I think it’s a nuanced issue. A lot of what we characterize as “social disorder” stems from Edmonton’s role as host to major hospitals and remand centres that serve the broader region.

The lack of support for vulnerable people who come (or are brought) to Edmonton is a regional issue IMO.

Avoided controversy by not specifying which kind.

Guy who’s only seen the 2020 Democratic Primary, watching his second election: Getting a lot of 2020 Primary vibes from this…

And it ignores or dismisses the instances of these protests actually happening in rural areas.

It’s been a while since I lived in the US, so I might be out of the loop, but I think we are still at 50.

How dare you.

As a former student of Islamic law, this sent me down a rabbit hole. Apparently there was crossover of Mu’tazilite and Karaite thought and Karaites were influenced by Mu’tazilite philosophy!

They don’t really consider the fact that some Albertans might disagree, or that they might have to persuade or build a coalition to enact their agenda. They seem to assume Alberta is this homogenous population that shares all of their grievances and proposed solutions.

As someone who grew up in rural Minnesota, this is not shocking. I don’t really drink milk much anymore, but growing up I had multiple glasses of milk daily and that seemed pretty standard. Looking back, very weird.

This is worse than I expected. I wish I could tag my trustee, Julie Kusiek, to get her response to this, but she’s not on Bluesky. Also, not sure how satisfying the response would be.

A while back I was thinking about how, when I was a kid, boomers and older would love talk about how “kids these days don’t know how to balance a checkbook” and how schools really ought to teach practical skills like THAT.

Time is always a factor in negotiations, which is why I didn’t really like Carney’s self imposed deadlines. Stretching things out is to our benefit. The “emergency” tariffs are on shaky legal ground, Trump’s popularity is in the toilet. Trump’s position is likely not going to get stronger with time.

Here she is less than a year ago feeding the claims that Medicaid is rife with fraud and abuse (just not from her).

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There are certain political decisions that are guaranteed to have a direct cost in human lives, and that was one of them.

It’s also interesting because the CPC’s numbers still are pretty high, compared to previous elections, and the LPC’s numbers come largely at the expense of the party to their left, the NDP.

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My mind is clearly other places because it was at this point in the thread where I realized that you weren’t talking about the Irish Republican Army.

This post inspired me to pop over on my lunch break. What a great shop! I walked out with a couple of records and a CD.