Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Muta]

Originally Posted by Yoho

Nice try boogie man Alberta is only going to get better.

Could have even been $1.4B better if your Dear Leaders didn't decide to piss that amount away into the wind on a pipeline that even Beavis and Butthead knew wasn't going to happen.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Well so long as we’re just posting random responses that don’t really address anything in the OP, here’s a few random questions for you Yoho:

1. Why do you so strongly support a party that hasn’t and has given no indication that it will ever improve the rights of and protections for working class Albertans?

2. If given the option do you think the majority of Albertans would vote in favour of having Smith be their premier if that was the only question on the ballot?

3. When you refuse to respond to other posters who try to engage with you do you think that it makes your statements look more credible?

I'm not Yoho, but I certain I can answer these questions exactly as he would.

1.

Spoiler!

2.

Spoiler!

3.

Spoiler!

let me know if you need anything clarified

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by edslunch

What happened to this thread? Is Smith being muzzled? It used to be so entertaining/horrifying.

She was one inch from getting sent to the gallows by her own caucus at the last emergency meeting. She is currently in hiding.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

let me know if you need anything clarified

Do you think he/she was a fan of Shantz?

[Doctorfever]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Do you think he/she was a fan of Shantz?

Fat Chantz.

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1622306767857192968


“ And if Trudeau keeps handing the UCP a Just Transition gift, the Alberta NDP can kiss Calgary (and any chance of winning) goodbye.”

[calculoso]

Something that has been on my mind for a while…

“Just Transition”

Is that meant as:
(A) Stop fighting and just transition you ninny
Or
(B) Offering a transition that is just and fair

Two very different meanings for the same words.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Yoho

https://twitter.com/user/status/1622306767857192968


“ And if Trudeau Danielle Smith keeps handing the UCP a lying about what Just Transition gift means, the Alberta NDP can kiss Calgary (and any chance of winning) goodbye might be able to convince enough rubes to vote for them.”

Edited for clarity.

[aaronck]

Edmonton being Edmonton- Or the War Room doing it's job I can't decide- but I think this might be Yoho spouting some truths

https://twitter.com/user/status/1622664381334188032

[PsYcNeT]

I feel dumber for having watched that, jesus christ

[Monahammer]

I feel like the simulation has been glitching extra with these low-effort last names matching people's behavior lately. Bankman-Fried? Desilly? Come on.

[Ozy_Flame]

No, that's a conservative doing dumb things to prove a point. Ringling Circus level dumb.

[Yamer]

It was a stunt by a "comedian".

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Yamer

It was a stunt by a "comedian".

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

I have to admit that is funny.

[The Coppernian One]

Originally Posted by calculoso

Something that has been on my mind for a while…

“Just Transition”

Is that meant as:
(A) Stop fighting and just transition you ninny
Or
(B) Offering a transition that is just and fair

Two very different meanings for the same words.

It's (B), but that fact that no one thought it was too easy to confuse with (A) and went with it anyway is incredible. That's even without it being the follow up to Justinflation. Take that into account and it's astounding that a Coms team went with this.

Maybe it's not a surprise. That same Coms team is MIA and letting Smith and PP write the narrative as they want to.

[belsarius]

Originally Posted by The Coppernian One

It's (B), but that fact that no one thought it was too easy to confuse with (A) and went with it anyway is incredible. That's even without it being the follow up to Justinflation. Take that into account and it's astounding that a Coms team went with this.

Maybe it's not a surprise. That same Coms team is MIA and letting Smith and PP write the narrative as they want to.

Actually it isn't a Coms team, or at least a Canadian Coms team. The term "Just Transition" has been in use internationally for like 5 or 6 years now to describe transitioning workers away from fossil fuels into new positions with the least amount of harm to their livelihood.

[Izzle]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_transition

If Canada called it something else then they would be the only country to call it something else. Climate change is a global phenomena and there is value in calling it something that is consistent no matter the country.

[TheIronMaiden]

Trying to frame the UCP leading polls as a come back is hilarious.

"Despite being in power 43 of 47 years , the conservatives are still in the race."

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Trying to frame the UCP leading polls as a come back is hilarious.

"Despite being in power 43 of 47 years , the conservatives are still in the race."

Squares nicely with the common Conservative narrative of being oppressed underdogs that have to fight for everything