JTG 🇨🇦
@shiftfocus99.bsky.social
Treaty 7. ✝️, social-gospel leftist, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. Bird-app refugee. Cranky & triggered by idiots and disinfo. Blocks 🤖🧌facsists, MAGAts on sight. No🇺🇸Anchluss.
Vive le Canada libre!🇨🇦
Vive le Canada libre!🇨🇦
It takes some chutzpah to talk about “breaching public trust” the same week your own government has tried to defang the public official leading the investigation into a massive corruption scandal.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
It takes some chutzpah to talk about “breaching public trust” the same week your own government has tried to defang the public official leading the investigation into a massive corruption scandal.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
But for the UCP it’s just Thursday.
Is the UCP losing Gunter?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
"Recall is a legitimate process. But it was the UCP government that enthusiastically gave the task to Elections Alberta, so now they have to ensure it is properly funded." #abpoli #ableg
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Lorne Gunter: UCP needs to live up to its own referendum promise, pay for petition verification
The thresholds for forcing recall elections and referendums were high, but that was to ensure efforts were serious, not frivolous.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Is the UCP losing Gunter?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
Who’s next? Staples? Bell?
These guys are looking just as corrupt as the federal Liberals did in the #adscam scandal.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
These guys are looking just as corrupt as the federal Liberals did in the #adscam scandal.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
The truth is likely that it’s worse. Which is why they’re trying so hard to hide it.
Ted Lasso, You'll never walk alone (ending of S01)
YouTube video by GoPens
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Finally got to booking our Covid shots. 1 will be given in Innisfail, the other 3 in 2 weeks in Drumheller. There were no appointments in Calgary, for as long as the calendar ran. None. Zero.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
ICYMI - If you live in Alberta, get vaccinated, don't get in an accident, don't go to the hospital. The healthcare system is a mess as flu/Covid season starts.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Finally got to booking our Covid shots. 1 will be given in Innisfail, the other 3 in 2 weeks in Drumheller. There were no appointments in Calgary, for as long as the calendar ran. None. Zero.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
And for this privilege we will pay $400.
Hey @naheednenshi.bsky.social here’s a nice short speech that could be quoted in the Leg.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hey @naheednenshi.bsky.social here’s a nice short speech that could be quoted in the Leg.
I’d really love it if folks would think through what this suggestion would mean:
You’re asking the APPOINTED representative of a HEREDITARY monarch to intervene directly to overturn the will of the ELECTED legislature.
Few things are worse than the UCP invoking the NWC. This is one of them.
You’re asking the APPOINTED representative of a HEREDITARY monarch to intervene directly to overturn the will of the ELECTED legislature.
Few things are worse than the UCP invoking the NWC. This is one of them.
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’d really love it if folks would think through what this suggestion would mean:
You’re asking the APPOINTED representative of a HEREDITARY monarch to intervene directly to overturn the will of the ELECTED legislature.
Few things are worse than the UCP invoking the NWC. This is one of them.
You’re asking the APPOINTED representative of a HEREDITARY monarch to intervene directly to overturn the will of the ELECTED legislature.
Few things are worse than the UCP invoking the NWC. This is one of them.
Yup.
I’m neither union nor a teacher. I’m a sole proprietor and it’s scary AF but… I’d join a general strike because my youngest is just starting high school and my eldest is uber-procreating to give me three grandchildren imminently. Education is everything. It’s everyone’s future.
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to:
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
❌️ limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education
❌️ make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition
The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Yup.
“It ain’t what you do know that gets you into trouble - it’s what you know that ain’t so.” - Josh Billings
Reagan’s voice might be welcome for its value trolling the Orange Menace. But his economics are how we got into this mess.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
Reagan’s voice might be welcome for its value trolling the Orange Menace. But his economics are how we got into this mess.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
Ronald Reagan's Speech Gets Tariffs Wrong
Tariffs didn't cause the Depression as Reagan claims. The economic policies he recommended did: as the Black Tuesday crash later that year showed.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“It ain’t what you do know that gets you into trouble - it’s what you know that ain’t so.” - Josh Billings
Reagan’s voice might be welcome for its value trolling the Orange Menace. But his economics are how we got into this mess.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
Reagan’s voice might be welcome for its value trolling the Orange Menace. But his economics are how we got into this mess.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD
YouTube video by technicalmark
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
2025 GOP doesn’t want to be reminded of 1987 GOP policies.
You know what to do.
You know what to do.
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
2025 GOP doesn’t want to be reminded of 1987 GOP policies.
You know what to do.
You know what to do.
Reposted by JTG 🇨🇦
Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
I can’t give enough praise or thanks to Jeremy Klaszus and his team at @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social for their thorough election coverage. I don’t remember the Herald or the Sun ever providing this much information.
Bravo!!!
www.sprawlcalgary.com/a-big-win-fo...
Bravo!!!
www.sprawlcalgary.com/a-big-win-fo...
a large crowd of people are sitting in a theater and clapping
Alt: a large crowd of people are sitting in a theater and clapping
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I can’t give enough praise or thanks to Jeremy Klaszus and his team at @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social for their thorough election coverage. I don’t remember the Herald or the Sun ever providing this much information.
Bravo!!!
www.sprawlcalgary.com/a-big-win-fo...
Bravo!!!
www.sprawlcalgary.com/a-big-win-fo...
Hey @calgaryherald.com…your headline is false, so I fixed it for you.
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Hey @calgaryherald.com…your headline is false, so I fixed it for you.
Am I the only one thinking Sonya Sharp & Communities First want to have it both ways on rezoning? Or, as with the billion dollar arena deal, are they just hoping nobody will notice?
#yyc #yyccc #calgaryelection #calgaryvotes
#yyc #yyccc #calgaryelection #calgaryvotes
Amnesty, repeal or cap? 5 Calgary mayoral candidates on blanket rezoning | CBC News
Three out of five of the front-running candidates have pledged to repeal changes known colloquially as blanket rezoning, and one would substantially rework it. But there are significant differences in...
www.cbc.ca
October 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Am I the only one thinking Sonya Sharp & Communities First want to have it both ways on rezoning? Or, as with the billion dollar arena deal, are they just hoping nobody will notice?
#yyc #yyccc #calgaryelection #calgaryvotes
#yyc #yyccc #calgaryelection #calgaryvotes
Excellent reporting here on what SHOULD be a key electoral issue.
IMO, everyone who was part of the 2023 deal has some ‘splainin’ to do!
IMO, everyone who was part of the 2023 deal has some ‘splainin’ to do!
Calgary mayoral candidates are bickering about which arena deal was best—and who got fleeced. And an outgoing city councillor now says progressive councillors voted yes to the deal in 2023 "at great political cost." Here's how the deal got done. (Listen and/or read!) #yyccc
The truth about Calgary’s billion-dollar arena deal | The Sprawl
Campaign accusations abound. Here’s the real story.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Excellent reporting here on what SHOULD be a key electoral issue.
IMO, everyone who was part of the 2023 deal has some ‘splainin’ to do!
IMO, everyone who was part of the 2023 deal has some ‘splainin’ to do!
Reposted by JTG 🇨🇦
Inside Danielle Smith’s Baffling Oil Agenda
I can't say this strongly enough, @ABDanielleSmith's mandate letter to @brianjean
is batsh*t crazy.
*2x oil production
*5 pipelines
*Regulatory reform to make it all happen
And that'snot even all of it!
#ableg
youtu.be/OPhkiy8GXds
I can't say this strongly enough, @ABDanielleSmith's mandate letter to @brianjean
is batsh*t crazy.
*2x oil production
*5 pipelines
*Regulatory reform to make it all happen
And that'snot even all of it!
#ableg
youtu.be/OPhkiy8GXds
Inside Danielle Smith’s Baffling Oil Agenda
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Inside Danielle Smith’s Baffling Oil Agenda
I can't say this strongly enough, @ABDanielleSmith's mandate letter to @brianjean
is batsh*t crazy.
*2x oil production
*5 pipelines
*Regulatory reform to make it all happen
And that'snot even all of it!
#ableg
youtu.be/OPhkiy8GXds
I can't say this strongly enough, @ABDanielleSmith's mandate letter to @brianjean
is batsh*t crazy.
*2x oil production
*5 pipelines
*Regulatory reform to make it all happen
And that'snot even all of it!
#ableg
youtu.be/OPhkiy8GXds
The next time Danielle #Smithnwesson claims she’s just trying to protect vulnerable kids, remember this:
She exploited a child
She exploited a family
She did not retract a false story until media got involved
She did not apologize
She will do or say anything that serves her political goals.
She exploited a child
She exploited a family
She did not retract a false story until media got involved
She did not apologize
She will do or say anything that serves her political goals.
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The next time Danielle #Smithnwesson claims she’s just trying to protect vulnerable kids, remember this:
She exploited a child
She exploited a family
She did not retract a false story until media got involved
She did not apologize
She will do or say anything that serves her political goals.
She exploited a child
She exploited a family
She did not retract a false story until media got involved
She did not apologize
She will do or say anything that serves her political goals.
The #UCP, Alberta's provincial government under #DanielleSmith is trying as hard as they can to ensure ultra rich oil companies can skip out on their promise to clean up their own mess, leaving landowners & taxpayers to pay BILLIONS. We say NO WAY. Join us. #PolluterPay #abpoli #ableg #yyc
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Why? Because "we're all in it together" -- or more precisely, "we all must join in and sacrifice some of our immediate individual interests in the name of long-term collective welfare" -- is diametrically opposed to hierarchy & domination, which are the fundamentals of authoritarian psychology.
September 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Why? Because "we're all in it together" -- or more precisely, "we all must join in and sacrifice some of our immediate individual interests in the name of long-term collective welfare" -- is diametrically opposed to hierarchy & domination, which are the fundamentals of authoritarian psychology.