Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Cypress Mountain Coaster

I had the day off work because Canada Day falls on a Saturday so I rode out to Cypress and hiked up Sky chair. There are a few patches of snow but for the most part the trail is bare. Pretty green from the melting snow. I posted a video of the route up last time I was up at 21:24.
Grouse mountain has a ton of stuff going on in the summer but Cypress has started some new things lately as well. The Mountain Coaster ride is up and running again this summer.
You take the chairlift up and ride the mountain coaster down. It looks like a lot of fun. You have a stick shift that controls the brake. They have one at the Great Wall in China but it's more like a bobsled track. I'd like to see that one day. This is a video of the one on Cypress.
They also have a new Mexican restaurant and more patio space with giant umbrellas and a fire pit in addition to the Crazy Raven but the new Mexican restaurant is just open on weekends. The Crazy Raven was open today. That was the VIP lounge during the Olympics.

Monday, June 26, 2023

Ride like the Wind - We need a new playlist



Alright souljas let's keep this positive. Lexington Lab Band remixes a lot of old classics that make us remember to appreciate life. I first came across them when I heard them perform Peace of Mind by Boston. Their remix of Christopher Cross' Ride like the Wind is timely.

The sun is shining. Get out there and ride. I added a bit to the intro on my book. I'm really excited about the Jupiter's Travels series. This guy literally rode his motorcycle around the world. Then when he turned 70 he did it all over again. Now that is inspiring. "I'm taking my time. I'm just moving along.You'll forget about me after I've been gone."

Music inspires me. Now it's all Sweet Child of Mine (My kids not my GF). The secret to having it all is knowing that you already do. Remember Barracuda by Heart? Then there was Walking in Memphis. Of course there's Dream on with Steven Tyler. The Dream never dies just the Dreamer.

BC Liberals finish fourth place in By Election

True North is reporting that "BC United – formerly the BC Liberals – was left licking its wounds on Saturday after finishing fourth in the by-election for Langford–Juan de Fuca, the riding of former premier John Horgan. Predictably, the riding went to the NDP’s Ravi Parmar who received Horgan’s endorsement, resulting in a 53.3% sweep for the ruling party."

"Green Party candidate Camille Currie came out with 17.6% at the end of the evening while the BC United candidate Elena Lawson only received 8.6%. However, political observers were shocked to see the recently rebranded Conservative Party of British Columbia’s candidate, local realtor and carpenter Mike Harris, place second with 19.9% of the vote."

"Although it was the first time the Conservatives ran a candidate in the riding, they came out ahead of the Green Party – the former second place holders in 2020. Green Party candidate Camille Currie came out with 17.6% at the end of the evening while the BC United candidate Elena Lawson only received 8.6%. Green Party candidate Camille Currie came out with 17.6% at the end of the evening while the BC United candidate Elena Lawson only received 8.6%."

That's pretty significant. It was a safe NDP riding just like Maxime Bernier just ran in a safe Conservative riding. Yet foruth place for the BC Liberals is definitely a sign of the times. The tide is beginning to turn and in BC we know what that means because politics here is very tidal. The tide comes in and the tide goes out. It always does.

Muslims protest outside Justin Trudeau’s office

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Electronic tabulators to be used in BC elections

Update: Bill 43 Elections Act

Unsealed report on Dominion Voting vulnerabilities

Elections BC is reporitng that "B.C.’s next provincial election is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2024. B.C.’s next election will be the first general election conducted under the modernized Election Act. New technology will be used to administer the election. The changes include using electronic tabulators to count paper ballots and laptops to look up voters and cross them off the voters list. These changes will make voting faster and easier. This technology was tested successfully in the 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena and Surrey South by-elections."

Normally this wouldn't be a big deal but these are the same vote tabulations machines used in the last Surrey municipal election run by Dominion Voting. We need to preserve paper ballots for recounts. Preserving the ballot isn't good enough. We need to actually recount them.

Party officials question whether ballot-counting technology is safe from hacking

Dominican basketball player dies of heart attack after getting myocarditis

Update: Military Vaccine Mandate Violated Charter Rights

The Daily Mail is reporting that "A Dominican basketball player died this week from an apparent heart attack after previously blaming a case of myocarditis on two compulsory doses of the Pfizer vaccine he received during the COVID-19 pandemic."

"ร“scar Cabrera Adames, 28, was battling myocarditis – an inflammation of the heart – prompting a stress test in Santo Domingo this week, where he suffered a heart attack and died, according to multiple reports. Myocarditis reduces the heart's ability to pump blood, making strenuous exercise potentially fatal, according to the American Heart Association."

"After his death, Cabrera Adames' old social media posts resurfaced, showing him blaming the rare disease on the COVID vaccine. 'I got a damn Myocarditis from taking a f***ing vaccine (I got 2 doses of Pfizer),' read a portion of his translated social media post from January. 'And I knew it! Many people warned me. But guess what? It was compulsory or I couldn't work. I am an international professional athlete and I am playing in Spain. I have no health problem, nothing, not hereditary, no asthma, NOTHING!'"

The Canadian Independent posted the video of him collapsing during a basketball game. During the Covid pandemic all cause mortality did not rise. After the RNA genetic vaccine roll out it did.

HART Group: The truth behind the Green Monkey story

More jabs; more illness: "HART reported in January that there was powerful evidence from more than one source that the more injections people had had the higher their risk of contracting covid. One important study in this area was of over 50,000 healthcare workers in the Cleveland Clinic. The researchers observed that the infection rate per person was higher for every additional dose given. This should have been game changing but was ignored or dismissed as not being peer reviewed work. The work is now peer reviewed and was published on 19 April 2023."

Table dancing drag show for RCMP in Surrey + CBSA

Update: Canadian Independent: Exclusive Video Shows CBSA Officers and Senior Management Attending a Drag Performance at Toronto Pearson International Airport While On Duty

The Western Standard is reporting that "A retired Mountie says some current and former members were shocked and appalled at a recent drag show at RCMP headquarters in Surrey. Retired Mountie Leland Keane, who lives in Nova Scotia, sent a video of the performance to the Western Standard. 'I was asked to send you a video by someone still in the organization who needs anonymity,' said Keane. 'He wanted it shared as he felt it was disgusting. He does not want direct contact for fears of his job being threatened.'”

Ah yes, the RCMP's blatant disregard for sexual harassment in the workplace. These are the clowns that hacked the last election in Surrey. Good job soldier. In the private industry employers are bound by the law and this kind of display in the workplace would be illegal as would punishing someone for making a sexual harassment complaint.

I suppose it's better than when Bill Fordy was hanging from a rafter naked squirming like a worm as he tried to put out the flaming toilet paler crammed up his a*s. Bill Fordy was part of the Friends of Craig Callen. This new Drag show demonstrates where the new RCMP management is trying to take the organization. That's an onsite bar in the workplace BTW paid for with tax dollars. I don't see too many breathalyzers set up for when they drive home under the influence. I'm sure Clinton Jaws and Police on Guard will have something to say about this.

#Walk Away LGBT Town Hall in New York

This is the link to the LGBT Town Hall in New York from yesterday. All Hail Brandon Straka. He addresses the new challenges we all face in schools including transitioning children. Meanwhile the NYC Drag march chanted we're here, we're queer, we're coming for your children.

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Mark Saunders runs for Toronto Mayor



True North is reporting that "Running on a platform that emphasizes restoring public safety in the city, Mark Saunders has distinguished himself as a leading candidate on a moderately centre-right agenda. As Toronto’s former police chief from 2015-2020, Saunders is relying on name recognition and experience from decades as a cop to challenge progressive frontrunner Olivia Chow and tackle the city’s growing crime problem." I support his candidacy.

I forgot about Anthony Furey. Now we're just going to split the vote again.

Nanaimo residents hold another anti-crime rally

Global Fake News is conceding that "Dozens of Nanaimo, B.C., residents marched through the Nob Hill neighbourhood Friday in yet another rally drawing attention to escalating crime in the island city." There was a similar protest on Tuesday.

The increase in crime is the direst result of public drug use. David the Groomer Eby seized the opportunity to rationalize his own personal uselessness on crime reduction and drug promotion by blaming the federal government. That guy is a complete whack job.

Tuesday's protest called on the city and Transportation Ministry, which owns the land, to clear out the encampment. It's not rocket science. If you don't do it we will elect someone else who will.