Russ Vanderleer has Elbows Up
@russvanderleer.bsky.social
Camera nerd and occasional photographer. Political junkie. Music geek. Proud Canadian and sometimes embarrassed Albertan. He/him.
📣 Dear Separatists, Again, you are being manipulated. Don't be a pawn in Trump's MAGA agenda and infantile rage. Don't let the lies win. 🚨 Trump Isn’t Just Trolling Canada. He’s Helping Push It Apart. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/o...
Opinion | MAGA Is Feeding a Separatist Surge in Canada
Drawing inspiration from MAGA, separatists in Alberta are pushing for a break away from Canada.
nytimes.com
The ultimate antidote to lift Canadians up after being fucked at the last minute by the US trade “negotiations “ True words. “And that's where the hornet stung me And I had a feverish dream With revenge and doubt Tonight we smoke them out” Get to a watch party near you or stream at home!!
NEWS! Gianni Infantino to watch rest of World Cup from deep inside Donald Trump's colon newsthump.com/2026/07/06/g...
Gianni Infantino to watch rest of World Cup from deep inside Donald Trump’s colon
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced he will spend the remainder of the World Cup living deep inside Donald Trump’s colon, insisting it is “simply the most practical place to r…
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Separatists are "poisoning the partnership by isolating Albertans from the country they helped build, promising a utopian future, gaslighting them into mistrusting their own Canadian identity, & using ultimatums to make them choose province over patriotism.” www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
Jared Wesley, Peggy Garritty and Jim Dinning: Abuse? Really?
Alberta separatists like to pretend that they are the victims in a toxic relationship. If anything, it's the other way around.
readtheline.ca
Danielle Smith has the perfect chance now to dismantle and discredit separatism in Alberta and it's very revealing that she's doing next to nothing
NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse
In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...
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Premier Smith in her TV address said she was surprised at the emphasis on immigration during the Alberta Next panel. Fine. But who set the agenda? Who created the video? It was Smith herself.
On Oct 19, 2026 Justin Trudeau will have been out of office for 19 months.
Here's a 2024 letter from Danielle Smith to Justin Trudeau complaining about federal immigration limits affecting Alberta. www.alberta.ca/system/files... #Alberta #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli
Nice to see my tax dollars paying for a televised racist dog whistle. When the NDP had an economic downturn due to low oil prices - it’s all their fault. UCP have the same - blame the immigrants and the feds. 1/
“there are many questions to which Albertans and all Canadians have the right to get answers, starting with the answers that Premier Smith herself must provide.” This is a must read article on the question of separation. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.readtheline.ca/p/stephane-d...
Stéphane Dion: The secession process is dangerous
As the former federal minister who sponsored the Clarity Act, Alberta's path to independence is fraught with risk.
readtheline.ca
#artadventcalendar Day 24 My brave and tolerant wife helped me craft this winter image, illuminating this dark bridge in the mountains. It was -30C and took many minutes to get the exposure correct - her patience was immense.
#artadventcalendar Day 16. I had a lot of fun safely chasing this storm cell across the central AB prairies a couple of years ago.
#artadventcalendar Day 14 - night passes by at the old Wonderland ranch in Joshua Tree NP. This is a composite photo of over 170 exposures of the stars plus the foreground which I lit.
#artadventcalendar day 13. An incredible prairie sunset in fall. Alberta has so many beautiful spots.
#artadventcalendar Day 11. I used Intentional Camera Movement to create an artistic version of these autumn trees.
#artadventcalendar Day 9. I captured this special moment with a mother fox nursing two of her kits while on high alert this spring in southern Alberta.
#artadventcalendar Day 8. I’ve nicknamed this one “All Barns go to Heaven”. An amazing night of aurora over a barn at the end of its days in Alberta.
Ok, trying this a little late. Day 7 - A male Costa’s hummingbird feeding in the late afternoon sun. #artadventcalendar
