Monday, January 20, 2020

Fraud allegations a facade in Huawei Trade War



The Canadian Press is reporting that "Fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are a facade and charges filed by the United States are really about the country trying to enforce its sanctions on Iran, a defence lawyer has argued." Of course they are.

The arest has absolutely nothing to do with justice. It is solely about a trade war where a cell phone competitor is selling cell phones to someone the Ameiricans don't want them to.

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Season Two of Joel Thomas Hynes's Little Dog has begun



CBC's website is reporting that the first episode of Little Dog Season Two premiered January 17th. It's a comedy about a down on his luck boxer from Newfoundland. Joel Thomas Hynes is as real as it gets. He also played a role in the the Newfoundland shot film Body & Bones.

You can live stream episode one season two on the CBC website.

It's good craic so it is. Oh, I mean it's funny.

Stephen Harper opposes Jean Charest. That's why I support him.



MaCLeans is reporting that "Former prime minister Stephen Harper has suddenly resigned from the board of the Conservative Party of Canada’s fundraising arm, as the party descends into organizational chaos and bitter recrimination in the first week of its leadership campaign. And since the first version of this article was posted, two top Conservative sources have told Maclean’s that Harper’s main goal in resigning is to free himself up to block Jean Charest’s campaign for the party leadership." LOL, well if Harper is against him then he must be good.

Stephen Harper is a bad man. He is a Neo Con that supports tax and spend insider trading and is an enemy of civil liberty. He is not a Conservative, he is a Neo Con as in Con Artist.

It comes as no surprise the Conservatives are scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to find someone to run against Jean Charest. After all, the tax and spend Neo Con is at complete risk.

Stephen Harper obviously wants his lost puppy Afghanistan war criminal Peter MacKay to win the bid. That is not in the party's best interest. Peter MacKay will not win Quebec. The party will continue to stagnate under his leadership and will continue to regress back into Mulroneyism which was what the Reform Party was created to oppose. Canadians don't like Jason Kenney.

If the Conservatives want to make a difference then they need Quebec. They will not win an election without them and they will never be able to make a difference until they win Quebec. That is obvious. So the choice is yours - evolve or stagnate. It's not rocket science.



Stephen Harper used Jean Charest to get elected. He doesn't care about Quebec or Quebec values. He has his own agenda. Stephen Harper supports the Me First movement and wants to implement Corporate Communism. That is why he is an enemy of civil liberty and the Charter of Rights. Alberta is landlocked. BC supports Quebec. New Brunswick's bilingualism rate is rising.

Conservatives Need to Break Free of Harper Era

"Zombie relics of rejected regime are crowding party’s leadership race. Any new party leader who served with Harper will be trying to hold together his original coalition - which means never winning the country. There is one possible hope for a different direction, an outsider named Jean Charest who is flirting with a leadership bid. The former Mulroney cabinet minister and Quebec premier never operated under the shadow of Stephen Harper."

"Charest could change the party’s hopelessly out-of-date policies on the environment and social issues without having to explain why he once supported them. None of the others can do that."

"Seamlessly bilingual, deeply experienced and steeped in Quebec and national politics, Charest could modernize the party, enhance its credibility, and extend its reach enormously. He could transform it overnight - and over Stephen Harper’s dead body."



Why can’t Peter MacKay speak French? GOOD LUCK MISTER

Friday, January 17, 2020

Trump's Ukraine scandal is a farce



I hate Trump. The guy is a dick but the partisan impeachment scandal over withholding aid to the Ukraine is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with American politics. Russian interference with the US election is a complete CIA driven absurdity. When Trump was fighting the CIA he showed promise. Now that he is in bed with the CIA, he does not. It's that simple.

The fact that they are trying to impeach him over something fictitious while they ignore flaming concerns that are valid shows us how stupid the whole process really is.

Impeach Trump for threatening a disproportionate terrorist strike against cultural sites in Iran. Impeach Trump for participating in the oil wars. Impeach Trump for threatening sanctions against Germany and Russia based on corporate greed. Impeach Trump for ignoring China's organ harvesting of political prisoners and arrest of a cell phone competitor. Impeach Trump for being a racist pig. Oh but that's why he was elected. God help you. We've lost our moral compass.



Tulsi Gabbard can see past the partisan impeachment fraud. So can Rachel Blevins.

"While Democrats and Republicans bicker during the Impeachment trial and the media acts like they are polar opposites, just remember... These are the same people who magically come together to make sure the gov't can keep bombing countries and violating your rights every year."

Bombardier's debt and corruption are like SNC-Lavalin



The Canadian Press is reporting that "The future of Bombardier Inc. is being called into question after the company said it was actively considering alternatives to reduce its staggering debt."

Yeah well just don't consider another tax paid bailout. Bombardier is corrupt like SNC-Lavalin. We need to recognize that and move on. They use bribery to underbid and over charge government contracts just like Lockheed Martin. We need to stop burning tax dollars on corporate corruption.

Global reported that "Vancouver city council has voted to have the city review its relationship with Canadian engineering giants SNC-Lavalin and Bombardier. If SNC-Lavalin is eventually found guilty of the corruption charges the company is currently facing, it could be barred from bidding on the Broadway SkyTrain extensions, which are currently reliant on SNC-Lavalin technology for tracks and electronics and Bombardier for rail cars." Giving the contract for the Evergreen extension to SNC-Lavalin was a criminal act. Boeing is good, Bombardier is bad.

Let's negotiate a Boeing plant in Quebec to build super hornets. That would be money well spent.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

The Cullen Inquiry into Money Laundering is a farce



I don't want to hate but I will point out that the Cullen Inquiry into Money Laundering is a farce just like the Missing Woman's Inquirey was. It is a red herring seeking to blame the Triads and exonerate the Hells Angels so the government can profit from crime. You heard it here first.

The Triads weren't responsible for the Pickton Farm or the Dianne Rock story. The Triads aren't responsible for the drug related brutality in the DTES and on the Surrey Strip. The Triads didn't sell Leanne Yardley fentanyl at Shakerz telling her it was cocaine.

The Triads didn't kill Brandy Sarionder because she opened up a strip club on Granville in competition with the Hells Angels. The Triads didn't kill Janice Shore in Surrey or Ashley Machiskinic in the DTES for drug debts owed to the Hells Angels.

The Triads didn't kill Chad Wilson or Suminder Grewal. The Hells Angels did.

Finian's Inferno describes the atrocities I saw in my journey through Hell. The Triads weren't there but the Hells Angels were. Stop the fraud. Governments should stop crime not profit from it.

Father of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson dies at 75



The Canadian Press is reporting that "Canadian professional wrestling legend Rocky (Soul Man) Johnson, the father of actor Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson, has died at the age of 75." My condolences. I didn't realize the Rock's father was a Canadian and that he was so freaking buff. I suppose it makes sense. RIP. What a legacy to leave behind.

Instagram and Facebook says it's removing posts supporting Soleimani to comply with US sanctions



CNN is reporting that "Instagram and its parent company Facebook are removing posts that voice support for slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani to comply with US sanctions, a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement to CNN Business Friday." Welcome to the Brave New World. Which ones are the bad guys again? Please advise.

Journalists demand end to censorship of Iranian media on Instagram

Coda Story is reporting that "After a U.S. drone strike killed Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani, Iranians flocked to one of their favorite platforms, Instagram. But in the days following the general’s death, journalists, activists and ordinary Iranians have experienced shutdowns and censorship – not from Iran, but from Instagram."

"At least fifteen Iranian journalists have reported having their accounts suspended, according to the International Federation of Journalists. Government-owned and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated media agencies such as Tasnim News Agency, the Iran Newspaper and Jamaran News all had their accounts, with a combined hundreds of thousands of followers, removed entirely by Instagram. “This poses an immediate threat to freedom of information in Iran,” the International Federation of Journalists said in a statement."

"Iranian influencers, human rights advocates, and activists are also experiencing account shutdowns. “It’s very widespread, it’s huge,” said Amir Rashidi, an Iran internet security and digital rights researcher based in New York, who watched on Instagram as account after account in Iran was shut down or had posts removed after users discussed the killing. “Every person I saw that posted about Soleimani on Instagram, almost all of their posts have been removed.”

ABC - Newsweek - Washington Post - Market Place - Waking Times

US kills Iranian General responsible for defeating ISIS

Iraqi parliament calls for US troops to be leave

Iraq warns of collapse if Trump blocks oil cash

Freewheelers busted for drugs in Saskatchewan



CBC is reporting that "A seven-month investigation into illegal drug trafficking in the Prince Albert area has resulted in the arrest of 11 people police say have connections with outlaw motorcycle gangs, and the seizure of a significant amount of cash, drugs and weapons."

"Three full-patch members of the FreeWheelers outlaw motorcycle gang, and eight other people, are accused of involvement in illegal trafficking of a significant amount of cocaine and marijuana in Prince Albert and the surrounding area, police said in a news conference Wednesday afternoon. The FreeWheelers group has been operating in Prince Albert since May 2019 and has connections to the Hells Angels chapter out of Saskatoon, police said."

Half a kilo of cocaine was seized but pot is legal. Getting that cociane off the street is a good thing. This is what the BC RCMP *should* be doing but aren't. Pity as in pitiful.

Drug abuse and suicide in the UK



I was shocked to hear how prevalent drug and alcohol abuse has become in the UK. Times have changed so they have. I am equally shocked to hear that suicide is the leading cause of death for men aged 20-39 in the UK. I knew it was a problem in Ireland but I didn't realize it was UK wide.

Although the two problems are separate, the causes and results often overlap. I mentioned suicide in a Christmas post but I think it needs to be expanded upon. There was an adorable little boy I knew in West Belfast named Kieran. He was like all the other young boys getting into minor mischief throwing rocks at the British Army. He was a bit of a scrapper but for the most part he was very happy go lucky. I was heartbroken to hear that years later he had committed suicide shorltly after discovering the body of his relative that had committed suicide.



The reason I share this is because this is someone I knew and someone I cared about. I wish I had known. I wish there was something I could have done. As far as I know, wee Kieran didn't have a drug problem. He was a boxer like the rest of us.

Likewise, here in Canada, I had a coworker that committed suicide and two more coworkers that each lost a child to suicide. One was a high school student that was bullied at school. The other was a college student with a mental health issue. All three tragedies moved me.

Suicide is obviously a matter of giving up. Tapping out so to speak. Everyone gets discouraged. The question is, how do we deal with that discouragement? Some turn to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain but that quest is self defeating. It never solves the problem it only compounds it. This reinforces the need to stay away from negative people and focus on positive things.

My concern with suicide is that it's always darkest before the dawn. If we tap out before the dawn we never get to see the magnificent sunrise that was right around the corner.

For the most part, people who do drugs don't know who they are. They are either trying to escape something or are looking for something. The problem is you aren't going to find anything on a dead end street. Some start off simply wanting a good time. Yet wickedness never was happiness. Drugs do not bring joy and self respect. They only bring misery and shame.

I remember sitting down with a couple of Mormon missionaries when I was 19. We were discussing religion and they said, we're going to talk about who we are, why we're here and where we go after this life. I interrupted and said hold on. People have fought wars for generations trying to answer those questions and you're going to answer all three right now in 30 minutes or less? We'll let's hear it says me. At the time, everything they said made sense.

Now I am not a polygamist and I do not believe in polyandry. I do however believe in the simple truths. Mother Teresa quoted Gandhi who said he who serves the poor serves God. King Benjamin said the same thing. It's the same gospel. Martin Luther King taught that anyone can be great because anyone can serve. I agree. However, right now I'm just a tired old man and I lean towards Buddha who said If you can, help others. If you can't help them, do no harm to them.

Although I don't attend any church any more I still have a social conscience. I care about the things that matter. I don't care about the things that don't matter. I still remember the words of a wise old chef who rode a shovel head. When I was young he would take me aside, look me in the eye and say having kids was the best thing I ever did in life. I have to agree.