Colombian Culture isn't on Narcos

Speaking of the Day of the little Candles, we attended a Colombian cultural event in Burnaby today. It was very nice. Young and old as well as families with young children all mingling together listening to Christmas salsa.

We know people from Cali and from Buenaventura. There are some buff brothers from Buenaventura at the gym. Several young ladies from Buenaventura are taking English classes in Surrey. I guess the word's out.

I think some of the Hillbillies need to get out of the fishbowl and travel. Then you'll realize that white people are the minority. Several years ago we had a refugee family from Colombia stay in our home. The mother was from Honduras and the father was from Buenaventura. Their two young children were adorable. 

They told us that when they were in Mexico the father would get jumped for being black. I found that disturbing. When we were at Superstore in Surrey black guys would come up to him, shake his hand and say it's really good to see you. I laughed and said see, here you're a celebrity. 

In Colombia the Blacks and Latinos get along great just like back in New York. Not like in LA. LA was more racial. Tonight I saw Blacks and Latinos hug each other, dancing salsa and mingling all night. Reggaeton is also popular in Colombia. 

Alot of the music tonight was from Cali and you can sure tell Cali has heart. It's supposed to be the salsa capital of the world. I guess 2025 is the year I finally learn salsa. I was looking at a salsa video on YouTube once trying to get the footwork down. My son was visiting and he could hear me getting frustrated. They were counting off, 2,3,7,8 and I was like WTF? Three steps forward three steps backwards that's 6 beats not 8. 

Then my son, who's very good at music casually says I think there's a rest beat in there. I thought about what he said and replied I think you're right. It's 1,2,3 rest, 5,6,7 rest. It's still hard for me to get but I think he's right. It's three beats with a rest. 

Narcos isn't Colombia. The guy from Cali I know came to Surrey and said everyone here smokes marijuana. Back home that's not socially acceptable. He goes to the gym he doesn't blaze. That's why it's good for people to get out there and travel. 

There's a fun Christmas song in Spanish about a donkey bringing gifts to baby Jesus and another sad song where a kid wakes up Christmas morning and says why don't we have any presents or food. Times are tough but we take a lot for granted. 

Some tourists go to Colombia for the cocaine and prostitutes. The locals don't like those kind of tourists. Colombia has so much more to offer. If you don't look for it you'll never see it.

You know how on birthdays we make a wish when we blow out the candles on the cake? Well in Colombia on the Day of the little candles they make a wish when they light a candle. Catholics light candles in memory of loved ones passed away. 

Now that I have a car on the road, every day on the way home from work I scan through all the FM stations twice then turn it off. It's full of old white /80's songs.  It was OK in the /80's but that was a long time ago. I'm ready for new music. Salsa is nice. It's kind of like jazz in that it all sounds similar. Except Jazz gets kind of irritating after a while but Salsa doesn't. 

Shen Yun's Water Sleeves

Day of the Little Candles in Colombia

Today is a holiday in Colombia known as Day of the Little Candles. People line the streets with candles and lanterns to kick off the Christmas season in celebration of the immaculate conception. One local told me it was to lighten the way for Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem. 

Last year we went to Lac Lafarge in Coquitlam to see all the Christmas lights. It was nice but I noticed something specific. There wasn't a single nativity, Angel, star, nothing religious whatsoever. They are intentionally removing Christ from Christmas. I noticed that other countries especially in Central America still celebrate the religious holiday. 

I'm all for religious freedom. Here we celebrate Vasaki, Ramadan, Dwiali, diversity make us strong. That means we're allowed to celebrate Christmas. One of the mistakes the British made in Ireland was trying to ban the Catholic religion. That caused an instant knee jerk reaction.

People who never attended mass all of a sudden said I can attend mass if I want to. As soon as you try and take something away from someone they get agitated. I remember when I was first surrounded by Muslim neighbors I thought well I can still celebrate Santa because that's not religiously offensive. 

Everyone likes Santa. Yet even Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet. The historical record of Christ was confirmed by Josephus. Our modern calendar revolves around his birth and death. I'll admit there are a lot of things about religion and some forms of Christianity that I don't like but as I keep saying religious freedom is important. 

Religious freedom is the first thing they take away before they take away all your other freedoms. So celebrating the religious aspect of Christmas is still OK. Bringing back spirituality to a materialistic world helps keep things in perspective. Immigration helps us remember that. Let's not forget in the last US election Black Conservatives saved America from White liberals. They're better Christians than we are.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Colombia One (@colombiaonecom)

Dr. Steven Pelech Vancouver Town Hall Meting

 

The Canadian Covid Care Alliance is reporting that UBC professor Dr. Steven Pelech will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting in Vancouver tonight December 7th from 6 - 9 PM at383 Granville St., Vancouver. I interviewed him for a podcast. 

Viking Bags, 8151 and the Road Ahead

I ordered a sissy bar back pack from Viking bags and it arrived yesterday. These backpacks slide over your sissy bar or back rest and sit on your rear luggage rack. If you don't have a rear luggage rack you just reverse it so it rests on your passenger seat. I chose the model with the roll bag on top. That is retro. 

Back in the day guys would attack a wrapped up sleeping bag to their motorcycles for road trips. Now the new sleeping bags don't roll up. You're supposed to cram them in your backpack. So you can cram it into the roll bag and retain that old school look. It's way better than the dry sack I used last time.

I pause and reflect on what I am, what I want to be and what I want to do. I really enjoy riding motorcycles but I'm not a biker. I don't sell drugs and I don't pimp crack hoes. I don't want to be anything like those guys. The worst offenders are the ones who don't even ride they just sell drugs and pimp the dream. That's pathetic. As Linkin Park said I just want to be more like me and less like you but I don't want to hate. I just want to separate.

I keep saying how when I was young I really liked the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. That's where I'm still at after all these years. I don't have beef with the entire club. Right now it's just the Wolf Pack and the Edmonton Angels. The rest I have no problem with. Their business is none of my business.

The Edmonton Angels are out of control. They're mental cases like the Devil's Butler. As I keep saying the Gypsy Wheeler's that became the Whiterock Hells Angels were normal. They cut Larry Amero and the Wolf Pack loose. Rainbow Ricky and the Satan's Angels were f*ck ups. History has recorded that.  

The biggest problem with the Edmonton Angels selling drugs in BC is the Regional RCMP that enable them. CSIS was created amidst RCMP corruption and CSIS is f*cked. Those clowns just don't get it. All we can do is record our dissent and ride away. 

Surrey Police Service takes over for RCMP

Surrey Police Service assumed responsibility for policing in Surrey on November 29, 2024. The Breaker News is reporting that "After 73 and-a-half years, Surrey is under local police command again."

"At midnight Nov. 29, the Surrey RCMP ceased to be the police of jurisdiction in British Columbia’s second most-populous city. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) era began."

"For the time being, SPS will patrol Whalley and Newton while it continues to recruit officers. The RCMP, under its provincial contract, will police the rest of Surrey. The transition, which began under 2018-elected mayor Doug McCallum, could take until 2026 or 2027 to be complete." 

Submachine guns seized in Surrey drug bust

The Surrey Now Leader is reporting that "Police in Surrey are trumpeting another drug bust, this one involving the seizure of three submachine guns, three shotguns, 700 pounds of dried cannabis, $145,000 cash, psilocybin chocolate bars and more."

"Weeks later, the drug unit intercepted a second shipment at the same site, leading to the search of a home on Stevens Drive in West Vancouver." Nice to see Tom Zillich is still around.

"A 29-year-old man was arrested there, according to a Surrey RCMP news release, and investigators seized cash, guns, ammunition, 1,000-plus bars of psilocybin chocolate ("magic mushrooms") and large bags filled with cannabis. The Oct. 10 search was done with the assistance of Surrey Gang Enforcement Team."

"On Wednesday (Nov. 27), Surrey RCMP responded to questions about the "submachine" guns seized in the bust, and emailed an uncropped photo of the firearm pictured in the collage issued with Tuesday's news release, posted online."

"Some readers wondered if the pictured gun was, in fact, a submachine gun. It is, according to Sgt. Tammy Lobb, Surrey RCMP Media Relations Unit, after consulting with the RCMP Drug Unit and a former member of the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST)."

"This firearm falls under the category of submachine gun as it is a lightweight portable, automatic or semi-automatic firearm that uses pistol-type ammunition and is fired from the hip or shoulder," explained Lobb."

Hold on. Our definition of a sub machine gun is fully automatic not semi automatic."The GSG-16 .22-caliber is currently legal to purchase in Canada; however, by definition it is a submachine gun because it is lightweight portable, automatic or semi-automatic firearm that uses pistol-type ammunition and is fired from the hip or shoulder." A semi automatic rifle does not become a sub machine gun if used in a crime or from the hip. 

That report was dated November 26th and today is December 6th. Guess what happened between then? The Surrey Police Service has taken over for the Surrey RCMP. Oh happy day. 

BTW there's no such thing as illegal pot just unlicensed.

57 people charged after open-air drug market bust in Hamilton

The Toronto Sun is reporting that "Hamilton Police say they’ve shut down an open-air drug market targeting vulnerable people after a five-week project that saw 57 arrests and 103 charges laid."

"Cops say that during project Open Air, 11 of the 57 accused were rearrested at least once and three of those 11 were arrested three times. Officers also seized 45 grams of crack cocaine, 116 grams of cannabis, 81 grams of methamphetamine, and 118 grams of fentanyl."

"Police allege the operation operated over the past few years at King St. and East Ave. and was run by Vincent Asanti, who was arrested for two controlled drugs and substance act offences (cocaine) and proceeds over $5,000 while $51,351.90 was seized from his residences and vehicle."

"Authorities say the area has been the subject of numerous community complaints because of alleged drug dealing and petty crime and called it a sophisticated operation that preyed on multiple vulnerable people.” Kind of like the DTES. 

"Police say the market appeared to be run like a business with multiple roles and shift changes including lookouts, runners and drug traffickers." That's how it normally how it works. 

Well done. This kind of bust wouldn't seize a large amount of drugs but is very important because as they said, they have runners that keep reloading them with more drugs so they don't get caught with a large amount all at once. This is confronting street level drug trafficking which is essential. As the article said, the bust came after community complaints of increased crime. When you allow drugs to be sold public ally violent crime in that area increases. It is directly related.

“'These markets have an impact on the surrounding community, fostering feelings of insecurity, increasing the risk of crime and deterring businesses and residents from fully engaging with the area,' said Hamilton Police Insp. Jim Callender in a statement."

“By addressing these issues, we aim to restore safety and rebuild trust in the affected neighbourhoods.” Exactly!

Mass Migration and International Students

I just want to point out the obvious. The WEF and the UN's New World Order want to divide us over race, religion, gender and gender preference. First they create a manufactured emergency with mass illegal immigration that doesn't vet people with criminal records. Then, instead of dealing with that they target and defame International Students. I was like WTF?

International Students aren't the problem. At UBC International students pay huge fees to study there. Now tuition for local students will have to be raised. I wasn't sure how on earth they said International Students were the problem. That was a just a red herring for the mob. Pretend we're dealing with the problem when we're clearly not. The problem is crime.

In Canada we have not experienced a huge mass immigration problem. Texas and New York did. We did not. Yet the trending hype spilled over into Canada because of Justin Trudeau hate. Justin Trudeau is an idiot but Immigration is not the problem. All you have to do is vet people with criminal records. They weren't doing that so that created a problem. 

Immigration represents growth, more construction and more jobs. This narrow minded protectiveness creates a stagnated economy without growth. That's Fascism. Oh but don't worry about that racism is trending so racism is in. Not.

The American Dream is growth based on a desire to work hard for a better life. The Canadian national anthem states that Canada is the land of hope for all who toil. It isn't as easy in Canada as everyone thinks. Many who come here are disillusioned by the cost of living. Yet when the going gets tough the tough get going. They go to work.

People who don't want to work or want to commit crime are not welcome but EVERYONE else is. Mayor Eric Adams is struggling with huge mass unvetted immigration of people who commit crime and don't want to work. He recently addressed the crisis and said "Google Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Take a look at what they said about people who commit crime in our city. They said those who commit crime need to get out right away. That was their position. So this is not a new position." He was referring to deporting Immigrants who commit crime.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama probably aren't the best examples of anything but you get the picture. Immigration isn't the problem crime is. If an immigrant commits crime or refuses to work, deport them. It's that simple. Refusing to do that and instead blame International Student won't solve the problem. International Student hate is a trending response to avoid dealing with the issue. Mass migration hate is a trending response to avoid dealing with the issue - crime and idleness. 

Another Israeli Air strike in a Humanitarian zone

CBC is reporting that "Medics say at least 20 were killed in an Israeli strike Wednesday evening on a tent camp in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza, an area that had been designated a humanitarian zone by Israeli authorities. Displaced Palestinians rummaged through charred debris the next day after the strike set the tents ablaze in the crowded shelter area." 

The genocide continues. James Blunt No Bravery