In the Name of Gods

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Skid

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Whether they be Ultra Orthodox Zionists, Opus Dei Catholics, or Islamic Shia Theocrats they are all of the same cult mind. Whether it be Bezalel Smotrich, J.D. Vance, or Mojtaba Khamenei, all are equally guilty of steering their governments and citizens towards oblivion.

While the warring factions in Sudan are the most violent war criminals on the world stage right now with over 400,000 dead and 11 million displaced, Israel is in an unholy second place. Led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and spurred on by Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Yoav Gallant, Israel Katz, Yariv Levin and Haim Katz, the Israeli Defense Forces have now murdered over 100,000 citizens in Palestine and Lebanon with over 3 million displaced. The USA attacks led by Donald Trump and Pugnacious Pete Hegseth are credited with over 140 killed, including 110 schoolgirls. Fewer than 100 citizens in the Gulf have been killed by Iran in response to the attacks by Israel and the USA.

All in the name of gods and greed.

While Trump and the MAGATS are pushing the Republican far right Project 2025, Netanyahu and company are quietly moving the Greater Israel Project into reality. The ultra orthodox Zionist fanatics have no intention of stopping the slaughter until all countries surrounding Israel have been reduced to defenceless rubble buffer zones. So much for existential threats to Israel’s happiness and security.

The Christo-fascists in the USA apparently want to bring about the End of Days as exemplified by tech billionaire and Trump acolyte Peter Thiel lecturing in Vatican City about the coming of the Anti-Christ. Gotta love The Rapture, but just in case there is no Heaven, they’ve got their bunkers built on Kauai, the Billionaire’s Island in Hawaii.

As ceasefire and peace talks collapsed, Netanyahu declared, “The War is not over.” It should have been obvious to everyone that he never wanted the war to be over, or a ceasefire negotiated until Iran had been bombed into complete submission. To leave Iran capable of developing the kind of self-defense and security that Israeli enjoys is unthinkable to the masterminds of the Greater Israel Project. How soon we forget that Israel was the first rogue nuclear nation in the region, thank you Mordechai Vanunu.

It appears that the Ayatollahs simply wanted to maintain a theocratic hold on their population within the borders of Iran, not conquer everyone outside their borders like the the Israeli/USA confederation seems intent on doing. In all cases, the source of their inspiration is devotion to a mythical god figure whether Judaic, Christian, or Islamic. What are the chances that these gods were all created by men and their followers wandering in the deserts of the Middle East as a way of preserving their power and real estate holdings.

2000 BCE: “Disobey me and I’ll firebomb your city!” thundered the god of the Torah to the partying people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

2026 CE: “Give me what I want or a whole civilization will die, never to be brought back again!” “I’ll bomb Iran back to the stone ages.” “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

We’ve had 4000 years to kick the cult habit. Time for some deprogramming and healing and a lot of John Lennon’s “Imagine”… the way I see it.

Poilievre Plays Nice

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Skid

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Pierre Poilievre has truly put the “con” back in Conservative. In his latest incarnation, Pierre is the peacemaking co-operative consensus building pure-hearted politician who just wants to help the Liberals make life more affordable for everyday hard working Canadians. Gee whiz, claim Pierre and Party, it’s the Liberals who have been slowing things down in Parliament.

Except it’s not.

I went on a fact-checking spree while reviewing some of Mr. Poilievre’s latest claims to the media, and ran an AI Google search on him. Here’s what “no-bias” AI has to say about him:

“AI Overview:

Fact-checking of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s attacks on the Liberal government record indicates a pattern of mixing accurate criticisms of Liberal policies with exaggeration, misrepresentation of context, and misleading data. While Poilievre has correctly highlighted high inflation and housing shortages, his specific claims regarding the causes and scale of these issues are frequently disputed by independent fact-checkers.”

Ah … exaggeration, misrepresentation of context, and misleading data. That sounds more like the Pierre we know and loathe. With his approval rating going nowhere quickly, Mr. Poilievre had to shift gears, lose the snarky, create-a-crisis rhetoric, and present an image of the guy who’s going to help Make Canada Great Again.

Observe his con-artist logic. After months of their negative media attacks, delay tactics and obstruction of Liberal bills and policies that would have moved the Government’s agenda forward for Canada, the Conservative Party suddenly casts a unanimous vote in favour of fast-tracking Liberal Bill C-19.

That Bill just happens to address affordability issues for low-income Canadians. Affordability just happens to be the major sound byte in Mr. Poilievre’s media spiels.

Can’t let the Liberals take credit for that, so spin the event. Affordability has come to Canada NOT because of a Liberal Bill, but because the Conservative Party cares about Canadians. Yep the Conservative Party cared enough to get out of the way and let the Bill pass!

Consider the timing of this change of heart. On January 31, 2026 Pierre Poilievre receives a resounding vote of confidence from the 2500 Conservative delegates at the leadership convention. Two days later on February 2, 2026. The Party votes to support the Liberal Bill. Coincidence? Not at all. It was a deliberately calculated move to portray the renewed leader as a captain for Team Canada. Would it be enough to cover “Poilievre’s attack-dog style, his strained relationship with much of the national media, and his perceived alignment with American populism, particularly Donald Trump?” *

Mr. Poilievre claimed, “with humility” that the Conservative Party could save Canada if only the Liberals would “work with us to fast-track results for an affordable, safe, self-reliant Canada.” Sorry Pierre, but it’s the other way around. The tail is not wagging the dog. The Conservative Party needs to work cooperatively as a constructive part of the Canadian Government as you promised after your resounding personal defeat in the last election. If we watch that little puckered mouth closely, we realize it’s pushing out the same old el-toro-pooh-pooh that it always has.

Mr. Poilievre, your new disguise is a clever way to try and stop you from flatlining, but we’re not buying the con. The reality is, that if you and your Party had started cooperating with the government immediately after the last election we’d be well on our way to a more affordable, safe and self-reliant Canada. The way I see it.

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* Photo from CBC

*Quote from The Conversation, February 1, 2026

UK, France, Canada Full Joint Statement on Gaza

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Skid

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“We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Yesterday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza is wholly inadequate. We call on the Israeli Government to stop its military operations in Gaza and immediately allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. This must include engaging with the UN to ensure a return to delivery of aid in line with humanitarian principles. We call on Hamas to release immediately the remaining hostages they have so cruelly held since 7 October 2023.

The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law. We condemn the abhorrent language used recently by members of the Israeli Government, threatening that, in their despair at the destruction of Gaza, civilians will start to relocate. Permanent forced displacement is a breach of international humanitarian law.

Israel suffered a heinous attack on October 7. We have always supported Israel’s right to defend Israelis against terrorism. But this escalation is wholly disproportionate.

We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.

We oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the West Bank. Israel must halt settlements which are illegal and undermine the viability of a Palestinian state and the security of both Israelis and Palestinians.  We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions.

We strongly support the efforts led by the United States, Qatar and Egypt to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. It is a ceasefire, the release of all remaining hostages and a long-term political solution that offer the best hope of ending the agony of the hostages and their families, alleviating the suffering of civilians in Gaza, ending Hamas’ control of Gaza and achieving a pathway to a two-state solution, consistent with the goals of the 18 June conference in New York co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France. These negotiations need to succeed, and we must all work towards the implementation of a two-state solution, which is the only way to bring long-lasting peace and security that both Israelis and Palestinians deserve, and ensure long-term stability in the region.

We will continue to work with the Palestinian Authority, regional partners, Israel and the United States to finalise consensus on arrangements for Gaza’s future, building on the Arab plan. We affirm the important role of the High-level Two-State Solution Conference at the UN in June in building international consensus around this aim. And we are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to achieving a two-state solution and are prepared to work with others to this end.”

The Rise and Fall of a Political Animal

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Skid

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The results of our federal election seem to be all accounted for at this point in time, and we can enjoy those May flowers knowing that a secure centre-left majority will work their best to provide the economic, environmental, health and housing security that all Canadians hope to achieve.

It is also calming to know that Pierre Poilievre will be out of Parliament for the rest of the year. Yes, he suffered a humiliating defeat in his long held riding in Ottawa, losing his seat and his Opposition leader status, and maybe even his residence in Stornoway. And yes, there will possibly be a leadership review that could send him into the barren lands. BUT, Pierre Poilievre is a consummate political animal. Now he is a desperate political animal backed into a corner. He will fight ruthlessly to win back a seat in Parliament and resume his former role as Leader of the Opposition by any means possible. Why? Because he doesn’t have any other skills – politics is the only thing he has ever done and ever wanted to do. The only other thing he has ever wanted to do was to drive a stake through the heart of the Liberal Party of Canada.

If his Party doesn’t reject him in a leadership review, they will seek a sacrificial lamb of a newly elected or re-elected MP to give up their seat for him. It can’t be anywhere near Ottawa, because the good citizens of Ottawa have kicked Pierre to the curb and don’t want him back. That’s what you get for waving support to a convoy of anti-everything insurrectionists who blockaded and terrorized your hometown for weeks while you just smiled down on the chaos. That was really, really stupid.

How could anyone who wanted to be the leader of our country align themselves with a group of burly, bearded, bully truckers and bikers who desperately wanted to have sex with our Prime Minister? But I digress … back to slithering into the House.

Having been born and raised in Calgary, Pierre would be very safe moving to rural Alberta and trying for a seat there. He would be quite comfortable in the nest of discontent woven by past Reform, Alliance, and Conservative mentors. He could easily settle under the warm wings of Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta’s far right United Conservative Party. There was a joke circulating when Trumpism began to rear its ugly head to our south: “What do you get when you cross a far right Floridian with a far right Texan? A UCP Albertan.” Pierre would fit right in with that crowd.

In the meantime, if needed ,the Conservative Reform Alliance Party will sit a place holder in the House of Commons and may even figure a way to let Poilievre and family stay in Stornoway until the party’s leadership is decided. Heaven forbid that poor homeless Pierre would have to go house hunting for an affordable abode like so many hard working tax-paying Canadians do every year. And imagine, having to do new job skills training at the same time. Oh, the horror, the horror!

Until then the unemployed Pierre will be putting on his election defeat speech demeanor as he continues to seduce the media circuit with his newfound co-operative spirit to work positively for all Canadians. He cannot afford to let Canadians see his true colours – that provocative, petulant partisan personality that is hardwired into his reptilian brain stem. He also cannot afford to lose the many angst filled Generation Z young adults who drank his kool aid during the election campaign. What happens if they discover that he lied to them (Canada is 1st in the G7 in per capita GDP share), and what if their needs get met, as promised, by the new minority/majority government in his absence?

Until then, if and when her returns, there will be entente in the family. Just remember that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

The way I see it.

UPDATE: As we predicted, the Conservatives found a sacrificial lamb – on May 2,2025 Damien Kurek stepped aside from his seat in Battle River-Crowfoot, Alberta to allow Poilievre to run in a safe seat. Prime Minister Carney then threw Poilievre a lifeline by promising that he would call a by-election “as soon as possible … no games.” That means that Pierre Poilievre could be back in Parliament this as early as this September. Let’s hope he’s ready to work for Canada this time.

Ignorance & Stupidity vs Environmental Literacy

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Skid

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Ignorance: 1. the condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uniformed;

2. willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is their duty to have.

Stupidity: 1. the condition of being slow to learn or understand

2. a tendency to make poor decisions or careless mistakes;

3. describing actions or decisions marked by a lack of intelligence or care

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The five pillars of Environmental Literacy are: Awareness, Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, and Action. In order to be environmentally literate, one must be very well informed, able to see the patterns that connect, and able to ruthlessly fact-check. The sources used for assembling that knowledge must be legitimate practising, peer reviewed, and published – the 3Ps. Otherwise we will get garbage in, garbage out.

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Which begs the question, dear adult voters living in Dufferin-Caledon: Why would we re-elect Kyle Seeback? Why, after knowing that the last MP who actually did anything significant for us was when we were represented by farmer Murray Calder, a Liberal MP who held the position from 1993 to 2004 when our riding was rearranged to become Dufferin-Caledon. Then a conservative lawyer, David Tilson was elected. Tilson was a former Progressive Conservative MPP who had joined the anything but progressive Conservative Reform Alliance Party. David Tilson served as MP from 2004 to 20019, spending most of that decade warming his political briefs on the backbench. He did virtually nothing for Dufferin-Caledon.

Mr. Tilson was succeeded in 2019 by Kyle Seeback, another conservative lawyer who has also warmed the backbench, again doing nothing significant for Dufferin-Caledon and Canada as a member of a hostile, divisive opposition party.

Yes, Dufferin-Caledon needed a change all right. We are entering an era of economic and political threats from the USA President, we are entering an era when the old spectre of western separatism is being stoked by far right conservatives, and we are already immersed in an era of global social and environmental upheaval. We needed someone who would fight for our security and sovereignty, not another bench warming Conservative Reform Alliance Party lawyer.

The way I see it.