I count some of the Americans I have met, personally, on my travels, or through FB, as some of the finest people with whom I have ever come into contact – kind, generous, and helpful to a lost soul on his trike passing through … When a guy loses a limb in a desert thousands of miles away from home it is tragic. Making the ultimate sacrifice is even more tragic and Gold Star Families are highly respected, as well they should be. Kids killed in the prime of their lives, creating endless sorrow for parents who have lost a child or children, and not to mention the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which puts some returning veterans into their own private hells, regardless of the fact that your president would call that being weak … Boy, I was actually questioned in NYC as to why I didn’t stand up, remove my cap, and pay homage to that great country of YOURS, prior to a Mets game. My answer could have been that I am handicapped and can’t stand well, or that I don’t stand for any anthem but I chose the truth – I am Canadian.
We’re in serious trouble, people. So get ready … There has been a shooting at a Mosque in Quebec City, leaving some dead. Apparently three gunmen entered the mosque in our provincial capital during a regular evening service, and opened fire. Six have been killed and another eight wounded, of which six are fighting for their lives as of this writing … Thinking about what’s going on in the Excited States and remembering that values charter which basically cost PQ Pauline Marois her government because we, the Québécois, threw her out on her fucking fat, separatist, racist ass. We are too smart for that … A woman wearing a head scarf was spat on in a Montreal West Island Mall. Another was told, on a bus, to take off her head scarf or “the government will do it for you” …
… but remember that his replacement, the Vice President Mike Pence, is a far-right asshole who has stated that homosexuality is a choice and voted to fund “rehab centres” dedicated to curing homosexuality, as if it’s a disease of some type. Pence also is opposed to abortion and same sex marriage … What can you say about a man, Trump, who, on the first full day of his very first term, stands in the CIA headquarters right in front of a wall, decorated with 117 stars, each representing a CIA operative who gave his life for God and country, as they say, and who then proceeds to deride the media and make all kinds of other inappropriate remarks … there are two vastly different realities here, the reality as spouted by Trump and his ilk – dark, threatening, xenophobic, populist bullshit, a world of “alternative reality” – vs the reality as portrayed by mainstream media, but more importantly and most significant, by our own brains, minds, senses and souls …
Two different ways of conveying the same message : Eli Wiesel (RIP) and Sir Elton John. When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?
This coming Tuesday will mark the one year anniversary of my first JuicyLesson on September 9th, 2013 … My goals were basically two in number … Snap videos and pics from New York City … Heart goes “Crazy on you” in today’s JuicyLesson …
The use of profane language is still regarded as a social faux pas and treated as such in the Excited States where any kind of swearing, regardless of context, is invariably bleeped out, by law … The real vulgarity, was hearing the crunch of cop truncheon on an African American man, man … Music by John Lennon “Come together” …
A really funny and completely riotous late night comedy host John Stewart Mocks John Kerry about one of those 12-hour Hamas-Israeli ceasefire … “Isn’t there someone else with authority?” … Preparing the next generation : ISIS Indoctrinates children …
“I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t there a hipper version of the Taliban?” … Moped gangs of London … Robin Williams tries too hard … Jonathan Winters was a classic … If Williams was great, then Jonathan Winters was great-er … Music today from Nickelback, once again … Take it away, guys …