Fear and Loathing in Lethbridge: a Vacuous Journey into the Heart of the Alberta Nightmare.
“There is no Randian solution to be found when the bears come.”
Ok. So people who say Canada is communist and Trudeau is communist and Notley is communist and I am communist…what do they think communism means?
I’m serious. What do they think communism is?
Sorry to bother you again,
@elonmusk
, but I have found another parody account.
This one is masquerading as a serious politician and premier of Alberta:
@ABDanielleSmith
.
Please ban her.
I know the Liberal-NDP axis is getting mixed reviews. Some folks I respect say it’s an NDP sellout. Others I respect are happy with it.
I would just like to pause for a moment and simply enjoy the fact CPC supporters have LOST THEIR SHIT.
Well, that’s fucking it. The dick burgers in Ottawa are singing Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and in an entirely unexpected turn of events, they clearly have no idea what the song is actually about.
Two years ago today, I chose to live and poured a bottle of vodka down the toilet. This is the cap from that bottle.
Today, two years later, I get my second tattoo of sobriety. Pictures this afternoon.
2020 has been a shit year for everyone. December has been particularly shit for me, so I hope this news is an indication of a turn-around.
On Wednesday, I asked
@meganbielby
to marry me. She said yes. :-)
Love you, Meg.
Dear Alberta Conservatives:
The UCP is no longer a Conservative party. It is an anti-democratic, anti-law, anti-regulation, christo-fascist, libertarian fever dream. You have lost control of your party to the goobers.
From,
The Rest of Alberta
Today, I lost a car. It’ll take me a few months to save up the money to get another one. I’m fine with that.
I also went to emerge. Between me and Ranni, we had three X-rays.
You know what this 1 hour visit cost me out of pocket?
$0
Yup. Zero.
I love Canada.
I fell down a rabbit hole of convoy collaborators.
They truly believe they are in the majority and are uniting all of Canada against Covid restrictions. Like, there is not a single doubt in their minds.
This is the danger of echo chambers.
Yeah. So The Barenaked Ladies were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Besides family and friends, do you know who they thanked?
Public. School. Music. Education.
Re-fucking-spect, sirs. Re-fucking-spect.
Dear conservative western Canadians:
I understand you’re upset by the
#elxn43
results. I even understand your rage.
However,
#wexit
is *precisely* why the rest of Canada mocks us. First, the name is silly & derivative. Second, it won’t happen.
Thanks,
Everyone Else.
#cdnpoli
I have not heard one person blaming
@jkenney
for the price of oil. Not one.
It’s almost like the left understands oil prices are dictated globally and not by the premier of Alberta.
Notley awaits your apologies.
#ThanksNotley
#ableg
Is nobody concerned that people just say shit and believe shit that is patently not true: Trudeau is a tyrant, Canada is now communist, some rando is the Queen of Canada, conspiracies.
Like, this isn’t just “misinformation” any longer; it is alternate reality, non reality.
Dear Alberta Separatists:
Quebec has its own culture and language, making it distinct.
Voting conservative, oil, and quads do not a culture make.
Oh, and yelling “Yee-haw” while drunk in downtown Calgary does not count as a language.
You may resume your hissy fits.
Jay
The thing is, I’m not even a huge supporter of Trudeau (though he is exponentially better than Dimples McYellowVest would be), and I didn’t vote for the Liberals.
But this rabid, foaming-mouthed fury over nothing has me defending him.
These folks are absolutely blinded by rage.
Do keep in mind that as shitty as Kenney is--and he is the shittiest Premier in Canadian history--his entire caucus is an ass-tangle of failure, entitlement, and general tomfuckery.
Keep that in mind if they ever manage to oust Kenney.
I am so lucky. My employer is helping me get help. I will not be in the classroom in January.
There was not one single person in that meeting today who didn’t want to help me.
Dear students, I will get the help I need and come back firing on all cylinders.
Alberta explained:
11 degrees in September: Albertans put on sweaters, light up the wood stove, huddle under blankets.
A Chinook comes through in February, it gets up to 11: Albertans are out in Speedos, skipping down sidewalks, starting up the lawnmower.
#yql
Hey parents! If your kids are stuck on a homework question, feel free to pass this message along. Because as a teacher, I want to help out. Let me know what the difficult question is by replying to this tweet or using the hashtag
#CanadaHomeworkHelp
- and I’ll see what I can do.
There are test kits for sale on Kijiji. It is precisely because of turd vultures like this that healthcare should never be privatized or for profit.
JFC.
You’re not a freedom fighter, not a patriot, not a heroic, independent thinker.
You’re an ignorant, selfish, fuck who got fooled by rage mongers because you’re really just a terrified toddler pitching a fit.
I don’t care if you got vaxxed or not, just get off the fucking cross.
I have a question. Rex Murphy wasn’t always utterly bonkers, was he? Or was he, and I just didn’t pay attention?
I don’t seem to recall Cross Country Checkup being Rebel Media adjacent.
#BREAKING
As of midnight tonight, police will be cutting off the fuel supply to convoy/occupation supporters. Anyone bringing gas, diesel &/or propane will be charged with “assisting an illegal activity.”
This could be a game changer.
#cdnpoli
#antivaxxers
#Ottawa
Hey,
@abdaniellesmith
? I hope you have also brought in some flat earthers to advise on Alberta’s oil and gas industry because we don’t want to drill right through the bottom of the earth-disc thereby creating a vacuum so powerful it rivals the one between your ears.
#ableg
Worth noting: Conservative MP Rachael Thomas (née Harder) on Monday in the House of Commons said "many Canadians" hold the view that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fits the definition of a dictator. She did not cite a poll.
One year ago today, I was locked in a silent battle with a bottle of vodka, not realizing it was the most important decision of my life.
Even though I did not want to live, I chose to live and poured the vodka down the toilet.
I have so many people and things to thank:
Dear on-line recipe writers:
JUST GIVE ME THE FUCKING RECIPE, not the story of how Aunt Erma cooked this recipe the night before she was struck by a train, and it was the last thing she ever cooked.
FFS. JUST. THE. RECIPE.
Thanks,
Everyone
Look. If I call you and your message says, “We are currently experiencing a higher than expected volume of calls” EVERY time I call, then THE VOLUME OF CALLS IS NO LONGER UNEXPECTED.
FFS.
Awwww! We just had a kid show up in a Kenney costume. He had a bottle of Jameson, emptied the bowl, gave the molasses candies to his friends, tore up the lawn looking for coal, privatized the boulevard, blamed all the other kids, and then took the kid dressed as Trudeau to court.
New rule: if you’re going to pitch a fit about teachers’ jobs being easy & overpaid, you are required to get your degrees, go through the practicums, the hiring process, then be required to teach effectively.
If you’re not willing to do that, then shut your cake hole.
#abed
To preempt any MAGA-inspired fucknuttery in Alberta: nothing was stolen, nothing was rigged. If you lose the election, it’s because you let yourselves be taken over by a gaggle of angry marmots and your leader is an incompetent rage badger. It’s not rigged, goobers.
Wow.
I just realized this: one year ago today, I started detox at the hospital.
A stumble here and there, but I am much healthier both physically and mentally.
Thank you
#AHS
; my GP, Dr. Mohamed;
@meganbielby
; and all of my friends and Twiterati who supported me.
THANK YOU!
Look, you snivelling pricks, here’s the thing: you are free to say whatever you want. Your freedom is not gone. You can be as racist, homophobic, misogynistic as you want.
What you’re really whining about is taking responsibility for & accepting the consequences of your speech.
Two months and two days without a drink (I forgot the 15th is my anniversary). Keeping exceptionally vigilant because this is roughly the time I start to feel normal and can just have a glass of wine with dinner.
But of course I can’t. Maintaining vigilance now but feeling good.
So the people driving around with “FUCK TRUDEAU” flags suddenly become tender little ass-muffins and are absolutely and totally offended that Trudeau said some people are racist and misogynistic.
They’re just so fucking precious.
Rannoch came in with a squad of teens: “Dad, I have a business proposal. It’s my friend’s birthday and we want to go camping, but we need an adult to be with us.”
“And someone to pay for the site?”
Camping with 8 teen boys this weekend.
Now accepting positive thoughts.
I was phoning around town to buy a lyre. I called Long and McQuaid and said, “Ok. So I have a very strange question for you. Do you have any lyres there?”
He paused.
“No,” he said, a bit suspiciously, “We all tell the truth here.”
Day. Made.
I suffer from mental illness. Every day I talk about it and will continue to do so.
I don’t need a special day determined by an exploitative company to tell me it’s okay to talk about.
One further comment: I have been debating about education on the terms dictated by anti-teacher, anti-union positions.
Here’s my actual position:
RUNNING AN EDUCATION SYSTEM LIKE A BUSINESS WILL DESTROY EDUCATION. EDUCATION IS NOT A BUSINESS.
Just messaged with my brother, a high school teacher in Ont. He said Ford (he called him “that plug”) is paying parents for the days we rotate strike. If the gov’t gave that money to education, there’d be no strikes.
This is simply an attack on education.
#cdnpoli
#onted
People who vote for Smith without paying attention to what she is going to do and will claim, “I didn’t vote for this” is going to make me furious.
The same damn thing happened with Kenney and GSAs in schools. He’d been telegraphing his policy for months.
Pay attention!
Completely out of character for me, I will actually tweet my thanks to
@jkenney
for shutting down the schools. This was the correct decision.
Now I must shower after this tweet.
#ableg
Serious question: if there are zero repercussions for rigging elections, cheating to get elected, and running fake, kamikaze candidates, what the fuck is the purpose of having election laws?
Today is the day I celebrate quitting smoking.
I have been 5 years without a cigarette: the longest I haven't had tobacco since I started smoking when I was 15.
I just want to say thank you to those who understand what depression and anxiety can do to you.
For those of you who are cruel and angry and mocking, I just hope you never have to deal with this debilitating disease.
The one good thing about current Alberta politics is Kenney tried to coax the feral rage badgers into his big tent, but they went rabid, tore the canvas, shat everywhere, then bit Kenney on the ass.
The bad thing is now Alberta has feral and rabid rage badgers on the loose.
I would like everyone to know my rotator cuff tear is, in fact, a result of the vaccine.
I am vaccine injured. It had nothing to do with my bad decision making and thinking I’m much younger than I am.
The vaccine did me in.
This is not politicizing. This is truth, and this is a warning.
A goodly number of people in Alberta hold the USA as an ideal towards which we should aspire, including if not especially their firearms laws.
Many of them vote for the UCP.
Many are, in fact, in the UCP caucus.
Oooooooooh, boy. I just spent about 10 minutes over in nonvaxxerland on Twitter.
They are seething. Just seething. Their world is crumbling before their eyes.
I know it’s not good, but I couldn’t stop laughing at all the chest thumping.
I like to think there was once a time when a candidate would be unelectable if they said 3/4s of the people they want to represent would follow Hitler because they followed medical advice and the law.
I am a socialist. The federal NDP better get their shit together, because right now, they have a leader I really want to like but who regularly burns bridges, and their proposed policies alienate a fuck-tonne of people.
I am disappointed.
#cdnpoli
My name is Jay Gamble. I am a survivor of psychological and emotional abuse and a survivor of domestic violence.
This is my revelation from last night. I’ve always “known,” as it were, but I have never, ever said it in that way. I have likely made oblique references to it. >