Police make two arrests related to Rock Machine murder

The Montreal Gazette is reporting that Richard Hunt, 38, and 28-year-old Mélanie Binette were arrested in the Vaudreuil-Dorion area and questioned about the role they may have played in the killing of Joseph Fluet & Steven Lamarsh - two men with supposed links to criminal biker gangs.

Saturday we posted that Rock Machine member Joseph "Fuego" Fluet, 45, was one of two men who were shot and killed Friday just outside Montreal. Sunday the Montreal Gazette reported that Hunt and Binette were people the police want to question not suspects.

Fluet has been identified in the past by police as a member of the Rock Machine. The Journal de Montréal reported that Fluet was born as Éric Lefebvre and was once part of a puppet gang controlled by the Hells Angels, and had his name changed sometime after 2008. In April 2001, Lefebvre told the newspaper that he had got into serious trouble with the Hells Angels. In May 2001, an expert on biker gangs with the RCMP in New Brunswick described Lefebvre as a courier who transported drugs for the Hells Angels in Quebec. This was after Lefebvre had pleaded guilty to setting a pub called Goodfella’s on fire in Moncton.

Surf's up: The New Season has Begun

Today was a magnificent day. As I was riding down King George outside Gus' shop you could see the snow on Grouse and the surrounding mountain peaks from the top of the hill. Then riding into Vancouver you could see the Lions covered in snow. The snowline was almost at the bottom of the mountain. It was like someone swept a paintbrush across the mountain and left behind a blanket of fresh snow. The season has officially begun.



I snowshoed up Hollyburn Ridge on Cypress today. It was awesome.



If you look closely you can see Lion's Gate bridge from the top of Hollyburn Ridge:

George Christie's Exile on Front Street

I finally started reading George Christie's new book Exile on Front Street. It is freaking awesome. The preface contains that quote about Outlaws I previously posted:

"People confuse the outlaw and the criminal. Some outlaws commit crimes, but the real outlaw isn’t a criminal by trade. He’s someone who refuses to live by society’s established norms of behavior. He has an internal code and answers only to his own sense of honor and right and wrong. The outlaw doesn’t conform; he rebels. He doesn’t accept; he questions. In the end, the outlaw might change and adapt, but he bends for no man and won’t let his life be defined by someone else. Jesse James was an outlaw but so was Albert Einstein. I’ve been many things - father, son, husband, leader, brother, and friend - but through it all, I was always an outlaw."

That sets the stage quite effectively. In the introduction he states "Undercover cops and informants who have written about the club paint members with one brush. In those books, we're one dimensional criminal scum. Most outlaws who write about the life are just as bad. According to them we are heroic freedom fighters living only to ride." He then explains it's not all black and white which is very true. You simply can't stereotype everyone in anything.

His book is worth reading. He is someone I can endorse. The movie he made, the Last American Outlaw was profound and has inspired me to embark on three separate adventures starting this summer. The book is helpful because he addresses the betrayal of being out out in bad after he left the club and about being falsely accused of being a police informant when he wasn't. He tries to remind us what the dream originally was. As Pink Floyd once said, take heed of the dream.

Easy Rider Update:

What I'm talking about is very simple. There is no need to overthink it or misinterpret it. I'm talking about Easy Rider not Sons of Anarchy. There were no patches in Easy Rider. Just riding free with the wind in your face leaving all the fears and concerns behind you in the dust as you ride off into the sunset. It's embracing life like a Bat outta Hell. It's Steppenwolf's Born to be Wild. It's Steppenwolf's God Dam the Pusher. It's supporting a free republic. That's what I'm talking about.

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Be advised that this blog will move forward not backward. Lead, follow or get out of the way.

Rock Machine member shot dead in Quebec

CBC is reporting that "Quebec provincial police have identified one of the victims in a Vaudreuil-Dorion double homicide as Rock Machine member Joseph "Fuego" Fluet. Fluet, 45, was one of two men who were shot and killed yesterday afternoon in a field behind a home on Montée d'Alstonvale" just outside Montreal.

Former mayor of Laval pleads guilty to breach of trust

CBC is reporting that "the man once known as the 'King of Laval' is on his way to jail tonight. Gilles Vaillancourt, who ran Quebec's third-largest city for more than two decades, pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy to commit fraud, dating back to his time as mayor. Under an agreement reached with the Crown, Vaillancourt will voluntarily repay the city $7 million from a Swiss bank account, as well as roughly $1 million in other assets, including his condominium. He is also waiving his pension. The plea deal calls for Vaillancourt to spend six years in prison. He could be eligible to apply for parole in a year." The plea agreement resulted in the gangsterism charges against him being suspended.

What's the difference between BC and Quebec? Quebec has an anti corruption task force, BC does not. Quebec is confronting organized crime, BC is not. That's the only difference.

Vancouver Hells Angel associate shot and killed

Kim Bolan from Postmedia News is reporting that "a controversial rocker and Hells Angels associate convicted of stock fraud has died, three months after being shot in Burnaby, Postmedia News has learned. Adis (Ady) Golic passed away Nov. 22 from injuries sustained in the targeted shooting. The 41-year-old was gunned down on Aug. 22 around 8:30 p.m. in the 7700-block of 12th Avenue in Burnaby. At the time, Mounties said the shooter was a white man, dressed all in black, who hopped into a dark-coloured getaway vehicle with a roof rack."

Another white guy shooting someone in gang related violence. When Kim says rocker she means the guy was a heavy metal musician. He was with the heavy metal band Skard. John Bryce, the East Vancouver Hells Angels president appeared in some of their local videos.

Dead herring washing up on shore in Nova Scotia

The National Post is reporting that "Tens of thousands of dead herring keep washing ashore along Nova Scotia’s western coastline, a mystery for biologists trying to figure out what is killing the small, silvery fish. Craik said the fish could be succumbing to a virus, some form of pollution, parasites or a poisonous algae bloom — but lab tests have yet to determine what is going on."

Christy Clark's densification fraud

We knew it was too good to be true. Christy Clark, the queen of photo ops, held a press conference promising to spend $500,000 on rental housing and build 2,900 new rental units. It sounded good until you read the fine print. We knew it was too good to be true.

The plan is to tear town perfectly good rental townhomes and build high density apartments in their place. So in essence they are in fact displacing a whole lot of families to build new units so they can charge more money and make more profit without spending any money on new land. This is the cheapest way for the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation to make more profit at the tax payers expense.

If they were genuine and really wanted a helpful solution without turning so many struggling families lives upside down, they would buy the vacant lot across the street and build new units. That would be a press conference worth listening to. Unfortunately they won't do that because displacement and densification is more profitable for the Slumlords and the Post Media Marketing Company is more than happy to endorse the fraud for the public. God help us. No one else will.

The bottom line is that we need to elect a new government in BC. No political party is perfect but I know the NDP wouldn't be doing this to us. The Christy Clark government is the same as the Gordon Campbell government. I cannot begin to list all the corruption they have been involved with from BC Rail to money laundering in Campbell Heights to cutting back police task forces as soon as organized crime was found. Bruce Ralston and Mike Farnworth are good stable leaders who care about people. The BC Liberals do not. History has recorded that.

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Colin Lamontagne arrested again

The BC RCMP is reporting that "Colin Lamontagne, an honorary member of the Vertens MC, has been arrested again. Search warrants carried out on two residences in Nanaimo have resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of drugs, weapons and various other stolen items. The search warrants were carried out on Tuesday November 29th, at a home in the 300 block of Ninth St and in the 13000 block of Cedar Road. With the knowledge there may be weapons and an illegal clandestine lab, entry was led by the Vancouver Island Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the E Division Clan Lab Team."

"40 year old Colin LAMONTAGNE of Nanaimo was arrested at the Ninth St home and taken into police custody. LAMONTAGNE is presently in the charge category for Manslaughter originating from an incident in Victoria. LAMONTAGNE has been remanded into custody and charged with Aggravated Assault, Forcible Confinement and Breach of his Recognizance. His next court appearance is set for Wednesday December 7th."

"Weapons were seized at both homes. Several high end stolen vehicles were located at the Cedar Road residence. The E Div Clan Team was tasked with searching both homes for the illegal clandestine lab and located a large quantity of drugs and precursors from the Ninth St home, used in the production of GHB."

Langford male high on drugs crashed his mobile drug lab

Scan BC is reporting that #Langford crews on scene at Veterans Memorial Pkwy & Sooke Rd after a male high on drugs crashed his mobile drug lab into several cars. Dude, don't drive high.

Another shooting in Surrey and more dead bodies recovered

The Surrey Leader is reporting that a targeted shooting in Newton Tuesday evening has left a man in hospital with a non-life threatening injuries. Surrey RCMP were called to the 12100-block of 68 Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. CBC reported that a burned body found in North Vancouver on Monday was a homicide.

Last Monday the Now Newspaper reported that Police are investigating after two bodies were discovered here within 24 hours, one in a ditch and another next to a grocery store. The first body was discovered around 10:30 p.m. Friday near a Safeway store at 88th Avenue and 152nd Street, said RCMP Staff Sgt. Blair McColl. He said police and paramedics tried to revive the person when they arrived on scene but were unsuccessful. On Sunday afternoon, police identified the dead man as Greg Lupel, 27, of no fixed address. He was known to frequent the Surrey area, police stated. "Mr. Lupel’s death is suspicious, and IHIT (the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team) will continue investigating to ensure nothing is overlooked," Corporal Meghan Foster of IHIT said. "An autopsy and further testing is required to determine Mr. Lupel’s cause of death, and to determine if foul play was a factor."

Meanwhile, at just before 3 p.m. Saturday, a second body was discovered in a water-filled ditch by a mother and two children walking down the 3600-block of 176th Street. McColl said it appeared as though the body had “been there some time.” An underwater recovery team was deployed to investigate. There is no known cause of death and IHIT was not called. Investigators remained on scene Saturday evening. “We have a number of avenues to cover off — whether it’s an accident, whether it’s anything else,” McColl said. “We’ve got a lot of area to cover before we make any determinations.”

Former president of Sonoma County Hells Angels charged with sexual assault

The San Fransisco Gate is reporting that When a 49-year-old Santa Rosa woman learned her husband was about to be stripped of his membership in the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, police say she met with a member over the weekend to get answers. Instead of receiving an explanation, officials say she was sexually assaulted by the former president of the outlaw biker group’s Sonoma County chapter and forced to comply for the sake of her husband’s safety. Her attacker, 53-year-old Rohnert Park resident Raymond Michael Foakes, was arrested Monday night on suspicion of sexual assault, victim intimidation, stalking and gang participation.

Brothers Forever Forever Brothers or at least until we kick your ass out and treat you like sh*t.

Trudeau greenlights Trans Mountain expansion, Enbridge Line 3, but rejects Northern Gateway

The Calgary Herald is reporting that the Liberal Government has rejected the Northern Gteway Pipeline proposal which was to send crude tar sands oil through the Bear Rain Forest. Instead they approved the Enbridge line 3 project which would send the tar sands crude oil through an expanded existing line from Hardistry, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin.

They have also approved the twining of the existing pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby which would increase tanker traffic in the port of Vancouver. I'm not sure what the status of the proposal to pipe Natural Gas to Kitimat is. I got the impression the Liberal Government was OK with that one.

What are we doing with all the petroleum coke that is left over from all the tar sands oil we are currently refining in Vancouver? Are the tankers taking it without refining it? We know that navigating tankers all the way to Kitimat is very problematic.

Some people protest everything. People were even protesting the twining or expansion of the Port Mann bridge. That was ridiculous. People were rightfully concerned about cutting a new pipeline through the Bear Rainforest for toxic tar sands crude. They said no to the proposal. That was a huge victory. Twinning two existing lines is a fair compromise. Protesters who can't accept that are simply unable to compromise anything and don't represent the majority of Canadians.

Castro is dead: Viva la Francois Hollande

Various world leaders have come out with some pretty absurd statements in reaction to the recent passing of Fidel Castro. Justin Trudeau takes the cake for twilight zone absurdity. Obviously no one wants to speak ill of the dead and trash someone after they have died. That would be disrespectful to the grieving family. Yet it becomes a concern for world peace when we rewrite history and misrepresent Communism to be good when we have clearly seen that it is not.



I understand that Justin Trudeau's father was friends with Fidel and that Justin met Fidel when he came to his fathers funeral. I respect that. However, I have serious concerns about the Marxist Leninist atheist state Fidel created after seizing power as a dictator following the revolution. All dictatorships are bad whether they be left or right. I agree the Batista government was no better than Castro. The CIA and the United States should not have endorsed such a corrupt government. That indeed paved the way for the tide to change in the wrong kind of revolution which created a Communist state instead of a free republic.

Conservative leadership hopeful Lisa Raitt stated No @JustinTrudeau, Castro was not a 'remarkable leader', he murdered and imprisoned thousands of men, women and children. She's right. Putin made reference to the free and independent Cuba created by Castro. That is absolutely absurd. Cuba is anything but free and independent.

Francois Hollande, the socialist president of France was the voice of reason in the debate. Reuters is reporting that "Fidel Castro was a towering figure of the 20th century. He incarnated the Cuban revolution, in both its hopes and subsequent disillusionments," Hollande said in a statement. "France, which condemned human rights abuses in Cuba, had equally challenged the U.S. embargo on Cuba, and France was glad to see the two countries re-establish dialogue and open ties between themselves," added the Socialist party leader.

Cuba is not a free republic. They have political prisoners. Yet enforcing a trade embargo with Cuba while promoting trade with Communist China is absurd. China has far worse human rights violations than Cuba. Ignoring that is socially irresponsible.

La Niña is a Netflix series about FARC in Columbia. It is even better than Narcos because it is made in Columbia not by Hollywood. The story is heartfelt and real providing profound insight into that conflict. Farc is a Communist revolutionary group that has enslaved Columbia for years.



Update: Reuters is reporting that "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not attend the funeral of Fidel Castro, his office said on Monday, days after Trudeau's warm comments about the late Cuban leader sparked a backlash."

That's kind of unfortunate. I don;t want to be a part of a lynch mob. I recognize that Castro was a friend of his father and that he attended his father's funeral. I don't have a problem with Justin respectfully attending Castro's funeral. I'm just concerned with blanket endorsements of revolutionary Communism. Like I said, Cuba's human rights record was not as bad as China's.

Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart's new reality series

On the lighter side, in the spirit of diversity, Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart have teamed up for a new reality TV series. Now that looks like fun. A little refreshing comedy to lighten up the day. Snoop Dogg claims of the two of them he's the one that's not a convicted felon. With the legalization of marijuana in so many states it will be intersting to see just what those two cook up.

On the subject of multiculturalism, a friend from the Falun Gong recently sent me a link about a great annual presentation in Vancouver called Shen Yun. It's a magnificent Chinese cultural extravaganza each year that's well worth seeing.

Quebec police raid drug-trafficking ring tied to Hells Angels

CBC is reporting that "about 70 police officers are raiding locations linked to a drug-trafficking ring on Montreal's South Shore this morning. Police say the ring is controlled by alleged members of the Devils Ghosts, which is affiliated with the Hells Angels."

In 2015 CBC reported that five members of the Devils Ghosts were charged with drug trafficking after a kilo of cocaine was seized.

Russia moves nuclear missiles closer to Europe

The Telegraph is reporting that "Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, said on Monday he would move nuclear-capable missiles closer to Europe in response to Nato's expansion in the Baltic states. In a bold display of force against Western allies, Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles and a ballistic Iskander system will be deployed in Kaliningrad, which is situated between Lithuania and Poland. Iskander missiles have a range of 450 miles, which means they could hit Berlin if launched from Kaliningrad."

Hillary Clinton was the one that sold him the weapons grade uranium for his nuclear missiles.

Shots fired in south Surrey

The Surrey RCMP is reporting that Shots fired outside South Surrey hotel early this morning believed to be targeted. 9 arrested; 1 minor injury due to glass fragments. News 1130 is reporting that RCMP have made nine arrests after they say was a targeted shooting in a hotel parking lot early this morning. Mounties got reports of shots fired just after 3 a.m. at the Pacific Inn on King George Boulevard near 8th Avenue.

Another earthquake hits Japan, Fukushima residents flee tsunami

Reuters is reporting that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, issuing tsunami advisories for much of the nation's northern Pacific coast. I thought the earthquake had to be further offshore to generate a tsunami. CNN is reporting a three foot wave heading for Fukushima. However, it does not appear the current size of the wave is large enough to breach the seawall. Yet.

Speaking of Fukushima, did they ever get that reactor leak fixed after the last earthquake? Pretty soon our sushi will glow in the dark.

Crime Promotion still front and centre for Surrey Mayor

The Vancouver Sun / Vancouver Province ran yet another monthly promotional peice for the new Surrey mayor entitled Crime Promotion still front and centre for Surrey Mayor. For some reason the article wasn't in the comic section it was in the other news.

The Postmedia Marketing Network is in full effect. If they don't arrest the drug dealers publically selling fentanyl laced drugs, all this PR smoke and mirrors is just one great big lie.

Canada might buy Super Hornets

The National Post is reporting that a Liberal government proposal to buy Super Hornet fighter jets as a replacement for the air force’s aging CF-18s is back on the table.

Finally someone with a brain. Boeing is good - Lockheed Martin is bad. The Super Hornet work in the Canadian Arctic. The F-35s don't. Canada can't do the mid air refueling for the F-35's. It's just not cost effective. That whole F-35 scam was tied to insider trading within the Harper government. The Super Hornets are a much better investment.

Opening up the bidding process is pointless since Lockheed Martin has a past history of underbidding to secure a contract then over charging once they have it. That's one of the reasons they've been in court so many times for fraud.

More Fentanyl Overdoses

There has been more Fentanyl overdoses in BC. The Daly Hive is reporting that there was 11 in one day in the DTES. Maple Ridge has been hit hard as well. September the Maple Ridge times reported four more Fentanyl fatalities. There was 63 in BC for the month of October alone.

Yesterday the Vancouver Sun / Vancouver Province highlighted the death of 21 year old Charly Ann Torikka in Maple Ridge Novemeber 6th. Another young woman who did a line of cocaine recreationally and ended up dead because it had Fentanyl in it. Just like Leanne Yardley in Surrey.

Leanne was at Shakerz in Surrey and simply did a line of cocaine recreationally. She did not know it was straight fentanyl not cocaine and died. It wouldn't be very hard to conduct an investigation into finding out who was the drug dealer that sold them the tainted drugs and arrest them. That would be the logical conclusion to such a malicious crime.

Failing to do so isn't just stupidity, it is criminal culpability. Instead of implementing the Four Pillars and enforcing the law by arresting drug dealers that sell tainted drugs, the extremists cry out for more lethal injection sites to help these predatory drug dealers do more business and make more money. That is the biggest human tragedy we now face in Canada.

The Fall of Postmedia News

On the front page of today's Vancovuer Province was the headline Man shot by police was former Falun Gong activist. The breaking news was not the fact that someone accused of armed robbery was shot dead by police in Burnaby after stabbing a police officer and a store employee. That was old news. The front page breaking news was the fact that he was a Falun Gong activist and participated in the Tiananmen Square protest.

So this must mean that Falun Gong activists are crazy and the Communist government of China is justified for holding them political prisoners and executing them for their organs right? Wrong. It is more absurd propaganda which is exactly what the state run newspapers in Communist China do. This was a white guy from Calgary who went to China and supported a Falun Gong protest over ten years ago and hasn't had anything to do with the group since.

They even had the audacity to cite the fact that he was involved in the Tiananmen Square protest in 2001. Does that mean the Tiananmen square massacre was justified when the Communist government used live ammunition on protesters calling for more freedom in China? Absolutely not.

They weren't even talking about the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. They were talking about the false flag event set up by the Communist government in 2001 used to defame Falun Gong practitioners so they could rationalize and justify their unlawful imprisonment.

I could understand reading this kind of putrid propaganda in a State run newspaper in Communist China but here in Canada? Does the Communist government now own Postmedia News? Is that what happens when the Chief Editor of the Vancouver Sun takes over the Vancouver Province? Shame on you. That kind of propaganda diminishes all of us. Buyer Beware.

Trump wants to reopen 9/11 investigation

The Daily Star is reporting that Donald Trump pledged to launch a fresh probe into the 2001 September 11 attacks. “First of all, the original 9/11 investigation is a total mess and has to be reopened." Speculating over the collapse of the skyscraper after the attack, he said: “How do two planes take out three buildings in the same day? I never got my head around the fact that nothing is mentioned about the destruction of Building 7 in the 585-page document.”

Wait a minute... is that Donald Trump speaking or Jesse Ventura? This is a prime example of how although no two people agree on every issue, no two people disagree on every issue either. Truthers can support this quest. Let's just hope he doesn't get shot before that happens.

In the documentary 9/11 Explosive Evidence Experts Speak out, experts in the field of controlled demolition declare that the only way three towers can collapse at freefall speed into their own blueprint is if the load bearing beams are blown out. That is what experts in the field declare.

Looking past the extremists we need to realize that a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump aren't racist. They just want a decent job and want the economy to improve. Renegotiating NAFTA is a step forward that we all can support.

We need to realize that the CIA will pay agitators to paint swastikas on public property. In Canada CSIS created the Heritage Front. Everyone knows that painting a swastika on a building now is like pissing on a good soldiers grave. It is not something any of us support.

Oprah Winfrey's Voice of Reason

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that while speaking to the Associated Press on Thursday, Oprah Winfrey admitted that she was in disbelief at Donald Trump's win and Hillary Clinton's shocking defeat on Tuesday. But the media mogul was seemingly so impressed by the President-elect's meeting with President Obama that her feelings took a different turn, as she tweeted, "Everybody take a deep breath! Hope Lives!"

She isn't saying cave in to bigotry. She's saying she met him and feels the guy has been humbled. I've lived in Belfast and I've lived in Israel. I've seen the blind sectarian animosity perpetuating the you kill one of ours and we kill one of yours insanity for generations. Wait 'till I tell ye, there is no logical conclusion to that kind of violence. It continues forever. There is no logic in it. This is exactly what Martin Luther King meant when he said the old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. I've seen it. We need to rise above the hate and the lies.

Take the movie Gran Torino. Clint Eastwood played a redneck Archie bunker type who ws less than impressed with the immigrants that moved in next door and were talking over the neighbourhood. After he got to know them he ended up protecting them from the gang banger bullies within their community and ultimately risked his life to save them.

He ended up leaving his prize possession, his flawless Gran Torino to the immigrant kid next door because he had ended up getting closer to him and his family than his own kids and grand kids who turned out to be ungrateful spoilt brats. If you get to know them you just might be surprised.



There are many different forms of racism. In Rwanda we saw a bizarre tribal conflict that resulted in a modern day genocide. In Fort Langley the fur traders helped protect the local First Nations from a rival tribe that would raid them and carry them away as slaves.

I spoke with a Latino in Langley who had spent some time in LA. He told me how he and a friend had stumbled into black area. Before they could leave they were surrounded by a large group of black men who closed in on them. Right before they kicked their ass he just bowed his head and closed his eyes giving in to the fact that they were going to get badly beaten. Then all of a sudden he felt a gust of wind rising up beside him. He looked up and saw a police helicopter hovering right above them which dispersed the mob. They were very fortunate.

New York wasn't like that. When I was there, half the guys were black, the other half were Puerto Rican. There was no conflict between the two. No one gave me a hard time for being white despite the fact that I was the visible minority. In the midle of the night another white guy from Queens took me on a tour of Spanish Harlem to see the elephant grave yard where they dumped all the stolen cars and had them on blocks after stripping them down. In New York there was no conflict between Harlem and Spanish Harlem. They got along great. Tupac even rapped about it.

All this petty hate we are starting to see diminishes us as a society. We need to rise above it.

Shunning Extremism

As the dust settles we have seen brief glimpses of two ugly extremes after the US election. People protesting the results of a democratic election and others promoting hate. Communism and Fascism are BOTH WRONG. They are two ugly extremes that end at the same place.



As Martin Luther King declared: "I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear." Diversity makes us strong. "It is better to light one candle than curse all the darkness." Lao Tzu



Let there be Peace on earth and let it begin with me.



I still believe in the Canadain Mosaic.

Macklemore speaks out on Addiction

As we have heard in the news, the US crack epidemic of the /80's has been replaced with a new modern day heroin epidemic that is sweeping the United States and infiltrating the middle class. We have seen pictures of parents overdosing in their cars with their child sitting in the back seat. This tragedy is the result of doctors overprescribing painkillers. People can't afford the painkillers so they turn to heroin which is cheaper. Another tragic result of the invasion of Afghanistan. Here at home Macklemore speaks out on Addiction. Peace.

A shout out to Leonard Cohen "Well, maybe there is a God above, but all that I've ever learned from love was how to shoot someone who outdrew you. It's not a cry that you hear tonight, and it is not some pilgram who claims to have seen the light. It's a cold and it is a broken Hallelujah."

Remembrance Day: Lest we forget

Today is Remembrance Day in Canada which is known as Veterans Day in the United States remembering the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when World War I came to an end. World War I was referred to as the war to end all wars. Sadly, it was repeated and we need to remember how and why it was repeated.

Adolf Hitler burned down the German Parliament building and blamed it on terrorists so he could become Chancellor just like Senator Palpatine in Star Wars. Then he burned down a German radio station and blamed it on Poland to justify the invasion of Poland. The rest is history.

In Flanders Fields is a poem written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae durring WWI referring to the poppies that grow at Flanders Fields in France where some major battles took place. I wrote a bog post in 2011 about how we have gone from Flander's Fields in France to the Opium Fields in Afghanistan. A sombering thought indeed.

In Guildford Mall they have a few war memorials set up. One of them had a poster of all the soldiers that died in Afghanistan. We lost a lot of good soldiers in Afghanistan. One of them was Bill Turner. He was a postal worker from Edmonton who joined the reserves. In his eulogy they said he was the type of person that would say, Hi my name is Bill, I'm here to help. Someone who gave his all not to invade another country but to serve others.

We invaded Afghanistan after 9/11. We were told it was because Afghanistan did the 9/11 bombing on the three Towers in New York only the Bin Laden confession video didn't look anything like Bin Laden. Iraq wasn't invaded for 9/11. They were invaded for having Weapons of Mass destruction only none were found. It was really about oil. So was Afganistan. Oil and opium.



The Texas oil barons were wining and dining the Taliban trying to win the contract for the Central Asian Gas pipeline across Afghanistan. After they decided to get Argentina to build the pipeline instead of an American firm, 9/11 occurred and they were invaded. After the invasion that decision was reversed and the American firm regained the contract for the pipeline.

Right before the invasion, the Taliban had brought opium production to a grinding halt. After the invasion Afghanistan returned to become the world's largest producer of opium. That was the result of the invasion. US troops were openly protecting the opium fields claiming that if we didn't do it the Taliban would which was another bold faced lie.

Canadians participated in the Korean war which was a good thing. As we have seen, stopping Communist or Fascist invasions is good. Promoting drug trafficking is not. Lest we forget.



On the brigher side, there's a new war movie in the theatres that's worth seeing called Hacksaw Ridge. Like the November Man it's also based on a true story. It's about an American soldier who went to war and refused to fire a bullet. In basic training his fellow soldiers would bully him and beat him. On the battlefield he earned their respect. He would run into battle and risk his life saving wounded soldiers one at a time. It's a heartwarming story about a different kind of valour.