June 21, 2020: Reader Tips

Reader Tips 77 Comments

Frazier takes a call from a citizen of CHAZ

Thread’s up for your tips.

Also, to whom it may concern: your remarks that advocate violence toward police led to the extinction of every comment you’ve ever posted to this site. I cannot afford to keep you around, and I won’t waste my time sifting through the database to search for others. So, it’s click-click-zap. All gone.

77 Replies to “June 21, 2020: Reader Tips”

  1. It’s the first day of Summer, have a good one.

    “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare…
    Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growest:So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

    Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong sing… “Summertime”
    https://youtu.be/NLwGiOIllHk

    1. As for me, I get to go to my house in B. C. for more fun and games in settling my father’s estate.

      1. Do relax sometime with this classic from M.G.M.
        “The Woman in the Window” (1944)
        E.G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Dan Duryea, Director Fritz Lang,
        Note: EGR ‘s son at beginning of film — young Robert Blake
        https://youtu.be/ppcpY9ExtbY

        1. Thanks. I’ll look at it when I get back.

          Meanwhile, I’ll be clearing out stuff that I piled up in my mother’s old sewing room over the past few weeks. Now that places are opening up again, I can start making some space.

        1. I had more than 50 years worth of stuff to deal with and it took me over 18 months just to figure out what I had.

          I sold the last of my father’s machine tools earlier this month after advertising it for more than a year. It took that long because that useless twit of a prime minister, amply assisted by communist provincial premiers, destroyed the economy in this country. Not too many people have money to spend on that sort of thing.

          Now I’ve got all sorts of miscellaneous items to dispose of and that’s going to take the better part of a year.

          1. We are just wrapping up my mom’s estate after more than a year. It’s painful and the virus really messed up the works.

            Mom had some investments, and being from a very careful saver she sat on great stocks for decades. Because Dad pre-deceased mom we had pay large capital gains tax.

            What I’m saying, for those of you with investments, it would be worthwhile doing some estate planning for your inheritors. Or make allowance for stock donations to charity in your will.

            Also, I was talking to a lawyer, apparently they are very busy doing wills, PoA, and declarations due to people worrying because of COVID.

          2. I know all about the capital gains taxes. I could have bought a lot of pizza and beer for what I paid on my father’s estate.

        2. OWG… I was thinking the same thing….Both my sons say if I don’t start to de-clutter our house a can of gas and a match will be used when I’m gone…LOL…Steve O

          1. Being an old man, I cleaned up my potential estate years ago. Sold all property and assets. turned everything to cash investments, all going to my wife if I die before her. My kids will not have to spend anytime settling my estate even if my wife predeceases me. I hope I live long enough to spend most of it.

          2. Or one can do like what my elderly aunt did after my uncle died. She decided that all she needed was a smaller place and turned the job of selling off the assets in the house to a third party.

            Except that third party turned out to be a rip-off artist and did a few things under the table.

          3. B A , I took care of everything myself, you know, the while still of sound mind sort of thing.

    2. NR

      Ella Louis and Gershwin what more needs to be said….

      Here’s another summer tune: ‘Summer Wind” by Madeleine Peyroux.

      Reminds me of my youth – girls, the beach, or maybe horseback ahhhhhh.

      Anybody want a puppy? My place looks like I’m having a yard sale…..haha

      LG

      1. “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
        So long lives this and this gives life to thee.”

        The Bard
        1609

  2. That is hilarious. I thought the same when I saw the wish list of what the Chaz morons needed for supplies – they need soy.

    1. Wait, was it a religion of peace worshiper or just a largely peaceful protester?

      1. A religion of peace worshiper. But the corporate media are not using the words “Muslim” or “Islam” in their coverage. Cannot hurt sensitivities you know.

        1. Well you can’t be racist too mooselimbs now because it will marginalize your racism to black looters which in turn marginalized your racism to chicoms which in turn marginalized your racism to injun terrorists trying to derail trains.

      2. ewe see unColon, the pohleesing failure rate in britton is much higher than in the USA, and that is why there are fewer police shootings. Try to learn math my dear girl!!!

    1. Getting rid of icons that become part of the culture is like erasing a footprint where a particular group has helped shape the culture. Same for getting rid of all those wonderful– and fierce– aboriginal names for sports teams. Aboriginals are part of our culture. Aunt Jemima celebrates the richness of Black food culture. All of this is not helping to improve race relations.

  5. All the media is ranting that nobody showed up for the Trump rally. Although Blackie’s CBC did admit that there was a campaign by protesters to register online and then not show up. And its National Whiny Indian Day. Invade a farm near you and steal stuff in celebration.

    1. Yeah, there’s no other way to express it.

      Other than a shuttle trip to and from the confines of Safeco, we are done with any weekends, ever, in Seattle. The closest we will get is Everett, ever again. It just ain’t worth it.

      And good on ya Kate, for nuking the cop hating troll!

      1. This just occurred to me. The new “nation” is located inside Seattle city limits, built, as is the fashion to allege, on “stolen Indian land”. What does that make CHAZ?

  7. Amen, Kate – Amen. Well done! Advocating violence is inexcusable, I don’t care who does it or who his/her/its intended target is. As Denninger puts it so succinctly, “YES he is protected under Free Speech. NO you may NOT use violence in an attempt to silence him, however much you may disagree with what he says.”

    I saw a nice picture on Instapundit’s latest Powerline week in pictures; a cop wearing a t-shirt that reads “POLICE – My job is to protect your @$$. NOT KISS IT.”

    1. Violence solves problems. Pacifism creates them.
      A threat of violence is a sobering call.
      A call to pacifism emboldens predators.
      You, non-violence preachers, have brought us to the gates of hell.

      1. Hardly. You’ve missed a few steps in your logic.

        1) AntiFa – pretty violent, no? So, has their violence SOLVED problems, or CREATED them?

        2) Gandhi – you know, that guy whose statue the London BLM mob wants to topple. He solved many many HUGE problems, including fathering the modern State of India; how much violence did he use toward solving those problems? And there’s no denying a lot of it was and is horrific, but did Gandhi do that? Or was that somebody else’s botched interpretation of his teachings, sorta’ like what religious zealots keep doing to the Bible and Koran? Incidentally, one of Gandhi’s sayings holds much worth to us all: “there are many causes I am prepared to die for, but none I am prepared to kill for.”

        3) A call to pacifism emboldens predators unless it is done right. Too often arguments, attempted predations etc lead to violence – but very rarely when the one being targeted for predation has the will and the means to defend himself. Shooting-rampagers usually target “gun-free zones” because they know nobody will shoot back – but I’m pretty sure no rampagers – or rioters, BLM-looters etc have ever, or will ever target this place: https://shootersgrill.com/

        In sum, your argument is overly simplistic; what attracts predation is helplessness in the face of it, not pacifism. Which explains why in all civilized societies, use of violence is rigorously limited to those trained to manage it – the police. And when the system works, pacifism is the only state permitted, and the only state required.

        “We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”

        1. Y Knott – even Gandhi admitted that his non-violent protests succeed because there were limits to how far the British would go in response. Had he been struggling against Russia, China, or other nations, the response would have been much bloodier.

          1. – which does support my point, BTW. Gandhi and his supporters had the will and the means to defend themselves against the British – because the British had no counter for mass non-violent protests and work stoppages, however many of the other kind they’d put-down over the centuries.

            As you point-out, there are many countries where it would not have worked; I sneakily admire the British in India because they were civilized enough not to unleash widespread bloody repression, unlike the ever-popular “making a desert and calling it peace”. The system worked, and the Gandhi-ites studied their opponents and chose their methods well.

        2. Thank you for your essay! Do not get your pants in the knot, but your reply is typical. You are focusing on the most recent event only.
          My point is proven by summing up all traditionally violent and militant categories/groups/movements, Muslims being the most radical of them. Every government of our sad world have capitulated before the Muslims due to their violence or threats of violence, real or purported. Proves my point.
          Besides that, In Canada in particular, the same goes for First Nations and Sri Lankan Tamils. Proves my point.
          Every violent category is accommodated.
          Every peaceful category is stomped over, abused, or ignored.
          Take a note and stop being pansies. Solve your problem instead of perpetuating it.
          Unfortunately, no one here is interested in solving problems. It is for messiah, and the Bible instructs you to turn the other cheek.

  8. Right below a whole slew of CBC web page articles — supporting BLM and Attifa; slamming Donald Trump for a crowded rally — was this gem of an article. It is a sponsored article, by Gillette, a wondrous touchy-feely article of a trans barber who started up a Virtual Barber web site — as a Safe Place where people can get grooming advice during the pandemic:
    https://www.cbc.ca/life/style/meet-the-barber-providing-an-inclusive-space-online-to-help-everyone-look-and-feel-their-best-1.5613829

    Let us see how this works:
    – Gillette pays money to a trans to set up web site
    – trans receives the money
    – Gillette pays money to the left-wing CBC for one-sided pro-trans propaganda
    – CBC receives corporate money to transmit the propaganda
    – the public pays Gillette marked-up prices (its an oligopoly with pricing power) , and pays CBC through taxes

    Who wins and who loses.

    1. They are so woke, shouldn’t they be broke by now?

      I use an electric, far cheaper in the long run.

    2. I went to Schick when Gillette decided to get woke. The razor is not as slick visually as my stainless Gillette, but it actually works much better. Thank you, Gillette!

  9. Advocating violence against the police should be a non-starter. The police however must start remembering that they are us and we are them. Respect is earned.

    1. “Respect is earned”.

      Too many people forget that. And respect can be easily lost. Too many people forget that too.

    2. The police will kick you door down in the middle of the night for a good reason or for no reason at all if their masters tell them too, or even of their own accord if they feel like it.

      1. Ah yes – overheard in the RCMP Det after High River:

        “What’d you kick my door down for? It wasn’t even locked – I left it unlocked so you could get in if you had to!”

        “C’mon, do you know how much fun it is to kick-down doors?”

        As if that was somehow some sort of excuse.

  10. What great weather for our Great Leader to go canoeing at his Harrington Lake resort. And remember, if you live in diverse Toronto stay in your painted circles. Unless you want to protest of course.

  11. Advocates of violence are often sitting somewhere safe.
    Violence is an awful thing to be a part of.
    One can be a pacifist to a certain degree but believe in self-defence.
    I dislike police and politicians for multiple reasons, but both are necessities of a civil society.
    So let’s talk about lawyers…

    1. Fully agree. Advocates of violence often do so from safe places. Our corporate media endorsed the rioting and arson, from a safe distance.

    2. What do you propose citizens of places like Seattle and Minneapolis do when their governments abandon them to the mob? When the mob becomes the government? Ask nicely to not be robbed and killed?

      1. TLH, how many citizens voted for the elected officials? Homes in two states both with Republican leadership. No riots. The city across the river from one has become “cool” enough that even with a Republican mayor and governor, hundreds of mindless youths had to be herded out of high traffic areas to keep things moving. Still, they landed in the most fragile and most popular area of the city and broke windows and sprayed graffiti through two solid blocks. As with most of Portland, Minneapolis and Seattle, the businesses they damaged there are owned by people who vote Marxist. Such irony.

  12. This morning Blackie’s CBC discussed with a York University professor the need for Canada to make reparations to blacks, because of the country’s 200 year record of slavery.

    1. 200 years of slavery that only ended when PET pulled the plug on that system.
      I love the onion.
      Oh, wait, that was the CBC?

  13. A deep dive into the subterfuge and duplicity surrounding the murder (or did it even happen?) of Saint George Floyd.
    An eye-opening investigation by Sir Patrick Mack on his IPOT1776 channel. It’s pretty long, but he exposes the tangled web it’s become.

    https://youtu.be/IdRcL6u2fZs

    Definitely a worthwhile watch!

  15. I’ve been reading that people are claiming Gen Z kids on Tik Tok ‘punked’ Trump by ordering tickets and not showing up.

    Aside from the fact that this seems pretty out there, tik tok is Chinese spyware so maybe it was the Chicoms who did it.

    I’ll see if I can dig up a decent link.

      1. Wouldn’t everyone who ordered tickets to Trump’s rally have had to give a valid email address, or other contact info? Seems like they just handed Trump’s people a treasure trove of information that might have unintended consequences.

  16. Why do I feel like I’m living in a Dr. Zhivago movie? Scientists’ warning on affluence:
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y
    Agenda 21 was just a working hypothesis? From WUTTS UP WITH THAT h/t Dr. Willie Soon, Climate Depot; Sustainability scientists from the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, ETH Zürich and University of Leeds in Britain have outlined their solution to global warming.

    Their plan involves wealth redistribution, public ownership of businesses and a cap on how much money people are allowed to have, with starring roles for eco-feminists and anarchists in their vision of a radically restructured society.

    Right outta CHAZ/CHOP.

    This fromthe comments:As Einstein said, “Nothing is infinite except the universe and humans stupidity, and I‘m not sure about the universe.”

    1. Not any more. Apparently, it’s in violation of Google’s “terms of service”.

  20. And now a story for National Whiny Indian Day. National Post reports on a riot at the former Camp Ipperwash. You might remember it from back in 1995 when indians took over the former army base and provincial park. Seems on Friday rival groups of indians got into a fight over the five illegal pot shops on the property. Hundreds of police had to be called in, and now of course the indians are blaming it on the white man.

  21. It’s official: Fort St. John is filled with racist bastards. Why else was there a BLM (maybe those letters stand for Beelzebub Lucifer Mephistopheles) demonstration in a local park earlier this month, according to the local newsrag?

    Yup, I went to school some 50 years ago to the sounds of black folks singing such stirring songs as Old Man River….

    Then again FSJ insists on having its own “parade”, you know, the type that Dear Leader is so anxious to participate in?

    1. 50 years ago I was waiting for the birth of our third child. scary shit that.

      1. Half a century ago, FSJ was largely white with a few aboriginals. Anybody from any other ethnic group would have quickly noticed as FSJ was small enough back then that people knew what one had for breakfast.

        So, how did we get to be racists and slave traders all of a sudden?

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