Jack Hill

Barbie’s anniversary March 9, 1959. Pros/Cons?

Ryan (Guided Missals Engineer)& Handler created Barbie

TV Mickey Mouse Club first ad

100 Dolls sold per min. Originally modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll, a risqué gag gift for men.

Barbie became an astronaut 13yrs before NASA accepted woman.

March 8, 2026 Yesterday, President Donald J.

I have relatives that are real cowboys/girls & are not like this.

Limbaugh “I am glad my President is a cowboy. He got his man! Cowboys do, you know.”

Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) “…that will make us prosperous [$$$]and safe…”

@heathercoxrichardson.substack.com.web.brid.gy

Predatory Hegemons And the nemesis of power

Costs of War & World Order

“By forcing up oil prices, America has eased the pressure on the Russian state budget and extended Putin’s capacity to kill Ukrainians.” Predatory Hegemons - Michael Ignatieff

#cdnpoli #Ukraine #Iranwar

After as a teenager hearing ,in person,Viktor Frankl, now watching ‘The HandmaidsTail’ - how I wonder the scope of authoritarianism.

Thank God I live in Canada.

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

How are tariffs helping US jobs?

“Bureau of Labor Statistics showed unemployment rate increased to 4.4% in February…lost 92,000 nonfarm jobs…”

Washington Post

#cdnpoli #tariff #jobs #trump

What is Russia doing?

“Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say”
Washington Post

#IranWar #Russia #IranIsraelWar

My advice to the Administration: With the U.S. uncomfortably close to a recession -- and already in a jobs recession -- don't do anything rash that could make things worse.

How the Iran war oil crisis impacts Canadian energy prices and households If oil tankers stop moving through the Strait of Hormuz, Canada will be impacted with higher prices. A disruption in that narrow waterway would influence provincial revenues in Alberta, heating

Gas - Oil prices impacted in Canada by Iran War.

#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #energy

Shahed ‘kamikaze’ drones to war Or, on both sides

Drones - dominates wars in Iran, Ukraine

Wesley Wark’s article very informative.

#history #ukraine #iran #Drones #cdnpoli

Have Alberta’s finances gone off the rails?

Trevor Tombe, “Alberta’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

Ontario and Nova Scotia reach direct-to-consumer booze deal The new agreement marks another easing of interprovincial trade barriers amid the U.S. trade war.

Ontario, Nova Scotia, & New Brunswick, lowering provincial barriers from liquor to allowing more movement of registered workers

#cdnpoli #abpoli #ontpoli

“Come you masters of war.
You that build all the guns.
You that build the death planes.
You that build all the big bombs.
You that hide behind walls.
You that hide behind desks

…I think you will find, when your death takes its toll, all the money you made,will never buy back your soul.”
— Bob Dylan

Interference with Scouting America by US Dept of Defence(Pete Hegseth)

Scouting must end “Citizenship in Society” merit badge,that included DEI-related content to teach about diversity,inclusion, equity,ethical leadership

Male/Female biological sex at birth must be identified

#humanrights #Scouts

#CBCCalgary call in on AB Sales Tax

Province currently must legally hold a referendum before introducing a general provincial sales tax

In growing economy GDP of ~$350-380B.

6 % of $140B expenditures = $8.4 B a year

6 % of $190B =$11.4B a year

Current AB GDP 361B 2025

#yyc #yeg #ableg #cdnpoli

US Presidential Term Limits

Twenty-second Amendment(1951) to the Constitution of the US limiting 2 terms a president of the US may serve. Ratified Feb.27, 1951 by the U.S. Congress re:Hoover Commission (Pres. Harry S. Truman)

#history #elections #Trump

February 25, 2026 At last night’s State of the Union address, President Donald Trump went on offense, seeming to try to set the terms for the upcoming midterm elections.

Classic logical fallacy of false cause

#Trump “we have lifted 2.4M Americans—a record—off of food stamps.”In fact, (R)cut food assistance from those people,so they are indeed off the rolls,but “lifted” is doing a lot of work in that sentence”
HCR
#poverty #hunger #food

Poetic insight into the ‘sacred’ earth (environment -rock - bond) and Us (Adam - Everyman)

“…the realization that the Garden of Eden is not in the past; it is under our feet.”
Pierre Michon on Walter Benjamin

#scichat #environment #poetry #theology

Klobuchar: "One of the things that most struck me about this State of the Union is that he spent only 2.9 minutes talking about affordability out of an hour and 47 minute speech, and 3.9 minutes talking about healthcare. These are the number one issues on the minds of people."

Althia Raj: The Carney government pushes the limits of its power. The Conservatives barely push back Light is being cast on two measures the Liberal government hoped to pass with little scrutiny this week, Althia Raj writes.

Alarming new powers given to Fed Min slips into budget with no push back by Conservatives.

Will the Senate do what is required to do?

#cdnpoli #markcarney #CCP #NDP

UCP revised ‘Book Ban’ in schools but still exists.

Concerns about changing ‘Library Act’ for bans in Public Libraries

Not for the protection of children but political games for extreme base.

#ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #libraries

AB UCP Govt changing park boundaries & allowing year round resorts in 3 parks

All-Season Resorts Act -private investment for year-round tourism,including hotels,spas, and retail.

Giving away our parks - to who?

#ableg #alberta #Parks #environment #UCP

What other Provinces are in agreement with Alberta appointing its judges?

Amazing, Smith’s Trump like banter, bouncing all over the place - then, if questions are so constitutionally impossible, why a referendum? Election is necessary!

Farkas asking Calgarians to conserve water again for month of March. CBC News)

Calgarians again being asked by mayor to flush toilets "only when necessary",keep showers under 3 minutes, & use dishwashers & washing machines only when full, starting March 9th until early April.

#yyc #calgary #water

Another environmental crisis - Water or mining Coal?

Northback Holdings(parent Western Australia)in central Alberta's Clearwater County.

Singer Corb Lund’s petition.

#abpoli #ableg #water #science

February 22, 2026 On February 6, four direct descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to United States senators to ask them to vote against a measure that opens up the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BW...

Amazing review of mining attack on the the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota to Chilean mining(Andrónico Luksic, Trump contact)

Conservation legacy of Pres.Theodore Roosevelt. Modern Roosevelt family say it is at odds with TR legacy
Source H Richardson

#history #mining #Minnesota

#ABDanielleSmith blames immigration & Trudeau?

“Surely, the people of AB aren’t that dumb.The Premier’s favourite whipping boy–the former prime minister –is long gone.And yet,she is attempting to blame him for the perilous state of the province’s finances? Gary Mason G&M

#ableg #abooli #yyc #yeg

Amazing performance!

#music #entertainment

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“60% disapprove of Trump ahead of State of the Union, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds”

Democrats have made little headway persuading Americans they have better ideas or policies to offer.

Washington Post

#RpsAgainstTrump #TheDemocrats #LibDems #BernieSanders

41 shots on USA net

Best player in the tournament

Canada has everything to be proud of!

Team Canada is great!

#NHL #TeamCanada #Olympics2026