Simon Ducatel

It would be most welcome to hear more politicians demand that billionaires make a sacrifice for a once, instead of their usual approach of asking the rest of us to squeeze our belts tighter than ever so we can afford even more tax breaks for our oligarchs. #inequality #TaxTheRich

@herewego8745 @FiacconiRichard @CarrieTait @ToddKaighin You and me both (this clone account at any rate). On a somewhat related tangent, ain't it fascinating how quickly Musk stopped caring about bots after promising to purge them from Twitter before going on to fire almost everyone? Almost like bots are part of X's business model...

@FiacconiRichard @Simon_Ducatel @CarrieTait @ToddKaighin She has a few different profiles. Every one I found a few moths ago were based in US. She blocked me from all of them around the same time.

Phone books do not contain middle names or elector IDs unique to every individual.

@herewego8745 @CarrieTait @ToddKaighin Also note the 300,000-plus posts since that account was created in 2022. So in other words, 200-plus posts every single day, on average. Not convinced anyone who spends *that* much time on Twitter should be taken particularly seriously. Probably a bot anyway.

@CarrieTait @ToddKaighin She is an American pushing Alberta separation.

@CarrieTait Also, that account has generated 300,000-plus posts in just four years, or 200-plus daily posts, on average. Yep, seems totally legit!🙄

@Coralie4955 @CarrieTait @hichenwang Wow! 300,000-plus posts over the span of four years, breaking down to a daily average of a whopping 200-plus posts. Yeah, definitely seems *totally* legit!🙄

@CarrieTait @hichenwang You’re idiots No breach at all Canada Posts electronic phone book available to anyone. Ever hear of a phone book subtards?

Alberta's separatist campaign has private info on 2.9 million residents, including names, addresses, electoral IDs and phone numbers; Elections Alberta previous declined to investigate potential data breach. theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta… w my pal @hichenwang

@HILITINGHOCKEY @PierrePoilievre Right? And not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid property taxes owed to municipalities.

@PierrePoilievre I think Alberta oil companies already have autonomy. That's how we taxpayers got pigstuck with $200 Billion in orphan well cleanups.

Energy is the lifeblood of an economy. Energy powers security. Energy defeats poverty. Let us liberate this energy and make our country the most autonomous, abundant, and affordable the world has ever seen: conservative.ca/cpc/more-canad…

@SaveStandard @ctvedmonton Either by design or ineptitude, Standard Time was never even presented as a choice in the 2021 referendum, which was apparently an exercise in "democracy".

@ctvedmonton Permanent DST means 9:41am sunrise in Calgary, 9:51am in Edmonton. Voters said NO in 2021. Permanent Standard Time instead is naturally best for health.

Alberta will do away with twice-a-year time change: Premier Smith ctvnews.ca/edmonton/artic…

@ctvedmonton Will anyone remind the premier we already had a referendum on this issue in 2021? The only options were either DST or status quo; none for Standard. Albertans spoke against DST. Maybe this could be the umpteenth question on the upcoming referendum? What's one more at this point!

@RodKahx @sunlorrie My favourite part is how Harper's Conservatives literally voted *against* banning floor crossing long ago when they had a comfortable majority, because it turns out they don't actually mind at all. So long, of course, as the turncoat joins *their* ranks. youtube.com/shorts/9Qs090G…

@sunlorrie BREAKING: US owned media doesn't understand parliamentary democracy.

EDITORIAL: Carney will get a tainted majority government on Monday Tainted because it will not come through a general election, but through backroom deals between Carney and turncoat Tories Marilyn Gladu, Chris d’Entremont, Michael Ma and Matt Jeneroux. torontosun.com/opinion/editor…

@MindyWheelerArt @KaitMarieox When the conman who skillfully bankrupted casinos speaks about a Golden Age, what he *really* means is another Gilded Age.

@KaitMarieox "He sacrificed his wealth". Lol. Trump and his buddies are cashing out on broker deals and insider trading like actual thieves, grifting tens of billions of dollars off the backs of American taxpayers and you think he gives a fuck about a presidential salary.

He sacrificed his wealth, his businesses, his public image, his friendships, and his legacy. 21 months ago he nearly sacrificed his life. No one loves America like Donald J. Trump! 🇺🇸

@deo_mister Wait...are you telling me a shameless political turncoat who despite promising to never cross the aisle still went ahead and betrayed her party and constituents for a chance at power, is not actually a bastion of honesty, integrity and accountability?! Shocking!😅

Only Danielle Smith could stand in front of cameras and lie directly to our faces. Redford was bad.. but not as bad as this failing, ethically challenged lyin’ government

@getmangled @TheBreakdownAB Pure projection. Every accusation is a confession.

@TheBreakdownAB For a government that cries foul every time “Ottawa interferes” the UCP sure does seem to like doing the same thing to municipalities.

“This government is going to take a hands-on approach when it comes to municipalities that are way outside their responsibilities. I’ll leave it there for now,” says Williams. They’re going to rewrite “normal” as aggressively as they can. #abpoli #ableg calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

I hope people realize AI search results depend seemingly entirely on the user's prompt. Take anything Google's AI overview tells you with a *huge* grain of salt. Also, this series is unavailable on any other streamers in Canada-or at least in my region-despite what Google says.

@maxfawcett I once read a piece by Murray Dobbin called Ten Tax Myths that dissects the "Canadians are overtaxed" narrative among others, and find it remains very relevant despite being penned in 1999. policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/upl… Also, I delete Fraser Institute pressers soon as I see them.

It kills me when outlets like CTV fall for this nonsense and just faithfully regurgitate the talking points in this Fraser Institute study.

@Roman_Danylo @RichardSide Holy moly, took me way too long to realize this wasn't actually Poilievre!😅 Outstanding satirical impersonation, sir – keep up the good work.

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@TheBreakdownAB The capacity for introspective self-reflection and a willingness to consider constructive criticism are apparently entirely alien concepts to Smith and the UCP. Their whole MO is pretty much exclusively deflect, dismiss, deny (not necessarily in that order).

The Jasper report has 9 key themes and 23 recommendations. But Danielle Smith has taken issue with one of those themes, claiming the town of Jasper owes her an apology. But again, the Streisand effect strikes and Dani has trouble truthing! Let’s take a look! /1

@leviremmick @iamharaldur Accurate description of the welfare queen myth.

@iamharaldur Some people make up fictional scenarios to strawman moral superiority

@DougSaunders Brought to you by those who preach small government (yet created Alberta's largest-ever cabinet) and incessantly complain about federal government overreach. Besides, imagine thinking kids can access at a school library anything remotely resembling the stuff easily found online.

@kim_siever This Liberal government seems to be shaping up to be as inspiring as Starmer's "Labour" government in the U.K.🙄 What's wild is how many partisans will remain convinced these conservative-lite parties are somehow socialists or communists...

“Red tape” is neoliberal code for legislation that protects workers, protects the environment, and protects the general public. So, they want less protection for workers, less protection for the environment, and less protection for the general public?

Thought I'd check in on #Grok after all the hubbub and had an interesting "chat". #AI is certainly an interesting and useful tool, but way too many of us seem to have quickly become disproportionately dependent on what remains an imperfect technology. x.com/i/grok/share/c…

@6079_WSmith @Brcremer This was more like 20-30 years ago when billionaires were still relatively new. Today, as centi-billionaires inch closer to becoming trillionaires, it's more like this: