It is hard to show empathy and compassion for anyone for anything if you happen to be a narcissist.

Yesterday was Street Rally Friday for the Lethbridge Raging Grannies. The theme of our protest was the ridiculous referendum questions on immigration that the UCP government are proposing for the Oct. 19 referendum. We will be on street again every Friday. Check out our schedule!

Today the documentary The Eastern Slopes premiered at the Lethbridge International Film Festival. It is a must see! It’s on You Tube now. The Lethbridge Raging Grannies were featured in the film singing our Coal Mining Song. We made the Red Carpet!

Excited for the return of David Cochrane to CBC’s Power and Politics!

A more upstanding mensch you shall not find in Canadian politics.

People celebrating freedom in Budapest!

This is great news for Ukraine as Hungary was a blocker on aid and potentially joining the EU.

This is bad news for Israel as Hungary was a blocker for sanctions against Israel for its actions.

This is great news for the world.

Water Not Coal | Corb Lund's Petition To Protect Alberta's Rockies Join Corb Lund and thousands of Albertans to prohibit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Sign the citizen initiative petition.

Great event for collecting signatures for waternotcoal.ca petition because gardeners know that good compost and good water go together for a good garden!

Today the Lethbridge Raging Grannies & Friends of Medicare joined the International Union of Firefighters for their rally, BBQ & free CPR training in the parking lot of Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf. Solidarity Forever. The UCP plan to disrupt our integrated EMS service is not acceptable.

They’re so mad #separatists #alberta #daniellesmith #politics #canada YouTube video by Lisab0923

Lisa on 🔥today! On the Alberta court ruling and Dani being a useful idiot for the treason weasels.
#ableg
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Pierre Poilievre should be worried about floor crossers says poli sci professor l Yale Belanger l YouTube video by Hal Roberts

I haven’t done much media in the last six years or so. Just starting to get back into commenting. Here’s one from today discussing the recent conservative defection to the liberal party.
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The Lethbridge Raging Grannies held their first weekly "Street Rally Friday" on April 10! Water Not Coal was the theme. Join the Grannies at 13 St. N and 18 Ave. each Fri. noon-1pm. Signatures were collected for the petition to stop coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Lethbridge & Southern Alberta.Join the Raging Grannies today at our STREET RALLY FRIDAYS. from NOON-1PM.

We will be at 13 Street. N AND 18 AVE.N. in LETHBRIDGE and in PINCHER CREEK at the PROVINCIAL BUILDING ON MAIN STREET.

CANVASSERS will be collecting Water Not Coal petition signatures .

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies begin their Street Rally Fridays this Fri. April 10. We invite everyone to join us between noon-1pm in Lethbridge at 13 St. N and 18 Ave.N. Bring your signs, banners, & voices.The theme this Fri. is Water Not Coal & canvassers will for waternotcoal.ca will attend.

That is the look of dog love!

Because Governement of Alberta continuously changes the rules on petitions and referenda (sometimes even retroactively) to accommodate the separatists, First Nations and the #ForeverCanadian movement must fight for fairness, Treaty and Charter rights in Court.

#cdnpoli #ableg

To "gerrymander" means "to manipulate seat distribution to your advantage."

Your political stripe doesn't matter if you truly believe in fair, competitive elections.

Write your MLA!

#ABuseOfPower #ABPoli #ABLeg #Discusting

I have not forgotten the statement by the UCP candidate, JMH, in the Lethbridge West by-election in 2024. JMH brought up during the campaign that in the next election the boundaries for Lethbridge West would be different. Hmmmmm.....

Good idea! We do often hand out the words at rallies. Most crowds are reluctant to sing with us though except at the Pride flag raising! That is a raucous occasion!

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are organizing Street Rally Fridays starting April 10! Come join our movement! We will not be silenced. Bring banners, signs, flags, songs and your voices!

Alberta Does Not Have Grievances. It Has Issues Alberta doesn’t need a new constitutional deal or separation. It needs competent politicians.

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Alberta Does Not Have Grievances. It Has Issues

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#UCPCorruption #Canada
#RecallAllUCP #FireTheUCP
#FireSmith #UCPFacists
#DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

'MAID is not death on demand': Physicians decry proposed Alberta assistance in dying bill | CBC News Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 — which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse pract...

UCP believe in personal freedom & autonomy BUT only if it aligns with UCP's cruel, selfish & uninformed ideology.

UCP will prolong pt pain & suffering by removing a pt's right to choose a dignified death with help of family & highly qualified medical team.

#abpoli #ableg
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Tickets for the Lethbridge International Film Festival are now available at Galt Museum and Archives website. The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are featured in the documentary, THE EASTERN SLOPES. Get your tickets now to see the Raging Grannies on the big screen!

This is a real issue. Water isn't an endlessly renewable resource.
Alberta's water requires serious conservation & management.
A responsible smart $Alberta Gov't would mandate grey water use & help data centers locate in areas that won't impact our watersheds & drinking water.
#ableg #abpoli

Nenshi is right: Smith’s credibility is in tatters. But as Ruth Ben-Ghiat notes, for authoritarians, "the truth" is whatever serves their power in the moment. The "authoritarian bargain" means she doesn’t need to be consistent—she just needs to stay "untouchable." #abpoli #AbLeg #Strongmen

Tomorrow AM, we drop a powerful episode of Alberta Unbound’s - a sharp analysis of Alberta’s 9 referendum questions, from political scientists @melomas.bsky.social and @yasmeenabulaban.bsky.social, political strategists Ken Boessenkool and Zain Velji, and constitutional lawyer Pat Paradis. #abpoli

I remember very well the day that MLA Joseph Schow in the Legislature told @sphillipsab.bsky.social to settle down Kitty Cat! Disgusting that gifting this government seems to be the way to go if you want access to the Premier.

This was a high quality segment. @sphillipsab.bsky.social deserves so much more respect for the work she did as environment minister in Alberta.

BREAKING: Trump ATTACKS Canada! Carney FIRES BACK as U.S. Launches Content War | Rachel Maddow YouTube video by Politique News

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My day got eaten by bullshit politics, though my intention when I opened social media this AM was to post about #LongCovidAwarenessDay.

If you are struggling, I want to share with you what has helped me over the past year (I lived with it for 2 years before I realized how much I was deteriorating)

Here is a clip of @avilewis.ca and @naomiaklein.bsky.social being gleeful that the Alberta NDP only had one term in govt.

Sure, I get it. They think my record as Environment Minister is something to be ashamed of. Coal phase-out, renewables, indigenous equity, energy efficiency etc…

Biill C-12: An Alberta senator, on dangers of two-tier citizenship in a time of rising xenophobia. YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

I usually prepare and practice my Senate speeches with care, in advance. THIS time, I spoke without notes, unprepared and impromptu, driven by a mix of passion and patriotism. The subject of debate was an amendment to Bill C-12. But I put it in a troubling Alberta context. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli