Most currency has nicknames. Given @realDonaldTrump pork-barreling and the similarity between Trump's weight and the proposed $250 denomination; I suggest this new bank note be forever known as a PORKY! @billmaher

Posters are making a big deal out of Trump being the first living person to have his picture on a dollar bill..NOT! However, Trump will be the first person whose weight matches the denomination of the dollar bill! Will the new bill be $250 or £250? @USTreasury @SecScottBessent

As much as I bashed Biden, this one physically hurts.

I had a mini crisis when my son was born. After calling out pesticide scare stories for years, I suddenly faced a troubling question: “Are we poisoning our kid with chemical-soaked food?” Having skin in the game changes everything. Here’s what happened.🧵

Fire floor-crossing MP Matt Jeneroux From 'I'm resigning for family' to 'I'm joining the Liberals' in months. Add your name: Demand Jeneroux resign! PETITION: FireMatt.com.

RT @charlesadler: Your choice, Albertans: You can believe Premier Danielle Smith or the Data "In 1992, Alberta had approximately 11,700 hos…

Dear Fellow Albertans, This letter is written not as a partisan, but as an emergency physician who has cared for more than 100,000 Albertans, a former MLA, and someone who has devoted a working life to this province. Across Alberta, the strain is obvious. Housing is scarce. Emergency rooms are overcrowded. Schools are stretched. The cost of living weighs heavily on families. Anxiety about the future is real and justified. This is not anger. It is concern, because moments like this demand leadership. When people are under pressure, leadership is not just about solutions, but about direction: an honest explanation of what is actually going wrong, and reassurance about who we are as a society while we fix it. In recent weeks, Alberta’s challenges have been framed by the Premier, Danielle Smith, in a way that has left many people angry, not at systems or long-standing policy failures, but at immigrants and other governments. That is deeply troubling. The frustration people feel is understandable. But much of that anger is being misdirected at immigrants. With the exception of Indigenous peoples, all Albertans come from families that arrived here seeking opportunity. Immigrants did not break Alberta’s healthcare system or tear up family doctor contracts. They did not close hospital beds or cancel planned hospital capacity. They did not under build housing, assisted living, long-term care, or schools. They did not dismantle community care. Politicians did. Every day in emergency departments, the consequences are visible: acute-care beds occupied by patients who should be at home or in long-term care; ERs functioning as inpatient wards; and population growth encouraged without matching investments in primary care, continuing care, and hospital capacity. In 1992, Alberta had approximately 11,700 hospital beds. Today, with nearly double the population and a much older demographic, we have roughly 8,800. This is not an Ottawa or immigration problem. It is a planning and capacity problem. Many of the people caring for seniors, staffing hospitals, and holding the healthcare system together today are newcomers themselves. Blaming them delays real solutions and divides communities. That lesson is personal. Growing up as a newcomer involved violence, black eyes and broken bones, and learning early what happens when fear is tolerated and adults look away. Home was not always safe either, shaped by alcoholism and domestic violence. Those experiences leave marks. What mattered most was a mother who taught that anger shrinks a life, while forgiveness, discipline, and service strengthen it, and that opportunity carries an obligation to give back. That belief led to decades in emergency medicine, the training of thousands of doctors, and public service at personal cost. Those experiences lead to a clear conclusion. Albertans deserve leadership that lowers the temperature, not raises it. Leadership that fixes systems, not finds scapegoats. Leadership that takes responsibility for planning failures and invests in capacity to match growth. For these reasons, Alberta needs a change in direction and ultimately, a change in leadership, so the province can unite around practical fixes rather than division. This is not about racism. It is about judgment, competence, and the ability to govern responsibly during difficult times. Alberta needs leadership that brings people together and focuses on solutions, not blame. Premiers Lougheed, Klein and Stelmach have led through very difficult times and would not take our province to this sharp edge. Albertans are much better than this. I am a Canadian, an Albertan and I am an immigrant. God bless Alberta. Dr. Raj Sherman @ABDanielleSmith @nenshi @FreeAlbertaRob @PfParks @NightShiftMD @Alberta_UCP @UCPCaucus @albertaNDP @TheBreakdownAB @ryanjespersen @cspotweet #yeg #yyc #ABleg #cdnpoli

I got laser eye surgery today. The surgeon came in a little bit afterwards and asked me if I wanted the good news or the bad news first. I said, "I'll take the good news first." The surgeon said, "Well, you're about to get a new dog!”

Were you in court? Did you read the decision? I was that man’s lawyer. He was sentenced to 5 months jail. It is ok to disagree with the sentence. It is ok to suggest policy or legislative responses to the decision. But it does us all a disservice when you lie.

Happy New Year 2026 to Everyone 🎊🎉 Most amazing firework 🎆 🎇

China just turned the night sky into a masterpiece of precision and intelligence. 🌌 What struck me most about this is how seamlessly innovation turns into art. A drone show in Chongqing just broke the Guinness World Record with 11,787 synchronized drones, creating breathtaking 3D animations that looked closer to CGI than real life. No human pilots. No delays. No crashes. Every movement guided by AI and GPS, choreographed with perfect timing. To me, this is far more than a light show. It’s a glimpse into how technology, creativity, and coordination can merge to shape a new era of expression and innovation. When intelligence takes flight, it doesn’t just illuminate the sky — it redefines what’s possible. Could this be the moment where technology begins to turn the world itself into its stage? #AI #Innovation #Technology #Drones #Automation #Creativity #China #Engineering #FutureOfWork #DigitalArt Credits: longliveai

#ableg New 2025 Stats from the UCP! ⬆️ Personal Bankruptcies: 22% ⬆️ EI Recipients: 19.4% ⬇️ New Wells: -15.3% ⬇️ International Exports: -4.5% ⬇️ House Sales: -4.6% ⬇️ Investments in Building: -2.5% ⬇️ GDP/capita: -1.2% The Alberta Advantage under the UCP…Thanks Danielle!

great post by Steve McEachern on facebook facebook.com/share/p/1JUoKXP…

Hey Alberta This will be long. Today its time to just say it aloud. I was a conservative federally and provincially for close to 40 years. Lived and breathed it. Worked campaigns. Had my consulting company put time and energy in. It was a big part of my identity. My parents were Liberal and my sister(RIP) was an NDP There were many times where I just plugged my nose and went along. Then we ended up with Smith and Poilievre. They had zero policies other than attacking the very people that if in power they are supposed to represent. I knew as did many other strong conservatives, that this was completely messed up. I made the decision to no longer be a part of the mess that had become the conservative party provincially and federally. I am going to focus on the UCP. I have been accused by some friends, even some family as well as associations through my business and political commentary that have accused me of abandoning the Conservative party, being a traitor and so on. I usually just laugh at it and consider the sources. But over the last 2 years I have been meeting with and talking with conservatives across the province that have various views about what being a conservative means today. Here is the truth that I believe and as it turns out thousands of others do as well. I never left the conservative party. It left me and many others. The swing to the right and far right by a loud minority of conservatives was left to slowly happen by many fools. And that would include myself. As I spoke to people there was one common theme from UCP voters. It was just plain apathy. They just always voted conservative, their parents did etc. They could not tell me one policy. They just knew that they seem to be surviving. Most had zero interest in social media and maybe watched the news a couple times a week. I would often tell them a few hot UCP topics or things that they did. I never would say what party did them. But if it was negative they always would say that it was an NDP thing. When I would explain that no it is a UCP thing. I had to prove it. This would be the true definition of sheep like behavior.( see what I did there) So let's look at truth and Smith. Whether people love her, hate or literally dont give a crap either way. She is destined to fail. The far far right people do not think she is right enough. The conservative right believe she is to far right. She has a small pocket that truly buy into her program. But the majority is again pretty much apathetic. There are so many UCP that will always say when I ask about alternatives to their party, almost 100% say that they will never vote NDP and that it is a two party system in Alberta. Ok, but we do have other parties. They are pretty quiet for sure. We have the Alberta Party that is working towards becoming the Alberta Progressive Conservative party. They now have a couple of seats due MLAs leaving the UCP. But the jury is out on whether it will be UCP light or not. The Alberta Liberal Party is still alive. They get beat up due to the federal Liberals. Yet the two parties are not associated and have not been for a very long time. But with keeping a low profile it has not helped their cause. In my opinion they could be an option for center right conservatives or center left voters. But it would take a lot of work to get there. There are others. The is the Alberta Republican party. In my view it is more of a novelty party. Has a US vibe to it and is definitely not most peoples cup of tea. Let's all be real for a moment. The vast majority of Canadians and Albertans do not want to be part of the US. Its not complicated to see that. Lastly, what do real conservatives do? Do they continue to plug their nose and go along? Do they live feeling trapped by a perceived 2 party system? Have things improved under the UCP? Better health care? Better education? What's the alternative? For me its forget party names and choose what is best for you! Take care

The funniest thing during the whole vote? It appears that Scheer and Reid waited outside the House during the vote just in case they had to abstain to ensure the vote passed. Then, when it was clear that it would, they raced back in and claimed technical difficulties to get their Nays on the record.

Useful reminder: Gateway started working on its initial pipeline proposal in 2004, 2 years before the Harper gov't took office. By the time PMSH left office in 2015, Gateway had not begun construction, and its shaky approval was overturned by the FCA in 2016. Who was in the way?

So now that Trump is admitting that his tariffs raise food prices, why don’t you all use your big boy brains and figure out what Trump’s tariffs do to all the other prices in the world?

If you want a real-time case study on vaccines: 🩵 Newfoundland & Labrador: 95% MMR coverage 0 measles cases. ❤️ Alberta: 73% MMR coverage 1900 measles cases (as of Oct 11 2025). It's almost like .... vaccines work #ABhealth #ABpoli #ABleg #AHS #CDNpoli #Measles #VaccinesWork