I watched my fist and last FIFA 2026 match today. Canada versus Morocco. We were going to go to Surrey Central beside City Hall but it was a tiny venue with a long line so we went to the Langley Events centre.
Before I cry the blues I just want to say to team Canada well done and a big thank you to their American coach Jesse Marsch. We went further this time than last time and last time was the furthest we've ever been.
I knew Morocco was good but we did have our hopes up. Canada was in control of the ball in their zone pretty much the entire first half. They got a million corner kicks but just weren't able to capitalize on them.
After a scoreless first half Morocco was first to score in the second half. It was their second shot on net. Somewhat embarrassing but it shows that Canada was right in there. After that the tempo greatly increased. Morocco scored again which was pretty much the nail in the coffin but Canada didn't let up.
One of the commentators was surprised Canada was pouring it on in the last few minutes of stoppage time thinking they still had a chance. I think we just wanted to get on the scoreboard. What all the pressure on their end, Morrocoy got a break away and scored a third time right before the end of the math but the score did not reflect the overall shots on net.
Canada's captain Alphonso Davies was injured and had he been o the field there's n doubt he would have been able to turn all that dominance in front of their net into goals. The ref was handing out a bit too many yellow cards in the beginning but there was one case when a Morocco plays did a bit of a dirty rear tackle on a Canadian player.
Then the Canadian player got right in his face ready to fight as if to say WTF? They both got yellow cards for that but the commentator observed how fearless the Canadians were against older more experienced players. He was like I don't give a f*ck who you are and rightfully so. Although Morocco isn't very well known for soccer they do have some experienced players that play in the European league during the year. Bottom line is that although it was a disappointment they did well and next year will be even better.
ESPN is reporting that "For context, the North African side won despite having just five shots, which is the fewest by a winning team in the World Cup knockout rounds since such records began back in 1966."
The Edmonton Journal is reporting that "A man gunned down in an inner-city Edmonton apartment three years ago was the target of a reprisal by members of the Redd Alert street gang who planned to strip him of his membership, a judge has heard." This sounds familiar. It wasn't Ryan Wedding.
While we're here, let's take a look at this. The Walrus claims that "The Deadly Montreal Shooting Shows Incel Violence Is a Public Emergency." No it's not. That is bat sh*t crazy. That's like how Rob Smith said non binary is not a thing.
Incel Violence is not a thing. It's just some bullsh*t crazy the Intelligence community invented. You're mad because you can't get a date so you're going to shoot a cop. That makes no sense whatsoever.
You can't get a date but you hate women. If you hate women, then you wouldn't want a date with a woman. The whole thing is full of crazy contradictions. It's not a thing and it most certainly isn't a national emergency. At least they're not blaming ISIS any more. Something else the Intelligence community created. A CSIS agent was a member of ISIS. That was another illegal op.
Likewise, CTV is reporting that "Deadly Montreal shooting renews warnings of manosphere and extremist ideologies." No it doesn't. It warns us of the dangers of the Intelligence community. CSIS provided the explosives for Air India. The RCMP provided the explosives for Via Rail. The RCMP provided the C4 for the pressure cooker bombs John Nuttall was unable to make. Can we not see a pattern here? These crazy articles are promoting ridiculous lies.
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 are 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.
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 and 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.
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.
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."
— courtneybonneauimages (@cbonneauimages) June 29, 2026
It’s not just Argentina.
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
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.
