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Nigel Swedenborg 🍁🌻 @nigelswedenborg.bsky.social · 12h

I ripped that off from a conversation on the radio, one night on an 1980s field exercise in Wainwright.
"Who pinched my red Smarties?"
"That was me, and they were blue!"
"Use proper radio procedure!"
"Up your kiltie with a wire brush!"
Pretty sure it was someone from the Seaforth Highlanders.🤣

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Betti 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 Part owner of Canada @gabriellasmom2018.bsky.social · 14h

Now that's the way to tell them! I particularly love the wire brush part 😁

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TheEnder @theender.bsky.social · 1d

WHEN I HAVE TO ASK:
What party is the violent one?

📫Feel Free to Repost📫
🎞Join For All Daily Clips🎞

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timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 15h

#USPolitics Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the #governmentshutdown ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-s...

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politic...

ca.finance.yahoo.com

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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 18h

The new aircraft, scheduled for delivery between 2031 and 2034, will replace a portion of the German Air Force’s ageing Panavia Tornado fleet.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-orde...

Germany orders 20 new Eurofighters to strengthen air power

The new aircraft, scheduled for delivery between 2031 and 2034, will replace a portion of the German Air Force’s ageing Panavia Tornado fleet.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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🔬🔭🧭👨‍💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️ @dcrinyyc.bsky.social · 16h

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Wild, scenic, and toxic: Recent degradation of an iconic Arctic watershed with permafrost thaw

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Liberal Party • Parti libéral @liberalca.bsky.social · 17h

Mark Carney and our new Liberal government are focused on protecting our communities and our country, building our economy with major projects and millions more homes, and empowering Canadians with lower costs and new opportunities.

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🇨🇦 YYC for Carney Vote Liberal @vote4trudeau.bsky.social · 16h

Alberta is a shithole Thanks to Batshit Smith's UCP. Don't move here if you care about public health and public education.

Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 16h

One need only to look at this chart to understand why Alberta cities look good to out-of-province residents. The amount of $$ in people’s pockets after housing costs are huge.

(This Globe piece on housing is really good) www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Housing affordability chart
Monthly mortgage payment on median home price, as a percentage of median income.

The chart shows a wide gap in affordability between centres like Toronto and Vancouver compared to Calgary and Montreal.

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 16h

5/6 The current investigation is not a full #PublicInquiry. It lacks the power to compel witnesses to testify under oath and to demand necessary documents.

"An inquiry is the only way #Albertans can be assured we will get real answers on the ongoing allegations of corruption," #Gallaway concludes.

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 16h

4/6 Hundreds of millions of our public health care dollars being spent on #PrivateSurgicalContracts, #Gallaway notes.

"Albertans deserve to know how our money is being spent, and that those decisions are being made in patients’ best interest, not those of #for-profit companies.” #Privatization

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 16h

3/6 "Regardless of what is in today’s report... the ongoing lack of respect for Albertans is totally unacceptable," says #ChrisGallaway of #FriendsOfMedicare.

He slams the current investigation as a "government-controlled process that tries to sweep these very serious allegations under the rug."

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 16h

2/6 The final report from Justice #Wyant's third-party #investigation into allegations of #corruption & #interference in #surgical #procurement is supposed to be delivered today.

This comes after months of delays and a reversal on the promise to make the #InterimReport public. #CdnPoli

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 16h

6/6
Friends of Medicare are demanding a fully empowered #PublicInquiry with a wide mandate to ensure real transparency and accountability for how public health care dollars are being spent.

Friends of Medicare
www.friendsofmedicare.org/ab_still_des...

Albertans Still Deserve a Public Inquiry into Corruption Allegations

www.friendsofmedicare.org

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 16h

1/6 🚨ALBERTANS DESERVE A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO #CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS🚨

As a report into Alberta's surgical contracting process is finally due, health care advocates renew their call for a full #PublicInquiry.

The current investigation is a sham.

#FriendsOfMedicare
#AbLeg #AbHealth #CorruptCare

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John Roscoe @johnroscoe.bsky.social · 21h

"Suppose surveillance cameras-"
"NOT speed cameras?"
"Not speed cameras..."
"You may continue."
"...spot a car at point X."
"Ok."
"And then spot the *same* car at point Y, an hour later."
"Ok."
"And in order to get from X to Y in one hour, the driver would have had to break the speed lim-"
"STOP!"

Globe & Mail: Doug Ford raises option of repurposing speed cameras for surveillance.

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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 1d

Lockheed Martin has unveiled an uncrewed version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, known as the S-70UAS U-Hawk.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/new-black-ha...

New Black Hawk cargo drone unveiled

Lockheed Martin has unveiled an uncrewed version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, known as the S-70UAS U-Hawk.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social · 1d

Volgograd Oil Refinery Attacked by Drones Again! Second Strike Since August
YouTube video by Suchomimus
Oct 15, 2025

🚨Putin's 6th biggest refinery is hit & taken off line again!
😂😂😂 - EB

#FuckYouPutin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zSz...

Volgograd Oil Refinery Attacked by Drones Again! Second Strike Since August

YouTube video by Suchomimus

www.youtube.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Neil Before Zod @waytowichneil.bsky.social · 23h

I no longer believe that the words illegal/legal, moral/immoral, or ethical/unethical have any meaning in the United States.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 21h

“In the current political climate of division, he has managed to bring together representatives of all political parties with a common belief and shared values. His goal is to bring back positivity to our provincial progression.”

#ForeverCanadian #ableg

rimbeyreview.com/2025/10/14/f...

Forever Canadian campaign van makes a Rimbey stop - Rimbey Review

The campaign wraps up on Oct. 28

rimbeyreview.com

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#ANTIFA HQ #Operation Red House @arxivofourminds.bsky.social · 15h

Alberta has been de facto Texas oil millionaires (billionaires today) property, lock, stock and barrel since Leduc '47.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

Poilievre, wrong on facts again, this time about jobs.
He’s weak on facts. But strong on feelings. Destructive ones. Can a jobs focus be a counter-feeling?
open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...
#cdnpoli

Poilievre, wrong on facts again, this time about jobs

He’s weak on facts. But strong on feelings. Destructive ones. Can a jobs focus be a counter-feeling?

open.substack.com

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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 1d

Dutch troops spotted suspicious drones during NATO exercises in Poland, causing communication disruptions, according to the Netherlands Defense Ministry.

Dutch troops spot drones during NATO drills in Poland

Dutch troops spotted suspicious drones during NATO exercises in Poland, causing communication disruptions, according to the Netherlands Defense Ministry, local outlet NOS reported on Oct. 14.

english.nv.ua

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