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Calgarian, flaneur and gadabout. If you followed manaboutcowtown on other channels in the past, yep same dude. He/Him πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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β€˜Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students β€” and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

05.03.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1597    πŸ” 808    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 173

Smith and Amery's citation for this '80 per cent' claim is, hilariously, a Lorne Gunter column

25.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Dennis Modry defrauded his aunt and uncle of more than $1 million. Jeffrey Rath has been reprimanded by the Law Society twice in the last year.

It's nice to be reminded that not only are Alberta separatist leaders comically incompetent, they're also deeply terrible human beings.

04.03.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Child poverty is deepening in Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Party government has not really made an attempt to seriously address poverty for more than a decade.

β€œ78,050 children under the age of 18 in Saskatchewan were in poverty, a child poverty rate of 27.1 per cent. This is well above Canada’s national child poverty rate of 18.3 per cent and is the highest child poverty rate of all the provinces.”

28.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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And by keeping taxes low, my UCP GOVERNMENT means raising your property taxes by 60% over four years in Calgary to pay for Education shortfalls due to our persistent, petulant, egregious conduct. #yyc #abpoli

04.03.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't pretend to know much about business, inflation, the grocery sector etc. But Mr McLean is correct; food prices in Canada are bananas (see what I did there?). The fact remains that grocery stores are raking it in, despite their complaints that they're just scraping by.

04.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fifth Column: How MAGA Is Using Alberta Separatism to Break Canada Apart Alberta’s separatist movement is not what it appears to be. Behind the cowboy hats and grievance speeches about equalization payments lies…

Behind the cowboy hats and grievance about equalization lies something far more serious: foreign influence, backed by the Trump government, aimed to use legitimate frustrations as a crowbar to split Canada and hand our oil, water, and minerals to the USA.

raybwilliams.medium.com/the-fifth-co...

04.03.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

Going to war with NATO?

That escalated quickly.

04.03.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

I watched that newish Netflix documentary about Devo on the weekend and it was great. So now I am revisiting their discography. Their first album is truly great.

04.03.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean I already thought the Alberta separatists were just another form of the shameless political grifters who are rampant throughout Alberta, and I gotta say this does very little to dissuade me of that.

04.03.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A constant stream’ of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead in Alberta Canada is emerging from a difficult influenza season that has strained hospitals across the country, with experts pointing to a combination of vaccine mismatch, lower vaccination rates and a particula...

β€˜A constant stream’ of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead (so far) in Alberta

Incompetence, thy name is:
β€œMarlaina Danielle Smith”

04.03.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Mark Zuckerberg presenting his Pervert Glasses for perverts

Mark Zuckerberg presenting his Pervert Glasses for perverts

I'm not sure about this branding but I'm not the billionaire business genius

18.09.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 10035    πŸ” 2176    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 121
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I was wrong, and I need to apologize.

04.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bessent Says Trump’s Tariff Hike to 15% Likely Coming This Week Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump’s plan to increase a 10% universal tariff up to 15% will likely be done this week.

Words cannot express the insanity of slapping across-the-board inflationary tariffs in the middle of waging an inflationary war. It’s like they’re trying to crash the market or somethβ€” ah, I see now

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

04.03.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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Thousands of Alberta seniors to lose income supplement as province faces rising provincial deficit | CBC News Alberta is making cuts to seniors' benefits and tax credits for caregivers as it faces a $9.4-billion budget deficit.

Thousands of #Alberta seniors to lose income supplement as province faces rising provincial deficit

Additional cuts mean many Albertans caring for seniors will lose their $1,000 provincial tax credit

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

04.03.2026 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Every single one of those officer need to be retired right now.

04.03.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Rubio Today: It’s false to say I said the U.S. had to attack because Israel was going to attack. That’s not what I said.

Rubio Yesterday: We knew Israel was going to strike Iran, and that would trigger attacks on U.S. forces. If we didn’t act first, Americans would suffer higher casualties.

03.03.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7431    πŸ” 3137    πŸ’¬ 758    πŸ“Œ 323
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Thousands of Alberta seniors to lose income supplement as province faces rising provincial deficit | CBC News Alberta is making cuts to seniors' benefits and tax credits for caregivers as it faces a $9.4-billion budget deficit.

'Thousands of Alberta seniors to lose income supplement as province faces rising provincial deficit'

This government consistently attacks the most vulnerable: the disabled, immigrants, children, the LGBTQ community, and now seniors.

This is a disaster.

#abpoli #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

03.03.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If I was a UCP MLA I would be embarrassed and ashamed to stand up there and spout this sh*t

If they had the guts to stand up to Smith this would all be over and Albertans would get an election
#ableg #abpoli

03.03.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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The MAGA Plot to Take Down Canada A growing movement of MAGA-pilled Albertan separatists would happily break up the country to be closer to Trump.

There is mounting evidence of an explicit U.S. strategy to exploit the Albertan independence movement to destabilize Canada. newrepublic.com/article/2069...

03.03.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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How have crime rates in the United States changed over the last 50 years? Both violent and property crime are far below their 1990s peak, but some crimes see periodic rises.

Looking at the 2024 crime figures, it's absolutely insane how Trump, tech billionaires, and centrist pundits fooled everyone into thinking Biden had turned the U.S. into some Hobbesian hellscape.

50-year lows for violent crime, armed robbery, property crime. Second-lowest homicide rate.

03.03.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1456    πŸ” 449    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 31

In 2025, the UCP Govt spent only 1/3 of the allocated public #health budget.

Meanwhile we just had our deadliest flu season on record, with 250 deaths & steadily declining vaccination rates since 2022, when Danielle Smith became Premier.

They are destroying public healthcare.

#abpoli #yyc

03.03.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They really don't want to do the hard work of governing, do they?

03.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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a man in a green shirt is sitting at a table with the words `` so ... you 're dumb '' above him . ALT: a man in a green shirt is sitting at a table with the words `` so ... you 're dumb '' above him .

Has anyone explained to the Alberta separatists that they would effectively be inviting near-permanent Liberal majorities in the country that surrounds them?

The CPC without its 30-plus seats in Alberta is barely a competitive national party.

02.03.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4
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Have Alberta’s finances gone off the rails?

Trevor Tombe, β€œAlberta’s reliance on resource revenues is higher today than under any premier since Don Getty (excluding COVID-19)”

Not population increase but policies to blame!

#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg

03.03.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The case for a wealth tax is stronger than ever in Canada - CCPA An excerpt from β€œCancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax” by Linda McQuaig & Neil Brooks

The issue of wealth inequality is one of the most pressing social and economic problems of our time. States must take action to rein in the power of billionairesβ€”and one key tool for doing so would be a wealth tax. By @lindamcquaig.bsky.social + Neil Brooks.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

03.03.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
03.03.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 996    πŸ” 442    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

This is a non-answer by Smith
It in no way addresses the problem of foreign interference in referendums, especially with what we're seeing in the separatist referendum
& we already have to be a Canadian citizen to vote in any and all elections in Canada
It's just a steaming pile of πŸ’©
#ableg #abpoli

03.03.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary appsβ€”video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

03.03.2026 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1168    πŸ” 724    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 118

Making driving work better for all those who have to drive, or don’t want to stop driving and aren’t deterred by the Congestion Charge (which by the way, is legally required to be reinvested into public transit).

Congestion Charge systems make mobility work better for everyone, including drivers.

03.03.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3