A meat tax is absurd

Here we go again. The corporate media propaganda machine is at it again testing the waters to raises taxes again. The Vancouver Sun is reporting that "A movement blending animal-rights and environmental concerns is pushing for a “sin tax” on meat, not unlike levies designed to discourage tobacco use or fossil fuel consumption."

Bloody Hell. Politicians are gluttons. They stay awake at night trying to think up new ways to raises taxes. This is just another con. Since when is eating meat a sin? Well vegans dont eat meat. So? That's their right. They don't have the right to force their alternative lifestyle on anyone else. Alberta has a thriving beef industry. Who's side is the government on?

Shawn Storey from Surrey wrote into the Vancouver Province and said PETA should just mind their own business and stay out of ours. Nobody likes religion forced on them.

Donald Trump criminalizes legal pot

Donald Trump is enforcing federal pot laws to criminalize legal pot in States that held referendums to legalize it. This is the epitome of stupidity. This shows that Donald Trump is also on the CIAs side of the war on drugs by outlawing pot while promoting cocaine and opiates.

If he only had a brain. The LA Times is reporting that "Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions ended an Obama-era federal policy that provided legal shelter for marijuana sales in California and five other states that have allowed recreational pot, placing at risk thousands of marijuana businesses operating legally under state laws." Filling the prisons with people who smoke or grow pot is a complete waste of tax dollars. The Washington Post is reporting that "Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes - combined."

Hawthorne Park Court Injunction date set

Vancouver Media Scoop is reporting that "Local community activist and teacher Roslyn Cassells today won an early court date to demand the City of Surrey do their duty towards wildlife and the local ecology in the hotly disputed Hawthorne Park road construction project, which would bisect the north Surrey nature park putting lives and habitats at risk. The case for injunctive relief will be heard in New Westminster Supreme Court on Monday Jan. 8 at 9:45 am."

December 29th the Surrey Now Leader reported that "A Surrey woman filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court Friday asking the court to halt the City of Surrey’s controversial plan to build a road through Hawthorne Park." Roslyn is an animal rights activist from the Green Party who successfully obtained a court injunction against them killing rabbits at UVic.

Meanwhile, back on the ranch, the Surrey Now leader is reporting that "A Surrey residents’ group fighting against city’s hall’s plan to run a connector road through Hawthorne Park in North Surrey staged a protest Wednesday as work crews set up a fence inside the park as a precursor to the project getting underway." The fight has just begun.

Logically, stalling off the destruction until the City has a new election would be in everyone's best interest. That would be fair. Linda Henperer's approval rating is at an all time low and is determined to continue to steam roll over the democratic will of the people in favor of campaign contributions from dirty developers. The real problem is the insane plane to put an LRT down 104th Avenue reverting 104th to a single lane each way. That will be an infrastructure nightmare.

However, Hawthorne Park is Surrey's Clayoquot Sound. There are a lot of people prepared to get arrested for their beliefs. Things are going to get tense. You cant keep steam rolling over the democratic will of the people forever. At some point the people will say enough is enough and that time has finally come. Give your head a shake and Stop the Insanity.

The headline in today's Surrey Now Leader reads "This is a road to nowhere."

More human remains found in Ontario

CBC is reporting that "Durham police have found more remains belonging to Rori Hache, the Oshawa teen whose torso was found floating in the nearby waterfront last September. On Friday, police confirmed that remains that were found in a basement apartment in late December belong to 18-year-old Hache. Back on Sept. 11, a fisherman spotted a female torso floating in the water of Oshawa Harbour. At the time, Durham police said the torso showed "obvious" signs of trauma. Four days later, police announced they were investigating the incident as a homicide."

Hopefully if they found more evidence in a basement suit that will lead investigators closer to who actually committed this heinous crime. There is nothing noble in this kind of deranged act. This is another case where reporting a murderer to the police is not being a rat. Failing to do so is.

Surrey Shooting

Surrey RCMP are reporting that on Thursday morning "Officers investigating an early morning shots fired in the 17400 blk of 64th Ave. One male taken to hospital with serious, but non life-threatening injuries."

Edmonton Homicide

Global is reporting that "The death of a man whose body was found in a south Edmonton alley on New Year’s Day has been deemed the city’s first homicide of 2018. The man’s body was found in an alley in the area of 77 Street and 92 Avenue, in the Holyrood neighbourhood, at around 1:20 p.m. on Jan. 1." CBC is reporting that he was known to the police. The Edmonton journal is reporting that the victim, Ruben (Ben) Baker, 21, survived a previous shooting a few years ago.

When Niagara Falls freezes over

You know it's cold when Niagara Falls freezes over. Only they haven't frozen over, they're just starting to ice up along the edges. It is however, very cold on the east coast. I could never ride a full season in that. We've been experiencing a fairly mild winter on the west coast of Canada with temperatures hovering around zero degrees celsius. In Eastern Canada they've been hit with cold arctic air while Alaska is getting warm air. Go figure. A shift in the polar vortex yo.

CTV is reporting that "Anchorage, Alaska, was warmer Tuesday than Jacksonville, Florida. The weather in the U.S. is that upside down. That's because the Arctic's deeply frigid weather escaped its regular atmospheric jail that traps the worst cold. It then meandered south to the central and eastern United States."

New Brswick has a weather warning but the "snow hurricane" seems to be over exagerated. "On Thursday evening the snow will change to a mixture of freezing rain and ice pellets and finally to rain over easternmost regions." Things are starting to warm up a bit in Montreal as well.

Another stabbing outside Surrey's lethal injection site

The Peace Arch News is reporting that a serious stabbing occurred Tuesday around 5:47 p.m. in the 10600 block of 135A Street outside the lethal injection site. So who is legally liable for the violent crime patrons at the safe inhalation site commit stoned on the city's dime? Please advise.

At least this time they didn't shoot anyone. The Tent City is growing like a Woodstock music festival because addicts from all over the country are flocking to a known lawless zone where they can do whatever drug they want and not be arrested. Harm promotion is attracting addicts here from across the country. Welcome to Linda Hepner's Fail Army.

Treatment saved Kati. Harm promotion did not. Freeze the Fraud yo.

Hells Angels Associate murdered in Maple Ridge

This murder disturbs me on several levels. My first concern is why have the police not released his name yet? Was it because he was a Hells Angels associate? There were three fatal shootings locally over the Christmas break. Gavinder Grewal was shot dead in North Vancovuer December 21st. His name was pretty much imediatley released to the press.

The next morning a Hells Angels associate was shot dead in Maple Ridge and his name has still not been released. December 28th Alexander Blanarou from Surrey was shot dead in Abbotsford and IHIT immediately released his name to the press. There was another shooting in Whalley on December 23rd but it was not fatal. So why has this fatality not been named?

Out of respect to the family I have not named him in this post so it doesn't come up on a Google search of his name. I simply linked to the obituary that was published in today's paper.

How do I know he was a Hells Angels associate? Well he posted pictures of himself wearing support gear on Facebook. That in itself doesn't really mean anything. He could simply be related to a member. In the obituary the family expresses their gratitude to Jesse Haddan. That pretty much clinches it. I do want to reiterate that I do not have beef with Jesse. I never have. I am not going to publicly disclose who on that side of the river I have made peace with since private conversations are indeed private. If I cannot respect confidence then I am worthless.

I will simply say that this murder was inexcusable. He doesn't have a criminal record. You're going to shoot someone just because he's related to Vince? That's pretty low life. If you have beef with someone take it up with that person not with their friends or family. You can't get any lower than that. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Logically, several pictures would then be worth even more. I'm not going to post pictures of this murder victim posing wit his nieces and nephews. I will simply say this was a good kid and he will be deeply missed.

Think of this: you've got young children who loved visiting with their uncle. Now all of a sudden the parents has to tell their child that they won't be able to see their uncle any more. Why not the children ask? Is he mad at us? No sweetheart, someone shot him dead. They did what? Why would someone do that? Well it's complicated. Some people are simply worthless.

This isn't freaking Belfast. People come here from war torn countries to leave the violence behind. Our kids aren't supposed to have to deal with this kind of madness. People, you need to give your head a shake. This kind of unnecessary violence is unacceptable. It is not cool. It is not noble. It is shameful. I've lived in countries where the people distorted the eye for an eye into meaning you kill one of ours and we'll kill one of yours. That logic fails. If someone commits murder then you try that person for murder. You don't pick some random person from their family and execute them. That is just another murder and will be recorded in history as such. Stop it.



Update: The police have finally released the name and have confirmed that Ricco's father Joseph Sansalone and great-uncle Vincenzo “Jimmy” Sansalone are both full patch members of the Haney Hells Angels. This murder crossed the line just like the Surrey Six did.

Fatal shooting outside Ontario hospital

The Brantford Expositor is reporting that "Brantford police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred near Brantford General Hospital late Monday afternoon. Police were called to the area of St. Paul Avenue and Terrace Hill Street at about 5:35 p.m. They were sent there to investigate an adult male who had suffered life-threatening injuries, police said in a statement. The man died in hospital. Police did not release the man's cause of death but Brantford General Hospital officials said a lockdown at BGH Monday was the result of a fatal shooting." Global is reporting that "the shooting happened near a Rexall pharmacy located close to the hospital."