Monday, August 18, 2025

this is right out of orwell.

it's being presented as a peace proposal, but, as we know, WAR IS PEACE.

the purpose of the war was to prevent european armies from moving in to ukraine, which was imminent in 2014. that is the cause of the war - nato expansion to ukraine. the media is presenting the cause as a solution.

the way to read this is that nato is in truth looking to escalate the war, and that's how the russians will interpret it. trump is presenting himself as facilitating peace, but he's actually facilitating arms sales to european buyers, and using the conflict as a way to increase sales. this is about selling tanks and planes to europe.

you can and should expect the russians to completely reject the "peace talks", which are in truth a major escalation by nato. the media will blame it on putin not wanting peace, when the opposite is the truth.

it's not clear what agreements were made with the russians regarding the issue, or if the united states may be taking a position of arming both sides, in an attempt to weaken the europeans. that will come out in time.

winners: american arms industry.
losers: europe, and especially ukraine.

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what?

it'd be fun.
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ugh.

fuck egypt.

what israel should do is build a giant catapult and use it to just fling the gazans into cairo.

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see, the secret leader of the international jewish cabal is anna smashnova. she's running everything from her bunker in the wimbledon sidelines.

that can't be her real name?
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what the protesters really want to do instead is to go find some jews at a party somewhere, to chop their heads off with a sword and to play tennis with their skulls, instead.

that would be more civilized, clearly.

because the tennis players have anything to do with anything.

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we will eventually liberate constantinople and we will celebrate it as the greatest day in history for a thousand years afterwards.
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yves engler is somebody that i might often disagree with, but that i would expect to hold to his principles over political expediency. on some level, the ndp needs that. in real life, it could completely wipe them out.
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police should not be making arrests without warrants.

there's a reform of the system that engler can run on - overhauling the criminal code to force officers to get warrants before they make arrests, unless they witness a crime directly. 

a judge would not have ordered this arrest. this is probably more about a thuggish cop trying to be dominant than it is about the conservative party shutting down an activist.
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i don't know anything about this, but the police are out of control in this country. this narrative is believable.

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the ndp was just about dead. really.

but i don't want to have to spend the next ten years nitpicking yves engler, who has written some not so accurate things over a long period. if he wins this nomination, you can at least expect he won't suck mark carney's cock for status, but i would expect he'd have a hard time winning a seat anywhere in the country. that would be a nail in the party's coffin.

it's a shame they threw charlie angus out.

they should go with somebody in a safer seat, if there even are any, like peter julian.
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the government should be criticizing this, not enforcing it.

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flight attendants are of course an overwhelmingly female position, and it's not uncommon in our society to expect women to do unpaid work for free. it's hard to believe the government would have reacted the same way to a construction strike, for example.
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if the flight attendants want the sympathy of this government, what they need to do is rape, dismember and murder 1500 people at a music festival. then, the liberals will give you whatever you want.

puny peaceful labour action isn't effective in canada.

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antioch is in clear need of serious liberation.

mr. macron! rebuild that wall!
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how else are rome, paris and london supposed to receive luxury goods from china, if not via crimea? should florence nightingale just be expected to sputter around in rags, or what?
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every european knows that crimea is actually a venetian colony and should be returned to italy.
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when europe is done liberating crimea, maybe they could liberate constantinople* and alexandria.

* - i actually strongly support the liberation of constantinople.
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does crimea want to be liberated?

i mean. this is supposed to be about democracy.

apparently.
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tuesday, march 8, 2022

it is certainly interesting to see tara reade show up in the op-ed section of sputnik.
3:18

i always like drawing attention to pictures of representatives in the midst of conflicts, because you really do represent yourself with your appearance.

this is a shot of russian and ukrainian "delegations", pulled from russian media:


the russians are all wearing tailored suits, and look very business-like and professional; the ukrainian side seems to have been constructed by a kijiji ad seeking actors to play crazy uncles, and looks like it's dressed to live in a bomb shelter, to protect itself from imaginary threats imposed by a right-wing conspiracy theory. they couldn't even bother to shave.

you might suggest this is trite, but i'd strongly counter that - this is real, and this is what you're seeing: a corporation bombing a country that has collectively morphed into a bunch of fringe lunatics.
3:27

who wears a baseball cap to a meeting?
3:30

i want to see such a thing form - the crazy uncle ukrainian army.

insignia: CRUNK UA.
3:33

and, apparently, there are crazy uncles everywhere that are just dying to sign up, too.
3:35

crazy uncles of the world, unite!

you have nothing to lose but your canes.
3:40

you know all these crazy uncles have been waiting for this day, where they can go fight the ruskies, for their whole fucking lives, right?
3:42

fwiw, that article addresses a point about the russians opening humanitarian corridors directly to russia by accusing ukrainian militias, who are not under the command of the ukrainian army, of not obeying cease-fires. given the history of the fighting in the region, this is a believable accusation, but, even so, it's not the point.

in a situation like this, both armies want to be the ones that show up with water, first. most people have little understanding of what's really happening, and will align with the side that addresses their personal concerns. so, the russians want to be the ones that show up and distribute aid, and the french, particularly, are trying to get in and offer that aid, themselves.

that's a signal that some concept of rationality is returning to the russian command, which has been behaving uncharacteristically.
4:28

so, ukraine calls israel and asks them to mediate.

israel announces that it's willing to "provide refuge" for thousands of educated ukrainian jews.

hey, zelensky - how much for the shirt on your back?
8:34

nonono, let's understand what poland sending planes to ukraine is about.

1) it's been a while since poland bought new planes. i mean, they have planes.
2) it's surely understood that the russians will quickly bomb them out.
3) poland will therefore have to buy more planes.
4) poland gets massive us subsidies to buy planes.
5) us weapons contractors get a major contract to supply planes to poland.

this is what nato expansion actually seems to be about, and if it requires ukraine to get blown up, lockheed martin certainly doesn't give a fuck. the russians are really just giving them the pretext they need to force these countries to buy more weapons.

it's like a mafia-style extortion tactic, and this is how america keeps the region under domination.

it's not like the russians don't have grounds, here. but, they really seem to fundamentally not get it, because they're just not integrated into western finance capital. remember: putin isn't a communist or a fascist, he's actually a pretty textbook conservative. so, he predictably doesn't grasp debt.
23:58

wednesday, march  9, 2022

and, is canada going to get sucked into it, too?

well, you can be sure that those slimy salesmen from lockheed and raytheon will be knocking on rideau cottage's front door, and no doubt in plain view.

if i can vote on the matter, it will be to tell them to fuck off.
0:04

poland, particularly, is a victim of a classic mafia extortion tactic, as perpetrated by the west. 

and, will the west show up to protect poland?

i wouldn't sacrifice a single hair on my head to protect poland.

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poland, particularly, is a victim of a classic mafia extortion tactic, as perpetrated by the west. 

and, will the west show up to protect poland?

i wouldn't sacrifice a single hair on my head to protect poland.

5:31

ok, i think i'm starting to get my head around what the russians are doing.

so, clearly there are russian forces in ukraine. but, what the russians are framing the situation as is that they are fighting not on their own behalf, but on the direction of the separatist movements. so, the russians have not occupied the south of ukraine; the newly independent region of the donbas has captured the south of ukraine, with russian logistical support.

so, then the russians sit the ukrainians down and say "recognize the donbas", but what that means is recognizing the donbas + the territorial expansion into the regions around the sea of azov, at least.

it's not entirely clear how they work this out, in the end. maybe russia takes an oblast or two, or maybe crimea even ends up in the new country.

but, the end result is a very cold-war like - think korea or vietnam - partition of the country into russian and european sections, each with their respective puppet governments.
8:22
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i try to avoid making friends. i've learned hard lessons and realize i'm a little naive.

i like the idea of friendship, but friendship is fundamentally incompatible with market economics. capitalism makes friendship impossible and capitalism couldn't exist in a society where people understood class solidarity.

i adjust by keeping to myself and avoiding humans, but i don't blame us. i don't blame the biology. i don't think it's human nature. we're brainwashed by the system, and most of us don't really get it, but it makes it impossible to really trust anybody, and i don't. you have to maintain a certain level of paranoia in this culture in order to survive in it.

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have you noticed the little blonde girl in the photos of starving palestinians?

if seen some redheads in the pictures, too.

i'm not sure how to react to claims that the pictures are faked, but there are apparently claims that the photos were taken in germany by a pr company.

a pr company would do that, if they were trying to influence americans, and i know that because it's been done before. little blonde kids are more effective as propaganda. that's obvious.

i have no ability to ascertain what's real and what isn't. i can point out that the pictures look a little off.
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here we go again.

i am almost out of everything - bell peppers, cheese, pineapple, broccoli, bread, etc. the last food bank visit was july 7/8/9.

this will be shifting directions somewhat.

- june 16th: doubled up salsa with chick peas, cheese, spices and vitamins.
- june 17th: onion soup bacon poutine
- june 18th: basic doritos nachos and french onon soup with bacon
- june 19th: doubled up salsa reprise
- june 20th: caesar salad without subs
- june 21st: 2nd onion soup poutine with onion soup and last chance salad
- june 22rd: 3rd onion soup poutine with onion soup with beets
- june 23rd: caesar salad without subs
- june 24th: caesar salad without subs
- june 25th: bacon and eggs without subs, no salsa
- june 26th: bacon and eggs without subs, no salsa
- june 27th: ad hoc pad thai
- june 28th: broccoli soup
- june 29th: fridge-clearing meal (oranges & garlic bread)
- june 30th: kd + chick peas + fridge clearing exercise
- july 1st:    kd + chick peas + fridge clearing exercise
- july 2nd:  kd + chick peas + fridge clearing exercise
- july 3rd:  10 packages of instant oatmeal, in 5 installments. spaghetti-os + spices & vitamins (cumin, cayenne, pepper, oregano, paprika, sunflower seed, hemp seed, nutritional yeast, frank's).
- july 4th:  a can of stew and a can of corn, plus spices & vitamins.
- july 5th: a package of jasmine rice i had put aside as a quinoa sub (it probably isn't), with a can of peas and a can of tomato soup, plus spices and vitamins.
- july 6th: a can of beans cooked in a can of vegetable soup, plus spices and vitamins.
- july 7th:  two cans of chicken noodle soup, plus spices and vitamins. tim's xl double-double coffee in morning. two builders protein mini bars in evening. 7-11 coffee with jalapeno taquito late at night.
- july 8th: food bank junk food eat through - two bags of "real vegetable chips" (one big, one small), a bag of goldfish crackers, one mini crispy crunch, some strawberry licorice, prime energy drink, two tim horton's donuts, little ceasar's pepperoni pizza with unlabelled chocolate milk product.
- july 9th: another prime energy drink with another unlabelled chocolate milk product, unlabelled food bank ginger bread (two loaves)
- july 10th: pasta with minor subs (1), third energy drink, sour cream n cheddar chips
- july 11th: sour cream 'n' bacon, sour cream 'n' onion chips
- july 12th: more licorice, pasta with minor subs (2)
- july 13th: jalapeno cheddar chips, pasta with minor subs (3)
- july 14th: 10 baby cookies, pasta with minor subs (4)
- july 15th: i ate most of the 14th pasta on the 15th and followed it with the remaining baby cookies (which are actually french butter cookies, not baby cookies. they look like baby cookies). i did not make pasta for the 15th.
- july 16th:.  pasta with minor subs (5)
- july 17th:  pasta with minor subs (6)
- july 18th (on the 19th):  pasta with minor subs (7)
- july 19th (on the 20th): cereal (one bowl of vector and all bran with paprika, flax, nutritional yeast, hemp seeds and soy, as per my normal diet and one bowl of instant oatmeal with a little real milk and an apple)
- july 20th (on the 21st): pasta with minor subs (8)
- july 21st (on the 22nd): pasta with minor subs (9)
- july 22nd: cereal day 2 in cycle 2 (final cycle 2 cereal day): one bowl of vector and all bran with paprika, flax, nutritional yeast, hemp seeds and soy, as per my normal diet and one bowl of instant oatmeal with a little real milk and two apples, one in the oatmeal and one standalone.
- july 23rd: cereal day 1 in cycle 3
- july 24: pasta with minor subs (10)
- july 25: cereal day 2 in cycle 3, same as 22 and 23, with the addition of 6 mini apple sauce containers.
- july 26: pasta with minor subs (11)
- july 27th - guac with white rice and canned corn. two pieces of white bread with plum better.
- july 28th: pasta with minor subs (12)
- july 29th: guac with white rice and canned corn. two pieces of white toast with olive oil margarine, and then two pieces of white bread with plum butter after. four more pieces of white bread, with plum butter and strawberry jam. 
- july 30th: pasta with minor subs (13), including fried chicken for salami.
- july 31st: a larger piece of fried chicken alone. pasta with minor subs (14), including a mix of buffalo and chicken for salami. six pieces of white bread for peanut butter and strawberry jam.
- aug 1st: four pieces of white bread and the rest of the peanut butter. quinoa without subs (on aug 3rd).
- aug 2nd: four marshmallows, two bananas and a chocolate bar. quinoa without subs (on aug 3rd).
- aug 3rd: pasta with minor subs (15), including the buffalo/chicken mix for salami (on aug 4th). two pieces of toasted italian bread.
- aug 4th: bacon and eggs (no salsa) (on aug 5th)
- aug 5th: pasta with minor subs (16), including the buffalo/chicken mix for salami. two pieces of toasted italian bread. (on aug 6th)
- aug 6th: guac with yellow pepper, homemade hot sauce and canned corn (on aug 7th).
- aug 7th: monterrey jack tuna salad melt with bowl of cilantro lime monterrey jack rice (on aug 8th).
- aug 8th: pasta with minor subs (17), homemade hot sauce and bacon for salami (on aug 9th)
- aug 9th: guac with yellow pepper, homemade hot sauce and canned corn wth cilantro lime monterrey jack rice (on aug 10th).
- aug 10th: bacon and eggs (no salsa) (on aug 11th)
- aug 11th: pasta with minor subs (18), homemade hot sauce and bacon for salami (early on aug 12th)
- aug 12th: bacon and eggs (no salsa) (at midnight on aug 13th)
- aug 13th: pasta with minor subs (19), homemade hot sauce and bacon for salami (early on aug 14th)
- aug 14th: potatoes with gravy, cheese, sour cream, bacon and dill (early on aug 15th)
- aug 15th: onion soup + side salad (as posted) (late on aug 15th)
- aug 16th: potatoes with gravy, cheese, sour cream, bacon and dill (early on aug 17th)
- aug 17th: onion soup (mid day on aug 17th) and side salad (as posted) with two pieces of toast (early on aug 18th)
- aug 18th: should be the last pasta with minor subs (20) before shifting direction
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now that i'm stabilizing, i need to think carefully about tactics.

i've decided i need to make a decision by sept 1 at the latest as to how i'm getting out of here. it's very frustrating, because this apartment is potentially ideal for me. it's better than the previous space. it's big and it's relatively cheap and i like the location. i could potentially get a lot of work done here, but i can't shake these losers that are stalking me. they won't go away. they want to steal my belongings, and they're apparently trying to have sex with me, which i thoroughly and adamantly and vigorously reject. worse, i'm increasingly convinced that the police are directly involved as payback for what happened in 2018, and that i may be a victim of direct political persecution for my opinions, for my gender expression and for my refusal to do what i'm fucking told. i have fought the system and been generally successful, so the system broke all of the rules to retaliate against me, as any mafia entity would. we live in a free society so long as we don't try to be free in it. it's this kind of illusion that's just far enough in front of you that you can't touch it, and that evaporates as soon as you reach your arm out to try. i made the mistake of trying to be free, and the state is viciously punishing me for it.

i'm really just a completely harmless artist trying to live a free existence on a minimal subsidy, and that is the state's worst nightmare. our government will recognize terrorist groups as legitimate governing bodies, but as soon as you put somebody wanting to be free in front of it, it resorts to the worst and most oppressive tendencies of it's colonial past.

so what do i do? how do i adjust? how do i learn? how do i adapt? how do i survive? how do i get out of this?

i made a choice quite a while ago that i was going to focus on the writing in building the liner notes up from 1989-1996. that is the first priority, when i get back to work. maybe i don't need all of my gear directly accessible to me at all times, for right now. maybe i could put it back in storage while i wait for this mess to work itself out and just focus on the writing instead. it's $200/month. that's the same as the canada disability benefit, which is coming. i could use the disability benefit to pay to put my stuff in storage and rent a smaller place until i think the situation is safe to move back out, maybe to a different city. i strongly suspect that this would get rid of them, although it may take a little while for them to lose interest. 

i want to keep my options open for the next two weeks. if i don't find a way out by the first, i'm going to need to spend the first few days of september getting my stuff out to storage as a dominant priority, and focus on trying to find a smaller place to live to just write in, for now.

the only end to this situation will need to be to get these people arrested. it's the only solution. i have clear proof and the police are ignoring it. i don't know yet if this is due to incompetence, due to prejudice, due to laziness or due to corruption, or due to all four. however, if the police are directly involved, it could take a while to get to that endpoint and i may need to adjust to that. i may need to work around police to get to the crown to force them to make the arrest rather than with or through the police. the police are contributing to the problem, not contributing to the solution.

that would lead to me suing the police, and i'd have to take the cash from that lawsuit and use it to leave the city.
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for tonight, i need to clean the space up a little, moisturize my face and let it sit, finish the documents i'm preparing for printing and then get back in the shower.
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