Robert Hawkes

Father, husband, standup comedian, former political hack, poker player, lawyer and all around lucky guy

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

An open letter to my teenage sons. http://t.co/VfHDD5nxtg #yyc #success

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

@ATRightMovies Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman is narrating and addresses the audience “I wish I could tell you that…”

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

@STLChessClub 1… Rd7, 2. Qb3+, Kf8 3. Rad1, Rd1 4. Rd1 (if Qd1, Qh3++), Qf2+ 5. Kh1, g3 and black should be winning. White can play Rd8+, Ke7 and then Rd7+, Kd7, Qf7+ Kd8!, Qg8+ and black escapes to b6 on the dark squares avoiding a perpetual.

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

@chesscom It will be a stalemate. 1 c2-d3, Qb2-c2, 2 d3-c4, Rb3-b2, 3 c4-b5, Qa2-d4, 4 b5-c6, Qd4-b5, now 5 c6-b7, Kb7 stalemate or 5 c6-d7, Qb5-d7 stalemate.

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

@Michael22433130 @TakeTakeTakeApp @DavidHowellGM After Rh6, Qf7+, Kh8, Qg7++

[Dimko Zhluktenko 🇺🇦⚔️ @dim0kq]

Trump: Would you go to Moscow?

Zelensky: It's difficult. There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous

Absolute banger, it's legendary to be speaking with former BEST Ukrainian commedian 🤣🤣🤣

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

Such an iconic monologue.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Ben Stiller says Adam Scott’s performance in STEP BROTHERS (2008) played a major role in casting him in SEVERANCE.

“It’s when I knew he was an incredible actor.”

[Mark Leonard @markhleonard]

1/Ten years ago, Britain voted for Brexit.
New ECFR/Mandate polling out this morning reveals something Westminster hasn't noticed: the country has quietly changed its mind — and not in the way you'd expect.
The Leave/Remain divide is dead. Here's what replaced it. 🧵

[HFI Research @HFI_Research]

There’s an important distinction here that needs to be clarified.

Oil inventories exist to provide buffers in the event of unforeseen accidents.

When you run oil inventories to operational minimums, gasoline and distillate (3 weeks), crude (8 weeks), you are not out of inventory. You are just out of buffer inventory.

From this point forward, you are living paycheck to paycheck. Any minor disruption will cascade through the supply chain, which would create regional shortages.

To prevent the scenario of not having enough products, an efficient market would, in theory, force the end user to start competing for the marginal barrel.

We have not seen any of that. As a result, the market has kept prices depressed, and drained excess buffers.

So are we out of oil? No. But living paycheck to paycheck is not ideal.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

🚨 The House just passed the Ukraine Support Act by a vote of 226-195 to provide military aid to Ukraine and impose tough sanctions on Russia.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

8 May 1945. 3 PM. Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech on BBC Radio.

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

Well worth reading. The truth is important on an issue that is this important to our future. https://t.co/V6sQ1f4IGF #Alberta #ableg #separation

[NBA @NBA]

THE BALL WENT OUT OF THE FRAME 😲

AN EPIC SHOT FROM RJ BARRETT TO WIN IT FOR TORONTO AND FORCE GAME 7!

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

Not just every American....

[Judge Stephen Dillard @JudgeDillard]

Every American should watch every second of this video.

Thank you, @BenSasse.

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

Coincidentally the forecast high for Calgary today….

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Good morning from Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱

April 25, 2026 (9:46am)
Temp: -1°C.

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

@ThatEricAlper My self-esteem?

[Dr. Fred Hoffman, Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) @InfoAgeStrategy]

How is Vladimir Putin not a terrorist?

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Long unofficially banned from appearing on state TV, incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar appears on a channel to which he was previously not allowed only to announce an end of "North Korean" style Orban media monopoly.

[Robert Hawkes @CalgaryRob]

It dawns on me that this explains tax evasion quite effectively.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

If you keep raising the height higher and higher, eventually... 😂

[Bogáta Timár @BogataTimar]

okay I guess I have to talk about Péter Magyar here.
Let me just start with saying, in a very unladylike way, that you guys seem to have zero clue what happened in Hungary in the last two years, you completely miss the point, and you're a disappointing bunch.
Let's go.