Vancouver Gang shooting

CTV reported that there was a gang related shooting at Oxford Street and Skeena Street in east Vancouver last Tuesday. "A man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds was found in the backyard of a home."

The Peace Arch News reported that the gang unti arrested two people in a White Rock residence last Tuesday. "During a search of the premises Tuesday night, police found substances and paraphernalia consistent with what is believed to be an illegal synthetic drug lab."

The Prince George Citizen reported that Jamie Wade Fatum, 24, has been charged with attempted murder against a suspect in relation to last Friday's shooting outside a Prince George apartment building.

Postal Banking in Canada - Update

CBC is reporting that the Liberal government has created a pannel to hear from Canadians about the future of Canada Post. Saving door to door delivery is on the table. So is the possibility of creating a Postal Bank. I oppose the privatization of Canada Post not because I'm a dinosaur but because I oppose increased taxes. Canada Post is a cash cow for the government. It is an efficient company that makes profit and pays dividends. If they privatized Canada Post they would lose all that tax revenue and have to raise taxes to make up the difference.

Yes I used to work at the Post Office. I used to be a Letter Carrier for over 10 years. I was metaphorically, a child of a mixed marriage. My father was LCUC and my mother was CUPW. I could speak at great lengths about the shotgun wedding between the two very different unions and the subsequent animosity and raiding. Yet like any other child from a bad divorce, I recognize that every parent and every person has good and bad. I want to remember the good from both my parents and move forward in a positive direction. Increasing business revenue is a good thing.

When I was with Canada Post I launched a group called CUPW New Vision. It was to trade unionism what nouvelle cuisine was to the culinary arts - a new refreshing way to look at the classical traditions. At the time I mentioned the possibility of creating a bank at Canada Post to increase business revenue. France, Germany and England had already done so. Why not us?

It appears that the new union has picked up on the idea and have embraced it. That is something I can support. We need to think of ways to reinvent ourselves so that we are productive and profitable in the new market. The music industry certainly has. We can too. The Huffington Post claims Canada Post operated a savings bank for 100 years, between 1868 and 1968. The National Post claims it was disbanded in 1968 after the banking industry objected to the infringement on their monopoly. Clearly this is something we should reexamine. Peace.

Support Postal Banking. Let some of those massive profits reduce consumer tax.

Update: It appears I'm not he only one that thinks creating a Postal Bank would be a good idea. Ellen Brown wrote a very interesting book entitled The Public Bank Solution: From Austerity to Prosperity. The Watershed Sentinel is reporting that "One of the most important legal cases in Canadian history is slowly inching its way towards trial. Launched in 2011 by the Toronto-based Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER), the lawsuit would require the publicly-owned Bank of Canada to return to its pre-1974 mandate and practice of lending interest-free money to federal, provincial, and municipal governments for infrastructure and healthcare spending." Obviously the big banks are opposing this with a passion and is the very reason voters should be supporting it. A Postal Bank could accomplish the exact same thing. Obviously we'd need a new CEO of Canada Post that has the vision to follow through with it.



Note: After 1974 the national debt started snowballing out of control because of the increased interest payments. "Obviously something went terribly wrong after 1974." Canadian Citizens Coalition for Monetary Reform. That was when the Basel Committee discouraged borrowing from a nation’s own central bank interest-free and encouraged borrowing from private creditors.

The Tyee is reporting that "(COMER) a very small and low-budget Toronto think tank have been steadily winning court battles initiated in 2011 that would oblige the Bank of Canada to return to its pre-1974 practice of lending the government money virtually interest free. But the mainstream media has boycotted the story."

This is important because: "Once a nation parts with the control of its currency and credit, it matters not who makes the nation's laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation." -- William Lyon Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada, 1935

Turns out another blogger agrees with the reestablishment of a Postal Bank.

Catherine Gallagher settles RCMP lawsuit

CBC is reporting that Catherine Gallagher has settled her sexual harasment suit against the RCMP. Finally. I said that was one they should settle. The details of the settlement cannot be revealed under the terms of the agreement. No kidding. Inside the RCMP’s biggest crisis.

Unfortunately, with the insane promotion of that flaming idiot Bill Fordy it is clear that Craig Callen has not changed and never will. He needs to be replaced. Beware of the FOCCers - "Friends" of Craig Callen. If you're a friend of Craig Callen, then you're no friend of mine.

Erik Prince of Darkness has Returned

I can't believe Erik Prince has returned from exile. Did we forget why he went into exile or has everyone that was willing to testify against him mysteriously died? Erik Prince is a bad man. He is a man like unto Allen Dulles of old. He created a private military army called Blackwater. When they were accused of committing war crimes in Iraq and when Erik Prince was acused of arms dealing and murdering whistleblowers he ran off to the United Arab Emirates. Now he's back loud and proud with a new clone army. Forbes has declared: We Created A Monster.

One minute he's trying to start a new Christian Crusade against Muslims, then the next he built a mercenary army for an Islamic monarchy with Sharia courts. It gets worse. Now he's working for Communist China. I kid you not. Why on earth is he doing that? Wait 'till I tell ye.

It's not just a matter of him selling his services to the highest bidder. It's that he has always been a Communist because he has always opposed the civl liberty embraced by the US Constitution. He has always been an enemy of the Constitution. Him working for the Communists is simply the natural conclusion of the path he was on. Clearly the formation of a single state religion is a step towards forming a marxist leninist atheist state. Both roads lead to the same destination because they abandon the sacred principles of a free republic.

Giving large corporations their own private army is exactly what Communist China does. Erik Prince works for oil monopolies. The Rothschilds were the one that funded the Communist revolution in Russia after they hijacked the workers movement. Oil companies aren't bad. Everyone want to make some cheddar. Oil monopolies are bad. Back in the day when the Rothschilds used hostile take overs to secure a monopoly on the market the US supreme court cited anti trust laws and ruled it illegal. Now the politicians line their pockets with campaign contributions and call it good business. Creating corporate monopolies and destroying the free market is never good business. Times have certainly changed.

Wikipedia states Erik Prince claims the former CIA director Leon Panetta outed him as a CIA asset. Ah so Blackwater contracts out for the CIA. Big surprise. Do the CIA contract out some of their drug trafficking to Blackwater? What were these two Blackwater b*tches doing with their backpacks at the Boston Marathon bombing? Were they doing contract work for Graham Fuller?



In hindsight Star Wars fans ask: Was creating a clone army a bad idea? Evidently it was.

Blackwater guards sentenced for massacre of unarmed Iraqi civilians

Former Blackwater chief under investigation for deals with China and Libya

Fort McMurray fire: State of emergency declared - Update

CTV is reporting that " Alberta has expanded an evacuation order around Fort McMurray and declared a provincial state of emergency as devastating wildfires continue to rip through the city and surrounding area. An estimated 1,600 structures have been burned and more than 80,000 residents forced from their homes ahead of the flames, which are expected to continue burning into the weekend." Absolutely tragic.

It is humbling to realize everything you've worked for your entire life can be gone in a New York minute. Yet it is inspiring to see people reach out in times of need. The moral of the story is clear. People and more important than possessions. To support victims of the fire in Fort McMurray, text REDCROSS to 45678 or 30333. Ottawa will match all donations to the Alberta Fire Appeal.

Update: The Canadian Press is reporting that Russia has offered assistance putting out the fire.

9/11 Smoke and Mirrors

There is a little drama over the possible release of a "classified" 911 document in the news which purports to be yet another circus side show. The New York Daily news is reporting that CIA Director John Brennan says documents that could link Saudi Arabia to 9/11 terrorists should be kept classified. Are you kidding me? Why even cite the CIA director? That's like citing Pablo Escobar or Maneu Noreaga. The CIA are drug traffickers.

The New York Daily states: "Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who co-chaired the joint Congressional inquiry, has been leading a push to release the documents, saying they suggest a Saudi role." No kidding. According to CNN 15 of the 19 hijackers in 911 came from Saudi Arabia and two came from United Arab Emirates where Erik Prince built his little mercenary army.

This is nothing new. The fact that the CIA ordered Mike Springman to approve their passports after he had denied them is nothing new either. What's new is this fake report claiming it was because of diplomatic immunity which is a bold faced lie.

The New York Post claims "Case agents I’ve interviewed at the Joint Terrorism Task Forces in Washington and San Diego, the forward operating base for some of the Saudi hijackers, as well as detectives at the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department who also investigated several 9/11 leads, say virtually every road led back to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, as well as the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles. Yet time and time again, they were called off from pursuing leads. A common excuse was diplomatic immunity.”

That is nonsense. Diplomatic immunity wouldn't even explain why investigations were called off. These weren't diplomats. Neither would it explain why the CIA approved their passports after they had been denied. It is more smoke and mirror bullsh*t. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, the CIA 'live tweets' Osama bin Laden raid to mark the 5th anniversary of the raid. Yet back in reality, the Bin Laden "confession" video didn't even look like bin Laden.



Absurdly, as we speak MSN is reporting 9 Travel Safety Tips from a Former CIA Agent. The CIA is spamming the media with more smoke and mirrors bs in it's continued disinformation campaign. How about some CIA live tweets about their involvement with Operation Fast and Furious or their years of drug trafficking in Vietnam and Nicaragua?

Global Research is referring to it as a red herring propaganda ploy because that is exactly what it is. The CIA approved the passports after they were previously denied. That's all there is to it. The CIA spamming the media with nonsense has become ridiculous. They have no credibility after MI 6 was caught sending the media fake reports about Iraq's WMD in Operation Mass Appeal.

The CIA spamming the media with press releases is reminiscent of how they sent out the press release on the collapse of the third tower in New York to BBC early by mistake. They sent the press release out before it even happened. The third tower collapsed at freefall speed into it's own blueprint just like a controlled demolition even though no planes hit that tower. BBC reported that it had collapsed before it happened. Later they explained that they simply made a mistake and that they weren't in on any conspiracy.

If you report a murder that didn't happen that is a mistake. If you report a murder that did happen before it happened, that is not a mistake, that is inside information. The BBC obviously weren't part of the conspiracy. They were simply reporting on the press release the CIA had sent them early by mistake which they now deny but is the only plausible explanation. The CIA need to explain how they knew it was going to collapse before it did and how they had press releases prepared before hand. The CIA is a criminal organization. Buyer Beware.

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.