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Adriana LaGrange’s “Children First” Pin: A Huge Lie

She doesn’t care that neonatal intensive care units are at capacity in Edmonton, does nothing to address this crisis, talks of expanding Calgary’s units (!), and is quite prepared to fly Edmonton infants without local facilities to Calgary or out … Continue reading

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Remember Trump’s Smart-Ass “Sleepy Joe” Shots?

Uh, how about “Sleepy Don’? At least twice in two days at his first criminal trial. He shall continue to be ‘ground down’ by the many days of the endless trial/s to come. This will, no doubt, cause him to … Continue reading

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Adriana LaGrange has no qualms

about sending sick Edmonton babies to Calgary or other provinces since they’re Edmonton babies and the local neonatal emergency facilities don’t, therefore, matter. Everything the UCP does is in in revenge against the liberal feds or Albertans of the opposite … Continue reading

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Thomas Hardy on Remembrance and Looking Back

Old Furniture I know not how it may be with others Who sit amid relics of householdry That date from the days of their mothers’ mothers. But well I know how it is with me Continually. I see the hands … Continue reading

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No matter what you say or do today,

there will be some jealous, stupid, bigoted troll out there who will dump on your parade. One huge diff from the good old days when this kind of nasty rudeness was generally kept more in check in a more civilized, … Continue reading

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The Apple Watch:

A poor man’s version of a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, status-wise.

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30ish Snow Geese Headed NW on Sunday Morning

(Looking much like the above pic. Single long-line formation punctuated by hoo-ooo sounds.)

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Eleanor Coppola: Obit, 87

Director of the documentary behind-the-scenes of her husband Francis Ford’s epic war classic about Vietnam Apocalypse Now.

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Smith and UCP have declared war on

the people of Alberta. Each of their crazy and stupid choices is against Albertans, not for them. And never do they improve the health care crisis or stop their war on doctors and nurses. For the former, it’s all about … Continue reading

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Two Quotes by Ingmar Bergman

“Each film is my last.” “Film is not like literature. More often than not, the character and the substance of the two art forms are in conflict. The written word is read and assimilated by a conscious act and in … Continue reading

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