Balancing the Extremes not flipping from one to the other

I've talked about how the pendulum swings from left to right in politics. As soon as the pendulum swings too far left it loses support and starts to swing the other way until it swings too far right and starts to swing back the other way. 

As I've said before, it's not a choice between Socialism and Fascism. Both are bad. It's about common sense and balancing those two extremes. Finding a plumb line so to speak.

Donlad Trump campaigned on the promise to drain the swamp and tackle corruption in Washington. All the did was remove rivals just like everyone else. Then he went way too far. 

In his first term he campaigned on building a wall to stop illegal immigration. Then Biden did the exact opposite and allowed mass illegal migration of unvetted immigrants without a criminal record check who all wanted free housing and for the government to pay them not to work.   

Paying migrants not to work is insane. That's the problem. Hunting down migrants who are working is also insane. It's a waste of tax dollars. In an illegal commits a violent crime then deport them. Hunting down nonviolent migrants who are working is a waste of tax dollars. You're supposed to be reducing debt not creating more debt.  

Before pot was legalized is was a crime to spoke pot. Putting all the pot smokers in jail was a waste of tax dollars. Just like hunting down migrants who are working is. 

CBC recently did another discourse about gender nonsense. LGBT makes sense. Q plus is extreme. Trump banning men from competing in women's sports is common sense. So is protecting women and children from male stalkers in their bathrooms. That's important. 

SOGI in school is child abuse. Grooming children to change their gender before they'e old enough to vote is child abuse. Q + is infinite. there are no boundaries. Everyone needs healthy boundaries. Just because Donald Trump went too far, that doesn't mean we have to go back to the other extreme. 

Just because Fascism failed, that doesn't mean we have to go back to Communism. It means both ideologies are bad and we need to find a balance between the two where civil liberty is protected by law. We need to protect the Constitution and read the Federalist Papers so we can understand the Constitution in context not water it down with nonsense. 

Duffy lake motorcycle run

This isn't me. This is a group of guys I follow on YouTube that did a motorcycle ride to the Grand Canyon. This ride is to Duffey lake outside of Pemberton. Now that's living the dream.

Central City Fun Park and Go Carts

I went to the outdoors store on the other side of Scott Road Station in Surrey and see the revamped Central City Fun Park right beside the Hive climbing wall. It's full of modern arcade games with a few VR games, as well as two miniature golf courses, a small roller rink and a stealth new Go Cart facility. 

Metrotown used to have Palladium and the Rain forest Cafe. When those left there was no replacement. Well this is it tucked away in an obscure corner of Surrey. Great for kid's birthday parties. Remember those?

The Hive climbing wall next door is for bouldering. Very cool. 

New York City Mayoral race, Socialism, Fascism and Common Sense

Speaking of extremism, take a look at the Democrat candidate for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The guy is an absolute freak. Socialism beats Fascism. How about neither? Both are insane. It's not a choice between one or the other. It's a choice between common sense and extremism. 

Curtis Sliwa is common sense. Eric Adams won the Democrat primary last time after he challenged the election irregularities in court. Then they made up fake corruption charges and picked a far left extremist to take his place. That is not progress. That is DEVOlution. The New York model set the bar for the rest of the world and left wing extremists flushed it down the toilet. 

Low taxes and low crime means businesses prosper. It means everyone prospers. When you raise taxes businesses leave and you have less tax revenue than you did before you raised taxes. That is common sense. Promoting crime, addiction and high taxes so everyone is poor isn't common sense. It's stupid.  

American missing after ICE Raid, Farm worker killed

ABC is reporting that " Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California."

"George Retes, 25, works as a security guard at Glass House Farms, where the raid took place Thursday. His sister and wife told our sister station, ABC7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles, that he was trying to leave the area as tensions escalated between federal agents and protesters." The Trump extremism has literally become a cult. They shout did you see where it says marijuana grow up? Yes I did. Did you see where it said marijuana was legalized in California in 2016? 

Remember COVID? Remember how we never thought such insane government overreach was possible in our time? Well welcome to Trump 2.0. It's even worse. A farm worker died.

Blair White on Epstein cover up. "They couldn't even come up with a decent lie." Brett Cooper: Donald Trump ran on this.

Israel's use of sexual violence against Palastinians

Michelle Pfeiffer raises the alarm about Bill Gates Food

Michelle Pfeiffer raising the alarm on this is incredibly brave. Bill Gates given FDA approval to coat “organic” food is a sure sign we are about to be poisoned.
Hi, @RobertKennedyJr —could you maybe put an end to this? https://t.co/Nq8gzoxHFs

— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) July 11, 2025

Another Innocent bystander shot dead in Hamilton

Update: The male suspect is 17-year-old Mackale Lavoie 

CTV is reporting that "Belinda Sarkodie was on her way home after spending time with her friend in downtown Hamilton when she was shot and killed on Friday afternoon, Hamilton police say. 'Based on the information we have so far, it appears Belinda was an innocent bystander simply going about her day,' Det. Sgt. John Obrovac said during a news conference on Saturday afternoon."

"Obrovac said the suspect, who fled the scene on foot, is described as a white male with a medium build and brown hair. Investigators believe the male victim was the intended target." In April another innocent bystander was shot dead in Hamilton. Liberal gun control laws don't work. They were a distraction. 

Trump threatens to strip Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship

Fox News is reporting that Trump wrote in a post to his social media platform Truth Social " Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity."

Rosie O'Donnell, she was the one kicked off the View for saying 9/11 was an inside job. She talked about it on Joe Rogan. 

Now Trump says he's considering taking away her citizenship for disagreeing with him. That is mentally deranged and reinforces the dangerous president the creation of ICE gestapo brings. First they hunt down illegal immigrants. Then they hunt down people who dissagree with Trump. That wack job isn't even hiding it. You can't get any more deep state than that.

Vancouver Symphony Orchastra at Deer Lake Park

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra had another free outdoor convert tonight. This one was at Deer Lake Park beside Burnaby Lake so we checked it out. I wasn't sure if the venue was near the lake so we didn't bring the kayaks but it was. A few kayakers were listening on the water. 

It was pretty packed and neither of us like crowds so we went on the boardwalk behind the venue beside the lake and those were the best seats in the house. Lots of Water Lilies in that lake. Indigenous to BC. As the sun set you could see it's reflection in one of the towers over looking the lake. 

 

They played a few classical pieces, a couple of opera and several movie scores. Evidently the VSO does a lot of movie scores now. It was nice. In one of the quieter pieces a cool breeze swept in from the lake and the rustling leaves added a nice effect to the music. Tomorrow night they have an opera playing in the park. I hate opera. I like classical and I like the music for operas but the singing drives me crazy.