Author: Richard

A long time ago in an economy far far away… ALBERTA WARS Episode III Revenge of the Separatists In the strange alternative Star Wars plot Emperor Harper and Darth Kenney have concocted the dark side favors the separatists against the Dominion (our version of the Republic) which speaks to the

A long time ago in an economy far far away… ALBERTA WARS Episode II Attack of the Phones The propaganda model for the manufacture of public consent describes five editorially distorting filters, which are applied to the reporting of news in mass communications media: Size, ownership, and profit orientation: The

It’s been difficult for me to focus on writing this past month. It might be hard to believe but beneath the cool persona I present for the purpose of political debate this shit weighs pretty heavy on me. It’s frustrating, because in addition to fighting a corrupt government the growing

I actually meant to declare phase 1 of operation fuckwad UCP complete weeks ago but then the US riots happened and well, priorities right? Readers will know that I have hinted at a guerrilla offensive against the fuckwad UCP for sometime. Since my very first post since I began writing

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I think I’m ready to write about these protests or given Donald Trump has invoked the insurrection act perhaps I’ll call this an insurrection now. I must apologize to Albertans as I’m having to divert from my offensive against the fuckwad UCP to focus on the deteriorating situation in the

The most intense protests in Washington D.C.’s history just fell silent. At 1AM EST the White House entered creep mode, and all live streams and communications with the protesters there were lost. Has anyone ever seen the WH do this before? Sercret Service must have switched to NVGs #DCblackout #dcprotest

The U.S. has reached the breaking point and where they go next is dependent on it’s citizens. They’re going to need to either go all the way, or give up now, the police response tells you everything you need to know about what the system in the U.S. thinks about

Once upon a time during the Alberta Advantage when the petrosexuals roamed the land freely sticking their drills into wells without protection and residential schools dotted the land where the First Nation play the oil companies were happy, and ethical, and enjoyed a symbiosis with their native consumerist populations. But

Inside the wall, apartment buildings similar to the one they observed earlier line the streets and there are people everywhere. Sisko explains that the place is a Sanctuary District, but Bashir concedes that 21st century history is not one of his strong points, as it is too depressing. While Sisko

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I haven’t written in awhile as I have been waiting for events to stabilize a bit and allow the inevitable new messaging to take hold. As I wrote in ‘Russia moves for N.A. production and banking death blow while Kenney’s agenda disintegrates over-night‘: The fuckwad UCP’s social license and benefit of

Warning: this post contains difficult subject matter. I’ve never felt the need to put a warning about the contents of a post before but at the same time my twitter and blog have been pretty successful of flying under the radar, until recently that is. This blog doesn’t deal in

The fuckwad UCP’s social license and benefit of the doubt to do as they please to implement the Kenney agenda just expired. Kenney it would appear is out of time to get the rich off the hook and I suspect the next week is going to be an incoherent mess of

Yes i can. — Richard Fantin (@RichardFantin) February 14, 2020 A few weeks ago Duncan Kinney of Press Progress asked (possibly half jokingly?) if anyone can build a bot to pester Brett Wilson about his abandoned wells. Naturally I thought this is a great idea, and a simple example of

Well! Alberta’s had a busy few weeks, hasn’t it? It really has become it’s own unfolding disaster everyone just gets to watch in slow motion because Albertans, and Canadians, typically don’t dare oppose an elected government even if they’re blatantly lying, and not working in your best interest. Like.. they’re

I’ve found over the years that to engage in good analysis you have to be open to all sorts of viewpoints. Some you may disagree with, some you may view from the outset as outright crazy. Some will be crazy. Some will be ridiculous. Learning how to tell the difference

Well, Albertans, I’m sorry to say; but according to a random blog I found we may be in an emotionally abusive relationship with the fuckwad UCP. Let’s look at some examples. 1. You Are Always BlamedEmotionally abusive people typically refuse to take ownership of their mistakes, negative feelings or difficult

Something has felt off about the coordinated divisive and hyper-focused campaign by the fuckwad UCP and the Harper & Associates IDU aligned CPC on the approval, or rather the threats of what happens without approval, regarding the Teck Frontier project. There is not a single Alberta voice in this story,

One of the worst developments in the past decade in the slide backwards towards information irrelevancy, and a common misconception held by both the left and the right, is the belief that peak oil isn’t a thing anymore. It’s instead been replaced by a belief that the world will simply,