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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 3h

wonderful, heartbreaking sports!

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 3h

"let's play two!"

oh wait, they just did that

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 3h

Clearly someone missed the opportunity for a "let's go Brandon" chant

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 4h

The Jays and Dodgers will break for Christmas Eve to share a drink in no man’s land, show each other photos of the family they left back home, before heading back to their respective trenches.

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WheatNOil @wheatnoil.bsky.social · 4h

I think the lesson here is if they’d ‘started’ the game walking Ohtani 4 times, they’d have won by now.

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 4h

Some might suggest that having the lowest taxes in the country and depending on oil and gas revenue to balance the budget is irresponsible. Something that's been pointed out by many people

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 5h

For every extra innng in baseball. They should move the outfield wall in 10 ft

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 5h

I'm surprised that the Dodgers don't use otani as a position player and bring him in to pitch to the occasional batter

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 6h

Perhaps the Dodgers can bring in. Mitch Williams

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 7h

Smith: "Let them eat mixed nuts"

Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 8h

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?

An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.

I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 7h

Unfortunately, it's probably going to be about an 8.3 billion deficit this year. That's giving the government an excuse to not spend more on education.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17h

I have a very bad feeling about this...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 13h

follow the bouncing ball...

Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @mitchellab.bsky.social · 15h

Folks, the Legislature is sitting again, Naheed Nenshi is in the House, it's that time of day again... Who's ready?
#ableg #abpoli

a kitten is being held by a person and looking at the camera

ALT: a kitten is being held by a person and looking at the camera

media.tenor.com

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 21h

What's the hurry?

In just 6 years, the UCP has been responsible for nearly half of all time allocation motions in Alberta history.

They're promising to do it again today, this time ramming through a bill that removes Charter rights in a matter of hours.

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 14h

sounds like a long afternoon of drinking...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

in my list of top 10 albums. vastly underrated

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1d

On this day in 1973, The Who released ‘Quadrophenia’ — a thunderous rock opera about mods, identity, and rebellion. Pete Townshend’s masterpiece turned teenage confusion into one of rock’s most powerful anthems of self-discovery.

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Cam @malaiseforever.bsky.social · 1d

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, I am okay with the Green Bay uniforms but the Pittsburgh ones are butt ugly

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

and neither one is Seattle!

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

note that per-capita expenditures are higher for the have-not provs and are lower (and not much different) for the largest/richest provs: ON, AB, BC and even QC

so, yes, AB has a large imbalance and "subsidizes" other provs but it's not as large as some would have us believe and it's not alone

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

imbalances are mainly due to how rich (poor) provinces are; this is reflected in the per-capita revenue that they contribute to Ottawa

money flowing from Ottawa to the provs comes in the form of transfers (health, social, equalization) and what the feds spend in each prov

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

for all those people who complain about AB's imbalance with Ottawa (i.e. federal taxes paid versus transfers to and federal spending in AB)... yes, it's large, but for most years, ON's imbalance has been higher

financesofthenation.ca/federal-fisc...

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

i've had it with these convidiots saying that it was a peaceful protest, that Lich and Barber did no wrong and are being persecuted

and their lawyer thinks that the Emergencies Act and War Measures Act are comparable

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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

seems legit

Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 1d

if you don't visit our Big, Beautiful Country, we'll kill this dog. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

famous National Lampoon ad "if you don't buy this magazine we'll kill this dog"

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