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Cynical libertarian. Veteran. Not very exciting. I like restoring old junk.

Alberta, Canada
Joined December 2023
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I've updated a couple of things.
Independent Alberta Taxes. 20% flat Personal income tax after $50k. 15% flat Corporate Tax after $250k. 7% GST to pay for education and municipalities only. No property or education taxes. Would it drive away or attract business and skilled people?
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2 more referendum questions flipped to 'No', overnight...and the ballots that made this happen.
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The first sentence.
Elections are won with money and organization. The Elections Alberta interpretation means the independence side can raise unlimited funds with zero reporting as long as they don’t mention the referendum specifically. The APP should launch a multi million dollar campaign now.
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I can only aspire to this level of pure and beautiful sarcasm. This is true craftsmanship.
Voici François-Louis Artois d’Hauteville, 15 ans, un jeune Français issu d’une ancienne lignée normande. Il manifeste contre le manque de professeurs de philosophie dans son établissement — sa matière de prédilection. L’an dernier, un remplaçant a dû condenser en un seul semestre, à marche forcée, l’ensemble du programme consacré à Hegel et à Kant. François a été le seul de sa classe à tenir le rythme : il avait déjà lu La Phénoménologie de l’esprit. Ses camarades, eux, peinaient à suivre, découvrant à peine cette œuvre en parallèle de la Critique de la raison pure. Il a bien tenté de les aider après les cours, mais ces séances empiétaient sur ses engagements bénévoles dans une maison de retraite et sur ses leçons de violoncelle. Voilà pourquoi, sur cette photo, il consulte sur son téléphone un cours consacré à la lecture des partitions et aux fondements de la musique classique.😇🇫🇷
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Yesterday @PardyBruce represented the "Leave" side in a debate. In his opening statement he highlighted the following.... "Notley, Nenshi, Carney, Kenney, Poilievres Harper, Smith..... that's the team. Along with the academics, legacy media, CBC, Globe & Mail, the unions, the Aboriginal chiefs, some CEOs of some big companies. This is the political establishment. They do not want you to vote for option two. That's not because option two is a threat to your interests. It's because it is a threat to theirs." Keep that in mind when you vote on Monday. We have an opportunity to make real change. Vote option "2"
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Dave Keehn retweeted
Replying to @dkennedyglans
I have two predictions. 1. Smith will land a job as an ambassador to a major nation and; 2. If independence can get anything north of 30-35% in the referendum, Alberta will be independent within 10 years. You can't close the Overton window.
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Dave Keehn retweeted
They would be better off. Alberta and Saskatchewan should separate too.
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They should have a lottery across the US military for $10 a pop to be on the firing squad. Proceeds to the victim's families.
I hope it hurts
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He blocked me for this. Seems the skin on all that blubber is rather thin.
Replying to @jkenney
Your childlessness is showing.
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Last week, Naheed Nenshi asked how Alberta got here...so today, we answer him with the numbers, the votes, and the questions Albertans have been asking for years.
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Pay for every service Albertans get today. Pay for every federal job Alberta takes over. Pay the costs of running a country. What is left: C$22.2 to C$32.1 billion a year. That is C$4,390 to C$6,350 per Albertan, every year. albertatransitioncouncil.com
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The Alberta Transition Council has published two companion documents to the Alberta Transition Plan. Forward to Freedom is a fiscal capacity assessment and projection for an independent Alberta. The Budget and Costing Report is a fully costed budget for the transition, presented in twenty budget statements. Both are available at albertatransitioncouncil.com.
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Dave Keehn retweeted
It takes exactly one line of code to screen out non-Alberta addresses. How did the Elections Alberta IT team miss this? They should be fired. const isAlberta = (address) => /,\s*AB\b/i.test(address); That is how simple it is to fix the special ballot system.
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No fear, no drama. Just the plain truth. @ikwilson lays it out brilliantly.
This may be one of the strongest cases for Alberta independence Keith Wilson has made yet. What made it especially compelling was the Q&A, which starts around the 30-minute mark. He wasn’t just speaking to supporters. He was challenged by law professors, economists, former political leaders and other experienced voices on the practical, constitutional and economic questions around independence. And his arguments held up under serious scrutiny. This is worth watching in full and sharing with someone you think could benefit from seeing it.
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Let Alberta Decide made a thirty-second ad that explains the separation vote better than three months of news coverage.
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Dave Keehn retweeted
Replying to @Martyupnorth
They modified the Royalty Framework to subsidize the Pathways Project that will, in a year, sequester as much carbon as China produces in one hour. That's our money being flushed down the enviro toilet.
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One hour.
The Origins CCS Hub has initial capacity to store 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year. China emits roughly 12.3 billion tonnes of CO2 annually. The facility’s full-year total equals what China emits in about 1 hour. This represents a negligible fraction of global annual emissions (around 0.004%).
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Business and economic strategist David Knight Legg says he’s seeing a major shift toward Option 2 among Alberta’s professional class. Senior, thoughtful Albertans are increasingly telling him they’re “100%” voting Option 2 to force Ottawa to finally take Alberta seriously. Video: @realCTZN
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