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
maybe the greatest pitch frame in baseball history
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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
Follow @forwardcanada.bsky.social for more. #abpoli #ableg #canpoli
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
'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
Follow @forwardcanada.bsky.social for more. #abpoli #ableg #canpoli
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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
Canadians don’t actually have rights when premiers can use the notwithstanding clause at will to revoke them. This is a giant problem.
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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...
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
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...
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...
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.+
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
She needs to be stopped.
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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
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.
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
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.
Hopefully this is the start of one of his hot streaks which is a hell of a good time to start.
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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
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
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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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
if you're looking for five things to do, i subscribed the email to five different newsletters, and there's a lot more newsletters
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? 🤷
Alberta surgical company's fees double public costs, according to AHS documents
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Alberta surgical company's fees double public costs, according to AHS documents
A private surgical company at the heart of allegations the Alberta government interfered to secure overpriced medical contracts was billing taxpayers more than twice as much per procedure than it woul...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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? 🤷
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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
Clearly tired...Once again, reiterating my call for Jean Charest to join Bluesky. His comments are spot on 👇
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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
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I know that he missed a bit of time, but c'mon. #letsgooilers
December 8, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I know that he missed a bit of time, but c'mon. #letsgooilers
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
Why the hell is the ref camped in the corner? Of course he couldn't see the puck! Such BS. #letsgooilers
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
How has McDavid not gotten a call tonight? Slash, hook, interference. Is he starting to get the Lemieux treatment? #letsgooilers
Must have reached their quota of tripping penalties for the month. #letsgooilers
November 30, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Must have reached their quota of tripping penalties for the month. #letsgooilers
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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
A devatasting piece of writing by a journalist who becomes homeless. www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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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
Everyone who writes about higher education should be required to reveal the last time they spent any significant time in a classroom