So I got sick and was coming home from overseas. I made it to Vancouver and was going through Canada Customs... where they interrogated me for 5 hours, forced me to stand even tho I was dizzy and sick, strip searched me, tried to pin a drug trafficking charge on me, then when they were unsuccessful, attempted to charge me with being an international mercenary / terrorist. They went through my phone, my emails and social media... read all my emails for the last few years, and stole items and medicine from my bag.
These dirtbags left me feeling violated threatened and abused, and they never let me get a lawyer or gave me their badge numbers. I have traveled extensively in third world countries and never been treated so badly by anyone as by these Canadian wannabe cops. They are the scum of the planet. If you find yourself in their hands, never , never co-operate. They will just use that information to screw you over. Their goal is to find some excuse to arrest you... but if they can belittle or embarrass you along the way they jump at the chance. Strip searching is a tool they use to bully you. So are their threats. The real threat, however, is their foul breath, which can peel paint off a wall at 30 paces.
Welcome to Canada.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
Monday, 23 November 2015
Expedia... A Warning
Wow they did it again.
For the second year they have scewed up my flight plans costing me thousands of dollars. They wont even attempt to fix the wrong bookings they made for me... just refer me to the airline to try and fix the problem.
I even bought cancellation insurance this year in case of just this kind of trouble, and guess what? Expedia, who I bught the insurance from, said its nothing to do with them and I should contact the Insurance compay. I did and they didnt reply to me. I cant get them to talk to me much less pay out on a claim.
How do crooks like Expedia stay in business? It can only be because this government allows it... does nothing to protect consumers.
Try to contact Expedia about problems with your flight - you will get sent to call centers in India where they have no training and no knowledge and cant fix your issue. Hell they dont even speak English.
There is getting to be more and more assholes out there and most are corporations.
For the second year they have scewed up my flight plans costing me thousands of dollars. They wont even attempt to fix the wrong bookings they made for me... just refer me to the airline to try and fix the problem.
I even bought cancellation insurance this year in case of just this kind of trouble, and guess what? Expedia, who I bught the insurance from, said its nothing to do with them and I should contact the Insurance compay. I did and they didnt reply to me. I cant get them to talk to me much less pay out on a claim.
How do crooks like Expedia stay in business? It can only be because this government allows it... does nothing to protect consumers.
Try to contact Expedia about problems with your flight - you will get sent to call centers in India where they have no training and no knowledge and cant fix your issue. Hell they dont even speak English.
There is getting to be more and more assholes out there and most are corporations.
Head Covering
Currently the law in Ontario states that you cannot cover your face in public... unless you are a Muslim woman who for personal reasons wants to wear a Burka. This has been established in the courts.
You have to wonder why the Canadian legal system is bending over backwards and creating different laws for "white people" and Muslims... Our constitution forbids such laws... it goes against any common sense... but nevertheless.. Muslims are treated as a special people and exempted from the laws of the land... merely because they ask for special consideration. Where is the equality in this?
For sure their will be growing dissatisfaction with this sort of biased government. You cant create a class of people exempt from the laws and not get blowback. Just saying...
You have to wonder why the Canadian legal system is bending over backwards and creating different laws for "white people" and Muslims... Our constitution forbids such laws... it goes against any common sense... but nevertheless.. Muslims are treated as a special people and exempted from the laws of the land... merely because they ask for special consideration. Where is the equality in this?
For sure their will be growing dissatisfaction with this sort of biased government. You cant create a class of people exempt from the laws and not get blowback. Just saying...
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Free Enterprise
Just thinking about the situation in that big country to the south of us. In a land echoing with loud claims of the power of "Free Enterprise" more and more of the biggest corporations have effectively become socialized. General Motors - due to the constant bailouts needed to keep them afloat. is now 60% owned by the government. The biggest banks in the US have been slurping at the government trough so long its hard to tell if they are privately owned or not, but they can certainly count on the government to help them out with truckloads of cash whenever their greed lands them in difficult circumstances.
It looks the same from the other side too. Government agencies are funded and run by the very people they are supposed to be regulating. Take the FDA for example. The greater part of its budget is supplied by Pharmaceutical companies, an unlikely situation. Its laughable to think the EPA provides any control over pharmaceutical corporations when 94% of their wages come directly from them - over 4 billion dollars annually.
Free Enterprise is a great idea and - allowed to function - is an efficient provider of goods and jobs. Unfortunately what we have in the West is not "Free Enterprise," its a form of Oligarchy or Corporate Rule. At best it can be described as a system of corporate welfare that is aimed at reducing humans to peonage and maximizing profitability at any cost. We see the same process at work in Canada where inequality is running rampant. Social programs are being stripped away while government handouts to corporations are constantly on the increase.
It looks the same from the other side too. Government agencies are funded and run by the very people they are supposed to be regulating. Take the FDA for example. The greater part of its budget is supplied by Pharmaceutical companies, an unlikely situation. Its laughable to think the EPA provides any control over pharmaceutical corporations when 94% of their wages come directly from them - over 4 billion dollars annually.
Free Enterprise is a great idea and - allowed to function - is an efficient provider of goods and jobs. Unfortunately what we have in the West is not "Free Enterprise," its a form of Oligarchy or Corporate Rule. At best it can be described as a system of corporate welfare that is aimed at reducing humans to peonage and maximizing profitability at any cost. We see the same process at work in Canada where inequality is running rampant. Social programs are being stripped away while government handouts to corporations are constantly on the increase.
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Canada Customs
I just got a parcel from the US, and a bill from Canada Customs for 15.00. The Item was worth 40 dollars but Canada Customs charged me sales tax of 5.00 and charged me a further service charge of 10 dollars to process my 5 dollar sales tax charge.
Does that make sense at all? Charging me to charge me? What is wrong with these people?
I can't believe this is even legal. Not that that matters, they will do it anyway, this government never let a little thing like legality stop them.
There has been an acceleration in the turning away from traditional values in this country, not by people so much as by government. The wholesale adoption of fascist methods is becoming a hallmark of the Conservative government. This is typical of the sneaky way they collect revenue to make up for the cash they throw at corporations and banks. They are transferring the tax load from a balanced loading to one carried on the backs of the poor and shrinking middle class. All done behind our backs of course.
Perhaps next year Customs will add another fee, they will demand a service charge on the service charge on the sales tax... that makes as much sense as anything they do.
Does that make sense at all? Charging me to charge me? What is wrong with these people?
I can't believe this is even legal. Not that that matters, they will do it anyway, this government never let a little thing like legality stop them.
There has been an acceleration in the turning away from traditional values in this country, not by people so much as by government. The wholesale adoption of fascist methods is becoming a hallmark of the Conservative government. This is typical of the sneaky way they collect revenue to make up for the cash they throw at corporations and banks. They are transferring the tax load from a balanced loading to one carried on the backs of the poor and shrinking middle class. All done behind our backs of course.
Perhaps next year Customs will add another fee, they will demand a service charge on the service charge on the sales tax... that makes as much sense as anything they do.
Friday, 21 June 2013
Seatbelt Fines
What a load of crap.
Seatbelt fines.
Restraint systems in all cars are redundant. There is air bags on all cars now. The use of seatbelts is entirely useless, except its easy to detect by police and so makes it a lovely way to fine drivers. Its a form of automobile tax disguised as something useful.
Fines here are 240 dollars, far higher than needed as a deterrent. Perfect as income for the city. No one will ever say anything against it as its portrayed as a "safety" thing. In reality its a "bullshit" thing.
If you could find one way to discredit cops and make them hated by all - this would be it. By all means, police, throw away your credibility and become the enemy... your stupid enough to do it then your stupid enough to reap what you sow.
Is it just me or is bullshit becoming the new normal?
Seatbelt fines.
Restraint systems in all cars are redundant. There is air bags on all cars now. The use of seatbelts is entirely useless, except its easy to detect by police and so makes it a lovely way to fine drivers. Its a form of automobile tax disguised as something useful.
Fines here are 240 dollars, far higher than needed as a deterrent. Perfect as income for the city. No one will ever say anything against it as its portrayed as a "safety" thing. In reality its a "bullshit" thing.
If you could find one way to discredit cops and make them hated by all - this would be it. By all means, police, throw away your credibility and become the enemy... your stupid enough to do it then your stupid enough to reap what you sow.
Is it just me or is bullshit becoming the new normal?
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Bankers
Its an axiom that people get better at anything they do. Golfers get better the more they golf, for example. Anyone improves at their job the longer they are at it - except bankers. In an apparent exception to the rule, bankers are getting worse and worse at their work, to the point where they soon will bring the world economies down.
Is this really an exception to the rule? Or are bankers actually getting better at what they do, but their goals are not what we think they are. Only the few who are running things know the answer to this question but the effects of their policies are obvious to all.
Perhaps its not related, but one of the best ways to grab power is to first bring about a collapse of a system, then move in to replace it with self-serving policies.
Is this really an exception to the rule? Or are bankers actually getting better at what they do, but their goals are not what we think they are. Only the few who are running things know the answer to this question but the effects of their policies are obvious to all.
Perhaps its not related, but one of the best ways to grab power is to first bring about a collapse of a system, then move in to replace it with self-serving policies.
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