Steve Ricketts
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Steve Ricketts
@stevericketts.bsky.social
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refugee from Xitter. meteorologist. photographer. youth soccer coach. recovering poligeek. trying to be positive and to stay above the fray
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
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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.
sounds like a long afternoon of drinking...
in my list of top 10 albums. vastly underrated
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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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
Actually, I am okay with the Green Bay uniforms but the Pittsburgh ones are butt ugly
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
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
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...
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
if you don't visit our Big, Beautiful Country, we'll kill this dog. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
"land acknowledgements are the anthem of a suicidal nation"

like, WTAF?

Brodie was considered too radical for Rustad's BC Conservative Party. let that sink in
BC POLITICIAN DALLAS BRODIE INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
"Our ancestors did NOT steal Canada - they BUILT Canada"
#cdnpoli
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”

First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.

With me so far? 1/x
To discourage bases on balls, the batter gets to run as far as he can while the defending team has to pass the ball to every player before they can try to tag him
Have you watched any stories about the Savannah bananas. They know how to make baseball fun
how the heck doe a muffed pop-up between the pitcher and home plate qualify as a hit?
we're at the whim of a thin-skinned, brain-addled narcissist who has the power to impose and change tariffs at will... with the support of the GOP who are scared to confront him
1. Reagan’s speech is real

2. It’s public domain

3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians

4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check

5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
okay, this is rather funny

Amanda Achtman (the anti-MAiD crusader) and "Alberta PCs: SOME PARTY THAT I USED TO KNOW" www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPlo...
Alberta PCs: SOME PARTY THAT I USED TO KNOW
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dang, i meant pappardelle :)
the beginning of the end of modern civilization as we knew it
🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”

Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.

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