David Blain
@beachmagoo.bsky.social
Retired Financial Officer in Calgary AB.
Proportional representation is better democracy.
Political Progressive.
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Proportional representation is better democracy.
Political Progressive.
Travels to Australia 🇦🇺
I am in a committed relationship
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In Australia, the response to a deadly and awful shooting is to promise to tighten gun laws.
In America the response is to send thoughts and prayers (if you're lucky).
But you won't get those from the president these days. More likely to get a tirade of hatred and blame.
In America the response is to send thoughts and prayers (if you're lucky).
But you won't get those from the president these days. More likely to get a tirade of hatred and blame.
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In Australia, the response to a deadly and awful shooting is to promise to tighten gun laws.
In America the response is to send thoughts and prayers (if you're lucky).
But you won't get those from the president these days. More likely to get a tirade of hatred and blame.
In America the response is to send thoughts and prayers (if you're lucky).
But you won't get those from the president these days. More likely to get a tirade of hatred and blame.
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even though the Ban Coal in the Eastern Slopes petition is postponed, you can start to put your name forward as a canvasser for signatures, today.
www.coalpetition.ca
www.coalpetition.ca
Water Not Coal | Citizen Initiative Petition
Help prohibit coal mining in the Alberta's Rockies. Register to sign the petition.
www.coalpetition.ca
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
even though the Ban Coal in the Eastern Slopes petition is postponed, you can start to put your name forward as a canvasser for signatures, today.
www.coalpetition.ca
www.coalpetition.ca
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I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
WRI slides to $55/bbl. Creating speculation next years Alberta provincial deficit will top $10 billion.
Albertans need an adult conversation about fiscal policy.
Who will increase oil production at these prices?
Will Alberta need to raise taxes?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Albertans need an adult conversation about fiscal policy.
Who will increase oil production at these prices?
Will Alberta need to raise taxes?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Benchmark oil price slides to lowest level since 2021 | CBC News
The price of the benchmark North American crude blend known as West Texas Intermediate, or WTI, slid to a four-year low on Tuesday, dipping below $55 US a barrel after starting the year off around $80...
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
WRI slides to $55/bbl. Creating speculation next years Alberta provincial deficit will top $10 billion.
Albertans need an adult conversation about fiscal policy.
Who will increase oil production at these prices?
Will Alberta need to raise taxes?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Albertans need an adult conversation about fiscal policy.
Who will increase oil production at these prices?
Will Alberta need to raise taxes?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Today, on CTV:
Vassy: “Okay, but you lost.”
Pierre: “blah blah Carney blah Liberal crime blah blah blah stealing my homework.”
Vassy: “Dude, do I need to say it again? You lost YOU LOST.”
😂😂
(Please note these are not actual quotes but a brass tacks summation of the interview)
Vassy: “Okay, but you lost.”
Pierre: “blah blah Carney blah Liberal crime blah blah blah stealing my homework.”
Vassy: “Dude, do I need to say it again? You lost YOU LOST.”
😂😂
(Please note these are not actual quotes but a brass tacks summation of the interview)
December 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Today, on CTV:
Vassy: “Okay, but you lost.”
Pierre: “blah blah Carney blah Liberal crime blah blah blah stealing my homework.”
Vassy: “Dude, do I need to say it again? You lost YOU LOST.”
😂😂
(Please note these are not actual quotes but a brass tacks summation of the interview)
Vassy: “Okay, but you lost.”
Pierre: “blah blah Carney blah Liberal crime blah blah blah stealing my homework.”
Vassy: “Dude, do I need to say it again? You lost YOU LOST.”
😂😂
(Please note these are not actual quotes but a brass tacks summation of the interview)
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China’s Energy Worldview Exposes the Flaws in Trump’s Venezuela Plan
China's "energy security" is about electrifying EVs, buildings, industry.
Wanna seize oil tankers from one of China's suppliers?
Watch China cut oil imports ASAP.
#abpoli @MarkJCarney
youtu.be/rKCBNZB0PeM
China's "energy security" is about electrifying EVs, buildings, industry.
Wanna seize oil tankers from one of China's suppliers?
Watch China cut oil imports ASAP.
#abpoli @MarkJCarney
youtu.be/rKCBNZB0PeM
China’s Energy Worldview Exposes the Flaws in Trump’s Venezuela Plan
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
China’s Energy Worldview Exposes the Flaws in Trump’s Venezuela Plan
China's "energy security" is about electrifying EVs, buildings, industry.
Wanna seize oil tankers from one of China's suppliers?
Watch China cut oil imports ASAP.
#abpoli @MarkJCarney
youtu.be/rKCBNZB0PeM
China's "energy security" is about electrifying EVs, buildings, industry.
Wanna seize oil tankers from one of China's suppliers?
Watch China cut oil imports ASAP.
#abpoli @MarkJCarney
youtu.be/rKCBNZB0PeM
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
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Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree spoke of the damaged trust caused by the UCP's attacks on Treaty rights today.
He also spoke of the broken trust from development that hasn't been done properly and the desire to see safe development.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
He also spoke of the broken trust from development that hasn't been done properly and the desire to see safe development.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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The Federal govt sends transfers to the Provinces for Public Healthcare and Public Education, but the Premiers are dispersing it to Private facilities lately and this is a huge problem. The Premiers do not spend the taxpayers money wisely. #Alberta
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Many Albertans want private school funding scrapped, survey finds
A recent survey found a majority of Albertans would want the government to remove public funding of independent/private schools.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Federal govt sends transfers to the Provinces for Public Healthcare and Public Education, but the Premiers are dispersing it to Private facilities lately and this is a huge problem. The Premiers do not spend the taxpayers money wisely. #Alberta
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Save space in hospitals. Get your flu vaccine, specially in Alberta.
Thank you 🙏🏽
#ableg
x.com/andiewinnipe...
Thank you 🙏🏽
#ableg
x.com/andiewinnipe...
x.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Save space in hospitals. Get your flu vaccine, specially in Alberta.
Thank you 🙏🏽
#ableg
x.com/andiewinnipe...
Thank you 🙏🏽
#ableg
x.com/andiewinnipe...
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You'll never guess who's constituency this is. 3 guesses the first 2 don't count.
Southern Alberta City of Brooks grappling with white supremacist graffiti, decals | CHAT News Today share.google/TLLBXzjrD1tu...
Southern Alberta City of Brooks grappling with white supremacist graffiti, decals | CHAT News Today share.google/TLLBXzjrD1tu...
Southern Alberta City of Brooks grappling with white supremacist graffiti, decals
Mounties are investigating a string of white supremacist phrases and symbols, including a crudely drawn swasti...
share.google
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
You'll never guess who's constituency this is. 3 guesses the first 2 don't count.
Southern Alberta City of Brooks grappling with white supremacist graffiti, decals | CHAT News Today share.google/TLLBXzjrD1tu...
Southern Alberta City of Brooks grappling with white supremacist graffiti, decals | CHAT News Today share.google/TLLBXzjrD1tu...
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Nearly halfway through our 90-day recall window & 4000+ signatures acquired! 👏
We still have a long way to go, Calgary-Bow! Anyone with kids should sign this! If you don't have quality education, you don't have a future here.
✍️Sign
🤝Join
🚪Canvass
1/
#abpoli #yyc
youtube.com/shorts/8Tiey...
We still have a long way to go, Calgary-Bow! Anyone with kids should sign this! If you don't have quality education, you don't have a future here.
✍️Sign
🤝Join
🚪Canvass
1/
#abpoli #yyc
youtube.com/shorts/8Tiey...
4000 signatures 👏🏻 and Recall Nicolaides nears the halfway mark #alberta #abpoli #yyc
YouTube video by Recall Nicolaides
youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Nearly halfway through our 90-day recall window & 4000+ signatures acquired! 👏
We still have a long way to go, Calgary-Bow! Anyone with kids should sign this! If you don't have quality education, you don't have a future here.
✍️Sign
🤝Join
🚪Canvass
1/
#abpoli #yyc
youtube.com/shorts/8Tiey...
We still have a long way to go, Calgary-Bow! Anyone with kids should sign this! If you don't have quality education, you don't have a future here.
✍️Sign
🤝Join
🚪Canvass
1/
#abpoli #yyc
youtube.com/shorts/8Tiey...
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"Ungoverning is not a neutral act. It is an ethical choice. It shifts power from the many to the few. It transforms rights into commodities. It turns need into opportunity for private profit. And it abandons the belief that a society should be judged by how it treats the vulnerable."
Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"Ungoverning is not a neutral act. It is an ethical choice. It shifts power from the many to the few. It transforms rights into commodities. It turns need into opportunity for private profit. And it abandons the belief that a society should be judged by how it treats the vulnerable."
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Thank you Justice Feasby.
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you Justice Feasby.
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It's like have a regulator without the regulating part.
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show reut.rs/4rCQsMz
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters.
reut.rs
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's like have a regulator without the regulating part.
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I just want to say a big thank you to the lovely folks who have subscribed to my new Patreon! I look forward to showing you behind-the-scenes videos of me losing my mind trying to make time-sensitive comedy in my tiny living room! 😎
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
The Very Unfunny Leftist | Patreon
I want to make you laugh because our politicians make us cry!
www.patreon.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I just want to say a big thank you to the lovely folks who have subscribed to my new Patreon! I look forward to showing you behind-the-scenes videos of me losing my mind trying to make time-sensitive comedy in my tiny living room! 😎
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlac...
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CONGRATULATIONS #ForeverCanadian volunteers!
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Citizen Initiative Petition Verification Completed, Results Announced - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Elections Alberta has completed verification for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative petition. Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has determined under section 10...
www.elections.ab.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
CONGRATULATIONS #ForeverCanadian volunteers!
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Danielle Smith hearing that the "Alberta Forever Canada" petition has been successfully verified by Elections Alberta
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Danielle Smith hearing that the "Alberta Forever Canada" petition has been successfully verified by Elections Alberta
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So the Trump Administration has gone from it didn't happen, but it was perfectly legal. This is not helping their case.
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So the Trump Administration has gone from it didn't happen, but it was perfectly legal. This is not helping their case.
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🗺️ The RecallNicolaides.ca team has mapped out the month of December for you. 🎁 Here's where we will be if you'd like to find us! 🚪-to-🚪canvassing will be happening throughout the month, too. Hope to meet on📍 or at your 🚪.
#abpoli #RecallThemAll #restore #rights #freedoms #responsibilities #ableg
#abpoli #RecallThemAll #restore #rights #freedoms #responsibilities #ableg
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🗺️ The RecallNicolaides.ca team has mapped out the month of December for you. 🎁 Here's where we will be if you'd like to find us! 🚪-to-🚪canvassing will be happening throughout the month, too. Hope to meet on📍 or at your 🚪.
#abpoli #RecallThemAll #restore #rights #freedoms #responsibilities #ableg
#abpoli #RecallThemAll #restore #rights #freedoms #responsibilities #ableg