl" and "Boo" (in honour of the up-coming US-Canada hockey final).
"Temporary Hardship"
"DOGE Ate Your Paycheck"
"California Burning"
"Mexican Revenge"
"Brawl" and "Boo" (in honour of the up-coming US-Canada hockey final).
February 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A billionaire named Musk should consider a perfume franchise. Besides his name, he could give his fragrances cute names like:
"Temporary Hardship"
"DOGE Ate Your Paycheck"
"California Burning"
"Mexican Revenge"
"Brawl" and "Boo" (in honour of the up-coming US-Canada hockey final).
"Temporary Hardship"
"DOGE Ate Your Paycheck"
"California Burning"
"Mexican Revenge"
"Brawl" and "Boo" (in honour of the up-coming US-Canada hockey final).
Can we have a game of "What's the Caption?"
'Eh, Elo, big buddy. We sure messed them up with the DOGE thing, didn't we? They didn't see that coming when they elected me. Elected us, sorry."
'Eh, Elo, big buddy. We sure messed them up with the DOGE thing, didn't we? They didn't see that coming when they elected me. Elected us, sorry."
February 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Can we have a game of "What's the Caption?"
'Eh, Elo, big buddy. We sure messed them up with the DOGE thing, didn't we? They didn't see that coming when they elected me. Elected us, sorry."
'Eh, Elo, big buddy. We sure messed them up with the DOGE thing, didn't we? They didn't see that coming when they elected me. Elected us, sorry."
I tried to post this on X and it won't let me. Hmm.
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I tried to post this on X and it won't let me. Hmm.
Could be the Dr. Strangelove salute.
January 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Could be the Dr. Strangelove salute.
This is a new low-water-mark for Albertans:
Our Premier wants Canadians to express gratitude to newly-re-anointed President Trump for having not (in his first hour of power) annexed us or slammed us with a 25% tariff.
Our Premier wants Canadians to express gratitude to newly-re-anointed President Trump for having not (in his first hour of power) annexed us or slammed us with a 25% tariff.
January 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is a new low-water-mark for Albertans:
Our Premier wants Canadians to express gratitude to newly-re-anointed President Trump for having not (in his first hour of power) annexed us or slammed us with a 25% tariff.
Our Premier wants Canadians to express gratitude to newly-re-anointed President Trump for having not (in his first hour of power) annexed us or slammed us with a 25% tariff.
In the Trump-era remake of Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove." Elon will obviously play himself.
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In the Trump-era remake of Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove." Elon will obviously play himself.
In the 1880s, Butch Cassidy and his gang found their hideout in a box canyon in the Utah Mountains (known as Robber's Roost). Don Trump and his gang found theirs in Washington (known as The White House).
January 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In the 1880s, Butch Cassidy and his gang found their hideout in a box canyon in the Utah Mountains (known as Robber's Roost). Don Trump and his gang found theirs in Washington (known as The White House).
Let's have a sing-song about Alberta's UCP Government under Premier Danielle Smith. Does everyone remember the words to "Wrecking Ball" ?
January 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Let's have a sing-song about Alberta's UCP Government under Premier Danielle Smith. Does everyone remember the words to "Wrecking Ball" ?
When they do a remake of "Dr Strangelove" about the US gov't in 2025, and are wondering who to cast as Dr. Strangelove, I think the director covering for Stanley Kubrick will let Elon play himself.
January 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When they do a remake of "Dr Strangelove" about the US gov't in 2025, and are wondering who to cast as Dr. Strangelove, I think the director covering for Stanley Kubrick will let Elon play himself.