Did a little birdie just chirp in my ear that the United Conservative Government has already picked out a name for the new provincial police force it claims it hasn’t yet decided whether or not to set up? Officers of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police in 1900 – slated along
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The Cracked Crystal Ball II: You Got Played, Girl
On March 19, 2024 the United Conservative Party of Alberta held an event that they called "Let Kids Be Kids" (spoiler alert: it was an anti-trans/anti-2SLGBTQ/anti-SOGI/"parents rights" rally in reality). They brought in a transgender woman from Lethbridge to speak to the transgender case. I don't know this person,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Send This Open Letter to The Alberta Medical Association – They defend the quackery that is “Gender Affirming Care”
Thank you to Our Duty Canada for composing this letter. An Open Letter to the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Regarding the February 1st Statement from the AMA Section of Pediatrics on gender-affirming treatments March 2024 On February 1, 2024 your association released a statement in response to Alberta Premiere
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Pronoun Equivocation – “Respect”
Having recently gotten into a discussion about the misnamed “Gender Affirming Care” with some of my acquaintances we broached many contentious topics but one point that stuck out was when we got into pronoun territory. My interlocutor was brought up the idea that the shortening of names – like Stan
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: The most important history lesson
Alberta’s pursuit of a new K-12 public school curriculum has been a long slog. An ambitious curriculum re-development project was initiated by a Progressive Conservative government in 2008. The project was continued by the NDP government after it defeated the Conservatives in 2015. With the defeat of the NDP in
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Maximilian Kotz et al. study the foreseeable effect of the climate crisis on the cost of food, and find that increased global warming will result in systemic inflation in food prices. And Matthew Taylor reports on research showing that the carbon pollution from
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Three strikes and …?
We Albertans have received three powerful, powerful messages from Mother Nature. Plain, undeniable lessons. Well, not quite undeniable. In the face of all reason and common sense, we do in fact deny them. You may not be surprised to know that these messages relate to global warming. The first was
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Nenshi goes provincial
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has decided to follow in the political footsteps of former Calgary mayor Ralph Klein. Nenshi, like Ralph, went into his first mayoral campaign as a dark horse but wound up winning three straight terms. Now Nenshi, again like Ralph, has decided to step up to
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: The UCP’s war on renewables
Alberta, with excellent sun and wind resources, and the only deregulated electricity market in the country, is Canada’s renewable energy powerhouse. In 2023, 92 percent of the country’s growth in solar and wind energy and energy-storage capacity was built in this province. Because the deregulated market allows private developers to
Continue readingAlberta Politics: ‘Tar oil,’ Venezuela, Trump and Trudeau: Something else for Alberta conservatives to complain about!
If United Conservative Party leaders like Premier Danielle Smith are looking for another fight to pick with the Trudeau Government, they could always complain about Canada’s slavish and continuing support for U.S. efforts to get rid of the Venezuelan government of Nicholas Maduro. Former, and possibly future, U.S. president Donald
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Trans enters the culture wars
Pierre Poilievre states that biological men should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports. I agree. But then I’m not aware of any biological men attempting to compete in women’s sports. Some transwomen are, but transwomen are … well, women, not biological men. According to my layman’s understanding, these
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gender Affirming Care is NOT Evidence Based
Letter to the PM and Premier Doug Ford on the danger of “gender affirming care”. Share widely.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Armine Yalnizyan offers a warning about the spread of the tapeworm economy in which corporate profiteers wriggle their way into public services and siphon off resources. – Julia Velkova discusses how reliance on tech monopolists undermines the capacity to decide and deliver on
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Transactivists Are Annoying
Nothing gets the juices flowing more than a little woke hypocrisy in the afternoon. Scrolling through facebook I saw a post for a choral get together with the goal of showing “the transphobes” how wrong they are. My first reaction was one of exasperation because the individual who
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gender Ideology Harms Children – Eva Kurilova
Eva Kurilova on twitter writes on how harmful gender ideology is for children. @eva_kurilova If the option to become a boy had been presented to me as a child, I would have become obsessed with the idea and believed I’d never be happy if I didn’t do it. This would
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: About That Consultation Thing
I'm sure that we all heard Premier Smith claim that she has consulted widely on the draconian anti-transgender policies that she announced last week. Now it starts to come out exactly whom she consulted with – and surprise, surprise, it's not exactly a group of people well-qualified to help guide
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alberta’s new trans legislation is evidence based and progressive, despite critics’ temper tantrums and gaslighting – Amy Eileen Hamm
This is a full repost of Amy Eileen Hamm’s article from the New West Times. It is important that news like this gets proper exposure and to illustrate how the MSM is not doing its job. Plus it gets it on Facebook around the stupid news censorship in Canada.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Transgender Madness Must Stop This is the Hill – D.C.L on Twitter
We need to act and speak with care and eloquence. D.C.L fits the bill.
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Alberta’s Proposed Trans Policy
It's been 3 days since Premier Danielle Smith dropped a bomb on Alberta's transgender community, and I'm still reeling. I'm alternating between being angry with the government, and grieving for the youth that will be most deeply affected by these policies. Before I dive into a deeper analysis of what
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Harm Reduction Versus Rehabilitation – The B.C / Alberta Approaches.
I was a strong proponent of the Harm Reduction strategy until more data has come out about its effectiveness and benefits for society versus other methods. There might be a case for Harm Reduction, but as currently implemented in BC it is a like a 4 legged stool that is
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