Global is reporting that "Hundreds of Israeli anti-government protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday at Habima Square, against Benjamin Netanyahu's government and called for an end to all the wars by Israel in the Middle East.
CTV is reporting that "Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum has announced he’s running for the city’s top job once again, this time promising to freeze property taxes for four years if elected."
"McCallum has been mayor twice before - from 1996 to 2005, then 2018 to 2022 - and has continued weighing in on local politics since being defeated by Mayor Brenda Locke during the last municipal election."
"At a news conference, McCallum touted some of the projects approved under his previous tenure, including the city’s SkyTrain extension and Bear Creek Stadium. “I love this city,” McCallum said. “And I have spent my life fighting to make sure Surrey gets everything it deserves.”
"He’s once again leading the Safe Surrey Coalition, alongside incumbent councillors Doug Elford and Mandeep Nagra. McCallum said the rest of the party’s slate will be revealed within the next six weeks."
CTV is reporting that "Three years after Cory William Thomas was gunned down in Maple Ridge, B.C., authorities have announced charges against two suspects."
"The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Kyle Raymond Edlund, 27, is facing counts of second-degree murder with a firearm, break-and-enter of a dwelling, and possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm."
"Richard Angelo Pignatelli, 26, is facing counts of manslaughter with a firearm and break-and-enter of a dwelling.
At the time, IHIT described the shooting as targeted and connected to the local drug trade, but not the Lower Mainland’s bloody gang conflict." Drugs in Maple Ridge is red and white.
CBC is reporting that "A Hells Angels hitman serving life in prison for a double murder in Quebec has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the deaths of a Hants County, N.S., couple nearly 26 years ago."
"Les Douglas Greenwood, 56, was headed to trial for the third time on charges of first-degree murder in the killings of Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Christensen in their Centre Burlington home in September 2000."
"But late last month, he pleaded guilty in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax to the lesser charges of manslaughter. Two days later, he was sentenced to 15 years on each charge, to be served concurrently, and the court ruled the time served since he has been in custody since Dec. 9, 2010."
CBC is reporting that "Police in Amherst, N.S., are turning to the public for tips after a man was shot on Prince Arthur Street on Monday evening and later died from his injuries.
According to a Facebook post by the Amherst Police Department, a report was made at 6:51 p.m. about a man who appeared to be injured on the ground. When police arrived, they found a man who was seriously wounded and sustained a single gunshot wound."
"The man was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said. 'Those responsible fled the scene in a vehicle after the incident,' police said in an update on Facebook. In response to concern in the community, the Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association said in a Facebook post that the incident happened near its facility, but that its staff and guests were not involved."
This is more than mentally ill. At first I thought it was fake but it comes from a credible source. Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump posted this picture of himself replacing Jesus. There is no way on earth anyone in their right mind can explain or rationalize this. This is clearly a mental case gone mad.
Every day I wake up, Trump manages to do something more retarded than the previous day.
- “Open the strait” - “Help us open the strait” - “We don’t need the strait open” - “Open the f’king strait or I destroy you all” - “We block the strait”
The defiant manner in which Netanyahu is sabotaging the Iran cease fire is absolutely Satanic and is creating a completely unnecessary global economic crisis. The fact that the Pope is speaking out against this is good. We all should but buyer beware. If the Pope makes a deal with Communism to become the State religion, that would be a bad thing. Just say'n.
OK so we have seen how easily a good organization can be hijacked by a bad man. As I've said, I firmly believe the US Constitution is an inspired document. The purpose of the Constitution is to protect civil liberty by law and preserve a free republic. Americans pledge allegiance to the flag not to a king, emperor or politician. They pledge allegiance to an ideal.
Likewise, all American civil servants swear an oath to defend the Constitution not a politician as we all know politicians lie. Trump 2.0 said one thing and did another.
Biden and Kamala were too far left. Trump 2.0 is too far right. So is Netanyahu. Netanyahu is a straight up Fascist.
America can have a bad president, England can have a bad king, Israel can have a bad Prime Minister and theoretically, the Catholic Church can one day have a bad Pope. Pope John Paul II was assassinated on May 13, 1981. David Yallop wrote a book called In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I.
Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack 33 days into his papacy. David Yallop's book discusses the widely held theory that Pope John Paul I was murdered over financial corruption in the Vatican bank. It's an interesting read.
So if bad men can murder a good Pope, could bad men create a bad Pope? Anything is possible. If the current Pope is speaking out against Netanyahu's atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon then I applaud that. All Churches should. Everyone should.
Yet one could argue that the Catholic church can be at times antisemitic. Like Carrie Prejean Boller, the Catholic who just got kicked off Trump's Religious Liberty committee claiming that Israel does not have a right to exist at all. That flips back to the opposite extreme which is where we will all end up one day.
If the Palestinians have a right of return, so do the Jews. You can't make one claim without the other. The problem is neither group have an exclusive right to the land. They have to share. A right wing Jewish extremist refused to share when he assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. Netanyahu refuses to share as he commits atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon. Now, that Catholic on the committee wants the opposite extreme.
Sadly, I think the Devil inspired Netanyahu to commit atrocities to justify another Holocaust and we all know who's gonna use nukes when they eventually lose. Call me a pessimist but right now what we are all watching is absolutely absurd.
On the lighter side I haven't found anything worthwhile on Netflix or Amazon since Netflix destroyed the final season of the Witcher. Last week I was flipping through Amazon Prime and found a show filmed in Vancouver called Continuum so I decided to have a peak. I like it. It's positive and thought provoking.
The Salisbury Journal is reporting that "Police in London said they had arrested more 200 pro-Palestinian protesters Saturday at a demonstration in support of the banned group Palestine Action. Officers carried away activists to cheers and clapping from other demonstrators who gathered for the sit-down demonstration in the capital's Trafalgar Square."
"The protesters held placards in support of the banned group Palestine Action, making them liable for arrest. Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation last July, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support the group, punishable by up to 14 years in prison."
"The High Court in London in mid-February upheld a challenge to the ban, saying it had interfered with the right to freedom of speech. The government has been granted leave to appeal the decision. London's Metropolitan Police paused arrests in the wake of the High Court ruling before announcing in late March that it would resume them."
OK so they weren't arrested for saying Free Palestine. They were arrested for saying we support the group Palestine Action which is a bit extreme. Personally I think if they wanted to make a sincere statement their signs should read Free Palestine or simply Stop the Genocide in Gaza. I think that's their real intent.
However, the way around that is simply change the wording on your sign. As I've said, we are witnessing some really horrific atrocities committed by a Neo Con in Israel and those atrocities need to be denounced. All these kind, caring seniors see that.
I personally wouldn't stand with a sign in support of the group Palestine Action because I find them to be a bit extreme and their tactics are a bit violent.
People can rightly argue that it's nothing compared to the atrocities Netanyahu is committing in Gaza and now in Lebanon which has created a global economic crisis. I just see it as two wrongs don't make a right. Two wrongs are just both wrong. Splitting hairs over a technicality is a mass diversion from the real problem we all see. Netanyahu is a bad man doing bad things and he needs to be stopped.
It brings us back to the primary paradox. Wiping out all the Palestinians is not the answer and neither is wiping out all the Jews. It's not one or the other. The world has gone mad and there is a lot of polarized extremism in the UK.
I do not support Tommy Robinson. He is a whack job exploiting an opportunity to promote extremism. I don't support the extreme response to Tommy Robinson's extremism either.
All these crazy distractions don't change the obvious. Netanyahu bombing Lebanon to sabotage the Iran ceasefire needs to be denounced. That is the singular problem creating a global economic crisis using atrocities to do it.
If we have a conscience, we will speak out against those atrocities. If we have a desire for world peace, we will speak out against those atrocities. As Martin Luther King declared "True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice." No Justice, No Peace. Know Justice, Know Peace.
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