Peter Bailey

Tilter at windmills. Librarian. Reader. Beer guy @Tomatofooddrink

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@demetriosnAB Fun Home & Blankets *ARE* classic literary works, critically-acclaimed and award-winning. When will you acknowledge there is a difference in books appropriate for a kindergarten student vs a high school student?

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.)

John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. Although they claimed to be Christian, they paid no attention to what Jesus actually said about the poor and the Good Samaritan and forgiving your enemies and such; instead, they practised selfish rapacious capitalism, because they worshipped Ayn Rand. (Though they ignored the scene in The Fountainhead where “welcomed rape” is advocated, because who wants to dwell, and also that would have involved sex and would de facto be pornographic. Well, it kind of is, eh?) Oh, and they never died, because who wants to dwell on, you know, death and corpses and yuk? So they lived happily ever after. But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. The end.

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@linemansteve @TheBreakdownAB EPSB should not be complying with the ministerial order. They should stand with their existing processes which include making use of the expertise of educators and librarians + procedures giving parents a way to challenge particular titles.

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@cspotweet *Margaret Laurence.

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@TheBreakdownAB It is very disappointing to see @EPSBNews acquiescing and accommodating this outrageous UCP book banning order. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. Stand up and fight, educators and administrators, and we will stand with you. #ableg #intellectualfreedom

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@linemansteve @TheBreakdownAB You gotta keep up, Steve. The UCP made a ministerial order saying school boards must remove books containing what they defined as explicit sexual content from school libraries. The EPSB is complying with the order, identifying books with that content.

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

I'm still waiting for evidence that the Premier is not a separatist.

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@MarkConnollyCBC If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. ~ William Tecumseh Sherman

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

“Surprise, a pro-Canada team beat the separatists to an Alberta referendum.”

#ableg #cdnpoli #Forever Canadian
https://t.co/WfA7xcNCeW

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

Corb Lund wrote a classic in 2002 about Edmontonians leaving for Montreal: "Short Prairie Grasses (Prairies of Alberta). @MarkConnollyCBC

[Jana G. Pruden @jana_pruden]

Maven Maurer is the first pro football player to come out as trans.
My profile of a very brave and strong woman, who risked everything to be who she really is.
With beautiful photos by @photobracken
https://t.co/okrQLkkw9A

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@DennisKendel @andrew_leach @trevortombe @ABDanielleSmith https://t.co/LKVtiz9X0i

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@MarkConnollyCBC Best burger in Edmonton is the Lamb Burger at Sugar Bowl (Four Whistle Farms ground lamb patty, goat cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomato, chimichurri mayo, house-made brioche bun). Serve with a local craft beer or fine Belgian ale.

[Carrie Tait @CarrieTait]

icymi - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's former chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings with Alberta Health Services are subject to multiple investigations
https://t.co/C6S5SyNXSD w @tom_cardoso @HoserLibrarian

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@ColinCa92604304 @politicalham It's not a "tanker ban", it's a ban on large OIL tankers on the northern BC coast. LNG is okay.

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@T8NTraynor @yfcherries How about this universe?

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@yfcherries @jkhatepage Eleanor lives in Edmonton Centre. #facts

[Peter Bailey @Libarbarian]

@BenMFreeman Edmonton?! Wow, I had no idea you were in town!