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Four years ago I launched this account with the intent to be a sh!t-posting satire account in the lead up to the 2019 election.
In that time, much has changed. Including me.
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In that time, much has changed. Including me.
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For one thing, I learned that good satire is reeealy hard to do.
Some people on here make it look easy. To those who can find humour in dark times, that is your gift, and I thank you.
I pretty much gave up on being a satire account.
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Some people on here make it look easy. To those who can find humour in dark times, that is your gift, and I thank you.
I pretty much gave up on being a satire account.
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Paying the closest attention to politics that I ever had placed horrific things front and centre.
There are too many to mention.
Just read @bailrs’ list. Follow him while you’re there.
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There are too many to mention.
Just read @bailrs’ list. Follow him while you’re there.
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Understand that Alberta is an oligarchy.
Sure things here might not be quite as bad as Russia or parts of the US, but that doesn’t make the way our petro-state oligarchy runs okay.
#ableg #cdnpoli
#BoycottUCPdonors
Sure things here might not be quite as bad as Russia or parts of the US, but that doesn’t make the way our petro-state oligarchy runs okay.
#ableg #cdnpoli
#BoycottUCPdonors
Government officials frequently wear hoodies declaring their loyalty to #oilandgas oligarchs.
It’s pathetic how out-in-the-open this is, yet people do nothing.
It’s pathetic how out-in-the-open this is, yet people do nothing.
This relationship means hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars are transferred from the public to private hands every year in the name of #oilandgas.
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I managed to catch the beginning of the rally for #ClimateAction happening in #Edmonton today.
Here’s a short photo thread. 📷🧵
@CJEdmonton @ActivistAlberta
#ClimateEmergency #ableg
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Here’s a short photo thread. 📷🧵
@CJEdmonton @ActivistAlberta
#ClimateEmergency #ableg
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Panorama of the crowd gathered near the Federal Building.
Hundreds here socially distanced.
#ableg #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow
Hundreds here socially distanced.
#ableg #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow
In #Alberta, this sort of thing would be a boycott of all #UCP-supporting businesses.
#BoycottUCPdonors.
#BoycottUCPdonors.
Toxic wildfire smoke every day all summer long in Calgary is only the tip of the iceberg.
BC is on fire. Greece is on fire.
California is on fire.
And capitalists complain about changing the economy because they like making money from fossil fuels?
#ClimateCrisis #TaxTheRich
BC is on fire. Greece is on fire.
California is on fire.
And capitalists complain about changing the economy because they like making money from fossil fuels?
#ClimateCrisis #TaxTheRich
Canada dragged its feet for years on doing anything about the #ClimateCrisis. The Conservative government obstructed actio by sabotaging research, muzzling scientists, and destroying records.
#ableg #cdnpoli
#ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta finally gets a government that recognizes the economic costs of climate change & takes its first baby steps towards action.
The ruling business lobby groups throw a fit & throw all they can into supporting a fascist from Ottawa to rescue them.
progressalberta.ca/whos-behind-sh…
The ruling business lobby groups throw a fit & throw all they can into supporting a fascist from Ottawa to rescue them.
progressalberta.ca/whos-behind-sh…
Median household income in #Calgary is about $100/k.
This is literally designed to exclude more than 50% of of families.
This is literally designed to exclude more than 50% of of families.
“but @youseepeeYYC, the families who earn much more than median income don’t need subsidized childcare as badly, they can afford to pay out of pocket, and therefore should”
Someone, probably.
Let’s briefly examine why this is the wrong way to look at a social program.
Someone, probably.
Let’s briefly examine why this is the wrong way to look at a social program.
When a service is universal and benefits *everyone* it is more difficult for politicians to play identity politics and wedge issues to divide people over cutting it.
That’s why *universal* programs are so much more powerful than boutique programs.
That’s why *universal* programs are so much more powerful than boutique programs.
Mike Nickel's campaign paid for a billboard attacking Aaron Paquette and Andrew Knack for not being anti-maskers.
#yeg #yegcc #abpoli
reddit.com/r/Edmonton/com…
#yeg #yegcc #abpoli
reddit.com/r/Edmonton/com…
Looks like @CrystalGlassLTD donated $5000 to Mike Nickel's election campaign.
disclosure here:
edmonton.ca/sites/default/…🔗
I wonder if they donate to the #UCP too.
#yeg #yegcc
disclosure here:
edmonton.ca/sites/default/…🔗
I wonder if they donate to the #UCP too.
#yeg #yegcc
This coming from the guy who has threatened the livelihoods of every healthcare worker in the province, while @shandro yells at doctors in their driveways, & who’s policies have prompted hundreds of doctors to close their practice &/or relocate. In a pandemic.
#abhealth #ableg
#abhealth #ableg
“Health Minister Tyler Shandro said the UCP government would rip up the existing contract and impose changes to billing and compensation after talks with the Alberta Medical Association broke down.”
via @DrewPAnderson, Feb, 2020
#abpoli #abhealth
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
via @DrewPAnderson, Feb, 2020
#abpoli #abhealth
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Having travellers quarantine would basically shut down fly-in-fly-out workers at oil camps like those owned by CNRL, which have been hubs of covid spread.
Oil and Gas doesn’t love you back.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Oil and Gas doesn’t love you back.
Voting Conservative has consequences.
#ableg #cdnpoli
I wonder how the current #CNRL outbreak compares to earlier outbreaks at #Cargill and ther meat processing plants?👇
#CNRL received $192,648,603.55 from the federal government in CEWS benefits in 2020, but would not keep their workers safe.
Where did all that money go?
#BoycottUCPdonors #ableg #abpoli
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Where did all that money go?
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“I actually left a message at the premier’s office. I got our MLA [@DevinDVote] and they just said Alberta Health Services had to deal with it and amazingly enough it went ahead. I just don’t understand,”
—Bowden Mayor, Robb Stuart
#ableg #FiretheUCP
edmonton.citynews.ca/2021/05/03/i-j…
—Bowden Mayor, Robb Stuart
#ableg #FiretheUCP
edmonton.citynews.ca/2021/05/03/i-j…
“There are no excuses, and if you’re flouting the law you should be held accountable.”
—Bowden Mayor, Robb Stuart, on the rodeo held outside his town this past weekend.
#BoycottUCPdonors
#FiretheUCP #ableg
—Bowden Mayor, Robb Stuart, on the rodeo held outside his town this past weekend.
#BoycottUCPdonors
#FiretheUCP #ableg
“AHS says it is exploring its legal options after hundreds attended a #rodeo near Bowden, about 30km south of #RedDeer, to protest #COVID19 restrictions. It took place on private land after the town's agricultural society revoked its permit.” #ableg
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Last time this guy went to McMahon stadium, he was wearing an “I heart oil” hoodie and got booed.
#ableg #cdnpoli #BoycottUCPdonors
#ableg #cdnpoli #BoycottUCPdonors
“Kenney didn’t exactly get the response he wanted from the crowd at McMahon Stadium either. His introduction was followed by a round of “boos.””
#ableg #cfl #BoycottUCPdonors
huffingtonpost.ca/entry/jason-ke…
#ableg #cfl #BoycottUCPdonors
huffingtonpost.ca/entry/jason-ke…
“Those boos could have been because Mr. Kenney was dressed like dweeb in a lame “I-heart-mapleleaf-oil-&-gas” bunnyhug, thereby “politicizing” one of the sacred rituals of Canadian professional sports.”
—@djclimenhaga
albertapolitics.ca/2019/11/booing…
—@djclimenhaga
albertapolitics.ca/2019/11/booing…
Thanks for tagging me, @BartMLL.
I basically never use FB, but I'm on my (very old) laptop today.
Let's get some screen shots.
I basically never use FB, but I'm on my (very old) laptop today.
Let's get some screen shots.
"Today I decided to head up the Oldman to see what the coal companies have been getting up to. I forgot, however, that the forestry trunk road is closed at Dutch Creek each winter, ostensibly for wildlife protection. So I parked at the locked gate and started hiking."
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"Newly gouged test pit for coal wayyyy up on the mountain ridge. Note coal dust deposited downwind on the snow."
#ableg #DefendABParks
#FiretheUCP
#ableg #DefendABParks
#FiretheUCP
