Easter wishes

All of us at WWW wish all our readers a Happy and Holy Easter.

Christus resurrexit. Alleluia!

Good Friday, A.D. 2026 - The Crucifixion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Reading: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
according to St. John (18:1-40 and 19:1-42)

Thy Cross, O Lord, we venerate,
and praise and glorify Thy Holy Resurrection;
for behold, by this wood hath joy come into the whole world.

Walt has gone down the road

Ed. here. Unlike Randolph Scott, Walt is not possessed of a horse. So he has just walked off into the sunset. He left this note: "I am just going outside and may be some time."

American Communists visiting Cuba

Walt has been doing some spring cleaning out behind the cabin in the pines. He won't be allowed inside until he scrapes the mud (etc) off his boots. Ed.

Welcome to the Islamic Zone

Your Singhs today (Drug kingpin edition) - with VIDEO

A Canadian national pleaded guilty yesterday to leading a criminal organization that, over the span of just one month, trafficked from the United States into Canada hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine worth up to $17 million. 

Guramrit Singh Sidhu, 62, of... wait for it... Brampton ON, pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. The story of how he was caught in Canada and extradited to the US of A is told in this video.

 

For those readers not fluent in Punjabi, here are the details. According to the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, Mr Sidhu is the lead defendant in a 23-count January 2024 federal indictment targeting a drug trafficking organization. He has been in federal custody since October 2024 after being extradited from Canada. 

According to his plea agreement, from September 2020 to February 2023, Sidhu led an organization responsible for trafficking drugs from the U.S. into Canada for distribution. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Sidhu orchestrated the distribution of eight separate drug loads, totaling approximately 523 kilograms (1153 pounds) of methamphetamine and 347 kilograms (765 pounds) of cocaine, which law enforcement seized. These drug loads had an estimated wholesale value of approximately $15 million to $17 million. 

After buying the bulk quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine in the USA, Mr Sidhu arranged for the narcotics' transportation into Canada via long-haul semi-trucks owned by Diversity Truck Lines and driven by students of the Singh School of Truck Driving, for further distribution. 

Mr Sidhu provided telephone numbers and serial numbers of banknotes for couriers to use as a "token" for identification purposes during the delivery and transportation of the cocaine and methamphetamine. He and his co-conspirators then retrieved the cocaine and methamphetamine from locations within Canada, not 100 miles from Brampton ON and Surrey BC for further distribution. 

Guramrit Singh Sidhu is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in this matter. Several other Sikhs have pled guilty to criminal charges and have been sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from 27 months to 108 months. 

US District Judge John A. Kronstadt scheduled a sentencing hearing for July 9th. At that time, Mr Sidhu would face a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment. After he's done his time, he is likely to be deported, but whether he goes to India or Canada remains to be seen. Each of those countries wants him deported to the other. 

Note from Ed.: Some of the information above has gleaned from sources other than the United States Attorney's office, and may not be totally accurate. The video is worth having a look at. Despite the apprehension and sentencing of Mr Sidhu and his co-religionists, the activites you see in the video are still going on... every day... all across the World's Longest Undefended Border(TM).

Stupid Iranian mullahs don't know when they're beaten

I saw this today on Breitbart News.

Here, unedited, are the first two paragraphs of the BN article.

President Donald Trump is “prepared to unleash hell” if Iran refuses to “come to a deal,” the White House warned Wednesday, cautioning that the regime “should not miscalculate again” after suffering devastating battlefield losses, as U.S. forces — including Marines and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division — deploy to the Middle East to support combat operations against Iran.

Speaking at a White House briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president remains willing to listen as talks with Tehran continue, but stressed the regime is now being given a final opportunity to accept the reality of its battlefield defeat and come to terms.

Let me see if I've got this straight. President Trump, who not long ago said the American-Israeli war on Iran would be over when he "feels" that it's over, now has that feeling. He's saying the good guys (that's us!) have won. Right? So he's declaring victory (see WWW 23/3/26) and we can get back to Making America Great Again! Right?

Forgive me, but I don't hear anyone else saying it's all over. The mad mullahs of Tehran certainly aren't saying so, and keep lobbing missiles into Israel and other neighbouring countries. The Israelis aren't sayinig so and are pushing an actual boot-on-the-ground invasion of Lebanon. America's allies (read: fairweather friends) aren't saying so. 

There seems to be some cognitive dissonance here. The mullahs don't get that they've lost, and, may the Donald forgive me, I don't see that we've won. That's why I haven't said anything much for the last few days. I'm waiting for something conclusive to conclude the conclusion of an ill-advised war. Dear reader, if you hear any such thing, please let me know!