Bitcoin is getting Trumped.

Just genuinely, remarkably stupid. Alberta has plenty of provincial debt -- and more each year. Any separation agreement would require it to take on a proportionate share of the federal debt. If anything, an independent Alberta currency would be a recipe for hyperinflation.

Kenny Rogers was able to add rough gravely vocals to the Gambler setting the tone youtu.be/7hx4gdlfamo?... and silky smooth on Lady adding the romance youtu.be/F7ZSJ8iCrlk?... Reflective experience youtu.be/bWSx-xrv45Q?... 🎶 🎤 🎶

The 500 Worst Things the Trump Admin Did in 2025, Part 4. #301-400. June-Sept open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

During the same week that the UCP is expanding privatization, the auditor general finds that government interference cost taxpayers over $100 million. How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

If you haven’t read this article please do so www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Danielle Smith and her ministers burrow deeper into their self-dug book-ban and bargaining holes. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani... #ableg #abpoli #BookBans

Danielle Smith at Fort Mac ‘Gilead Next’ town hall: When in doubt, yell at Quebec. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani... #ableg #abpoli #GileadNext

Alberta celebrates Labour Day on the brink of a major labour dispute with the province’s teachers. albertapolitics.ca/2025/09/albe...

When I’ve said Trump’s moral development is at the stage of a toddler’s I wasn’t trying to be funny. This is from Kohlberg’s Stages Of Moral Development. (BTW, Kohlberg found only 10-15% of people reach the most advanced level of moral reasoning, as it requires the capacity for abstract thinking)

Vassey Kapelos' Question Period for CTV asks Goldy Hyder, Nojoud Al Mallees and I about the state of the economy as we head into the new session of Parliament. What should the feds do, and why? Very different perspectives. Exactly what is needed. www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/0...

Newsom releases new ad 🔥

🧱 Our new series: Manufacturing Consent – 10 Propaganda Techniques of 'Alberta Next' We’re starting with the rigged survey. Push polls pretend to ask for your opinion, but only let you say what they want to hear. Stay critical. Stay informed. #ABPoli #ABLeg #GiveVoiceAB

Alberta had 265 known cases of measles. Ninety per cent of the infected were not immunized. But it took a looming crisis to force the UCP into action. The problem they face is one they helped cause, with their post-COVID anger and questioning of medical science.(May, 2025, Calgary Herald).

On the book bans... Smith repeated the unsubstantiated claims that 7 year olds were being "exposed" to age inappropriate books... She claimed there is "pornography" in school libraries. Which is not only a lie, but a complete disregard for teachers & librarians. #abpoli #abed

Fun fact! Want to provide some actual feedback on the "Alberta Next" Panel that isn't the option between two equally bad multiple choice answers? There IS a spot to do it! Here's the link! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.albertanextpanel.ca/contact

A very good lawyer friend of mine brought this public document to my attention… It is the sworn statement, with accompanying evidence, of the fired CEO of AHS. It has recently been filed in court, and the legal process is yet to be completed... buff.ly/P6oubtk

Smith today on solar and wind... "We want an agriculture first policy, so we don't want installations going in on prime agricultural land and sterilizing it for either decades or even forever" That's a real quote, not a paraphrase. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Smith today on @lukaszukab.bsky.social's referendum... She stated that she's allowing the process to go forward. (A legal process that she shouldn't be able to interfere with at all) Then she said it doesn't need to be binding, she'll honor the results regardless. Trust her. #abpoli #cdnpoli

If unicorn farts smelled like perfume, the Republic of Alberta would be the sweetest place on earth! The Alberta Prosperity Project’s creepy blueprint for a ‘free’ Alberta also includes an ugly fantasy of Trump-style mass deportations albertapolitics.ca/2025/07/if-u...

From the DM’s… As the province gets its “yahoo” on, at least on hospital in Edmonton is putting together plans to shut down an ambulance bay and triage patients in their cars… Because measles. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“Alberta’s government has quietly transferred responsibility for its communications wing to the premier’s office, greatly expanding the size and budget of the province’s executive council.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli theijf.org/alberta-gove...

I'm excited to share this new paper that addresses a critically understudied area of sexual and gender-based violence research. Read the article (open access) here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #endgbv #queerjoy

I'm delighted to share this new publication which is the editorial introduction to a special issue: "Mobilising Queer Joy: Establishing Queer Joy Studies." Please share (the joy) and help us spread word of this new area of study. @queerjoylab.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Bill 55 - enabling the final refocus - privatizing Alberta's hospitals. For-profit labs and surgical contracting out hasn't gone well - let's try hospitals. Thanks @pfparks.bsky.social and @jmeddings.bsky.social - we're only two years in. How bad could this get? edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Least-safe social media platforms for LGBTQ+ people revealed in new report

Former Alberta cabinet minister calls government health contract probe ‘whitewashing’

ICYMI: Calgary Expo: Adam Savage in town to ‘bear witness’ to the costumes and props you’ve made www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Donald Trump has been quiet for the past few weeks but Donald Trump has not changed.

Liberals would use Canada Health Act to push back on privatization, says health minister www.bradfordtoday.ca/2025-federal... @kamalkheralib.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Lots of talk about strategic voting in Calgary Confederation. Your vote is your vote, and there's no such thing as a wasted vote. But this is a close race between myself and Jeremy Nixon. Working together, we can get a different kind of representation for Calgary Confederation.

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

And the mask finally drops. Take Back Alberta founder David Parker declares that Canada can’t be “saved”, immigrants ruined the country, Canada is a “hotel for the worlds welfare cases” Alberta should separate & if it doesn’t, people should leave Alberta & Canada entirely. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

I, for one, look forward to the clip in the next few days where the Premier of Alberta pretends she didn’t hear that the Liberal leader and current PM would *increase* low-emission oil production and renewables. #DebateDesChefs #cdnpoli

They should be using a biological clock for Poilievre. #cdnpoli #DebatDesChefs #LeadersDebate #PierrePoilievre

PoiLIEvre still carrying a hard on for Justin Trudeau! #cdnpoli

Trump praised him. Musk called him “a good guy.” Poilievre’s copying the U.S. playbook—defund CBC, attack the press, spread division. No MAGA politics here. We need public media. We need the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #PoilievreExposed #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli #MediaFreedom

PM Carney takes questions from ALL media outlets. Unvetted. He takes more than 3 times the number of Poilievre who accepts only questions in advance and from friendly media. A PM is a PM for ALL Canadians. Not a select few. Poilievre is not Prime Minister material. Period. #cdnpoli

We knew it. 👇 #cdnpoli

Pierre Poilievre has been fact checked on his claims that the Liberal Gov’t put the kibosh on energy projects. Lies! #cdnpoli

One thing that I've learned is the NDP never do well in the long run when they attack the LPC. Layton, Mulcair & Singh all learned that fact. You are not supposed to be conservatives that ride bikes. Singh pushed policies by working with the LPC. Attacking Carney is not the way. #cdnpoli

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La langue française, la culture, la gestion de l’offre et nos ressources ne seront jamais sur la table. #DebatDesChefs

David Hogg … absolute truth!

huzzah! the site lives once again! canadianpolling.ca/Canada-2021

My op/ed: @PierrePoilievre's “three strikes” proposal is a failed US import that raises homicides by up to 29% and leads to absurd sentences (25 years for pizza theft in California). It’s also patently unconstitutional. Link: benjaminperrin.ca/f/election-w...

Federal Election 2025: Why I’m Endorsing Mark Carney and the Liberals. Canada is at a crossroads. Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals offer the experienced leadership Canada urgently needs. My full statement: www.scribd.com/document/849...

Barriers to LGBTQ+ careers in the UK – our report launches today: 1. 85% have experienced workplace barriers 2. 76% lacked LGBTQ+ role models 3. 42% say HR failed to support them 4. 93% believe there could be bias in hiring prideinleadership.co.uk/lgbtq-career... #PrideInLeadershipReport