Google just put that last blog post behind a warning. That is abominable. Recently a drug addict who plead guilty to firebombing a synagogue in Toronto testified that he was paid $15 thousand dollars to do it and was given a driver along with the materials. That's big news so why would they censor that?
Let's talk about ego. They say pride is the universal sin and that pride has many faces. Vanity and arrogance are two of the ugly faces of pride. Pride as in self respect is not a sin. Which brings us to ego. The egotistical and the ego maniac. Whenever we talk about these ideas it's almost always in the third person pointing the finger at others. It's rarely a form of self reflection and self audit.
Some people like to argue. They like to hear themselves talk. They like to belittle others and prove them wrong. We have seen that belittling others in an attempt to boost one's ego is always self defeating. We can never build a healthy self image by tearing others down. When we lift others, we lift ourselves.
Recently an antisemitic troll accused me of never admitting when I'm wrong. Sometimes when people argue, they don't like to admit when they are wrong. In blogging it's very different. If I post something that's false and I don't make a retraction, I could get sued. Everyone has strength's and weaknesses. I'm not that guy that always has to be right. I have other weaknesses.
I always say if I'm right, I'm right and if I'm wrong I'm wrong. It's not about who's right or wrong, it's about what's right or wrong. I don't have a problem admitting when I'm wrong. The problem is, there is so much disinformation out there, when you are right there are a million trolls in your face telling you, you're wrong. God help you if you dare disagree with the narrative.
Candace Owens once said all Jews are pedophiles. I said that's ridiculous and racist. My inability to agree with her on that doesn't mean I'm unable to admit when I'm wrong. It means that's a pretty abominable statement.
Netanyahu is a bad man. To say all Jews are bad because Netanyahu is bad would be false. The troll claimed that there is an overwhelming percent of Jews in Israel that support Netanyahu. I disagree with that. I think that statemen is arguable. It's like claiming an overwhelming number of Americans support Donald Trump. Since when has an overwhelming number of Americans supported any US president? It's almost always a very vocal 51%.
When Trump was elected in his second term he flipped and split MAGA. It wasn't just Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson. There a whole list of people who supported Trump in his second term who no longer support him now. So to say an overwhelming number of American now support Donald Trump would be completely false just like claiming an overwhelming number of Jews in Israel support Netanyahu.
We also need to recognize that Netanyahu is a big fan of electronic voting and failed to prosecute that former Mossad team that were caught hacking elections all over Africa.
I do think a disturbing number of Jews in Israel do support atrocities, but I don't think it's anywhere near 50% let alone an overwhelming majority. All the protests and general strikes in Israel is something the mainstream media won't show us.
This really has nothing to do with my point. Ethos is a concept that comes from Aristotle. Aristotle claimed that ethos is one of the three main forms of persuasion along with pathos and logos. Pathos is emotion and logos is logic.
I think most of us agree that people use logos or logic to persuade people to believe an argument. Sometimes that logic involves fake science. Pathos is another interesting concept. We see the fake news and the Intelligence community bombard us with emotional arguments try to convince us of a narrative. Candace Owens used to encourage us to use logic over emotion so we are not deceived by their false emotionally manipulative narrative.
Ethos is what Aristotle referred to as the third form of persuasion. Ethos means character. Aristotle claimed an audience is more easily convinced if they believe the speaker is knowledgeable, virtuous, and well-intentioned. So let's talk about that. Is the person credible. If someone consistently posts false information, they lose their credibility. When I first started my blog someone in the industry claimed I would never have any credibility because I was anonymous.
There was actually more interest when I was anonymous because people were like who is this guy? Ethos also speaks to knowledgeable. If someone is knowledgeable, people are more likely to listen to them. That's why the fake news always quotes fake experts.
The third aspect of pathos is crucial. Is the speaker well intentioned? Are they a paid lobbyist? Do they have an ulterior motive? Aristotle broke ethos down into three categories: Phronesis (Practical Wisdom), Arete (Virtue) and Eunoia (Goodwill). Virtue means exhibiting high moral character, integrity, and honor. Goodwill means showing a benevolent attitude toward the audience, proving you have their best interests at heart.
Those are all important principles in discerning truth from error in a world of deception and fake news. Personally, I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. I support the civil liberty protected by the US Constitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights. People have a right to hold and express different opinions. I'm simply carving out my corner where I express my opinion. People have every right to disagree with those opinions.
That doesn't mean I'm going to give people a platform to mock me, belittle me or a platform to promote their opinions that support what I believe to be a false narrative. They're free to do that everywhere else. I'm just carving out a small corner for something else. An alternative view opposed to the one the mainstream media and the Intelligence community is bombarding us with.
The headline in the National Post reads "Future of Lebanon-Israel peace deal in doubt as Hezbollah vows to derail it." That is straight us Satanic, Here we have a Canadian news outlet promoting atrocities with lies. That's what we have.
August 2024 Jewish Currents reported that "A member of Uri Tzafon sends a drone bearing a mock evacuation notice into southern Lebanon, June 10th."
December 2024 The Times of Israel reported that "IDF admits settler group crossed northern border into Lebanon this month. The settler group was led by the Uri Tzafon Movement, a Religious Zionist organization that has held virtual conferences calling for settlement in southern Lebanon, in areas it claims belong to the Jewish people." Sadly these fringe extremists have gone mainstream.
The Jerusalem Post confirmed that it happened again February 2026. That is the obvious agenda that is supported by Netanyahu's Greater Israel quest and patch. Netanyahu wants Lebanon. He's using lies and atrocities to steal it.
This is not a war with Hezbollah. This is an unprovoked invasion of Lebanon with the sole intent of stealing their land. That is what this is. No lie will change that. In 1982 when Israel invaded Lebanon, they said Lebanon was not allowed to have a standing army to defend against a future Israeli invasion.
Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization like ISIS or Hamas. Hezbollah is Lebanon's standing army defending against another Israeli invasion. Claiming that this is a war with Hezbollah is a bold faced lie. This is an invasion of Lebanon, that is all this is. Netanyahu is the epitome of evil.
I'm getting old and when I reflect on what really matters, I think one of the most important things we can do is accept responsibility for our life. We all make choices and we all face the consequences of those choices good or bad. That's life. We can't blame anyone else for the choices we make.
Rocky mentioned this once to his son. I think he said it far better than I can. We all have to accept responsibility for our own life and stop blaming others if we're not where we want to be. Blaming someone for something that happened 30 years ago isn't heathy. Life is full of good and evil. We have a brain to discern the difference between the two and a heart to chose which course we will take.
Today is Canada Day. We used to be proud to be Canadian. That pride has been greatly diminished. I'm not talking about the brainwashing from the New World Order. That's caused a knee jerk reaction which has been warranted.
Yet the polarization and the continued erosion of our values has diminished us. When I think of what it means to be Canadian I think of the preamble to the Canadian Bill of Rights. I think of he Canadian mosaic. I think of freedom and tolerance. When I say tolerance I mean respect. Respect for others reflects a respect for self. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
The invasion of Lebanon and the Gaza genocide is a defiant violation of God's commandments. Not that it matters. I just say that so we are all clear that God does not support wickedness and he does not condone atrocities.
The algorithms are using extremism to push polarization. To push hate and intolerance. Again when I say tolerance I mean respect. A respect for others and a respect for oneself. Taking responsibility for our life builds self respect.
I've seen some recent statements by Julian Assange attacking Canadian democracy that feel very toxic. Canada is far from perfect but the polarized hate for the nation isn't healthy. It's a bit Tommy Robinson and that I completely reject. They push extremism to justify extremism. What we need is mutual respect and mutual respect begins with self respect not hate and intolerance.
Global is reporting that "Alberta Parks has declared a local state of emergency in an area of Kananaskis Country because of flooding that has resulted in hundreds of people being unable to leave campgrounds in the area due to dangerous road conditions."
"Alberta Parks staff and other emergency responders have been dispatched to the area, about an hour west of Calgary, to help evacuate campers, shut down roads and monitor infrastructure in the area."
Seemingly it's because of high rivers from snow melt.
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Now Israeli colonizers have descended on Peru, where they’re covering trail markers with photos of IOF soldiers, and demanding no one else enter “their” land. pic.twitter.com/7RtSJ5waQx
Well I sincerely thought this summer was going to be a right off. Looks like I was wrong. I mentioned I was struggling with a fairly serious medical condition and that I'd finally made a turning point. Well that turning point is progressing forward.
I'm very grateful. I had a hip replacement a while ago and this was worse than that. The thing with the hip is that you know it's major surgery and you know with persistent rehab, you're going to get better. This had the same pain but was filled with uncertainty.
Anyways, we found the right meds to stop the progression and now it's starting to heal. So that means I'll be back to work soon which will be good for my mental health.
More importantly, I'm just really grateful it's getting better. I kept reading claims that this could be permanent. My stubborn pride refused to believe this was going to be a permanent disability but the uncertainty made me fearful. People are afraid of the unknown and this disease sacred the sh*t out of me.
After two and a half months of ripping the sh*t out of my lower legs we've finally stopped the progression and started the healing. I know it's TMI but I'm really happy about this.
I bought a seasons pass for the summer sky chair at Cypress today and on the way home I stopped off for a pint of holy water. The soccer game between Morocco and the Netherlands was playing. Both teams looked very good.
Canada plays the winner so I think we're in trouble. I saw clips of the stadium and said where is that? That's not Canada and I don't think it's the US. It must be Mexico. It is. They're playing in the Monterrey Stadium, Mexico. It looks amazing.
In 2018 CBC reported that "A B.C. man who ran a helicopter-based drug-smuggling ring into Washington state has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, after fighting his extradition to the U.S. for much of the past decade."
"Colin Martin, formerly of Malakwa, B.C., entered the plea on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The 46-year-old admitted he led a drug ring that sent helicopters with marijuana and MDMA - also known as ecstasy - to remote landing pads in Washington state. The drugs would be exchanged for cocaine and cash, which were flown back up to Canada."
"U.S. authorities seized 340 kilograms of marijuana, 83 kilograms of cocaine and 240,000 ecstasy tablets when they broke up the operation in 2009 - and then-U.S. attorney Jeff Sullivan said there was likely more. 'This organization has been responsible for a much larger amount of drugs than what we were able to seize,' he said."
"The drugs were valued between $10 million and $15 million. A significant amount of cash, guns, two helicopters and other equipment was also seized."
"Six people, including Martin, were charged that year. Two of Martin's alleged associates have since died, along with one of their girlfriends."
"Sam Brown hanged himself in a U.S. prison weeks after the bust. He'd been arrested after flying a helicopter loaded with drugs into a federal law enforcement trap."
"Jeremy Snow, 33, and his girlfriend Tiffany Goruk, 30, were killed in West Kelowna, B.C., in 2013. Snow had finished serving time in the U.S. in connection with the same drug bust."
Those are the facts. That is the truth. In court that would be called a Statement of Agreed facts. It was a huge drug operation and as CBC pointed out "He was sentenced (in Canada) to two and a half years in prison in 2007" for drug trafficking.
"He continued smuggling while he appealed by leasing or buying helicopters through a company called Gorge Timber."
Colin Martin was involved with a very large drug trafficking operation for many years and continued to do so after his first Canadian arrest. That truth is indisputable.
He ran the operation and had pilots working for him. Two of whom are now dead. In 2018 Global reported that after his extradition Colin Martin was sentenced to 7 years.
That was astounding. Rob Shannon got 20 years, Clay Roueche got 30 years, Colin Martin got 7. As a result a lot of people claimed he must have been a rat and cooperated with the police. That would be speculation. Based on facts.
What other possible explanation could explain the light sentence? Off hand, I can't think of any. For me his 7 year sentence is a complete mystery. That is all.
So now he's out of prison loud and proud. Will he start a new life and get a real job? Let's hope so. At some point we have to take responsibility for the choices we make in life.
The murder of Jeremy Snow and Tiffany Goruk in Kelowna was a complete tragedy as was Sam Lindsay-Brown's suicide.
Global is reporting that "Police in Surrey, B.C., say they’ve arrested a man after an overnight shooting outside a home left the victim with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The Surrey Police Service says the shooting was reported after midnight outside a home in the 14500 block of 75 Ave."
