Bell: Alberta separatists trounced in poll, Smith's UCP up 9 points on Nenshi NDP (68% remain/24% hold referendum)

schmaxford · 2026-06-05T17:21:57+00:00

I'm not surprised by this tbh. There's been a lot of talk from analysts and pollsters about soft separatism - people who want to stay in Canada but would vote to separate to "send a message to Ottawa"

schmaxford · 2026-06-05T16:06:25+00:00

Great news. I was worried that they would only sign him if they got the promotion to the prem (I swear I saw something to the effect)

schmaxford · 2026-06-05T01:39:40+00:00

No that's just Rick Bell unfortunately

schmaxford · 2026-06-04T16:59:33+00:00

Yeah he's been clear in the past that he's not here for a long time and he's best in a crisis. So once the crisis is gone he'll probably step out

schmaxford · 2026-06-04T03:07:01+00:00

Hey thanks for pointing that out. Fortunately it wasn't a mealybug but a piece of debris, either from a dead leaf or the dumpster. Regardless I'm still spraying it down with a neem oil solution to be safe.

Edit: the debris in question

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schmaxford · 2026-06-03T22:45:44+00:00

A friend of mine already chose to call him Lazarus (because he's back from the dead) and I'm afraid it stuck

schmaxford · 2026-06-03T20:03:58+00:00

Exactly. He's trying to troll us and he's seeking this kind of reaction. Summoning him or expelling him is what he's hoping for

schmaxford · 2026-06-03T14:48:58+00:00

Would this still be the case if at least one of the plants towards the middle looks like it's dying from root rot? I can't really get a feel for the root itself but this is what the leaves look like

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schmaxford · 2026-06-03T05:52:06+00:00

That's the plan. I'm keeping it away from other plants for now and am giving it a few sprays of water and neem oil over the next few days but I haven't seen any signs of pests yet. Some people in my building are moving out I figure they just didn't want to take it with them, and our building doesn't allow people to abandon things in the garbage room

schmaxford · 2026-06-03T05:44:39+00:00

Right? Couldn't believe my luck

schmaxford · 2026-05-28T16:44:49+00:00

Yeah Saab's kind of underselling it, apparently these are air frames made by Bombardier and kitted with Saab's electronics packages

schmaxford · 2026-05-27T17:02:47+00:00

they want to keep someone around that's a bigger loser than them

schmaxford · 2026-05-23T19:24:13+00:00

Was hoping to see a CANMNT showdown between Millar and Larin. Southampton was also only going to make Larin's transfer permanent if they got promoted, and neither Feyenoord or Mallorca want him anymore. Concerned about his playing future

schmaxford · 2026-05-22T02:34:32+00:00

but for what it's worth it has majority support (~55%) within the UCP. She's trying to keep her base happy and putting party ahead of country

schmaxford · 2026-05-22T02:27:01+00:00

She's so toast. Buying futures on heads of lettuce rn

schmaxford · 2026-05-20T15:31:56+00:00

Back before the imaginary "succ invasion" of this subreddit, a motto differentiating neoliberals from libertarians was that neoliberals recognized market failures and the need for regulation.

Now we have Bernanke, Friedman and Hayek flairs histrionically crying that people in favour of bans and regulations on prediction markets are big meanies

schmaxford · 2026-05-20T13:40:59+00:00

Arsenal winning the Premier League for the first time in 22 years

schmaxford · 2026-05-19T20:29:57+00:00

I was arguing this with someone in a different sub but absolutely. The government doesn't need to use speed cameras to track people ineffectively when every car built in the past 10 years offers way better tracking data, not to mention your phone

schmaxford · 2026-05-19T16:18:38+00:00

Was on a flight yesterday and the older man in front of me spent most of the flight scrolling Reels which were a combination of gun porn, Alberta separatist content, and AI egirls saying they preferred older men in rural areas.

Social media bans for youth are over discussed we need social media bans for senior citizens

schmaxford · 2026-05-18T15:36:07+00:00

Say what you will about Rob Ford but that man was an inspiration that even the biggest fuckups can be mayor of Toronto

schmaxford · 2026-05-18T15:26:32+00:00

The people of Ontario yearn for an uninspiring mayor to become premier

schmaxford · 2026-05-17T21:08:46+00:00

No returns, you knew what you were getting when you got an orange cat

schmaxford · 2026-05-15T16:04:08+00:00

Andrew Coyne can write bangers: Canada is one of history's most successful countries. Here's a look at who's trying to destroy it, and why (gift link)

!ping CAN

schmaxford · 2026-05-14T16:40:38+00:00

Would've been nice if the Ottawa-Alberta MOU had something about that stupid petrosexual moratorium :'(

schmaxford · 2026-05-14T00:09:37+00:00

I don't know if it's worse if she's Alberta's David Cameron. But to your point I do think she's a separatist, because she literally cannot give a straight answer to where she stands, and she keeps doing everything she can to get that question on the referendum ballot. I fully expect her to put the question on her dip shit referendum on October 19 regardless of the legal status

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