Virtual utopia, that is.
Cyberwar is much in the news these days. Apparently Putin started this trend when he hijacked the 2016 election. We've been struggling to fight back ever since.
To that end, have you noticed that virtually all governments and international institutions have struck "partnerships" with big tech?
Whether it's your local government or the feds, or supra-national combines like NATO or the EU, everybody is partnering with the Googletwitterfacebook crowd to ensure our cyber-safety.
Be afraid...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Sunday, September 8, 2019
The only people who still believe in American Exceptionalism live in Hong Kong
Who are these people?
They think Uncle Sam and his chief minion, Donny J, hand out human rights and democracy like it's candy!
It's often said that Asian people are really smart, but this lot put the lie to that.
Have they not had time to review Uncle Sam's resume, and evaluate America's record on spreading freedom, human rights, and democracy around the world?
Obviously not.
Interesting how our corporate media spin this Hong Kong stuff.
People throwing gasoline bombs at the cops are "protesters."
Excuse me?!
Anybody who ever threw a gasoline bomb at cops in the US, or Canada, or anywhere in the the EU, or pretty much anywhere in the world, would be in prison, or more likely, dead.
But in HK they are "protesters?" Not only that, but we are routinely implored to support them!
Get outta here!!!
When you look at the state of democracy in the USA, when you look at America's track record of supporting the most egregious human rights violators on the planet for decades, the sheer absurdity of this alleged "pro-democracy protest movement" comes into focus.
I ain't buying any of it.
They think Uncle Sam and his chief minion, Donny J, hand out human rights and democracy like it's candy!
It's often said that Asian people are really smart, but this lot put the lie to that.
Have they not had time to review Uncle Sam's resume, and evaluate America's record on spreading freedom, human rights, and democracy around the world?
Obviously not.
Interesting how our corporate media spin this Hong Kong stuff.
People throwing gasoline bombs at the cops are "protesters."
Excuse me?!
Anybody who ever threw a gasoline bomb at cops in the US, or Canada, or anywhere in the the EU, or pretty much anywhere in the world, would be in prison, or more likely, dead.
But in HK they are "protesters?" Not only that, but we are routinely implored to support them!
Get outta here!!!
When you look at the state of democracy in the USA, when you look at America's track record of supporting the most egregious human rights violators on the planet for decades, the sheer absurdity of this alleged "pro-democracy protest movement" comes into focus.
I ain't buying any of it.
Migrants heading from Canada to Mexico
The particular migrant I'm talking about is the Canada Goose.
They're starting to do their practice runs around here. It's quite a sight to see. Up to three or four dozen geese, a significant number of them having never done this migration thing before, try to make a V formation happen. The Vs are a work in progress. They can turn into Ws and Ys or some ever-shifting combination. They can split up, or they can disintegrate altogether.
This is accompanied by a good deal of goose trash talk, judging by the tone of it. But they'll get it down. They have every other year.
I used to think they limited their migration to about the Carolinas, but I've done a little reading, and it seems a lot of them go all the way to Mexico! Mind you, more and more Canada Geese don't even bother with the migration anymore. They've become urban geese.
I guess what we've got around here is your old-school hillbilly geese. They still like to go south for the winter.
They're starting to do their practice runs around here. It's quite a sight to see. Up to three or four dozen geese, a significant number of them having never done this migration thing before, try to make a V formation happen. The Vs are a work in progress. They can turn into Ws and Ys or some ever-shifting combination. They can split up, or they can disintegrate altogether.
This is accompanied by a good deal of goose trash talk, judging by the tone of it. But they'll get it down. They have every other year.
I used to think they limited their migration to about the Carolinas, but I've done a little reading, and it seems a lot of them go all the way to Mexico! Mind you, more and more Canada Geese don't even bother with the migration anymore. They've become urban geese.
I guess what we've got around here is your old-school hillbilly geese. They still like to go south for the winter.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Five easy steps to raising a mass shooter
1. Get him hooked on all things internet as early as possible. An iPad while he's still in diapers is a good idea.
2. As he is growing up, make sure you bombard him with messages about how there is no hope for humanity. If you don't, the internet will.
3. Remind him at every turn that he will never have a decent career because immigrants, or free trade agreements, or robots, are killing all the good jobs.
4. Allow your sullen teen, obviously alienated by 1,2, and 3 above, to skip school and play kill-em-all video games all day and all night.
5. Get your sullen and alienated young person pumped up with anti-depressants prescribed by respected professionals and produced by the most prestigious pharmaceutical companies in the world.
That should do it!
As long as you live in a place where anyone can buy any firearm they fancy, with virtually no questions asked, you should be good to go!
2. As he is growing up, make sure you bombard him with messages about how there is no hope for humanity. If you don't, the internet will.
3. Remind him at every turn that he will never have a decent career because immigrants, or free trade agreements, or robots, are killing all the good jobs.
4. Allow your sullen teen, obviously alienated by 1,2, and 3 above, to skip school and play kill-em-all video games all day and all night.
5. Get your sullen and alienated young person pumped up with anti-depressants prescribed by respected professionals and produced by the most prestigious pharmaceutical companies in the world.
That should do it!
As long as you live in a place where anyone can buy any firearm they fancy, with virtually no questions asked, you should be good to go!
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Canada's great pump-and-dump legal marijuana scam
That's my conspiracy theory for the day.
Think about it.
In my many years building ships for the Royal Canadian Navy, building transformers for General Electric, fabbing the structural steel for 7 World Trade Center at Frankel Steel, or doing maintenance work in sawmills on Vancouver Island, I didn't meet many folks who couldn't find themselves a bag of weed if they wanted one.
When I wasn't on the welding gig, I was taking university courses or working in education. Just like on the shop floor, I didn't meet many folks who couldn't have found a baggie if they wanted one.
Weed was actually a fairly stable market. Barriers to entry into the business were virtually non-existent. Those who worked hard and networked effectively survived and even thrived. The only downside was that your lifestyle, and sometimes your life, was at constant risk, simply because the stuff was illegal.
It's been more than obvious for decades that this idiocy needs to end. Everybody knew it. The career political operators behind Justin Trudeau certainly knew it. They made legalized weed the centrepiece of their election run.
When they won, they immediately threw the entire industry to Bay Street. The Globe and Mail was fully complicit in this, and continue to milk this rapidly shrivelling teat as hard as they can. It's shrivelling because the vast majority of the populace are in no hurry to pay more for an inferior product.
Meanwhile, multiple former high-level police officials, after spending their careers ruining the lives of anyone affiliated with the formerly illegal pot biz, were suddenly in demand as movers and shakers in the burgeoning legal Bay Street pot scene.
Bay Street sharpies walked away with millions, in some cases hundreds of millions, convincing a gullible Globe-reading public that legal pot stocks were the next Amazon or Apple.
As those investors are finding out, that wasn't the case.
Sounds like a classic pump-and-dump to me.
Think about it.
In my many years building ships for the Royal Canadian Navy, building transformers for General Electric, fabbing the structural steel for 7 World Trade Center at Frankel Steel, or doing maintenance work in sawmills on Vancouver Island, I didn't meet many folks who couldn't find themselves a bag of weed if they wanted one.
When I wasn't on the welding gig, I was taking university courses or working in education. Just like on the shop floor, I didn't meet many folks who couldn't have found a baggie if they wanted one.
Weed was actually a fairly stable market. Barriers to entry into the business were virtually non-existent. Those who worked hard and networked effectively survived and even thrived. The only downside was that your lifestyle, and sometimes your life, was at constant risk, simply because the stuff was illegal.
It's been more than obvious for decades that this idiocy needs to end. Everybody knew it. The career political operators behind Justin Trudeau certainly knew it. They made legalized weed the centrepiece of their election run.
When they won, they immediately threw the entire industry to Bay Street. The Globe and Mail was fully complicit in this, and continue to milk this rapidly shrivelling teat as hard as they can. It's shrivelling because the vast majority of the populace are in no hurry to pay more for an inferior product.
Meanwhile, multiple former high-level police officials, after spending their careers ruining the lives of anyone affiliated with the formerly illegal pot biz, were suddenly in demand as movers and shakers in the burgeoning legal Bay Street pot scene.
Bay Street sharpies walked away with millions, in some cases hundreds of millions, convincing a gullible Globe-reading public that legal pot stocks were the next Amazon or Apple.
As those investors are finding out, that wasn't the case.
Sounds like a classic pump-and-dump to me.
Four-twenty for a Globe and Mail?
The paper keeps getting thinner but today the Korean Extortionist hit me up for $4.20. The brain trust on Front Street is seriously infatuated with all things 420.
And not only does the paper keep getting thinner; what's left is less and less the product of staff writers. Instead, we get more and more freelancers. When that's an erudite writer and experienced news guy like David Shribman, it's somewhat tolerable.
When it's a hysterical know-nothing, obviously flogging their own brand, like Sarah Kendzior, I think my Korean friend owes me at least a partial refund.
And not only does the paper keep getting thinner; what's left is less and less the product of staff writers. Instead, we get more and more freelancers. When that's an erudite writer and experienced news guy like David Shribman, it's somewhat tolerable.
When it's a hysterical know-nothing, obviously flogging their own brand, like Sarah Kendzior, I think my Korean friend owes me at least a partial refund.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
New Brunswick grabs the Democratic Process by the ass
Well, this is rude.
Fourteen NDPers jump ship en masse for the Greenies!
It's a bad day for Jagmeet and a good one for whatsername over there at the Green Party.
And what is her name?... Elizabeth Green? Greene? It's Elizabeth something or other, I'm pretty sure...
Whatever it is, it's got about as much traction in the media universe as Jagmeet's brand.
Don't look this gift horse in the mouth, Liz.
Fourteen NDPers jump ship en masse for the Greenies!
It's a bad day for Jagmeet and a good one for whatsername over there at the Green Party.
And what is her name?... Elizabeth Green? Greene? It's Elizabeth something or other, I'm pretty sure...
Whatever it is, it's got about as much traction in the media universe as Jagmeet's brand.
Don't look this gift horse in the mouth, Liz.
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