Another neo-Nazi attack in Ottawa

The Trump Virus spreads, again. 



My new hoodie arrived

…and I intend to wear across Canada, as well as in rural, all-white areas in Florida,  Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. If they still let registered Trump-hating liberals past their wall, that is. 

Oh, and Hillary will end up with two million votes more than Trump. Minimum. 


Dear Department of National Defence

You seem to have a problem.

Below I wrote about the attack on an Ottawa synagogue.  It almost immediately drew a response from someone who seemed to dismiss/defend the attack:

There was no problem when “Pussy riot” went into Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and desecrate a very prestigious place of worship now was there?. In fact they were treated like heroes back here and had an audience with some very prominent individuals Hillary being one of them.

That comment came from “Shawn,” at Sh9368@telus.net. I checked his IP, 131.137.245.206, as I sometimes do with offensive types.

It led me to this:
ASHandle: AS3766
OrgID: DND-7
ASName: DNDCFNET2
ASNumber: 3766
RegDate: 1994-08-16
Updated: 1994-08-16
TechHandle: BW89-ARIN
Source: ARIN
OrgID: DND-7
OrgName: Department of National Defence/DISEM
CanAllocate:
Street: MGen Pearkes Bldg
City: Ottawa
State/Prov: ON
Country: CA
PostalCode: K1A 0K2
RegDate: 1994-08-16
Updated: 2016-01-13
OrgAbuseHandle: CKN23-ARIN
OrgTechHandle: CKN23-ARIN
OrgAdminHandle: CKN23-ARIN
Source: ARIN

Care to comment, anyone at DND?


Ottawa neo-Nazis strike again

For the third time in less than a week, a swastika has been spray-painted on a Jewish place of worship. Police are investigating after the Nazi symbol was left on the front doors of Congregation Machzikei Hadas, a synagogue at 2310 Virginia Dr. near Featherstone Park. Other Nazi-related graffiti and slurs were painted on walls.

With a president-to-be installing a neo-Nazi sympathizer in the White House, the beast is now fully awake. Even in far-away Ottawa.

This synagogue, by the way, is the very place that my brother Bernie Farber and I spoke at a couple years back.  Hundreds of people were there.  And I can tell you this is a place where children go, every day.

Before that, I covered organized neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Ottawa for years, as a journalist and an author.  This attack doesn’t shock me – Ottawa has always had a far bigger problem with anti-Semitism than other cities where I’ve lived, like Vancouver and Calgary. But this cowardly act of evil leaves me feeling both outraged and depressed.

But don’t give up! Fight back! And remember: this is why Ottawa’s police service has a bias crimes unit, and that’s why you should contact them if you see or hear something that falls within their mandate.

In the meantime, things are unfortunately going to get a lot worse.  The sonofabitch isn’t in office yet.

Ottawa Police investigating after a Swastika spray-painted on door at Machzikei Hadas synagogue on Virginia Drive this morning.

Ottawa Police investigating after a Swastika spray-painted on door at Machzikei Hadas synagogue on Virginia Drive this morning.


Trump, November 17: this is the face of fascism

This:

Donald Trump may push through a controversial registry for immigrants from mostly-Muslim countries without seeking congressional approval, a member of his transition team has said.

Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and adviser to Mr Trump said the president-elect’s immigration team are drafting executive orders that would allow the new White House to secure the rapid construction of wall along the border with Mexico.

This is National Socialism. Oppose it.


Yassassin

Was listening to Hole on the way in, now listening to London’s Yassassin. I’m still in the mood for grrrl power. We boys mess everything up.



President Dumpster, the aftermath

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I want to understand why a sexist, racist, fascistic type won, but I still don’t.  Like 99 per cent of the planet, I didn’t see it coming, not for a moment.

But I sure have been keeping track of what has happened since his victory.  Since then, you haven’t had to predict anything; it’s all real, it’s all happening. From a column I’ve penned for next week:

Since his electoral college victory, of course, things have gotten just as bad as you’d expect. Trump’s transition to power is in chaos.

He’s been on the line with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin before he’s talked to his NATO allies. He’s made a white supremacist and anti-Semite his most senior advisor. He’s scoffed at conflicts of interest laws. He says he will eradicate Roe v. Wade, and a woman’s right to choose. He says he will round up and deport three million people. He’s surrounded himself with conspiracy nuts. He’s going to tear up trade deals, and target Canadian exports. He has gone back on Twitter to say that “professional protestors” have been “incited by the media” against him.

And, in just a single week, the U.S. bond markets have lost a trillion dollars in value. Hate crimes have exploded, with hundreds being reported by the independent Southern Poverty Law Centre – and with attacks on Muslims up some 70 per cent. And that woman who, as a 13-year-old, says that she was raped by Trump? She dropped her case against him, because she was getting too many death threats.