Sea to Sky Gondola

Saturday I finally made it up to the Sea to Sky Gondola beside the Chief in Squamish. It doesn't go up the Chief it goes beside and above it but the view from the top is similar. You can hike up and take the gondola down just like the Grouse grind but it is a longer hike. I'm told it's at least three hours one way. There are other hikes you can do from the top as well.



I can see how inviting Sky Pilot is. Unfortunately there have been fatalities on the hike when there is snow on the trail as the last stretch of the trail is very steep. Climbing the steep snow without crampons is ill advised. Yet like seeing mount Baker from Abbotsford, Sky Pilot beacons me.

American Odyssey and Cover Affairs

I've started watching a riveting TV series on Netflix called American Odyssey. Obviously it's fiction but the frightening plausibility of the story is astounding. Contrast that with another trending series called Covert Affairs and we get both sides of the propaganda spectrum.

American Odyssey is about an American female Special Forces soldier who comes across computer files that prove a major corporation is funding jihadists in North Africa. But before she can tell anyone, the rest of her unit is killed and she is the only survivor and the only witness to her team’s true assassins overseas.

Zap2it states Jake Robinson plays more than the Occupy Wall Street guy. It is a conspiracy that, like it or not, cuts to the heart of the modern dilemma we all now face.



The first problem is a privatized military but that clearly is not the only problem. I remember when I first started writing about Blackwater. Trailrunner was offended I referred to them as mercenaries but that is exactly what they were. Blackwater was dirty and they still are. Yet they aren't the only ones. Privatizing the military is a huge concern. Yet the real concern goes far beyond that.

Cover Affairs is a lighter, fun TV series that one has to constantly remember that it is absolute fiction. The CIA isn't really like that. We would like to think it is but unfortunately when we look at the long dark history of the CIA the reality is a far cry from the fun James Bond type fiction.

In Covert Affairs, Annie and her handler Auggie are very likeable characters that are consistently on the side of good. Both characters went through a trailer trash tramp stage but both got through it and ended up in committed relationships and lived happily ever after so to speak.

There was an ongoing interaction with a friendly Mossad agent that paints the intelligence community as being on the side of good which in reality is very far from the truth. Not a word was mentioned about all the years of drug trafficking and all the other bad things the agency does. It did rationalize some of the bad the agency does explaining it away by claiming it was caused by one rouge high ranking member like Allen Dulles. In reality, we have to face the fact that a bitter tree cannot bring forth good fruit and if the roots are evil the whole organization is.

Consequently, Covert Affairs paints the privatized military in a much more positive light. McQuade was a good guy and was very competent which reinforced that the real problem isn't private versus public military. The real problem is good versus evil. However, it is much easier for evil to corrupt a private military when there is less public accountability. Nevertheless, we have seen that it's pretty easy to corrupt a public military as well.

Protecting the US Constitution is still the root of the conflict. Do we really understand the intent of the principles in the US Constitution or do we just rattle off the name like Sarah Palin's without having a clue what it really represents. The US Constitution is all about protecting civl liberty for everyone. We can't protect freedom by doing away with it. That's all there is to it.

Air America - Crack in the System

I just wanted to throw this one out there so I can link to it. Everyone knows I am a big fan of the Gary Webb story and the US Constitution. The US Constitution as well as the Canadian Charter of Rights and the Irish Proclamation protect civl liberty in a free republic. That freedom is under fire not from a foreign enemy but from enemies within.

Gary Webb claimed the CIA was responsible for the US crack epidemic in the 1980's. Gary Webb was right. This blog has always had two founding premises. The first was that the Hells Angels are a criminal organization. The second is like unto it. That the CIA is also a criminal organization. In a democratic society, police are needed to protect the public peace. So is the military. There is no mention of the CIA in the Constitution. Giving anyone a blank cheque with no public accountability is never a good idea.

Gary Webb wasn't the first person to break the story about the CIA's involvement with drug trafficking in the Nicaraguan war. In his book Dark Alliance he admits Bob Parry broke the story years prior and it was confirmed by the Kerry Committee. Gary Webb found where the CIA's cocaine went after it arrived in the US. Freeway Ricky had no idea he was selling crack for the CIA at the time and was shocked to find out after he was incarerated.

Yet as the popular youtube video entitled Crack the CIA declares, the CIA's drug trafficking began before Nicaragua. It began in Vietnam. Bo Gritz confirmed that. In fact, the CIA created the Golden Triangle and crashed the Nugan Hand bank in Australia just like it crashed the BCCI.

Not only did war hero Bo Gritz confirm the CIA were drug trafficking in Vietnam but Terry Reed wrote a book all about it called Compromised: Bush, Clinton and the CIA. The movie Air America with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey JR was a comedy about a corrupt CIA running drugs in Vietnam. Unfortunately it was based on a true story as explained by Terry Reed.

How does all this apply to us now? If the CIA were responsible for the US crack epidemic in the 1980's then they are responsible for ours. Operation Fast and Furious is proof of it. The Hells Angels unkowingly sell crack for the CIA just like Freeway Ricky did back in LA.



In fact, former Navy Intelligence officer Al Martin claimed that the CIA did use the Hells Angels to help distribute their cocaine during Iran Contra. Al Martin claimed that Oliver North met with the president of the Hells Angels himself. That's OK. Jim Delashmit is now a preacher and Oliver North is now a Fox TV News host. So much for the Freedom of the Press.

We should be opposing the public sale of crack cocaine we shouldn't be handing out free crack pipes promoting it. Heroin is bad but crack and crystal meth is even worse. We are losing the war on drugs simply because we never fought it. "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men and women to remain silent and do nothing." Peace.

Prince George Shooting, Surrey Lockdown

CBC is reporting that "Multiple suspects are in custody but others may still be at large following a shooting in Prince George early this morning. The victim remains in hospital. A lockdown at Blackburn Elementary school has now been lifted."

North Surrey Secondary Lockdown

CBC reported that there was a lockdown at North Surrey Secondary school Thursday. "Surrey RCMP said officers responded to an unconfirmed report of a person with a gun at 160th Street near 96th Avenue, and the school was put under lockdown as a precaution starting at 2:50 p.m."

The Surrey Now reported that "The incident that led to North Surrey Secondary being locked down Thursday afternoon began with an argument." Police say two men who knew each other were arguing when one believed he saw the other carrying a gun and called the cops around 3 p.m.

BCTV reported that the gun call was at a residence near the school not at the school and the school lockdown was just a precaution. They posted a picture from the helicopter of seven suspects in custody. All these school lockdowns are concerning.

Jim Brown finally leaves the RCMP - Oh Happy Day

CBC is reporting that "A B.C. Mountie has left the force a few days ahead of a disciplinary hearing focused on allegations of photos of the officer that were posted on a social networking site for sexual fetishists." This involves the offensive clown Jim Brown. "The disciplinary hearing on May 2, about four years after the investigation began, was to hear evidence related to five allegations of disgraceful or disorderly conduct and had been rescheduled several times."

This is the guy that posted bondage pictures of himself wearing nothing but his RCMP boots and a knife posing with a model on a BDSM website looking for willing partners. I'll tell you how offensive this scam is. The RCMP had already investigated him and found nothing illegal so they did nothing about it. Until a whistleblower went to the media. Then all of a sudden they cared.

Jim Brown launched a counter attack and sued the whistleblower for defamation. In his application he lied. He said the whistleblower had to create a profile on the BDSM website to view the pictures and that the pictures he posted were private. That was a lie. I saw them myself. The profile was public. There was even a stalker alert on it.

Jim Brown also sued the lawyer in the Missing Women's Inquiry for defamation. Turns out in the Inquiry people claimed they saw a picture of Jim Brown and Dave Pickton in a threesome. Right after that allegation was made, the Coquitlam RCMP got an illegal search warrant and seized all the whistleblowers hard drives and wiped them clean before returning them. They destroyed evidence the whistleblower needed to defend himself in the civl action. I kid you not.

What really happened was that Jim Brown simply stalled off the disciplinary hearing until he was ready to retire. CKNW reported that he claimed he is a 27-year veteran of the RCMP. He gets a full pension after 25 years That means he milked an extra two years of paid holidays by stalling off the hearing The RMP once again did nothing but aid and abet him.

The only thing shocking about the case is that he didn't get a transfer to Regional Office with Don Ray or get a promotion with Bill Fordy. That is the exact type of person Craig Callen promotes. Birds of a feather all get promoted together. (and go on "fishing" trips together) Meet the FOCCers - Friends of Craig Callen.

Jim Brown may have left the RCMP but this story isn't over yet. The Missing Women's Inquiry was *suposed* to hear evidence that off duty police officers attended parties at Piggy's Palace. That evidence still needs to be addressed. It's part of the Dianne Rock story.



CKNW posted a picture from some of his motorcycle rides traveling on paid holiday. Dave Pickton missed Willie's trial because he was on a ride to Sturgis. Hmmm...

Used Needles Plague Vancouver Elementary School

This is yet another example of how good intentions end up making a problem worse. The Vancouver Province is reporting that "Special needs teacher Mariya Astashenkava has a morning ritual when she arrives at Lord Roberts Annex elementary school in Vancouver’s West End. Before the kids can use the playground, Astashenkava and other staff comb the area looking for used hypodermic needles left behind by drug addicts who frequent Nelson Park at night.

"Some of the discarded needles are being found in a community garden adjacent to the school, which enrols students from kindergarten to Grade 3. On Sunday, one parent found seven used needles in the garden, and parents and staff think the problem is only going to get worse as the warm weather sets in and people use the park as an overnight campground."

The National Post is reporting that Finding used drug needles in public spaces has become the new normal for Vancouver. CBC is reporting that one woman said she found a single needle in the West End garden Saturday and removed it. But Sunday morning, when her family returned to work in the garden, they found seven new ones scattered around the planters. A few weeks ago she also found one jammed in the fence that separates the garden and the school, with the sharp end just feet from the school's playground equipment.

Back in the day, needle exchanges use to be exchanges. You turn in a used needle and get a free clean needle in return. It promoted turning used needles in. Somehow they did away with that requirement and just started handing out free needles which means the old needles are discarded everywhere. There is no incentive to return them any more.

My daughter has a lot of friends from other countries. Sometimes they ask her about a news program they saw that shocked them. They say, we saw a news report that in Canada they hand out free needles for addicts to do heroin. Is that true? They cannot comprehend it. They think it is insane. They are absolutely right. Even Snoop Dog was recently shocked by the insanity. Handing out free crack pipes is criminal. That Is NOT the New York model.

Shootings in Kamloops and Williams Lake - Update

BC Local News is reporting that "Police have one suspect in custody and have lifted a lockdown order following a shooting incident at a residence in Williams Lake early Monday morning." It was quite a dramatic lockdown where the schools were closed after several shots were fired into a home. As a result they caught the suspect.

I don't think we could have a lockdown in Surrey every time there was a shooting. We wouldn't be able to get anything done. Congrats on the arrest. Castanet is reporting that shots were fired into a residence on early Sunday morning in Kamloops. Two men have been arrested. Both of whom are known to the police.

Big city drug violence moving into smaller rural communities. It's all about the greed.

Update: I'm not sure if this is related but the William Lake Tribune reported earlier this month that "Three suspects were arrested Friday in relation to the disturbance on Second Avenue Wednesday, March 30, evening in Williams Lake that left a 20-year-old dead." Neil Cory Billyboy, Lashway Andrew Lulua (also known also Lashway Merritt) and Charissa Dayne Destiney Sulin were all charged with break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence, unlawful discharge of a firearm with intent to wound/disfigure and breach of probation order after a gang related home invasion on On March 30. "Twenty-year-old Indi Johnny died in hospital as a result of a gunshot wound following the incident. Johnny had been released from prison just one week prior to his death." The question is, what were acused murderes doing out on bail?

Allen Dulles and JFK

Speaking of Lee Harvey Oswald, I just watched a strange show on Netflix called Killing Oswald. His former ties to the CIA were indeed bizarre. After Vetoing Operation Northwoods, Castro didn't have a motive to assassinate Kennedy, Allen Dulles did.

The Daily Mail reported that "Former CIA director Allen Dulles ordered JFK's assassination because he was a threat to national security, a new book has claimed. Journalist David Talbot insists the head of the most potent agency during the Cold War wanted the former president removed for the good of the country." Big surprise. Allen Dulles was as dirty as they get. He was the one that proposed Operation Northwoods which Kennedy vetoed.

After Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the attack on the USS Liberty.

The top picture is of Barry Seal and Felix Rodriguez with members of Operation 40 which Allen Dulles created. Wikipedia claims it was disbanded in 1970 due to allegations that an aircraft that was carrying cocaine and heroin in support of the group crashed in California. As we know, Barry Seal was a cocaine smuggling kingpin for the CIA out of Mena, Arkansas.

The bottom picture is from a previous post about a Youtube video showing that Kennedy was shot from the front not from the rear as the Warren Commission report claimed. Allen Dulles, the prime suspect in Kennedy's assassination was a member of the Warren Commission investigating his murder. In that video it clearly showed the body guards who were supposed to jump in and act as human shields in case someone was trying to shoot the president were ordered to pull back right before Kennedy was shot. Three times he was ordered to pull back and three times he questioned the order finally shrugging his shoulders expressing his confusion with the decision.



Allen Dulles recruited the Mafia

Although Kennedy vetoed Operation Northwoods he approved Operation Mongoose which was a covert attempt to overthrow Castro from within similar to Operation Ajax in Iran. Unfortunately, Allen Dulles recruited the assistance of the American Mafia. I kid you not.



Trading with the Enemy

The Guardian reported that Allen Dulles helped hide the Bush family's business dealings with Nazi Germany until they finaly had assets seized under the the Trading with the Enemy Act. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg once stated that "The Dulles brothers were traitors." Some historians believe that Allen Dulles became head of the newly formed CIA in large part to cover up his treasonous behavior and that of his clients.

Hamilton cop alleges betrayal by his force

As one bog reader has pointed out the Toronto Star is reporting that "Former undercover officer suing police services board, alleging they failed to protect him - and making explosive allegations of police corruption."

"Manning alleges his identity was revealed by a high-ranking police colleague to a Hamilton crime family because Manning’s undercover work was close to exposing the officer’s criminal activity. Manning’s lawsuit includes a long list of explosive allegations of police corruption in Hamilton, which Manning claims to have learned about from his police duties and undercover work, including his network of informants, two of whom have since died violently."

CHCH is reporting that "In the court documents, Manning describes how he was attacked one night by four men while undercover. Mr. Thomas Riordan said directly to Mr. Manning, “hey cop”, before without warning all four males simultaneously began to assault Mr. Manning. Mr. Manning fought back and retreated to his undercover apartment. Manning claims he called his “handler” after the attack and was told a police cruiser was outside waiting for him. He alleges when he went outside, the same four guys attacked him again, this time with knives as an unmarked police vehicle drove by."

This is significant because it was related to a Hamilton crime family. That is the headquaters of the Calabrians who were battling the Rizzutos for control of the Montreal drug trade.

The Toronto Star summarizes that Among Manning’s claims in his lawsuit:

Hamilton police officers fraudulently claimed reward money from Crime Stoppers, and others were involved in “ripping off” drug dealers and marijuana grow operations.

Two officers have been ‘on the take’ since the ’80s. They would pay reward money to a relative and then split the proceeds.

A senior Hamilton officer sold information about the investigation into the unsolved 1998 murders of criminal lawyer Lynn Gilbank and her husband, Fred. It’s believed Gilbank may have been the subject of a gangland hit at her Ancaster home.

Several Hamilton police officers have ties to organized crime and the Hells Angels. Manning also names a Toronto officer he alleges was selling guns to Toronto gang members.

He and his wife were falsely detained and their rural home subject to an improper search by Hamilton police, who told him they had received a tip and came looking for a marijuana grow op.

It appears that this is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak.



Perhaps this all relates to Bob Deasy's book Being Uncle Charlie. Which teletubby was it that helped the Hells Angels take over the Hamilton drug trade from the Outlaws? Was it the Po Po?

In Alberta the Edmonton Police Service has a bad reputation for passing on intel to the Hell Angels. This was confirmed by the Calgary Police Department who saw members of the EPS partying with Hells Angels in Calgary. This sheds light on part of the problem. Many cops who investigate the Hells Angels do so because they covet that life. They covet the strippers and blow lifestyle. For most normal family men, that lifestyle does not apeal to them. It is concerneing when so many police officers covet that life. IHIT in Surrey was the same however I understand there have been improvements made in that department since the Surrey Six disaster.

Alberta solved the problem with their gang task force ALERT who recently made a huge HA bust in Edmonton. Now we have to ask if the Alberta government are going to disband ALERT for doing such a good job like the BC government keeps doing. Our gang task force keeps getting infiltrated by idiots. Right now it appears that the BEU need to have a peak at what's really going on in Hamilton as it is no doubt tied to the rising HA / Rizzuto recovery.

The Expendables 2

I saw the Expendables 2 on Netfix the other night. It was awesome. I had seen one and three but somehow missed two. Three was nice how they introduced some new young guns and had old school and new school fighting shoulder to shoulder. Expendables 2 was even better than the first one. It was an all star cast of every old school tough guy in recorded history - Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture from the UFC was in it. They even has a special guest appearance of Chuck Norris. It was really funny how they introduced him. Jean Claude Vam Damme was the villain. What ever happened to that guy?

The movie was awesome.At the end of the movie someone gives them a new plane and Stallone says that plane should be in a museum. Then Schwarzenegger says we all should. Indeed. Yet as Schwarzenegger proved in the amazing Terminator Genesis remix also on Netfix, I may be old but I'm not obsolete. Truth. Speaking of young guns, Michael B Jordan the promising young actor that Rocky trained in the movie Creed was introduced in the last two episodes of the TV series Lie to me also on Netflix. That young man has huge potential. He is very good.