What are we doing? 💔 pic.twitter.com/0N9sEnpP5y
— Theo Von (@TheoVon) May 20, 2025
Global is reporting that "Canada said Wednesday it is summoning Israel’s ambassador after the Israeli Defence Forces fired shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation in the West Bank that included four Canadians."
The Times of Israel is reporting that "Fake news sites and online avatars sang Doha’s praises in dozens of posts and articles since outbreak of Israel-Hamas war, Haaretz reports, tying posts to Netanyahu aide’s PR firm." WTF?
"An online influence campaign to improve Qatar’s image in Israel and abroad that was produced and advanced by key suspects in the so-called Qatargate affair continued even after the October 7 Hamas atrocities in 2023, Haaretz reported on Monday."
"The campaign was allegedly run by Perception, a company owned by former Likud adviser Yisrael Einhorn, who brought in Jonatan Urich — a close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a central suspect in the investigation into ties between the controversial Gulf state and people in the Prime Minister’s Office — who was released to house arrest last week."
"Qatar paid for the campaign by transferring money to a company owned by a former Mossad official — whose name cannot be revealed — and by former IDF spokesperson Yoav Mordechai, via a UK subsidiary. That company hired Perception and another company called Koios, which operated the campaign."
"Fake news websites and apparently fake social media accounts created for the campaign curated messages about Qatar’s positive role in the Middle East, including following the October 7 invasion and massacres. The items denied Doha’s close ties to Hamas and its funding for the terror group, the Haaretz report said."
Qatar arms and funds Hamas. Netanyahu's PR firm sent out fake reports denying that fact and accepted money from Qatar to do it. The same entity the CIA used to fund and arm ISIS.
This is my entire 2025 mood. https://t.co/7CyDGUjr5z
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) May 19, 2025
The Surrey Now Leader is reporting that "RCMP say they've apprehended a suspect in a March 15 Fort Providence triple-shooting that left one person dead and two others with serious injuries. On May 15, the Kelowna Emergency Response team acted on a search warrant issued by the Surrey Police Service when they came across the suspect at a residence in the community. Krystian Cogswell, 22, was taken into custody and is being transported back to the Northwest Territories."
27-Jun-2023 He was charged with fail to comply with sentence/surcharge/disposition in Delta. Last summer those charges were adjoined and stayed. The file says access restricted. The picture is a police handout.
Politico is reporting that "Elon Musk and Donald Trump were the main characters on the internet and across Washington day after day. Then the world’s richest man started to fade away. On Truth Social, where Trump is known for sharing his unfiltered thoughts, the president used to mention Musk every few days but now has not posted about him in more than a month."
“The public supported the effort to end wasteful Washington spending, but they did not support the way that it was done,” said GOP pollster Frank Luntz."
“He’s finished, done, gone. He polls terrible. People hate him,” said a GOP operative who was granted anonymity to speak frankly. “He’d go to Wisconsin thinking he can buy people’s votes, wear the cheese hat, act like a 9-year-old. ... It doesn’t work. It’s offensive to people."
Foreign Policy asked "What was doge trying to achieve?" Was? In another interview with Musk he admitted he would be spending less time on Doge. So what went wrong? They went too fast and too extreme. Cutting government waste is great. Firing all the government workers and replacing them with 20 year olds is not. Canada didn't want that and the Polls show neither do Americans.
The Guardian is reporting that "Musk’s personal popularity has sunk to record lows, and Tesla’s profits have tanked." They coined his role at Doge as "Move fast and destroy things."
As I've said, if you want to address government waste, you need to stop giving contracts to SNC Lavalin and their partners who under bid and over charge government contracts. That is organized crime. Until you address that everything else is smoke and mirrors. Yet Trump can't blame his polls on Musk.
In a previous post someone commented and said no one wants to be shot by a cop for having legally obtained firearms in their home. That reminded me of the 70 year old gun smith the Toronto Police executed in his home. Since the inquiry has concluded, we need to talk about it.
November 2021 I reported that "Toronto Police execute 70 year old gunsmith in his home." The family held a press conference and filed a wrongful death suit with the Toronto PD.
There were many strange events that surrounded that tragedy. First of all, this was a well renowned gunsmith that did work for his local police force. Second, this was well out of the Toronto Police departments' jurisdiction and they failed to notify the local force of their search warrant. If fact, they even brought an ambulance with them as though they were expecting trouble.
There are several other anomalies but there are two new pieces of information. The customer the gunsmith was assisting when the police barged in, also filed a lawsuit because the police unnecessarily involved him in that fatal shooting.
One of the reasons he filed the law suit was because everyone thinks he was a police agent. His lawsuit was a way for him and the police to deny that fact if it was indeed true.
Police agent or not, his lawsuit confirms the most obvious concern. It states that Rodger Kotanko, the gunsmith executed by the Toronto PD was out shopping with his wife. The alleged police agent said he waited outside for over an hour before Rodger came home to look at his jammed firearm.
That lawsuit claims the police were also waiting for Rodger and had ample opportunity to notify the customer of police activity which would have prevented him from having to witness the fatal shooting. That means they also had ample opportunity to arrest Rodger before he entered his gun shop. That's one of the most obvious concerns.
Now let's talk about believability and probability. The internal investigation was based solely on the police account because Rodger was dead and his side was not presented. Despite the fact that we were previously told the police officer who shot Rodger refused to participate in the internal investigation. The Special Investigations Unit also said "the subject officer also declined to release his notes, as is his legal right." That indeed reflects a broken system.
The police account which the internal investigation parroted is flawed. It claims two things that don't make sense. First it claims when the police barged in with guns drawn Rodger reached for a gun. That is not believable. He had a gun in his hand when the police barged in. It was jammed and he was servicing it. This was a renowned gunsmith who knows the rules and obeys the rules. He worked with his local police force.
If the police came in with guns drawn he would have set the nonoperational firearm in his hands down and raised his hands in compliance. Any other claim fails the test of believability. Instead of claiming Rodger reached for a gun the officer who refused to participate in the investigation would have more accurately said the suspect had a gun in his hands. That part was true. It was jammed. It didn't work. He was fixing it when they barged in.
There is one other obvious anomaly. The Toronto police claim that a firearm Rodger sold ended up in the hands of criminals and a young boy was killed with that firearm. They also claim the serial number of the gun had been removed and they accused Rodger of removing it. That is a whole bunch of ridiculous.
A renowned gunsmith is not going to remove the serial number off a firearm. Criminals don't use registered firearms to commit crime because they can be traced. They use throways. Guns smuggled in from the US that were never registered. So the Toronto Police's defamatory claims against an upright citizen they executed don't make sense.
If there is a shred of truth in their allegation what is far more likely is that a police agent bought a gun from Rodger, removed the serial number and sold it to a criminal to set him up. That is the only thing that makes sense because as I said, criminals don't use registered guns to commit crime.
As for the credibility of the Toronto Police, let's examine a Global News report that stated "Toronto’s police chief admits that a senior officer who admitted stealing drugs while on the job should have faced charges." The Toronto Police have a bad reputation for corruption. Why would we believe them now?
Update: Another reason why the claim Rodger reached for a gun is a lie is because we live in Canada not the US. Shop keepers don't keep a loaded firearm in the desk drawer. The laws in Canada clearly state that hand guns must be unloaded with a trigger lock on stored in a locked safe.
A renowned gunsmith knows the rules and obeys the rules. The erogenous claim that Rodger reached for a gun is ridiculous. He reached for a gun with a trigger lock on it? The police had a gun on him and he thought he could unlock the pistol and load it before the cops were able to pull the trigger? Not a chance. That did not happen.
I remember back in the day Surrey used too have a bylaw or building requirement that wood framed apartment buildings be no more than three stories. We have lots of concrete towers in Surrey but now I'm noticing several wood framed towers many stories high under construction and I'm left saying WTF?
In a fire, wood framed buildings burn very fast. I'm sure the new wood towers would have sprinklers installed but I can't help but feel this is an example of a bad idea. Not that I'm against them building condos higher than three stories. I just think more than three stories should be concrete and rebar. Hey but what do I know. I'm not an engineer.
I can't help but think this is one of those bright ideas like back burns. Fighting fires by setting more fires that end up burning out of control. What could possibly go wrong?
There's series called White Lotus which isn't relevant. Generally Buddhists see the lotus as an inspiring metaphor. Rise above it all like the lotus is the popular phrase. It talks about how a lotus can rise up out of the mud and dirty water to bloom in the sunshine. Likewise humans can aspire to something higher by rising above the mud and filth in the world to bloom in the sun. We are resilient. Hope floats.
BREAKING: Carney government says no Budget this year.
— Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) May 14, 2025
This is a huge crack in Carney’s credibility.
You can’t be credible with the finances if you can’t even bother to put together a budget. pic.twitter.com/v1B04yuKCX
In the spirit of objectivity, I have two concerns with Trump and three concerns with Carney. The two concerns with Trump are relevant because they are preventing us from dealing with the three concerns about Carney which are colossal.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses so let's look at two of Trumps weaknesses that prevent us from dealing with three much more important concerns with Carney.
First of all, Trump's rude arrogance is off the hook. It was funny at first when he slammed a couple of woke wackos but it didn't stop there and is completely out of control.
Recently Donald Trump was mocking France saying Americans are the only ones that don't celebrate Victory day and we won the war. Sure other countries helped but we won it.
That kind of defiant arrogance is astounding. Everyone participated. Every made huge sacrifices. Take the Australians at Gallipoli. Yes that was the First World war but the sacrifices they made then are recorded in history.
The Americans were neutral for three years before they joined the First World war. In the second world war the Americans were neutral for the first two years. The rest of us weren't.
Yes the American contribution was significant and greatly appreciated. It's just this we're bigger and better than anyone else in the world is too much to stomach. That kind of arrogance equates with illiteracy. It is uneducated and insolent.
It's like this trade war with the world. The Happy Bunny boldly declaring it's all about me. We need a better deal is very me first which is driven by selfishness and greed. It doesn't make foreign countries want to buy American. It makes them want to boycott American.
Then there's the obsession with gold idols. That is really Dr Phil. We saw how Trump's arrogance tanked Canada and Australia's elections. We need to move past Trump's insanity so we can deal with Mark Carney and the UN's New World Order of Insanity. Which leads us to three concerns with Mark Carney.
The first and foremost is overspending and massive debt. After last year's $62 billion single year deficit, Mark Carney isn't even tabling a budget. You know that funny thing a democratic society has where the government needs to get spending approved? Well Mark Carney has done away with that and that is a huge concern that can't go by unnoticed.
The next is Net Zero. Banning all gas cars has nothing to do with protecting the environment any more than banning natural gas does. It's a step towards the UN's New World Order of fake environmentalism. Climate change is not a just cause to throw away civil liberty and embrace Communism but that is exactly what they want. They want to drive up the cost of energy and make consumers poor so they become dependent on them.
The third concern is excessive gun control without a vote in Parliament. We all remember that last minute commie take all amendment to the Bill right before it was voted on. Rural MPs from the NDP and the Liberals lost their sh*t.
They said Justin Trudeau doesn't have a clue about what it's like to live in our communities. We live with predators all around us. The Assembly of First Nation's Chiefs said hunting is a treaty right. You can't ban hunting.
So they withdrew the last minute amendment. The bill was then voted on and passed. Yet right before he resigned Justin Trudeau took almost everything from that all inclusive wish list and banned them without a vote in Parliament. It was an order in council. That crossed the line. It was outrageous.
They quietly slipped that dirty deed through while no one was looking. Well now we're looking as Mark Carney is spending more tax dollars he doesn't have to seize legally obtained property from law biding citizens. Allowing the government to seize your property is never a good thing. This needs to be addressed and that last order in council which wasn't voted on needs to be repealed.
Those three concerns are really important and if we don't separate ourselves from Donald Trump's extremism we will never be able to deal with the real concerns that do matter.
"Harjeet Dhadda, 51, was approached by a man and “shot multiple times” shortly before noon in the parking lot of a small business plaza in the area of Tranmere Drive and Telford Way, just north of Toronto Pearson Airport and east of Dixie and Derry roads, police said."
Global is reporting that "The 51-year-old’s family believes his murder is tied to an extortion call he got in 2023." His daughter confirmed that claim in an interview with City News.
India's State Media is reporting that the Lawrence Bishnoi group in India claimed responsibility for the murder. They accuse Dhadda of furnishing a bail bond for Khalistan Tiger Force chief Arsh Dalla. Holy Five Eyes Batman. This has CSIS written all over it. Again.
