The Three Deadly Ps - Power, Popularity and Praise

I was going to simply link to this one in a previous post but I couldn't find this sermon online so I will cite just what the three deadly Ps are. We have all heard about the seven deadly sins and the seven Christian virtues. Well the three deadly Ps are: Power, Popularity and Praise. We should not seek after these things because a friend of the world is an enemy to God. If the world is evil and the world speaks highly of us, then we must also be evil. So let's break it down.

The quest for power is not good. People who covet power never want it to do good, they want it to control others. People who want to be popular and seek the praise of the world tend to have low self-esteem and a poor self-image. They are externally defined.

Someone who is internally defined doesn't care what the world thinks of them, they only care about what they think of themselves. They care about doing what's right and about living by thier own code of conduct. People who are externally defined need others to tell them they have worth and tend to do what other people tell them to do.

Looking to our role model, Isaiah said " He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." Tom MacDonald said if Jesus came today, he would be cancelled.

Mortal Combat - Kigurai

I have a copy of Clay Roueche's print of a Samurai locked in combat with a tiger on my wall. I look at it when I'm lying upside down in my inversion table. I was always intrigued by that painting. The artwork is flawless but the message is profound.

At first I thought it was a bit wishful thinking like some of the more unrealistic martial arts movies of people flying through the air running on leaves and branches. Yet I saw a guy at the gym yesterday who was practicing his jumping skills and it sure looked like he was flying. However, if we step back and pull out a .44 or a .308, that invincible enemy is soundly defeated.

For me it symbolizes being locked in combat with an impossible foe. We all have our own demons to face. It fittingly illustrated Clay's struggle with the legal system in prison. He faced two years in solitary and wrote an inspiring book of empowerment. He gets out of solitary and he paints amazing prints of dragons and phoenixes. He befriended and interviewed martial arts legend Dennis Alexio while in prison. He hired people to set up a website for him and sell his artwork online. Basically, he was thrown in a pit, struck a match and lit a candle. The light from that candle illuminates far beyond his prison cell for the world to see.

Yet this samurai locked in combat with a tiger is inescapable. He calls it Kigurai which is the Japanese word for pride but in Kendo it has a deeper meaning. Kigurai is not arrogant, it is confident. Like in the song New York which says "I'm not cocky I'm confident, so when you say I'm the best that's a compliment." Sadly, Bill DeBlasio has flushed New York down the toilet.

Clay states that "Kigurai essentially means an aura of strength that commands respect. A person that radiates kigurai has an air of nobility and grace, the type of person whose very presence sends shockwaves through the room. The man that possesses true kigurai lets his actions do the talking for him, like this Japanese art print of a samurai fighting a tiger."

As I said in my previous post, arrogance and confidence is different. Confidence is faith derived from self-respect. Arrogance is fake and is derived from a poor self-image. Somone who is arrogant surrounds himself with material possessions and needs those to tell him he has worth. He needs to have more than his neighbour because he is insecure. Kigurai is not boastful.

So when I look at the Samurai locked in combat with a tiger, I think of the All Blacks haka. One of the original translations refers to an ancient time when a group of Maori warriors were greatly outnumbered. One of them yells out we're gonna die. The teams responds we're gonna live. This is repeated then the conclusion is, live or die were gonna fight. To me that is what this painting represents. For we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God.

I'm not interested in resting my soul in the kingdom of God but I am interested in conquering the enemy of all righteousness. So like the New Zealand All Blacks, live or die I will fight because as long as we fight, as long as we resist evil, we win. We die free.

Before honour is humility

Solomon once said before honour is humility. At first reading I said no it's not. Honour is above all else. To thine own self be true. Although I still struggle with the meaning of that statement, I think he's referring to worldly honour. The praise of man which is something we should not seek.

In the movie Braveheart Robert the Bruce's ailing father said "Admire this man, this William Wallace. Uncompromising men are easy to admire. He has courage, so does a dog. But it is exactly the ability to compromise that makes a man noble."

In the movie, Robert the Bruce's father was a bit of a sleazebag. He was a politician not a soldier. I don't believe we should ever compromise our principles. Yet I do believe that sometimes in life we have to compromise. It's like the serenity prayer. God grant me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept the things I cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference. Wisdom, courage and serenity or in other words humility.

Paul wrote two thirds of the New Testament. He once said "lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure." Three time she asked God to remove the thorn and three times God said no.

In Hebrews Paul said "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons." In other words, everyone experiences trials. The son of man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he? If we don't have trials, then we aren't children of God we are children of someone else - bastards. Paul concluded when I am weak, then I am strong. God gives men weaknesses that he may be humble and if man humbles himself God can help him turn his weaknesses into strengths.

They say pride cometh before the fall. Arrogance isn't pretty. Yet arrogance and confidence are two different things. Confidence is faith while arrogance is thinking we are better than others. It's the act of comparison. Humility doesn't mean self-hate. It means recognizing our limitations.

Broken Lives, Broken Dreams

OK this one's going to be all over the map. The Indo Canadian Voice posted a link to the report on sexual harassment in the RCMP called Broken Lives, Broken Dreams. It was part of the Merlo settlement resulting from the class action lawsuit about sexual harassment in the RCMP which was rampant. Before I do that, I will cite two more recent cases of violence against women.

Jana Noella Williams was murdered in Winnipeg and Brianna Lozano was murdered in Victoria. Violence against women is an ongoing problem that still needs to be addressed.

The Merlo report states that the culture of the RCMP is Toxic and that the RCMP has had years to fix the problem. Indeed they have. It took a class action lawsuit to address it but is hasn't been fixed yet. The report cites Training at Depot as that is clearly where the problem begins. I understand that Depot is pretty toxic like the movie full Metal Jacket.

The report states that "I was told that a significant amount of sexualized conduct, drinking and abusive relationships between instructors and cadets occurred at Depot. Although I heard that over time, Depot had changed for the better, I still heard recent accounts of similar behaviour being tolerated or perpetrated by Depot instructors and cadets. I am of the view that the nature of the training that cadets receive at Depot contributes to the continuation of a toxic culture in the RCMP. In my view, it is time to revisit the approach of the training given to cadets at Depot and consider whether it is appropriate in a modern policing context."

OK so there are two separate concerns on the table. One is the negative abusive training within Depot, the other is the inappropriate sexual misconduct that goes on outside of Depot.

When I joined the Guardian Angels back in the /80's it was old school physically challenging and verbal abuse. That is how I was trained and that is how I trained. Since then I have found a better way. In the Guardian Angels the intent was not to break someone down and mold them into a clone soldier. The purpose was to screen people out who were in it for the wrong reasons and to teach them how to deal with verbal abuse on the street.

I had an experience in London, England which changed the way I perceived the old ways and I changed it. I made it 100% positive and empowering. Team building so to speak. You can train people to deal with verbal abuse on walk alongs. When you are with them on the street.

As far as the sexual misconduct that prevails outside of Depot after hours, that illustrates how dysfunctional it really is. Trainers should not be in sexual relationships with trainees. That's a no brainer. The CBC quoted Catherine Galliford who was the public relations officer during the Pickton investigation. She stated that she saw numerous problems inside the investigation, including investigators who were more interested in padding their paycheques and drinking alcohol than catching a serial killer. "They would break between noon and 2 p.m. to just drink and party and go for lunch, but then they would go back to work on Friday and claim double-time." Sound familiar? Old habits die hard yet sexual misconduct shouldn't.

Several years ago I had a young coworker that said he had applied to join the RCMP. He said that one of the questions in the application was all about what kind of porn you watch and how often. He said the question really creeped him out. It's as though they are profiling applicants and picking the deviants. This brings us back to Craig Callen and the FOCCers.

Don't get me wrong. I believe in law enforcement but this is not it.

Drug bust tied to London Outlaws

The Simcoe Reformer is reporting that "The former president of the London Outlaws motorcycle club was among eight Southwestern Ontario residents swept up in a police crackdown this week. Ryan (Big Red) Daigneault, 44, an alleged member of the Outlaws, faces several cocaine trafficking charges, as well as possessing prohibited ammunition, transferring a handgun and selling marijuana, according to court records." Pot is legal now. No one cares about that.

Every Province except for BC makes drug busts. Find out why.

South Asian Richmond RCMP officer who committed suicide was pregnant by her senior officer

The Indo-Canadian Voice is reporitng that "Now that her family and their lawyer has revealed it to the mainstream media, The VOICE can inform its readers that she was pregnant and the father of the unborn child was her senior officer who reportedly would not take responsibility for it. We know his name. The lawyer, Martin Peters, told the mainstream media that two days before Thiara was found dead it was revealed that she was three-and-a-half months pregnant."

This now becomes a murder investigation just like Brandy Sarionder.

Global has posted a video interview of the family and her lawywr.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on Oprah

Rebel News is reporting that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were on Oprah. I didn't see it and I won't be watching it. When they came to Vancouver Island and were complaining about the paparazzi harassing them I was like leave them alone. Let them have their privacy. However, going on Oprah to trash the royal family was cheap and tacky. It lacked class.

Ok Meghan, So are family members who wonder if a baby is going to look more like the Dad, or the Mom, transphobes now too?

— Hungry for Truth with Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) March 10, 2021

One minute they're like leave us alone. The next minute they're causing drama to get attention. That is disappointing to say the least. I think the inherit problem is that Hollywood is f*cked and Meghan Markle is too entrenched in the Hollywood agenda. So is Oprah. Oprah had a long legacy but she sold out. Good luck with that. Charles has class. Spare us the drama.

Tulsi Gabbard speaks out against US airstrikes in Syria

U.S. airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran

Why are states dropping mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions? Because they have a brain.

ABC is rpeorting that "Several states have dropped statewide mask mandates and loosened coronavirus restrictions over the past week." It's about bloody time. "Texas and Mississippi announced Tuesday that businesses could operate at full capacity, joining fellow Republican-led states Iowa, Montana and North Dakota in dropping statewide requirements for face coverings."

"Local lawmakers have cited declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and many have argued that their decisions are aimed at restoring power and freedom to their constituents."

"But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases, called reopening so soon "ill-advised" Thursday on CNN." AYFKM? CNN is ridiculous. Anyone who quotes them has zero credibility. Dr Fauci is an idiot. Aside from bad personal hygiene, his foundation funded the research on Chinese bats with coronavirus in the Wuhan Lab. He should be in jail. Quoting him is absurd. Just Remember what Michael Green from TBM Nation had to say about Dr Falsey.

Texas has a brain. That's why everyone is moving away from the high taxes of Liberal sh*t holes like California and New York to places like Texas and Arizona with low taxes. Rebel News is reporting that "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing a piece of legislation titled Senate Bill 12, that would prohibit social media companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter from censoring Texans based on viewpoints they express.” God Bless Greg Abbott.

Here at home Justan Idiot's Covid hotels are absurd. You need a negative covid test to get on a plane. Making people pay $2,000 or more for a hotel stay when they come back to Canada is a violation of the Mobility rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights. This wasn't warranted when Covid hit us last year and it is certainly not warranted now that covid has lost its strength.

Parents teaching their kids to burn symbols of oppression and fear...aka masks. https://t.co/NxslSnMrn7

— Hungry for Truth with Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) March 6, 2021

Fatal shooting outside Victoria

CTV is rpeoritng that "Police on Vancouver Island's West Shore are investigating after a 37-year-old man was shot Friday night. West Shore RCMP said in a news release that they were called to the 4600 block of Sooke Road in Metchosin just after 9 p.m. for reports of the shooting. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the man - who was known to police - deceased."

Check News is reporitng that "The victim’s next of kin has been notified" and are confirming reports that the victim was Shane Wilson. His criminal history includes a home invasion while wearing a Hells Angels balaclava. Maybe that's why he was shot. Unauthorized use of the name. BTW I do not trust Shirley Zailo. At all. Just sayn.

BC Gang Task Force Lies Again

We need to pause for a moment and remember who the BC Gang Task Force is and what they do. After the Kelowna Summer Jam in 2012, they stopped arresting Hells Angels associates for selling drugs. They became part of the problem. They don't want to stop crime, they want to tax it.

Now they just send out press releases to the media pretending to be trying to disrupt gang violence when in reality they have Hells Angel associates in the Witness Protection Program who get police escorts to sell drugs. Well that's IHIT but they are joined at the hip. IHIT are the ones that were having threesomes with witnesses in the Surrey Six Trial. It wasn't just one officer it was a climate of unprofessionalism that permeated the force.

They are the ones that convinced the Crown to drop the charges on the guys the Edmonton Hells Angels hired to kill Ali. They are the ones who let Jamie Bacon and the Surrey Six murderers off. They are the ones that refuse to arrest the Hells Angels drug dealers out of Shakerz. Everything they do is suspect and compromised. Now they are pushing for gun control and are lying about the effect it will have on gang violence. They are the problem not legal gun owners.

Post Media Trash is reporting that "A Coquitlam man has pleaded guilty after a months-long investigation found he had been acting as a 'straw purchaser,' buying guns legally and reselling them to others. 'Straw-purchasing and the illegal trafficking of firearms puts firearms in the hands of gang members and those who seek to put the public’s safety at the greatest risk,' said Sgt. Brenda Winpenny of the CFSEU-B.C." The term straw purchasing was made popular by the ATF who were selling guns to the Mexican Cartel and brining back tons of cocaine as payment.

All handguns and ARs are restricted weapons in Canada. That means when you buy one that firearm is registered. It has to be locked in a safe with a trigger lock on it. You may only transport it from your home to the gun range and straight back again. Handguns are not for home defense in Canada. They are strictly for target shooting.

People who do a gang shooting will not use a gun that was registered because it will be traced back to where they got it from. Often we hear that a firearm was recovered at the scene of a gang shooting. This means they are using a throw away. One that can't be traced. To say that legal gun owners are supplying gangs with guns is a bold-faced lie with malicious intent.

This may be a problem in the US because handguns are not registered but it is not a problem in Canada. Gang members aren't going to use a legal gun owner to buy them restricted firearms because they can be traced back to the person they bought it from.

Adventure 2021: Life is Life - Live it.

I see there's an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called Paddle to Seattle: Journey Through the Inside Passage. It's about a couple of guys who kayak from Alaska to Seattle. Finally, something worthwhile to watch. I'm pretty fed up with Amazon Prime already. All this political bullsh*t is leading me to tune out. Yet, I want to use this as a new theme for 2021.

I know two young adults who are living their dream. They aren't traveling the world per say but they have traveled to the other side of the world and are enjoying traveling around their respective countries they are visiting. With all this Covid bullsh*t going for a two-week holiday and having a two-week quarantine before and after is unrealistic.

However, if you move to another country, it's far more realistic. Justin Trudeau was all "come back to Canada" when Covid hit. Yeah, why? Other countries are doing better than we are and if you keep wasting our time with lockdowns, we'll go somewhere else. However, I don't think anyone's gonna be visiting Communist China with their anal swabs and what not.

So, whether it be at home or abroad, 2021 is the year of adventure. F*ck the Fraud. There was no second wave. When a virus replicates itself, it gets weaker not stronger. The media is criminally insane. Cut the cable and enjoy an adventure. For me it's a new kayak trip this summer. Imagine where you will be and it will be so. Stop wallowing in depression over a fake pandemic. This has gone on long enough. Get out there and get some - adventure. Carpe Diem.

Cross examination of Officer who shot Hudson Brooks

The Peace arch News is reporting that "The police officer who fatally shot Hudson Brooks in South Surrey in July 2015 shared her version of events publicly for the first time Tuesday (March 2), in giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest into the incident."

"Cucheran, an officer since 2008, said she was among those on duty at the South Surrey RCMP detachment, in the 1800-block of 152 Street, in the early morning hours of July 18, 2015 when police received a report of a male walking down the street yelling kill me.”

False. She did not hear Hudson say that. She is repeating what dispatch told her. The witnesses who called 911 said he was screaming THEY are trying to kill me. He was running away from a mob at the same park Dario Bartoli was fatally beaten at.

"The moment that Mr. Brooks was aware of my presence… he launched himself at me, she said, describing the 20-year-old at that point as so fixated on me. Cucheran said she believed Brooks was going to kill her, and said that when she shot him, he didn’t react.”

That is a bold-faced lie and it contradicts the known facts.

Hudson was frantically running away from a mob trying to kill him. The rookie officer drew her weapon and ordered him to stop. As se drew her weapon she shot herself in the foot and Hudson ran past her. She then radioed for help stating she had been shot. Dispatch sent the wolves out thinking an officer had been shot by a suspect. She then radioed dispatch and said I think I shot myself. That was recorded on tape for all of us to hear.

She was not the one that shot Hudson. Another officer did after he caught up with him. She claims Hudson came at her and she shot him multiple times. Was that before she shot herself in the foot or after? She drew her gun, shot herself in the foot and Hudson ran past her.

The tape also recorded how the other officer who caught up with Hudson shot him several times without ordering him to stop because he though Hudson had shot a police officer when he hadn't. It was a complete tragedy but lying about it will not help anyone.

This is why you're not allowed to wear a shoulder holster at the tactical range. It is theoretically possible that you could shoot the person beside you when you draw from a shoulder holster. If you draw from a side holster the worse you can do is shoot yourself in the foot. Notice that while this youtuber is drawing from a shoulder holster, his finger is not on the trigger.

Now look at this other female officer in the DTES that shot a suspect in the leg while he charged her with a knife. She showed great composure and self control. She draws the firearm but tilts it slightly down ready to raise or lower it in an instant. Everyone is trained to shoot the suspect in the chest yet with all the mental health issues out there this officer went above and beyond.

In Hudson's case the officer claims that after she panicked and shot herself in the foot, she regained her composure to pull down a bead on him and shot him several times in the chest. That did not happen. Her people told her to lie for two reasons. They are mad at her and blame her for the shooting. They claim if she hadn't shot herself Hudson would still be alive. It's also their best chance at getting off. If Hudson did attack her, it would have been self defense. He didn't. That means the alpha wolf shot an unarmed civilian dead without giving him a chance to surrender because he thought Hudson had shot a police officer when he hadn't. That's murder.

Site C Dam overruns and SNC Lavalin

The Vancovuer Sun is reporitng that "When the New Democrats increased the Site C budget by 50 per cent last week, they provided no detailed breakdown for how they came up with the new estimate of $16 billion for the troubled project."

The Narwhal is reporitng that "BC Hydro handed out more than $171 million in no-bid Site C dam contracts over an eight-month period ending in July 2020, including to the beleaguered engineering firm SNC Lavalin, The Narwhal has learned."

Why is John Horgan awarding no bid contracts to SNC Lavalin? Because the SNC Lavalin scandal is nonpartisan. They're all in one it. This story has even made the New York Times.

SNC Lavalin is just as dirty as Bombardier and Lockheed Martin. They all underbid and over charge government contracts and keep getting away with it because they give kickbacks in political contributions. This is tax fraud and needs to be addressed..

Sums it up pic.twitter.com/NxIddwybYw

— Frank McVeety (@Franktmcveety) March 3, 2021

Outlaws move into Nova Scotia

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

CTV is rpeorting that "A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved. The court said Sarkozy is entitled to request to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet." OK that's pretty lame. He was involved with far worse. Take the Karachi affair and the desecration of Moammar Gadhafi.

The Karachi affair involved kickbacks in the sale of submarines to Pakistan. It also involved a false flag terrorist attack in the 2002 killing of 14 people - including 11 French engineers - in the Pakistani city of Karachi when that kickback contract was cancelled.

The Desecration of Moammar Gadhafi earned Sarkozy the title le chien sal for setting up and betraying Gadhafi after accepting millions of dollars in campaign contributions from him. Sarkozy was trying to convince the world we could trust Gadhafi with nuclear weapons as long as Gadhafi was going to buy a French nuclear reactor. Then as soon as Gadhafi decides to buy a reactor from Argentina instead of France, Sarkozy convinced the world Gadhafi was a dictator they needed to invade and execute. That was shameful.

Indo-Canadian Mountie takes her own life under the Oak Street Bridge

Desi Buzz Canada is reporting that Constable Jasmine Thiara, a member of the Richmond RCMP, committed suicide under the Oak Street Bridge with her own gun last Monday.

This is absolutely tragic. Facing personal demons? At work? A picture is worth a thousand words. This was a wonderful person who was proud to be a member of the force. Constable Thiara was a longstanding member of “D” Watch in Richmond. Something's not right.

Tom McDonald Canadian rapper from Edmonton

This guy looks a little bit like Mad Child but his message is very different. This guy has a brain.

World Health Organization profited from the pandemic

Sky News is reporting that the World Health Organization profited from the pandemic. They made $500 million by issuing pandemic bonds. "The World Health Organization was scheduled to repay investors around $500 million in 2020 unless of course a pandemic was declared. The investors lost all their money but that became the World Health Organization's game."