Scotch and Rocks
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Scotch and Rocks
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"x"-free Oilers chat is mostly what I'm here for. I will also chat about curling and other general Edmonton/Canadian things.
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maybe the greatest pitch frame in baseball history
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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'Whatever This Is' is back, and we're starting with a doozy. We unpack Canada's fast lane to authoritarianism—The Notwithstanding Clause.

Follow @forwardcanada.bsky.social for more. #abpoli #ableg #canpoli
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Anytime anyone claims that Smith used the Notwithstanding clause in a way that Peter Lougheed would have approved of…

Feel free to share this from his 1998 paper that makes it clear that absolutely isn’t the case.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Canadians don’t actually have rights when premiers can use the notwithstanding clause at will to revoke them. This is a giant problem.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.

And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
She needs to be stopped.
Looking ahead to next week and the prospect that the UCP will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the teachers' strike...

Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.

Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
October 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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🧵So, here's the rough timeline for new school construction in Alberta (I took a recently constructed high school as a template):

Year 1: Capital Plan
Years 2 and 3: Design phase
Year 3: Approved for construction
Years 4-6: Construction phase
Year 7: Operational
#ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Crazy that Skinner has 2 SO and is has that low of a sv%. Show how bad he was in the earlier games.

Hopefully this is the start of one of his hot streaks which is a hell of a good time to start.
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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good line of questioning here from Heinrich underlining how despite Trump's rhetoric, Canada isn't mentioned a single time in the intelligence community's threats assessment
March 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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if you're looking for five things to do, i subscribed the email to five different newsletters, and there's a lot more newsletters
February 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
MSM is now onto the Mraiche trail. It must run deeper. Who else besides Sam is lining their pockets? A public inwuyand RCMP investigation is a must. Who would have thought privatization of health care would have lead to something like this? 🤷
February 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Clearly tired...Once again, reiterating my call for Jean Charest to join Bluesky. His comments are spot on 👇
December 19, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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Every dad gift ideas list is like: Scotch rocks, socks that are also a knife, bacon wallet, hammer subscription
December 16, 2024 at 4:34 AM
I know that he missed a bit of time, but c'mon. #letsgooilers
December 8, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Why the hell is the ref camped in the corner? Of course he couldn't see the puck! Such BS. #letsgooilers
December 8, 2024 at 4:16 AM
How has McDavid not gotten a call tonight? Slash, hook, interference. Is he starting to get the Lemieux treatment? #letsgooilers
December 8, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Noooooog!
November 30, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Must have reached their quota of tripping penalties for the month. #letsgooilers
November 30, 2024 at 4:36 AM
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A devatasting piece of writing by a journalist who becomes homeless. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Everyone who writes about higher education should be required to reveal the last time they spent any significant time in a classroom
November 26, 2024 at 4:01 PM