Greg Abelseth @GAbelseth Twitter profile

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

Listening to national news on CBC. I just have to say I am sick and fucking tired of our media referring to the people protesting in Ottawa as "The Freedom Convoy ". It has fuck all to do with freedom. A lot to do with intimidation, racism, and off the wall conspiracy theories.

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I am an Orthopedic surgeon in Alberta. I reject the unilateral actions taken by this government regarding physician services. @shandro you are damaging one of the best medical systems in the world. I stand with the AMA .

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4 years

"We unanimously reject unilateral actions taken by this government regarding physician services. We will not enter into discussions without AMA representation." - Section of Orthopedics @shandro #ableg #abpoli 26/40

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4 years

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3 years

@MariekeWalsh Please please stop referring to it as Freedom Convoy. It had absolutely nothing to do with freedom. By using that name you are whitewashing their intent and actions and buying into their false narrative. Come up with a more accurate descriptor.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@ritasirignano @CalgaryPolice . Why? Why are you doing this to the people who live there? Why aren't you dealing with the group that's actually causing all of the problems. This behaviour needs to be discussed at thr police commission.

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2 years

@legally_cree This is absolutely horrific. There needs to be complete investigation. Loss of license to practice. Potentially criminal charges. Certainly civil suit.

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3 years

@kathymarasco @Crackmacs They are protesting that they were never taught critical thinking skills at school. They may not realize it but that's what they are protesting.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@CGriwkowsky @shandro . Sorry but I have to call bullshit. I've been a practicing surgeon in this province for 30 years. This is the first time I have ever heard this.

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2 years

@jordanbpeterson JFC. And people still wonder why you're being investigated by your regulatory body.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@allisonjade Between working in a cement plant while a student, and working as an orthopaedic surgeon, I've worn a mask for a good portion of my working life. A lot of it pretty heavy work. I honestly don't understand the issue with wearing a mask.

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2 years

@mayorblaine @PierrePoilievre 43 year old multimillionaire whose only adult job has been politician. To me that screams Elite.

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2 years

@gtconway3d We got tired of living over a Meth Lab.

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6 years

@MrAndyNgo @acoyne @daumkeziah If you use the logic of the on line mob only white men from Britain can wear ties, only Canadians can wear toques, only Scandinavians can cross country ski.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

Just listened to Premier of P.E.I. interviewed on CBCs "The House". Why can't all our politicians be like this guy? Emphasized cooperation. Praise previous PEI premier for the economic position he was left. All our current leaders can learn something here.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@jkenney Where exactly are the pictures coming from. I've been to different grocery stores the last couple of days and there were no empty shelves. I think the only empty shelf in Alberta is the one that holds UCP ethics.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@Scott_755 Galen wants to pool everyone's donations and get the tax write off himself.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@DShepYEG @JasonCoppingAB I'm going to put this as politely as I can under the circumstances. This decision is absolute bullshit. By definition my surgical patients fall into the high risk categories. Now I have to put them at increased risk because someone in my OR isn't vaccinated? Absolute Bullshit.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@tarajago @doug_schweitzer And our MLAs get paid more than in any other province, and we don't seem to be getting value for the dollars.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@KevinMKruse @DineshDSouza If you're going to continue in this type of relationship with Dr.Kruse they you had better come up with a safe word.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@MaximeBernier JFC. Are you kidding me? The country dodged a bullet when you lost to CPC leadership.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@charlesadler Because he is probably the most unlikable politician this country has seen in generations. He gives off such a strong "I am an asshole" vibe it's almost like it's his superpower

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

Found this while cleaning. From ~'96. Time to break it out again I think.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@FionaMattatall I'll put this as politely as I can. This decision @UCPCaucus is absolute fucking bullshit. If you cannot refer a patient for the care they need that you are unable or unwilling to provide then you have no business being a health care provider

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Greg Abelseth

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8 months

@TheBreakdownAB Oh she's keeping her promise to someone, just not to the voters of Alberta.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@AlbertaGrogu @erinotoole This ad is despicable. After watching what happened in Washington this week you put thus out there? What you looked south if the border and thought that was a good idea? Unbelievable.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@AB_MD_WarRoom @shandro I am an Orthopedic Surgeon in Calgary. I do not want an alternative way to engage with the Alberta government. The Alberta Medical Association is, has always been, and will always be my chosen representative. If you refuse to engage with the AMA you should resign. FFS just resign

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@joncoopertweets Isn't that kinda like having to choose between Syphilis and Gonorrhea?

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2 years

@aaronhoyland In all my years of Surgery no one has ever complained that I'm wearing a mask.

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2 years

@subvoyeur Born and raised Albertan. Lived worked studied in 5 different provinces, 3 different countries. Moved back to raise my kids here because it's the best place in the world. What the current crop of RWNJs is doing to my province is driving me crazy.

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2 years

@charlesrusnell @TracyAllardUCP JFC. Unbelievably Corrupt Party strikes again.

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2 years

@ABDanielleSmith @RachelNotley You have confirmed my first belief. You would be an unmitigated disaster as Premier of this province.

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Greg Abelseth

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1 year

@atypicalalbertn @RKSAlberta I was born and raised in a very small town in Alberta. I do not understand how rural voters can blindly vote for a party that is hell-bent on implementing changes that will have the most negative impact on lower income people.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@UniteAlberta I guess Ms. Notley is psychic as well as being an ethical politician.

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Greg Abelseth

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6 years

@RW_Crank @MrAndyNgo @acoyne @daumkeziah Sorry I should have specified tie with windsor knot. My bad.

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Greg Abelseth

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1 year

@TheBreakdownAB @Cherry50505 I'm born and raised in Alberta. I've lived, worked, or studied in 5 different provinces and 3 different countries. Came back to raise my family here. TBA doesn't represent the province I know and love. We can't let Crazy Dani win this election. #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@jtrebach When I was an intern I told an elderly patient that she had fractured her arm. "Thank god doctor, I thought I busted it" was her response. Learned a valuable lesson that day in how to talk to patients and how it is unprofessional to talk to them using words they don't understand.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@DuaneBratt From a friend of mine, an ICU doc.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@shandro I just heard that you cancelled your interview on CBC Eye-opener this morning. If you don't have the courage and integrity to face questions about your handling of the pandemic you should resign. You obviously don't have the skill set to manage the Health portfolio

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Greg Abelseth

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6 years

@denisebatters Really! You're criticizing a Christmas card? If that's a line item in you partys policy handbook you need to rethink your policies.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@RJDavies_ @erinotoole it is unbelievable that your shadow minister of health makes a statement like this. We are all sacrificing. Why does she think she is special? If you leave her as shadow minister of health you are losing what little credibility you have left.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@susanspbx I have already lost one of my elective surgery days as there was no Anaesthesia available.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@denisebatters @PierrePoilievre Funny I thought it would be this one.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@hodgetwins But also has nothing to do with military style assault rifles but rather with muzzle loading black powder flint locks.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@DineshDSouza @KevinMKruse Dinesh, if your going to continue with this masochistic relationship with Kevin Kruse the two of you really need to agree on a safe word.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

Congratulations to all the Canadian Medical students who got their CARMS match today. To those who didn't match it has nothing to do with your worth or ability. Keep your head up. Some of the best doctors I know didn't match first go round.

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Greg Abelseth

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@FionaMattatall This whole goddamn UCP Government is amateur hour. I can't decide if they are as stupid as they seem, or if they have been bought and paid for. Maybe it's both.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@mgb_1983 @shandro @Albertadoctors I've been involved with the Med School for a very long time. This is unprecedented. It should be a wake up call for the government. Unfortunately we have a government that is using ideology rather than knowledge and logic.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@RobbKipling @LukaszukAB @BrianJeanAB Have I ever been to triage? JFC. I'm a surgeon. What do you think?

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@peng_dreamer Health care, like government, should not be run like a business. Businesses operate to create profit. Healthcare and government should operate to provide service to improve people's lives.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@JBar1982 No. This is US government policy. Something your "friends" should have looked into before trying to travel. But guessing it was done on purpose so you could tweet about it while clutching your pearls.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@AHoensbroech Thanks. Makes my decision not to fly West Jet even easier.

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Greg Abelseth

@GAbelseth

2 years

@ABDanielleSmith @RachelNotley @JustinTrudeau So not interested at all in improving the lot of the people of Alberta? Looking at the big picture? Just focusing on your narrow band of ideology?

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@ve6dpa Yikes. As an Orthopaedic surgeon I whole heartedly support your statement. The injury depicted is a life altering and a life threatening one. The bones can be fixed. The soft tissue damage can cause permanent problems.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@RobbKipling @LukaszukAB @BrianJeanAB It's not a business. It's health care. At least it is until UCP finishes screwing things up and makes health care private for profit, which I am convinced is their end game.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@WBrettWilson Clean up your orphan wells. Then you can come back and bitch about other people's action.

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Greg Abelseth

@GAbelseth

2 years

@mario_canseco 37% of Canadians haven't bothered to educate themselves on the "15-minute city" preferring to believe the bullshit spewed by rage farming RWNJs. Fixed it for you.

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Greg Abelseth

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6 years

@thistallawkgirl Does anyone, other than his mother, know who he is?

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2 years

@roguechimp99 @SteveBuick2 Good question. I wonder if Office of the Information Privacy Commissioner should have a look at this. @ABoipc

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Greg Abelseth

@GAbelseth

2 years

@Optimuspool @teachtheteecher @WBrettWilson Showing the full picture would not fit with his narrative. And btw Brett, clean up your orphan wells.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@elisevonscheel @JulieYAli And if this doesn't scare the shit out of Albertans then I don't know what will.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@annielintzenich During my entire orthopaedic training in Canada I looked after 3 people with GSW, 2 of which self inflicted. During my ortho trauma fellowship in England I looked after 1 person with GSW. Self inflicted. I am constantly puzzled by the gun culture in USA.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@zita_dulock @JamieSale I cannot even imagine what you have gone through. I am in utter amazement of your strength and courage. @JamieSale your comment was despicable. You should be ashamed of yourself. You need to seek some professional help.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@PeterMacKay @jkenney Very little to do with the government and more to do with civil servants at AHS Procurement who had the foresight to increase the order for PPE. Why do politicians have the need to claim responsibility when things go well, but deny responsibility when things go wrong?

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@mark_slapinski

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@CailinasEirinn @BrianJeanAB @BrianJeanAB Really bright idea

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@Marmieowner @RetiredCdnRJB Speaking as an Orthopaedic surgeon we can fix a lot of things. But we can't fix stupid.

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2 years

@CanDayConvoy

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@nationalpost I can't decide anymore if you are competing against The Sun as the nations top bird cage liner, or the Beaverton as the nations top parody news source.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@maxfawcett Like a good chunk of the province she has me blocked. How does she expect to lead the province if she exists only in her own echo chamber?

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@move2strike Good guy with a gun narrative kinda feels a bit like bullshit now.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@WBrettWilson @CityofEdmonton @JyotiGondek You know what would help our planet? Cleaning up your well sites. Do that before you lecture anyone.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@DARogers2010 @DJChocolateMLK @jaketapper @DARogers2010 . Maybe learn some history before spouting off. Read some actual books about WW1 and WW2. And FWIW the first Canadian tropps to die in Afghanistan were killed by a US airstrike.

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2 years

@CarymaRules

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@PudPuddin @WHAT88340166 @BJugdev @mapleservo @ABDanielleSmith @DShepYEG Ok. So that is completely negligent and unacceptable. Fracture hip in anyone is a serious injury. There needs to be some consequences.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@LiseGot @louisecinnamon @jkenney I have to say I didn't have "Alienating over 1/2 the population with a cabinet shuffle" on my UCP incompetence bingo card.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@allisonjade I wonder if he's speaking physically, emotionally, metaphorically, or is he describing his personality.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@UCPCaucus I'm not NDP but if the UCP government actually introduced a strong response and did their God damn job maybe people wouldn't lose their fucking minds.

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Greg Abelseth

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6 years

@tommyxtopher Isn't there something in the US constitution about separation of church and state? Isn't belief in "The Rapture " limited to a small percentage of the population?

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@StopTheCriminal @TedNugent And hundreds if not thousands of people who are reading your Tweet are saying to themselves "Ted who?"

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@demetriosnAB @KeefeLynn @JasonCoppingAB Great. But who is going to train them? That many new students will require a lot of practicing physicians and surgeons to teach them. And the residency spots,especially in surgery. Where are the extra ORs and surgical time going to come from to train them appropriately.

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@LWaler I normally go to a place where they actually sell the stuff I'm looking to buy.

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Greg Abelseth

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1 year

@WBrettWilson @liberal_party @PierrePoilievre Clean up your orphan wells with your own money, not taxpayers, then come back and try to lecture us.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@Drew__Barnes Now everyone stay there for a week, yell at passers by and honk your horns 24/7. BTW...violation of conditions of bail.

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Greg Abelseth

@GAbelseth

3 years

@DuaneBratt I would really like to see the paper trail on this. This decision is mind boggling. If it actually came from the CMOH she needs to release the information thst she used to make this decision.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@DuaneBratt Problem is she doesn't seem to have a clue as to how health care works. And when I pointed this out to her she blocked me on Twitter

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@ahopeross @DorothyHermary Wasn't considering voting for Farkas but with Shandro supporting him confirms my decision is correct.

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Greg Abelseth

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3 years

@smallzzz2186 Meeting up with large group of men with similar shortcomings. Kinda explains everything

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Greg Abelseth

@GAbelseth

2 years

@Tony__Clark @UCPCaucus Pass a message along to Ms Smth for me. I would tell her myself but like a large number of Albertans she has me blocked. Keep Your Hands Off Of My CPP.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@BlueTallulah @TheChandlerDude @MJMcKean Sliding into 3rd world territory and significant portions of one of your main political parties are insisting on greasing the slope.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@WesternStd It's frightening to live in a province where it is difficult to decide what is satire and what is truth.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@gthomasCJca I seem to remember losing a vote for UNSC while Harper was PM.

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3 years

@jaquetsmith6

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Greg Abelseth

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1 year

@jannarden @mendonca1969 That's because you are a decent person with a sense of ethics and morals, exactly the opposite of Ms. Smith.

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Greg Abelseth

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2 years

@DuaneBratt @seanchucalgary @JyotiGondek Why is he still on council? And why is he not in jail?

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@FionaMattatall Anyone who feels a bill like this is necessary should not be in the medical profession.

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Greg Abelseth

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4 years

@ntighe @doug_schweitzer Unfortunately I don't think Minister Schweitzer ever attended any ethics lectures in Law school. He also doesn't appear to understand the life long trauma caused by any sexual assault. I am so sorry for the pain he caused you.

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Greg Abelseth

@GAbelseth

2 years

@kim_siever Am I alone in thinking that crypto mining causes a huge negative environmental impact?

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Greg Abelseth

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2 months

@drdagly People only need to look at the USA Healthcare model to see that privatization causes increased bureaucracy dramatically increased costs and worse outcomes in the overall general population

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Greg Abelseth

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5 years

@realDonaldTrump She's not disrespecting any of those things you mentioned. She's disrespecting you, which is totally justified. If she was my wife, daughter, niece, friend, I would advise her not to go, not to be in the same room as a serial sexual predator.

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