January 24, 2025 · 12:13

Welcome to the New World; Nazism 2.0

I understand Tristan’s sentiments and his belief that arrests cannot be made without warrant but it is happening. There will be no recourse in a court of law. No such thing as “Innocent until proven guilty”.

Justice? 1500 violent and treasonous, convicted criminals were just pardoned and are out on the streets, as far as I know, with their right to bear arms, even if they have lost that right – I am not up on U.S. gun laws (Are there any? Really? I don’t think so.) Men and women with, absolutely, no respect for the rule of law, armed and ready to fight for their…whatever he is.

Let us not forget that the man holding the most powerful seat in government is, himself a convicted felon. His nominations for some of the other powerful seats within the American system just defy logical thinking; a man who is an unabashed conspiracy theorist who believes he had or still has a brain worm…Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nominated to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services. Let that one sink in, truly sink in.

Secretary of Defense nominee? Peter Hegseth, accused of being an alcoholic, molesting, wife beater.

“A trail of documents, corroborated by the accounts of former colleagues, indicates that Hegseth was forced to step down by both of the two nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran—Veterans for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America—in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct.”

There is far more on this guy; see the link below and prepare for outrage and disgust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth

I understand that the American school system has been suffering and under fire for decades. And the end result is, generations of citizens who do not understand the absolute danger faced by the country. The rule of law no longer applies unless it benefits the GOP and its allies. Justice is simply 7 letters strung together, at this point.

The disaster that is the United States of America, currently, will only worsen. These people do not discuss. We all saw that on Jan. 6th/2024 and we saw it in Charlotteville, NC…we hear it in the opinions of the Magats (and no, I will not refer to them as Republicans because they are not – they use the label but you can slap gold paint on a turd but it remains a turd.)

I am old enough to remember the civil unrest of the 70’s, seeing it on television, meeting conscientious objectors in my city and other Canadian cities. To this day, I do not understand the reason for all those American kids losing their lives and taking the lives of Vietnamese. (There was none.)

I wish I could see into the future, I wish the future looked positive for the U.S. but it doesn’t. News media, social media have been compromised. The entire world is pointing, laughing and snorting in disgust at how far the U.S. has fallen. The president (not capitalizing – he doesn’t deserve it), is THREATENING allies. Canada, Denmark, Panama – he has his eye on Cuba; he has come out and said, he is looking to expand American territory. So, did Putin and that is not going the way either Putin or his pocket monkey, Trump thought it would. Same goes for Canada. For Denmark. For Panama. Cuba, I’m afraid, will fall victim to expansionism, they simply don’t have the resources to fight, unless China steps in.

Unless there is confrontation, and I’m afraid it would have to be violent as that is the only thing that administration and its flunkies understand, the U.S. is on the way to being Nazi-Germany 2.0 or considering Trumps love affair with Vlad? Perhaps Stalinism American style.

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January 23, 2025 · 09:51

Musk – He’s Dangerous…and INSANE IMO.

More news and I don’t care, I’m taking this down a rabbit (rat hole). Neurolink…chips in the brain, funded/orchestrated by a man, with exploding cars and rockets. A man whom, in front of the entire world, Zeig Heils….And HE arranging for the insertion of brain chips. Think about it. BRAIN CHIPS!

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-computer-interface-9dbc92206389f27fd032825cf1597ee5

Because, at this point, there is no limit, in my mind, as to how far down, Trump/Musk and their handmaidens will go, how does this play? Detainees, ripped from family and friends, in detention camps, offered a deal, “Hey, we’ll give you citizenship, if you agree to have a brain implant and sign this here N.D.A. What do you say?”

In addition? The migrants, the refugees currently working fields and in underpaid, unsecured jobs, no one else wants? How much do you want to bet that this pseudo-government turns around and tells unemployed, disabled, veterans on benefits that the work is there so they can fill the spots because benefit are ceasing.

Oh I’m not on a Canadian high horse; we have, at least two politicians that immediately come to mind, who are so up Trump’s ass, they may as well be the hemorrhoids they resemble; Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith. Things are looking grim all over.

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January 23, 2025 · 09:08

I need the prompt…

Daily writing prompt
List five things you do for fun.
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5 Things I Do For Fun?

  1. Gaming – PS5; my deal are RPGs. I avoid MORPGs; my patience doesn’t permit it, anymore. My games are Skyrim, Diablo IV (one of the few MORPGs I play), Neverwinter, The Witcher; Wild Hunt and a few others.
  2. Spending time with my family – especially “game” night; Cards Against Humanity, Trivial Pursuit and Tok (I think the last one is unique to Québec).
  3. Cuba; we travel to Cuba – fun and also to help out the folks in that country, suffering under American attacks on their autonomy/sovereignty.
  4. Writing – I write, currently working on an anthology (F) and a novel (SF), that I may get around to finishing…one day.
  5. Reading, audio books now; my eyesight sucks.

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January 22, 2025 · 10:13

It’s Been A Minute

I don’t really see a point to repeating something that has been expressed, far more eloquently than I could have managed.

Take a read: It’s time to rebuild

This is a rebuild, I have deleted most of my old posts and starting, more or less, fresh. I have kept a few that were important to me, but all the rest have been trashed. Time to move forward.

I’ve retired, officially. Haven’t quite managed to wrap my head around the implications.  In fact, the other day, I rolled out of bed, grabbed a coffee and sat down in my office, (I have worked from home since 2019), to begin my day.  😳

I’ll figure it out, eventually; in the meantime, I am catching up on politics, general news and it is, quite frankly, terrifying.

We have the Oligarch Felon, elected and threatening us from the south and an actual Oligarch to the north, pulling his strings.  (I am, obviously, referring to the Orange Baboon Trump and the despot Putin.) 

We don’t seem to….let’s be frank and crude here, we don’t seem to have any politicians up here, with the balls to tell the felon where to stick his mini-mushroom.  Worries me greatly.  History is repeating itself.  Think Germany and WWII. 

Let’s see; I deactivate FB/Instagram and Threads.  I deleted Twitter when that Nazi bought it.  I use BlueSky exclusively now.  It does have a small learning curve and you will need to maintain your personal algorithm by muting/blocking undesirables (Magats and Maple Magats), they have invaded. I can only assume that since the mass migration from the dead bird app, they had no one to troll, save each other.   

 So to summarize;

  • Supporter of Ukraine.
  • I am left of center.
  • I am an Ally.
  • No patience for Republicans or the pseudo-Republicans (Up here, they masquerade as Progressive Conservatives).
  • Feminist
  • Pro-Choice
  • My religious/spiritual beliefs are like my toilet habits; kept to myself and in my own home.

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March 3, 2021 · 11:07

STOP HELPING THE SCAMMERS…JESUS IN A HANDCART…


STOP IT! Please pay close attention; free trips, free RVs, free anything on social media is 99.999% a scam. I am seeing a Bora Bora one currently; come on guys. Social media outlets are global, think about that for a minute – how can anyone offer that kind of a deal to anyone, living anywhere?? Just an added tip, regarding the current Bora Bora garbage? The Meridien closed in May of 2020 for 18 to 24 months.

If you go to the Bora Bora page on FB? Take a look at the “About” – no website, no contact information…nothing. Should be a big old red flag with neon lights and music…

They are “like-farming”: What Exactly is Like-Farming?

Like-farming on Facebook is a technique in which scammers create an eye-catching post designed to get many likes and shares. Posts often give people emotional reasons to click, like, and share, such as adorable animals, sick children, the promise to win big, or political messages.

Why Do Scammers “Farm” for Likes?

As with many scams, like-farming has several different aims. When scammers ask you to “register” in order to win something or claim an offer, this is a way to steal your personal information. Other versions can be more complex. Often, the post itself is initially harmless – albeit completely fictional. But when the scammer collects enough likes and shares, they will edit the post and could add something malicious, such as a link to a website that downloads malware to your machine. Other times, once scammers reach their target number of likes, they strip the page’s original content and use it to promote spammy products. They may also resell the page on the black market. These buyers can use it to spam followers or harvest the information Facebook provides.

Protect yourself from Like-Farming with these tips

Use your good judgement. If a post says you can win something just by sharing the post, it’s probably not true. If a post tugs at your heartstrings and isn’t about someone you know personally, be wary about the truthfulness of its contents.

Don’t click “like” on every post in your feed. Scammers are counting on getting as many mindless likes as possible, so be sure you only “like” posts and articles that are legitimate. Don’t help scammers spread their con.

Be cautious when it comes to sharing your personal information. Never give out personal information, such as your full name, telephone number, address, etc. to a person or company you don’t know or trust.

Update your web browser. Make sure you always have the latest version of your browser. That way, if you do accidentally click on a scammer’s post, your browser will be more likely to warn you about suspicious sites.

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May 6, 2020 · 08:09

Conspiracy, Covid, Gates and the real virus danger.

Please stop. Please?

I get it, these are scary times. I get it, we are all worried, to some degree, about health, about our financial status etc but really?

Fear is at the bottom of most of the unattractive traits in humanity. Okay, fear and ignorance. Frankly, I get really annoyed by the latter because, in this day, in age, there is no excuse for ignorance. We have access to, virtually, every single piece of viable knowledge, throughout our history. So, I get a little bent out of shape when I see, ordinarily, intelligent people spreading YouTube garbage as actual information. These same people claim media is fake yet believe some half-baked asshat with access to a camera and microphone.

Do I believe popular media? No. Let’s face it, they aren’t charitable organizations and they need to pay their overhead like any other business. They create sensational headlines or headlines with trigger words, in order to generate interest/clicks.

I, certainly, don’t believe any of the YouTube offerings of “news”. I do confess to watching some of the conspiracy videos but simply for comedic relief.

The Gates-haters are the ones that make me laugh the hardest. If it weren’t for Gates? Few if any of these boneheads would be spewing their claptrap. Here’s a thought, if Gates is the devil that the haters claim? If he had the technology to implant microchips? Do ya not think that he would also possess the technology to block all these “truthers”? I like to think he watches them as well and giggles, at their expense.

We are a long, long way from a vaccine for Covid. Vaccines take time. They take something called “research” and that is my key word, “RESEARCH”!!

For the love of whatever invisible friend in whom you believe, RESEARCH. Stop the proliferation of ignorance and fear based on some yahoo, videotaping in some ersatz office setting. (Probably in his/her basement).

No, don’t believe popular media but for heaven’s sake, give yourself a smack if you believe what you see on the Youtubes…

If you don’t hold a higher degree in one of the health sciences, if you don’t know the difference between a bacterium and a virus? Don’t spread information unless you have, thoroughly, researched what you are posting. Of course, the best thing you could do would be to take a few science classes, a far better way to spend your time online, than watching twitches on YouTube.

The real viral danger (See what I did there ? ), is spreading faster than that Covid could have wished, in its wildest, little virus dreams…the Ignorance Virus. The difference is, of course, there is a cure for the Ignorance Virus; it is widely available and often, free of charge. The vaccine has a more common name; education.

Don’t believe popular media but using the same logic, don’t believe YouTube or Reddit or any other place where conspiracies are birthed, nurtured and then set lose to infect the unwary, the naïve.

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October 11, 2019 · 07:34

Chico, A bien tôt

Chico left us on Tuesday night. He would have been 11 years old this month. He was with us for 10 years. 10 years of constant joy, love and goofiness.

You hear people talk about “good dogs”. Chico was one of the best. He was, truly, our fur baby. He was one of us. I know he loved us and we loved him back, fiercely.

Chico was ill. He was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy; in May of this year, we were told his life expectancy would be 6 months. We were devastated. We could not imagine life without him. Now, we have no choice.

He loved everyone; okay, except for cats. He was not fond of cats, everything else was fair game for lovings. Even skunks but that didn’t turn out so well, on a couple of occasions but he kept trying.

I don’t verbalize very well; I write out my thoughts, my feelings. And…I am finding that words are failing me. There is no way to express how much we loved him. The void…the hole that was punched through, by his leaving us, is huge. The emptiness? Indescribable.

I want to concentrate on all the positive memories but right now, they just seem to emphasize that hole.

I want to take comfort knowing that we never had to decide when he was suffering and to help him end it. I know, deep in my heart, it isn’t a decision I would ever have made.

I want to take comfort knowing that he left us, in his own sweet bed, in his sleep, with Dave and I by his side.

I want to take comfort knowing that it was quick.

I want to take comfort knowing that the vow we made, when he came into our lives, to always give him the best, to love him, and yes, to spoil him, was a vow we kept.

I want to take comfort in all these things but comfort is very hard to come by, right now. Perhaps in the coming months, coming years, that comfort will help to, somehow, soften the edged of that hole in our hearts.

I want to believe that this is simply, as is said in Quebec, “A bien tôt”. I want to believe that he is with my Mom and Dad, waiting for the day that we are all together; the three of them, waiting for us. I want to believe that. I have created a mental picture of that. I will keep that dream image, in my mind, in my heart.

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November 18, 2018 · 11:45

KYLE SPRINGER – DOG KILLER – NEW BRUNSWICK AND ALBERTA

  Because I do not believe, after  being released on a bond, with a promise to appear on Dec. 31st. I would like to make this a searchable story, that follows this psychopath for as long as possible.

His name is Kyle Springer and he, willfully, starved this dog to death. He was wanted on a warrant in New Brunswick and fled. He was found and arrested, as mentioned, they released him with a “promise to appear” on Dec. 31st.

Ridiculous courts – sure, he’ll be there. Bright and early on Dec. 31st riding his unicorn, with his trusted leprechaun at his side.

Remember the face, remember the name, although he’ll probably change it. Don’t cut this guy any breaks; give him as much caring and empathy as he gave Diesel.

Scumbag.

Update – January 9/2019:

Arrest made 2 years later

Court documents show Springer, who’s from Hartland, N.B., failed to show up for a court appearance two years ago, and a warrant for his arrest was issued.

According to western New Brunswick Crime Stoppers, Springer had moved to Alberta but was arrested when he returned for the holidays following an anonymous tip.

Springer refused an interview with CBC News, but he snickered as he got into his vehicle after leaving court where a group of people came to protest the abuse to the dog.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kyle-springer-animal-abuse-dog-death-locked-home-1.4970582?fbclid=IwAR2d8yRaRcD-8ibnQm0fF0s7EAZdpLxLmtkzAcp7ZKCZNwjlaVQ_3fDbrR8

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August 4, 2018 · 02:47

KATY GAMMON – UK SOLICITOR AND MONSTER

Jailed, solicitor who starved dog to death in locked room: Boxer tried to claw its way out of kitchen before dying in agony

By LUKE SALKELD FOR THE DAILY MAIL

(I hope to keep this traceable for as long as there is an internet; this thing is not a human being, she is a monster. Web rumour is that she has actually given birth. I can only hope that the U.K’s version of Child Protective Services has her on their radar. This kind of wanton cruelty is an indicator of a sociopathic personality.)

 

    • Katy Gammon, 27, tied up her pet boxer Roxy and left home for a week
    • Solicitor returned to a stench so strong she could not face going inside
    • Boxer was eventually found 10 weeks later after complaints about flies
    • RSPCA inspectors had to scrape dead Roxy off the floor with a shovel
    • Gammon, from Bristol, has been jailed for 18 weeks today
    • Magistrate says cruelty was ‘deliberate’ and ‘most serious court has seen’
    • Shockingly, Gammon had piled tins of dog food and dog treats outside the kitchen – just feet away from where Roxy was
      locked inside.
    • RSPCA Inspector Albinson added: “This is one of the worst cases we have ever come across. “The police who attended the scene were genuinely upset by it and they investigate human murders. “She showed no remorse whatsoever in interview.”

A trainee solicitor was jailed yesterday for locking her dog in the kitchen and starving it to death.

Roxy, a five-year-old Boxer, died in agony after she was trapped without food or water for more than a week.

Her owner, Katy Gammon, 27, who had moved in with her mother at the time, continued going to work while her pet slowly perished.

WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT – DISTURBING TO YOUNG READERS AND TO PEOPLE WITH AN I.Q.

          

Roxy’s body lay undiscovered for another eight weeks, by which time it was so decomposed an RSPCA inspector had to use a snow shovel to pick it up.

Bristol Magistrates’ Court had previously heard that Gammon had confined the dog by tying a rope to the kitchen door handle and fixing it to a hook in the hall.

Roxy had frantically clawed at the door, leaving fragments on the floor, as she tried to escape before her death, which would have taken around six days.

Gammon is thought to have confined Roxy to one room because she was not house trained.

Her body was found after Gammon started staying with her mother nearby.

She returned to feed Roxy until she dislocated her knee and was unable to get to the house, then falsely claimed her ex-boyfriend was feeding her pet.

Gammon told RSPCA inspector Miranda Albinson she had left Roxy without food for a week in August, and returned to find an awful smell, adding: ‘I assumed she was dead. I never went back.’

Asked if she had deliberately locked her in the kitchen and left her to die, Gammon replied: ‘Yes, basically.’



A number of items had desperately been pulled out of cupboards. We believe this was a desperate attempt at searching for food or water.

‘Roxy suffered a slow, painful death which could have been prevented.’

Farah Rashid, defending, said Gammon ‘hated herself’ for the suffering she had caused, adding: ‘There is no excuse. This conviction has ended the career she has been working for ten years.’ (She doesn’t hate herself as much as the rest of the world will hate her, as word continues to spread. It is my fervent wish that she never has a happy day for the rest of her miserable life.)

An online petition had collected 100,000 signatures for ‘justice for Roxy the boxer dog’, and protesters campaigning for tougher sentencing for animal cruelty gathered outside the court and chanted.

Sentencing, magistrate Rod Mayall said: ‘You have shown limited remorse. You failed to behave as any normal person would have. This is the most serious case of animal cruelty encountered in these courts.’



 

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June 11, 2018 · 09:55

Canada Revenue Agency – They DON’T make housecalls.

http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/reportincident-signalerincident/index-eng.htm

(Examples of fraudulent communications – text and e-mails)

The Canada Revenue Agency or the provincial revenue agencies, DO NOT show up at your house. They simply DO NOT. These are scammers. They are not government agencies; they are dirtbags in call centers, looking to relieve you of your cash. Let me repeat; the CRA DOES NOT SHOW UP AT YOUR HOME. If someone making this claim does come to your home, call the police immediately. Note their physical description, the vehicle they are driving, and if safe to do so, the license plate #.

Although it may seem obvious to most of us; they don’t as for cash/gift cards as payment.

The procedures are nationwide and do not deviate; if you really own the government money, they will contact you via regular old snail mail. You’ll be provided with a file number and a contact name/number. If you call, they will ask you specific information regarding your identity. To be completely sure that this is the government, use the phone numbers found on the actual government web site or in the telephone book.

Please talk to neighbours who may be vulnerable – elderly neighbours, recent immigrants and refugees. Encourage them to report the scams.

When you back trace the numbers and ask the providers – Rogers seems to be a popular one; they are notable unresponsive. Go to the RCMP Fraud site and register a formal complaint.

http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/reportincident-signalerincident/index-eng.htm

 

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