-
Pete And Bob
This is Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf. You would know him better as Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali. He was Iraq’s information minister back in 2003 when the US, under George Bush, invaded Iraq
Bob was known for his outlandish quotes that defied reality. He would give daily press briefings, telling how the US were getting defeated badly on the battlefield.
“Our initial assessment is that they will all die.”
“Baghdad is safe. The battle is still going on. Their infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Baghdad. Don’t believe those liars.”
I thought of Bob this morning, when I was watching the start of another Pentagon press briefing given by Pete Hegseth. Pete is starting to give some whoppers too. He keeps saying that the war is over, the Iranian military has been completely destroyed and this is a complete American victory..
This morning, even as he admitted that shots have been fired between the US and Iran, yesterday, he stated that the cease-fire is still ongoing. He has declared that the Strait of Hormuz is now open. As proof of that, Pete pointed out that the US escorted 2 merchant ships yesterday through the strait. Well, Pete, getting two ships through a day is not gonna cut it, at all.
Baghdad Bob survived the war and is now living in obscurity. It is most likely, the same fate will await Pete.
That’s all I have for today. 
-
Upping The Ante
Donald, believe it or not, I’m actually pulling for you and I’m hoping your latest plan, called ‘Project Freedom’, successfully brings this war to an end and actually does open up the Strait of Hormuz.
You have backed yourself into a corner and if this doesn’t work, then we are all in trouble. The average price of gas today per gallon in your country is $4.46 per gallon. The average price of diesel is around $5.50 per gallon. Diesel fuel is needed to transport goods from anywhere to anywhere else. Let’s not go into the dwindling supply of jet fuel. Furthermore, analyst say that if the strait is not open in another month, gas prices can go up to five dollars a gallon and diesel prices up to six dollars a gallon. I could tell you how much this would be for us in Canada but then we would have to explain the concept of litres to you.
This is a fast evolving situation. You’ve already claimed that your forces have escorted two merchant ships through the strait, already, this morning. Iran has claimed that they’ve already launched missiles against US ships, something that you deny. You realize that this is a very risky solution. First of all, do you have the resources to escort all the ships that need to be escorted, continuously? It is an expensive proposition and should be seen as a short term solution. But then what after?
Next, if Iran strike strikes back and the strike is confirmed, is this your excuse to go after Iran, with your full military might? Would that entail ground forces in Iran? Would that entail sending forces in to take out the enriched uranium? I hope you and your advisors have thought this through and have it all gamed out
I don’t have high expectations, Donald, but for the sake of all of us, I really hope this pans out.
That’s all I have for today.
-
No Ace In Hole
Donald, I know we had this talk yesterday, but you keep saying that this war is over and frankly you won this war. Well, Iran made their latest peace proposal. It really doesn’t seem as if they know that you’re winning.
Look at what they’re saying. They don’t want the ceasefire to continue, rather they want the war to end in 30 days. They want recognition of the fact that they own the Strait of Hormuz. Iran also wants the cessation of all hostilities, including Lebanon. They want the lifting of US sanctions and they want the end of the US naval blockade.
You know what they did not mention in their latest proposal? Of course you know because yousaw the proposal. No mention of uranium at all. As far as Iran is concerned that is off the table completely.
I know you’re used to dealing with opponents from a position of strength. But given Iran’s proposals, I think they’re the ones that think they are negotiating from a position of strength. Meanwhile, gas is up to an average price of $4.45 in the US
That’s all I have for today.
-
So Much Winning
Donald, you keep saying that you won this war. You keep saying that Iran desperately wants to negotiate a deal with the US. You keep saying that, but there’s no evidence of Iran, wanting a deal and the war being won.
You even had Pete Hegseth testifying this week that the American public supports the war. That is an outright lie. 60% of Americans do not support this war. That is a level of dissatisfaction similar to that of Vietnam and of Iraq.
Donald have you seen gas prices lately? In the US they’re averaging nearly $4.40 per gallon. That’s $1.40 higher than when you started this thing, this excursion, whatever you want to call it. Americans are not looking too favourably on you, right now, Donald. Nor is the rest of the world. The Asian countries are hurting big time with shortages. European countries are gonna be running out of jet fuel in a couple weeks.
Everything is starting to go higher Donald. Cost of transportation of products is going higher because of the diesel prices. Cost of plastics are going higher because plastics depend on oil as a raw material. Everything that requires transport will cost, is costing, more.
You remember when people started working from home back in the Covid days? Well that is going to start happening again very soon because people won’t be able to afford to drive to work, not with the current gas prices.
Donald, you have escaped political death more often than a cat with nine lives. In the past, you’ve always been able to control situations. This time you can’t. When you attacked Iran, you opened a Pandora’s box that you now cannot close no matter how hard you’re trying and the world hates you for it.
That’s all I have for today.
-
Dirty Tricks Campaign
Electors lists contain personal information of every voter, here in Alberta. That includes name, address and telephone number. These lists are restricted to registered parties, individual ridings lists to MLA’s representing that riding and individual riding lists to registered party candidates, given specific conditions, during an Alberta provincial election or by election.
It is anticipated that there will be a referendum held this fall, asking Albertans whether they want to leave Canada. The referendum will revolve around a question developed by Alberta separatists. There was a separate question developed by Forever Canada, a pro Canada group. Under previous legislation, Forever Canada had to get at least 20% of the Alberta electorate to sign a petition supporting the question. Furthermore, Forever Canada had only 90 days to get the required amount of signatures on the petition.
Forever Canada ended up getting 460,000 votes that were verified by Elections Albertan. The petition was forwarded to the Alberta legislature where it has languished in committee. A committee that has only been convened one time.
The separatists wanted their own question for the referendum. Danielle Smith changed the legislation to make it easier for the separatists. The separatist only needed signatures from only 10% of Alberta voters. They also had 120 days to get this where the Forever Canada group had only 90 days.
Elections Alberta, legitimately provided the voters list, for the entire province, to the Republican Party of Alberta, a pro separation provincial party. Earlier this week, the Centurion Project, a pro separatist third-party group , lposted the entire list online for everyone to see. They leaked confidential information of over 2.9 million Alberta voters. Through a court order, Elections Alberta forced the Centurion Project to take the list down. They eventually complied.
However, the damage has been done. There is a police investigation on the matter.
The rest of Canada needs to take notice. The separatist groups here are very vocal and have no qualms of distributing misinformation. On some of sites that I visit on Facebook and on Threads the misinformation, they spread is scandalous. Right now, approximately 27% of all Alberta voters support separation. That number has remained static over the past few months, despite the efforts of the separatist a
But this is not going away. Given that Danielle Smith herself is supportive of a sovereign Alberta, within Canada, whatever that means, separatists will try to gather more steam.
For years, the Alberta separatist movement has been considered a fringe movement. That is no longer the case.
As a patriotic Canadian, we need to start fighting back.
That’s all I have for today.
-
8647
Donald Trump’s retribution campaign continues. He has already, under, then Attorney General Pam Bondi, attempted to indict Jim Comey. That failed. But he is trying, again, under acting Attorney General, Todd, Blanche.
Comey is being indicted for inciting violence by showing the top image above. Seashells on the seashore. Two charges have been levied against Jim. Comey. Threatening the president, and. transmitting a threat over interstate commerce, that being the Internet.
The number, 86, is American slang for getting rid of call canceling, or throwing out. It started it off being used in the restaurant and bar industry in the 1930s. In military terms, it could be used as a term to kill. The number 47 stands for Donald Trump being the 47th president of the US.
This is going to go nowhere. Many Republicans have used the number 86 in various situations including Jesse Waters, Matt Gaetz and republican influencer, Scott Adams. In fact, Adams used the number 8646 with the 46th president being Joe Biden. No charges were levied on any of the above.
The second image above is from the Amazon website. Selling T-shirts with the number 8647. Will Amazon be charged for inciting violence? There is no chance of that.
The hypocrisy of Trump and his cronies never fail to amaze. At the end of the day, with all these attempts at deflection, the Iran war and the Epstein files are still out there.
That’s all I have for today.
67 67
-
Home To Roost
Looks like the king of conspiracy theories is getting a taste of his own medicine. After Minnesota democrat state senator Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her own home, Trump suggested that governor Tim Walz was involved in the assassination. After Paul Pelosi, the husband of then speaker. Nancy Pelosi was attacked and nearly beaten to death in their home, Trump suggested that it was an inside job involving a spurned gay lover.
Well, Trump has been on the receiving end lately. The assassination attempt, in 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, which resulted in apparent injury to Trump’s ear is coming under a suspicion by conspiracy theorists, including MAGA supporters. Theorists say that it was odd that the assassin was shot dead on scene and also that is odd that Trump does not talk about the incident at all. They say this, even though a bystander was killed. They are calling it a set up.
The image above is adding fuel to the fire that this assassination attempt at the press dinner was a set up.
Before he became president for the second time, Trump loved to spread conspiracy theories about the entire Epstein affair. Now that he is the centre of attention he is calling it’s fake news.
Donald, the lesson here is that you reap what you sow. Will you learn from this? Of course, not. You can’t help yourself can you?
That’s all I have for today.
-
One Year Later
It was a year ago today, that Mark Carney and his liberal party won an election, resulting in minority government. Only three months earlier, the liberals had been given up for dead. Pierre Poilievre and his conservative party had an over 20% lead. Then two things happened. Justin Trudeau, resigned and Donald Trump became president of the United States. A series of election blunders, by Poilievre, significant of which was not going after Donald Trump and his tariffs resulted in Carney’s victory
One year later, following a series of floor crossings by conservative members to the liberal party and three by election victories, Carney now now has his desired majority government
Mark Carney‘s honeymoon. period it’s still in place. With a near 60% approval rating, his approval rating, after one year in power, is higher than those of Stephen Harper and Brian Mulroney, after one year in power.
Meanwhile, Pierre Poilievre’s approval ratings keep sinking to near 20%.
Mark Carney has higher approval ratings in areas such as foreign policy trade diversification and his handling of the Trump administration. Affordability in both housing and day-to-day living is still an issue for him as it is with all leaders of the western world
How long will Mark Carney‘s honeymoon last? That remains to be seen. If an election were to be held today, which it won’t, Mark Carney would probably win over 200 seats. Carney has two things going for him. Being captain Canada against Trump and the ineffective leadership of Poilievre. Carney has also gotten a number of provincial Premiers on his side, which also helps. So his honeymoon could last for a while yet.
That’s all I have for today.
-
Traitor?
Marilyn Gladu is the liberal representative of Lambton county which includes the city of Sarnia. Last April 28, she won this riding for the fourth time, with the first time being in 2015. However, she won all four times representing the conservative party. She crossed the floor to the liberals earlier this year.
As a conservative member of Parliament, she did the following.
She opposed the legalization of cannabis. She wanted the military to come in and break up the pipeline protests. She promoted uses of controversial medication for Covid such as, hydroxychloroquine. She voted against ending conversion therapy and she opposed abortion.
Ironically, she supported a petition, in January of this year, requiring that a by election be held if a person crossed the floor.
If you look at social media, supporters of Gladu and of the conservative party are red faced angry at her betrayal. Since her floor crossing, she has not been seen in Lambton County. She has refused media requests for interviews. She’s gone silent.
It is said that she would most likely not run in the next election as she will probably retire. So, in that sense, she would not suffer any consequences to her future political career, given the likelihood of retirement.
Lambton County is conservative. She might not have any future political consequences, but she might want to move out of the county once she retires.
As you all know, I am a supporter of the liberal party and I am a supporter of Mark Carney. But this smells.
That’s all I have for today.
-
Dinner Plans Changed
Donald, apparently I missed most of the excitement last night. I was watching Toy Story, with my grandkids, when I got a text, saying someone tried to kill the president. So, should I skip the rest of the movie or catch what’s happening on cable news? I compromised. I watched the rest of the movie and then got home pretty quick.
But enough about me. The dinner kind of didn’t go the way it was planned. I knew there would be fireworks, but not the kind that ended up happening. Fortunately, none of the attendees, including yourself, were hurt. So that is a very good thing. It really is Donald.
We could’ve had a designated survivor situation. You know the TV series that started Kiefer Sutherland. The one where the Capitol was bombed during a state of the union address. Everyone killed except for the designated survivor, who was not on location. Pretty well most of the cabinet, the house speaker, and a number of congressional members were at the dinner last night. All at one place and all at one time, ironically, at the same hotel where President Reagan was shot. What if last night’s attacker had succeeded in gunning down a number of the attendees. Fortunately, the Secret Service and the FBI along with the police were at the top of their game last night. They are receiving, justifiably, a lot of praise this morning
One thing, though I hear it is a rumor, is it true that both Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth, when they heard the shout of ‘shots fired’ raised their hands and yelled out ‘ tequila’?
Well, I’m glad it all came out well. But did you have to mention during the press conference you had afterwards that this never would have happened if your boondoggle of a ballroom had been built? Not a good look, Donald.
That’s all I have for today.
Bird's Chirp
So I don't have to put it on Facebook anymore….