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Retired, Canadian, love the Maritimes and live in Alberta. Despise the UCP. Never conservatives.

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Food bank has increased 134% since the UCP took office. Through highs and lows, their incompetence is the only thing that remains steady. youtube.com/shorts/eP1rc...
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The math isn't adding up.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Do you mean the Nobel Piece of Shite Prize?
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"I crush your head".
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hope50.bsky.social @hope50.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Why Was Premier Smith's Husband in a Secret Megaproject Meeting? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2024/08...
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Why Was Premier Smith’s Husband in a Secret Megaproject Meeting? | The Tyee
Documents obtained by The Tyee show David Moretta attended a government huddle about a $2.6-billion rail proposal.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
“Alberta’s order is precisely about banning books, as its direct effect is to force school authorities across the province to remove from their libraries a host of books deemed inappropriate by the state.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: In Alberta schools, books aren’t the threat — censorship is
The Alberta government should not be eroding the fundamental rights and freedoms of some of its most vulnerable community members.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Hang tough, 🇨🇦Canada.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Trump and Erdogan. Two dictators.
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The President of United States firing the commissioner of the statistics bureau because the unemployment numbers are not good reminds me of that classic Stalin moment, executing the statisticians because they reported too many deaths the 1937 census www.jstor.org/stable/2639947
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The 1937 Census and the Limits of Stalinist Rule on JSTOR
Catherine Merridale, The 1937 Census and the Limits of Stalinist Rule, The Historical Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Mar., 1996), pp. 225-240
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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
LOL. That Epstein distraction plan backfired. 🤦🏻‍♂️ ‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...
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‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
another reason not to go to the US, that and they are now allowing fracking water to irrigate farm land in Texas. there is no end to their corruption and greed. what a shit hole country.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/08/2025
HIV is ravaging the Russian army — infections up 2000% since the start of the war Per Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, it is linked to unprotected sex and drug use. Kremlin’s “traditional values” policies closed down organizations focused on HIV prevention and education.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
no one who isn't a child rapist or corrupt would associate with Trump.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
jeezus, another reason not to go to the US. where does this end?
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world. I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won"
Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.
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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Immature Asshole vt.tiktok.com/ZSSDs3XQU/
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Alberta already has water shortages in southern Alberta. Do we want this for Alberta?
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Classic Stalin move.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
check your data. Canada is not sending arms.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Health care is provincial… and Danielle Smith is completely selling us out. #cdnpoli
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Head of the Australian Energy Market Operator says he confident that the country’s main grid – and its smaller ones for that matter – can be run on 100% renewable energy. reneweconomy.com.au/we-can-do-th...
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“We can do that:” AEMO says power system can be run on 100 pct renewable energy
AEMO boss says Australia’s electricity grids can be run on 100 pct renewables, because the system issues identified after Spain blackout were already being addressed.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
That EU deal he supposedly got done, he lied. A lot. It’s a farce. #cdnpoli
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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The first energy projects confirmed/announced by PM Carney are renewable energy. "The ultimate goal is to licence five gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, enough to power hundreds of thousands of homes." The areas have the possibility of producing up to 66GW. Now we need the Wind West grid! 📌
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Uniquely Me 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 - Part Owner of Canada @itsuniquelyme.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A name I wear proudly 🇨🇦🤭 NASTY!!! Hell yeah! #loveusNASTYCANADIANS #buyCanadian youtu.be/BjdnG4CrpJg?...
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He Calls Canada "NASTY" - A Claymation Political Satire
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The BOE report of July 27,2025 has an article that supports the opinion that it will be almost impossible to meet the $350 billion commitment to import US energy.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
If only the UCP cared about optics or for that matter, anything other than lining their pockets.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
it's as though the GOP attracts sexual abusers.
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@KatyET www.abresistance.ca @katyet.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... Omg…just change the laws, right @MickeyAmery then UCP donors who lied can’t be charged. The UCP, making sure many investigations can’t be pursued. The UCP USA crime syndicate. FULL STOP.
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Alberta judge finds 6 people in contempt in probe of irregular political donations
An Alberta judge has found six people in contempt for not attending interviews as part of an investigation into alleged irregular political donations made to the United Conservative Party.
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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Elon Musk's arbitrary Starlink blackout in Kherson stalled Ukraine's 2022 counteroffensive, driven by nuclear fears, exposing how a single magnate's whims can derail military endeavors and erode sovereign dependencies. #ElonMusk
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IRPP @irpp.org · 24/07/2025
🇨🇦 Congratulations to Virginia Mearns on her appointment as Canada’s new Arctic ambassador! A respected leader from Iqaluit and member of the IRPP’s board, Virginia brings deep knowledge and experience in Inuit governance and public service. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Iqaluit resident Virginia Mearns named Canada's Arctic ambassador | CBC News
Mearns, who lives in Iqaluit, currently serves as senior director of Inuit relations for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and has previously held senior positions with the government of Nunavut.
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
SAGD in Alberta also uses a tonne of brackish water. Who knows what this means for underground streams that drain to the lakes in Northern Alberta.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
While the Department of Justice is meeting in secret with Ghislaine Maxwell to coach her on testimony, it is hiding from us three discs containing court-authorized recordings of her phone calls. [Source: ABC News] That is the REAL evidence. And this is a cover-up.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The promise of prosperity is undercut by fiscal realities. Economist Trevor Tombe projects that a separate Alberta would see our economy shrink, drive companies away, and force us to pay Canada fees to move oil, amongst other negative $$$ implications. LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
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A separate Alberta would be a poorer Alberta
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · 2025-07-24 · 12m
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Share the Hell out of this !! youtu.be/Q1xR3Xidq84?...
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Relax, Guy
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/07/2025
How can any country depend on Starlink when Elon Musk has clearly showed he can shut off access whenever he feels like it?
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Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Big Oil's Caution about Future Demand Warrants Pipeline Restraint in Canada Big Oil knows peak oil demand is coming. Too bad Alberta listens to OPEC. youtu.be/XN8Icj_Ox3M
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Big Oil's Caution about Future Demand Warrants Pipeline Restraint in Canada
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
been a fan of Josh Johnson for a while. He is intelligent and funny. Highly recommend his YouTube channel.
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JackTatt 🇨🇦 @jacktatttran.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
In Australia, when a tree is illegally cut down, the local government area or council will put up a giant billboard as an eyesore in its place that says “A tree has been vandalized”. That ensures that no one can benefit from removing a tree to improve their view! Sign stays until vegetation regrows.
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Incredible. She consistently undermines solar and wind generation in AB and then claims that solar and wind can back up BCH's firm hydro? An expanded interconnect makes all sorts of sense in balancing energy supply and demand but AB's wind/solar will never be a "back-up". So glib. #ableg #abpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
From the DM’s… Because of the unchecked spread of measles across Alberta, children attending appointments at the Stollery are only allowed to have one parent attend with them. Danielle Smith’s healthcare. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I wonder how long it took for him to memorize what to say in the hope of sounding like a back yard mechanic.
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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Mocking PP vm.tiktok.com/ZMS723pFv/
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Luke Fevin @according2luke.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"Alberta government slammed for incompetence as it pays out $143M in coal policy reversal. Alberta is paying out more than $140 million to end one of five lawsuits launched against it over its coal mining policies." Ahem. "ONE OF FIVE"... edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/07/23/a...
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Alberta government slammed for incompetence as it pays out $143M in coal policy reversal
Alberta is paying out more than $140 million to end one of five lawsuits launched against it over its coal mining policies. A notice published online by Atrum Coal dated last week says the company has...
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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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Pissed Off Canadian @eastcoastbiker2024.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Trump Gets Fact-Checked On Live TV By Jerome Powell... youtube.com/shorts/8BKwe...
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Trump Gets Fact-Checked On Live TV By Jerome Powell...
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I can be prickly @retiredab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
will municipal planning bylaws allow this to be installed in urban lots?
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
So proud of these two Premiers! Premier #Eby of #BC and Premier #Kinew of #Manitoba Putting Canadian businesses, economy as a priority but keeping people an important part of that decision. Signed a free trade agreement between Manitoba and BC‼️‼️‼️
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell. In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Lallemand said he borrowed his friend’s boat and was fishing near Venise-en-Québec, which is roughly 15 kilometres north of the U.S. border at the northern tip of Lake Champlain. He says he has been fishing for decades and is adamant that he was in Canadian waters when the Coast Guard showed up and told him to turn off his engine, to which he complied.

The three officers told him he was in U.S. territory.

“I said, ‘No, I’m very sorry, I’m in Canada.’ And I said I’m polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. ‘You can’t come across the border and pick me up’ but they did,” he recalled.

Lallemand started his engine and said he wanted to talk with the officers by the shore, but the Coast Guard followed and tried to push him into the U.S., which is what caused him to go overboard.

“They’re tying my boat to their boat. They’re not even taking care of me. The third time I went down, coming out with water in my mouth, spitting it out, I said throw me a buoy,” he said.

Once on their vessel, he said he was aggressively put in handcuffs. “I never saw somebody so angry,” he said.

He was then handed over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, who fingerprinted him, put him in a jail cell with his clothes soaking wet, and gave him a “dirty” blanket.
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