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“For a nod to the nabir is better than a wink to the wabsanti.” James Joyce, ‘Finnegans Wake’. “Agenbite of inwit” substack.com/@jackehill

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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 2h
Truth and Reconciliation Day
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 2h
The Case Against Billionaires & Democracy. open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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The Case Against Billionaires
You can have an ultra-wealthy class or you can have democracy. You can’t have both. Choose...wisely.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 6h
Anne Applebaum exposes Alberta Separatist - USA agenda. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli x.com/jackehill/st...
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Anne Applebaum exposes Alberta Separatists motivation to be part of the Untied States. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg https://t.co/uxsZ2NwtUq
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Drug costs & Trump’s Pharma deal & Pharma companies profits- who is paying the bill? Pfizer & Moderna—patent lawsuits by Bayer/Monsanto & Sanofi over mRNA technology Covid vaccine race #cdnpoli #costofliving #Pharma
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump’s new Pharma deal set to reduce US prices on brand names. “…nearly 50 medicines had had their Canadian launches cancelled or delayed…” Once again causing World Wide consequences #abpoli #cdnpoli #BigPharma #scichat toronto.citynews.ca/2026/08/17/e...
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. policy compelling some drug companies to stall medicine rollouts in Canada
Nearly 50 life-extending, enriching or saving drugs have cancelled or delayed their Canadian launches in the past year; some of which, were already approved by Health Canada.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Walter Benjamin article Took his manuscript to his death #philosophy #writjng #history x.com/publicdomain...
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The Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) on X
#OnThisDay in 1940, the philosopher, literary critic, and essayist Walter Benjamin died by suicide in the Spanish border town of Portbou whilst on the run from the Nazis. Here's Anca Pusca on the relevance of Benjamin’s oeuvre in a digital age: https://t.co/G69DFFt80J #otd
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Changing One’s Mind. Discovering we might be wrong? Apply to Alberta Referendum Questions Cost for referendum $134 Million (Elections Alberta) Support remaining in Canada 70% 22% binding referendum on independence.(Janet Brown) #ableg #yyc #yeg substack.com/@jackehill/n...
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Changing One’s Mind: Discovering We Might Be Wrong. Experiencing change often occurs after a moment of discovery. In theological and philosophical writing they use the term ‘Metanoia’ - being turned ...
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cost for referendum $134 Million (Elections Alberta) Support remaining in Canada 70% (Janet Brown) 22% binding referendum on independence.(Janet Brown) $26.50 for every Albertan (Alberta Fact Check) Instead $134M could buy 430 teachers positions for three years.(Alberta.ca) #ableg #yyc #abed
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What conditions for democracy exist in the Alberta question on ‘Separation’? #ableg #cdnpoli substack.com/@jackehill/n...
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Conditions For Democracy What Conditions For Democracy Need To Exist? I would like to ask a question that might seem complicated but is in a sense self evident. How free can my choice be if the env...
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UN Assembly today with various speakers having delegates leave, sit on their hands & some clapped J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, passage about trust: “People always clap for the wrong things.” What is the diplomatic thing to do? #UN #EU #Cuba #Isreal #Trump #cndpoli
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Mythology of world dominance. How the story repeats. #history #mythology #authoritarianism substack.com/@jackehill/n...
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Trump’s Gordian Knot Does Swinging The Sword Work? Who created the problem we face as Canadians with the aggressive nature of the present American administration? Does Gordian’s Knot help us deciph...
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you talk calmly with airs of an academic you might put on the theatrical mask but people see the real face behind the facade Preston Manning- Alberta’s Objective Observer. “I’m a democrat before I’m a conservative…Manning Can. Press(CJME) #ableg substack.com/@jackehill/not…
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The medium of educational Separation info sessions is a Preston Manning sardonic shenanigan How free can my choice be if the environment is politically constructed in which I form that choice that shapes what I notice? Enough with political dynasties #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #federalism
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#CBCNN talking about Carney & possible new EU relationship “JD Bellavance: "I feel that we're witnessing history…” When I heard him say this it hit me that he is correct. Canada like EU believe in collaboration & unity in the rule of law while respecting each other’s sovereignty #cdnpoli #EU
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More than 270K crossings reported at Gordie Howe bridge in first full month Many people on both sides cross for one day 34,800 trucks entered from US Ambassador Bridge down by 35.4% #cdnpoli #Gordiehowebridge Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1205976...
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Comes a point where the negativity & blame never ends. Historian once told me pioneer Albertans in the midst of drought never complained. Some even pickled grasshoppers to survive. Many originated from Ontario, US, Europe, Asia. All Canadians & AB’s. #history #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#fundamentalist thinking: Republicans celebrated at convention,”And on June 14th,1946,God looked down on his planned paradise & said, ‘I need a caretaker,’so God gave us Trump.” Theologian Karl Rahner SJ:”Faith is not the possession of certainty about God,it is the openness to the mystery of God”
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Economist says not Ottawa but AB Govt “…petroleum companies found ways to produce more oil and gas with fewer workers.” “Average real wages fell 3 per cent between 2019 and 2025, the only province in which they fell” Blame Ottawa game is over #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg @jimbostanford.bsky.social
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Jim Stanford (@jimbostanford.bsky.social)
Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver, Canada (https://centreforfuturework.ca/). He/him. Harold Innis Industry Professor, Economics Dept., McMaster University, and Honorary...
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just like any authoritarian regime-those who say they are just following orders are also guilty Not as extreme as Nazi Eichmann - ‘the banality of evil’ Non elected bobble heads in US cabinet,some with PhD’s, & in real estate, are misinformed on Canada & our politics #cdnpoli #polisci #leadership
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump threatened today to ban the sale of Canadian Bombardier jets unless the company moved construction to the United States. BREAKING NEWS: Bombardier is in America!
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
‘South Park’ creators rename their show ‘South America’ as a troll In response to Trump’s Lake America, Gulf of America and future New Mexico - New America - comedy show fights back #ontpoli #cdnpoli #comedy
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
American dominance of Canada has been a warning for yrs. #history ‘Silent Surrender:The Multinational Corporation in Canada’ Kari Levitt 1970 “Canadian political sovereignty & even Canada’s ability to remain a distinct nation” #cdnpoli #cdneco
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Teaching teachers about writing and being a teacher. #abed #education #writing substack.com/@writingteac...
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Liz Prather (@writingteacher)
Poet, novelist and essayist Wendell Berry died yesterday. Today I write about what I learned from him about being a teacher.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What Ong & McLuhan might ask about #referendums “How free can my choice be if the environment in which I form that choice is shaping what I notice,what I remember,what I fear, & what I believe is possible?” Entire Separation & Immigration referendum is flawed #ableg #mcluhan #abpoli
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Where are Alberta Separatists getting their $? “Jason Kenney has called for an investigation into the Alberta separatist party after a mysterious $190,000 surge in donations” Toronto Star #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Americans don’t support Trump’s trade actions. #cdnpoli #tariffs #tradec#Trump
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#ABDanielleSmith & Jason Kenney blame @lukaszuk.bsky.social for referendum? I signed petition to stop the Seperatists from getting their question first and not wanting UCP legislation that started all this. MLA’s needed to vote on Q & maybe reverse legislation. Costing $$& youtu.be/hM94FAwdJOk
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Former Alberta deputy premier launches pro-Canada referendum question
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A Song of Joys “To be a sailor of the world bound for all ports, A ship itself, (see indeed these sails I spread to the sun and air,) A swift and swelling ship full of rich words, full of joys.” Excerpt From Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman #poetry #liberation #writing
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A Native tribe’s way of life was threatened by Canada tariffs. More are coming. - Washington Post Montana Blackfeet suing Trump over tariffs #cdnpoli #Trump #tariffs #montana www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
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A Native tribe’s way of life was threatened by Canada tariffs. More are coming.
Ranchers, taxi drivers and campsite owners on the Blackfeet reservation have endured two years of financial losses. They worry a new trade war will make things even worse.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Robert DeNiro Supports Canada in ridiculous Trade War ! #cdnpoli #entertainment
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Currency of Trust: Cannibal Capitalism and Self Destruction Canada - US Negotiations substack.com/@jackehill/n...
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The Currency of Trust: Cannibal Capitalism and Self Destruction. Elementary school teachers often start by putting the rules for the year on the board and reviewed. They often revolve around respec...
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today on #CBCNN they had comments about #ABDanielleSmith (aka Rob Anderson) needing to step up or shut up about being team Canada while talking out of both sides. Carney has more support in Alberta than Smith. Danny trying to take the moral high ground - enough - it’s backfiring
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Angus Reid says 2/3 of Canadians support Carney’s move. #ABDanielleSmith is getting called out! More Albertans support Carney & not Smith talking out of two sides of her mouth No false moral high ground Danny! #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trust is essential in any negotiations . Negotiations are relationships and actions of bad faith show Trump can’t be trusted. #cdnpoli #cusma #abpoli substack.com/@jackehill/n...
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Shake and Bake: The Attempted Dressing Down of Canada Remember ‘Shake’N Bake’ that 1960-70’s dressing where you put chicken in a bag of spices - shake - coat the meat - place in the oven and bake.  C...
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Today, I spoke with President Sheinbaum. We discussed ongoing developments affecting North American trade. More on our call: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...
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Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
US Booze in last yr spirits lost 63.3% US Wine lost 94% Back on the shelves? I still won’t buy it! Buy Canadian! Buy everything Canadian if you can. Thx Mr.Trump #cdnpoli #ableg #tariffs
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My statement on ongoing Canada-U.S. trade negotiations:
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
United States losses after Canadian Consumer boycott Before boycott US alcohol sales 2024-25 C$1.1B in Canada After boycott US alcohol was about $990M less in Canada Plus Canadian consumer boycott in travel to US C$3.3B loss Consumers not Govt! #cdnpoli #trade #tariffs
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is it that many who have more want even more? Why is it that many who have more don’t care if those with less get even less? substack.com/@scottmonty/...
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Scott Monty (@scottmonty)
Progress. It’s for everyone.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Elizabeth May sponsored petition requesting the expulsion of the United States Ambassador to Canada . Not the most important issue but makes a statement. #cdnpoli #diplomacy share.google/PagQBR7YfORW...
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Petition e-7531 - Petitions
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” Friedrich Nietzsche Writers & journalist,often take forevery before they get to the point.l My professor told me that when people knew how to write you could read the first & last page of a book to know what it was about
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Anti-SS 🍺 🍻 @antiss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sixty years ago today,on July 30,1966, Medicare & Medicaid starts in USA [LBJ]told Truman that those like him—men of vision who are willing to stake their reputations and position to help others “illuminate the life & the history of a nation.” #History #healthcare open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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July 30, 2026
Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Picture depicts what Canada and America are about. Decades of collaboration and working together. Building bridges, going to the moon, saving American lives during the Korean War, hiding American diplomats in our embassy. #cdnpoli #USSenate #America #USA #CanadaUSA www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Éric Blais: Trade war with Donald Trump: Here is Canada’s secret weapon
Canada should use real Americans in its marketing campaign against Trump’s trade war
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The clothing mountain visible from space: How 60,000 tonnes of discarded clothes ended up in Chile’s Atacama Desert Worlds largest clothing dump #environment #scichat #envirochat
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
AB Self Referral tests create 2 teir system Fraser Institute’s reported MRI waits 18.1 wks differently CIHI reports something like a median of 7 wks & 90th percentile 18wks Meaning 10% triaged routine wait the longest: emergency (hours) urgent (days) semi-urgent (weeks) routine- #ableg #abhealth
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“The Alberta Trump Playbook: Danielle Smith’s UCP Is Importing America’s Political Divisions—and Calling It Freedom” “But the UCP has moved beyond ordinary disagreement and toward a permanent politics of grievance” #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg #yyc
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The Alberta Trump Playbook: Danielle Smith’s UCP Is Importing America’s Political Divisions—and Calling It Freedom
Danielle Smith says she is fighting for Alberta.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dante’s Scheme of the Universe #poetry x.com/fasc1nate/st...
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Fascinating (@fasc1nate) on X
Dante's Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. Learn more: https://t.co/InxtWT5t0Q
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“The Pipeline Fantasy:Rob Anderson's Numbers Don't Add Up But the Political Messaging Does” “ Albertans deserve honesty—not political fairy tales…start asking whether the people selling the dream can still be trusted” #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/prairies...
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The Pipeline Fantasy: Rob Anderson's Numbers Don't Add Up—But the Political Messaging Does
Rob Anderson wants Albertans to believe that one new pipeline is the answer to nearly every economic problem facing the province.
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Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Polls show overwhelmingly support for Vote to Stay across Alberta “It is imperative that we as committed Canadians come out & vote on Oct. 19, & pull your friends along with you #ableg #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli x.com/toewswenda/s...
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Wenda Ismay Toews🇨🇦 (@ToewsWenda) on X
New poll authorized by Vote to Stay shows big numbers across the province for support and staying in Canada: Results broken down by region: Edmonton: 80% Calgary: 78% Central Alberta: 66% Northern Region: 66% https://t.co/Sh7qANTkJd
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