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Five O’Clock Somewhere

Today I officially became an iOS indie app developer. My first ever officially published app received final approval and is now available for free download now in both the US and Canada iOS app stores!

Five O’Clock Somewhere celebrates the universal tradition of the happy hour by connecting you with locations around the world where it’s currently 5:00 PM. Discover over 200 cocktail recipes, learn about different cultures, and enjoy a virtual journey around the globe, one drink at a time. Check out Five O’Clock Somewhere now!

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Most Democratic Action

I found this on the Lethbridge subreddit:

Nathan Neudorf says notwithstanding clause “the most democratic action the legislature could do”

Presumably this is an email response to questions about the democratic-ness of using Section 33, the notwithstanding clause, to rob teachers of their rights. It says:

Thank you for your email, I appreciate the opportunity to respond.

The use of the notwithstanding clause is perhaps the most democratically responsive action the legislature could do. The level of public debate, both in support and against, is almost unprecedented. People are talking to each other and to their MLAs everyday about these important issues. And unlike the courts, the MLAs who vote for or against the use of the notwithstanding clause will be held democratically accountable in the next election. People may disagree with the legislature’s decisions but they cannot say that this is contrary to democracy; if anything, this is the most democratic action the legislature could do.

The decision to use the notwithstanding clause is not one that is taken lightly. There is careful consideration that goes into making these decisions and how it will impact Albertans, including the consideration of the lives of those who will be impacted if it is not used.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feedback on this matter. As we move forward, I will take your view into consideration.

Sincerely,
Nathan Neudorf, MLA
Lethbridge-East
ALBERTA
Honourable Nathan Neudorf
Minister of Affordability and Utilities

Neudorf should know that the notwithstanding part of Section 33 means: notwithstanding that we know this goes against the Charter, we are going to do it anyway. It might be a technically legal loophole, that doesn’t make it right and it doesn’t make it “the most democratically responsive action the legislature could do.”

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Transparency

From Thomas Lukaszuk on BlueSky:

.@elections.ab.ca .@ElectionsAB Why are Elections Alberta accredited canvassers for the separatists’ petition required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the separatists?

What are their canvassers not to disclose? What are they hiding? Is this not a transparent democratic process? #ableg

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— Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk (@lukaszukab.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM

Among the myriad of reasons to oppose the separatist movement in Albeta, the opacity the operation is another red flag.

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Thoughts

It’s a bit embarrassing to admit it, but the thought of the US attacking Canada is something that’s been on my mind for the first time in my life.

Not that I think we are in any immediate threat, there will be a lot of other significant moves to make one truly frightened nevertheless the 51st state rhetoric echoes in my mind as the USA kidnapped the president of Venezuela and his wife yesterday, killing dozens, or perhaps hundreds, in this special military operation which the legal implications under US and international law are not immediately clear.

There’s no denying Maduro is a bad actor and the Venezuelan people deserve better, but how this is shaking out has me worried.

I also wonder what my Canadian born US citizen cousins make of it.1 If nothing else, the lack of congressional oversight is certainly worrisome.

  1. I haven’t asked them.[↩]
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Three Seconds Everyday 2025

The 2025 edition of our Three Seconds Everyday video is up. This year I didn’t render out a one second version, but it’s surprisingly watchable at double speed, if you don’t mind the audio.

I have to thank Andrea for picking up a few of the days that I happened to miss.

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Top 10 Posts of 2025

Happy new year! Here are my most view posts of 2025:1

Stairway to Heaven Backwards Full Lyrics: 8,297
Secret Hitler – Print and Play: 6,210
Laughing Wild — by Christopher Durang: 4,120
Home page / Archives: 2,960
Laughing Wild — by Christopher Durang: 891
Apple Photos – How to view all unnamed faces – Solved: 887
About Me: 399
Backmasking Info: 395
Frequently Asked Questions: 231
Tab Cola Commercial: 225

  1. Previous year-end statistics for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2010.[↩]
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Editorial on Neudorf’s Recall

Though I missed this last week, Darcy Logan has some good questions for Nathan Neudorf in his editorial on the fake recall.

If this is a fake process, they have now been denied their democratic agency by duplicitous and dishonest individuals. Nathan Neudorf publicly stated that “I’m not actively involved in my own recall.” This seems like a feeble equivocation. Were you passively involved, or were you aware it was going to happen before stepping back for plausible deniability?

Nathan Neudorf needs to answer two questions: Were you aware that someone was going to launch a spurious recall? Were any of your staff involved, and if so, how?

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The Great Recall Caper

I’ve been working on this video for the past few days.

From my video description:

On November 25, 2025, Lethbridge-East got an active recall petition campaign for Nathan Neudorf, but not everything is as it appears. Follow the unraveling of a real life conspiracy in this short explainer video.

As far as how I feel about the whole thing, it’s disappointing but I think that a fake recall might be more politically poisonous to Neudorf than our actual recall would have been.

I know this isn’t much of a consolation to folks that wanted to help but if you’re one of those people, consider signing up to help with the Alberta Funds Public Schools or the coal mining petition1.

  1. put forth by Corb Lund.[↩]
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Genny Steed and the Fake Recall

I played a part in handing out the pieces, but this guy put them together:

https://recallfan44.substack.com/p/867-53oh-my

[I]f you’re going to do shifty things, don’t brag about it to friends, because eventually someone is going to say something in passing, and there’s no way to put that toothpaste back in the tube.

Yesterday, I was emailing back and forth with another person who has also been investigating this situation, and received some very interesting information:

The rumour is (and this is just a rumour — I have no idea the reputation of the people spreading it) that she approached Ryan Tanner because she is friends with him and he doesn’t have a Facebook account. I’m looking into the rumour more asking around to try and find the person that said it.

Needless to say, we found what we were looking for.

Update: It turns out that Ryan Tanner has a Facebook account–it’s just one that is dormant/private. It has only one public facing post since it was started in 2007.