Canadian tourism and World Cup soccer 2026

Speaking of promoting Canadian tourism instead of obsessing over Trump, in 2026 the world cup soccer will be held in Canada, Mexico and the US. I don't think it's ever been in Canada before. Last time was the first time we qualified. 

In 2010 Vancouver hosted the winter Olympics and for anyone who was here, everyone remembers that as a wonderful experience. My kids would go downtown and there was a genuine outpouring of goodwill. There would be groups of fans from all over the world carrying their respective flags singing songs. There were pavilions for each country to showcase their food and culture. This is what we wanted to see. 

We wanted to celebrate our diversity and see other countries represented. Kind of like the Fusion festival held every year in Surrey. The Fusion Festival in Surrey is a fair with food for sale from countries all over the world. Then in the centre stage ethnic music is celebrated. Since Surrey has a large Punjabi community there's always veggie pakora and bhangra dancing. We all love to put our hands in the air for a little bhangra. 

 

Yet there's food from all over the world represented. One country had these drinks in pineapples that was also very popular. This is what the world was like before Joe Biden and Donald Trump. In that world we celebrated our diversity. Now after the Covid insanity and Joe Biden's far left extremism along with Donald Trump's far right extremism, that message has been lost. The genuine feelings of love and good will have been replaced with hate and intolerance. 

We need to remember what the world was like before Joe Biden and Donald Trump and celebrate our diversity once again at World cup 2026. Each year the world cup has a different theme song. The most famous was K'NAAN's Wavin' Flag. 

It was all about letting other countries wave their flag and share the limelight. Like the Canadian remix raising money for Haiti after the earthquake. One thing we know is in 2026, neither Canada nor America will win. So let's celebrate other countries as they take centre stage. Argentina are the favorites to win. 

The only thing we ask of them is to be the world champions we all aspire to. Don't be whiny little b*tches taking dives all over the field like we saw last time, that was embarrassing. Rolling all over the field like idiots against Canada when no one was near them was pathetic. So let's do better in 2026 and let's celebrate our diversity. Soccer fans don't fight each other in Canada. In Canada soccer games are for families and kids. 

Another popular theme song was the Columbia theme for Copa America. There are a lot of Colombians in Metro Vancouver now especially from Buenaventura. Let's celebrate it and welcome the world once again. 

RCMP illegally spying on police officers

CBC is reporting that the RCMP illegally used Spyware like the Israeli spyware the Ontario police were using to spy on Retired Vancouver police officer Paul McNamara Ontario RCMP officer Pete Merrifield while investigating the Bill Majcher case.

"McNamara and Merrifield filed a lawsuit together last year against the federal government, seeking $5.5 million in damages and alleging defamation, claiming they lost their security clearances — and in McNamara's case, his job — because of inaccurate, incomplete, misleading and/or false information provided by CSIS to their employers."

"They say CSIS wrongly implicated them in assisting William Majcher, a former RCMP inspector who was charged in 2023 with helping China conduct foreign interference in a case that is still ongoing.Though both McNamara and Merrifield say they had known Majcher for years, they both deny having any unlawful associations with him."

"An internal RCMP document from May 2023, also published in the Majcher court case, states the ODITs on McNamara and Merrifield were required "for the purpose of collecting historical messages as well as documentary evidence in support of the offences being investigated" in relation to Majcher."

Yet CBC and all the mainstream media outlets have failed to report that the charges against Bill Majcher have been stayed. 

(Pete Merrifield ) "has a history of disputes with RCMP brass and is the co-founder and vice-president of its union, the National Police Federation. He also learned from the April 2023 affidavit that the RCMP had ordered an ODIT on his union phone during the time he was engaged in collective bargaining conversations that year. He says this breached not only his privacy, but the privacy of some 19,000 union members."

Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell was also spied on by the Saanich Police department using spyware on his computer. CSIS has been doing this for years. Canada Files has an interesting article on the Bill Majcher case. 

Hamas fired rockets into Israel

Reuters is reporting that "Palestinian militant group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel's south on Sunday in response to Israeli "massacres" of civilians in Gaza. Israel's military said about 10 projectiles were fired, but most were successfully intercepted. Israel's Channel 12 reported a direct hit in the southern city of Ashkelon."

Hold on a second. What rockets? We know that after Israel started to bomb Gaza, Hamas fired tons of rockets into Israel, most of which were intercepted by the Iron dome. A lot has happened since then. 1) They've run out of rockets and 2) Gaza has been completely destroyed.

So where did the rockets come from and who let them in? We know that Qatar supplied the rockets in preparation for Operation Expansion. The same entity that was paying Netanyahu's inner cabinet. I find it very hard to believe that a) they had any rockets left and b) they were able to smuggle any more in after their country has been reduced to rubble. 

Did Netanyahu smuggle them in to justify the continuation of the war so he can stay in power and avoid the numerous court charges against him? It sure looks that way.

Either Hamas is the world's worst terrorist organization or they work for Netanyahu. It's one of the other. Either way, Hamas needs to be replaced by Fatah immediately.

Mossad created Hamas to push Fatah out of Gaze after they agreed to disarm. The Oslo accord didn't fit in with the expanded Israel agenda so they replaced the secular group that agreed to a ceasefire with a religious extremist group that refused to share the land with Israel.

Let's start from the most recent rocket launch and back it up from there. Israel finally agreed to a ceasefire which they keep breaking. Jews in Israel are having mass protests against Netanyahu calling for an end to the war. Netanyahu doesn't want the war to end. That way he can stay in power without an election and continue his expanded Israel agenda.

Knowing that Netanyahu wants all of Gaza and after seeing the Trump Gaza video that shows Trump wants to build Casinos and golden statues of himself on the graves of dead Palestinian children, it's in Hamas' best interest that the war ends before they lose their entire country. 

So Hamas firing rockets into Israel at this point doesn't make sense. It only serves Netanyahu's agenda. Everyone can see that. So either Hamas is the world's worst terrorist organization or they work for Netanyahu. Those are the only two options. 

If they were a Union, the members would decertify them and replace them with a different Union. One that they run not Mossad. When you back it up, it's pretty clear Hamas has been working for Netanyahu all along. 

Think about it. What the the purpose of the October 7th attack? What was Hamas' objective? Why did they take hostages and why did they wait so long to release them? What did they want to get in exchange? A few political prisoners? At what cost? The destruction of your entire country? 

Again Hamas is either the world's worst terrorist organization or they work for Netanyahu. When we see Hamas fire 10 rockets into Israel after their country has been completely destroyed, we're forced to ask where did the rockets come from? 

Israel has the best surveillance in the world. This forces us to ask how they smuggled in the huge number of rockets they fired at the beginning of the war. We know they came from Qatar who are connected to Netanyahu. How did they get through Israeli security? I remember going through airport security in Israel a couple of times. El Al airlines had the best security in the world. They went through everything. 

The timing of the Oct 7th attack was highly suspicious. Why would Hamas start a war they knew they could not win, right after they signed an agreement to share the profits from Natural gas drilling? Think where Gaza would have been if there had been no Oct 7th attack and Gaza received a share of the profit from their natural gas. I guess that's the problem. Netanyahu doesn't want to share. He doesn't want to share the land or the resources. 

Hamas needs to be decertified for two reasons. First because they did and are doing such a horrible job at representing the best interest of the Palestinian people and because of their obvious ties to Mossad and Netanyahu.

If I was to give legal advice to the Palestinians in Gaza I would tell them the Oslo accord is the best you're going to get. Right now even that seems like an impossible dream because Hamas has destroyed that in support of Netanyahu's Extended Israel Agenda. 

The first thing that needs to happen is the war needs to stop. That means Hamas has to stop firing rockets and release all the hostages immediately. That is in the Palestinian's best interest. 

The next thing is Hamas has to surrender power over to Fatah. That has to happen. If any IRA group was caught working for England, they would have been executed. They would not have been permitted to carry on as long as Hamas has. 

Previously I mentioned the two sides of Hamas. The IRA was a paramilitary organization and Sinn Féin was a political organization. Gerry Adams was elected as a member of Sinn Féin. Likewise, the PLO was a paramilitary organization and Fatah was their political organization. Hamas is both all rolled into one and that is a complete conflict of interest. 

Hamas runs the hospitals and schools in Gaza. They're responsible for the power, water and sewage. You need a political organization to run those not a paramilitary organization. Hamas needs to hand that power over to Fatah. 

I can tell you right now, if Hamas didn't work for Netanyahu they would have been executed as traitors a long time ago. Mark my word. Letting Fatah take over for Hamas and ending the war so Israel can have an election is the only hope Gaza and the Palestinians have before they lose everything.

Trump's press conference with Netanyahu

Trump held a press conference with the Antichrist yesterday as Netanyahu visited the White house right after Trump announced tariffs with Israel. Not a word was said about Qatargate. How Netanyahu's inner circle accepted money from Qatar the ones who arm and fund Hamas. 

Not a word about the rescue workers recently assassinated by the IDF or the 17 year old kid who recently died of malnutrition in an Israeli prison. Not a word about sexually assaulting prisoners or the mass Jewish protests in Israel against Netanyahu. Not a word about Netanyahu's ties to Hamas and his involvement in the October 7th attack. 

Publishing any of that would interfere with Trump Gaza. Donald Trump's desire to build a casino and giant golden statue of himself on the graves of dead Palestinian children.

There are two things I noticed from that press conference. In my honest opinion, Trump looks off. He looked and sounded like someone with a mental illness. He kept saying I'm the best president ever. I'm the best president Israel has ever had. 

That kind of delusional arrogance quietly and honestly revealed a mental health issue. Trump looks older now and off. He's looking more and more like Joe Biden every day. 

The other thing I noticed was Netanyahu's fictitious claim. He said we are going to eliminate the trade deficit because it's the right thing to do. Oh really? How are you going to do that?

America's trade deficit with Israel exists because of the population difference. America has a much larger population that Israel so they are naturally going to buy more things from Israel than Israel will but from them. The same with any other smaller country Trump has declare war with. 

So the snake oil sale's pitch revealed two lies hiding a web of lies. The other day I saw an independent right wing news outlet interview a protester who was calling Trump a Fascist. The reporter asked the protester in what way is Trump a Fascist and the protester choked. I was like really? I'll tell you. By implementing far right extremism. By centralizing power into one person and by eroding the Constitution and supporting mega prisons in El Salvador that remove due process. 

This is no better than the Covid lies just different. People were celebrating the carbon tax which was just another word for tax. Now they're doing the same thing with tariffs. Tariffs are taxes, they raise the cost of everything we buy and build. The Trump cult is no better than the Biden cult. There is an alternative. It's not a choice between one extreme or the other. Logic would balance the extremes not embrace one extreme over the other. 

Fatal shootings in Edmonton and East Vancovuer

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that "Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday in east Vancouver. Article content The shooting was reported just before 4:30 a.m. inside a home near North Kootenay and Dundas streets. A 49-year-old man died. Article content Two suspects, both in their 20s, have been arrested." The victim was Benn Robert Arthur Harrison.

Global is reporting that "A man is dead after reports of gunshots in Mill Woods — one of at least three shootings Edmonton police responded to in under 24 hours in the city."

Palestinian Protests in Toronto

This podcast talks about two separate Palestinian protests in Toronto and some of the atrocities in Gaza as well as the many Jewish protests in Israel against Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatargate.

IDF changes account of Gaza paramedics’ killing after video of attack

The Guardian is reporting that "Israel’s military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza last month after footage contradicted its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when Israeli troops opened fire."

"The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were advancing suspiciously on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was mistaken”. They lied.

"The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights."

"The vehicle stops beside another that has driven off the road. Two men get out to examine the stopped vehicle, then gunfire erupts before the screen goes black."

"Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one UN employee, were killed in the incident in Rafah on 23 March, in which the UN said Israeli forces shot the men one by one and then buried them in a mass grave."

Doctor Tanya Haj-Hassan: Video statement - Affidavit

Cherry blossoms, Tourism and Bob Marley

The cherry blossoms are out in Vancouver. Whenever you see the cherry blossoms bloom, you know spring is here. This year when I see the cherry blossoms it just feels like everything's going to be OK. Summer is coming. Seasons change, the world keeps spinning and everything's alright. Kind of like that line from the song No Woman no cry. 

Tyrants rise and fall. The pendulum swings from the left to right and back again. Just because Trump has jumped too far to the extreme, that doesn't mean Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were right because they weren't. 

The Democrats didn't even have a primary. They waited until the last minute and humiliated Biden in that debate. Then they all pretended to be surprised and slipped Kamala in without an election. They didn't let RFK run because they had an Agenda.

The same thing in Canada. The Liberals wouldn't let Ruby Dhalla run. Ruby saw what has happened just like Tara Henley. When Tara Henley started working for the CBC she was considered a Liberal. She was left of centre. 

Now she is considered right wing. Her position hasn't changed the CBC's position has. The CBC is far left now. The same thing with the Liberal party and the Democrats. 

Now the Liberal party is far left. Ruby Dhalla wanted to bring the party back to left of centre but they wouldn't let her. They hand picked Mark Carney to take Justin Trudeau's place because he was far left just like his BFF Chrystia Freeland. When the fake news said Mark Carney was more right wing they lied. He's not. 

Ruby Dhalla was more right wing. Left of centre. Mark Carney is still far left. Nothing has changed. That's the problem. We just need to balance the extremes. 

We don't need to go from reckless spending to reckless cuts. We don't need to go from mass illegal immigrating to hunting down migrants and throwing them in prison. 

6AK_TV reposted a funny comment on X. It said "MFs be like NO MORE IMMIGRANTS And then marry one. Cc: Trump, Vance, Poilievre" That is so true. Trump married a migrant. So did Vance and Poilevre. We really need to rise above all this migrant hate because it is a manufactured condition.

As I said, I don't even like this Canada First copy cat slogan. It's the me first drive of selfishness. What about Gaza? I care about Gaza? What about the Ukraine? I care about the Ukraine. We never should have created that conflict. During the First and Second World war we weren't going around shouting Canada first. People needed our help and we helped them. That's a Christian principle but all religions share that golden rule.

We've heard the term Christian service. In the parable of the sheep and the goats, Christ was very clear about the importance of serving the poor. So now we're going to throw that all away and embrace secular selfishness. That's pretty shallow.

So the world is still turning and the cherry blossoms are in bloom. In Vancouver they have a cherry blossom festival where they light up some cherry blossoms at night. Sounds like a new gimmick. There are cherry blossoms all over Metro Vancouver. I live in an old dive and it's full of cherry blossom trees.

When I see them bloom it makes me feel that everything's gonna be alright. I really enjoyed Caribbean food and music. I also like many other ethnic communities. Diversity makes us strong. All this hate diminishes us and makes us miserable. Bob Marley one love. We still want to promote tourism. Tourism helps our economy. In Canada we don't lock tourists in jail.

Chris Barber, Tamara Lich not guilty on most charges. Mark Carney still seeks jail time.

CBC is reporting that "Chris Barber and Tamara Lich have been found not guilty of most charges against them for their roles in the 2022 truck convoy protest in Ottawa. Barber and Lich each faced six charges including mischief, intimidation, obstructing police and counselling others to do the same."

"On Thursday at the Ottawa courthouse, Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey found the pair not guilty of four charges apiece relating to intimidation and obstructing police. They were both found guilty of committing mischief. Perkins-McVey also found them both guilty of counselling to commit mischief themselves, but that finding was stayed at the request of Crown lawyers."

"Barber alone was found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order. Lich was not charged with this. All told, Barber was found guilty of two charges, not guilty of four and had a seventh stayed. Lich was found guilty of one, not guilty of four and had a sixth stayed." Disobey a court order? GMAFB. The court order was about honking horns that is all. It did not say they had to disperse.

In her ruling, Perkins-McVey said protesters had a right to political expression, but ruled they crossed legal lines." No they did not. "The decision focused on the specific actions and statements made by Lich and Barber to encourage ongoing protests that were impacting the city." 

Impacting the City is not relevant when they didn't get a court order at the time ordering them to disperse or stop impacting the city. There was no court order other than the one about honking horns. Mischief is pretty vague and lame. 

At the BC pipeline protest the government obtained a court order prohibiting protesters from blocking access to the pipeline. Elizabeth May and Kennedy Stewart intentionally defied that court order in an act of civil disobedience. They weren't honking a horn they were blocking access. They were arrested and released immediately. That case becomes case law. It establishes a precedent.

In Chris and Tamara's case, "Crown prosecutors have signaled they would seek jail time; the maximum penalty for mischief is ten years. The two are expected to be sentenced later this year." That is mentally deranged. When they say the crown is seeking jail time they mean Mark Carney because he is the PM now. 

This trial never should have happened. Brian Peckford and Daniel Bulford were never charged. No one should have been. Pat King was sentenced to three months house arrest. Again that is now case law. 

Reacher Season 3

I watched Reacher Season three. I have to admit I had to fast forward through much of the first few episodes. I said to a coworker who was watching it, he's supposed to be a good guy. He kills a cop? WTH? He said I don't want to spoil it for you but keep watching and it will make sense which it did. 

I like the character and Alan Ritchson is certainly a commanding figure. Not only that but he brought his wife and three sons along during the filming. He's a big guy and a good guy. 

Yet there's that whole aspect of going undercover that I struggle with. I don't like to pretend to be something I'm not and that whole undercover thing isn't me. That's not the way I roll. Yet I admit Alan Ritchson is an admirable person and the season ends on a positive note. He uncovers a motorcycle from the garage and rides off into the sunset on it. 

Season 3 of the Witcher airs June 19th. The first two seasons had a very strong character development. I don't see that continuing without Henry Cavill. Sounds like the writers wanted to deviate from the source material. Geralt, Yennefer, Ciri and Jaskier are a strong team. The long sword techniques are cool. We'll see what happens next. 

Geralt's character has always been string and competent. A monster hunting mercenary with ethics who at times displayed the mercy of a king. Becoming the father to a young girl helped him grow into a new role he had not previously experienced. His love for his daughter exalted him while his love for his daughter's mother humanized him. He became human. He became a man not just a machine. 

Yennefer's character development has been significant. She started off as a hunch back castaway child who ended up in a rugged school magic where girls who didn't make the cut were turned into eels. Yennefer made the cut and excelled at magic. 

She made a deal with the devil so to speak and used magic to be some beautiful but she became Barron and was unable to have children. Adopting Ciri helped her overcome that curse. 

Yet it didn't happen overnight. When she lost her magic Yennefer tried to trade Ciri to get it back. Geralt was pissed and saw her as untrustworthy. Yennefer repented so to speak and her love for Ciri became genuine. Yennefer's love for her daughter transformed her. She became a good person. The kind of woman Geralt could love.

Ciri's character has also grown considerably. A young girl from a royal house forced to survive on her own who is led to Geralt. Geralt assumes the father role and teaches her how to use a sword. A smaller one more her size. Ciris becomes proficient with the sword and has a hidden undiscovered strength. Yennefer helps Ciri find her magic who is somewhat of a Neo. Someone the prophecies wrote about.

Season four won't be the same without Henry Cavill but that season will be Ciri's chance to take the centre stage and fulfill her destiny as a character and an actress. Rise and shine.