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@allantaylor

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Trying like hell to be relevant. Dad to the 2 best kids + George, Elaine, Mabel, and Tucker. He/Him #yeg Find me @allantaylor everywhere - Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Edmonton, Alberta
Joined December 2008
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Allan Taylor
4 years
I caught my son chewing on electrical cords. So I had to ground him. He’s doing a better job of conducting himself currently.
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I don’t think teachers need to worry just yet.
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@ryanwhitney6 Consider taking this down. Disrespectful and in poor taste. Be better than this.
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3 years
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but does anyone else find coffee pods to be incredibly wasteful?
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4 years
Amazing how a colon can completely change the meaning of a sentence. For example: - Jane ate her friend's sandwich. - Jane ate her friend's colon.
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5 months
All anyone needs to know about Danielle Smith is that she takes advice from this guy
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3 years
So we picked a puppy. His name is Sam.
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8 months
I need a Conservative big brain to explain to me why it's better to pay super high uncapped car insurance/electricity/heating/rent over paying a carbon tax that I get reimbursed back to me. Conservatives tell me they're going to save me money but I haven't seen happen yet
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5 years
Unhappy Albertans at the moment - Students - Teachers - LBGTQ - Nurses - Doctors - Sick/Disabled People - Edmontonians - Calgarians Happy Albertans - Insurance Companies - Private Schoolers - Used Car Dealerships - Racist Friendly Print Shops
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5 months
Canadian CO2 emissions per capita were 15.22 (tCO2/cap/year) in 2022 China? 8.85 And Alberta is 58.02 Something to think about next time the "well what about China" argument comes up as it so often does.
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Population distribution of China in units of Canada
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3 years
I reject the premise of Jason Kenney being our premier.
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4 years
I switched all the labels on our spices. I'm not in trouble yet, but the thyme is cumin.
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1. Lower corp tax rate by 1/4 2. Cry that revenues are too low, cut funding to social programs and municipalities 3. Municipalities forced to raise property tax to make up for the shortfall and to fund the social programs 4. Accuse them of mismanagement
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3 years
First McPizza, Now Zellers.. Does anyone else have fond memories of SAAN?
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I still remember when this cost a quarter but I guess that’s inflation for you
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If you pay your taxes in Alberta and you oppose it enough to do this sort of thing - you received a rebate deposit. Since you're morally opposed to the tax and the goal of reducing carbon emissions, why not donate that money to a good charity instead of wasting gas doing this?
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@ABDanielleSmith @JustinTrudeau He probably thought you were busy with your best buds Tucker Jordan and your chief strategist David Parker
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4 years
My wife: You need to do the dishes and laundry. Me: Can we change the subject? Her: Ok. Dishes and laundry need to be done by you.
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4 years
Always a big confidence booster when your wife calls you a sex machine! Her exact words were, “You’re a fucking tool” but I knew what she meant.
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3 years
I’ve decided A&W is now the best fast food option in Canada 🇨🇦 and I have facts at the ready to prove this:
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5 months
If your phone plan is still expensive it miiiiiight be because you're financing a thousand dollar phone. The unlimited BYO plans are 40-50 bucks these days
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4 years
Did someone tell the UCP that the living wall was a park? #ableg
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5 months
Danielle Smith might as well be registered as a US Republican at this point. Prayer breakfasts, culture wars, anti trans legislation, rolling the red carpet out for Tucker Carlson...
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Despite being corrected that grants are determined by academic panels and not Justin Trudeau, Smith not only doubles down on that… She then says that with the powers of Bill 18 she will block renewals of grants if they don’t align with UCP views. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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3 years
What’s this band’s name again?
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@ABDanielleSmith Caught lying again, Danielle
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3 years
A mushroom omelette is the breakfast of champignons
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5 years
Hello @CPC_HQ where do I sign up to have my children’s (recently increased by @Alberta_UCP ) school fees subsidized by party donations? Love to find out more about this new program!
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5 months
Our provincial government is not even pretending to have our best interests in mind at this point. Between this and cutting funding to cities, there's something rotten at the core of the UCP.
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@GlobalCalgary
Global Calgary
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The Alberta government is considering new legislation to prevent the federal government from going directly to municipalities and providing funding for projects such as housing and transit. READ MORE:
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@ShawnHamm You were asked to do so little and it was just too much for you
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5 years
She’s my hero. As soon I have the money and time I want to join the NDP because of her and how she’s standing up for us.
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I'm not sure any politician could lose an election and still keep fighting for every single Albertan the way @RachelNotley has. @jkenney won and he's not even here. Premier or not, we are so lucky to have her.
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It's about time Alberta raised its minimum wage. Third lowest in the country is perplexing for a province that brags about how rich it is all the time.
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4 years
Six year old daughter already has severe criticisms regarding the tooth fairy - “Why does she need my teeth? Does she not have any?” “Anyone who sneaks into my room and steals my teeth at night is a creep!”
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3 years
Corby Lund > Paul Brandt
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5 years
The daycare my son goes to in downtown Edmonton is losing their $25/day funding a year ahead of all the other daycares. This is going to ruin the lives of a lot of low income families. Thanks @AdrianaLaGrange @jkenney
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Danielle Smith is making people miss Jason Kenney. No one should be made to miss Jason Kenney. Jason Kenney's own mother probably wouldn't mind if he visited less often
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Maybe we need a federal audit of our electricity grid. Seems like our provincial government is in over the head and need some adults to step in and take a look at what's going on
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5 years
Did anyone else learn the less than and greater than symbols by being told that the < was a mouth eating the bigger number?
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Aside from maybe liquor stores, how has privatization in Alberta actually helped consumers? Having dealt with both, I would take Sasktel over Telus any day of the week. Same goes with ICBC. And our "privatized" electricity grid. Everything Conservatives privatize gets shittier.
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Tim Hortons coffee is bad and the company itself seems just as bad. Can this be the year we stop mythologizing it?
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@ABDanielleSmith @rebeccakschulz @s_guilbeault Worst premier in Albertan history. You've done nothing to help. Can't get along with municipalities or federal counterparts. Self serving pursuit of power at taxpayers expense. You're the problem, Danielle.
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Well she's certainly an accurate representation for a certain percentage of her constituency
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any dumber. Monday in Parliament with the MP for Calgary Mindnapore.
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What's the difference between a UCP MLA and a flying pig? The F.
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I trust the municipalities to direct federal funds way more I trust Danielle Smith. How she's stiffing the cities needs to be investigated.
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3 years
An Edmonton mayoral candidate has a tag line: “IT’S YOUR TURN TO GET AHEAD” Ahead of who?
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6 months
If I didn't know better I would almost suspect that the new renewable restrictions in Alberta were designed by a oil and gas lobbyist
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3 years
Did you know that air used to be free at service stations?
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FYI (news to me at least) there are new COVID test boxes available and your old ones are probably expired by now. The one I just picked up is good until Sept 2024
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You don't miss McPizza, you miss your childhood.
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At 12% the corporate tax rate in Alberta was still the 3rd lowest in Canada. At 8% it's one of the lowest in North America. So where are the jobs, Danielle? Maybe people will have to start moving to Manitoba.
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@MacLeodLisa We need a lot more Janis Irwin's in this world. You can shove off with your objections
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3 years
Don't think Jason Kenney should be worried about pissing off his base at this point. Just enact vaccine passports like the rest of the provinces and ride out the rest of the term, you non Albertan lecture ignoring arrogant fingerbowl-depth lame duck demagogue fuckstick
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How much hypocrisy does it take to constantly promote your oil as the most ethical and responsible in the world and then the next day demand/beg the federal government to provide the cash to clean up the orphan wells?
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Switching to a different provincial government could save money and lives.
@YourAlberta
Alberta Government
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Switching to a different energy plan could save you hundreds of dollars on your bill annually. The Utilities Consumer Advocate is here to help you and your family choose the right energy plan.
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"Half of Alberta's treatment beds are in explicitly faith based facilities, with an overwhelming focus on total abstinence." - from Euan Thomson's ( @elsthomson ) article in Alberta Views @albertaviews Religion should not be intertwined in healthcare. Dan is in over his head.
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3 years
First time in the snow
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5 years
Imagine an LRT that connected Sherwood Park, St.Albert, Spruce Grove, Fort Sask, the EIA and all corners of Edmonton. If only we had invested in transportation infrastructure instead of Ralphbucks and constantly lowering royalty rates.
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Where's the debt truck now? The @Alberta_UCP has us even further in debt now than ever. I want to see that debt truck out there reminding us of this!
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@kittynouveau "Hero" - we didn't name him that was from the previous owners. Unfortunately, he's not particularly heroic. Just dumb and extremely friendly.
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5 years
Next week in #ableg Kenney: What if teachers could also clean the schools?
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4 months
It's not going to be easy or economical to boycott Loblaws but going to do it anyways.
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@JasonNixonAB We don't need you involved. Stop interfering with municipalities
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Allan Taylor
3 years
Just saw a coyote leaving Peter’s Drive In
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5 years
I took my 5-year old to the office with me on, "Take Your Kid to Work Day." She started crying and getting very cranky, so I asked what was wrong with her. As my coworkers gathered round, she sobbed loudly, "Daddy, where are all the clowns that you said that you worked with?!"
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4 years
How do you measure a red hot chili pepper? . . . Give it a weigh, give it a weigh, give it a weigh, now.
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4 years
The delay is because they reused the ballot counting machines from the UCP leadership race and votes for Kenney keep mysteriously popping out.
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Nenshi unveiled his new jersey
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3 years
Please don’t speak Italian to the goat
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3 years
Every new day is a new chance for the small town you grew up in to embarrass you
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3 years
Accidentally rubbed some ketchup in my eyes and it actually improved my ability to see! Turns out Heinz sight is 20/20
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3 years
If you dare leave a kid in a bath by themselves for even one minute, George jumps in to join them.
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I was a big fan of Rakhi but now I'm putting my support behind @nenshi Looking forward to helping with organizing and taking Alberta back from the UCP Anyone else feel like joining?
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I’ve hit up the busiest Costco and Superstore in south Edmonton today and I’m still not filled with rage. Where do I go now? IKEA?
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3 years
How many conspiracy theorists does it take to change a lightbulb? . . . Do your own research.
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3 years
If I run for office in Alberta, my first motion (?) will be to introduce laminated health cards. I expect to win 100% of the votes.
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3 years
I like to imagine that for a brief moment someone was thinking about making their own potato chips
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@RajanJSaw You know full well how crooked this legislation is and I fully expect you will use it against her next time you run for leadership. Danielle will continue the proud AB conservative tradition of not making it 4 full years because of nonsense just like this.
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If it wasn’t for Edmonton, I wouldn’t want to be in this province.
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Once you know that Danielle Smith is a big fan of Ron DeSantis, a lot of her out of nowhere plans make a lot more sense. She's really trying to make Alberta the Florida of Canada.
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Edson is where you stop when you can’t hold it in until you can get to Hinton
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3 years
LETS PLAY A GAME CALLED "NAME THAT #YEG MAYORAL CANDIDATE"
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3 years
Ever notice when geese fly in a V formation, one side tends to be longer than the other? There's a very good reason for this: it's because there are more birds on that side.
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3 years
Here’s an Allan report for you: I’m doing alright
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4 years
My boss said, “I find it highly suspicious that you are only sick on weekdays.” I said, “It must be my weekend immune system.”
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3 years
Did you know if you flip a canoe over, you can wear it as a hat? That’s because it’s cap-sized.
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Mustard is the best condiment. Ketchup is way overrated.
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4 months
Every accusation is a confession. A sane future government is going to have to create legislation to curtail any future Danielle Smith-like politician's ambitions to micro-manage municipal governments. Can't she just focus on doing her own job?
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@cspotweet
Courtney Theriault
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Your thoughts? Bill would give Alberta power to fire municipal councillors, nix bylaws, allow political parties #yeg #yyc #ableg
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Nothing’s better than being 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, or 97 years old. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Those are the years you’re in your prime.
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The first rule of Thesaurus Club is: don't talk about, mention, speak of, discuss or chat about Thesaurus Club.
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Should be “A Tire”
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@AdrianaLaGrange Should we start picking out textbooks from the 1990's or were you thinking maybe going right back to the 60's?
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3 years
Fact #10 - Canadian owned, unlike Tim Hortons which only likes to pretend they are.
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@Salahmad87
Salem Alahmad سالم 🇵🇸
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@allantaylor It’s one of the few Canadian owned franchise businesses the other major one being Harvey’s
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I guess @cspotweet is our CMOH now.
@cspotweet
Courtney Theriault
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NEW: - 629 new COVID cases in Alberta on 6010 tests (10.5%+) - 7 new deaths - 258 in hopital (+14), incl 57 in ICU (+3) - 7931 active cases (+154) #yeg #yyc #ableg #Covid19ab
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Allan Taylor
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@BrandenCPC You're grasping at straws here to bash liberals. Try harder
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3 years
Hey @JanisIrwin you know what you have to do
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At the Nenshi rally at the Polish Hall - Rakhi Pancholi just showed up
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When Postmedia sells off the Edmonton Journal for a bag of pucks, can a bunch of Edmontonians buy it and make it work as a community owned newspaper? Maybe something more like @MedicineHatNews
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They still won't admit there was a pandemic
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