Poetic justice in Burlington ON

"What goes `round comes `round." It's been quite a week for poetic or delayed justice for three "protesters". Of course it's fashionable nowadays to be anti-everything, but those who choose to take it into the streets should be aware that sometimes what you were doing when you should have been at home minding your own busines can come back to bite you in the bum.

A couple of days ago Walt told you about an anti-racism "protester" who had a "near miss" when a statue of a Confederate soldier fell on him while he was trying to pull it down. See "Poetic justice in Portsmouth VA", WWW 13/6/20.

While we were posting that -- on that very day -- Sarah Hegazi, a well-known antifa agitator, took her own life in her Toronto apartment. We cannot say why she did it -- something to do with being an openly gay Muslim woman seeking asylum in Canada, perhaps -- but she did tell the CBC in 2018 "Here in Canada, I haven't people, I haven't family, I haven't friends. So I'm not happy here."

Another person who thought Canada wasn't doing very well on rights issue -- "animal rights", in this case -- was (note past tense) Regan Russell, a longtime animal rights activist and member of Toronto Pig Save. [He's not making that up. Ed.]

Ms Russell and her pig-loving friends have been demonstrating for many moons outside slaughterhouses in the Greater [sic] Toronto Area, protesting the inhumane treatment of animals on their way to porcine heaven. A co-founder of Toronto Pig Save, one Anita Krajnc [pronounced "crank"? Ed.] was hauled into court in 2015 for trying to give water to a truckload of swine (the four-footed kind) waiting in the hot sun. Ms Krajnc was found not guilty of criminal mischief, but the case was a big deal (of course) in the lamestream media.

Yesterday, Ms Russell earned herself a Darwin Award, having been fatally struck by a truck while was protesting outside Fearman's Pork, a slaughterhouse in Burlington ON -- the very same place where Ms Krajnc had her encounter with the local constabulary. Ms Krajnc said Ms Russell "was in front of the truck when it ran over her."

The death of the 65-year-old activist comes just two days after the province of Ontario passed legislation that hiked fines for trespassing on farms and food-processing facilities and made it illegal to obstruct trucks carrying farm animals.

Predictably, a large number of activists showed up at the scene, planning to hold an all-night vigil in honour of Ms Russell and the pigs she loved. Said Ms Krajnc, "We have asked management to get some of these pigs in the truck to a sanctuary in her name."

[That's enough. That one was too easy. Ed.]

UPDATED: Washington shooter turns out to be Turkish

Apparently random murder spree in a typical suburban American shopping mall. Five dead, ranging in age from a teenager to a senior citizen. "No apparent motive," the cops said. Just random.

Massive manhunt for the suspect, first described as "Hispanic-looking" ensues. Last night, Island County Sheriff's Lieutenant Mike Hawley, on patrol in Oak Harbor WA, spots someone who looks like the guy in the video, and arrests him.

Now in police custody is Arcan Cetin, aged 20, a sometime resident of Oak Harbor, arrested previously for assault, DUI, and more assault. Last December, he was ordered by an Island County District Court judge not to possess a firearm.

Authorities did not say how the suspect may have obtained the weapon -- whether he retrieved it from outside or picked it up in the mall -- but they believe he acted alone. The weapon was recovered at the scene.

"Arcan Cetin?", Walt hears you say. "Doesn't sound Irish or Dutch." Well, no. Mr Cetin immigrated to the Excited States of America from... wait for it... Turkey.

So far, nothing has been said about Mr Cetin's religion (or lack thereof), and nothing has been said about his motive (or lack thereof). Walt suspects nothing more will be said until after tomorrow night's Great Debate. Why make things any more awkward for Crooked Hillary than they are already?

Further reading (and watching -- VIDEO embedded): "'The more Muslims you have, the more terrorists.' (Mark Steyn)" WWW 21/9/16.

UPDATED 25/9/16: From the AP mojo wire... "Cetin also appeared to have blogs on the site Tumblr that had not been updated in many months. They included seemingly random posts about serial killer Ted Bundy, a collection of selfies, the top-secret Area 51 Cold War test site and photos of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The two blogs linked back to each other and one of them linked to what appeared to be his Twitter page." Walt's emphasis. Stay tuned for more....