Alan Blanes

Ad hoc organizer - Canada Chapter Public Banking Institute; founder of the Sustainable Energy Study Circles on Yahoogroups and World Social Forum Open Site

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

I have what is considered to be excellent health insurance. My family spent approximately $15,000 out of pocket in 2019. I do not love my “excellent,” employer-based health insurance. In fact, it’s awful.

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

@RBerckelman @manifesto2000 @MedBennett @johnsta04633925 @chrispydog @GlenneDrover @AreWeThatStupi1 @RoyPentland @Barbarajdurkin @DougieG @no2wind @0Sundance @TQMKA @dogtheCO1 @KCTaz @markcojuangco @Michael_D_Crow @AlbertStienstra @JBW227 @realSteve1234 @GeraldKutney @John2017abc @GillesnFio @HVACPerformance @manlyvibemark @bazakel @MartinBrampton @BettyMatt1 @realJoeDick @Robin_Hagues @RedDragonFly19 @shesmegg82 @ozhomeschool @JesseLonnen @Tony03382773 @japett @DrakeTwgdadrea1 @Leynad777 @Blackbody88 @GWLarsson @novakglobal @FoWLChi @pattena1 @SaferStone @acreage1 @powerglobalus @spock246 @KipferMile @tcw_team @farmingganja https://t.co/R2JZTR5hAl

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

Dr. Tim Ball on victory over Michael Mann https://t.co/O2mu0MqSMl via @YouTube Dr. Ball is basing his views on invalid premises. We need to get a task force established to challenge these errors and to bring Dr. Ball into real fact finding. @MichaelEMann @alliance2030ca

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

@DougieG @manifesto2000 @Sense_Czech @RoyPentland @donahugh216 @Barbarajdurkin @IngersolRobert @no2wind @Hullabaloo_show @Niggledom @Geoff4273 @RedDragonFly19 @novakglobal @RBerckelman @MedBennett @johnsta04633925 @chrispydog @GlenneDrover @AreWeThatStupi1 @0Sundance @TQMKA @dogtheCO1 @KCTaz @markcojuangco @Michael_D_Crow @AlbertStienstra @JBW227 @realSteve1234 @GeraldKutney @John2017abc @GillesnFio @HVACPerformance @manlyvibemark @bazakel @MartinBrampton @BettyMatt1 @realJoeDick @Robin_Hagues @shesmegg82 @ozhomeschool @JesseLonnen @Tony03382773 @japett @DrakeTwgdadrea1 @Leynad777 @Blackbody88 @GWLarsson @FoWLChi @pattena1 @SaferStone https://t.co/R2JZTR5hAl

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

Dr. Tim Ball on victory over Michael Mann https://t.co/O2mu0MqSMl via @YouTube Dr. Ball is basing his views on invalid premises. We need to get a task force established to challenge these errors and to bring Dr. Ball into real fact finding. @MichaelEMann @alliance2030ca

[nicolekarlis @nicolekarlis]

Yesterday I also attended a climate event for Bernie supporters. More in @Salon here: https://t.co/usDd4DTXmE

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

Mike Bloomberg apparently hasn't gotten the memo that Russia hasn't been communist for nearly three decades.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

@mtaibbi No matter how much contempt one had previously for the US elite class - their ethics & intellect - their *still-growing* Russia paranoia has proven that contempt inadequate.

I mean, Laurence Fucking Tribe - aside from praising Louse Mensch - did this:

https://t.co/JxdbwZlpWP

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

The stupidity of the American commentariat has never been more glaring. I'm in a state of complete disgust. I can't imagine the mind that would take this horseshit seriously.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

Yes, I worked for the Moscow Times. And the eXile. And I wrote for Komsomolskaya Pravda, Trud, and Kommersant Daily, among others. I was a critic of the Russian government in both English and Russian. That makes me more qualified to speak to the idiocy of this story, not less.

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

Dr. Tim Ball on victory over Michael Mann https://t.co/O2mu0MqSMl via @YouTube Dr. Ball is basing his views on invalid premises. We need to get a task force established to challenge these errors and to bring Dr. Ball into real fact finding. @MichaelEMann @alliance2030ca

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

@WCELaw We should be supporting the Hereditary Chiefs who are looking at the needs of the future - which is not helped by rip and ship resource extraction and sending to overseas markets at very marginal prices - attempting to maximize short term profit. @LawladyINM @UBCIC

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

@melindagates @gatesfoundation I hope that the Gates Foundation can help unite all communities around #SDG3 so we have practical ways to advance wellbeing through improved universal health care. @popularresistance @DrUmeshPrabhu @MFlowers8 @KevinZeese

[Michael Moore @MMFlint]

...but that love will remain empty and hollow if we fail to change who we are and the society we’ve created for them. There is no love without action, and deep down these kids know that a tiny piece of each of our fingerprints was on that trigger, too.

[Michael Moore @MMFlint]

Last night, before going to sleep, I thought about the kids in Parkland, Florida, on the 2nd anniversary of the massacre they witnessed and how, for them, this will never be Valentines Day. I hope they know that they are, and always will be, loved by us...

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

@jcallaghan2 @jjhorgan @JustinTrudeau @CouncilofCDNs You are correct, Jeff

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

These folks continue to amaze and inspire me...

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

The rip and ship madcap export of natural gas at marginal prices is inexcusable sacrificing of the future. We should be processing fossil fuels as industrial feedstock NEVER collaborating in using it for heat energy. @DougieG

[CBC British Columbia @cbcnewsbc]

Support for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion across Canada has dropped to its lowest levels in nearly two years, according to a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute. The opposition in B.C. is stronger than support for the first time since 2015 https://t.co/e5XZMXYzka

[Unifor @UniforTheUnion]

Excellent news! New transparency rules tabled by @Daniel_Blaikie and confirmed by @cafreeland will better inform Canada’s approach to trade in future, with clear notice of intent, and stated objectives. Well done by all. #canpol #cusma

[Alan Blanes @alanjblanes]

@SethDKlein I'd like to see a strong grass roots common front set up to bring everyone into the cause for proportional representation.