Farewell Dick, Emilio… and Nanny

April 19, 2012 got off to a dubious start. April 18, I learned of the passing of Dick Clark, American Bandstand legend, and America’s Oldest Teenager. He will be fondly remembered, and sadly missed. Then the following day, I lost a personal friend. Emilio died in a house fire, at approximately 4:30 am, at 39 years of age.

I’ll miss Dick Clark, yes. He was a legend. But Emilio? He was a friend, and there is a spot missing in me now. I remember when my grandmother was 87, she lost her last sibling, her sister Alice. And at the funeral, I remember her saying, “I’ll see you soon love”. It’s probably difficult for many of us to imagine wanting to die, but every time a friend or family member dies, it chips away at us, little by little. My grandmother outlived both parents, brothers and sisters, 2 husbands, and 1 child. As those pieces were slowly whittled away from her, she began to feel that there wasn’t enough left anymore, and welcomed her time. When her time came, it was thankfully peaceful. And she went without struggle. That’s one of my pieces.

Emilio is another piece, in what will likely be a long list of pieces. He was a heavy man, and when the official cause of death is released, I’m betting on congestive heart failure brought on by smoke inhalation. But I don’t care why. It doesn’t matter why. All that matters is that it is. It is true. He has died. He’s out of my life, out of the lives of all his friends and family. Where is a question for the theologians. He’s gone.

Farewell, Emilio Antonio Notte. You were a friend.

~Mahalo~

19 April, 1995 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Boom. Public devastation, civil servants killed, citizens and children killed. A federal informant as a scapegoat.

A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 is the only full-length documentary that addresses and answers many of the questions people have asked about the bombing.

The US gov’t created a false flag terror attack, one of the first of many that were used to increase gov’t spending and control. Why were the OKC bomb squad across the street before the bombing? How did McVey’s supposed van bomb do so much damage?

I don’t need to go into much more about this really, I just wanted to put this up on the anniversary of the tragedy, and urge you all to do your own research. Don’t listen to me. Don’t buy into my conspiracy theories. Do your own research, and find out for yourself. 

~Mahalo~

Conspiracies, Alex Jones and the NWO

Alex (not Jones), if you’re reading, this one is for you. Those of you who follow Infowars.com and Infowars Nightly News will wonder how deep in the Earth I’ve been buried when I say this, but I’ve just recently discovered the insane, wildly preposterous and manically paranoid rants of Alex Jones, at www.infowars.com,www.prisonplanet.com and Alex’s YouTube channel. Now just because I said all those things, doesn’t make it negative. I gotta say, I love it. I have done the research that Alex suggests when he makes accusations and guess what? Most of what he has predicted has happened and most of what he says is true. Now, I have to admit that, sometimes what he says could be considered a stretch, but even then, it’s not ridiculous, it’s usually still quite possible even when it’s a stretch. I’m Canadian, as my blog name would indicate. But let’s not kid ourselves here. Much of what the US government does, so too does their Canadian counterpart. Fluoridate the water? Wow, great idea. Canadian stores sell many of the same products as American stores, like bottled water in those toxic Chinese plastic bottles. Also, we don’t have some of the same constitutional rights as America, like the right to bear arms, but we do have the same rights to free speech and peaceful assembly and free press, and those rights are being stripped from us in much the same ways as in the US. We don’t have Homeland Security or the TSA, but we do have many of the same flight restrictions and they’re getting worse all the time. We don’t have travel restrictions on our highways yet but I’m sure that’s coming. Our police are more and more showing indications that they think they can do anything.

Even here in Canada, we have to stand up for our rights. We have to fight back. Even if it means getting arrested to draw attention to your cause. These are days that we’ll look back on and remember well, in years to come. The outcome is up to us. Will we be looking back on these days with regret, as we hunker down in our government issued hovel, under martial law, or will we look back on them with pride, in our own home, eating food that’s free from pesticides and toxins, and water free from toxins and mind altering substances? Will we be wearing our own clothes, or government issued grey coveralls? Driving our own vehicles, or being crammed like sardines into government sanctioned public transit?

Do I sound crazy? Look around you. Orwell is living large, I’ve said it before, 1984 is upon us. There’s a popular motto among many in the US, and that motto is this: The answer to 1984 is 1776. Now granted, Canada did not fight against the British in that war, in fact we were still British colonies, and we actually fought the Americans, but these days, we’re nearly as separate from the UK as the US is. Nearly. The point is, the spirit of 1776 is still salient, and the only way we’re going to fight the spirit of 1984 that’s sweeping over the continental North America. Alex Jones knows what he’s talking about, and he’s bang on about most of it.

This is something we need to get behind, Canada. Maybe with www.infowars.ca?

~Mahalo~

2012, the End of Civilization as We Know It… ?

2011 has come and gone, another year over, a new one just begun. (Thanks John Lennon) We’ve got another US Presidential election coming up, and wow, do the Republicans ever know how to make fools of themselves these days. WTF are they collectively smoking? The lot of them have lost their minds if they think their ideals are attractive to anyone. Come to Canada people. Vote for a party, not a person. Admittedly our choices aren’t all that great sometimes either, but our system does tend to work better. Enough of the bragging, do your own research. Eric Idle said it over 20 years ago, maybe even 30, but it just seems to get more and more poignant as time goes by: “The world today seems absolutely crackers… with nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high… there’s fools and idiots sitting on the triggers.. ” Can a song more accurately describe the world right now than that? Of course, nevermind the rest of the song. Just those 3 lines. I are the 99%. And even being Canadian, this shite is driving me batty.

And what of SOPA and PIPA? Wake up people. Fight them yes, but watch our rear flank, because ACTA is sneaking in, and that’s the proper worry. It’s like fighting a couple Orcs while a Dragon sneaks up behind you. The Orcs will hurt you if you don’t fight them, yes, but you have to be ready for the Dragon or he’ll roast your ass nice and crispy. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Orwell is living large. It’s 1984, and it’s coming to a boil. The world is plagued with idiocy, and protest all we will, it doesn’t seem to be helping. The
Big Brother steamroller just keeps on coming.

I’m not in my usual blogging form tonight, but I had to make an opening post. Discuss, reply, but think before you post. Keep the hate out of it. A good debate can be fun and educational when people stay on topic, speak from a well-informed point of view, and keep their emotions in check. I will remove any posts that don’t fit that, but I look forward to those that do.

~Mahalo~

Dudley Do-Right Strikes Again

Yep, that iconic hero of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seems to be back with them as a full time constable. Only this time, Snidely Whiplash has gotten one over on him.

According to CBCnews.ca, Dion Nordick of Grand Forks, B.C., has seized two surveillance cameras that he says the RCMP had hidden in trees near his home. The flash memory cards contained in these cameras, he asserts, are full of images from various crime scenes and investigations, many of which are totally unrelated to Mr. Nordick, or the RCMP's alleged investigation of him.

I'm not going to rehash the whole story, if you're interested, you can read it here. Here's one part of the story I really get a kick out of though: RCMP Sgt Dan Seibel was quoted as saying “The fact that someone has committed a criminal act and stolen our cameras certainly is, I guess, a concern for RCMP and for our investigators". I had to laugh at that, because from what I've read, I don't see a criminal act having been committed here. I see the RCMP being caught with their pants down, and now I see them saying "please mister, can we have our cameras back that we left on YOUR property?" When somebody leaves something in my yard, and doesn't tell me they've done so, or when they intend to return for it, it becomes my property, not theirs. Nobody asked Mr Nordick's permission to put those cameras on his property, nor does it seem they had obtained a warrant for such. This, to me, and to Nordick's lawyer, is a clear case of trespass, and I would even go so far as to say littering. Nordick has/had every right to seize the cameras, and do as he pleases with them, in my understanding of this situation.

I'm sorry Dudley, I don't think Nell's daddy can save you from this one.

~Mahalo~

Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus

Myths. Legends. Bigfoot. Nessie. They exist in some peoples' minds, and not in others. Whatever they are, they've all come from some glimmer of truth, somewhere along the line. Whether that truth be that Nessie is a real sea monster, or that Bigfoot is Ron Perlman in a fur coat, there is truth in all legends' roots at some point.

A few years ago, I met one. Legend, that is, not Ron Perlman in a fur coat. One of God's own prototypes. As the good doctor (whom I am fond of quoting) once said, "Too weird to live, too rare to die". Alex, you'll be reading this at some point, I'm sure. I know you won't object. Alex has seen and been in a lot of shit in his young life. I say young, he's older than me, but not by much. In my line of thinking, I'd think the gang rape by bikers in Canada is probably some of the worst he's had to endure. He's my brother from another mother, and I'll always have his back, and always have my door open to him.

As much as I want to see more of you around here, all things considered I'd prefer to know you were back in Costa Rica. That jungle is safer for you than this one. Stay public, stay strong, stay hungry. But most of all, stay public. Deflect, distract, deter, but dammit, stay public. Learn that lesson. They don't want to target you when the spotlight is on you, because the spotlight will turn to them next. Paranoia is a healthy thing. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Illegitimi non carborundum. You have me. Don't lose it.

~Mahalo~

You Say You Want A Revolution?

Occupy. 99%. What does it mean? Ask Che Guivera. Revolution is upon us Bubba, like it or not. The occupy movement has snowballed beyond anyone's wildest dreams, but still has not reached anyone's true hopes. As the economy in the US crumbles, the tax woes of the working class and the tax breaks for the corporates comes to light, and tens of thousands sweep and 'occupy' public and private spaces throughout the nation, Che is living large. Right beside Orwell. That's right, I said it. Orwell. 1984. Revolution in the midst of big government tactics. Who will be the next Salazar? Or worse yet, HST? The good Doctor Gonzo sure didn't shoot himself. Somebody else did him that dubious honour.

And it's not just in the USA either. This revolution is global. There are different reasons on different continents, but there's revolution almost everywhere you look these days. USA, Canada, UK, EU, Africa, the former Soviet Bloc, North and South Korea, Tibetan China. You don't have to look very hard to see it. The world is on the brink, the precipice, of something... monumental. Good, bad or otherwise, monumental nonetheless. Get behind it Bubba, because it's not going to go away.

The good doctor told us we were living in the Kingdom of Fear. Boy howdy, did he ever peg that one. The Occupy movement is certainly one that Hunter could have gotten behind. I often wonder what he may have had to say about the current occupant of the Oval Office. I know what I think of that occupant, but it's complicated.

Occupy people. It's not showing a lot of results yet, but dammit it's barely gotten started. These things take time. Get behind OWS, get behind Dave Ridley (ridleyreport.com), get behind Ron Paul (ronpaul.com). The Roman Empire made these same mistakes a few short years ago, and it seems much of America has yet to learn from that. Get the hell out of Iraq, get out of the middle east, keep a goddamn eye on that lunatic Kim Jong Il, and forget about chasing fictional characters in the sand. Bush used that so that he could get whatever he wanted out of congress. Well guess what? There's nothing left. America is broke. Obama doesn't need to keep up the charade, no matter how hard he tries, congress isn't going to give him $90 Billion. They don't have it anymore, thanks to Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Haliburton.

There's a saying around Washington these days: I'd rather go driving with Ted Kennedy than hunting with Dick Cheney. Go take a drive people, the swim will invigorate you.

~Mahalo~