My mother quit working for the Calgary school board when ritalin was being handed out like candy
https://x.com/DeChristianLife/status/1942206978643919113

So well expressed!

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During the COVID-19 nightmare, I started following the writing of a professor who calls himself Eugyppius and who has recently retired in Germany. He has turned his sharp wit on what passes for informed governance in that country.

The relentless and highly concentrated stupidity of our rulers is a very great weight to bear. Every day they devise some fantastic new and heretofore inconceivable retardation.

Now that is next-level sarcastic humour!

I read his comment after filling out a City of Calgary questionnaire regarding plans to remove LRT parking and replace it with high rise apartments. Densification is the way to go, doncha know? Is this too an example of "inconceivable retardation."

In the questionnaire, I was asked what I like about my older vintage neighbourhood with mature trees, and mostly single-family dwellings. In response, I responded that I liked,

…the wide variety of home ownership options ... The area is mature and not "cookie cutter", which is a good ...

Interesting quote from Premier Smith: “Smith also complimented Juno News' independence and growth: "When I was in mainstream media I always used to say if there is something interesting in independent media but until I see it in mainstream media, I can't trust it's true. Now it's the reverse; now it's when I see something in mainstream media I don't trust it's true until I read it in independent media like Juno News."
She further expanded on her view of the changing media landscape: "I think that shows how much independent media is responding to the needs of the public and giving a voice to those of us in the Conservative movement, who find ourselves shut out by the mainstream media."