Gerry Varty

@PerfumedL @MrPitbull07 We went to the Space Centre at Canaveral and went through the Garden... the Mercury capsules are SUPER tiny and so primitive, the Atlas rockets don't seem large enough for the task. But they were sufficient, enough for each successive baby step. Amazing courage.

@MrPitbull07 Have you ever seen the beer cans these guys went into space in? Not exactly precision instruments on the control panel either. The had solid balls of steel to get in one of those things from the jump.

May 16, 1963. Gordon Cooper was orbiting Earth alone inside a capsule barely big enough to turn around in, moving at 17,500 miles per hour. He had been up there for over a day. Then the warnings started. First a faulty sensor screaming that the ship was falling — it wasn't. He switched it off. Then something far worse: a short circuit knocked out the entire automated guidance system. The one that kept the capsule steady. The one that was supposed to bring him home. Without it, reentry was nearly impossible. Too shallow an angle and the capsule would bounce off the atmosphere back into space. Too steep and it would incinerate. The margin for error was razor thin — and every computer that was supposed to hit that margin was dead. Down on the ground, NASA engineers watched the telemetry in silence. They could see everything going wrong. They could fix nothing. Cooper didn't panic. He uncapped a grease pencil and drew lines directly on the inside of his window to track the horizon. He looked up at the stars he had spent months memorizing and used their positions to orient the ship by eye. Then he set his wristwatch. Because when you have no computers left, you become the computer. At exactly the right moment — calculated in his head, confirmed by the stars outside — he fired the retrorockets. The capsule shook. The sky turned to fire. For several minutes, no one on Earth could reach him as plasma swallowed the ship whole. Then the parachutes opened. Faith 7 hit the water just four miles from the recovery ship — the single most accurate splashdown in the entire Mercury program. The man with a wristwatch and a few pencil marks on a window had outperformed every automated system NASA had. We talk a lot about technology saving us. And it often does. But Cooper's story is a quiet reminder that behind every machine, there still has to be a human being who can look out the window, think clearly under pressure, and decide what to do next. The final backup was never the software. It was him.

@Gerry39464526 You're still here? Are you just lonely, maybe wanting someone to acknowledge your existence, because you're never accomplished anything? Get a goldfish.

@gerryvarty U can explain why you’re a loser? That isn’t something that needs to be explained

Eastern Canadians that have voted liberal for 11 years & are satisfied with the state of the country deserve the govt they have. Albertans have never supported this govt & we are now in the process of a divorce. Wish y’all well, no need to hate us or fight us, just accept it

@Gerry39464526 I can explain it TO you, but I can't understand it FOR you. Thanks for coming out.

@gerryvarty U can make all the outlandish claims u want but you’re just a liar. You went from failed strike to failed recalls and now failing to win this fight. Just admit failing is what u do best

@Martyupnorth Just watch... they will use big words with more than one syllable on the ballots and the neckbeards will vote against themselves.

Apparently Premier Smith was at a fund raising dinner this week, where she said that the Alberta Independence question will be on a separate ballot in October. On a separate ice of paper, but still not the only question. I think that's still not good enough. There should only be 1 question at the referendum. One asked by the citizens.

@pmyackulic @AndieWinnipeg @canpoli Don't forget the fake moon landing.

@gerryvarty @AndieWinnipeg @canpoli But, they'd study chem trails, the earth is flat, vaccines cause autism🤦‍♀️

The government of Alberta is looking to add teachers to the province through "expedited" training programs that will allow graduates to teach in classrooms without education degrees. ctvnews.ca/edmonton/artic…

@Gerry39464526 Struck a nerve, did I? The strike last fall was supported by an overwhelming majority of parents, who see what underfunding has done to their kids' classrooms. You wouldn't know that, because you drank the koolaid. Funny how the government is now addressing those very issues.

@gerryvarty I have retarded relatives just like u that spew the same stupidity. The fact is every election u tell us we’re gonna get u this time and u lose. Just like the loser strike last fall all u do is lose, loser. People are fed up with u arrogant asses

More details in @TheTyee (which no longer posts on the Xitter) from Charles Rusnell, on the latest allegations involving Sam Mraiche and his shady, taxpayer-funded government contracts: thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/1… #ableg #CorruptCare

@RichardKnack Who owned it, and was he the former MLA from Drayton Valley that shared a surname with the Premier?

Are Police investigating Contentment Social Services ? WHO owned Contentment ? Any connections to UCP ? Alberta deserves answers !

@Microinteracti1 It should speak to the Canadians who are making purchasing decisions, torn between SAAB Gripens and F-35 targets, too. #canpoli

The F-35 was supposed to be unkillable. That was the whole point. Lockheed Martin spent thirty years and four hundred billion dollars, the most expensive weapons programme in human history, building an aircraft that the enemy simply could not see. Not on radar. Not on infrared. Not on anything. The F-35 was not just a fighter jet. It was a theological statement. America’s way of saying: we have moved beyond the reach of your missiles, your sensors, and your prayers. Iran apparently didn’t get the memo. Somewhere over Iranian airspace on March 19, 2026, an IRST system, infrared search and track, the kind of sensor your grandmother could probably explain, looked up, found the F-35, and locked on. Not because Iranian engineers are geniuses. Because the F-35, it turns out, is extremely hot. All that engine. All that thrust. All that carefully sculpted stealth geometry, and the bloody thing glows like a kettle. The heat signature data Iran now holds is not just embarrassing. It is a gift that keeps giving. To Moscow. To Beijing. To every procurement ministry on the planet that has been quietly wondering whether to spend the money on systems designed to kill this aircraft. The answer, as of this week, is yes. And here is the bit that should really worry the Pentagon. You can patch software. You can redesign coatings. You cannot reprogramme a pilot’s brain. Every F-35 driver who takes off from here on knows, actually knows, that someone down there might be able to see them. That changes everything about how they fly. Caution replaces aggression. Hesitation replaces instinct. Four hundred billion dollars. And in the end, it was done in by a heat sensor. Tremendous. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

How come I keep hearing the Convoyers talking about how Canada is unaffordable because of Commies and how they wish they were in the USA where things are cheap? Living in a fantasy world. They probably believed Trump when he said that gas was under $2, too #abpoli #canpoli

Meet Jerry. He's one of the separatists who thinks he has what it takes to run a $373b economy.

@Martyupnorth Mom whose toddler was locked in filling washing machine: 'We were sick to our stomachs' | 9news.com 9news.com/article/news/n…

I absofuckenlutely love this quote. I can't tell you how many times in my life I tried to think of the dumbest human, when considering one of my designs, only to realize that there's always an even dumber one just around the corner. Every warning label on a product comes from experience.

@Martyupnorth Half of the 120+ were celebrating the guy who drove the snakes out of Ireland, and the other half were trying to join the USA. Did the 2 you got know what they had signed up for?

I'm beginning to think that a lot of people signed up to be independence canvassers just to get a souvenir badge, or virtue signal amongst their friends. We planned a major door-knocking event last night, and only 2 volunteers showed up, out of a pool of 120+ (I know it was St. Patrick's day, but still) Disappointing. It's also frustrating to think of the resources spent processing the canvasser, training them, and delivering the sheets and materials necessary to collect signatures, only to have them stay home.

And another local establishment banishing the Separatists from their business- in my neighbourhood 🇨🇦 Oh and they’ve got great food and amazing service- has been here for years

@kvlovely19 Lots of times, it's just not worth driving around, trying to save a buck or two... But at a difference of 22 cents per litre, driving around can pay off pretty quick, if you have a big, empty gas tank. Besides, it's a nice day to see the city, go shopping, stop for coffee...

@kvlovely19 Almost worth driving to the south end of the city:

the esso by whitehorn lrt 😳 😱

@Gerry39464526 "Small fringe minority". I like that. Care to venture a guess as to how many Alberta Teachers there are? Worst part is, we are all well-educated, net contributors to society, and used to dealing with learning disabilities. Knock yourself out. #abpoli

@gerryvarty A retired AB teacher, well guess what pal? You’re a small fringe minority that holds unpopular views. Should we even tolerate folks like u? If we were leftists like u the answer would be no. We’re not tho so just get used to being an unpopular minority, we’re leaving

@Gerry39464526 Nobody's stopping you, buddy. Pack that U-haul and head on out. Let us know how it works out for ya. #abpoli

@integritycdn LOL. x.com/i/status/20347…