Eric deVetten

Devoted and determined team member. Both at home and at work. Manager and responsible for 27 by day, husband and father of 3 by night.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@deryaa1214 28. Going around the circle, 5x2 =10, 6x3 =18, 7x4=28, 8x5=40. Didn’t take me less than 10 seconds though. I probably contemplated for a minute to find a pattern.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@Jennnyyyyyy 35

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@TerryRichards69 @govt_corrupt Haha, why would you post a picture of a Mexican grocery store shelf? That’s obviously 41 pesos. You just wanted to piss people off and draw attention to a falsity. It is 4.50 ish for 2 liters and 5-6$ for 4 liters.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@_JoelleOnAir Gorgeous! Like your boots this morning lol

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@_JoelleOnAir @GlobalCalgary Who is going to provide the arms for Leslie? You will be missed.

[Gary DeSnell @GDesnell]

I asked Grok "If you wanted to destroy a country from within, rather than waging out right war, how would you go about doing it?" Any of this look familiar?

Undermine Social Cohesion:
Polarization: Amplify existing divisions—ethnic, religious, economic, or ideological—through propaganda or media manipulation. Fund or promote extremist groups on all sides to deepen mistrust. Historical example: Foreign-backed disinformation campaigns in various nations have fueled internal strife.

Cultural Erosion: Discredit shared values, traditions, or institutions that unify the population. This could involve rewriting narratives about a country’s history to foster shame or division.

Weaken Institutions:
Corruption: Infiltrate or bribe key sectors—judiciary, elections, media, or law enforcement—to erode public trust. Corrupted institutions lose legitimacy, creating power vacuums. Example: Many failed states suffer from systemic corruption that hollows out governance.

Incompetence: Promote or install unqualified leaders in critical roles to ensure mismanagement. Over time, failures breed frustration and cynicism among citizens.

Economic Sabotage:
Dependency: Encourage reliance on foreign goods, loans, or resources, then manipulate access to create crises. Example: Economic sanctions or debt traps have crippled economies in vulnerable nations.

Inflation/Devaluation: Disrupt monetary systems by flooding markets with counterfeit currency or destabilizing trade. Hyperinflation, as seen in Weimar Germany or modern Venezuela, devastates public morale.

Infrastructure Neglect: Divert resources from maintaining critical systems—power, water, transport—leading to decay and public discontent.

Information Warfare:
Disinformation: Spread false narratives to confuse the populace and undermine trust in truth itself. Social media amplifies this, as seen in various election interference cases.

Censorship or Noise: Either suppress dissenting voices or flood discourse with irrelevant controversies to distract from real issues.

Exploit External Pressures:
Immigration/Refugee Crises: Overwhelm systems by encouraging uncontrolled migration, straining resources and inflaming tensions. Example: Mass migrations have destabilized governments unprepared for the influx.

Proxy Conflicts: Fund internal factions or separatists to create low-grade civil unrest, draining national resources without direct war.

Erode Military and Security:
Defunding/Disarray: Push for budget cuts or internal purges to weaken defense capabilities. A dispirited or disorganized military can’t respond to crises.

Infiltration: Place loyalists or foreign agents within security forces to sabotage operations or leak intelligence.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@RichardKnack @GlobalEdmonton Did you write this post as a submission for other bad headline descriptions to use? What you WANT to do, is not a human right. Elective surgeries are “WANTS”. The idea that you think someone can mutilate their body, but yet doesn’t have the mental capacity to vote, is horrific.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@GlobalCalgary I was just at the 7-11 on 130th ave West of Deerfoot, and there was a fridge full of booze. #fakenews

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@robsobject @_JoelleOnAir @calgarystampede @Robsobject if there was a button that I could press, that would instantly notify you that you are scum, I would gladly select it. Instead, the reaction is a heart. If you aren’t going to use the heart, just scroll by. What’s the benefit of belittling or disrespecting someone?

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@sunrickbell @calgaryherald It seems like everyone is making this out to be an attack on the people, but I believe Danielle Smith was just trying to get the municipalities to take care of their own transit funding issues. With me living in a small town, why am I paying taxes for the city transit?

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@LukaszukAB Do the “mutilations” of the females reduce their likeliness of infection while maintaining full physiological function?

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

There are things we come in contact with in life that we can not rest until we understand. It’s just how we are wired. But then there are also things that we just accept as magic. EX) the Duck Hunt gun.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@Brational2 @DuaneBratt @DuaneBratt does a great job of stating the facts without letting his personal beliefs/opinions come through. He calls a spade a spade. He suggests what the optics of an action will look like to the public, but that’s what a scientist does. They hypothesize and predict outcomes.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@GlobalCalgary @global_leslie Great response Leslie! I’m sorry that you had to even address such stupidity. I was praying for you throughout that period last year. I’m so happy to see you back on the air each morning.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@GlobalCalgary When did wants start trumping needs? The idea of responsibility is being trumped by the pursuit of convenience. Kids need to learn responsibility. Maybe if they need more sleep, they should go to bed earlier? Common sense.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@shellenberger I can’t believe that people are surprised to hear about this. Did people assume that it was a family of elves that was filtering posts as “fact checkers” and reported them as fake? Someone had to be doing it. Your tweet referred to a narrative, where is it?

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@CTVCalgary And news posts aren’t allowed to be on Canadian Facebook accounts… I guess they wish to protect pieces of shit like this…. Public accountability is a thing of the past.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@GlobalCalgary That’s what I said to my wife this evening… With us having 3 little ones, I satirically commented that the people doing food prep were playing with poop.

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@zakwilliams I’m sure that you hear this all the time, but you are not alone in your love for your father. He was an inspiration to many! I’m one of those people that was saved by your dad’s comedy. If he was looking to hold on long enough to save “a couple more” I’m proud to say “Thank you.”

[Eric deVetten @E_deVetten]

@TiffanyLizee Wow, that’s ridiculous. I wish people respected meteorologists for the extensive training and knowledge that they have obtained. Clothes can be purchased by anyone. I think “flapjack” is shallow. hahahaha