Thursday, October 31, 2019
Québec to require immigrant wannabes to pass values test
The government of the Canadian province of Québec announced yesterday that it will require immigrants seeking permanent residency to pass a values test to ensure they understand and respect its new secularism law, the provincial government said on Wednesday.
The measure is being implemented by the Coalition d'avenir Québec (CAQ) government of Premier François Legault as part of the plan to make the province totally secular, as promised during last fall's election campaign, in which the CAQ won a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The CAQ -- a nationalist, centre-right party -- ran on a platform which included cutting immigration to the predominantly French-speaking province, in order to protect its distinct identity within the Great No-longer-white North.
The new government was quick to pass Bill C-21, a law banning public employees in positions of authority wearing religious symbols such as Muslim hijabs and Jewish kippahs to work. The values test is intended to make sure that potential immigrants understand that law and its implications, M Legault told reporters on Wednesday. "I think it's important in Québec", he said, "because we are a nation, we are a distinct society, we have our values, we have our charter."
Bill C-21 has been roundly condemned by left-wing human rights activists, both internationally and in the rest of Canaada as infringing on "minority rights", especially the rights of the, errr, Muslim minority. A recent poll showed that over 70% of Québéclois support the law, but what the majority thinks is, of course, irrelevant. During this month's federal election campaign, the leaders of all the federal parties except the Bloc Québécois (the federal version of the provincial Parti Québécois) and Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada spoke out against C-21. Strangely, though, none of them went so far as to show support for a court challenge against the law. Mr Socks, however, said he'd think about it.
Premier Legault described the test as similar to one that exists at the federal level, where individuals applying for Canadian citizenship must pass a test on Canada's history and laws, among other topics. An individual must score at least 75% to pass the new Québec test that covers "democratic values and the Québec values expressed by the (Québec) Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms," the government's official publication said. The test will apply only to economic immigrants and their families, not "refugees". So if you cross the open border with the USA illegally, you can keep your hijab or turban on.
Footnote: The green, white and red flag seen in the picture above is not one of the many Arab flags using those colours in a pattern of horizontal bars. It is le Drapeau des Patriotes (avec Le Vieux de '37). I leave it to interested readers to find out what the flag symbolizes. Any resemblance to the Confederate Battle Flag is purely coincidental.
The measure is being implemented by the Coalition d'avenir Québec (CAQ) government of Premier François Legault as part of the plan to make the province totally secular, as promised during last fall's election campaign, in which the CAQ won a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The CAQ -- a nationalist, centre-right party -- ran on a platform which included cutting immigration to the predominantly French-speaking province, in order to protect its distinct identity within the Great No-longer-white North.
The new government was quick to pass Bill C-21, a law banning public employees in positions of authority wearing religious symbols such as Muslim hijabs and Jewish kippahs to work. The values test is intended to make sure that potential immigrants understand that law and its implications, M Legault told reporters on Wednesday. "I think it's important in Québec", he said, "because we are a nation, we are a distinct society, we have our values, we have our charter."
Bill C-21 has been roundly condemned by left-wing human rights activists, both internationally and in the rest of Canaada as infringing on "minority rights", especially the rights of the, errr, Muslim minority. A recent poll showed that over 70% of Québéclois support the law, but what the majority thinks is, of course, irrelevant. During this month's federal election campaign, the leaders of all the federal parties except the Bloc Québécois (the federal version of the provincial Parti Québécois) and Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada spoke out against C-21. Strangely, though, none of them went so far as to show support for a court challenge against the law. Mr Socks, however, said he'd think about it.
Premier Legault described the test as similar to one that exists at the federal level, where individuals applying for Canadian citizenship must pass a test on Canada's history and laws, among other topics. An individual must score at least 75% to pass the new Québec test that covers "democratic values and the Québec values expressed by the (Québec) Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms," the government's official publication said. The test will apply only to economic immigrants and their families, not "refugees". So if you cross the open border with the USA illegally, you can keep your hijab or turban on.
Footnote: The green, white and red flag seen in the picture above is not one of the many Arab flags using those colours in a pattern of horizontal bars. It is le Drapeau des Patriotes (avec Le Vieux de '37). I leave it to interested readers to find out what the flag symbolizes. Any resemblance to the Confederate Battle Flag is purely coincidental.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Wot? Brexit ain't done yet? Walt explicates the muddification
The story so far... Way back in June 2016, the people of the so-called United Kingdom got a rare chance to vote on an issue, as opposed to for or against a political party. After years of dithering, the Conservative government of the day, led by the Rt. Hon. David Cameron, called a referendum on whether or not the country should remain in the European Union. This was the result.
Instead of "country", let's say countries. London, the capital region (and (((international banking))) centre) voted to stay in the EU. So did Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The rest of England and Wales voted to take back control of Britain's affairs (particularly her borders) from the globalist Euro-weenies. Since there were more non-London English voters than all the others combined, the overall result was nearly 52% in favour of what became known as Brexit.
The first lesson the British people learned -- should have known already -- is that the people don't actually rule or govern anything. The ruling is done by governments, not the people wot put them there. So it fell to the government of Theresa May (who succeeded Mr Cameron, who had unwisely campaigned on the "remain" side) to make a deal with the other 27 (or so) members of the EU to put the borders back in place and disentangle the great ball of red tape devised by the Brussels sprouts.
A coalition of one-worlders, loony lefties and minor parties clamoured for a do-over of the referendum, and generally obstructed Ms May's efforts, so she called a snap general election in June 2017. It resulted in a Conservative minority government supported by the Ulster Protestant baskets who call themselves the Democratic Unionist Party.
Subsequent UK–EU withdrawal negotiations resulted in a withdrawal agreement in November 2018, but the UK parliament voted against ratifying it three (count `em, three) times. The Labour Party wanted any agreement to maintain a customs union, while many Conservatives opposed the agreement's financial settlement on the UK's share of EU financial obligations, as well as the "Irish backstop" designed to prevent border controls between Ulster and the Republic of Ireland.
Ed. here. I don't understand that last bit. You mean the Protestant Ulstermen refuse to be part of Catholic Ireland, but they don't want a hard border between the two parts of the island? Exactly.
In March 2019, the UK parliament voted for May to ask the EU to delay Brexit until October 31st, so a better deal could be sought. Having failed to pass her agreement, Ms May resigned as prime minister in July and was succeeded by the Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson. He sought to replace parts of the agreement and vowed to leave the EU by the new deadline, with or without an agreement. On October 17th, his government and the EU agreed on a revised withdrawal plan, with provisions for a special status for Northern Ireland. The British parliament approved the new agreement, but rejected plans to pass it into law before the Hallowe'en deadline, and forcing Mr Johnson's government to ask for a third Brexit delay, to 31 January 2019.
So everything's fine now, right? Ed. Errr, no. Having suffered a couple of defections along the way, Mr Johnson heads a minority government, dependent on the support of the DUP. With no guarantee that the enabling legislation will be passed by March 31st... or ever... Mr Johnson wanted an election to put an end to the uncertainty, one way or the other. The head of the Labour Party, Jeremy Lenin [Corby, shurely. Ed.] refused, but on Tuesday did a flip-flop and directed his members to join the Tories in approving an early election to break the deadlock. Brits will go to the polls on December 12th. Merry Christmas! [Happy Holidays!, shurely. Ed.]
Brexit has turned into a tussle for the soul of the country, and will be the main issue on which weary voters will have to decide. Mr Johnson's Conservatives tout his deal with the EU and claim they can get Brexit done at last, while Comrade Corbyn's Labourites are promising to negotiate a "softer" Brexit, following which they will give the British public the final say by... wait for it... holding a second referendum!
Will this vote break the Brexit deadlock? Who knows? [Certainly not you! Ed.] The rise of smaller parties means the possibility of a hung parliament is greater now than in previous decades. If the December election fails to deliver a party with an overall majority, Brexit could go in a number of different directions. A hung parliament with a minority Conservative government would likely mean more of the same paralysis that has dogged British politics for the past year. If Labour emerges as the largest party, that makes a second Brexit referendum more likely, given that's also the ambition of the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party.
And even if the Conservatives won a majority on the back of their promise to "get Brexit done," the saga won't be over. Mr Johnson would be able to get his deal through Parliament by the next deadline, but that's only the start. Months of negotiations with the EU about a future trading partnership would certainly follow, and the risk of a no-deal Brexit could return all over again if a trade deal isn't concluded by the end of the Brexit transition period in 2020. So while this vote will likely set a new Brexit course for Britain, it would be naive to think the issue will be off the agenda by the beginning of 2020. We wish all our British readers a Happy New Year!
The rest of England and Wales voted to take back control of Britain's affairs (particularly her borders) from the globalist Euro-weenies. Since there were more non-London English voters than all the others combined, the overall result was nearly 52% in favour of what became known as Brexit.
The first lesson the British people learned -- should have known already -- is that the people don't actually rule or govern anything. The ruling is done by governments, not the people wot put them there. So it fell to the government of Theresa May (who succeeded Mr Cameron, who had unwisely campaigned on the "remain" side) to make a deal with the other 27 (or so) members of the EU to put the borders back in place and disentangle the great ball of red tape devised by the Brussels sprouts.
A coalition of one-worlders, loony lefties and minor parties clamoured for a do-over of the referendum, and generally obstructed Ms May's efforts, so she called a snap general election in June 2017. It resulted in a Conservative minority government supported by the Ulster Protestant baskets who call themselves the Democratic Unionist Party.
Subsequent UK–EU withdrawal negotiations resulted in a withdrawal agreement in November 2018, but the UK parliament voted against ratifying it three (count `em, three) times. The Labour Party wanted any agreement to maintain a customs union, while many Conservatives opposed the agreement's financial settlement on the UK's share of EU financial obligations, as well as the "Irish backstop" designed to prevent border controls between Ulster and the Republic of Ireland.
Ed. here. I don't understand that last bit. You mean the Protestant Ulstermen refuse to be part of Catholic Ireland, but they don't want a hard border between the two parts of the island? Exactly.
In March 2019, the UK parliament voted for May to ask the EU to delay Brexit until October 31st, so a better deal could be sought. Having failed to pass her agreement, Ms May resigned as prime minister in July and was succeeded by the Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson. He sought to replace parts of the agreement and vowed to leave the EU by the new deadline, with or without an agreement. On October 17th, his government and the EU agreed on a revised withdrawal plan, with provisions for a special status for Northern Ireland. The British parliament approved the new agreement, but rejected plans to pass it into law before the Hallowe'en deadline, and forcing Mr Johnson's government to ask for a third Brexit delay, to 31 January 2019.
So everything's fine now, right? Ed. Errr, no. Having suffered a couple of defections along the way, Mr Johnson heads a minority government, dependent on the support of the DUP. With no guarantee that the enabling legislation will be passed by March 31st... or ever... Mr Johnson wanted an election to put an end to the uncertainty, one way or the other. The head of the Labour Party, Jeremy Lenin [Corby, shurely. Ed.] refused, but on Tuesday did a flip-flop and directed his members to join the Tories in approving an early election to break the deadlock. Brits will go to the polls on December 12th. Merry Christmas! [Happy Holidays!, shurely. Ed.]
Brexit has turned into a tussle for the soul of the country, and will be the main issue on which weary voters will have to decide. Mr Johnson's Conservatives tout his deal with the EU and claim they can get Brexit done at last, while Comrade Corbyn's Labourites are promising to negotiate a "softer" Brexit, following which they will give the British public the final say by... wait for it... holding a second referendum!Will this vote break the Brexit deadlock? Who knows? [Certainly not you! Ed.] The rise of smaller parties means the possibility of a hung parliament is greater now than in previous decades. If the December election fails to deliver a party with an overall majority, Brexit could go in a number of different directions. A hung parliament with a minority Conservative government would likely mean more of the same paralysis that has dogged British politics for the past year. If Labour emerges as the largest party, that makes a second Brexit referendum more likely, given that's also the ambition of the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party.
And even if the Conservatives won a majority on the back of their promise to "get Brexit done," the saga won't be over. Mr Johnson would be able to get his deal through Parliament by the next deadline, but that's only the start. Months of negotiations with the EU about a future trading partnership would certainly follow, and the risk of a no-deal Brexit could return all over again if a trade deal isn't concluded by the end of the Brexit transition period in 2020. So while this vote will likely set a new Brexit course for Britain, it would be naive to think the issue will be off the agenda by the beginning of 2020. We wish all our British readers a Happy New Year!
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Latest dope on the Democrats impeachment inquiry
You're forgiven for wondering if this post is going to be about Adam Schiffty. But he's not the latest dope. Anyway, there's another meaning to the word. "Dope" can mean "information" or, possibly, "news". Since "Media impeachment frenzy continues, Walt waits for real news" (WWW 3/10/19), I haven't written much about the Democrats' impeachment inquiry -- there's no point pretending that this is a bipartisan exercise -- because, frankly, there's not a lot going on, and what there is is pretty thin gruel.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence [sic] Chairman Adam Schiff have been handing out subpoenas [subpoenae? Ed.] like cookies. Some White House staffers, past and present, have refused to appear. Those who have obeyed the subpoena have had no direct knowledge of what was said in the now infamous telephone call between Still-President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. Their testimony amounts to "My second cousin has a friend who knows somebody in the White House who hinted off the record that..."
That is set to change today when Alexander Vindman, a US Army lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq and, later, as a diplomat, will testify. According to AP, Lt-Col. Vindman will say that he raised concerns, twice, over the Trump administration's push to have the Ukrainian government investigate Old Joe Biden and his sprog Hunter, and the Democrats in general.
What makes Lt-Col. Vindman's testimony potentially more telling is that he will say that he actually listened to President Trump's July 25th telephone conversation with President Zelensky and reported his concerns to the lead counsel of the National Security Council. AP quotes from a copy of his prepared testimony: "I was concerned by the call. I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a US citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the US government's support of Ukraine."
Apparently Lt-Col. Vindman was "concerned" even before he listened in to the inter-presidential phone call. He took Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union, to task follwing a July 10th meeting -- note the date -- in which Ambassador Sondland stressed the importance of having Ukraine investigate the 2016 election as well as Burisma, a company linked to the Biden family. Again according to AP, Lt-Col. Vindman told Ambassador Sondland that "his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate Biden and his son had nothing to do with national security, and that such investigations were not something the NSC was going to get involved in or push."
So. No pro-Biden or anti-Trump bias there. Nevertheless, the Dumbocrats and the (((controlled media))) are portraying Lt-Col. Vindman as a key witness. However close to the events he may have been, Lt-Col. Vindman is expected to testify that he is not the whistleblower, the still unnamed government official who filed the initial complaint over the telephone conversation that sparked the House impeachment inquiry. Who is the whistleblower? Lt-Col. Vindman will say he doesn't have a clue.
Meanwhile, under pressure to move beyond the first small step towards impeachment (see "How the impeachment process is supposed to work", WWW 24/9/19), Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that the House will vote on Thursday on a resolution to affirm the impeachment investigation, set rules for public hearings and outline the potential process for writing articles of impeachment. The vote is potentially much more interesting than Lt-Col. Vindman's testimony, because for the first time Congresspersons will have to go on the record as to whether they are in favour of impeaching Still-President Trump. I'll be watching to see which Republicans are "for", and which Democrats are "against". Stay tuned.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence [sic] Chairman Adam Schiff have been handing out subpoenas [subpoenae? Ed.] like cookies. Some White House staffers, past and present, have refused to appear. Those who have obeyed the subpoena have had no direct knowledge of what was said in the now infamous telephone call between Still-President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. Their testimony amounts to "My second cousin has a friend who knows somebody in the White House who hinted off the record that..."
That is set to change today when Alexander Vindman, a US Army lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq and, later, as a diplomat, will testify. According to AP, Lt-Col. Vindman will say that he raised concerns, twice, over the Trump administration's push to have the Ukrainian government investigate Old Joe Biden and his sprog Hunter, and the Democrats in general.
What makes Lt-Col. Vindman's testimony potentially more telling is that he will say that he actually listened to President Trump's July 25th telephone conversation with President Zelensky and reported his concerns to the lead counsel of the National Security Council. AP quotes from a copy of his prepared testimony: "I was concerned by the call. I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a US citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the US government's support of Ukraine."
Apparently Lt-Col. Vindman was "concerned" even before he listened in to the inter-presidential phone call. He took Gordon Sondland, the US Ambassador to the European Union, to task follwing a July 10th meeting -- note the date -- in which Ambassador Sondland stressed the importance of having Ukraine investigate the 2016 election as well as Burisma, a company linked to the Biden family. Again according to AP, Lt-Col. Vindman told Ambassador Sondland that "his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate Biden and his son had nothing to do with national security, and that such investigations were not something the NSC was going to get involved in or push."
So. No pro-Biden or anti-Trump bias there. Nevertheless, the Dumbocrats and the (((controlled media))) are portraying Lt-Col. Vindman as a key witness. However close to the events he may have been, Lt-Col. Vindman is expected to testify that he is not the whistleblower, the still unnamed government official who filed the initial complaint over the telephone conversation that sparked the House impeachment inquiry. Who is the whistleblower? Lt-Col. Vindman will say he doesn't have a clue.
Meanwhile, under pressure to move beyond the first small step towards impeachment (see "How the impeachment process is supposed to work", WWW 24/9/19), Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that the House will vote on Thursday on a resolution to affirm the impeachment investigation, set rules for public hearings and outline the potential process for writing articles of impeachment. The vote is potentially much more interesting than Lt-Col. Vindman's testimony, because for the first time Congresspersons will have to go on the record as to whether they are in favour of impeaching Still-President Trump. I'll be watching to see which Republicans are "for", and which Democrats are "against". Stay tuned.
Monday, October 28, 2019
You are invited! Pontifical High Mass, Pittsburgh, All Saints Day
Our old friend Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant newspaper, also featured in "Vatican II a 'universal dumpster fire'" and many more videos posted here on WWW, has had a busy month. He's been in Rome, reporting daily on the just-concluded and just dreadful Shamazon Synod. Click here to view "AMAZON: Catholic World Rejects Globalist Synod", 25/10/19, in which he reveals who dumped Pachamama in the Tiber! Now he's back in the good ole Excited States of America and is busy getting ready for the Catholic Identity Conference to be held in Pittsburgh this weekend.
The conference will take an official and public stand against what's happening in Rome. Vaticanista, Diane Montagna, for example, who is enroute from Rome to Pittsburgh right now, will present the very latest on the Amazon Synod during her talk on Saturday afternoon. The CIC is sold out, but it will be available via On-Demand Video Subscription. Mr Matt (and Walt) urge you to support the CIC, by subscribing today.
But wait... there's more! The CIC's Opening Pontifical High Mass will be Celebrated by Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Feast of All Saints.
The organizers are hoping to pack out the Church of the Precious Blood of Jesus in Pittsburgh for the opening of the Conference. All are welcome! And you never know who (besides Mr Matt) you may meet there. Please spread the word!
The conference will take an official and public stand against what's happening in Rome. Vaticanista, Diane Montagna, for example, who is enroute from Rome to Pittsburgh right now, will present the very latest on the Amazon Synod during her talk on Saturday afternoon. The CIC is sold out, but it will be available via On-Demand Video Subscription. Mr Matt (and Walt) urge you to support the CIC, by subscribing today.
But wait... there's more! The CIC's Opening Pontifical High Mass will be Celebrated by Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Feast of All Saints.
The organizers are hoping to pack out the Church of the Precious Blood of Jesus in Pittsburgh for the opening of the Conference. All are welcome! And you never know who (besides Mr Matt) you may meet there. Please spread the word!
Al-Baghdadi: no longer wanted, much longer dead
So, farewell then, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. You were killed this weekend in a US special forces operation in the Syrian province of Idlib. Of you, President Trump said, "He was a sick and depraved man, and now he is gone.""Last night, the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice," said POTUS. "Al-Baghdadi is dead. He reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down." Mr Trump added. When he was cornered, al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest laden with explosives, killing himself and three of his children. These and other gruesome details of how the ISIS leader "died like a dog" were revealed by the President in a nearly 50-minute live press conference in which he described the operation and answered journalists' questions about the raid and his strategy in Syria.
US special forces raided the compound where al-Baghdadi was hiding (apparently being sheltered by al-Qaeda, sometime competitors of ISIS) under order to take the terrorist chief alive. To prevent being taken alive, al-Baghdadi blew himself into little terrorist bits. Some of the pieces were large enough to enable able identification by conducting an onsite DNA test. This was crucial given that al-Baghdadi had been declared dead several times in the past.
Although one of the dogs was hurt, there were no human American casualties during the operation. POTUS said US soldiers were able to capture critical material about Islamic State, including information about its origins and future plans. US intelligence knew about al-Baghdadi's whereabouts for a couple of weeks, he said. "He spent his last moments in utter fear, in panic and dread, terrified of American forces coming down on him."
The death of the ISIS "caliph" has been called a crippling blow to the once-influential Islamic terrorist group. And it is a clear and stunning victory for the American military and its Commander-in-Chief. And yet, predictably, the lefties and never-Trumpers are saying otherwise. The Dumbocrats are complaining that POTUS didn't notify them of the impending raid, and invite Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to join him in the White House to watch the event unfold.
The usual "experts" are being quoted by the lamestream media, predicting the death of the "austere religious scholar" (as WaPo called al-Baghdadi -- you couldn't make it up!) could unleash retaliatory attacks in both the Middle East and North America. Several Canadian "Middle East researchers" have said al-Baghdadi's death could prompt blowback from sleeper cell ISIS members hiding in other countries. "Every time that a terrorist group suffers an important defeat like this, whether it's the death of its leader or something else, you have to expect the possibility that this will motivate them for revenge," said Thomas Juneau, a Middle East "expert" at the University of Ottawa.
Personally, I'm not worried. The death of al-Baghdadi may not be the mortal blow that kills ISIS once and for all -- Islamic extremists will be amongst us and against us for a long time yet -- but it's a start. I'm happy to leave it to the Turks or the Kurds or the Russians or anyone else (even the Canucks) to carry on the fight against Islamic terrorism (a phrase strangely absent from most of the lamestream media reports) if they so choose. If they won't or can't contain and destroy ISIS, I'm confident America will do the job, when and if necessary.
Further reading: "Trump accused of 'war crimes' by liberal journos after his al-Baghdadi presser", Business & Politics, 27/10/19. I swear, if Trump walked on water, the lamestream media would say he couldn't swim!
Saturday, October 26, 2019
From the Onion: PLEASE JUST MAKE IT STOP!
Ed. here. Walt is still MIA, but sent a URL which led to the following short piece in The Onion, which I have edited to remove an egregious bit of blasphemy.
Claiming that they just couldn’t stand this bullshit anymore, Americans across the country confirmed Friday that someone, anyone needs to please, just make it stop. “Please, please, please, we’re begging you here, just put an end to it immediately,” said sources, noting that it had all gone way, way too far and they would do almost anything for even a few glorious minutes of respite. “We’re on our hands and knees, pleading with you to make it all go away once and for all. What’s it going to take? Just stop it! Stop it right now!” At press time, sources confirmed that they knew deep down it was never going to stop.
Claiming that they just couldn’t stand this bullshit anymore, Americans across the country confirmed Friday that someone, anyone needs to please, just make it stop. “Please, please, please, we’re begging you here, just put an end to it immediately,” said sources, noting that it had all gone way, way too far and they would do almost anything for even a few glorious minutes of respite. “We’re on our hands and knees, pleading with you to make it all go away once and for all. What’s it going to take? Just stop it! Stop it right now!” At press time, sources confirmed that they knew deep down it was never going to stop.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
VIDEO: The world needs a Marian "Blue Wave"
This past October 13th was the 102nd anniversary of the final Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima. In a two-minute video published two days earlier, Very Rev. Joseph Strickland, Bishop of Tyler TX, issued a call to participate in what he calls a "Marian blue wave". Bishop Strickland describes this as "a refocus on the beautiful gift of the Rosary, and the call to prayer that the Blessed Virgin Mary has given us so many times."
"The Rosary is a rather simple prayer," said the prelate, "repeating a basic message of devotion to our Lord Jesus Christ, seeking the will of the Father, and asking Mary to intercede for us, the people of God.... We pray for the sanctity of life, from conception to natural death, and we pray for healing in the world and the Church at this time."
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
"The Rosary is a rather simple prayer," said the prelate, "repeating a basic message of devotion to our Lord Jesus Christ, seeking the will of the Father, and asking Mary to intercede for us, the people of God.... We pray for the sanctity of life, from conception to natural death, and we pray for healing in the world and the Church at this time."
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
VIDEO: New(ish) tune from Tuba Skinny
Ed. here... again. I've received a quasi-urgent message from Agent 78 saying that Walt said, at around dawn on Tuesday, that he was going out for a walk and might be awhile. He hasn't been seen since.
While we wait for him to emerge from the woods, here's "Cushion Foot Stomp", performed by the great Tuba Skinny Jazz Band, at Philthydelphia on August 30th. Enjoy.
Footnote: Shaye Cohn shows a lot of leg in this one. But what's really admirable is her talent!
While we wait for him to emerge from the woods, here's "Cushion Foot Stomp", performed by the great Tuba Skinny Jazz Band, at Philthydelphia on August 30th. Enjoy.
Footnote: Shaye Cohn shows a lot of leg in this one. But what's really admirable is her talent!
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Canadian election: Curses! Fooled again!
Ed. here. I'm stitching together a bunch of text messages and e-mails received from Walt at the Canadian Affairs Desk, somewhere north of the World's Longets Open Border. Interspersed with requests for cash and substances were notes on yesterday's federal election in Canuckistan. The messages stopped coming around 0300 EDT, by which time the issue seemed pretty much decided.
Let me set the table (a new buzz-phrase) for readers outside the Great No-longer-white North. Canadians from sea to sea to sea (Canuck politicians' buzz-phrase) today [Monday. Ed.] to elect a new House of Commons and federal government. 338 ridings [electoral districts. Ed.] were up for grabs. Five parties fielded candidates in most of them. Here are pix and profiles of the leaders.
From left to right (in the picture, not politically) you see: Andrew Scheer (Cuckservative), Maxime Bernier (People's Party of Canada, endorsed by yr obdt servant), Jagmeet Singh (NDP = scary socialist party), Just In Trudeau (Gliberal) and Elizabeth May (Green Loony). Not pictured is Yves-François Blanchet, whose Bloc Québécois ran candidates only in Québec (duh!) but wound up with the third-highest number of seats in the new House.
In "What if no-one wins the Canadian election?" (WWW 19/10/19), Walt predicted a close race between Mr Sheer's Tories and Mr Socks Liberals, ending with neither party obtaining a majority of the seats, and possibly leading to a constitutional crisis as to who would have the right to form the government. (For details of how that works... or not... read the post.)
For the record, my prediction, written down in the records of Tony the Barber and other turf accountants was: Liberals 142, Conservatives 132, Bloc Québécois 35, NDP 20, Greens 6, PPC 1 (Max Bernier's own seat in Québec) and 2 Independents. The final standings [as of 0630 today. Ed.] were... drum roll please.........
Liberals 157, Conservatives 121, Bloc 32, NDP 24, Greens 3, Independent 1 and (sadly) PPC 0.
Yes, that means "Mad Max" lost his own seat, and the People's Party will have no representation in the House of Commons. Agent 78 says that's what happens when you tell the truth about what you will do (or not do) if elected. In M Bernier's case, the deal-breaker, in his own riding and throughout la Belle Province, as his proposal to scrap the supply management system for dairy products -- an arcane point for most Canadians but a very sore point for 1000s of QC farmers. Might want to have another think about that one, Max!
The result are, or should be a great disappointment for the Cuckservatives. The anti-Trudeau sentiment was so strong, in most of Canada outside the Toronto and Montreal conurbations [How long have you been waiting to use that word? Ed.] that it took real creative genius not to win. That genius is the Tories' leader, Andrew Scheer, a one-time insurance salesman from Saskatchewan with all the charisma of a bed of kelp. Mr Scheer and his advisors tried to position themselves as centrists, not true conservatives, and wound up looking like "almost-Liberals" or "liberal Republicans" or "progressive Conservatives", an oxymoronical phrase which was actually the party's previous name. "Red Tories" -- who could believe that?
In fact the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.5% to the Liberals' 33%. But, as Hellery Clinton will remember, winning the popular vote is not the same as winning the election. [Didn't she say last week that she could "win again" in 2020? Ed.] Canuckistan doesn't have an electoral college, but what counts is not the percentage of the popular vote but how the votes are distributed. The winner is the party that gets the most seats, not the most votes.
After a tight campaign that saw the two leading parties struggle to break out of the pack, the Liberals held on to just enough seats in Atlantic Canada, Québec and Ontario to secure a minority government. Conservative turnout and support was very high across the prairie provinces. In Alberta, they won almost 70% of the popular vote to 14% for the Liberals. In Saskatchewan, the Tories took 65% of the vote to the Liberals' 10%. But alas, those provinces, being sparsely populated, account for only a fraction of the seats allotted to the Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver conurbations. [That's enough conurbations. Ed.]
So it's a minority government for the Liberals then, with Justin Trudeau, the "preening fraud" (as Andrew Coyne called him in the National Post) remaining Prime Minister of Canuckistan for as long as he can avoid pissing off the NDP and the Bloc. Mr Socks had some help, by the way, in the final week of the campaign, when none other than the Prez tweeted his support for M Trudeau. The bromance continues...
but I do wonder what would happen if M Trudeau should, in the interest of better Canada-US relations, declare his support for Still-President Trump in about a year's time. Wouldn't that be, errr,foreign interference in the affairs of another country?
There's more, but I can't make sense of it... something about shorting the Canadian dollar. I thought beaverbucks were the same size as real money, only more colourful? Anyhoo, Walt will undoubtedly have more to say after he sleeps off his late night. Ed.
Further reading (added 23/10/19): "The preachy, gauzy, meaningless aphorisms don't suffice, Justin Trudeau", by Neil Macdonald, the CBC's token anti-Trudeau guy, 23/10/19.
Let me set the table (a new buzz-phrase) for readers outside the Great No-longer-white North. Canadians from sea to sea to sea (Canuck politicians' buzz-phrase) today [Monday. Ed.] to elect a new House of Commons and federal government. 338 ridings [electoral districts. Ed.] were up for grabs. Five parties fielded candidates in most of them. Here are pix and profiles of the leaders.
From left to right (in the picture, not politically) you see: Andrew Scheer (Cuckservative), Maxime Bernier (People's Party of Canada, endorsed by yr obdt servant), Jagmeet Singh (NDP = scary socialist party), Just In Trudeau (Gliberal) and Elizabeth May (Green Loony). Not pictured is Yves-François Blanchet, whose Bloc Québécois ran candidates only in Québec (duh!) but wound up with the third-highest number of seats in the new House.
In "What if no-one wins the Canadian election?" (WWW 19/10/19), Walt predicted a close race between Mr Sheer's Tories and Mr Socks Liberals, ending with neither party obtaining a majority of the seats, and possibly leading to a constitutional crisis as to who would have the right to form the government. (For details of how that works... or not... read the post.)
For the record, my prediction, written down in the records of Tony the Barber and other turf accountants was: Liberals 142, Conservatives 132, Bloc Québécois 35, NDP 20, Greens 6, PPC 1 (Max Bernier's own seat in Québec) and 2 Independents. The final standings [as of 0630 today. Ed.] were... drum roll please.........
Liberals 157, Conservatives 121, Bloc 32, NDP 24, Greens 3, Independent 1 and (sadly) PPC 0.
Yes, that means "Mad Max" lost his own seat, and the People's Party will have no representation in the House of Commons. Agent 78 says that's what happens when you tell the truth about what you will do (or not do) if elected. In M Bernier's case, the deal-breaker, in his own riding and throughout la Belle Province, as his proposal to scrap the supply management system for dairy products -- an arcane point for most Canadians but a very sore point for 1000s of QC farmers. Might want to have another think about that one, Max!
The result are, or should be a great disappointment for the Cuckservatives. The anti-Trudeau sentiment was so strong, in most of Canada outside the Toronto and Montreal conurbations [How long have you been waiting to use that word? Ed.] that it took real creative genius not to win. That genius is the Tories' leader, Andrew Scheer, a one-time insurance salesman from Saskatchewan with all the charisma of a bed of kelp. Mr Scheer and his advisors tried to position themselves as centrists, not true conservatives, and wound up looking like "almost-Liberals" or "liberal Republicans" or "progressive Conservatives", an oxymoronical phrase which was actually the party's previous name. "Red Tories" -- who could believe that?
In fact the Conservatives won the popular vote, with 34.5% to the Liberals' 33%. But, as Hellery Clinton will remember, winning the popular vote is not the same as winning the election. [Didn't she say last week that she could "win again" in 2020? Ed.] Canuckistan doesn't have an electoral college, but what counts is not the percentage of the popular vote but how the votes are distributed. The winner is the party that gets the most seats, not the most votes.
After a tight campaign that saw the two leading parties struggle to break out of the pack, the Liberals held on to just enough seats in Atlantic Canada, Québec and Ontario to secure a minority government. Conservative turnout and support was very high across the prairie provinces. In Alberta, they won almost 70% of the popular vote to 14% for the Liberals. In Saskatchewan, the Tories took 65% of the vote to the Liberals' 10%. But alas, those provinces, being sparsely populated, account for only a fraction of the seats allotted to the Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver conurbations. [That's enough conurbations. Ed.]
So it's a minority government for the Liberals then, with Justin Trudeau, the "preening fraud" (as Andrew Coyne called him in the National Post) remaining Prime Minister of Canuckistan for as long as he can avoid pissing off the NDP and the Bloc. Mr Socks had some help, by the way, in the final week of the campaign, when none other than the Prez tweeted his support for M Trudeau. The bromance continues...
but I do wonder what would happen if M Trudeau should, in the interest of better Canada-US relations, declare his support for Still-President Trump in about a year's time. Wouldn't that be, errr,foreign interference in the affairs of another country?
There's more, but I can't make sense of it... something about shorting the Canadian dollar. I thought beaverbucks were the same size as real money, only more colourful? Anyhoo, Walt will undoubtedly have more to say after he sleeps off his late night. Ed.
Further reading (added 23/10/19): "The preachy, gauzy, meaningless aphorisms don't suffice, Justin Trudeau", by Neil Macdonald, the CBC's token anti-Trudeau guy, 23/10/19.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Cuckservatives hired PR firm to "seek and destroy" People's Party
Canada's self-styled "national newspaper", the Globe and Mail, reported Friday that Mr Kinsella and his Daisy Group consulting firm worked on a secret campaign to "seek and destroy" the fledgling People's Party of Canada and keep its leader, Maxime Bernier, out of the national Leaders' debates. Internal Daisy Group records obtained by the Glob show a team of Daisy Group employees worked on a plan called "Project Cactus" that focused on portraying People's Party supporters as racist.
The records make several references to a "client" for the project, including sending a bill for payment, but the client's identity is not revealed in the documents. A source (unnamed by the Globe for reasons of condfidentiality) with direct knowledge of the project said the client listed in the documents is... wait for it... none other than the self-styled Conservative Party of Canada. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declined to answer numerous questions about the dirty tricks on Saturday, saying only, "As a rule, we never make comments on vendors that we may or may not have engaged with."
Meanwhile, M Bernier told a presser yesterday that he has filed a complaint with Elections Canada. "This is the kind of dirty politics that fuels Canadians' cynicism about politics," he said. True, but a fat lot of good this is going to do him, coming as it does, just two days before the polls are set to open.
Ed. here. Walt has decided that it's imperative he be in Canada for Monday's federal election. Later today he will be setting up our Canadian Affairs Desk (CAD) in Agent 78's family room. Cable and telephone lines are being run in. TVs have been rented. Computers have been hooked up. An expedition to the LCBO has been organized. Popcorn is being made. Walt will be back on Tuesday... or maybe Wednesday... DV.
The records make several references to a "client" for the project, including sending a bill for payment, but the client's identity is not revealed in the documents. A source (unnamed by the Globe for reasons of condfidentiality) with direct knowledge of the project said the client listed in the documents is... wait for it... none other than the self-styled Conservative Party of Canada. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declined to answer numerous questions about the dirty tricks on Saturday, saying only, "As a rule, we never make comments on vendors that we may or may not have engaged with."
Meanwhile, M Bernier told a presser yesterday that he has filed a complaint with Elections Canada. "This is the kind of dirty politics that fuels Canadians' cynicism about politics," he said. True, but a fat lot of good this is going to do him, coming as it does, just two days before the polls are set to open.
Ed. here. Walt has decided that it's imperative he be in Canada for Monday's federal election. Later today he will be setting up our Canadian Affairs Desk (CAD) in Agent 78's family room. Cable and telephone lines are being run in. TVs have been rented. Computers have been hooked up. An expedition to the LCBO has been organized. Popcorn is being made. Walt will be back on Tuesday... or maybe Wednesday... DV.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
5 stages of denial (Biden model)
I saw this somewhere a couple of days ago and saved it. Now I can't remember where it came from. Hey, I'm old.
What if no-one wins the Canadian election?
Suppose a country holds an election and no-one wins. What happens then? Because of the nature of the parliamentary democracy which it inherited from Britain, Canada may, this coming Monday, become a case in point.
Public opinion polls (which Americans know are always reliable) show Justin Trudeau's Gliberals in a virtual dead heat with Andrew Scheer's Cuckservatives, each with just under 32% support. In Canada, as in the USA, having more votes than the other guy doesn't guarantee that you'll become head of state. What counts is how many seats your party wins in the 338-seat House of Commons.
If the polls are accurate [as they always are in the USA. Ed.], neither of the two main parties can hope for a majority. Today's morning line has the Liberals emerging with 4 to 8 more seats than the Tories. But suppose it's the other way `round. Will Mr Socks resign and hand the reins of power over to Mr Bland? Time for The King-Byng Thing, a lesson in Canadian history and constitutional law from Agent 3.
The man on the left was a King. The man on the right was a Lord.
Julian Hedworth George Byng came from a noble English family, and commanded the Canadian Corps of the British Army at Vimy Ridge, in World War I. The Canucks won the battle but Byng won the honours, becoming the 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. In 1921 he was sent to Canada to become the country's Governor-General, the representative of King George V.
William Lyon Mackenzie King (not "king" as in sovereign) was Prime Minister of Canada for most of the period from 1921 to 1948. He lost his grip on power, though, in a general election in the fall of 1925. Then, as may be the case now, no party got a majority of the seats in the House of Commons. Mr King's Liberals came second, a few seats behind the Conservatives. But (and this is where the constitutional point comes in), Mr King was the incumbent Prime Minister, and as such felt he had the right to meet the House and seek its confidence.
Lord Byng thought the Conservatives should have been called on to form the government, since they had more seats, but acceded to Mr King's request on condition that if the Liberals lost the vote of confidence, Mr King would not seek a dissolution of Parliament and a new election. Sure enough, the government fell and "Mackenzie King" went back to Lord Byng to ask that the election writ be dropped. Lord Byng refused and, in 1926, called on the Conservatives to form a government. They did, and almost immediately lost the next vote of confidence. Whereupon a new election was called, which the King Liberals won.
Lord Byne was duly recalled and a new Governor-General placed on the vice-regal throne. Upon returning to power, Mr King's government sought at an imperial conference to redefine the role of the Governor-General as a personal representative of the sovereign in his Canadian council and not of the British government (the king in his British council). The change was agreed to at the Imperial Conference of 1926 and came to be official as a result of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and Statute of Westminster 1931.
It is therefore settled that the Governor-General of Canada may not refuse a request of the Prime Minister. The last time that possibility was raised, when Prime Minister Harper sought to prorogue Parliament to avoid a vote of confidence, Mr Harpoon threatened to go directly to the Queen to get what he wanted. It wasn't necessary, as the G-G caved.
What that means for Canadians is that even if, on Monday, Just In Trudeau's Liberals elect fewer Members of Parliament than Andrew Scheer's Conservatives, M Trudeau can make a good case for remaining in office. He could meet the House and, with the support of the socialist NDP and/or the separatist Bloc Québécois, could continue his misrule until such time as enough MPs desert him.
It is true, as Mr Scheer says, that no Prime Minister has done that in modern times. The convention for the last half-century or so is that a Prime Minister whose party finishes with fewer seats than another party should resign, and that the Governor-General should then call on the leader of that other party to form the government. It doesn't matter that the other party didn't get a majority of the seats. A plurality would do. So it will be up to M Trudeau, if he loses, to the right thing. But will he? Stay tuned.
Public opinion polls (which Americans know are always reliable) show Justin Trudeau's Gliberals in a virtual dead heat with Andrew Scheer's Cuckservatives, each with just under 32% support. In Canada, as in the USA, having more votes than the other guy doesn't guarantee that you'll become head of state. What counts is how many seats your party wins in the 338-seat House of Commons.
If the polls are accurate [as they always are in the USA. Ed.], neither of the two main parties can hope for a majority. Today's morning line has the Liberals emerging with 4 to 8 more seats than the Tories. But suppose it's the other way `round. Will Mr Socks resign and hand the reins of power over to Mr Bland? Time for The King-Byng Thing, a lesson in Canadian history and constitutional law from Agent 3.
The man on the left was a King. The man on the right was a Lord. Julian Hedworth George Byng came from a noble English family, and commanded the Canadian Corps of the British Army at Vimy Ridge, in World War I. The Canucks won the battle but Byng won the honours, becoming the 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. In 1921 he was sent to Canada to become the country's Governor-General, the representative of King George V.
William Lyon Mackenzie King (not "king" as in sovereign) was Prime Minister of Canada for most of the period from 1921 to 1948. He lost his grip on power, though, in a general election in the fall of 1925. Then, as may be the case now, no party got a majority of the seats in the House of Commons. Mr King's Liberals came second, a few seats behind the Conservatives. But (and this is where the constitutional point comes in), Mr King was the incumbent Prime Minister, and as such felt he had the right to meet the House and seek its confidence.
Lord Byng thought the Conservatives should have been called on to form the government, since they had more seats, but acceded to Mr King's request on condition that if the Liberals lost the vote of confidence, Mr King would not seek a dissolution of Parliament and a new election. Sure enough, the government fell and "Mackenzie King" went back to Lord Byng to ask that the election writ be dropped. Lord Byng refused and, in 1926, called on the Conservatives to form a government. They did, and almost immediately lost the next vote of confidence. Whereupon a new election was called, which the King Liberals won.
Lord Byne was duly recalled and a new Governor-General placed on the vice-regal throne. Upon returning to power, Mr King's government sought at an imperial conference to redefine the role of the Governor-General as a personal representative of the sovereign in his Canadian council and not of the British government (the king in his British council). The change was agreed to at the Imperial Conference of 1926 and came to be official as a result of the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and Statute of Westminster 1931.
It is therefore settled that the Governor-General of Canada may not refuse a request of the Prime Minister. The last time that possibility was raised, when Prime Minister Harper sought to prorogue Parliament to avoid a vote of confidence, Mr Harpoon threatened to go directly to the Queen to get what he wanted. It wasn't necessary, as the G-G caved.
What that means for Canadians is that even if, on Monday, Just In Trudeau's Liberals elect fewer Members of Parliament than Andrew Scheer's Conservatives, M Trudeau can make a good case for remaining in office. He could meet the House and, with the support of the socialist NDP and/or the separatist Bloc Québécois, could continue his misrule until such time as enough MPs desert him.
It is true, as Mr Scheer says, that no Prime Minister has done that in modern times. The convention for the last half-century or so is that a Prime Minister whose party finishes with fewer seats than another party should resign, and that the Governor-General should then call on the leader of that other party to form the government. It doesn't matter that the other party didn't get a majority of the seats. A plurality would do. So it will be up to M Trudeau, if he loses, to the right thing. But will he? Stay tuned.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Less than 2% of illegal border cross deported from Canuckistan
Since Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Dressup, issued his famous Tweet -- "Everyone fleeing Trump's Amerika is welcome to Canada" -- in 2017, over 45,000 "asylum-seekers" have jumped across the US-Canada border, mostly at Roxham Road, near the small Québec town of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle. In this picture, members of Canada's famous Mounted Police are shown carrying their bags and pointing them towards the nearest welfare office.
Most of the border jumpers are black. Many are Muslim. Many came from shitholes like Haiti and Nigeria to the USA on visitor visas for the express purpose of going to Canada where they would be welcomed by the Liberals, always on the lookout for new Liberal voters. M Trudeau and his minions call them "irregular border crossers", not "illegal immigrants".
At least three cabinet ministers -- The Hon. Ralph Goodale (Public Security), the Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Refugees and Immigration, and a "refugee" himself) and the Hon. Bill Blair (former Toronto police chief, now Minister of Fart-catching) -- keep assuring Canadians that there's no crisis at the border. Don't worry, they say, all of these people will be screened and vetted and "processed", and those found to be security risks or otherwise inadmissible will be deported.
That's the theory. The reality, as reported by Canadian Press today, is that only a small fraction of the bogus refugee claimants have so far been deported. Statistics obtained by CP from the Canada Border Services Agency show that as of 27 September, 843 people had been physically removed from Canada. Do the math. That's less than 2%. A further 671 people were awaiting removals after exhausting all their options to stay in the Great No-longer-white North.
1000s more are at various stages in the "process". Canada's understaffed Immigration and Refugee Board is backed up worse than someone on an all-cheese diet, and fewer than half of the asylum claims have been heard. If the IRB disallows claims, the "irregulars" have the right of appeal. So far, 85% of those who've lost their initial bids for asylum have contested the decisions before the IRB's appeal division, with the assistance of lawyers paid by Canuck taxpayers.
That means deportation proceedings for 6600 or more illegal border crossesrs have been put on hold. While the hearings and appeals drag on, the "asylum-seekers" are fed and housed, sometimes in big-city hotels, again courtesy of the generous (and stupid) Canadian taxpayer.
I say "stupid" because millions of Canadians will vote, next Monday, for politicians and parties who propose to do exactly nothing to close the Canada-US border. "Canadians welcome all newcomers, no matter how they get here. The system works. Don't listen to the racist anti-immigrant party." That's the message not just from the Trudeau Liberals, but also from Andrew Scheer's Cuckservatives, the Sikh-led NDP, and the loony left Green Party.
The only party proposing anything different is Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada. The PPC platform calls for an end to Liberal "all welcome" mass immigration, with the emphasis to be shifted to economic migrants who are capable of integrating into and making a positive contribution to Canadian society. That means no more (or at least fewer) "refugees".
M Bernier goes further, promising that he will close the border at Roxham Road and other weak points by building a fence. Check out the video in "Latest interview with Max Bernier: border fences, supply management and the Indian Act", WWW 26/9/19.
Dear Canadian friends, if you're tired of paying the bills for tens of 1000s of unqualified and unwelcome "refugees", tired of having your immigration system [Is dis a system? Ed.] gamed by welfare-shoppers, and you want to pull in the welcome mat, you know what to do on Monday. Vote PPC!
Further reading: "Canada's border agency 'cancels' arrest warrants for people it wants to deport but cannot find", Global News, 18/10/19. Includes video.
Disclaimer: We have received no consideration of any kind from anyone for posting this message. Just presenting the facts which even the Canadian government can't hide.
Most of the border jumpers are black. Many are Muslim. Many came from shitholes like Haiti and Nigeria to the USA on visitor visas for the express purpose of going to Canada where they would be welcomed by the Liberals, always on the lookout for new Liberal voters. M Trudeau and his minions call them "irregular border crossers", not "illegal immigrants".
At least three cabinet ministers -- The Hon. Ralph Goodale (Public Security), the Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Refugees and Immigration, and a "refugee" himself) and the Hon. Bill Blair (former Toronto police chief, now Minister of Fart-catching) -- keep assuring Canadians that there's no crisis at the border. Don't worry, they say, all of these people will be screened and vetted and "processed", and those found to be security risks or otherwise inadmissible will be deported.
That's the theory. The reality, as reported by Canadian Press today, is that only a small fraction of the bogus refugee claimants have so far been deported. Statistics obtained by CP from the Canada Border Services Agency show that as of 27 September, 843 people had been physically removed from Canada. Do the math. That's less than 2%. A further 671 people were awaiting removals after exhausting all their options to stay in the Great No-longer-white North.
1000s more are at various stages in the "process". Canada's understaffed Immigration and Refugee Board is backed up worse than someone on an all-cheese diet, and fewer than half of the asylum claims have been heard. If the IRB disallows claims, the "irregulars" have the right of appeal. So far, 85% of those who've lost their initial bids for asylum have contested the decisions before the IRB's appeal division, with the assistance of lawyers paid by Canuck taxpayers.
That means deportation proceedings for 6600 or more illegal border crossesrs have been put on hold. While the hearings and appeals drag on, the "asylum-seekers" are fed and housed, sometimes in big-city hotels, again courtesy of the generous (and stupid) Canadian taxpayer.
I say "stupid" because millions of Canadians will vote, next Monday, for politicians and parties who propose to do exactly nothing to close the Canada-US border. "Canadians welcome all newcomers, no matter how they get here. The system works. Don't listen to the racist anti-immigrant party." That's the message not just from the Trudeau Liberals, but also from Andrew Scheer's Cuckservatives, the Sikh-led NDP, and the loony left Green Party.
The only party proposing anything different is Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada. The PPC platform calls for an end to Liberal "all welcome" mass immigration, with the emphasis to be shifted to economic migrants who are capable of integrating into and making a positive contribution to Canadian society. That means no more (or at least fewer) "refugees".
M Bernier goes further, promising that he will close the border at Roxham Road and other weak points by building a fence. Check out the video in "Latest interview with Max Bernier: border fences, supply management and the Indian Act", WWW 26/9/19.
Dear Canadian friends, if you're tired of paying the bills for tens of 1000s of unqualified and unwelcome "refugees", tired of having your immigration system [Is dis a system? Ed.] gamed by welfare-shoppers, and you want to pull in the welcome mat, you know what to do on Monday. Vote PPC!
Further reading: "Canada's border agency 'cancels' arrest warrants for people it wants to deport but cannot find", Global News, 18/10/19. Includes video.
Disclaimer: We have received no consideration of any kind from anyone for posting this message. Just presenting the facts which even the Canadian government can't hide.
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Guide for Canadian voters
The 2019 federal election will be held on Monday, October 21st. Polling stations will be open from 0930 to 2130, local time. If you are registered to vote, you should have received a voter identification card in the mail.
If you did not get a card, and are a Canadian citizen, you are still entitled to vote. Take two pieces of identification -- one of them, preferably, a government-issued photo ID such as a driver's licence -- to the nearest polling station to your place of residence, and they will register you, or direct you the proper station.
The Deputy Returning Officer at your polling station will give you a ballot paper, with the names and party affiliations of all the candidates in your electoral district. Here is a sample ballot.
Once you have marked your ballot, fold it up again in the same way as it was given to you. Take the ballot back to the Deputy Returning Officer, who will remove the counterfoil and then hand it back to you to be deposited in the ballot box.
This message is presented by Walt Whiteman as a service to the people of Canuckistan.
If you did not get a card, and are a Canadian citizen, you are still entitled to vote. Take two pieces of identification -- one of them, preferably, a government-issued photo ID such as a driver's licence -- to the nearest polling station to your place of residence, and they will register you, or direct you the proper station.
The Deputy Returning Officer at your polling station will give you a ballot paper, with the names and party affiliations of all the candidates in your electoral district. Here is a sample ballot.
Once you have marked your ballot, fold it up again in the same way as it was given to you. Take the ballot back to the Deputy Returning Officer, who will remove the counterfoil and then hand it back to you to be deposited in the ballot box.
This message is presented by Walt Whiteman as a service to the people of Canuckistan.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Why Matt Taibbi thinks the deep state coup vs Pres Trump is dangerous
It's been a while since we quoted Matt Taibbi here, not because of his leftish political views [Free speech for everyone! Ed.], and certainly not because he's not funny. He is a fine writer and I can't help but chuckle as I read something like Insane Clown President. The thing is that I wait for Mr Taibbi's books to appear, because I refuse to read Rolling Stone. So I was pleased to discover, today, that Mr T pens (or types) Untitledgate, a newsletter (or "serial book", as he calls it"), which will be delivered to you by e-mail... if you subscribe, of course. Even better news is that some parts are available to cheap Charlies [like Walt! Ed.] who want to read before they shell out the spondulix. The most recent offering, headed "We're in a permanent coup", is subheaded "Americans might soon wish they just waited to vote their way out of the Trump era". Eh? Must read! Here are some excerpts.
We have long been spared this madness [change of government by coup] in America. Our head-counting ceremony was Election Day. We did it once every four years. That’s all over, in the Trump era....
The men who are the proxies for Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani...are asserting that "official channels" have been corrupted. The forces backing impeachment, meanwhile, are telling us those same defendants are obstructing a lawful impeachment inquiry.... We are speeding toward a situation when someone in one of these camps refuses to obey a major decree, arrest order, or court decision, at which point Americans will get to experience the joys of their political futures being decided by phone calls to generals and police chiefs.
My discomfort in the last few years, first with Russiagate and now with Ukrainegate and impeachment, stems from the belief that the people pushing hardest for Trump's early removal are more dangerous than Trump. Many Americans don't see this because they're not used to waking up in a country where you're not sure who the president will be by nightfall. They don’t understand that this predicament is worse than having a bad president.
The Trump presidency is the first to reveal a full-blown schism between the intelligence community and the White House. Senior figures in the CIA, NSA, FBI and other agencies made an open break from their would-be boss before Trump's inauguration, commencing a public war of leaks that has not stopped....
The agencies' new trick is inserting themselves into domestic politics using leaks and media pressure. The "intel chiefs" meeting was just the first in a series of similar stories, many following the pattern in which a document was created, passed from department from department, and leaked. [Examples are given.] ...
I don't believe most Americans have thought through what a successful campaign to oust Donald Trump would look like. Most casual news consumers can only think of it in terms of Mike Pence becoming president. The real problem would be the precedent of a de facto intelligence community veto over elections, using the lunatic spookworld brand of politics that has dominated the last three years of anti-Trump agitation.
CIA/FBI-backed impeachment could also be a self-fulfilling prophecy. If Donald Trump thinks he's going to be jailed upon leaving office, he'll sooner or later figure out that his only real move is to start acting like the "dictator" MSNBC and CNN keep insisting he is. Why give up the White House and wait to be arrested, when he still has theoretical authority to send Special Forces troops rappelling through the windows of every last Russiagate/Ukrainegate leaker? That would be the endgame in a third world country, and it's where we're headed, unless someone calls off this craziness. Welcome to the Permanent Power Struggle.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
VIDEO: Pastor Terry Somerville tells why he's voting for Bernier's PPC
Regular readers know that Walt writes and views things as a traditional Catholic. A reader thinks that the evangelical Protestant voice should be heard once in a while, and being a great believer in freedom of speech, I can only. agree. [Hint from Ed.: That's why we encourage comments!]Our reader sent along a link to this excellent video which appeared on YouTube recently. Pastor Terry Somerville, of Total Change Ministries, gives 5 reasons (in 20 minutes) why he supports Max Bernier's People's Party of Canada. I may not agree with Mr Somerville on matters of faith, but I sure agree with him on this one!
Prince Charles pens tribute to Cardinal Newman, canonized today
Walt almost never reads L'Ossservatore Romano, the daily newspaper (but not the official publication) of the Holy See, since these days it is little more than a propaganda sheet for the ultra-liberal Jesuits, who, led by Pope Francis, are leading the Roman Catholic Church down the road to heresy and irrelevance. To learn more about the diabolical disorientation of Francis' Church, check out Michael Matt's latest video, "Hippies in the Vatican: A Groovy Kind of Synod", 12/10/19.
Today, however, the front page of L'Osservatore Romano features "John Henry Newman: The harmony of difference", a lengthy op-ed piece by HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, on the occasion of today's canonization of Cardinal Newman. He calls the canonization "a cause of celebration not merely in the United Kingdom, and not merely for Catholics, but for all who cherish the values by which he was inspired."
John Henry Newman was a 19th-century Anglican priest and scholar who converted to Catholicism at the age of 44 and was later made a cardinal. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Today he becomes the first Briton in four decades to be declared a saint. Prince Charles held him up as "a great Briton" and "one of the greatest theologians of the nineteenth century [who] applied his intellect to one of the most pressing questions of our era: what should be the relationship of faith to a sceptical, secular age?"
Prince Charles continues: "...first with Anglican theology, and then, after his conversion, Catholic theology, [Saint John Henry Newman] impressed even his opponents with its fearless honesty, its unsparing rigour and its originality of thought. Whatever our own beliefs, and no matter what our own tradition may be, we can only be grateful to Newman for the gifts, rooted in his Catholic faith, which he shared with wider society.
"His faith was truly catholic in that it embraced all aspects of life. It is in that same spirit that we, whether we are Catholics or not, can, in the tradition of the Christian Church throughout the ages, embrace the unique perspective, the particular wisdom and insight, brought to our universal experience by this one individual soul. We can draw inspiration from his writings and his life even as we recognise that, like all human lives, it was inevitably flawed. Newman himself was aware of his failings, such as pride and defensiveness which fell short of his own ideals, but which, ultimately, left him only more grateful for the mercy of God.
"Those of all traditions who seek to define and defend Christianity have found themselves grateful for the way he reconciled faith and reason. Those who seek the divine in what can seem like an increasingly hostile intellectual environment find in him a powerful ally who championed the individual conscience against an overwhelming relativism.
"And perhaps most relevantly of all at this time, when we have witnessed too many grievous assaults by the forces of intolerance on communities and individuals, including many Catholics, because of their beliefs, he is a figure who stood for his convictions despite the disadvantages of belonging to a religion whose adherents were denied full participation in public life. Through the whole process of Catholic emancipation and the restoration of the Catholic Church hierarchy, he was the leader his people, his church and his times needed."
Considering what has happened to the Church he loved in the 20th century, Saint John Henry Newman was blessed to have died in 1890, during the reign of Pope Leo XIII, mere moths before Leo's promulgation of Rerum Novarum, subtitled "On the Conditions of Labor", in which he articulated the Church's response to the social conflict that had risen in the wake of capitalism and industrialization and that had led to the rise of socialism and communism as ideologies.
The saint would surely not recognize today's world, dominated by leftist ideology, nor today's Catholic Church, ditto. Saint John Henry Newman, pray for Holy Mother Church, and pray that God will raise up a courageous leader like yourself, to confound the apostates and heretics who are perverting our Catholic Faith, and set His Church back on the right course. Amen.
Today, however, the front page of L'Osservatore Romano features "John Henry Newman: The harmony of difference", a lengthy op-ed piece by HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, on the occasion of today's canonization of Cardinal Newman. He calls the canonization "a cause of celebration not merely in the United Kingdom, and not merely for Catholics, but for all who cherish the values by which he was inspired."John Henry Newman was a 19th-century Anglican priest and scholar who converted to Catholicism at the age of 44 and was later made a cardinal. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Today he becomes the first Briton in four decades to be declared a saint. Prince Charles held him up as "a great Briton" and "one of the greatest theologians of the nineteenth century [who] applied his intellect to one of the most pressing questions of our era: what should be the relationship of faith to a sceptical, secular age?"
Prince Charles continues: "...first with Anglican theology, and then, after his conversion, Catholic theology, [Saint John Henry Newman] impressed even his opponents with its fearless honesty, its unsparing rigour and its originality of thought. Whatever our own beliefs, and no matter what our own tradition may be, we can only be grateful to Newman for the gifts, rooted in his Catholic faith, which he shared with wider society.
"His faith was truly catholic in that it embraced all aspects of life. It is in that same spirit that we, whether we are Catholics or not, can, in the tradition of the Christian Church throughout the ages, embrace the unique perspective, the particular wisdom and insight, brought to our universal experience by this one individual soul. We can draw inspiration from his writings and his life even as we recognise that, like all human lives, it was inevitably flawed. Newman himself was aware of his failings, such as pride and defensiveness which fell short of his own ideals, but which, ultimately, left him only more grateful for the mercy of God.
"Those of all traditions who seek to define and defend Christianity have found themselves grateful for the way he reconciled faith and reason. Those who seek the divine in what can seem like an increasingly hostile intellectual environment find in him a powerful ally who championed the individual conscience against an overwhelming relativism.
"And perhaps most relevantly of all at this time, when we have witnessed too many grievous assaults by the forces of intolerance on communities and individuals, including many Catholics, because of their beliefs, he is a figure who stood for his convictions despite the disadvantages of belonging to a religion whose adherents were denied full participation in public life. Through the whole process of Catholic emancipation and the restoration of the Catholic Church hierarchy, he was the leader his people, his church and his times needed."
Considering what has happened to the Church he loved in the 20th century, Saint John Henry Newman was blessed to have died in 1890, during the reign of Pope Leo XIII, mere moths before Leo's promulgation of Rerum Novarum, subtitled "On the Conditions of Labor", in which he articulated the Church's response to the social conflict that had risen in the wake of capitalism and industrialization and that had led to the rise of socialism and communism as ideologies.
The saint would surely not recognize today's world, dominated by leftist ideology, nor today's Catholic Church, ditto. Saint John Henry Newman, pray for Holy Mother Church, and pray that God will raise up a courageous leader like yourself, to confound the apostates and heretics who are perverting our Catholic Faith, and set His Church back on the right course. Amen.
Friday, October 11, 2019
VIDEOS: "Lady" who attacked elderly at Hamilton PPC rally identified
The "lady" in the red bandana face mask who assaulted elderly people at the People's Party of Canada event in Hamilton ON on September 29th has now been identified by vigilant YouTubers as Sarah Hegazi, a well-known Antifa agitator.
Ms Hegazi's companion, Alaa Soufi DaLua, also outed in the video, has been a source of some embarrassment to his family, who came to Canada as part of the wave of Syrian "refugees" in 2017, and opened up Soufi's restaurant in Toronto. They went on social media recently to apologize for the actions of their son, while announcing that they would have to shut down the restaurant because of alleged death threats. That brought a wave of sympathy from Canada's lamestream media, far surpassing any sympathy shown for the lady with the walker who was confronted by Ms Hegazi and her companions. Mike from Simcoe-Grey County-Clearview Township has posted this video which tells the real story.
Hamilton police have been notified, but so far have not announced any charges.
Ms Hegazi's companion, Alaa Soufi DaLua, also outed in the video, has been a source of some embarrassment to his family, who came to Canada as part of the wave of Syrian "refugees" in 2017, and opened up Soufi's restaurant in Toronto. They went on social media recently to apologize for the actions of their son, while announcing that they would have to shut down the restaurant because of alleged death threats. That brought a wave of sympathy from Canada's lamestream media, far surpassing any sympathy shown for the lady with the walker who was confronted by Ms Hegazi and her companions. Mike from Simcoe-Grey County-Clearview Township has posted this video which tells the real story.
Hamilton police have been notified, but so far have not announced any charges.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
VIDEOS: Mass immigration to Canada -- yes or no?
Two short videos for our readers in Canuckistan. Hey [Eh! Ed.], you guys [and gals! Ed.], the federal election is only 11 days away. It's your big chance to turf out Mr Socks and his gang of ultra-liberal, ultra-PC SJWs. Stop the insanity!
No matter how much the Canadian (((controlled media))) deny it (Hello, Evan Solomon and Question Period! Hello, Rosie Barton and At Issue!), mass immigration is one of the top issues in the minds of Canadian voters. Every recent poll shows most people -- the majority of those surveyed -- believe immigration levels are too high, and should be lowered, not raised. Yet the commentariat calls Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada a "fringe party" whose policies "do not reflect the Canadian consensus."
That's the reason they give for pressuring advertising companies to take down the "No to Mass Immigration" billboards paid for and posted by PPC supporters back in August. See "PC police force takedown of pro-PPC anti-immigration billboards", WWW 26/8/19. Maxime Bernier's comment at the time: "The message on the billboard is not 'controversial' for two thirds of Canadians who agree with it, and for those who disagree but support free speech and an open discussion. It's only controversial for the totalitarian leftist mob who want to censor it." (Click here to see the "totalitarian leftist mob" in action at Hamilton ON on October 6th.)
The loony left and their apologists in the media call "No to mass immigration" "racist" and "hate speech". Those words are not to be heard or viewed on "our streets", they say. But the contrary, politically correct sentiment -- "Say YES to Mass Immigration" -- is not just acceptable, but to be encouraged! A billboard bearing that message has just been put up by a self-styled comedian who calls himself "Sugar Sammy". Here's what "Mike from Simcoe-Grey County-Clearview Township" has to say about the obvious double standard.
Mike says if you're a Canadian patriot and want to say NO to mass immigration, Maxime Bernier is your only choice on election day. Walt agrees (but see warning below.) If you didn't see the video in which "Mad Max" talks about talks about immigration, refugees, and hate speech, click here to check it out.
But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more... Today I'm reposting a new video, released on Tuesday, in which Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, the PPC candidate in Red Deer-Lacombe (AB), explains, clearly and calmly, the People's Party policy on immgration. Running time 4:11,
Reality check: Walt endorses LLTT and Maxime Bernier and PPC candidates across Canada. Is that clear? But realistically the PPC has a chance of winning only 5 ridings out of 338. Dear Canadian readers, if your first priority is (as it should be) to get rid of Just In Trudeau and his Gliberals, you must vote strategically.
In most ridings, the real fight will be between Trudeau's Liberals and Andrew Scheer's Somewhat Conservatives. If the race looks like being close, vote Conservative to defeat Mr Blackface. If either the Conservative or the Liberal candidate looks like being a lock, then vote PPC, the party you know is Right!
No matter how much the Canadian (((controlled media))) deny it (Hello, Evan Solomon and Question Period! Hello, Rosie Barton and At Issue!), mass immigration is one of the top issues in the minds of Canadian voters. Every recent poll shows most people -- the majority of those surveyed -- believe immigration levels are too high, and should be lowered, not raised. Yet the commentariat calls Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada a "fringe party" whose policies "do not reflect the Canadian consensus."
That's the reason they give for pressuring advertising companies to take down the "No to Mass Immigration" billboards paid for and posted by PPC supporters back in August. See "PC police force takedown of pro-PPC anti-immigration billboards", WWW 26/8/19. Maxime Bernier's comment at the time: "The message on the billboard is not 'controversial' for two thirds of Canadians who agree with it, and for those who disagree but support free speech and an open discussion. It's only controversial for the totalitarian leftist mob who want to censor it." (Click here to see the "totalitarian leftist mob" in action at Hamilton ON on October 6th.)
The loony left and their apologists in the media call "No to mass immigration" "racist" and "hate speech". Those words are not to be heard or viewed on "our streets", they say. But the contrary, politically correct sentiment -- "Say YES to Mass Immigration" -- is not just acceptable, but to be encouraged! A billboard bearing that message has just been put up by a self-styled comedian who calls himself "Sugar Sammy". Here's what "Mike from Simcoe-Grey County-Clearview Township" has to say about the obvious double standard.
Mike says if you're a Canadian patriot and want to say NO to mass immigration, Maxime Bernier is your only choice on election day. Walt agrees (but see warning below.) If you didn't see the video in which "Mad Max" talks about talks about immigration, refugees, and hate speech, click here to check it out.
But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more... Today I'm reposting a new video, released on Tuesday, in which Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson, the PPC candidate in Red Deer-Lacombe (AB), explains, clearly and calmly, the People's Party policy on immgration. Running time 4:11,
Reality check: Walt endorses LLTT and Maxime Bernier and PPC candidates across Canada. Is that clear? But realistically the PPC has a chance of winning only 5 ridings out of 338. Dear Canadian readers, if your first priority is (as it should be) to get rid of Just In Trudeau and his Gliberals, you must vote strategically.
In most ridings, the real fight will be between Trudeau's Liberals and Andrew Scheer's Somewhat Conservatives. If the race looks like being close, vote Conservative to defeat Mr Blackface. If either the Conservative or the Liberal candidate looks like being a lock, then vote PPC, the party you know is Right!
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Turks invade "Kurdistan" -- What next?!
And so it begins. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Twitter Wednesday that the Turkish offensive into northeast Syria has started. He calls it "#OperationPeaceSpring". The aim of the operation, he tweeted, is to "eradicate the threat of terror against Turkey." And the invasion will be good for Syria too, of course. "We will preserve Syria's territorial integrity," he wrote, "and liberate local communities from terrorists."
What kind of terrorists? Well, "PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists", of course! You can't tell the players in the Muslim civil war without a programme, Walt will elucidate. "Daesh" is the name the PC media use for ISIS/ISIL, to avoid have to use the word "Islamic" (as in "Islamic terrorists"). "PKK" stands for "Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê" (= Kurdistan Workers' Party), a Kurdish far-left militant and political organization based in Turkey and Iraq. The Turkish government has been trying for years to suppress them, often by making them dead. "YPG" is the armed wing of the leftist Kurdish Democratic Union Party, closely allied to the Syriac Military Council, a militia of Assyrians.
The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group native to Western Asia. Their mountainous "native land", known as Kurdistan, includes southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. The most widely practiced religion in the region is Islam. According to a 2011 study conducted by the Pew Research Center, nearly all Kurds (98%) in Iraq identified as Sunni Muslim, while the other 2% identified as Shiite Muslims.
The predominant branch of the Religion of Peace in Iran is Shia Islam. In Turkey, Sunni Muslims are in the majority, with about 80% of the populartion. 19% of Turks are Shiites.
So you might think that there should be no friction, in Turkey, between the Sunni Turks and Sunni Kurds. You would be wrong. The problem is that the Kurds of Turkey would prefer to be united with the Kurds of Iran, Iraq and, yes, Syria in an independent Kurdistan. That is what they have been fighting for, allying themselves with whatever other groups or powers may be useful. See "How goes the war against IS/ISIL/ISIS? It's a fiasco!", WWW 27/5/19 (includes video).
The problem for the Kurds is that they just lost their biggest ally, the Excited States of America. Still-President Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, opens the desert of northeast Syria for Mr Erdogan's "Operation Peace Spring". (Dontcha love how all these invasions -- no matter who leads them -- have names that include "Peace", "Freedom", "Liberation", etc?) A UK-based Syrian war monitoring group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported today that people were fleeing the border town of Tal Abyad, which Turkey is expected to attack first. And Turkish television reports said Turkish jets had bombed Syrian Kurdish positions across the border from Turkey.
And so it begins. What happens next? Will Shia Iran seize the opportunity to move against the Sunni Kurds in its westerly regions? Will the Arab Iraqis try to oust the ethnically different Kurds from the oil-rich northern party of their alleged country? Where will it all end? God (or maybe Allah?) only knows. But don't forget that south of Syria lies Israel, and within Israel lies... wait for it... Armageddon.
Further reading (and viewing):
"Meanwhile, in the Middle East, something big is on the horizon", WWW 10/11/17 (includes video from Ron Paul Liberty Report)
"Scrapping the Iran deal: another milepost on the road to Armageddon", WWW 10/5/18.
What kind of terrorists? Well, "PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists", of course! You can't tell the players in the Muslim civil war without a programme, Walt will elucidate. "Daesh" is the name the PC media use for ISIS/ISIL, to avoid have to use the word "Islamic" (as in "Islamic terrorists"). "PKK" stands for "Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê" (= Kurdistan Workers' Party), a Kurdish far-left militant and political organization based in Turkey and Iraq. The Turkish government has been trying for years to suppress them, often by making them dead. "YPG" is the armed wing of the leftist Kurdish Democratic Union Party, closely allied to the Syriac Military Council, a militia of Assyrians.
The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group native to Western Asia. Their mountainous "native land", known as Kurdistan, includes southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. The most widely practiced religion in the region is Islam. According to a 2011 study conducted by the Pew Research Center, nearly all Kurds (98%) in Iraq identified as Sunni Muslim, while the other 2% identified as Shiite Muslims.The predominant branch of the Religion of Peace in Iran is Shia Islam. In Turkey, Sunni Muslims are in the majority, with about 80% of the populartion. 19% of Turks are Shiites.
So you might think that there should be no friction, in Turkey, between the Sunni Turks and Sunni Kurds. You would be wrong. The problem is that the Kurds of Turkey would prefer to be united with the Kurds of Iran, Iraq and, yes, Syria in an independent Kurdistan. That is what they have been fighting for, allying themselves with whatever other groups or powers may be useful. See "How goes the war against IS/ISIL/ISIS? It's a fiasco!", WWW 27/5/19 (includes video).
The problem for the Kurds is that they just lost their biggest ally, the Excited States of America. Still-President Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, opens the desert of northeast Syria for Mr Erdogan's "Operation Peace Spring". (Dontcha love how all these invasions -- no matter who leads them -- have names that include "Peace", "Freedom", "Liberation", etc?) A UK-based Syrian war monitoring group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported today that people were fleeing the border town of Tal Abyad, which Turkey is expected to attack first. And Turkish television reports said Turkish jets had bombed Syrian Kurdish positions across the border from Turkey.
And so it begins. What happens next? Will Shia Iran seize the opportunity to move against the Sunni Kurds in its westerly regions? Will the Arab Iraqis try to oust the ethnically different Kurds from the oil-rich northern party of their alleged country? Where will it all end? God (or maybe Allah?) only knows. But don't forget that south of Syria lies Israel, and within Israel lies... wait for it... Armageddon.
Further reading (and viewing):
"Meanwhile, in the Middle East, something big is on the horizon", WWW 10/11/17 (includes video from Ron Paul Liberty Report)
"Scrapping the Iran deal: another milepost on the road to Armageddon", WWW 10/5/18.
"Société sans père, société sans repère" - 600,000 demonstrate vs artificial reproduction, in vitro fertilization
"Société sans père, société sans repère!" ("Society without father, society without landmark!") That was the slogan chanted by 600,000 demonstrators in Paris last Sunday. They took to the streets to protest against proposed government (read: taxpayer) funding of "medically assisted procreation" -- sperm donation and in vitro fertilization -- for lesbian couples and single women.
Largely ignored by the centre-left government of Emmanuel Macros (which is responsible for the proposal), as well as the lamestream media in France and North America, the protesters marched past the French Senate, bearing signs expressing the old-fashioned notion that every child should be born to a mother and a father. Their signs and placards featured such slogans as "Where is my dad?", "Liberty, Equality, Paternity" (a play on "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", the national motto -- geddit?), and "Everyone needs a father."
The leaders of the mainstream Catholic Church were absented themselves from the demonstration -- too busy worshipping Mother Earth in Amazonia, no doubt -- but a large number of traditional Catholic, rightist and populist groups took part, including La Manif Pour Tous, Alliance Vita, les Associations Familiales Catholiques, and le Comité Protestant Évangélique pour la Dignité Humaine. Polilticians from Marine Le Pen's Parti National were also present, along with a few from the Republicans.
Last month, the lower house of the French parliament approved a draft bioethics law which would allow lesbian and single women to conceive children with medical help. The bill must now be approved by the Senate, before it can be passed. As French law stands now, only heterosexual couples who have been married or living together for more than two years have the right to access procedures such as in vitro fertilisation, artificial insemination or sperm donation. M Macron's government, pandering to the LGBTQ+++ lobby, wants to extend this right to all wimmin. [What about men who "identify as women"? Ed.]
The organizers of the protest, dubbed "Marchons Enfants" contend that the parliamentary debates were "ignored" and "despised". Ludovine Dutheil de La Rochère, president of La Manif Pour Tous, said that in the face of failed attempts to discuss the ethics, rather than economics, of the measure, the only way to be heard was to take to the streets.
Thus the gathering of well over half a million to protest "the manufacture of children voluntarily deprived of fathers", "submission to ultra-liberal capitalism judging the dignity of a person only at its economic value", and "the weakening of the family fabric and therefore the whole society."
Largely ignored by the centre-left government of Emmanuel Macros (which is responsible for the proposal), as well as the lamestream media in France and North America, the protesters marched past the French Senate, bearing signs expressing the old-fashioned notion that every child should be born to a mother and a father. Their signs and placards featured such slogans as "Where is my dad?", "Liberty, Equality, Paternity" (a play on "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", the national motto -- geddit?), and "Everyone needs a father."
The leaders of the mainstream Catholic Church were absented themselves from the demonstration -- too busy worshipping Mother Earth in Amazonia, no doubt -- but a large number of traditional Catholic, rightist and populist groups took part, including La Manif Pour Tous, Alliance Vita, les Associations Familiales Catholiques, and le Comité Protestant Évangélique pour la Dignité Humaine. Polilticians from Marine Le Pen's Parti National were also present, along with a few from the Republicans.
Last month, the lower house of the French parliament approved a draft bioethics law which would allow lesbian and single women to conceive children with medical help. The bill must now be approved by the Senate, before it can be passed. As French law stands now, only heterosexual couples who have been married or living together for more than two years have the right to access procedures such as in vitro fertilisation, artificial insemination or sperm donation. M Macron's government, pandering to the LGBTQ+++ lobby, wants to extend this right to all wimmin. [What about men who "identify as women"? Ed.]
The organizers of the protest, dubbed "Marchons Enfants" contend that the parliamentary debates were "ignored" and "despised". Ludovine Dutheil de La Rochère, president of La Manif Pour Tous, said that in the face of failed attempts to discuss the ethics, rather than economics, of the measure, the only way to be heard was to take to the streets.
Thus the gathering of well over half a million to protest "the manufacture of children voluntarily deprived of fathers", "submission to ultra-liberal capitalism judging the dignity of a person only at its economic value", and "the weakening of the family fabric and therefore the whole society."
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
VIDEO: Ron Paul comments on long-overdue US withdrawal from Syria
In case no-one noticed, our blog quietly passed its 10th anniversary back in July. [If I'd remembered I'd have baked a cake. Ed.] How time flies when you're having fun! One of the themes that I write about again and again [and again and again. Ed.] is the folly of America being entangled in foreign wars that it can't win, especially the oil wars in the Gulf and Middle East. See, for example, "Will America never learn? The persistence of bad foreign policy" (WWW 2/5/13).
It's not that I'm a pacifist, or anti-Israel, or an apologist for the Islamists. I'm just a realist, like Ron Paul, and think it's stupid to waste tens of thousands of American lives and billions of American dollars meddling in and tens of thousands trying to act as referees in Muslim civil wars. Here's what Dr Paul has to say about Still-President Trump's announcement that US forces will be withdrawn from Syria, starting yesterday!
IMHO the withdrawal is long overdue! We have (dare I say it?) no dog in those fights. The USA will be no better off no matter who wins, and no worse off no matter who loses. The usual suspects say the Bushes, Slick Willy, and the Prez sent American forces to the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan, and kept them there, not just to convert the feudal Arab states to modern Western democracy, but to keep the Saudis and multinational companies in control of the oil that lies beneat the blood-stained desert sands.
I call BS on that. With the development of fracking and shale oil, and the slowly lessening use of plastics and other oil-based products, America is virtually self-sufficient in oil. And if the liberals on both sides of the Canada-US border would smarten up and support the development of Canada's oil sands and the import of Canadian oil through pipelines which the leftists don't want to be built or expanded, oil self-sufficiency would be guaranteed. Who needs Arab oil?!
Mr Trump's announcement late Sunday has set the lefties' hair on fire. Expressions of shock and horror are being heard from all liberal quarters, notably Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and (of course) the commentariat of America, Britain and Canada.
* America is leaving its Kurdish allies in the lurch!
* America is surrendering! Another failure for Trump!
* America is caving to Assad!
* The Turkish invasion of Syria will be disastrous!
* More millions of refugees will be washing up on our shores!
and, inevitably
* We're inviting a resurgence of Al-Qaeda and ISIS!
Walt says, who cares?! Let the Islamists duke it out. And if a humanitarian disaster ensures, let the Europeans and Canucks take care of it, if they're so minded... and can afford it. Getting out of the Middle East is absolutely the right thing to do. As Dr Paul and Dan McAdams say near the end of the video, it's not going to happen overnight, but this week's decision by Still-President Trump is a step in the right direction.
Further reading: "Worried for Kurds in Syria, abandoned by US? Here’s an obvious solution but it will make Washington hawks MAD", by Nebojsa Malic, on the Ron Paul Institute website, 8/10/19.
It's not that I'm a pacifist, or anti-Israel, or an apologist for the Islamists. I'm just a realist, like Ron Paul, and think it's stupid to waste tens of thousands of American lives and billions of American dollars meddling in and tens of thousands trying to act as referees in Muslim civil wars. Here's what Dr Paul has to say about Still-President Trump's announcement that US forces will be withdrawn from Syria, starting yesterday!
IMHO the withdrawal is long overdue! We have (dare I say it?) no dog in those fights. The USA will be no better off no matter who wins, and no worse off no matter who loses. The usual suspects say the Bushes, Slick Willy, and the Prez sent American forces to the Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan, and kept them there, not just to convert the feudal Arab states to modern Western democracy, but to keep the Saudis and multinational companies in control of the oil that lies beneat the blood-stained desert sands.
I call BS on that. With the development of fracking and shale oil, and the slowly lessening use of plastics and other oil-based products, America is virtually self-sufficient in oil. And if the liberals on both sides of the Canada-US border would smarten up and support the development of Canada's oil sands and the import of Canadian oil through pipelines which the leftists don't want to be built or expanded, oil self-sufficiency would be guaranteed. Who needs Arab oil?!
Mr Trump's announcement late Sunday has set the lefties' hair on fire. Expressions of shock and horror are being heard from all liberal quarters, notably Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and (of course) the commentariat of America, Britain and Canada.
* America is leaving its Kurdish allies in the lurch!
* America is surrendering! Another failure for Trump!
* America is caving to Assad!
* The Turkish invasion of Syria will be disastrous!
* More millions of refugees will be washing up on our shores!
and, inevitably
* We're inviting a resurgence of Al-Qaeda and ISIS!
Walt says, who cares?! Let the Islamists duke it out. And if a humanitarian disaster ensures, let the Europeans and Canucks take care of it, if they're so minded... and can afford it. Getting out of the Middle East is absolutely the right thing to do. As Dr Paul and Dan McAdams say near the end of the video, it's not going to happen overnight, but this week's decision by Still-President Trump is a step in the right direction.
Further reading: "Worried for Kurds in Syria, abandoned by US? Here’s an obvious solution but it will make Washington hawks MAD", by Nebojsa Malic, on the Ron Paul Institute website, 8/10/19.
Monday, October 7, 2019
The Trudeau Liberals (and Michael Moore) wish Canucks would ignore
American film-maker and certified lefty Michael Moore has been a fan of Canada ever since he mailed a VHS copy of his first documentary, Roger & Me, in a plain brown paper bag to the Vancouver International Film Festival and it went on to win a top prize. Mr Moore has long viewed America's northern neighbour as a more decent, humanitarian version of the Paranoid States of America. So it was "crushing", he said in Vancouver on Friday, to see photographs of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made up in blackface.
Mr Moore thinks Canucks should overlook Just In's foibles and vote for him again. But just 25% of the country agrees that he deserves to be re-elected. That's according to a poll published yesterday by the Toronto Sun as part of the DART & Maru/Blue Voice Canada Poll. When asked if it is time for a change in government or if the government deserved to be re-elected, 55% said it was time for a change. Only 25% said they thought Mr Socks and the Liberals had done a good job.
The big question is, will some of the 55% hold their noses and vote for M Trudeau and his Gliberal team anyway? Every poll of voting intentions (a different question from the one posed in this poll) has the Liberals in the low 30% range of decided voters, in a statistical tie with Andrew Scheer's Mildly Conservatives. Will the Leaders' Debate tonight change many minds? Will more pix of Just In, in an offensive costume of some sort, surface between now and election day? Will anything happen that will break the tie? Stay tuned!
Mr Moore thinks Canucks should overlook Just In's foibles and vote for him again. But just 25% of the country agrees that he deserves to be re-elected. That's according to a poll published yesterday by the Toronto Sun as part of the DART & Maru/Blue Voice Canada Poll. When asked if it is time for a change in government or if the government deserved to be re-elected, 55% said it was time for a change. Only 25% said they thought Mr Socks and the Liberals had done a good job.
The big question is, will some of the 55% hold their noses and vote for M Trudeau and his Gliberal team anyway? Every poll of voting intentions (a different question from the one posed in this poll) has the Liberals in the low 30% range of decided voters, in a statistical tie with Andrew Scheer's Mildly Conservatives. Will the Leaders' Debate tonight change many minds? Will more pix of Just In, in an offensive costume of some sort, surface between now and election day? Will anything happen that will break the tie? Stay tuned!
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Hollywood "celebs" join "impeachment task force"
(((Scott Dworkin))), a staunch Democrat, is concerned about Still-President Trump's "Impeachment Defense Taskforce". An ad posted recently for the IDT said "I want to know who stood with me when it mattered most, which is why my team is making me a list of EVERY AMERICAN PATRIOT who adds their name and joins the Official Impeachment Defense Taskforce."
Mr Dworkin's reaction? "Trump's propaganda machine is going to be in overdrive for the foreseeable future, so we need to be fighting every day, in every way." His "every way" includes organizing what he calls a "Democratic Coalition" -- a gang of Hollywood celebs who vow to hold President Trump's feet to the fire, and make sure he is impeached.
According to a report in Newsweek, the "force" includes such B- and C-listers as Alyssa Milano, Debra Messing, Tom Arnold, George Takei, Ron Pearlman, and, inevitably, Rosie O'Donnell. [What? No Joy Behar? Ed.] Mr Dworkin predicts that his group will grow rapidly within the coming weeks and plans to take Trump head-on. Old Joe Biden, Fauxcahontas and other Presidential wannabes have not yet given the DC (geddit?) their stamp of approval.
For a final comment, Walt turns to Scott Adams' Dilbert.
Note from Ed.: You can't know how often Walt wants to run a Dilbert strip as an editorial comment on one of our posts, but we know Dilbert is copyrighted, so we don't do it. Walt hopes Mr Adams won't mind, just this once.
Mr Dworkin's reaction? "Trump's propaganda machine is going to be in overdrive for the foreseeable future, so we need to be fighting every day, in every way." His "every way" includes organizing what he calls a "Democratic Coalition" -- a gang of Hollywood celebs who vow to hold President Trump's feet to the fire, and make sure he is impeached.
According to a report in Newsweek, the "force" includes such B- and C-listers as Alyssa Milano, Debra Messing, Tom Arnold, George Takei, Ron Pearlman, and, inevitably, Rosie O'Donnell. [What? No Joy Behar? Ed.] Mr Dworkin predicts that his group will grow rapidly within the coming weeks and plans to take Trump head-on. Old Joe Biden, Fauxcahontas and other Presidential wannabes have not yet given the DC (geddit?) their stamp of approval.
For a final comment, Walt turns to Scott Adams' Dilbert.
Note from Ed.: You can't know how often Walt wants to run a Dilbert strip as an editorial comment on one of our posts, but we know Dilbert is copyrighted, so we don't do it. Walt hopes Mr Adams won't mind, just this once.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Media impeachment frenzy continues, Walt waits for real news
Meanwhile, back in Washington, the impeachment process contiues, or so they say. Nancy Pelosi is handing out subpoenas like cookies, and the world waits with bated breath for the first witness to testify. Will we ever hear from the whistleblower? Or the deep stater(s) who told the whistleblower the "information" contained in his report? I hear the committee that oversees the Pulitzer prize is having trouble knowing whether to enter it in the "fiction" or "non-fiction" category. Stay tuned.Meanwhile, Presidential wannabe Andrew Yang is worried that if impeachment dominates the 24-hour news cycle ["If"??? Ed.], it will hurt the Dumbocrats who are trying to win over swing voters who have been impacted by automation associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. [Huh? Ed.] In a podcast interview with CNBC yesterday, Mr Yang said "I think the Trump-centered media narrative is generally not helpful because there's a real Democratic tendency to say that Trump is the embodiment of all of our problems. And if we just get him out, the problems go away."
Implicit in that statement is a grudging admission that Still-President Trump is not the problem. If the Dems succeed in putting him out of office (and I'll pay $100 for your $1 if that happens), the problems will persist, and likely become worse. The contrary argument is exactly what Mr Trump called it yesterday -- BULLSHIT!
VIDEO: "Allahu akbar!" encore à Paris - 4 policiers tués
First, the story the way the Clinton News Network told it at 1216 EDT today.
Four police employees were killed in a knife attack at Paris police headquarters on Thursday, according to city prosecutor Remy Heitz.
The three policemen and a female police administrative worker were killed by a fellow member of staff, who was later shot dead, authorities told CNN.
The incident took place inside the building, which is located near Notre Dame Cathedral on the Île de la Cité in central Paris.
One victim is undergoing surgery, said French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. He did not elaborate on the victim's condition or injuries.
Castaner said the assailant was a 45-year-old man and had been an employee at the police station since 2003. There is no indication of a motive yet.
What M Castaner actually said, in a hastily-called presser, was that the attacker "n'avait jamais présenté de difficultés comportementales" ("had never shown any behavioural difficulties") or "le moindre signe d'alerte" ("the least warning sign").
But wait... there's more. Here's a brief clip from BFM-TV.
For those who don't speak the language of Molière, the newsreader said investigators told reporters they are exploring the possibility of a personal conflict, and anti-terrorism prosecutors were following the dossier. Why? Because the attacker (now dead of lead poisoning) had converted to Islam 18 months ago. For the moment, she said, it is not known if there is any connection between the man's new-found religion and the attack. But Inspector Clouseau is working on it. Allahu akbar!? Voyons!
UPDATE ADDED 5/10/19: Suspicions confirmed! Jean-François Richard, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the investigation, told the press today that the perpetrator of the deadly knife attack "had likely contacts with members of the Salafist movement."
Salafism is a fundamentalist branch of Islam that has become tied to violent extremism through jihadist attacks and groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS which adhere to its belief that Islam has strayed from its roots and must return to traditionalist teachings and practices. Such as? Well, the killing of "infidels", for one!
Four police employees were killed in a knife attack at Paris police headquarters on Thursday, according to city prosecutor Remy Heitz.
The three policemen and a female police administrative worker were killed by a fellow member of staff, who was later shot dead, authorities told CNN.
The incident took place inside the building, which is located near Notre Dame Cathedral on the Île de la Cité in central Paris.
One victim is undergoing surgery, said French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. He did not elaborate on the victim's condition or injuries.
Castaner said the assailant was a 45-year-old man and had been an employee at the police station since 2003. There is no indication of a motive yet.
What M Castaner actually said, in a hastily-called presser, was that the attacker "n'avait jamais présenté de difficultés comportementales" ("had never shown any behavioural difficulties") or "le moindre signe d'alerte" ("the least warning sign").
But wait... there's more. Here's a brief clip from BFM-TV.
For those who don't speak the language of Molière, the newsreader said investigators told reporters they are exploring the possibility of a personal conflict, and anti-terrorism prosecutors were following the dossier. Why? Because the attacker (now dead of lead poisoning) had converted to Islam 18 months ago. For the moment, she said, it is not known if there is any connection between the man's new-found religion and the attack. But Inspector Clouseau is working on it. Allahu akbar!? Voyons!
UPDATE ADDED 5/10/19: Suspicions confirmed! Jean-François Richard, the Paris prosecutor in charge of the investigation, told the press today that the perpetrator of the deadly knife attack "had likely contacts with members of the Salafist movement."
Salafism is a fundamentalist branch of Islam that has become tied to violent extremism through jihadist attacks and groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS which adhere to its belief that Islam has strayed from its roots and must return to traditionalist teachings and practices. Such as? Well, the killing of "infidels", for one!
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
UPDATED VIDEO: The free speech event Antifa couldn't shut down
So what was that -- the antifa/communist not-so-peaceful demonstration outside Mohawk College in Hamilton ON on 29 September -- all about? It was, as Maxime Bernier and Frank Vaughn said in videos recorded on the 30th, an exercise by radical leftist thugs of their view of "free speech" -- which means, to them, that you're free to speak as long as your views agree with theirs.
The symposium, "Uncensored: Free Speech in Canada", was organized by the People's Party of Canada, and featured popular American YouTuber David Rubin, in a roudtable discussion with PPC leader Maxime Bernier. The usual suspects -- antifa, union leaders, left-wing academics etc -- had demanded that Mohawk College cancel the event, but Mohawk (to their credit) said the McIntyre Arts Centre was for rent to the public (including the PPC) and the event could go ahead.
So about 100 loonie lefties gathered outside the venue and made would-be attenders run the gauntlet. About 500, including Agent 3 did, that, and thoroughly enjoyed the main panel discussion, featuring Messrs Bernier and Rubin, with PPC candidates Frank Vaughan (on the left in the picture, but not politically!) and Prof. David Haskell.
The warm-up act (so to speak) was a speech by Dr Salim Mansur, a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Dr Mansur is a former columnist for the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun, and has contributed to various publications including National Review and the Middle East Forum. He is an immigrant who became a Canadian citizen, and a Muslim. And he is now the People's Party of Canada candidate in London North Centre. And they say the PPC is racist and Islamophobic? Hah!
Here is a video of the entire event -- Frank Vaughan's introduction, Dr Masur's speech, and the panel discussion. It runs just over an hour and a half, and every minute is worth watching.
The symposium, "Uncensored: Free Speech in Canada", was organized by the People's Party of Canada, and featured popular American YouTuber David Rubin, in a roudtable discussion with PPC leader Maxime Bernier. The usual suspects -- antifa, union leaders, left-wing academics etc -- had demanded that Mohawk College cancel the event, but Mohawk (to their credit) said the McIntyre Arts Centre was for rent to the public (including the PPC) and the event could go ahead.
So about 100 loonie lefties gathered outside the venue and made would-be attenders run the gauntlet. About 500, including Agent 3 did, that, and thoroughly enjoyed the main panel discussion, featuring Messrs Bernier and Rubin, with PPC candidates Frank Vaughan (on the left in the picture, but not politically!) and Prof. David Haskell.
The warm-up act (so to speak) was a speech by Dr Salim Mansur, a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Dr Mansur is a former columnist for the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun, and has contributed to various publications including National Review and the Middle East Forum. He is an immigrant who became a Canadian citizen, and a Muslim. And he is now the People's Party of Canada candidate in London North Centre. And they say the PPC is racist and Islamophobic? Hah!
Here is a video of the entire event -- Frank Vaughan's introduction, Dr Masur's speech, and the panel discussion. It runs just over an hour and a half, and every minute is worth watching.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
VIDEO: Max Bernier reacts to Antifa "peaceful protest" at Hamilton ON
Thanks to Agent 2 for letting us know about this video, produced by Canadian Press and posted to the lefty Huffington Post website. You'll hear Maxime Bernier, leader of the People's Party of Canada, giving his thoughts on the melee between his supporters and Antifa/Communist protesters outside the McIntyre Arts Centre of Mohawk College in Hamilton ON, before Sunday night's roundtable on freedom of speech, intercut with clips of people milling about.
It's interesting to compare that video with those shown on CHCH-TV, the independent local TV station. Note from Ed.: Oh!!! Very interesting!!! I just got the embed code from the HuffPost article, and tried to post it here, but... see above! But there's more than one way to defeat censorship! The CP video is now on YouTube. Check it out.
Nowhere in the CP video do you see actual scenes of the violence perpetrated by the Antifa punks, notably the woman with the red bandana covering her face who is seen clearly in the CHCH video attacking first a Bernier supporter wearing the old Red Ensign on his shoulders, and then our own Agent 3.
The CP story and video has been picked up not just by the HuffPost but by the state-owned Canadian Broadcorping Castration, which is now saying that "more arrests are possible". Who could they mean? The lady with the red bandana [like we used to wear playing cowboys and indians. Ed.] ? Stay tuned.
Further viewing: Frank Vaughan, one of the PPC candidates on the panel, has posted "Rubin Event Aftermath - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" on YouTube. Just under 21 minutes, it's his patient and understanding take on the "peaceful protest" and how the whole chaotic scene relates to freedom of speech... for everyone... even the loony left. Quote: "Why is assault not assault when left-wing mobs commit it?!"
It's interesting to compare that video with those shown on CHCH-TV, the independent local TV station. Note from Ed.: Oh!!! Very interesting!!! I just got the embed code from the HuffPost article, and tried to post it here, but... see above! But there's more than one way to defeat censorship! The CP video is now on YouTube. Check it out.
Nowhere in the CP video do you see actual scenes of the violence perpetrated by the Antifa punks, notably the woman with the red bandana covering her face who is seen clearly in the CHCH video attacking first a Bernier supporter wearing the old Red Ensign on his shoulders, and then our own Agent 3.
The CP story and video has been picked up not just by the HuffPost but by the state-owned Canadian Broadcorping Castration, which is now saying that "more arrests are possible". Who could they mean? The lady with the red bandana [like we used to wear playing cowboys and indians. Ed.] ? Stay tuned.
Further viewing: Frank Vaughan, one of the PPC candidates on the panel, has posted "Rubin Event Aftermath - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" on YouTube. Just under 21 minutes, it's his patient and understanding take on the "peaceful protest" and how the whole chaotic scene relates to freedom of speech... for everyone... even the loony left. Quote: "Why is assault not assault when left-wing mobs commit it?!"
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