He must be very good at something

I've never dated a Canadian woman. Not that I didn't want to! Most of Canadian women despise people like me. So do the Canadian men. Not that it bothers me much! A date, technically, must be considered a relationship of, I would say, several months to a few years. I went out with a French Canadian woman once and that was it. Only once! He was playing the game of text messages and I didn't like it. Never called her or messaged her after that! There were some others that I don't even want to mention them or I have and they are not considered a date either.

When this woman approached me, I was not sure what her intention was and still I'm not but I don't think these visits, talks or text messages lead to anything, remotely close to dating but we'll see. 

I was invited to have a non-alcoholic (of course!) beverage to their place and we talked about a few different things in presence of another friend (of hers). His little boy whom I had seen before was not home and she said that he was spending the day with a family friend. 

We're talking and the boy comes back with the guy. She says that she used to date him but it didn't work. However the two are quiet close, despite the fact that he is not his father. Here is a short guy, balding with a belly which is the first thing you see, in jeans and T-shirt. They hug and the I'm introduced to him. We shake hands and the guy sits. That's the time I realize I should get the hell out of there because the conversation no is focused on how they spent their day and stuff like. Something that I had no role in. In the meantime to women goes: What should I make? We have some chicken. This definitely was a warning that I had overstayed my welcome. I thought to myself: They're going to have dinner and to appreciate the guy taking care of the child, he's going to spend the night and they probably are seeing if they can get back together. What the hell am I doing here?! I say goodbye and egress! 

I always wondered what women see in a man which leads to have relationship. So on my way out I saw the guys vehicle. Cars have always been a sign of the situation of a person, perhaps not completely but can tell you something about them. This guy, like many people drive an SUV and it's a big. It looks a good one but not top of the line or anything luxury. The woman is not gorgeous but not ugly either. I think she can be called beautiful easily and has a lovely smile. I don't know her much because we are not dating we just visited a couple of time but she's tall. Taller than the fat and short guy! So here's the question, again: What does she see in him? Money? Kindness? Charm? Kind to the little kid? Or as Sheldon (from The Big Bang Theory!) says " He must be very good at coitus! ". I didn't know what to do when the woman approach me and now seeing the guy, I think I would not want to be in between two people who have used some time together and one of them has a child who likes the other. I bought the little present for the kid once before this meeting in order to make him happy and show that I understand that she has a kid and it's okay with me but it seems that would not go anywhere considering the relationship built between the two. 

(Photo: I have used the picture of a bowl of dates, since this is what this post is all about!)

The Afghans of The Soviet Union in Canada

Afghanistan has gone through the same things that Iran has, in the past 50 years, only harsher. Or perhaps with the new conflict in the region I should say that what has happened to Iran is more intense. Doesn't matter. Both the countries were transitioning from traditional religious societies to modern ones. That was the issue. The societies were not ready. It was soon. There was lots of resistance. Without going into what happened in Iran, I'll try to say what I know about Afghanistan. While Iran was trying to follow Western values, Afghans were redirected towards the former Soviet Union. The resistance resulted in the Afghan Government seeking assistance from the Soviets. They poured into the country from the north to fight what, at the time, was called Mujahedeen, who were in fact guerrilla fighters backed by Pakistan (SIS), the US (CIA), UAE and some other countries. Many Afghans fought against the so-called holey warriors or the Mujahedeen or I would like to call them the fundamentalist Islamist fighters. Many had the opportunity to live in the Soviet Union after the war ended or even while it was going on. 

The Soviet Army eventually left the country in little more than 9 years in 1989. 

If the Afghans thought it was the beginning of a new era of peace and prosperity, they were dead wrong! The country fell into chaos and entered a long civil war which ended when the Taliban, the successors of the Mujahedeen, only more frantic(!), took power for the second time after the Americans withdrew in 2021. 

The question which I had never had the chance to ask is: Why did the Afghans have to leave Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and what were the circumstances under which they did so? 

These are the Afghan-Soviets that I used to know more than 20 years ago when I first came to Canada:

1) Gholam (meaning servant!): The name Gholam is popular within some Muslim communities. It shows their dedication to the Prophet's family. Gholam usually comes with a second name, not a middle name as it is not common in those countries, such as Gholam Hossein, meaning the servant of  Hossein who was the Prophet's grandson. Gholam was, and I believe still is(!), from the northeastern part of the country and from Tajik ethnicity. He was a shepherd until he was called to the army and became a Radioman. He got wounded during a firefight and was sent to the Soviet Union for treatment due to the severity of his injuries. He stayed there until he came to Canada under the circumstances that I'm not aware of but mostly likely through UNCHR. He went to his village after the Taliban was ousted by the Americans a few years ago but I don't think he would dare going there again! 

Aziz (As is!): Aziz was sort of an intelligent fella amongst the others. They used to get together and drink and Aziz was the one who always complained about his own drinking(!) but he was also the one who used to say that Afghans should do this or that! He was once asked why he, as a Muslim, drank and if it was not forbidden in the religion to drink alcoholic beverages, his response was: The backward Islam says so! I was smart enough to not to start a fight with him! One funny thing about Aziz (or a someone is a dear, if you translate it!) was his little stockroom. He had purchased a number of appliances and had shoved them in a little warehouse for the time his wife comes to Canada! The poor guy never understood that most of appliances and tools go through newer designs and models every couple of years or so! Something I never bothered to explain to him! 

Limping Larry (Courtesy of Seinfeld!): This guy used to be an officer in the Afghan National Army, resisting against the Islamist fundamentalist who blew the country to way before it used to be! He looked like he was in his early to mid-forties as far as I remember. He had lost a limb in the war and for that he was limping, wearing a prostatic leg. I, again, never asked him his story. This is what the other Afghans told me. I think he received a sort of disability from the Government of Canada because all I know he was doing was delivering newspaper (at that time newspapers were still in circulation, no even the blogs are not!) He eventually left one day. I was told he had gone to Montreal. If you can't speak the language and can't work, does it matter what part of Canada you live?! I think Quebec has somehow different laws but it should not have been a problem! 

The Qari (Arabic for someone who reads the Quran very well): Qari was a fat and lazy guy. I didn't know much about him. I saw him once in the yard laying down on a mattress! Quiet normal for an Afghan guy to do things like that! 

Mohammad of the God (I think i have written about him!): This guy was honestly the scariest. However, in order to know these guys with all these Islamic names and apparently culture, it's interesting to know that once I saw him at French Maid in Downtown Calgary, playing pool with one of the strippers! This was a good hangout for Afghans(!) and I was introduced to it by them! They were all hanging out there, drinking, playing pool and chasing the strippers or the local hookers! It's been many years that the club is closed and I haven't even been there to see what has been established instead. Here's the funny things about many of these people who call themselves Muslim! True hypocrites! 

The Principal: This was an older guy compare to all the other. He had a family of 6, including him and his wife, I guess he used to be a principal and had a business of his own at the side. So in comparison to all the other Afghans, he was in a higher class. You could sense that when he was talking to the other Afghans. he had Uzbek ethnicity and he always had a smirk on his face when talking to the other fella countrymen but when we were talking history and politics he condemn the Afghan Civil War between different ideas and ethnic groups. He even travelled to New York City with his wife and visited a friend. I still haven't been to New York City after all these years of living in Canada!. I shared part of his basement with his eldest son for a few months, one of a few major stupid mistakes I made in the first years of my life in Canada but if you hang on to the past, you die a little every day. He sustained a serious injury at work and loss the use of one of his hands. I saw him brooming the front of a business many years ago, a practice common in those countries(!) I didn't stop to say hi but I might go to see him. I think he was running an Afghan restaurant somewhere close to Franklin Station.

Married to a Soviet: There was this short, fat and bald Afghan who had a Soviet wife and a little pretty girl. They called him Khan, if I remember correctly. I remember is that the woman was in the process of leaving him, yet would ask him to do this or that or take him here and there! She would sit in the backseat as a sign of separation and contempt, probably(!) and the poor guy would go here or there probably with the hope to have her back! I also remember he used to sell Hot Dogs in Downtown Calgary, near the bars and clubs and this was his second job, maybe. Many Afghans had a delivery of some sort of second job. 

(Picture: A Soviet soldier taking Mujahedeen POWs out of a Mil helicopter. I don't know why his Avtomat Kalashnikov does not have a magazine!)

Weird Food (3)

 I personally believe until there's an effective judicial and punitive system exists, crime rates go up but I believe, at the same time, that the government has to provide opportunities for the people so they don't turn to criminal, not that it's the only factor. One cannot say because there're not opportunities for them, meaning specifically customized for them(!), they should resort to everything to make money although this is basically the concept that criminals adhere to! It's like that the Afghan guy I knew nearly 22 years ago. He had left Russia, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and came to Canada. The questions I never asked him or many other Afghan fellas who just had left Russia and came to Canada at that time was why did that take them 10 years to leave the former Soviet Union (considering the dissolution took place in 1991 and they were in Canada in 2000-2001) and how were they able to get to Canada and avoid being sent back to Afghanistan? This should be the subject of another post. However, the issue is that I no longer see any of those guys. 20 years have passed through the years that I knew many of those guys and I have no idea where they are now. The last one of them was seen last in late 2015, 11 years ago(!) but the point of bringing up Afghans to this point is their mentality and their expectations from the Government of Canada after living in the Soviet Union for years. For those who are not familiar with the former Soviet system, I will explain what I know:

People did not have a lot under the Soviet system but at the same time they did not have to worry about job loss, mortgage, insurance, healthcare and all today's worries. Many Afghans who served the Afghan National Army fighting against the US, Pakistan and UAE-backed Mujaheddin (not to be mistaken with the Taliban, although some later become one) were given the chance to leave Afghanistan and live in the former Soviet Union either after the war or during it. I will write about some I used to know in a different post as I said earlier but one of them, named Aziz (or perhaps As is, in English!) told me if the Government of Canada paid him, he would go back to school! This is the Soviet-era mentality that people are told what to do and they do it. Many of those Afghans had attended different schools in the Soviet Union, free of charge and they thought Canada was the same! One more word before going to the main subject: If powerful companies can do whatever they want and no strong judicial system cab protect the poor and abused, companies such as The Real Canadian Superasshole become a monster! With that in mind, I'll go to the main story:

When you go to a location of The Real Canadian Superasshole, all you see is false advertisement, fraud, overpricing and everything in that category. I understand that a good portion of what is displayed in a supermarket goes to waste and for that a business, to stay competitive and running, has to add the losses to the price of other items but acts like this is not acceptable. Look at the above picture:

1) Why do we get fresh Atlantic Salmon here in Alberta?! The distance between a major distribution center in the Province of Alberta and a main source of Atlantic Salmon is more than 4,400 Km (~ 2700 miles) while the Canadian Pacific Ocean ports are only 1000 Km (~670 miles) away! I bet the Lowblow guys have a nonsensical answer for this! 

2) Are the businesses not obligated to show the weight of a packed product on the label? Why is this important piece of information missing?! If you tell the store, they throw the box on a scale, tell you how heavy it is and ask you if they want it. If you file a formal complaint, they submit an insincere apology and offer you a $15 gift Card! 

3) Lack of responsibility and concern about the environment and true greed is seen in this product as well. A small product which adds another piece to the landfill because The Real Canadian Superasshole likes to make a 50% profit on a piece of fish, if not more!

(Photo: Saw this jewel during a tour last summer in a Superasshole location) 

Country Hills Toyota: Avoid at all Cost

I would like to expose one of the worst businesses in the Calgary area with the hope to protect consumers: Country Hills Toyota. I've had so many businesses with this so-called dealership but have been able to avoid them for the past year or so after I experienced lots of poor service, bad customer service, overpriced items, you name it. The thing about this dealership is the location. This is the only Toyota shop that serves northern Calgary and the nearby towns. The service charges are atrocious and the waiting time and appointments are the worst. I must add that the other dealerships are not much better than this but Country Hills Toyota goes for the price. Here are some examples of how I experienced different services of them:

1. I was there for a simple Oil Change once. I used to go there for Oil Change frequently. I don't anymore. The waiting time is incredibly long. Oil Change is the simplest thing that everyone can do: There's a drain on the bottom. Drain the old oil. Contain for later recycling. Put whatever(!) back on, add fresh oil and make sure it is enough. That is all. The entire process takes about 15 minutes or so. The important thing is just to make sure the old and dirty old is completely out. They keep you waiting for sometimes hours to intensify their operation(!) and make it worth the big bucks they charge you. Once I waited there for over three hours. They were so ashamed and embarrassed that they didn't charge me for that! 

2. You need to know that many of these businesses are just a source of employment. What I mean is that there're people who don't work the way they shall, due to lack of proper management and the ownership needs to compensate for the losses somehow. I was there one day early around 08:00 to have my oil changed. There were as many as, probably, 20 big lights were on! The amount of money that is saved by turning those lights off in a summer long day, is beyond the understanding of the people who manage the costs in these businesses.

3. I bought a 2025 Toyota ____ in Aug. of last year from a dealership in Calgary. The documents showed the vehicle had been made in July of that year and it was legitimate. I had given deposits to other dealerships in the area, including this place, Country Hills Toyota. I never received any calls or any updates about my order. I eventually got my deposit back. I had one counter with one of the ugly idiots from a village in ___! You'd be shocked to know about it: When I asked about the price of a Crown, he told me it was expensive! The Toyota I bought is a little less expensive than a Crown but I don't believe you should tell a potential customer that a car they're looking at is expensive to imply that they can't afford it unless you're a mindless, stupid, ignorant, dumb rube and that's what most if not all the salespersons in Country Hills Toyota are.

These guys are going to be alright because they cover a vast area in northern Calgary but I'm happy that I was able to cut my ties with them. I will go to other less fraudulent services in the town! 

(Photo: Country Hills Toyota showroom ceiling at almost 07:15 on a summer day. Imagine how much waste could be avoided here but the owner doesn't care. He adds all the extra cost to your bill. That's why I'm not paying $150 for a damn oil change service which literally doesn't take more than 20 min. from an unskilled labourer)

The Stinking Animals of the Barn

 There are a couple of women who come to the office usually in the last two days of the week, almost every week. They pretend they work but they laugh and talk more than they do! It gets worse when another one, who is usually quiet, when the other two are away, joins. 
Ha ha ha. Ho ho ho! Bela, bela, bela, Yap, yap, yap! 

Every 20 minutes. They never shut the f--k up. It makes the job very difficult by not being able to focus. Everyone knows nothing can be done about it. No one says anything! My solution is easy: When it becomes too much, I get the hell out and go to the other office! Spend a little time there and come back in 10 to 15 minutes, hoping their big mouths are closed! 
Something happened in an afternoon that shut these annoying, selfish, stupid, idiots up, a few days ago! One of the bosses was in the office, working! These brainless idiots became mice! Quiet. Coming and going without a peep! It showed how immature and stupid these women were. Laughing and not caring about anything and then quiet as a mute kid the minute the teacher walks in the class! Stupid and shameless. This is what I'm going to do: I've written down the date the manager was in the office and I will send these rubes a message about how pathetic they were on that day, when the time is right! 

In case someone wonders why I use the term Barn to introduce this stupid workplace, this term, surprisingly, was used first, by The Mumbling Guy and I appreciate it! It truly is what the word means! 

(Photo: The white roofed building, the barn, at William Pickton's Farm in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. This was the place that Pickton murdered his victim's, mostly women from Downtown East side Vancouver [East Hasting] and allegedly fed them to his pigs! I lived quite close to the far, for a short while before 2011 started and that was the time that he already had been under investigation but not much had yet been done. The farm later was turned into a set of disgusting apartment buildings, like many other places in Canada. The barn that I work in is not as dangerous as this one. However it could be very annoying and traumatizing because of some worse-than-pig, human-like animals as I described above!)

Weird Food (2)

 I bought some batter this past Dec., probably for the first time after 20 years! I just needed for my Turkey cooking to avoid dryness. It worked and I've used it only once after that. It's now too fatty and too strong for me! It's taste throws me out! It's been sitting in the refrigerator for nearly three months. I should perhaps give it to someone! 

With that in mind I was in a couple of supermarkets this past week and I saw a new scam: Olive Oil Butter!!!!!!!!!!!! Olive Oil, if not mixed with cheap oils, which most of the bottling companies do(!) a healthy fat but when you turn it to butter, meaning you process it, even if it is originally Olive Oil, which it is not, it becomes a health hazard! I don't really know who eats butter these days or how they eat it but while I'm not very surprised, I'm baffled by the level of dishonesty, lack of care and deceitfulness that these businesses use to empty the pocket of consumers while affecting their health. 

(Photo: The butter section of a supermarket shows different types of butter. From European style to Olive Oil, perhaps flavour and benefit[!]. The latter goes for CAN $5.99 and it weighs 454 g, not even 0.5 kg!)

The Cockroach in the Front Yard

I've written about these assholes of the neighbourhood already once: Drunkards, lowlife losers, drug-addicts, thugs, you name it. I'm no perfect person but I have limitations and boundaries. If you have no red line that you believe you shall not cross at any cost, then you would do anything to achieve your goal and that's not too far to break a law. That's how I look at the things. 
With that in mind, we have this ugly loser whom I've written about earlier but I'd like to say about another encounter with this beauty queen! This ignorant retard is from Cosenza in southern Italy. For those how don't know, there's a big difference between the center and north of Italy and its south, including Sicily. That is why you see the majority or all the Italians who migrated to the US, in the 50's and earlier are from the south or mostly from Sicily.  I'm going to Italy this year, for the first time but my focus would be on north but from what I've read and heard about the south, including Cosenza, it is a poor region. I had a buddy here in Alberta who went back and now he lives there in his parents house. He worked as a painter here and told me once that he never had a chance to go to a school because he always had to work. I had this plan to go to Italy back in 2021 and he sent me a list of the things he wanted me to buy for him after telling me that I could stay with him and his Mom who was alive at the time. It was really funny:

• White Socks!
• Some sort of Vitamin (I don't remember what the hell it was)!
• Some other odd and ridiculous thing! 

He always complained about his life and everything related to it. He used to say that a friend of his lived and worked in a Pizza Shop (or owned it) in Ontario and then added: " I don't know how to make Pizza "! Or he said once that their home in Italy did not even have a stove! I don't know how they cooked and ate but I assume it was on an open fire. 

Now that you know how southern Italy is, a little bit, I go back to the Beauty Queen! She bragged about how his father was a business owner while she shopped at filthy stinking toilets such as Dollarama and Wal-Toilet-Mart! Despite the fact that, I think, she was looking for someone to satisfy her with her basic biological needs at the age of 62, and I've told that story, once we were talking, she kept saying " I don't work at the moment "! I don't know what she expected me to do for her! Hand her some cash? Bring her food?! You look like a healthy woman. Go get a freaking job anywhere in the city. You only have to overcome your biggest and most disgusting habit of being lazy. You can't do anything about the fact that you're a cheap, idiot. That's how your brain has been developed but you can stop being lazy and work. In this case you don't have to beg people for money. Then one day he said his Dad had passed away and he left her and her siblings some money. That was a big chunk in a way that she could pay her mortgage off! I don't know if you can do that. Most of the banks have regulations which prevent you from doing so as that is how they make money. You pay interest. Her begging and disgusting nasty behaviour did not stop there because once an animal is a filthy, nasty one, she most likely remains a filthy and nasty one. This time she started to convince me that I needed a major change to my yard to make it look better. I denied that. I simply did not want to spend any money. Then one day I came home and saw changes to the yard. It was not bad but it was unnecessary. I messaged her and thanked her. She demanded money! And I said to myself: Are you kidding me?! I'm not going to give you even a single Penny! First of all no one asked you to do so. You ain't even supposed to go to someone else's yard without their permission. Do I have to get a restraining order?! Secondly, You should've asked and negotiated the cost! Screw you. 

She barely talks to me after this which I'm thankful for. I'm just waiting for an opportunity to get the hell out of this shitty neighbourhood but I don't want to rush it. I will look for a bigger and nicer place within a better neighbourhood with less drunkards, drug-addicts, deadbeats, child-abusers, wife-beaters and mentally disturbed individuals! Seems to be a very hard task to accomplish but not impossible. I need to sell this place first. 

(Photo: A yard in Palm Springs, CA. It was heavily raining when I was there almost 2 years ago but because of the extreme drought and heat, particularly in recent years, many households have ditched the lawn) 

XRF and Litvinenko

I was reading about this recent conflict in western Asia (not Middle East which the average stupid, ignorant, calls it!) and it somehow was redirected to the role of Russia and then how the Russian government kills, assassinates (same thing!), silences and kidnaps or exiles its opponents and critics. The story continued with the strange death of a former FSB * officer, Alexander Litvinenko in Britain back in 2006 and then pointed at a scientific fact which I had read about during my XRF certification studies. I think it would be interesting to say it here:
XRF is a method (an NDE) of analyzing the elements of a material and their percentage: What a material is composed of and what percentage of each element could have a significant effect on its characteristics and performance. For example Nickel (Ni) is added to Steel to prevent oxidation. This is generally between 8 and 10 percent. If a corrosion-resistance material is ordered and does not have MTR or the provided one does not look authentic, XRF comes to assist to see whether the right amount of Ni exists or not. 
Next I briefly discuss how is XRF generated. XRF is generated by the way of radiation. We need to know what ionization means so then we get to these two types of radiation:

• Ionizing radiation.
• Non-ionizing radiation.

Ionization happens when an atom loses or receives an electron. It's a negative ion if it receives an electron, of course, and it's a positive ion if it loses an electron. With that in mind, it is needed to say that non-ionizing radiation, although could cause burns, is not so harmful to the body. Examples of non-ionizing radiation would be light, cosmic light, microwaves and radio waves. Ionizing radiation, on the other hand, could be quite dangerous. In order to see the level of risk when exposed to such radiation, first we need to understand the different types of ionizing radiation. They are:

• Alpha particles (α),

• Beta particles (β),

• Neutron particles, and

• X-Ray or Gamma Ray.

This diagram shows how different types of ionizing radiation travel and how they could be stopped

Describing what kind of radiation each of the above ones are, helps to get closer to the answer:

Alpha particles consist of two Protons and two Neutrons. For that they have +2 charge and they are heavy. It means that it cannot travel more than 1 to 2 inches (25.4 to 50,8 mm) in the air, lose most of their energy and stop after that distance is reached. Alpha particles could be stopped by a piece of paper or the outer layer of skin but if they are inhaled or ingested, they could be harmful and detrimental. 

Beta particles have higher energy and travel faster because they are lighter. They have a negative charge and  travel up to 10 feet (a little more than 3 meters). They also are emitted from the nucleus of certain radioactive atoms. They could be stopped by a layer of a few millimeters of plastic, glass or metal foil.

Neutron particles are the next strong ionizing particles but we're not going further. 

When Litvinenko was first hospitalized, he showed some early symptoms of food poisoning:

• Nausea and vomiting,

• Extreme fatigue and weakness,

• Diarrhea,

• Headache and confusion,

When the illness progresses, other signs start to emerge after a week:

• Immune system failure. At this stage a rapid drop in White Blood Cells leads to the body being completely vulnerable.
  Increase risk of internal and external bleeding. This is due to loss of platelets. Platelet helps with clothing. 
  Hair loss. This also starts to happen despite the fact that Alpha particles do not affect the victims through the skin. This was seen in Litvinenko's appearance. A symptom completely different from food poisoning. That baffled the physicians at the time.  

The severity of these symptoms depends heavily on the dose but how Alpha particles reached Litvinenko's body is the next question. Polonium 210 which is the source of Alpha particles radiation is assumed to be brought to the country (Britain) easily by a Russian assassin. It could be simply put in checked-in baggage, wrapped in a piece of paper. There would be no way to detect that and no harm to anyone, neither the assassin nor the security personnel in Russia and Britain. Then slipped into his beverage or food and waited for the slow but effective reaction. First signs of food poisoning, as described above and then other signs and symptoms which refute the theory of food poisoning. He was gone by the end of the third week. 

The above theory is what was concluded after autopsy had been performed and investigations had taken place but no one was ever charged and prosecuted for this crime. 

X-Ray radiation which is the fundamentals of XRF has more energy, travels faster and longer. We leave it here because we just wanted to see the way that the former agent was assassinated scientifically. The part that does not make me angry with the Russian Government and whoever pulled this off is once you work for one side and you go to another side, you betray your country and you automatically are a traitor. Traitors deserve death and in this case a very painful death. He deserve it more than Robert Levinson did. He only acted as an spy, he was not a traitor.

* FSB is the Federal Security Service organization of the Russian Federation which has its root in KGB of the Soviet time.

(Photo: Litvinenko's grave in a London cemetery. He is buried far away from his birthplace of the town of Voronezh)

The Sudden Jump

I went to get some gasoline on my way home from work yesterday and I got shocked! I knew the prices had gone up but I didn't expect $1.66 for a damn litter! It's in the news that the Strait of Hormuz in Persian Gulf where most of the oil and some other commodities have to pass through is chocked and that has resulted in this spike.

This picture taken from the south of the Persian Gulf, not the Iranian coast shows an UAE small warship escorting a commercial container ship at the Strait of Hormuz. This waterway has a width of 33 to 39 km.

Trump, as part of his confusion and the fact that now he doesn't know his right hand from left(!) has asked the European allies to help him to once again make the shipping possible through that waterway but the so-called NATO allies have said it was not their war! He's pissed now and has threatened to leave NATO!

I went to the port city of Mahshahr on the shores of the Persian Gulf just a few years before my immigration but have never traveled as far as that. I hope one day one the area is peaceful I can go and see this part of Iran.

(Photo, top: The picture taken yesterday shows what CAN $30 will get you. Not even 18 liters of gasoline in a PetroCanada Gas Station)

The 1986 Bombing of Libya

How many nations have been attacked by the United States attacked, say, in the past 50 years alone? Should we count?! I think we shall see why they do that first. There're a number of reasons for that:

1) When the Second European War, which some like to call it the Second World War!, ended (We'll get to that in another post) in 1945, most of Europe had been turned to ruble. It was the US that assisted them with the Marshal Plan to rebuild their countries and make it back to Europe. The Marshall Plan was a sort of financial assistance which helped the devastated countries to get back on their feet. The US ,then, thought: Why don't we do more of this around the world?! We can make more money! We encourage the nations to fight each other. We not only sell, at times to both sides, weapons, but also will help them to rebuild their countries through long-term and tedious loans, after the war ends! 

2) Oliver Stone once said in one of its movies that war is an $B 80 industry in the US. It shall be ongoing to keep the wheels of the economy rolling. There're barely any other businesses in the US which could generate that much revenue. Perhaps it's correct to say there's none! Automobiles?! Except for Tesla which has made significant progress in the past few years, the other American automakers are doomed. Not to mention that Tesla's joy of sitting on the top seems to be ending soon when the flow of Chinese EVs is directed to North America and Europe. Aircraft. Not bad but Boeing had a major issue 

3) American society is a troubled one. More than many countries that you can imagine. Despite being known as the Land of Opportunities or the Land of Plenty, there are lots of issues in its fabric. Racial tensions, drugs, unemployment, homelessness, political division, you name it. It's not that other countries do not have these problems. War helps the governments to conceal the internal issues and distract the public. 

The Jeffry Epstein scandal has many worries that sooner or later they might get exposed and have to face the trail. The disgraced Royal Family is for sure one of them although this is not the first time they face humiliation and shame. The so-called Prices of Wales used to sleep with every Tom, Dick and Harry while she was married to the then Prince Charles! Now the son of the past Queen has been stripped of his title and shamed, although these animals are so filthy that they don't feel ashamed! It also seems that many other people were his associates and they're afraid that the truth will be told. What's better than a war with all American propaganda to make people forget about that?! 

The Plaque about the F-117's mission in the town of Tonopah in Nevada. I took this during my first visit 

With that said, we go back to 1986, almost 40 years ago because it was in April of that year when Ronald Reagan ordered Operation El Dorado Canyon after the Congress had been consulted and practices had taken place. This operation ordered American bombers fly from for missions over The Madman of Mediterranean's country, Libya! That was the nickname Reagan had given Qaddafi. The interesting thing is neither of the countries on the north side of the sea allowed American planes to use their air space! That resulted in extra fuel and longer mission time. The operation was in retaliation of the recent terrorist and terrorist supporting activities of Libya in Europe and everywhere else and was considered quite successful. The Americans lost only one plane which resulted in two casualties and despite the success, Qaddafi remained in power. This, as the date shows, was way before the operations in Iraq and the US did not have any plans to use ground forces.One of the interesting things about this operation was the fact that the US Air Force intended to use F-117 Stealth jets for the first time but the decision was changed and they did not appear in the skies until Operation Desert Storm (Or as the Iraqis called it at the time Operation Westerrn Bandits in Arabian Desert which was a stupid but funny name change!). The F-117s were stationed in Tonopah at the time and they were kept there secretly for another few years. Another proof that war is a big business in the US!

(Photo, top: An F-111 fighter bomber in a base in Britain before the mission. The plane was officially retired 10 years after this)

Dazed and Confused

The war against Iran has entered its third week and all sides are dazed and confused. Some more than the others! I'm against every war but if someone imposes on you, you need to defend yourself. That is your right. Here are the different sides of this useless war:

1) The criminals of the US Government, led by the crazy Donald J. Trump and his pets. I must add that I have nothing against the American people and the great country of the US. I admire its strength and its beauty but I condemn the brutality of its criminals against humanity, particularly in the recent war against Iran.

2) The Government of Israel. These people need no introduction to the world. When concert goers were attacked in Israel in Oct.07.2023, I developed a sense of disgust and dislike against the so-called terrorists. The real terrorist and war criminals showed themselves soon after: Killing innocent children, elderly and women, shooting aid workers, killing the journalists who reveal the war crimes, bombing schools and hospitals, blocking the flow of food, looting homes and blowing up buildings. 

3) The desperate people of Iran, many delusional, thinking the war against their own country would do anything good! Now they regret they had wished for that! Be careful with what you wish for, punk! Remember this line?! If anything should happen to the criminals of Islamic Republic of Iran, it must start from the inside. It takes time. The fall of the Pahlavi era took place after 37 years of dictatorship and only after several factors were in place: The West wanted the King to go. People were duped that he's no good and an Islamic system shall be replaced and some other factors. Those factors do not exist in today's Iran's society.

This map shows the spots that either Iran or his proxy groups have already targeted as well as the targets in Iran hit by the US and Israeli forces.

4) The disgraced, foolish and phony Crown Prince Reza! This guy is quite a character! He enjoyed the money that his family stole, when they fled Iran in 1979 and hibernated all these years. This guy and his family have not worked a single day in their lives and that's almost 48 years! All of a sudden there's an opportunity to take power, he's political! Travelling to Israel, meeting with the Clown of Kiev, giving speeches! The funny thing is even the crazy Donald (Credited from Joe Davola of Seinfeld!) he doesn't think he's the one who could be a good choice and now with this conflict taking much longer than everyone anticipated, he has lost most of his credibility because he was the one who said he would tell the people when to come out to take control!! The answer is not too soon, apparently! 

5) The insider supporters of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Every regime has people who support them, no matter what. They are given perks, government positions, you name it. They will always be there. Some desert. 

6) The proxy groups. They are all over Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and other places. Their major hide out, Syria was taken from them when Assad's regime fell. They're still active but they have suffered a major blow. 

Everyone is dazed and confused now! What will happen? Trump sends mixed messages, as usual! You can never rely on what someone like him says! I bet neither him nor any of his pets and his biggest protege expected Iran to stand for so long. This war, like any other one, without a doubt, has nothing but waste and destruction but for the US is also millions and millions of dollars of cost, the pressure from the public, the Congress pressure and inner party and between the parties debates. The US has the experience of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. They should really be very silly to start another one! 

(Photo, top: Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin I, as their first album in January of 1969 and it contains dazed and confused, although the song had been originally created by John Holmes, two year prior)

Weird Foods (1)

  I'm going to start a series of posts under the title " Weird Foods ", today. This, hopefully covers the processed foods which are:

1) Harmful to the environment!

2) Harmful to the human body. Should come with a Health Hazard Warning!

3) Unnecessarily and unreasonably overpriced.

I must add that in North American societies and perhaps the other version of that, the Western European and most recently other societies of the world, creating revenue justifies doing anything. 
This first post is about a product from The Real Canadian Superasshole! It is called Naan Dippers! So what is it? It's a few pieces of flat bread made out of White Flour, in a plastic box and has 200 grams weight. It is sold for $4.99!!
Let me explain what it is and prove to you that The Real Canadian Superasshole's owners are nothing but a bunch of nasty animals and so is the Government of Canada. Naan in a few languages in western Asia means bread. What these filthy, disgusting animals mean by using a foreign language world and writing it with the English alphabet without having a translation of that, is beyond me! Then we go to the product itself: 200 g. of White Bread for $4.99!! You must be either a retard or born with some sort of mental issue to pay that!  
Here is the logic behind this and I admire it. These grocery stores lose thousands of dollars every month due to unsold, expired, rotten or stolen items. They need to compensate for that to be able to stay competitive. That is why they use dolts and blockheads as there's always an idiot who pays for shit. So here is a good example: a few grams of cheap White Flour, a little water and other ingredients and a few minutes turns to $4.99 product. What is the cost: Considering everything, not more than $2! However, you created a product which despite the fact that it generates revenue, it is harmful to the human body and to the environment. That little plastic box will not decompose for the next few thousand years. It's just another thing in the landfill. 
These people deserve a trial and a life imprisonment and the product shall be discontinued. Do you know how many different types of similar products exist in just The Real Canadian Superasshole?! And the asshole disgusting " Crap "ney called Canada " Environmentally Friendly "! What a piece of shit! 
(Photo: The disgusting bread pieces of The Real Canadian Superasshole)

The President of Peace

Trump has started something that despite all the nonsense that his pets (Hegseth, Rubio and Leavitt) bark, has caused confusion not only for everyone around him, as usual(!) but also for himself! I, always among a few who thought that if he was selected, he would make a good president, particularly because of the way he went after Biden and the mess that he created in Afghanistan, leaving billions of dollars worth of equipment there. He criticized the 20 years of the waste by the previous administrations and called himself " The President of Peace "! He promised to end the war in Ukraine! Every idiot, including The Clown of Kiev believed him! You have to think about what people say and look who's talking! 

The 14-month grandchild of Khamenei was killed during the bombing of the Supreme Leader's Compound. Was she evil too?! What has been gained now? The son of the Supreme Leader has become the Supreme Leader, you idiots! You did nothing! 

Remember what Led Zeppelin says in " Dazed and Confused "? " Lots of people talk and a few of them know "! How could you stop a war after three years (the time Trump was elected president) without talking to both sides and see what they want?!

" The President of Peace " is now in shit! He thought Iran would give up after a few bombs are dropped. He knows that there's no way that they can deploy ground forces! His growling pet, Hegseth knows that too. They have learnt their lessons in Iraq and Afghanistan. They just bullshit and trying to get themselves out in the least humiliating way possible. 

If there was a fair international tribunal all these fake democracy and phony guys would be tried for their war crimes, killing innocent civilians including many children. There's no fair trail in the world, unfortunately and the United Nation is as worthless of a piece of cow dong and these people have no shame. Now he's saying the war is about to end and Cuba is next! That is " The President of Peace "! Here is the great George Orwell says about these wars which have all started by the West or have the West's benefit in them: " The War is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous ".

(Photo, top: An Elementary School for girls in Minab, a town on the edge of Persian Gulf, was destroyed by American missiles and more than 160 people, mainly female young students were killed! This is one of many very precise attacks that Pete Dogshit is very proud of!)

An Ideology is not Killed by a Killing

This recent attack on Iran was very unexpected but i think Iranians were tricked for the second time. The same thing happened last summer. Negotiation was going on between the Iranian and American officials and all of a sudden the air strikes happened. So did it this time. I was all distracted by the State of the Union and then the negotiations in Oman and then Switzerland and all of a sudden I heard on the news that the Americans and Israelis were attacked again! That's a dirty trick. 
What was more surprising to me was the fact that the Supreme Leader was not able to dodge Israeli attacks! There's no doubt that the intelligence system of Israel and the US is strong but could he not hide?! Were his security personnel predicting this?! What a bunch of ignorant and incompetent morons who only are able to kill innocent peaceful protesters!

Nevertheless we shall wait to see what this conflict leads to but one thing is certain: You cannot kill an ideology by killing a few people. Early celebration is ignorance. Look at the Taliban: The Americans were in Afghanistan for 20 years. They killed the Taliban's leader. Where is Afghanistan now? Back to the 15th century! Primitive and backward as always! Killing the supreme leader and the military commanders has certainly its effects but it's not the end of the story. 

(Photo: The former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, is shaking hands with one of the American hostages during the siege of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1980)

We Don't Forget, Russia

 I think if there's a nation who is happy with this Russo-Ukrainian War, which has just entered its fifth year, it should be Iran. If you read the history, you see that Russia took parts of Iranian soil by invading the country and then imposing ridiculous and one-way treaties! The news about this war is so mixed. Both sides hide the truth and propagate but one thing is clear: If it was not because of the constant help from the West, Ukraine would have been occupied a long time ago. The West doesn't care about Ukrainians. They're scared stiff that Russia might ruin their perfect democracies! Perfect democracies! What a joke! It's not a mistake, repeating the same sentence. I deliberately repeated it. I, in fact, am planning to go to Europe this year after 11 years to see how they have been affected by all these wars that the US starts everywhere which results in the flow of the so-called asylum seekers to these countries and in turns have caused clashes between the refugees and the native people! These so-called democracies don't care about their own people. All they care about is to look good in the public, in the view of the world. That's how pathetic these people are. I've read that the situation in most European countries has become really bad. I'd like to see with my own eyes. 

This was just said to say who fake the democracies are, in the so-called European Union! European Union! What a stupid and meaningless term! I guess that's the subject of another post. How could a country such as Norway become part of the same community as Bulgaria??!! It is all the benefits from Bulgaria and all disadvantages for Norway. Perhaps not to that extent but it's a fact.

Going back to the war it must be mentioned that there's not much difference between Russians and Ukrainians: Language, religion, looks, eating and drinking habits, you name it and yet they have been killing each other for the past four years! There must be countries who benefit from this war. Of course there is. Regardless of the fact that a suffering Russia, brings joy to Iranians, at least this is how I see it, The US benefits from this war without a doubt and that's from two points of view:

1) A weak Russia helps the US to rule as the only superpower in the world, although China has risen and stoppable but at least one competitor is out. This, in fact, proves that the US, despite what they show, will never do anything against the Chinese invasion of Taiwan, if it comes to that! Maybe in public. Yes. They pretend they oppose but in reality a China involving war has more benefits for the US.

2) If you know about the Marshal Plan, you know that every aid that the US provides now, will have to be returned one day. Ukraine and all the pathetic countries that help them are on hook now. 

Going back to what I mentioned at the beginning, I'd like to list the unequal and one-way treaties that Russia imposed on Iran, back in the 19th century but it should be mentioned that when majority of the Western companies pulled out of Iran after the 1979 so-called Islamic Revolution, It was Russians who find a place to do business and benefited a lot. 

An example of that is the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on the edge of Persian Gulf. The plan for having a nuclear power plant started at the time that Pahlavi was ruling the country. I don't want to get into too much details but the German company Siemens was selected as the main contractor and dropped everything in 1980 after the so-called Islamic Revolution, as I mentioned and the invasion by the Iraqi forces in Sep., that year. 

Here is a quick look at the Russian imposed devastating treaties: 

 

1) Gulistan Treaty (1813): Confirmed the inclusion of what is now known as Daghestan (a Russian Federation republic), parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia and eastern Georgia, to the Russian Empire.  

2) Turkmenchay Treaty (1828): Took more and bigger parts of the Iranian territory and annexed them to the Russian Empire, including parts of the today's Turkey, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. 

Avdiivka, a city in eastern Ukraine, nearly 230 km from the border, fell to Russian forces more than two years ago. If you have seen the Red Army attack on Berlin during the WWII, there's a great resemblance. That's how Russians fight and don't be fooled by the nonsense that Canadian and some American media feed the public. Ukraine would have been occupied completely by the Russian forces, had it not been the help from NATO countries. The question is why they're helping Ukraine? No! They don't care about Ukraine! They're scared stiff! Also read about the Marshal Act. Then you realize fully why the West is helping Ukraine! 

Despite all this brutality and taking advantage of Iran, as well as all the racism-related issues in the country, when people of African and Asian decent go to the country I'm still looking for the chance to go to Russia, hopefully next year. If the war ends, it'd be much better. The main issue is the route. Not many airliners fly to Russia from North America but I've been able to find the ones which still do, from other parts of the world. I just have to get myself there. I will write about the details when the trip starts.

(Photo: Alexander Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat who was killed and hacked[!] when angry Iranians stormed the Russian embassy in Tehran, at the time. This asshole was the main key behind the one-way and unjust treaties that Russia imposed on Iran and was very disrespectful to not only the people of Iran on his way to Tehran to see the King and inform him of his new position as the Russian Ambassador to Iran, but also to the Iranian king and the people around him. The circumstances around his murder is not very clears as both sides they have their own story but what is clear is Iranians were disappointed and furious over the brutality and lack of justification from the Russian Empire after Turkmenchay Treaty and some issues within a number of Georgian or Armenian women whom were taken to the embassy, led to this killing)

Stuck in Toilet

What would you do if you ever got stuck in a toilet? There're different ways to deal with this issue but not all lead to freedom and even if they do, you will smell like shit for a very long time. Some will be careful and stay away from unsafe toilets. Some are not wise enough and step in the same shithole again and again. The smartest one is who never steps in a stinking and smelling toilet full of cockroaches and at times, sewer rats. 

I'm not a very smart person but I always stay away from dangerous toilets. This Nov. will be the end of my 25th years of living in Canada and I've never set foot on one of the nastiest and filthiest toilets in the world: Mexico! The closest I've been to the toilet was when and Alphonso went to El Paso, in southern United States and we didn't even try to cross into that country after we were given a warning although we just wanted to see the city of Juarez for a few hours and go back to the other side.

Driving south on 375 or Purple Hurt Memorial Highway and getting close to the City of El Paso on a Sep. evening of 2019

Thousands of Canadians travel to Mexico every year and there always has been a problem but these guys never learn their lesson! Kidnapping, scams, explosions, you name it. Now the problem is bigger. What the hell is the point of locking yourselves in a gated community and only have access to sand and kitchen?! That's what these people do. Lie down on the dirt and get drunk while looking over your shoulder to make sure no one is jumping over the fence to rob you or having an eye on your phone to see if half of the country now is in chaos! Enjoy, you cheap idiots!

(Photo: Sometimes the only way to clear a stuck toilet is flushing. At times flushing doesn't work or if you keep flushing it break. It seems that's the situation in Mexico this time)