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14 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
What on earth is this? Do people actually tune in somewhere to watch a quite unremarkable suburban couple chit-chatting over beers in their backyard? If I didn't know who they were, and if it was entertaining, I would guess it was a 22 Minutes sketch. Oh, wait... 1/5
O'Toole isn't going to resurrect Harper's ego channel if he's elected is he? You remember that? Where the CPC spent our public money on a YouTube production where we got to watch the former PM eat his breakfast, alone, in his kitchen? 2/5
You probably don't remember that. Only about 7 people ever watched, and I only remember because I was so irked that he was using public money for his ego-trip. 3/5
I know Michell Rempel does a lot of videoing herself ranting about stuff. Mostly while in Oklahoma, I hear. And apparently people watch. I mean, really? Don't folks have anything better to do? Doesn't this all seem a bit weird? 4/5
Harper's 24/Seven was certainly not the most egotistical thing Harper did, nor the most expensive. But the possibility that O'Toole might bring that back should be reason enough to #NeverVoteCPC 5/5
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#Elxn44 Once upon a time, I was walking at night with the man who is now my husband. Suddenly he grabs my arm and shoves me behind him. "Rude much?" was basically my first thought. Then I saw the guy across the street waving a gun around. And I knew this man was a keeper. 1/12
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A little while ago on the radio I heard a reporter berating Justin Trudeau for lashing out at a protestor who verbally attacked Sophie Trudeau. The reporter seemed to want him to be remorseful for his anger. He was not. "Good for him!" I say. 1/8
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Can you trust Erin O'Toole and the CPC to do the right things for Canadians? He promises the gun lobby to roll back gun restrictions to pre-1977 levels and then says he will maintain the Liberal restrictions to the general public. 1/
He says he is pro-choice, but allows his caucus to introduce and vote for anti-choice bills. And he has backing from pro-choice groups. 2/
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This will not come as a huge surprise to many Albertans. The UCP's slush fund... I mean War Room... I mean Canadian Energy Centre Ltd - that corporation set up by the UCP to suck $30 million dollars a year out of Alberta's economy... 1/5
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There are >16,000 active cases of #COVID & close to 700 people in hospital with COVID in Alberta as of yesterday, 169 of whom are in ICUs. The UCP contract tracing is a joke. Kenney wouldn't let us use the federal app. AB Health got overwhelmed and quit tracing for awhile. 1/4
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We really need to start thinking of things like a place to live, personal security, food, healthcare, medication if needed, quality education, as human rights, not rewards for being some sort of model worker. 1/10
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Some vestigial morality, or maybe the fear of public outcry, is all that prevents some from calling for the elimination of the "unproductive". But maybe you can let a virus or opioid crisis take care of that, right Doug Ford and Jason Kenney? 3/10
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