I saw on the local news that People here are gathering military type gear and sending it to Ukraine....are you kidding me?? When I saw a huge pile of wool clothing, medical supplies being sent, I was wondering if maybe we might need the gear here at home.
One of the things that caught my eye was several pieces of body armour......I thought it was illegal to possess body armour without a permit. I checked into it and the regulation was passed that you can possess it without a permit in Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, but the law remains sketchy. This is BC, its a $10,000 fine and six months in jail to possess it without a permit, the MSM is so stupid.
People are willing to stand up for freedom in a far away place, but the same People won't stand up for their freedoms that we have lost here at home. It reminded me of the United front sending all our PPE gear back to China when the Wuhan first made its appearance.
673; Morning my friend, I see your light is still on and hope the coffee is a good batch this morning and the sun is up there too.
I'll preface this with the thought that my heart and prayers go out to the citizens directly affected by all of this, particularly in the Ukraine where they're either forced to leave or are embroiled in the fighting. As an additional thought on that, I'd say that if one does careful research into the organization, there might be charities who are rendering meaningful aid to those citizens and that might be worthy of support if one is so inclined.
The more I dig into the past decade and a bit within Ukraine the more convinced I am that pretty much everyone is lying to us about it - everyone.
That all out of the way then my friend, I too share your incredulity at folks who support taking my restricted long guns away because they have no purpose in a modern society and at the same time fund raise to send actual combat ready tools to the citizenry of another country because they're now vital in their modern society.
When confronted about this, they are absolutely not aware at all of the diametrically opposed position they're taking either - will not admit it in fact. If I was younger and less jaded, it might actually blow my mind, but as it stands it just confirms my opinion that we're not going to change some people's minds regardless of the facts presented.
Sending surplus 1950's wool pants which in all probability will never, ever get anywhere other than a Canadian landfill is again virtue signaling in my view. I suppose there's possibly room for some people who aren't capable of critical thought within the moment so we could argue if they're capable of virtue signaling? I'd be open for that exchange too...
Finally my friend, it shows me that there still exists a segment of our society who are listening to the legacy media and not questioning who writes the scripts for them. That indicates we who see through that veneer still have our work cut out for us to continue to encourage our fellow citizens to question and then by doing so hopefully will also see the light. We can hope anyways.
It's ironic for me in that it's a wee bit like sharing one's faith with someone else. As the sharer, we don't know if the listener will accept or reject what's being shared - that's a fact. I've made my peace with the belief that it's up to God to change the hearts and minds, I am only able to show though example and respond intelligently if asked to defend my position on the matter, you know? So in that regard it's a place where I've existed for much of my adult life and to me again this is quite similar.
I feel great sympathy for the Ukrainian people. It’s a useful war if you want to change the topic from runaway inflation, high gas prices, Freedom Convoys, shortages of goods, sagging poll numbers, etc.. Let the legacy media chew that bone for now.
Nick1899; Top of the morning to you my friend, I trust you're getting tolerable weather and the weekend was a fine one for you all.
Thanks for the reply and your take on this all, I appreciate it.
Indeed it seems like too much of an amazing coincidence in some ways does it not?
On the subject of support and organizations who may or may not deserve anyone's hard earned dollars.
In my email inbox this morning was an update from Samaritan's Purse who are setting up a field hospital in the Ukraine.
We got involved with them via their Operation Christmas Child shoebox campaign in our church, which we'd dug into a bit as church management - used to be on the church board - and they seemed to be a reasonably run charity.
When there was a major flood in Grand Forks which is two valleys east of me a couple or three springs ago there was a team from Samaritan's Purse on the ground helping locals before ANYONE else, including the provincial government. They helped people pack and move, had a field kitchen going and looked to be pretty effective to me. Never heard a word crosswise about them afterward either from anyone.
When the flood hit Abbotsford last fall they were some of the first organizations in on the ground again.
In no way am I saying I know who is benefitting from your donations there or anything else that might or might not be relevant, but they seem less top heavy than say the Red Cross as an example. No, I'm not suggesting anyone should or should not support the Red Cross either, again just attempting to articulate what I saw in two disasters which were local enough that I had some knowledge of.
Good morning Besides tactical equipment and intelligence, the best thing we can do is to let them know we are behind them and prayer. Often, and oftener. These days much of the world has drifted from a belief in God. Myself, it has only strengthened this resolve . It might not get us what we think we want , it is much more mysterious and powerful than we imagine . It will do great good. God Bless you all
Dwayne was spot on too. Its so convoluted, and the elite class are so crooked I dont trust anything they say anymore.
Anyone see the headlines on the front page of every paper worldwide about the data Pfizer was forced to release ?? Didnt think so, but it confirmed a lot of things many suspected.
Why is it that everytime I see this Zelensky fellow, (which is everyday),,,, he is begging for aid in the form of weapons and ammo, and foreign help to fight off the Russians? Then when he doesn't get his skies closed, he begins talking down to everyone he just asked for help.
Why is everyone making this guy out to be the biggest hero on the planet? I think he is a bullschitt artist and he is propped up by a series of bullschitt artists, not just the media. I don't believe him.
Where theres smoke, theres usually fire. I've been hearing reports about the biolabs for a few weeks now. No doubt Fauci knows all about them. Maybe thats why he has disappeared ?
The diddy about airbourn rabies perked my interest. It is just a matter of time until one or more of these plagues is unleashed upon the World, we have been warned.
It should become obvious to the legacy media that they have lost the confidence of a very large segment of the population. It would certainly be nice to have a source of news which had no agenda and would let the facts speak for themselves. If only the truth was just the truth and not warped by the teller. GD
Consider any information you get from Eastern Europe to be a lie. Considering the false information we get in our own countries you can bet information allowed out of Ukraine are lies on top of lies.
Hold on to your weapons and warm clothes. Your government and the media they control are not your friend.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Consider any information you get from Eastern Europe to be a lie. Considering the false information we get in our own countries you can bet information allowed out of Ukraine are lies on top of lies.
Hold on to your weapons and warm clothes. Your government and the media they control are not your friend.
I certainly don't like people being killed one way or the other.
past that, I'm blunt. If you give away what you need for your own protection against your own government, you have done exactly that that government wants you to do.
I noted Dwaynes comment about long guns. And wondered why he stated it that way. Then I realized I still carry a handgun or two just about 24/7/365 and thats not the case up north. I recall in the 80s in BC at our family they had to go to the mounties office to pull a pistol to shoot it and then return it. Back then it was WTF. But what could they do I suppose.
Dont' let em have your food. Your clothes. Your money or your guns or your God. You will need all the above one day. And if you loose some, make sure you keep your God.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
I certainly don't like people being killed one way or the other.
past that, I'm blunt. If you give away what you need for your own protection against your own government, you have done exactly that that government wants you to do.
I noted Dwaynes comment about long guns. And wondered why he stated it that way. Then I realized I still carry a handgun or two just about 24/7/365 and thats not the case up north. I recall in the 80s in BC at our family they had to go to the mounties office to pull a pistol to shoot it and then return it. Back then it was WTF. But what could they do I suppose.
Dont' let em have your food. Your clothes. Your money or your guns or your God. You will need all the above one day. And if you loose some, make sure you keep your God.
More good advice. I had a muslim hunter last fall that was originally from Kazakhstan. He lives in Canada now and travels the world buying ore from mines. Anyway we were talking about the state of the world and he told me that one thing we should never do under any circumstances is give up our right to own and keep weapons. He said its the one single thing that sets us apart and keeps some of the evil at bay.
ribka; Good afternoon to you my friend, I hope you're getting some sun too down in your part of the world.
We're sunny but just above freezing here, but I did see the first buttercup out in the yard yesterday and the mulies are hitting the new greens like they mean it today again.
A couple of days back I watched a video by Glenn Beck from a couple years ago called the Ukraine Chalkboard to explain it all.
Please note I don't claim to know the veracity of Glenn Beck or the information put forth in the video ribka, it was all new to me.
That said, if even a quarter of what he said was true... Holy Sheep Dip Martha!!!
There were some seriously troubling allegations made with what I felt was reasonably compelling evidence.
I'll note that as far as I've been able to ascertain nobody has sued Glenn Beck for whatever one can be sued for if they're proven to be lying through their teeth.
One has to again say that when Solomon stated more or less "there's nothing new under the sun" he was again correct. I want to say we here in Canada liked to believe it wasn't happening here or at least that Canadians weren't involved with it - again here.
More and more the evidence indicates we would have been quite wrong thinking that to be the case.
All the more reason to both remain vigilant and to remain in prayer for both of our nations.
Glad I'm not the only one who suspects nefarious stuff happening. On the handgun thing, I don't think too many people care about permitting moving forward.
On the aid that is going to go missing............imagine my surprise. I am trying to figure out why Trudeau would invite Zelensky to speak in our Parliament? This illustrates just how much trouble we are in with a madman behind the wheel.
The links I provided were from about 10 different news sources from around the World, take your pick of which one/s to read and believe, but I am going to carry on connecting the dots and asking God for wisdom in discerning the truth, that works for me. Also, knowing that Trudeau is evil, eliminates him from doing any of the Lords work.
673; Good afternoon my friend, we're getting a decent amount of sun so I hope you all are as well.
It's not only the handgun issue, it's that the Libs are still working hard at taking away all the AR/AK/FN-FAL and Mini 14/30 variants now too. The first bunch were classed as restricted awhile back so they know about them, but they're not supposed to know who has the Mini 14/30's as the registry was ordered destroyed.
That said there was a court case where Ed Burlew was taking the RCMP to court as he had evidence they'd kept a copy for their own use which again contravened a direct order from the Harper government. Further evidence suggesting that some groups of civil servants including upper management in the RCMP are either following orders from someone else or flagrantly disobeying directives from the government. Ian Runkle interviews Ed Burlew on this issue and his evidence was awfully damning towards RCMP wrongdoing.
If we have millions going missing here between the WE charity and SNC Lavalin, it shouldn't surprise us that it's that way elsewhere. Someone, somewhere came up with the term kleptocracy which is defined as "Kleptocracy is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to appropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern"
Sounds fairly familiar doesn't it?
I'm with you on asking God for wisdom and discernment as we move forward in this minefield. It'd be handy to be able to understand it well enough to articulate to someone else who's interested in seeking the truth.
As we both know too well, not everyone is, but then that's been the case for a good long while and seems to be gaining in fashion.
One of the posters here or somewhere reminded me that I'm instructed to pray for my leaders and I'll admit I have trouble praying for anything connected to, much less for PM Shiny Pony. I'm working on it though 673, honestly I am working on it.
The very thing Trudeau did to the truckers and friends by seizing banks accounts/assets etc.....is exactly what he and others are doing to the Russians living, working, doing business abroad.
Once People have a cashless World, we will follow along.....imagine if there were just one guy running things, instead of a bunch of pesky leaders running their Countries for the benefit of their Countries.
If the governments can access your money, it will make it easier for you/us to make donations where they are needed around the World.
I don't think they can move their plans forward without the US being onboard. Also do not think the mid-term elections will be kind to the democrats & I find it doubtful the Republicans will go along with their reset agenda.
Zelensky continues to grovel for military aid. Do we continue to contribute more as the escalation continues? What are we going to do when the Russians have routed them?
Tuesday, Zelensky addresses the Canadian Parliament, wtf is that all about? so many questions, just wondering what Zelensky wants from us? This is a guy who was/is housing Biological research labs near the Russian border, wants Nuclear weapons, has been bombing eastern Ukraine citizens who are mostly Russian.
There’s a lot more going on than has been reported.
AFA the eastern Ukraine citizens who are mostly Russian, how would the rest of Canada respond if Quebec decided to forcibly separate? Not a referendum, but a full-on paramilitary takeover?
The Deep State in the US has their grubby fingers all over this, as do the globalists. Ukrainian citizens are caught in the middle with Putin being goaded into war on the other side. They should at least have an opportunity to fight for their freedom. I don’t trust Sparkle Socks one bit but I also don’t want to see close family living under a dictator. We have enough of that chitt in Canada.
673; Top of the morning to you my friend, I see your light is on and imagine the fire's burning bright at your house as it is here. I hope you're all well and had a decent week all things considered.
Regarding PM Shiny Pony arranging to bring Zelensky in to speak, I can only believe the main purpose is to diffuse and direct attention away from himself and his government's abysmal actions. I won't list them all or even the ones I consider the worst as they are legion are they not?
I believe its more a case of "Nothing to see here Canada - oh look - a shiny squirrel!" which Zelensky is in the eyes of the world right now.
Since we've had at least a million Ukrainians come here to Canada it's no surprise there's a lot of interest in what's going on there. I see support for the Ukraine from all the federal parties and while I might not agree with it, at present to distance themselves from that would be political suicide. I'm praying that some of the Conservatives at least are looking into all aspects of what has obviously been a corrupt mess for the past decade and a half. We won't get that from Deputy PM Freeland - what an ironic name truly....
Honestly it's tough for me to judge how many of the rest of our fellow Canadians are beginning to wake up, but hopefully it's enough and we're not too late to begin to turn some of this around.
I'll apologize for putting up a video again, but this fellow is on my feed and sometimes it's not a bad thing to have a few arrows in the quiver so to speak when chatting with folks who are waking up.
Dwayne, yes the underhanded nature of our justice system can be viewed in a broad way if we look at some of the decisions regarding treaties in BC, Tamara lich etc......the judge got it wrong for one reason or another. I notice on the treaty issue, by the time a verdict comes to fruition, the judge is long gone lol. We are no better than any 3rd World schitt hole, we just hide it better.
I have no problem with Ukrainians coming to Canada, I would welcome Russians too, we always have previously, I like them. There must be a large number of Russian refugee's as well I would think? Logic says the Russians living in Ukraine must also flee, or do they button hook back to their homes after the Russians move through their town?
I think I’ve said before, Ukrainians and Russians are the two sides of the same coin. Few Ukrainians don’t speak Russian and any Russian in Ukraine can speak Ukrainian. They aren’t hunting down Russians. Most of the Eastern European couples we know are Russians who married Ukrainians.
Slavyanka’s mother is Russian. No one knows you’re Russian heritage unless you tell them and she doesn’t live in fear of her neighbours. They’re very close knit with their neighbours, whatever their ethnicity. If you’re fresh off the boat from Moscow, they can tell by the accent, same as we can tell a Newfie or a Californian can tell an Alabaman. That’s as far as it goes.
They have been fighting ethnic Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Consider that after starving anywhere from 1.5 to 20 million Ukrainians in the Holodomor, Stalin replaced them with ethnic Russians. Now they want to take that part of the country and create an independent state. Would you be so well-disposed if Sikhs in Brampton decided to create an independent Sikh state within Canada? Or Chinese in Vancouver decided to do a paramilitary takeover of the lower Mainland?
Regarding the flow of refugees, I'd doubt at this point there's any will to bring in Russians from the present Feds in charge.
While I'd for sure suggest that folks like Wannabebwana and Bristoe who have family with direct ties to the old country are better equipped to explain how the Ukraine got to where it's at today, from all I've been able to read it's beyond complicated.
The original folks in what's now called the Donbas region were Tatars who must have not agreed with Uncle Joe as evidence indicates he either killed or moved out untold numbers of them in May 1944. The area was then repopulated with whomever he wanted in there.
To me and in my understanding, that's part of the complexity there - that they were essentially occupied for so long by the USSR that some people groups have been there for generations now that historically perhaps would not otherwise have been.
In some ways one could argue it's not totally unlike our own FN situation where the first ones to trade with the HBC and Northwest companies for arms were subsequently able to take control over areas which were previously either not theirs or for sure disputed. We see that in spades with the Metis and Plains Cree Alliance which took over the buffalo grounds all the way west to the Blackfoot Confederacy and south into the Sioux held areas.
I can't recall if we've discussed the little set to at Pilot Mound, MB between the Sioux and Metis from Fort Gary.
Has Ukraine and all the misdoings of Putin caused Canadians to forget they have a despot running their country? It seems to have worked down here in the USA portion of America?
Personally I'm at a loss to see whose worse here Russia, Ukraine, USA, Canada.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Hastings; Top of the morning to you sir, I hope that despite this being the first Monday after the time change you and yours are well.
Once again I'm not qualified to answer for anyone other than myself and truthfully there's some who know me well who could argue that's tenuous at best.
Despite that, I'd say that IF one listened to our legacy media what happened over the past two and half years is all now in the distant past and yes that would include whatever it was that caused the fringe minority of folks to say something about stuff they didn't like. In particular there will be no words spoken on legacy media regarding the government invoking measures which allowed for the first time the ability to seize Canadian's personal assets without judicial process.
No sir, that you will not see or hear a peep about.
Neither will you hear any legacy media wondering out loud how it is that the same federal government is at this very moment in the process of taking away firearms they deem "not useful for sporting purposes" such as AR/AK/FN-FAL but also Mini 14/30 and a host of other firearms, as well as attempting to change how classes of firearms are controlled within municipalities - AND AT THE SAME TIME sending small arms and ammunition to the Ukraine because free countries require the ability to defend themselves.
No sir, that you will not hear or see a peep about either.
The $2 question will be whether the "average" Canadian has a long enough attention span to look at what lies beneath, to question the motives of those who are telling us things that do not and frankly can not add up or not.
I could type for quite a good long while on the guaranteed basic income that's being floated or how we're not trying to market the oil and natural gas to Europe or to our friends stateside to make up for any missing Russian product, but I'll stop here.
During the whole convoy timeframe I was asking folks to pray for Canada and the world at large and if we look around with any sober thought whatsoever, I'd suggest we could agree that if anything the situation in Ukraine just puts an exclamation point or three behind that request for prayer, you know?
BC30cal: Earnest prayer is in order, there are powerful evil forces maneuvering for position and control. I hope Canadians and the U.S. doesn't lose sight of the would be dictators within while worrying about the hullabaloo over on the Russian border.
I almost view the U.S. and Canada as one country and am truly concerned over our direction. Keep praying and keep enlightening your neighbors. So many people are so unaware.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
So this Zelensky is a pos. He was demanding our children go and die for his corrupt Nation backed by the globalists. Why doesn't Klaus grab a gun and go for it, pos.....This pos brought it on himself, never should of tried to join NATO. If any of you gave aid to this corrupt Nation you are a fool and an idiot. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...accept-it-will-never-join-nato-zelensky/
why do people have to always register for anything? keeps seeming, these things come from sources, "not necessarily user friendly" to the individual... but more interested in tracking our every move and political interests....not exactly in our personal best interests..
not aimed at you Ribka..... just sick of tracking everything, which is not in the public's personal best interests...
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
No problem Years long investigation by journalists reveal where the money has gone. This has been well known information . Useful Trudeau idiots like Steve want Canada to give billions more To Zelenskiy and his NAZI collaborators. The corrupt joke CBC of course would never report this
why do people have to always register for anything? keeps seeming, these things come from sources, "not necessarily user friendly" to the individual... but more interested in tracking our every move and political interests....not exactly in our personal best interests..
not aimed at you Ribka..... just sick of tracking everything, which is not in the public's personal best interests...
Glad I'm not the only one who suspects nefarious stuff happening. On the handgun thing, I don't think too many people care about permitting moving forward.
On the aid that is going to go missing............imagine my surprise. I am trying to figure out why Trudeau would invite Zelensky to speak in our Parliament? This illustrates just how much trouble we are in with a madman behind the wheel.
The links I provided were from about 10 different news sources from around the World, take your pick of which one/s to read and believe, but I am going to carry on connecting the dots and asking God for wisdom in discerning the truth, that works for me. Also, knowing that Trudeau is evil, eliminates him from doing any of the Lords work.
With all due respect, I think God has already provided wisdom; but it seems to me Christians are pretty selective in which parts they are willing to accept.
Case in point:
Titus 3:1-2 ESV Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
1. Be submissive to rulers and authorities 2. Speak evil of no one
Fug all the superior thinking Europe countries. They think they are great till the Schitt hits the fan. That’s when they think the USA is supposed to save their asses. We have been saving their asses since WW1. Edk
