Gaza protest turns violent

Some pretty conflicting and sensational headlines in the news concerning Gaza and Israel. The most recent violence seems to revolve around the fact that the Americans moved their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the 70th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. This insanity is so toxic I hesitate to comment yet the absurdity of it all compelss me.

First the obvious. If the Americans want to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Haifa or Tuktoyaktuk, who cares? No really, who cares where they put their embassy? It just doesn't matter. Logically they will also put the US embassy for the Palestinian authority in Jerusalem as well. Everyone is freaking out over the declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Who cares? No really. Who cares? Palestinians in Israel now have passports. They are residents of the Palestinian National Authority. This is progress.

The Old City of Jerusalem is divided into four quarters, Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian. There is no reason the City of Jerusalem can't be the capital of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority as well. It actually makes sense since both parties consider the city holy.

I also want to be clear that Palestinians are not the original inhabitants of Gaza. The Philistines are. They were conquered by Egypt under Ramses. The current residents of Gaza are the most politically extreme and have the least hereditary claim to the land. Israel doens't want Gaza. They just want Gaza to leave them alone which has proven to be very problematic.

Yesterday Gaza hosted a violent protest and stormed the border with Israel. Israel fired on the mob that was storming their land. In Belfast they used to refer to Russia as Big Brother. As I have said before, Big Brother isn't always right but Big Brother isn't always wrong either. Likewise with Israel. Israel is not always right but they are not always wrong either. The Jews have a historical and hereditary claim on part of Palestine. They just don't have an exclusive right to it which makes peace in the city of peace very problematic indeed.



As Ramadan begins it is important for us to all respect religious and cultural diversity. God is not a respecter of persons. How we treat each other is more important that what he profess to believe. Actions always speak louder than words. Hypocrisy always smells bad.

Last week my neighbor's sister in law was sitting outside holding what looked like a rosary. I pointed to the beads and said what is that? She held it up for me to see and again I said what is that? She proceeded to take each bead one at a time and say something in Arabic and then said Allah and pointed up and said for my benefit "God". It was just like a rosy.

I was shocked and kept saying, this is Arabic? This is Muslim? She kept nodding and said yes. She said she got it at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. I was fascinated. I had no idea two very different cultures could possibly be so similar. As I've previously mentioned my neighbors are Muslims from Syria. They are wonderful. Their children are adorable. Diversity makes us strong.

Ramadan Mubarak.

ERT arrest Kenneth Lavallee again

The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News reported that Kenneth Lavallee was arrested with assistance from the Abbotsford Police Emergency Response Team on March 21st 2018. Well, they just arrested him again in Maple Ridge. One blog reader claims ERT set off a few percussion grenades and had a loudspeaker asking "KENNETH LAVALLEE" to "COME OUT OF THE HOUSE IT IS SURROUNDED". They included a few pictures of the event.





Why can't they drive that thing down the Surrey strip and arrest the drug dealers selling fentanyl?

In 2012 Kenneth Lavallee, 41, pleaded guilty to the May 2009 abduction of Robert Chartwell, who sold and delivered drugs for him. At the time he had a 20 year criminal history.

Overdose fatalities continue to rise in BC

CBC is reporting that "Suspected overdose deaths spiked again in March, reaching the province's second highest monthly total to date, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. A total of 161 people are believed to have died from drug overdoses in March, a 58 per cent increase over the month before." Global is reporting that "The deaths represent a 24 per cent increase over March 2017, when 130 people died from illicit drug overdoses."

Obviously the lethal injection sites are not working. They have increased fatalities not decreased them. The reason is two fold. First is the obvious. Harm Promotion increases addiction like a forest fire. Addicts in Surrey want rehab but they can't get it because most of the detox centres in Surrey are flop houses for addicts to use drugs. Police won't even arrest the drug dealers that sell drugs at detox centres. The other reason was explained by former VPD officer John McKay.

When the city sets up a lethal injection site where addicts can shoot up and smoke crack without getting arrested, the police create a buffer zone around it where they refuse to enforce the law and arrest the drug dealers. That creates a black hole of lawlessness around the facility that attracts addicts from all over the country and creates more addicts faster than we can inject them with Naloxone so they can keep filling the drug dealers pockets. We are culpable in those fatalities through our harm promotion and our endorsement of lawlessness and organized crime. That is not social justice. It is mass murder.



Needle exchanges coming to 2 Canadian prisons - God help us

CBC is reporting that "Inmates at two federal prisons who use injection drugs will have access to clean syringes beginning in June, with the Correctional Service of Canada planning to roll out the service at other institutions next year." WTF?! This country is so f*cked up. Inmates are not supposed to have access to drugs in prison. We are supposed to uphold the law not break it.

Leave Syria Alone

This one is fishy as f*ck. The Independent is reporting that "The Israeli military has claimed Iranian forces in Syria have fired about 20 rockets at its positions in the Golan Heights. Some of the projectiles were intercepted and damage on the Israeli side was minimal, it said, adding that there were no casualties." The source is the Israeli military. The same group responsible for the false flag attack on the USS Liberty.

CNN is reporting that "Netanyahu says Iran crossed a red line after Israel pounds Iranian targets in Syria. The source is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who sidestepped corruption charges by threatening war with Iran. Lest we forget that Cyrus the great was the one that set the Jews free after the Babylonian captivity. Cyrus was from Iran.

Lest we forget that it was the British and the Americans that overthrew democracy in Iran under Operation Ajax and implemented Islamic extremism there.

This latest rocket attack fails the test of believably just like the recent false flag chemical weapon attack. Assad is winning. He has no reason to inflame the west and justify their involvement. Israel and America want to over throw Assad because he is close with Russia. If you don't want to accept refuges into your country then stop creating them. The people like Assad. We need to respect their democratic will and stop this ridiculous meddling. Jerusalem O Jerusalem...

Guns seized at Pacific Border crossing

Global is reporting that "The Canada Border Services Agency is announcing a significant weapon seizure that occurred at the Pacific Highway port of entry. On March 23, Scott MacCallum Osborne, a Canadian citizen who was living in the U.S. at the time, was referred to a secondary examination while seeking entry to Canada. A dog was also called in to assist. Further investigations found a total of 19 hand guns and 32 over-capacity magazines, hidden behind various panels within the vehicle."

CTV is reporting that Scott Osborne is a self-proclaimed professional gambler who fled to Las Vegas last year because his life was in danger. “In September 2017, Vancouver Police Organized Crime unit informed (Osborne) that a hit had been put out on him,” wrote his ex-wife Vanessa Osborne, in an affidavit. “(The Ministry) said we should move with the children.” His kids were in the car with the guns as he was taking them to visit their mother.

Sounds like he was on the Vegas money laundering run like Geoff Meisner and the Boys found someone to do the run cheaper again. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Third motorcycle crash in Surrey in four days

The Surrey Now-Leader is reporting that "There’s been yet another motorcycle crash in Surrey this week. In this latest of three recent crashes the rider was reportedly taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries. It happened on the westbound off ramp of Highway 1 to Highway 17 (176th Street) at about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday."

A lot of summer soldiers out there that don't know how to ride. Mind how ya go.

3 people arrested after a shooting in Surrey

Global is reporting that "Surrey RCMP has arrested three people connected to a shooting that took place this weekend in the Guildford area. On May 5 2018, at around 1:17 a.m., Surrey RCMP officers on duty heard the sound of gun fire coming from the east side of the Surrey RCMP’s Guildford district office. Officers then patrolled the area and found a seriously injured man who was transported to the hospital. Three individuals associated to a suspect vehicle seen leaving the area have been arrested and taken into custody. Two people have been charged in relation to the shooting and the other was released without charges. On May 7 2018, officers executed search warrants in the 9500 block of 120 street as part of the on-going investigation."

The Translink Tax Fraud Continues

Global is reporting that "The B.C. government has introduced legislation that would allow TransLink to charge a one-time fee to new developments across Metro Vancouver to help pay for the mayors’ glutton council’s 10-year transportation plan."

Translink already receives a billion dollars a year from a regional gas tax above and beyond federal and provincial gas taxes. No private company would be allowed to continue let alone expand operating under a billion dollar a year deficit yet the Mayor Guttons keep on spending.

In addition to the billion dollar a year regional gas tax, Translink receives a tax levy from everyone's BC Hydro bill. Unlike ICBC, Translink is not breaking even it is grossly over budget and no one seems to be addressing that fact. Translink also receives a tax levy on everyone's property tax. Residential and commercial as well as a parking tax. This is tax fraud at it's worst.

It's time to stop the SNC Lavalin fraud in British Columbia once and for all.

Any company needs to be breaking even before it expands and burns more taxes on the dirtiest construction company on the planet that underbids and overcharges government contracts more than Lockheed Martin. We do not need or want LRT to Guildford. Stop the tax fraud.



Taxing new construction doesn't increase incentive to build. New construction creates jobs which in turn pays income tax. Companies that build rental units in Surrey should be exempt from this tax. That would give contractors an incentive to build rental units. Just sayin.

Boeing is good, Bombardier is bad, Lockheed Martin is worse but Translink is horrific.

Man shot and killed during attempted arrest at Vancouver Island ferry terminal

The Peacearch News is reporting that "A man is dead after being shot during an attempted arrest at Nanaimo’s Departure Bay ferry terminal this morning." The police said "the Island District Emergency Response Team and Nanaimo RCMP were at the location in relation to a violent car-jacking incident elsewhere in B.C." The vehicle was stopped by police and a takedown was initiated. Police saw what they thought as a gun and lit him up. It has not yet been confirmed if the suspect did in fact have a gun or if there was an exchanged of gunfire before the police fired.

Update: CBC is reporting that "Mounties in the Okanagan have located a car that may be linked to a man killed in a police shooting at the Departure Bay ferry terminal. Investigators revealed Wednesday that a suspect shot dead at the Nanaimo terminal earlier this week may have been connected to a shooting in Vernon and a carjacking in Penticton on May 7."

Comox Valley RCMP officer charged with assault

The Peacearch News is reporting that "A Comox Valley RCMP officer is facing a single count of assault stemming from an incident during a traffic stop in Comox in November 2017." Apparently during a routine traffic stop the citizen started to record the conversation which angered the officer and caused him to pull the citizen out of the car onto the ground and arrested him for obstruction. It is no secret that police don't like to be filmed or recorded but it is not unlawful to do so. We need more accountability not less.