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I’m a Loser Baby

Vezelay is coming up for me. Can’t wait to start this pilgrimage walk.

Check out Kurofune. Click on the link at the top right side of the home page. Getting great reviews.

Not much to say today. Going out for a very long walk in preparation for the Vezelay pilgrimage.

Trumps in Korea exchanging pleasantries. Trudeau is at home sulking with his thumb in his mouth. Macron, Merkel et all trounced back to their home countries all in a tizzy over Trump’s actions. Great stuff!

World cup starts on the 14th of June. Another month of vibrant exciting football…not. 90 minutes of sheer boredom with an added 2-4 minutes of more sheer boredom. I am always amazed at such low scores or no scores. With a goal net that big? Are you kidding me.

“Smith kicks the ball to Jones. Jones kicks the ball back to Smith. Smith …wait a minute…wait a minute….oh he kicks the ball back to Jones. Jones stops the ball, looks around, then kicks the ball back to Smith….” exciting play by play call don’t ya think?

“Oh Dimitri now has the ball for the opposing team. He looks around and finds Ludic and kicks it to him. Ludic then kicks the ball back to Dimitri who, with much skill and finesse kicks the ball back to Ludic. The referee has now called a time out…..” exciting stuff here.

Are you kidding me?

See the source imageHow could one miss? As opposed to this:

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Boring. I sure as hell will not be watching. Unless of course all hell breaks loose. Then it is exciting to watch:

See the source imageMost of the action…no all of it, is in the stands. In this particular game all hell broke out because it was a tie game!  0-0 for the home team!!! Imagine the chaos if some team had won?

Ah yes, the beautiful game.

Hard to believe Italy and the Netherlands did not qualify. Their reaction?

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Canada? my country? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.

“Then George kicked the ball back to Smith, who then kicked it over to Jones, who was then tackled by Dimitri who kicked the ball back to Ludic who then found Ludo…” and on and on and on the boring match went. 31 days of this. Can’t wait…not. Slit my wrists!

Enjoy the decline!

We’re all losers baby if you think this is exciting.

SJ……………………..Out

Song of the day:

 

Trumped

Comin up close to the Vezelay walk. Only 50 more sleeps. Getting kind of scary too:

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Could the G7 pull this off? I doubt it.

De-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Commitment for the recovery of the Korean War’s Missing in Action and Prisoners of War! Now that’s some Communique. Of course the EU and Trudeau are going Ape-shit today:

This is Bull-Crap, the members of the G7 were heard to say.

All Trudeau could do was adjust his eyebrows when he heard the news:                                             

Meanwhile: over at CNN

“We have to lead off with that Stormy Daniels thingy. We can spend at least 24 hours covering off that story…non stop.”

“Yeah, but what about the North Korean / US summit. Don’t ya think we should be covering up that?” one of the producers remarked.

“We ARE covering it up. No news there. Trump is a warmonger who has to be brought down, no matter what he does. We hate him, hate him, HATE HIM, HATE, HATE HATE HIM. Can I be any clearer.”  Wolf Schlitzer was heard to scream in between sips of his shit-zer.

Meanwhile, back in Canadastan

I have a dream people. I have a dream:

See the source imageNo more pipelines:

Bring me your truck drivers, bring me your pipe fitters, your welders, your engineers, your labourers and I’ll show them the way. That the world doesn’t need fossil fuels but can run on a “cuppa joe… Yes, I have a dream that all good men and women of race or colour can shed their burdens and follow me to the promised land…a land of barista joints and dubies. Yes I have had that dream and it is a good and wet one.”

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“Obviously we support the continuing efforts of the President on North Korea,” Trudeau says of Trump. “We look forward to looking at details of agreement. On his comments, as I’ve said, I’m going to stay focused on defending jobs for Canadians and supporting Canadian interests.” (Tasker).

He went on to say:

“We are not going to lower our 270% dairy tariffs to appease Nafta or American interests. The Quebec dairy mafia would kill us, especially during the next erection – er election. Sorry, Freudian slip there fellas…ha,ha.ha. Having said that, that Trump is the devil himself for raising his own aluminum and steel tariffs. That will kill our own steel and aluminum sector. And I can’t have that, especially coming up to our next erection, er damn, there’s that word again…election.

“When is the next erection” – a reporter from Japan asked of the PM when pissed, er plessed!  “And what about that alleged gloping incident.”

“Oh yes I have had the odd Duby”. the PM answered to the Japanese reporter. “But I didn’t exhale! That stuff is too good to ret out of me bag… er body”

French President Macron and his 66 year old wife Dorus could only smile in agreement. “Subsidies? Say what are those things anyway? We here in France n’avons pas des subsidies. Nous avon un 1.5 heur demain de travaille, Alorus eh Dorus! Mon Dieu, we have been in Canada too long…eh!

Speaking of dubies:

Song of the day: from the Doobie Brothers:

SJ……………………….Out

Have a goodie doobie!

Hugs Can’t Feed Me.

Sad but somewhat angry note to start things off today. While it is sad to hear about Mr Bourdain’s and Ms Spade’s death it pisses me off to no end that these individuals would kill themselves when they had so much to live for. Yes depression is tough but they could have reached out to someone, a loved one perhaps, for help. Why am I mad at these people? Because I lost my wife to cancer 6 months ago and she fought like the dickens to live, for life. Her courage to continue on under severe circumstances and suffering was heartening. She never gave up until the very end. I also have some friends that are going thru this same fight with courage and dignity for life itself. They have been fighting this disease every second, minute, hour, day, month and years to continue on. Life is precious. Do not throw it away like these people have.

Trudeau’s G7 misstep.

“Trump is a bully. We hate him so much” the G7 communique reads.

I have attended conferences like this. Pleasantries, accords are fine  but nothing gets done. We now have a leader on the world stage that knows this all too well and is willing to upset the international apple cart by stating as such. These communique’s mean nothing. The elite’s are upset because one of their own is calling the spade for what it is: a shovel of shyte. Look at Trump in this picture. Full of confidence. The others are aghast at what has happened. Their communique reads like a McDonald’s menu: bland, tasteless, expensive and full of crap. Look at Trudeau. He is eying the Chinese in this picture as he so, so much admires their McDonald’s dick taters.

The G7? Only in Canada you say? …..Pointless!

Of course these leaders are all in a twitter about the whole affair but are unwilling to address their concerns in public. Canada’s response?

“Hugs” do not put food on the table or provide meaningful employment.

Meanwhile pouring milk and dairy into the US market with huge government subsidies has been going on for decades in Canada to protect the Quebec dairy monopoly. This is indeed the Canadian elephant in the room that nobody in Canada, least alone out Prime Minister, is willing to acknowledge. Same with our softwood lumber exports. Trump know this all too well and his tariffs prove his willingness to stand up for the American people no matter what. Same crap is going on in Europe. Massive subsidies for French and German goods and services to ensure that American products cannot compete. Trump may be the most hated man on the planet right now but at least he has the “balls” to continue his fight for the American people. Wish the same was true for our leaders here at the Provincial and Federal level.

Trump may be bombastic but he is right. Free trade means no protectionism, no debilitating tariffs.

By the way, Trudeau is so mad his eyebrows are in a snit:

Naf said about that. Ta.

Trudeau’s groping allegations:

Image result for pics of alligatorsShould be an interesting “Caucus” meeting me thinks.

Apparently this has come out from an incident with a young female reporter in BC at a music festival in 2000 that a young Trudeau attended. But in true liberal fashion and logic the PM responded “Of course I was pissed so I don’t remember the incident.” When pissed, er pressed, if he would impose the same standard re sexual behaviour that he has imposed on the liberal “Caucus” he added: ” listen, maybe it happened. Oh I don’t know, I was probably out of it. If it did occur I probably thought she was a cougar, not an alligator. Look to my caucus for a response.”

They declined.

Say no more to the Liberal double take!

Meanwhile down in Texas:  Shale country is out of workers. That means $140,000 for a truck driver and 100% pay hikes. “This place is booming.” the mayor of Midland Texas beamed. Meanwhile back in Canada:

See the source imageI have a dream!

“A barista on every corner of this great land of ours. Yes, I have a dream. That every man, woman and child will be assessed not by the colour of their skin but by the way they prepare and pour that “joe.” Yes, I have a dream.”

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The Populist Movement? It means that ordinary people, working people are rightly pissed off at the so called intellectual elite who feel that their “we know better than you” policies are right for the world. Truth be told is that their world is crumbling. Their civilization is toilet trained! In the dumps. The shits with no moral compass. Just ask Harv Weinstein et al!

Song of the day: Badfinger and “Walk That Road.”

Happy Monday.

SJ…………………Out

Kurofune: The Black Ships

An excerpt from my book Kurofune:

“The sun was getting higher and higher off the eastern horizon. The beautiful orange, yellow and reddish glow of the sunrise was tarnished by the thick, black, brown and grayish pall and smoke plumes covering Betio and the immediate vicinity due to the high explosive nature of the Naval Gunfire Support and the air strikes. The air was becoming heavier and heavier and thick with the smell of detonation, destruction, explosions and cordite. It was the smell of death. These thick, black plumes of smoke rose out from under the coconut palms and the fields of the island then up and over the lagoon like a dark impervious blanket of terror. Rows and rows upon rows of coconut palm trees were scarred, naked and pitted; their ragged palm fronds hanging down, vertically limp, as if the life had suddenly been snuffed out of them by some horrendous outer worldly force. No tree escaped the carnage of the shelling that swept across the entire length and breadth of the island. Collectively the palm trees just stood there, motionless, ragged or naked in the light tropical breeze, as if standing upright in a desolate, mysterious landscape, like sentinels to hell itself. The landscape was pockmarked with deep and shallow craters, like the surface of the moon. And like the surface of the moon the island was lifeless. On top of all of that a light grey mist hung in the air like dust particles suspended, coagulating into and onto everything within this maelstrom of terror. Nature’s colour palette of tropical hues and shades of blue, green and turquoise surrendered to this monochromatic nightmare. It was an eerie sight to behold. 

The Naval Gunfire barrage continued raining death and destruction among the Japanese defenders. A 16 inch shell found its mark on one of the Vicker’s Guns ammunition dumps. The subsequent explosion of the ammo dump sent shells, debris and shockwaves from one end of Betio to the other and across the lagoon.

“Head’s down,” somebody screamed. Was Armageddon that far behind? Ted thought of this cataclysmic detonation?  It was horrendous. His whole world shook.

The naval bombardment had gone on now for almost three hours. Sooner or later it would be time for the Marines to turn to and head directly for the beach. The Marines of wave one held back in the lagoon at the departure line in their Alligators, LCT (Tanks), LCMs (Mechanized) and their Higgin’s Boats, but it would soon be time for the landing.  In the meantime they were getting anxious and sick of the tumultuous movement of the landing craft. Sea worthy they were not. Even Ted was anxious to go. Not really seasick, he was becoming nauseous watching his colleagues retch from the motion of the Higgins. The sea sickness and the dry heaving was horrific, as everything that had been in their stomachs from breakfast was now awash in the boat’s bilge. A sour, bitter and slightly acidic, pungent odor permeated the air among them. That combined with the nauseating diesel fumes and individual sweat was enough to turn anyone pale.

Ted was nervous, but not really scared, as he just wanted to go and get on with it.  Lou and the Reverend remained silent, even as they looked at one another for mutual encouragement, as if to say everything is going to be okay. The Reverend clutched his bible for his own spiritual support and emotional fortitude. Lou was a non believer yet one could see the abject fear in his eyes. Ted kissed the crucifix of his Rosary one last time. He also stole one more peak at the picture of Ruth that he had in his shirt top pocket, protected as it was from the seawater by a plastic sheath.”

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Cheers and have a great weekend.

SJ……………………………Out

Second song of the day:

Polyglots

This will not end well:

“About 450 radicalized detainees, including 50 Islamic terrorists, will walk free by the end of 2019 in France, the Justice Minister said. French prisons struggle with overcrowding, violence and often fail to combat radicalization.”

In keeping with France’s traditional action on matters such as this the Minister was heard to remark:

“We have given up. We have to surrender to this new reality. We can no longer fight this war on terror” The ghosts of French’s past could only smile when they heard this. A major French “white flag” factory near Paris (is there any other kind), which had been dormant for these past few years, has been retooled, rebooted and re-energized to meet the new demands of the French para-military. Next up? Mutti Merkel’s Germany.

Brexit anyone

Love this:

“Vladimir Putin’s emergency German language interjections during a recent heated interview with an Austrian journalist has begged the question: Which other world leaders have rolled out a foreign language, for better or for worse?”

“Poly glot” yer tongue Putin. Of course nobody could understand these guys:

“Eye-za-guy dat builds za boat, Eye-za -guy that sails dem”

Whew. Of course these so call “Polyglots” can have unintended consequences. This was heard at a recent North Korean summit meeting with South Korean and Chinese leaders.

Image result for Funny Kim Jong Un ParodyLost in Translation

Vladimir Putin holds his highly anticipated annual televised question-and-answer session, and the number of questions is about two million. This year’s event is Putin’s 16th and is different from the previous ones in several ways.

One in particular: He doesn’t answer any of them. When asked why he could only say: “I am a dick,” which all of the polyglots thought they heard: “I am a dictator and you’re not” Lost in translation.

Two million questions? Are you kidding me. We here in Canada should be so lucky. It would bring a whole new meaning to “Question Period.”

Trudeau was heard to remark to all of his NAFTA polyglot buddies. “See ya.” But after careful scrutinization of his comments by all of his Polyglots they thought they heard:

“Naf said…Ta”….Lost in translation.

This just in. Headline from CNN / MSNBC: Stormy Daniels sues ex lawyer.

Meanwhile over in Guatemala and Hawaii.

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No story there a CNN / MSNBC spokesperson James Polyglot, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated categorically. “It’s only an erection for heaven’s sake. Stormy Daniels is an expert on things such as this. So that is why we have ignored Guatemala and Hawaii to lead off with this story. It is more explosive…extremely stormy me thinks. What do you think?” he asked.

Lost in translation me stinks!

And the oxymoronic act of the year goes to U of A: David Suzuki to receive an honorary degree from the University of Alberta. An acknowledgement by the University to a guy who wants to bring down Alberta’s economy and launch all of us back into the dark ages.

I shakes my head in disbelief.

During his acceptance speech all of his polyglot buddies from Greenpeace and his Foundation thought he said “lunch” when he actually said “launch” when referring to his activist plans to destroy Alberta’s economy. They all got up and left.

“I said launch, not lunch” David sex-claimed in sex-asperation.  It was too late. The convocation hall at U of A emptied faster than a misplaced “Green” convention mistakenly located at an NRA rally.

The world is crazy me stinks.

Just another day in our lives. Life is good. Embrace it.

Song of the day:

SJ………………………….Out