Chibi Taiko

Speaking of diversity, as I was riding into Vancouver yesterday along Kingsway I saw an eagle flying over head and heard some drums so I pulled over to have a look. It was the Chibi Taiko drummers performing. They were magnificent. I like drums and Taiko drums are awesome. Chibi means little kid and Taiko means big drum so Chibi Taiko is Canada's first youth taiko group based in Vancouver. They will also be performing today at 12:15 in Maple Ridge.



I moved to Surrey from North Vancouver when I was in grade five. Growing up in Elementary school my best friend was Japanese. It was just normal. Later on we lost contact and I had another good friend who was also Japanese. He became the best man at my wedding I was the best man at his. I spoke at his wedding and quoted Martin Luther King who dreamed of the day when a man would be judged by the content of his character not by the colour of his skin. I assured both families that my friend was indeed a man of honour.

I realize that historically there is some hard feelings between China and Japan as well as between Korea and Japan. As my father would say, the war is over. That was a long time ago. Japan paid bitterly for their aggressiveness with Hiroshima and Nagasaki and have endured many hardships of their own. It's time to move forward in peace.

Canada hasn't always been a place of perfect polite tolerance. During the war all of the Japanese Canadians were rounded up into concentration camps and their land was taken from them. That was before my time. I never knew or understood that growing up with Japanese friends. I later found out that the best man at my wedding had family on Salt Spring Island who had all their land taken from them. Although the family finally got an apology many years later, their land was never returned to them. That was tragic and stands as a reminder of how we need to be honest about our past so we can rise above it.

The paper crane has become an international symbol of healing and peace. I didn't realize Sadako's last name was Sasaki. That is the last name of my childhood friend growing up. What happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was horrible and we need to make sure something like that never happens again. Diversity makes us strong. Peace.

Supporting the Falun Gong Protest on Canada Day

I met with some of the Falun Gong Protesters outside the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver today. I just wanted to make sure everyone understood the parameters of the court order. The City made a bylaw saying the protesters couldn't walk away and leave signs up over night. The court order did not say they couldn't stand there with a sign in a peaceful protest. No bylaw could order that because it would violate the Canadian Charter of Rights which is the highest law of the land.

I realized these kind and polite people were being bullied so I met with them and said it's OK, you can stand under my umbrella. Combining the symbolism from the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong with the Rihanna and Jay Z song Under my Umbrella. Rihanna shed some tears in Dublin.

Today the Finian Commission launched a new campaign spotlighting Communist China. I did an interview explaining the campaign with the Epoch Times and a Chinese television station. The bottom line is that these people are being persecuted in China. The government of China says they're a cult so they deserve it. That is ridiculous.

Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) is a new form of Buddhism that believes in cultivating three Chinese virtues: Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance). There is nothing bad or cultlike in that. Christianity is widely accepted around the world and when Christ was on the earth they said he was leading a cult. He said if they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more so shall they call them of his household.

So just what is Falun Gong's crime? They like to meditate. I kid you not. Their campaign is simple. At www.free2meditate.org they state "Today in China, people who practice Falun Dafa face imprisonment, torture, or even death. If you think anyone should be free to meditate without fear of persecution, post your support to Facebook, Twitter, or any social media." They sugest posting a picture of you meditating on their Twitter account.

I remember during the Vancouver Occupy demonstration there was a group of peaceful protesters that were simply sitting there meditating. It is impossible for us to conceive how that could possibly be banned. A few years ago as I was on my way home from a TELUS demonstration in Burnaby, I saw a group of quite, polite Asians standing with signs. No one was paying any attention to them so I pulled over to have a look at what their signs said. I was shocked. They were listing numerous atrocities the Communist government has done in China. It was so sad no one was paying any attention to these kind polite people. Their concerns were very real. That's how I found out about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party in the Epoch Times.

Today they have a new serious complaint. They claim that political prisoners under the Communist government are being tortured and even murdered for organ harvesting. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. The Finian Commission will be conducting a public inquiry into the matter. This is a copy of the initial report. The protesters are outside the Vancouver Consulate on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM. Hear them.



Epoch Times: Up to 1.5 Million Killed by Chinese Regime for Their Organs, Report Reveals

The Goddess of Democracy statue was first erected during the Tiananmen square protest.

UBC’s statue outside the SUB, the Goddess of Democracy, was holding an umbrella durring the Hong Kong protest in support of that cause. Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong. Mainland China is trying to kill the language and replace it with Mandarin. Hong Kong may never gain their independence but they should be able to speak whatever language they choose.

China has a problem with overpopulation. Instead of forcing people to have abortions or executing prisoners of conscience, maybe they should just let people move? Maybe that would be a more peaceful solution to their problem. Every major city in the world has a Chinatown. Chinese culture is already influencing the entire world and that is a good thing. Diversity is the spice of life. If you only let families have one child and everyone has abortions if they have a girl, in one generation, who on earth are your men going to marry? It's not a very smart policy . Peace.



Update: Epoch Times article on the Canada Day Protest

English translation of the article in the Epoch Times

NTDTV Canada Day Article

English translation of NTDTV Article

Lady Gaga banned by Communist China

The Guardian is reporting that Lady Gaga has reportedly been added to a list of hostile foreign forces banned by China’s Communist party after she met with the Dalai Lama to discuss yoga. Communist China banns love, kindness, and compassion. Go figure.

Meanwhile back on the ranch, the Independent is reporting that "The Chinese government continues to illegally harvest organs from millions of its innocent prisoners despite saying it had ended the practice two years ago, a decade-long study has alleged. Experts estimate between 60,000 and 100,000 prisoners of conscience are executed annually and have their hearts, livers and other organs removed to use for transplants."

This report conforms concerns that local protesters in Vancouver expressed which the Harper government pressured the city of Vancouver into shutting down so he could sell our oil rights to the Communist dictatorship. Whatever happened to the Hong Kong protest? It was shut down.

Asians in Vancouver are concerned about Communist China's human rights abuses. Why isn't Gregor Robertson? Surely he can relate now that they arested his girlfriend's mother on "coruption" charges. His girlfriend is Tourism Vancouver's ambassador for China.

Report into allegations of organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China

Finian Commission Spotlight on Communist China

Don't worry. You can stand under my umbrella.



UBC’s statue, the Goddess of Democracy, was holding an umbrella today

"Those who never fought for freedom shall never know the taste of it."

Janette Wu loses security clearance

Speaking of the elephant in the room, here's another case that smells pretty fishy. The National Post is reporting that "A woman who lost her security clearance allowing access to restricted areas at the Vancouver International Airport - and with it her job with airport ground services - because she was once married to a member of the Hells Angels."

This case isn't just the epitome of hypocrisy, it smells downright fishy. The ex wife of a member of the Hells Angels loses her security clearance at the airport while full patch Hells Angels are allowed port passes to work at the docks. That is unequal enforcement of the law.

Another example is Mindi Niedermeiser, the B.C. border guard who partied with the Hells Angels, had been previously fired by the Canada Border Services Agency for misconduct but was reinstated after an appeal. So we have active members of the Hells Angels and their associates obtaining security clearances they shouldn't while someone who is clearly no longer affiliated with the club or never was is denied a security clearance. Something doesn't add up.

When the "New" BC Gang task force runs interference for the Hells Angels in the press, one has to wonder what side they are really on? If they are now compromised like the EPS perhaps we should contract out Alberta's Gang Task force ALERT since they are still putting the pressure on the Hells Angels despite the fact that the BC Gang Task force has stopped. It comes as no big surprise. We saw the writing on the all after the Kelowna Summer Jam. They did such a good job busting David Giles and that stolen car ring in Kelowna the Christy Clark government disbanded the OMGU (Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Unit) and cut funding to the gang task force. Every time a police task force found organized crime a government body disbanded that police task force.

There is no way this woman who is now remarried to a US Sheriff poses any security risk at the airport whatsoever. What is more likely is that the club doesn't want her there in case she recognized someone like Villy trying to smuggle a gun on a plane and alerts the authorities. It's more likely that the HAs wanted her out and the gang task force accommodated them. Just like how they will kick a Hells Angels associate out of a bar under Barwatch but not an actual patch holder. It is also sad to see how much influence the Hells Angels have over the courts. It is reminiscent of Peter Leask and Ron Skolrood. If it looks like a fish, swims like a fish and smells like a fish, odds are something fishy is indeed going on.

Surrey Entrapment Fraud exposes Elephant in the Room

I understand that the judge in the Surrey Pressure cooker fraud entrapment case will render her decision on the entrapment argument July 27th if not sooner. June 17th the Vancouver Sun reported that "B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce says she must confront 'the elephant in the room' to decide the fate of a Surrey couple found guilty of terrorism for the 2013 Canada Day plot. The question, she said, was not whether, without the elaborate RCMP sting, the heinous scheme would have occurred but whether John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were even capable of it. Bruce feared that without police help 'not (that the pair) wouldn’t have committed, but couldn’t have committed' the planned bombing at the legislature."

Although that is very true, if one takes 30 seconds to actually look at the evidence it is crystal clear that without CSIS' assistance and pressure, this couple would not have even conceived of such a heinous plot let alone attempt it. It is also crystal clear that without CSIS' help they could not have done it either, That is not debatable. It is an obvious fact. Without CSIS' help and pressure there was no means or motive to commit this crime. That is entrapment. As I have said before, if the legal definition of entrapment exists in law, there has never been a more clear case of entrapment in the history of the earth. RCMP Terrorist Quotas have got to go.

Now to address the elephant in the room the judge refers to. If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about. Indeed there is. Its' called CSIS. CSIS is in contempt of court for refusing to abde by a court order to hand over documents. That alone is grounds for a dismissal of the charges.

During the trial we were told that CSIS was directly involved with this entrapment. They didn't just pass on a tip to the RCMP like they claimed. They set the whole con up from day one. They also had help. In the beginning of the trial counsel for the defense stated American authorities were also involved in the entrapment. Big surprise.

So just what American Intelligence agency are we referring to? We have heard about many cases in the US where the FBI have foild a FBI terror plot. Bill Tieleman reported that “James Cromitie (was) a low-level ex-drug dealer who converted to Islam. A well-paid FBI informant befriended the Walmart worker and promised him $250,000 and a new BMW car to fire Stinger surface-to-air missiles at U.S. military planes and plant bombs at Jewish targets in New York.” Why would they do that? Without the FBI there was no means or motive to commit that crime.

Back to the elephant. We know the FBI only works within the United states while the CIA works outside of the United States. That is their respective mandated jurisdiction. So if American Intelligence agencies were operating on Canadian soil and helped set up this entrapment case it was the CIA. Since the Gary Webb story has been confirmed and validated a hundred times since his murder, it is clear that the CIA has been deeply involved in drug trafficking since the Vietnam war through Iran contra right up to Operation Fast and Furious. Perhaps that is something Canadian drug enforcement agents should be looking at.

The RCMP and the CBC reported that CSIS had a handler that helped plan the Air India bombing and actualy provided the explosives for that heinous attack. CSIS still need to be charged in that murder. That is the elephant in the room we cannot ignore that nobody wants to talk about.

Surrey Drive Bys - Updates

Surrey Alerts reported that there was a drive by shooting at 60th Avenue and 128th street today.

Update: The Surrey Now is reporting that A 21-year-old man showed up at a local hospital suffering from a gunshot wound Monday night, roughly 40 minutes after a shooting in Newton.

2nd Update: Front Page of the Vancouver Province is the headline about a family dog being shot dead in a surrey drive by shooting. Like I always say, here in Canada, never mind human genocide, if you cut down a tree or kick a dog you're in big trouble. Never mind all the people who have been shot. Now that they shot a dog all of a sudden everyone is pissed.

The Abby News is reporting that "Three men are in custody and facing charges after shots were fired into a vehicle early Wednesday morning in Abbotsford."

CBC is reporting that one man is in hospital after a shooting in New Westminster Thursday morning in the 300 block of Carnarvon Street.

James Riach and Damion Ryan getting their HA patch

Several sources claim that James Riach and Damion Ryan both have received their Hells Angels patch. February of this year Kim Bolan confirmed that Damion become a member of the Ontario Nomads. Damian has been up to his eyeballs in drug and weapons charges and has been involved in several shootings for years. If the Hells Angels are promoting that kind of criminal then that is another step towards criminal organization status.

As for the gingerbread man, James Riach has been involved with the Hells Angels and the Bacon brothers since before the Surrey Six murder where the Bacon brothers took over the Red Scorpions for the Hells Angels. After walking away from the Kelowna shooting with minor scratches when Jonathon Bacon was killed and Larry Amero was shot, Riach was busted in the Philippines for his involvement in a large drug trafficking ring tied to the Hells Angels.

Several sources claim James Riach got his patch from the chapter in Greece but I have yet to confirm that officially. Greece was where Robby Alkhalil was found and arrested.

Dawson Creek fentanyl bust

BC Local News is reporting that "Forty-three people are facing charges after police officers made several drug and weapons busts in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit began an investigation into street- and mid-level drug traffickers last summer. On Friday, the unit revealed the haul of drugs, weapons and cash it seized as a result of the probe, and the details of the charges." Big city crime expanding into small towns.

Among items seized were a rifle, shotgun, AAR15, 74 ounces of cocaine, Approximately 700 fentanyl pills, 3.5 grams of crystal methamphetamine and 1.75 litres of liquid GHB. 29 people have been arrested, while another 14 are still on the run. Charged so far are Jamie Christopher St. Denis, 37, Christina Marie MacKay, 30, in Dawson Creek and Ryan Holden, 36, of Dawson Creek each face numerous drug and weapons charges.

Fire sweeps legal grow op in Langley

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that a fire swept through a legal grow op in Langley thursday morning and that there appears to have been a person sleeping in the grow-op who fled the scene when firefighters arrived. The CFSU busted several grow ops in Mission tied to the Hells Angels a few years ago. In 2013 there was another legal grow op in Surrey that burned down. The owner claimed it was tied to the Hells Angels and they burned it down after he tried to raise the rent.

People claim legalizing drugs will take it out of the hands of organized crime but that simply is not true. Exotic dancing is legal and that didn't stop the Hells Angels from using violence to take over that industry in BC. Drugs and prostitution is legal in Amsterdam and that certainly didn't stop them there. The Hells Angels were accused of using bully power to extort the owners of the Yab Yum brothel into selling it to them for far less than what it was worth.

The question we need to ask is if the legal grow op in Langley that burned down on thursday was tied to the Hells Angels. Perhaps it wasn't. Maybe that's why it was burned down. Like I said I have no problem with the black door or if the Hells Angels run a few grow ops. My problem is them saying no one else is allowed to have a grow except us and if you do run a grow you have to pay a tax to us or have an accident. That is complete bullsh*t. I believe in a free market. People should go to the Hells Angels because they have a quality product at a fair price not because they shot and killed all the competition.

Britain Breaks Free

Well this is interesting. Scotland votes to stay in the UK and the UK votes to leave the European Union. Finally Britain awakes. There is a lot of absurd doom and gloom rhetoric complaining about their decision to abort the fraud but I will clarify the step forward. Everybody likes free trade and everybody wants to prosper. The problem with most of these trade agreements is that they have nothing to do with free trade and everything to do with giving up sovereignty.

After signing a treaty supporting a European Union, with no Constitution or Charter of Rights that binds future governments by law to protect civil liberty, what guarantee do you have that new Union remains a free republic as opposed to a galactic empire so to speak? With no Constitution or Charter of Rights you have absolutely no protection whatsoever. Civil liberty is lost and so is the Free Republic. So stop the doom and gloom nonsense. None of us are that stupid.

Holland has already expressed valid concerns to this Galactic Empire in the EU. Another one of the concerns is Banking fraud. Ireland was finally beginning to prosper. Then all of a sudden they were surprisingly hit with a huge bank fraud similar to Greece. The Irish are smart. Screw them over and they will not forget. A star hasn't fallen. It just broke free.