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Oct 3, 202314 min read
Huey Lewis and the Nouvelle Cuisine - Part 2 ( M to Z )
(co-authored by G-Ham, with help from Johnny Povatch, Escalator Boy , Cloots, The General , Mick D , Snell Sells , the Duncaroo , Mama...
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The GentYYC
May 16, 20232 min read
Under The Dark Red Sun
(written Sept 11, 2022) Downtown Calgary. Step outside to a strong smell of campfire but of course it's not campfire. Wildfire. From BC...
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The GentYYC
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Your Omicron Update, Dec 23 2021
I get that we’re all tired of restrictions and being cautious and that we want a normal holiday. That said Omicron is hitting the world...
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The GentYYC
Aug 25, 20213 min read
For What It's Worth
With love and respect to a very dear friend, I'm glad to hear the recent FDA approval is changing some of the calculus behind your...
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The GentYYC
Jul 4, 20212 min read
THE EXXON MURDERS
They knew what they were doing would kill a great number of people. They did it anyways. How is that not murder? You know me. Never...
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The GentYYC
Jul 1, 20214 min read
Truth and Reconciliation: To Become An Ally
June 4, 2021 I've always considered myself a strong ally to the Indigenous. Like many of us, the last few weeks have shown me I have a...
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The GentYYC
May 16, 20213 min read
A Nothingburger Revealed: the WE "Scandal"
The WE Scandal (which many of us, partisan or not, noticed had a very strong air of nothingburger to it) was one of the biggest news...
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The GentYYC
May 9, 20212 min read
Stop Enabling The Incompetent Villain Party
I get advised on tone from time to time by my peers on this here website which is fine. This is the public sphere. It's absolutely your...
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The GentYYC
Apr 18, 20214 min read
Cancel vs Consequence: You're As Free Now As You've Ever Been
(Alternatively titled: "Leave Orwell Out Of It") Welcome to the public sphere. In the old days if you wanted to air controversial and/or...
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The GentYYC
Apr 11, 20214 min read
The Lockdown Shuffle: Elimination, Mitigation or Devastation?
Covid's Only Options Nobody likes lockdowns but you can't say they don't work. In Alberta we lived through the proof of it. The failure...
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The GentYYC
Mar 6, 20212 min read
Questions for Candidates - Calgary General Election 2021
Calgary's next municipal election's already shaping up to be the most impactful in our history. Here's the questions the Gent figgers...
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The GentYYC
Mar 4, 202116 min read
Huey Lewis and the Nouvelle Cuisine - Part 1 ( A to L )
(co-authored by G-Ham, with help from Johnny Povatch, Escalator Boy , Cloots, The General , Mick D , Snell Sells , the Duncaroo , Mama...
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The GentYYC
Jan 30, 202115 min read
Fear and Loathing in Alberta: The Big Fat Lie of Election 2019
April 21, 2019 First of all, thank you Edmonton, for being the intellectual & moral hub of this entire province. The rest of us,...
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The GentYYC
Jan 20, 20211 min read
American President Joe Biden
He's a good man. He won't be (& hasn't been) perfect but he'll try to make America & the world a better place than it's been. He is...
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The GentYYC
Jan 2, 20215 min read
"A Lockdown For Thee But Not For Me"
Your 'Conservative' Government's Lockdown-Free Christmas Family Vacays So just a few days after announcing the lockdown of Alberta's...
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The GentYYC
Dec 12, 20204 min read
"Conservatism": The *Other* Global Pandemic
There *is* a fundamental core difference between the Left & Right wing of the political spectrum and there's no use pretending otherwise....
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The GentYYC
Oct 2, 20203 min read
Apocalypse Now? Your 2020 Election Homestretch Primer
A Canadian eye view of the most BROKEN & DANGEROUS election in American history Sept 30, 2020: 33 Days Until Election 2020 Trump's goal...
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The GentYYC
Sep 18, 20203 min read
You Vote for the SMOKE, You Vote for the FIRE
Every time you smell that smoke never doubt for one second that if you vote "Conservative" you might as well have lit the fire yourself....
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The GentYYC
Aug 23, 20203 min read
The Trudeau Gambit
Liberal leader to be toppled over #WEScandal? Far from it. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's *actually* about to take one of the biggest...
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The GentYYC
Aug 8, 20202 min read
7 'Safe September' Principles
Seeking to #BePartOfTheSolution as Canada's 'Top Doc' Dr Theresa Tam advocates, I've created the following set of #SafeSeptember...
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The GentYYC
Aug 4, 20204 min read
Safe September: Odyssey of Action
July 31st, 2020 My friends with kids're now beginning to express their fears about schools opening up in just over 4 weeks time. I don't...
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The GentYYC
Jul 25, 20205 min read
The Unholy Alliance of Big Business And Bad Governance
APRIL 14, 2019 "Conservatism" causes even smart people to vote stupid. Running government/society is THE EXACT OPPOSITE of running a...
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The GentYYC
Jul 23, 20202 min read
Slowest Of The HERD
Your species faces enormous, unprecedented danger but decisions for the herd are made by those least likely to understand the threat, let...
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The GentYYC
Jul 20, 20203 min read
Dear Fellow White People: How To Stop Being MONSTROUS on Race
My 'Dear Fellow White People' thread addresses many of the ultimately hollow excuses White Folks make for not supporting the...
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The GentYYC
Jul 19, 20206 min read
Hey Canada! MASK UP!!!
Started my #Masks4Canada thread in early April, advocating Canada-wide mandatory mask-use well before our Government had agreed they were...
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The GentYYC
Apr 17, 20203 min read
A Post Coronavirus ALBERTA NEW DEAL
This is a different time. More than ever folks are questioning the assumptions behind our entire system and finding them wanting. A...
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The GentYYC
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Alberta TECK-Tonics: Transition or Die
SO when the Gent said OVER AND OVER AGAIN this Teck thing was NOT. ECONOMICALLY. VIABLE. that's me being proven right. Again. Want to...
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The GentYYC
Jan 29, 20205 min read
Denialism: The Ever-Shrinking Puddle
Denialists are a steadily shrinking pool and will in time only have each other to bounce around their non-science, anti-factual arguments...
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The GentYYC
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Take The 2030 Pledge
For the people coming into adulthood in 2030, for our children, nieces, nephews & grandchildren, I hereby do solemnly pledge to hold...
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The GentYYC
Jan 9, 20202 min read
Your Carbon Tax Angst vs a World Literally On Fire
JANUARY 9, 2020 Australia is ranked 54th out of 54 countries on Climate Action. They are a *very* right wing country with solid right...
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The GentYYC
Dec 24, 20193 min read
Twas the GRINCH Before Christmas
(with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore & Theodor Seuss Geisel aka 'Dr Seuss') Twas the night before Xmas & all through the land...
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The GentYYC
Nov 20, 20191 min read
Internet, Do Your Thing
Dearest Alberta, Your new meme has arrived. Do your thing. -The Gent #KenneyKilledAlberta #YouBastards
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The GentYYC
Nov 17, 20193 min read
Climate Science: From One Non-Scientist to Another
Be it resolved: the Climate Crisis is no hoax, nor is it a part of our Earth’s natural cycle. The Climate Change we are currently...
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The GentYYC
Nov 16, 20195 min read
Renaissance or Revolution? (one is vastly preferable)
The status quo is a dead system walking. It's not about whether we will properly address the #ClimateCrisis or not but rather when &...
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The GentYYC
Nov 1, 20192 min read
"Conservative" Government is a Leaky Bucket (and it's that way by design)
For the last 50 years across North America, "Conservative" governments made the already rich richer at the expense of everybody else....
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The GentYYC
Oct 26, 20194 min read
Welcome to Sucker Country
From provincial & federal election results to our fledgling non-army of #MAGA-styled separatist bozos, this province is ripe for the...
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