Pope washes prisoner’s feet

Wow. Contrary to popular belief, I am not Catholic. Although I do have a great respect for Mother Teresa and members of the Catholic faith. I am what the Irish refer to as a republican. I believe in a free republic and the freedom of religion.

Catholics aren’t the only ones that celebrate Maundy Thursday. Yet today’s news of the new Pope breaking with tradition and washing the feet of a female Muslim prisoner warms the heart. Humility isn’t something we see in leadership these days. It gives us something to think about.

Montreal Mob Murders

Last month two mob murders in Montreal are of interest. Vincenzo Scuderi, 49, was shot dead outside his home in Montreal's north end and Tony Callochia, 51, was shot several times outside a restaurant just north of the city.

Callochia, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2008 for cocaine trafficking, has alleged ties to Vincenzo Armeni, who is currently in prison, also for cocaine trafficking. Police say Armeni is tied to the Rizzuto crime family in Montreal.

Scuderi was killed outside his home in St. Leonard, the historic centre of Montreal's Italian community. He was reportedly connected to Raynald Desjardins, a major player in Montreal's organized crime circles who was once close to Mob boss Vito Rizzuto. Scuderi was the second close associate of Desjardins killed in the past several weeks; Gaetan Gosselin, 69, was killed on the street in Montreal on Jan 22.

"The current relationship between Desjardins and Rizzuto is unclear. Sources tell QMI Agency that the once-close relationship between the two men is likely over. Desjardins is currently awaiting trial for the murder of Salvatore Montagna, the former head of New York's Bonanno crime family. Montagna's body was pulled from a river north of Montreal at the end of 2011."

On that note, One of six men arrested in connection with the murder of mafioso Salvatore Montagna will see his charges upgraded to first-degree murder. The Sûreté du Québec announced Wednesday they rearrested Pietro Magistrale, 61, as part of the same investigation that saw him charged, in December 2011, with 19 counts related to four firearms seized during the investigation into Montagna’s Nov. 24, 2011, murder. Mob slayings rise after Rizzuto's return.

Surrey pepper spray shooting

There appears to be yet another shooting in Surrey but since it didn’t result in a fatality, isn’t making big news. CKNW is reporting that “Just before midnight, the victim walked into a convenience store on 104th Avenue and 131st Street. He grabbed a jug of milk, went outside and poured it all over himself.”

We know that people use milk to relieve the pain of being pepper sprayed and that was indeed the reason he claimed to have done it. So a guy gets pepper sprayed and shot, walks into a convenience store and pours milk on his eyes. Evidently the gunshot injury didn’t prevent him from walking. The Vancouver Province is reporting that it happened midnight last night / this morning.

Ministry criminally liable in Prince George rape

We’ve been talking about the new developments in the brutal sexual assault in Prince George. The case is a clear example of how personal responsibility and political corruption has resulted in brutal violence tied to the gang war. Crown council is supposed to represent the victim in such a horrendous assault. It’s not supposed to represent the defense. The defense already has lawyers.

It turns out the ministry has been busy behind the scenes continuing it’s pattern of criminal negligence in getting these young offenders off and covering up the offense without a consequence. Some of the kids have already been released on bail. One of which is another young “rapper” who supports the free Emcee Dusty movement with Red Rum promoting the release of a criminal who was cutting off fingers for drug debts owed to the Crew. Most of which have crossed over to the Independent Soldiers and are still selling drugs for the Hells Angels in Prince George. The ones running the crack shacks where addicts have been found chained in the basements tortured for drug debts. Red Rum is on the left in the top picture.



One of the underage offenders who has been released and is still posting on facebook posted this picture of himself with a cat. One would think that is honest enough. Until one realizes that locals refer to kids posting pictures of them with cats as members of the KKK - Kitty Kat Killars. Below the picture his friends were joking about the cat saying be careful or the cat gets the broomstick. They were joking about sodomizing the cat with a broom stick just like he has been accused of sodomizing a teenage victim with a broomstick. This is the legacy of Ricky Ciarniello and David Black. There is nothing tough, cool or hard core about killing or torturing cats. It is deranged.

In our last post on the case we pointed out that the driving force behind the accused is a 18 year old named Glen Louis who is another “rapper” for Kitt Alwood’s Urban Underground. He raps with two other accused and wrote a song calling for the release of three of the accused. He failed to mention the other member of his “family” he raps with that is also accused. He wants him to take the fall for the others. He wants to use that guy and show love for the others. It clearly does look like just another dysfunctional family. Especially since they are bragging about selling drugs and collecting drug debts after they just sodomized a young victim with a broom stick.



The common denominator with all these kids is that they live or were raised by the ministry. These privatized group homes raise the kids without consequences and turn them into spoilt brats. They can’t even make the kids go to school. Glen Louis just turned 18 and will be leaving the program with a grade eight education. That hasn’t prepared him for the real world. It has only prepared him to be what he is – a bully that brags about selling drugs and collecting drug debts from young kids.



Keep in mind, this is Shirley bond’s riding. “Shirley Bond, BC Liberal MLA for Prince George-Valemount serving with Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberal Team.” Shirley bond and the BC Liberals are criminally negligent in what has happened to these privatized group homes where workers can’t even press charges for assault if they are beaten up by a kid there. Where it is common for kids from different families who meet at a co ed group home run by the ministry to sleep together. Where kids have no real clothing allowance and the company makes money.

As I said in the last post on the subject, raising kids without consequences is child abuse. You don’t have to hit a kid to force them to face a consequence. If you don’t go to school, you don’t get TV or video games. If you have sex with someone in the home you will be sent to another one. If you assault an employee at the home you will have a curfew and won’t be allowed to go to parties at night. It’s that simple. What we see the ministry do now is criminal negligence. This class action case is proof of it.

Did I mention that Red Rum’s young offender is a cousin of Billy Moore and is friends with his son? The fact that these delinquents brag about selling drugs for the same guys that killed Billy Moore shows they have no respect for anyone including themselves.

Surrey recycler charged for exporting hazardous waste

A Surrey recycling company is facing 24 federal charges for allegedly exporting hazardous electronic waste to China. That’s a switch. Usually they’re trying to import hazardous waste into Canada. Just wait until they start burning it in Surrey. A lot of people still put electronics in the garbage so a lot of it will get burned when they build their toxic incinerator in Surrey.

Ironically enough, they had plans to build an incinerator in Surrey England but their City Hall caved in to public pressure opposing it. Newfoundland used to burn garbage but are phasing them out. So other places phase it out and Surrey brings it in. That’s not very forward thinking.

With regards to this Surrey company exporting hazardous waste to China, just wait until they sue under NAFTA Chapter 11 in the new China agreement. Another reason why these crazy clauses in these bad trade agreements that have nothing to do with free trade have to go.



Every time you cross the Port Mann bridge you can see the old landfill sight. It’s a pleasant green hill with no toxic fumes whatsoever. The only mistake we made there was building it near a river. They made the same mistake many years ago in Lynn Canyon headwaters. North Vancouver used to get their drinking water from Lynn canyon head waters. Until they realized that rust and corrosion from the landfill site they built next to the creek was seeping into the water every time it rained. There is nothing wrong with landfill sights in Canada that aren’t beside rivers. Corporations just want to make money by burning everything and choking us unconscious.

Viral Police video

I will comment on the viral video of a Vancouver police officer punching a bicyclist in the face. I’m the first one to admit there are many examples of police brutality that need to be addressed. The Victoria officer kicking a suspect when he was on the ground. The Kelowna officer kicking a compliant suspect in the face when he was on his knees. The VPD giving a guy the boots and caving in his face when responding to a domestic dispute. They got the wrong door. Even the New Westminster use of force trainer who got drunk and assaulted a newspaper delivery man in Vancouver. It’s all pretty shameful.

I just don’t think this case is relevant to the others. Here’s the deal. Under cover cops question a bicyclist in Vancouver after they accuse him of running a red light. He admits asking them Don’t you have anything better to do? He’s giving them attitude. It’s not a significant offense but it is worth a ticket so keep your mouth shut. He gives them attitude so they arrest him and put the cuffs on. As he is being handcuffed he pulls one of his hands away preventing the officer from cuffing him. The officer responds by punching him in the head, gaining control of the arm and brings it back behind his back to put the cuffs on.

If he had punched him after the cuffs were on it would be a different matter. But the guy pulled his hand away preventing him from being handcuffed. All through the interview he’s displaying the cocky arrogance he no doubt gave the officers that night. Personally I don’t think this one is a big deal. Many other cases are.

Surrey Pump and Dump scam goes International

The Vancouver Province reported that a father and son from Surrey are among a group of people charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an international “pump and dump” scheme in which they allegedly fraudulently inflated stock prices before selling them for millions in profits. Charged are John Kirk and Benjamin Kirk of Surrey and Canadian stock promoters Dylan Boyle and James Hinton, along with two San Diego lawyers, a broker-dealer based in the Bahamas and others, according to an SEC news release.

The U.S. lawyers allegedly helped the Kirks hide their involvement with the company and provided misleading legal opinions. And Gibraltar Global Securities in the Bahamas allegedly allowed Benjamin Kirk to secretly sell shares of the companies he was promoting by hiding the fact that he was an owner by providing false affidavits.

“The SEC complaint seeks, among other things, a final judgment ordering the defendants to return their allegedly ill-gotten gains, with interest, and to bar [those charged] from participating in future penny stock offerings,” it said.

In the summer of 2011, the Alberta Securities Commission filed charges in provincial court against the Kirks for the same “pump and dump” scam. That’s the problem. Remember the VSE? The Vancouver stock Exchange was full of fake pump and dump stocks. That’s why it no longer exists and merged with the TSE. This ongoing problem still needs to be addressed because it doesn’t just effect Vancouver, it effects everyone. Fraud was the cause of the Greek financial crisis.

Former Vancouver geologist pleads guilty to massive assay fraud

Former Vancouver geologist and mining executive John Gregory Paterson, who created and distributed hundreds of bogus assay results to boost the share price of Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Southwestern Resources Corp., has pleaded guilty to four of nine counts of fraud.

Bogus Poll finds support for more tolls and taxes

We’ve talked about how in England the press is very slanted towards specific political candidates. Murdoch embraced Tony Blair then David Cameron. On 10 September 2009, James Murdoch used an informal drinks with the then Leader of the Opposition to reveal that The Sun would be switching its allegiance back from Labour to the Tories.

When the paper supported Tony Blaiir, the godfather of one of Murdoch’s children, that meant they published articles and editorials in support of him and didn’t publish articles against him. The same thing when they switched back to supporting David Cameron. That news was biased. It was propaganda. Although we did see some bias in Canada when Conrad Black was buying up newspapers, all in all I think things here are pretty good. Not perfect but pretty good in comparison.

And then there’s Laura Balance and the Black Press. The Toronto Star owns 20% of the Black Press which owns the Surrey Leader and several smaller newspapers in Western Canada. The Northern Insights blog pointed out Torstar paid $20 million for it’s 20% of Black Press in 2002. In 2012 it had written off the value of those shares to nil.

That means local papers are pretty anxious to get advertizing dollars from companies like Laura Balance. Many people feel these small struggling papers are more than happy to write stories and articles that would favor their clients then risk losing those advertizing dollars. Just like in the days of Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch.

Case in point, the ridiculous article on the front page of today’s Surrey Leader claiming that a new Poll finds support for more tolls and taxes. Aside from being completely ridiculous, that’s exactly what Godzilla, Laura Balance’s highest profile client wants. While an editorial in the Vancouver Province, a paper not owned by the Black Press, said that Dianne Watts and all the other mayors that want to implement a Regional Sales tax should be fired. I do think the Surrey Leader is a good paper with a lot of potential. Articles like that however, destroy it’s credibility.

Obama's Crackdown on Whistleblowers

Looks like Stephen Harper isn’t then only one that fires whistle blowers. Obama is doing it too. Which shows this kind of corruption in nonpartisan. It is nonetheless, corruption. Big brother here we come. Go Jesse Ventura! Meanwhile, a young girl tries to save the trees from Godzilla.

Border agent’s directive questioned

CBC is reporting that Drug busts by the Canada Border Services Agency rose 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012. So why would the Harper government instruct Canadian border agents to change their focus and not prioritize drugs or organized crime but to focus on human smuggling related to refugee and immigration reform? You can’t get any more corrupt than that. Knowing we’re in a gang war fueled by the cross border pot for cocaine drug trade, telling border agents not to prioritize that is criminally negligent and politically suspect.

This isn’t new information. We were told about the government’s new directive before although I can’t locate the story in the archives yet. This story just reaffirms the directive and compares it with the increase in drug related statistics showing once again how corrupt the Harper government really is. Cuts funding for the RCMP, the gang task force, the prisons and now tells border agents not to worry about looking for drugs. That's not very tough on crime at all.