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)  

Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide is one of the many American propaganda films which despite some very good acting, has a stupid story. One thing that the film proves is Dictatorship exists in the West, something that I have personally experienced. Crimson Tide is an old movie from 1995 with the late Gene Hackman as the lead role. It also has Denzel Washington, whom is known to every movie buff in the world and Dzundza (Basic Instinct, The Deer Hunter, the latter is a stupid, overrated movie!). I'm not going to ruin the movie in case you haven't seen it but it becomes really stupid and absurd when the American submarine deflects all the torpedoes fired by a Russian submarine but then easily destroys the very same submarine using the same method: Firing torpedoes at the enemy submarine! 
Going back to the moral of the story(!), the dictatorship in the West, I must say that it is easily seen in daily life, particularly at work. I was going to have a post under my series Mindless Retards at Work but then thought I should post it here. 

The USS Alabama dodges all the Russian torpedoes but kills the very same submarine, easily, with the same tactic! 

If you criticize someone for their mistake, their poor performance or similar, you're receiving severe backlash. I'll give an example of my previous job, where I was basically laid off due to too much criticism that I directed toward others, it seems. I must clarify that I'm better off on many levels now that I'm at this job and if I can keep my mouth shut, I will be able to work long enough to learn a lot and get more education to work my last years somewhere better. Nevertheless this is what happened in the previous workplace: Some useless, ignorant dickheads used All-around-weld sign for every single welding symbol they drew, even if it was not an all-around-weld, simply because these idiots didn't know what weld around a component means! When I mentioned that to their asshole boss, he disagreed, didn't accept that he was wrong and said: Agree to disagree! There're lots of these animals in Canada who have the least amount of tolerance for being criticized and at the same time the least amount of knowledge in the area they claim they are experts in! The funny thing is I lost many job opportunities, many years ago, when I came to Canada first, for simply not having Canadian experience! Canadian experience my ass! Canadian experience means being ignorant and simply having a job because of knowing someone and still after years of working like a stupid donkey, making obvious and stupid mistakes! That's the Canadian experience!

A weld-all-around symbol, as you can see here, a circle on the intersection of the line and the arrow, indicates that, whatever weld being deposited, here a fillet weld, shall be deposited the same way all around the object but that doesn't mean it shall be used for every weld and that's what these ugly baboons had difficulty understanding! 

Going back to the movie, Hackman's character, the captain of the submarine, is about to do something really stupid, when the Denzel's, the Executive Officer stands up to him. That is where the war against the dictator starts. The dictator clearly says: We're not here to practice democracy. We're here to preserve it! 

The dictator is eventually proven wrong but it costs a lot. 

The movie has all the fake, propaganda-like excitement to it. Having seen Das Boot, one of the best movies in the war genre, Crimson Tide is nothing, compared to it and it's obvious that they copied many scenes from that masterpiece. This is most likely loved by the average Americans, because, as usual, the movie shows how strong Americans are and how weak their enemy is! Worth watching once and that's only because of the great acting by two legends of cinema. What Crimson Tide exactly means, I still don't know!

(Photo, top: Washington, on the left, confronting Hackman, the captain of USS Alabama)

Trains, Planes and Automobiles

I had no idea what Trains, Planes and Automobiles was when my realtor mentioned it to me a few years ago! I asked him to find me a quiet place and when she sent me a few addresses, I asked her how the neighbourhoods were. Her response were: You know? Like Trains, Planes and Automobiles! She meant that all these sort of vehicles could be heard during the day. However none have ever bothered me and the other thing that I like is the neighbourhood is not so crazy and noisy. There're of course, assholes, thugs and drunkards but where is the neighbourhood without them?! Not many! 

I then got a chance to watch the movie a few years ago for the first time and watched it a few more times after that, including tonight! I must say that it's a great movie and both John Candy and Steve Martin are brilliant but Candy was a Canadian gem which there will never be anything remotely close to him. He had roles in other movies such as Uncle Buck and Home Alone and he was great in both, mainly the first one. One thing that I am surprised by, is the fact about the Canadians who travel to the US to work and then stay in the US which are a lot. Many of them are the artist that many know: Singers, professionals athletes, actors and actresses, politicians, you name it. Examples would be Jim Carry, Wayne Gretzky, Daniel Powter, many more. They barely visit their home town. Some never. Yet the Canadians expect the foreigners to go to their country of origin every chance they have! I haven't been to my country of birth for over 11 years now and when I was talking to our HR person before the last Christmas, she asked me whether I would go back home! I was going to respond by saying that first of all this is my home now and there's nothing you can do about it! Even your Government isn't the fan of me leaving Canada after I retire as I have to be in the country for at least six month of the year to be eligible to get my Old Age Security! You're from eastern part of the country which is maximum 5 to 6 hours flight from here, considering the stops and layover and you never go there. You expect me to be on a plane and in airports for over 18 hours?! F _ _  you, you idiot! I'm not going to do that and I don't care if you like it or not! 

Martin and Candy in the last and one of the most interesting scenes of the movie. This is supposedly Chicago and is a beautiful neighbourhoos as seen. Just like Home Alone's

Nevertheless Trains, Planes and Automobiles is a great movie. Watch it, admire it and recommend it to as many people as you can. It shall be considered one of the greatest comedies of all time. 

I feel my life is similar to Candy's character in the movie. Not entirely or not identical but I always have had an issue controlling what I say, I haven't been able to be with a woman I love since my wife left me 10 years ago and I'm mostly alone! I don't know whose life is more f _ - ked up? Mine or Dale Griffin's?! 

(Photo, top: Candy's tombstone. This guy neither died nor is buried in Canada!)

Mindless Retards at Work (3): A Little bit about the new Work

It's been nearly nine months now that I joined this company. There were two job offers and I was able to get the one with a better salary. Thanks to The Mumbling Guy! The funny thing is the games that the other guy, from the other job offer, was playing. First he said that there was an old employee coming back and then he said that he had changed his mind and asked me to join and even send me an offer. I was told by The Mumbling Guy to wait and I did until I received the other offer, which was more attractive. The guy was a phony and the company was a sham. This asshole offered me $X an hour when we were talking and when I received the offer it was $X-1! I don't know if he would have added that one extra dollar per hour to his own salary or what? Funnier than that is just six months after that I saw a new posting for the same damn job. The guy who has been or had been hired didn't last more than six months! 

Now going back to the new workplace, the first person was this fat, lying, short, mental person! Yes, I called them fat because the person who hides their eating after you offer them food, is nothing but a disgusting sick fat liar! I also don't call anyone mental unless they behave abnormally and excessively! We had a Stampede Barbecue,like many employers have during the season and the day after she comes to me and says: This was really disrespectful of you and some other nonsense! I didn't even sit close to her and paid no attention to where she was but I'm not going to argue with a mental job. I simply said that I didn't remember saying anything and if I did there was no intention of hurting her and I apologized. File closed! 

The Mumbling Guy at the other end, first asked me not to apply for the job! How did it happen? This is how it went down: There was a posting and from the name of the company I realized what business they were in. It sounded at the time, the same that my buddy had said he had just joined. So I asked him whether I should apply for the position or not. He said no! I know he would be one of the decision makers. I did not. Next week, I think it was a Mon. morning he called me and said to apply! He later told me that a candidate had been removed and there was a chance. The interview went well and everything rolled smoothly. I even got a higher salary than what I had asked for. But I must clarify why I still call my buddy The Mumbling Guy now he has done this favour and some others? The answer is simple: He still mumbles after living in Canada for more than 20 years and he cannot write correctly and professionally! There hasn't been any improvement and he doesn't seem to need one. He's doing fine but to me it looks stupid. 

There're so many issues, challenges and opportunities at this new work which I'm hoping to put them there gradually.

(Photo: I wish my office was like this but neither the manager's office is even close to this nor my previous positions!)

What Women Want

I considered this file(!) closed so I'm writing about this funny occurrence now. I was approached by a lady neighbour when there was a major snow storm a few weeks back. She helped to clear the driveway and then it looked like it was the start of a friendship of some sort. I made some baked good the next week and delivered to her as a sign of appreciation. She invited me inside and gave me her number. I know nothing would come out of this but I kept the number and then she one day later said that she would like to invite me over for an afternoon tea of something. Never happened! I was not surprised because I know the type and the later encounters proved that as well. I decided to invite her for the tea and it was accepted. We ended up talking for a few hours and it felt nice and enjoyable. 

The returning invitation, to have something at her place never took place. In addition to that she said she would help with some an issue in my place through of one her relatives and that never happened. The interesting things are what she said she wanted in this potential relationship: " We (her and her little kid) were looking for something to be able to rely on ". " We knew everyone in the neighbourhood but you ". 

Women always are in need of something or they would never approach you. My first wife, whom I was married to for only a short time got what she wanted from that relationship in that period and then moved on! She wanted to be transferred from the town she lived in to a main city and that would have never happened, unless she notified her employer that she was married to a person in that city! My second wife married me so she could benefit from my immigrant status and save herself from the unknow future. Her family were on her shoulder to get rid of me and they eventually succeeded! She moved to British Columbia, then years ago this month (Time flies by!) came back in a very cold months to finalize the divorce! Then a few month later she realized that it was not such a wise decision! She called me and said that she wanted to come back to me(!) and stated that it was very expensive there! I was in CFLRS at the time and I was hoping to finishing the Basic Training but I didn't and didn't get her back either! She, I'd assume, married her boyfriend of the older days and I guess they're living in that province happily. 

I never liked M. Gibson. That's why I haven't watched this movie What women want. However, since the title of the film is the same as the title of this post I thought I should post a picture of Marisa Tomei who has a role in the movie

Then I received a message from lady one day saying that she felt depressed and sad. I'm not really good at situations like this. What should I have said? Sympathy? I told her that I was fine and added that she could contact me any time she felt like that, although I thought she would not need it. I think that was turn off for her. She never contacted me after that again. I, truly, believed this friendship as she had described, would go nowhere. We had nothing in common, neither culturally, nor emotionally. Let alone physically! A tall, young, Caucasian, pretty woman with high sex drive, starting a relationship with an old, ugly, foreign man. My theory is not to even start a relationship which you can easily predict that will not going much far after the start point! That's how you save time and money! I, at this age, don't want to invest on a short relationship or as she wanted friendship! I have plans which all are costly and adding people to them would be next to impossible. So sending a message of " You don't need me ", I think was a wise decision. She never contacted her and I easily could see that she was trying to shift her focus on other individuals who were able to satisfy her on the One Night Stand basis(!) or provide the service frequently as long as it's requested and needed by her! I don't care. Let see how she gets assistance when she really needs it! 

(Photo, top: Canadian Rockies in Kananaskis, Alberta. This is taken from Burstall Pass area, exactly 10 years ago. Why I used it here is because I apparently received a call from my wife who was in British Columbia at the time but I missed it because of lack of service in the region, of course. She had earlier left me and we thought we would work it out. It didn't happen. We both suffered a lot from the broken marriage. I know I did. I don't know who suffered more but I know it was my fault too. I was not innocent in it)