Truck Off

This week has seen an existential shift in the Canadian psyche and zeitgeist. This social shift was ignited by Canadian large truck drivers and yet this author, while impressed by the trucking community found the response to more endearing. The distance from to Canada's British Columbia by road to Canada's Ontario is just over 4200 km and many an overpass along the way was filled by people cheering for the truckers; those cheering were in sub zero Celsius weather waving the flag of their country.  

This author finds those standing on bridges and at the road sides are also part of this equation and they need to be recognized. Being in Canada these pedestrians stood in the cold and cheered like those who cheered for the ones who picked up the rifle in 1812, 1914, 1939 and 1950. In the years just mentioned Canadian men stood for freedom and the braved going far from home to fight for freedom and they too were cheered and regaled by family, friends and their fellow citizens. Technically the war of 1812 does not allow the men to be Canadian though this author thinks the reader gets the point. 

To this day the Canadian military is engaged in some level of war. For example the Whisky War, an on going conflict with Denmark. Though in the typical spirit of both countries the only thing exchanged is a bottle of whisky each year; no sword has been drawn and no bullet has been fired. The reader is encouraged to look this up. 

Now the mantel of protecting the oppressed has been taken up again, though not by the Canadian military, by the citizenry at large on their own soil. This begs the question; what has changed to tip the hand of these trucking people to take up a typically military roll? 

In this the current year, Canadian citizenry are heaping their cheers and thanks upon those who are now willing to make a sacrifice for the freedom of others. The wars of 1812, 1914, 1939 and 1950 spoke to the ideal of bravery; and while Canada did not officially get involved in the Vietnam conflict many Canadians did travel to the USofA to sign up. Canada's military men have a long standing tradition of protecting those who are oppressed and having tyranny inflicted upon them. 

Things have gotten so out of hand on the freedom front in Canada that now even Donald Trump has given recognition to the Canadian truckers. This is possibly another Vimy Ridge moment, where the world once again takes note of the brave actions of Canadians and those who support them. In the past, this recognition of a display of bravery was usually shrouded by the number of bullets used and the number of bodies buried or not. Now that we are counting trucks; this author has to ask - is this not a betterment in our world or for lack of a better term progress? 

The Revolt of the Plebs:

Here is a bit of history for the reader: In ancient Rome, the plebeians were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". What happened in ancient Rome, way back then, was that the plebs under an ever increasing weight of  the suppression of freedom left the city of Rome and sat on the seven hills. In short, the orders given by the patriarchs caused them to learn that they needed the plebeians and so the suppression was eased and the plebs returned. 

This ideal was embraced by John Locke and Thomas Paine; both of these men believed in the ideal that government is a bottom up effort by the people. Conversely, Socrates and Plato both discussed the idea of the philosopher king; this is an understandable argument for their time, they were involved in a culture war against the Sophists. The Sophists roamed the lands of their time telling people what to think while those who followed the Socratic method taught people how to think. 

The current lands of this time now includes the entire public Internet, leaving this author to wonder where the next expanse will be towards those seeking acceptance. As the the public Internet grows, the virgin ground for seeding a given type of thinking is rapidly being consumed thus leaving this author to wonder what the next step will be after all the public virgin ground is fully occupied by those who have not been elected by the citizenry, perhaps some fields need to be left fallow for some time. Personal opinion is becoming an ever more scarce resource for those who wish to dictate the social narrative. Putting to much 'shit' in a garden will ruin it as fast as a drought. 

When a government is no longer willing to listen to the demos, that government is by de facto tyrannical. Based on what has been witnessed so far, these truckers only want to be listened to and conversed with. Thus this author has to ask, has the effort to listen and converse with the plebs within the citizenry become too much of an effort for this Canadian government and if so why? 

An open Invitation

Dear Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, officially Elizabeth II, who by the Grace of God is head of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories and is Queen Head of the Commonwealth, and Defender of the Faith.  

Please accept my request from across the seas such that you may perform your royal duty. Briton proper has made the move to many of the COVID-19 related restrictions and yet Canada still labours under the yoke of unfounded mandates and nonsensical political oppression. 

While many may see royalty as a pompose overlord these days, I have for my entire life, I was born in 1966, seen you your Royal Highness have never been tyrannical. It is with much respect that I recall stories of you being a nurse during the bombing of Britain in WWII, for you supported the people under your care regardless of their social status. 

Nobility is not just a descriptive word, it is an attitude and a way of being. During my life I have only ever known one Queen, who at least in principle was the head of my country Canada, and I say with all honesty I would not have wanted anyone else. 

Canada has a problem and that is a lack of nobility. I don't mean to imply that a lack of Nobles is the flaw, what I want to make clear is that the concepts and actions that made a knight a knight has been lost. I would personally like to see public nobility return - It all starts with the words 'please, thank you, along with being considerate, and being helpful to one's neighbour' 

Elizabeth II, you have led by example throughout my life and I appreciate that at a level you may never know for me you are both Royal and noble. This is a plea from on of your subjects. 

All regards, 

Richard Danielli

The Gloves Come Off

These short days of frustration has spawned this piece of writing. It is often said that 'causation doesn't imply correlation'; in this situation please trust this author and accept that sometime a number of things can end up with a result. The reader must consider another saying, which is in conflict with the first; and another saying being 'a death by a thousand cuts'. 

Just for clarity, this author lives in the upper northern hemisphere and as such, at the time of this writing the days are just starting to get longer and hopefully soon, warmer. Till the sun returns the impact of that 23.5 degree angle makes things nice again, this author is going to go on a bit of a rant. Please enjoy...  

Rant-1) The purpose of the Canadian Senate is to mediate the efforts of Parliament to ensure that no law is put in place in haste or with regard to those who only voted for the current party in office. The Canadian Senate is a safe guard against a majority government, a stopgap or firewall as it were, towards keeping safe the citizenry from the politicians. 

A few years ago, the Prime Minister of Canada announced the idea that there are no values identifiable as Canadian values. That statement gave this author some consternation. When a country has no values of its own then the question must be put forth; where does the country derive the law from. In Canada the legal foundation is derived from English Common Law and over the last 150 some odd years that legal theory has been tweaked to fit Canada. The foundation supports the house but it does not dictate the house. 

If there are no Canadian values, why is there a Canadian Senate?

Rant-2) The COVID-19 case numbers show that there are more people who have been vacciniate against COVID then those who have not been not been vaccinated. Yet, the un-vaccinated are the ones being demonized for being the dangerous ones. 

While the governments are constantly claiming their activities are there for the greater good. Many of these same governments also seem to lay claim to the noble goal of protecting the under represented, the down trodden because of population density, This begs the question - when the vaccinated out number the un-vaccinated in both numbers of the population and those infected, when will the government treat the ideal to seek to protect the minority rather than vilify them? 

This begs a new question; is the government and society principled or opportunistic. A principled environment has few items on the rule list  whereas an opportunistic environment needs to set a vast number of rules to allow every opportunity to be denied. This author asks the reader to please consider the number of rules they live under. 

Before its ruin, there was a Dr. Who episode called 'When a Good Man Goes to War', where in the villain states they are not afraid of the Doctor because good men have too many rules. The Doctor's response is that good men don't need rules. 

Rant-3) A couple of years ago it was stated that a number of graves were found near a charter school; this resulted in an apology from the Pope after some condemnation from the Canada Prime Minister and the burning of a number of Christian churches. To the best of this authors knowledge no child's body has yet to be exhumed and no grave has even been confirmed. 

The last residential school closed in 1996, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the Canadian Prime Minister from 1980-1984. In the current social political climate where the atrocities of the past are dragged into the present this author is left asking why are the statues of the former PM have not already been mothballed by his socially sensitive son the current PM of Canada? 

Rant-4) Knowing when to give up on a bad idea is almost at par with having a good one. These words of wisdom were presented from a friend at the time whom happened to be a lawyer and philosopher. These principled words have remained stuck in this authors mind since the soft and gentle voice uttered them. As a tangent, one thing back then which built some worry was wondering what it would take for that philosopher, lawyer, and friend to be made angry. 

Returning to COVID-19 and the ideal of the 'greater good'; for lack of a better term, What The Fuck (WTF) are these societal leaders thinking? Two weeks to flatten the curve has been turned into two years. Businesses where told not to worry and yet now so many mom and pop stores have gone away while the big box stores were allowed to thrive. School age children, during their prime learning years missed out on both education physical activity and socialization. 

From a social and educational perspective the current round of K-12 students have metaphorically been crippled for life; where is the greater good writ large in the activities as demonstrated by the results? With COVID-19 vs. because of COVID-19 is still up for debate and the numbers are being adjusted around the world on per country basis. 

This author will ask again, where is the greater good? In previous writings, by this author, it has been posited that the application of bad ideas only comes from two sources, stupidity or malicious intent. This is an open invite towards the politicians to pick column A or column B. 

Rant-5) This rant element is more personal, as much as it is based upon the intended structure. This author has taken up the stance of  the impersonal. This author's name is readily available by structure and as such if the reader wishes to share a thought they can just copy and paste and if they wish to provide the idea as their own that too is welcomed. This writing is just words, yet words carry meaning and thus puts forth ideas. The author is inconsequential when compared to the words and the ideas. 

From V For Vendetta - Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country

Rant-6) The return of  the snow. Snow has returned to southern Ontario reminding this author of their youth. The last decade or so has made soft the young and new Canadian citizen. This prompts a closer look at weather change claims. These claims of change seem to be a simple return to the days of yesteryear within the current climate argument. Is a person who complains about the temperature drops and the volume of snow still be allowed to complain about climate change? Of course they are, for all people should be allowed to show off how 'smart' they actually are.  

Perhaps the problem is the time frame within the declaration for claiming climate change is made. This author recalls when the predictions were over 30 years out when the end of days announcements where made; and now those same affirmations keep getting closer and closer to this the current year. 

Lie There and Take it (updated)

 At the time of this writing there has been almost twenty four months of hearing the mantra of 'just lie there and take it.' This rhetoric has been echoing in the ears across the planet, coming in from all sorts of experts and has been repeated by elected officials and the Main Stream Media (MSM). There is one problem, the messaging had a a more then just a few bumps in the road as there were also a high number of pot-holes too. 

Tangent: In 1970 a demilitarized zone (DMZ) was set up Salvador and Honduras. The DMZ between the two countries is just shy of six kilometres or just over 3.5 miles. This author traveled a road that spanned the DMZ moving from one country to the other, and the road was, simply put a horror show. Two ideas came to mind during this traversal: 1) the DMZ is an un-managed space allowing the road to deteriorate, or 2) the road within the DMZ was allowed with purpose to spoil in order to reduce the speed of an invasion. Just so the reader knows, the DMZ was formed after an invasion over a soccer game. 

Two Minutes Later:

The last two years has reminded this author of that DMZ road, because the bumps and pot-holes exercised in the treatment of the citizenry has seriously been a pain in the butt for many people. The rules and mandates being issued seem to be only double faceted at best, in that the rules were being used to disseminate fear and control over the people and all the while not actually make the people any safer. If there is another facet to this, the reader is welcome to point it out for reasonable discussion. 

Please indulge the author as he lists the presented contradictions to the best of this author's memory:

1) No masks, then masks for all, and they settled on that masks don't really work

2) Social distancing, when physical distancing was actually the goal; this author has an uncle whom they socially distance from as he is a bit of a strange person.

3) Fully vaccinated people will be free from infection and yet vaccinated people make up the most number of infected people under OMICRON in Ontario Canada. 

4) In restaurants, standing people must be masked and in government the seated must be masked, does the reader see the confusion this may cause? 

5) Small business were shuttered by government(s), while big Corp such as big box stores or fast food chains were allowed to remain open. The 'experts' have stated that obesity is a safety concern for those who may contract and yet crappy food wasn't halted.

6) Vitamin D was never a recommended course of action in low sunshine areas. 

7) Government members have been shown not to follow the rules that they have set for the citizenry.

8) The infectious material wasn't created and/or manipulated in a lab and now that lab theory now has a significant possibility. 

9) Was this pandemic, a physical problem, a mental problem or a combination of both and if so at what proportion?

10) The numbers of cases was certain, the number of hospitalized was certain, the number of people in the ICU for whatever reason was certain - yet all of these numbers are about to be recalculated.

11)  Project Veritas, released leaked emails showing that the US government and scientist knew that the virus was created in a lab, all the while spouting the wet market theory (update 1/15/2022,)

Please also consider the on going silencing and othering of people during this 'pandemic', the reader must ask themselves this; what if Galileo followed the science of his time. For is science nothing more then asking ever more questions.

Given the points above, this author has two considerations that need to be addressed. The first question is, are the points above showing the confusion being peddled to the citizenry as incompetence or is that same said information being peddled is a constructed campaign with purpose? When the reader considers the flip-flopping, the retractions, the back peddling, the corrections and the censorship of other's thoughts; it has become increasingly difficult to trust the 'experts' and their 'science' that is being peddled because if the experts are incompetent, the trust must end and if the experts are acting with deceit the trust must end. Regardless the trust must be held suspect. 

The MSM has carried water for these governments throughout this whole episode and yet the MSM simply parroted the talking points and for the most part offered up no hard questions for the government, in order to dig deep for the protection of the people as was understood to be the mandate for the MSM, which was once was referred to as the forth estate. 

The fifth estate, in accordance with American parlance, is the people or the citizenry of a country if one will. For clarity the following should be noted: the first estate is The Executive branch, the second estate is The Legislative branch, the third is The Judicial branch, the forth estate is are the journalists, and the fifth estate is The Citizenry. Of course in some countries that can be found where these 'estates' fall to the wayside as the second and third are basically leapt over be the first estate who manage the forth estate in order to manage the fifth. 

There are frequent ongoing conversations discussing the concept of when will all this current situation end. Here in lies one problem with our system, because things never actually end, history simply morphs into the next thing that we then pay attention to, which is then expected to end in some sort of a timely way just like the previous historical moment which were also supposed to end at some point in time and things simply transition into the next point in our collective timelines. Wash, rinse and repeat; for this is how a clean and simple tyranny is maintained. 

The Western world, as it is called, whilst not unique on the globe is mostly based on a system of checks balances and the last two years has seen those checks and balances being circumvented. Some of the shakers and movers involved in the stripping away of the checks and balances, along with the Rights as described in the base document for their countries need to be put in a cage with a good and strong Locke(i).

When basic Human Rights are replaced by Government issued privileges, then that country's citizenry should no longer consider that they live a free state. A grain of sand can be turned into a pearl and yet humans are not salt-water bivalve molluscs and so this current situation is starting to grind on many people. The mono culture that is oysters can not be raised as an equivalency for people as we are many with many different ideals, and as such the pearls within humanity are few are far between. 

Returning the oyster metafore, how much longer will people be willing to eat at this information buffet which is covered in sand?

Closing credits music - https://youtu.be/GyBinAaSXeI

(i) This is a reference to John Locke - John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". 1632-1704

O Canada - A Commentary

Due to the last twenty-one plus months, this author felt that the Canadian National anthem needs to be reviewed as a reminder of why people remained here, and why people come here; or at least it was. Below the reader will find the national anthem of Canada as provided for on the Government of Canada on this day of someone's Lord, January 3rd 2022. The words are available at (https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/anthems-canada.html)

Only the English version will be used as French is not a language this author is well versed in. The lines of the anthem have been number for reference purposes. 

Trigger Warnings: This author will not be kind in this comparison and some contradictions within the current zeitgeist that will be addressed.  

English version

1 O Canada!

2 Our home and native land!

3 True patriot love in all of us command.

4 With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

5 The True North strong and free!

6 From far and wide,

7 O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

8 God keep our land glorious and free!

9 O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

10 O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

The Inspection
Line 1: Okay the country has been identified and this is a good thing. 

Line 2: Well there is a bit of contention on this point as what is the current definition of 'native land'? The current practice recognizing indigenous/native lands may cause some points of contention if it has not already. 

Line 3: Is there still 'true patriot love' in the broader scope of Canadian society? Additionally, the term 'in all of us command' implies that the love for the country is inspired by the country. 

Line 4: There doesn't seem to be many glowing hearts or a country rising at the moment. 

Line 5: As there is snow on the ground in Ontario right now the 'true north' part is obvious in January, though the 'free' line has become somewhat suspect. 

Line 6: This line is a duel edged blade in that Canada when it was born was created by the foreigners at the time, which is now considered a sin and yet there is an ongoing global welcome message for more foreigners who may change things and that is being applauded.

Line 7: It must be remembered that the national anthem was intended to be sung by all of the citizens of Canada. That concept and intent doesn't seem to hold true today.

Lines 8-10: While the personal person may not have the time to do this ten line review these tens lines in the mind of this author these ten lines must be front of mind for each and every politician.

The Analysis

It is important for the reader to understand that change is inevitable, think about this like being in a kayak in a river for it will move regardless. The kayak can be controlled to minimize damage to the Kayak and the anthem is a good place to start.

Canada has 10,100 elementary schools and Parliament sits for 135 days a year, surely with schools teaching music and song the parliamentarians can take a moment every sitting day to listen to kids sing the anthem. School submissions will be drawn by lot with disregard for quality. 

The upside to this idea is twofold; the first upside is the children learn the anthem and the second is that while sitting the politicians will be reminded of Canadian values and to who they serve. 

The Awkward Question of the Week (AQW) -2022

The purpose of this entry is to cause the reader to lift their head from their 'smart phone' and take a look around them at the world in a smart way 

It is said there is no such thing as a dumb question. Of course there are dumb questions; they are just the easiest to answer...

10/16/2022 - Seeing as humans are a carbon based life form, are the actions like abortion and the neutering of teens through gender affirmation surgery just two more arrows in the quiver of the Progressives seeking to stop climate change? 

10/9/2022 - Is there any point in teaching MS Excel, when those seeking certification are incapable of understanding the basic underlying mathematics?

10/2/2022 - Should the Right Honorable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, be made the poster boy for how Canadian men should treat women? 

9/25/2022 - Given the line 'Fires will be kindled to testify that two and two do make four. Swords will be drawn to prove that leaves are green in the summer.'; was Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s-25 October 1400) ahead of his time?

9/18/2022 - Should the hungry be allowed to break and enter into another person's home for the purposes of raiding the fridge and shelter; how high in the numbers can this go before this action becomes permissible?

9/11/2022 - A multiple choice AQW, please pick which of the lines below is the most awkward:

1. Should people with pets and/or small children who do ‘remote work’ take a pay cut if they don’t have a dog walker or a child sitter?
2. Should companies who reduced their real-estate foot print in favour of remote work lower their prices and/or increase the wages of the staff who now work longer hours due to the inefficiencies of working remotely?
3. The practice of finding the perfect candidate for a job is often referred to as headhunting, when the criterion for the perfect candidate is just that the candidate is a black person, does this mean that headhunting black people has now become a thing once again?
4. Are children being groomed into the ideals of racism and exploitative sexual activities, now the line in the sand for the majority of society?
5. Are the attacks on Donald Trump a bell-weather, for those who won’t drink the Kool-Aid of the current popular narrators?

9/04/2022 - Does the title 'Fact checker' ensure that you know the truth and who's truth is it anyway?

8/28/2022 - What democracy is being protected by supplying Ukraine with money, supplies and weapons?

8/21/2022 - Should those seeking ‘reparations’ be billed for the STEM advancements they are now enjoying and what tax rate should be applied to any monies they receive?

8/14/2022 - With so many races on this planet and how race is now being treated as a political zero sum game, the question must be asked 'whom will be next up against the wall if all the white people disappeared?'

8/7/2022 - Were the people protesting the black African-American comedian Dave Chappelle racist in their efforts to cancel him?

7/31/2022 - Should male players who wish to defend female sports of the same type they play, dress in the visiting teams jersey and a skirt, holding up a sign that says 'Let Me Play'? 

7/24/2022 - Would a one world government not simply exasperate the peoples' frustrations they currently feel with their own Country level government; as the people will be even further removed from those who rule?

7/17/2022 - Is the political demonizing of the police a reaction to Media reports OR are the Media reports the result of the political actions against the police?  

7/10/2022 - Along the same lines as the Leftist like to discuss gender, is a person's race assigned or observed at birth?

7/03/2022 - When you have 1,000+ friends on Social Media and you express your problems to the public Internet, which is more diluted you or your friendships?

6/26/2022 - Why are the US Democrats mourning the overturning of Roe v. Wade, when now they can codify into law at the state level where it always should have been?

6/19/2022 - What activities or ideological foundation makes Nazism right wing at its core?

6/12/2022 -  In a society were minorities rule, how many people are in the target group when, politicians use the determiner 'our', as in - our Democracy?

6/5/2022 - During Pride month should parents be allowed to bring their children into a strip club that conforms to what the children are able see from the sidewalk on the parade route?  

5/29/2022 - Has mankind put too many eggs in the one basket called the public Internet?

5/22/2022 - Is a 'woman' having a penis to gender equivocal to a Canadian Prime Minister wearing black face is to race? 

5/15/2022 - Can you now with 100% certainty, draw a picture of the primary reproductive organs for whom the feminists are standing for? 

5/08/2022 - Happy Mother's Day, should the second Sunday in May now be renamed  to 'Birthing Person's Day' or is there more to being a mother than just 9 months of gestation, dilation of the cervix and huge amounts of both temporary effort and pain?

5/01/2022 - Should the Nazis be blamed for climate change considering that the average human body releases about 100 lbs of Co2 not counting the fuel required to generate enough heat for the burning?

4/24/2022 - Will Social Media die when enough people are terrified to use it due to the future consequences, or will it survive based on the bravado of youth? 

4/17/2022 - Is it Islamophobic to stop a Muslim from killing a homosexual?  

4/10/2022 - At what point does the political worry turn into the political NO! Where do you draw your line? 

4/3/2022 - What percentage of muscle mass needs to be removed from a trans-woman so they can feel they are in a more feminine body?

3/27/2022a - At the Oscar awards, was Will Smith hitting Chris Rock staged; if not what does tell you about our society and if so what does that tell you you about our society? 

3/27/2022b - Is it a good idea to hedge inflation by buying canned and dried foods, like pasta, if you are not well armed?

3/20/2022 - What is the best ratio between empathy and bigotry when it comes to personal safety and well being?

3/13/2022 - If reducing consumption saves the environment, and reducing the number of consumers is also good for the environment, will the climate fixers promise to commit suicide for their own cause?

3/6/2022 - Who do you trust to lie to you?

2/27/2022 - Pfizer made 40B on a vaccine that was massively funded with public money, should the public get any ROI?

2/20/2022 - Are you worried that Western leaders are not speaking up against Canadian Martial Law?

Updated 3/27/2022, the EU has, en mass, condemned Trudeau for his actions in Canada. 

2/13/2022 - Circa 1960 the Polio vaccine was given to the world patent free, this leaves me to wonder where are the socialists and progressives demanding that a similar gesture be made for the magic potions brewed up for COVID-19?

2/6/2022 - What has the COVID actions and reactions shown the citizenry???

1/30/2022 - Who are more worried about COVID-19_Omicron on per 100 people, the demos or the politicians? Please consider your reasons. 

1/23/2022 - In a world of trans-people can there still be sexism or feminism?

1/16/2022 - What happens when 'correlation does not imply causation' collides with 'Occam's razor'?

(Post hoc ergo propter hoc)

  

1/9/2022 - Do modern young women in the western world over spend on their social and economic capital in their early years? 

1/2/2022 - Due to the current lock downs and mandates in the country I am in, Canada, should the line 'The True North strong and free!' be stricken from the national anthem - O Canada?