Drip, drip, drip

Thanks to the Canada Soccer cheating mess, the only way forward would be for the team to withdraw completely.  But it won't.

The thief who has stolen the women's soccer chances.

They've fired Bev Priestman and taken away her salary for a year and, but the drip, drip, drip of one sanction, then another, then another will not suffice.  The entire country is wearing this fiasco and we are regarded as cheaters in every sport, thanks to Priestman and her fellow conspirators.  If the team left the games, that would help.  In fact, it's the only option now.  

But, as I said, it won't happen. 

And as for John Herdman, the past coach of both the women's and men's national teams, for him to stand there with his face hanging out claiming he knew nothing about all this is a joke.  Of course he knew.  It apparently has been going on for years and he was there the whole time.  In the interview I saw, he kept his head down and didn't look into the camera once while he issued his "shocked" denials.  As if.  

As Cathal Kelly said in his column today, "There's a bowling alley's worth of other shoes to drop on this one."  Frankly, if I were Herdman, I'd 'fess up now and get it over with.

I'm with Moshe Lander, sports economist and lecturer at Concordia, who wrote an excellent piece in 'The Globe and Mail' yesterday about what a total waste of money all Olympic games are.

"French taxpayers will spend more than $11 billion to host what is little more than a two-week party and receive no net benefit.  Boosters claim there is a multiplier effect by estimating what an individual might spend while in the city and then simply multiply that amount by some arbitrarily chosen, outrageous factor to estimate the total effect on the local economy."

After throwing $1.5 billion into cleaning up the Seine so triathletes can swim in it, it's still too polluted for the swim portion!

"But this fails to capture the economic activity the games destroy.  If locals attend the events, any money they spend there requires them to cut elsewhere.  That hurts the local economy," adds Lander.

Makes perfect sense to me.  The reality for Canada in hosting a portion of the World Cup is even more stark.  "Politicians estimated it would cost $30 to $45 million, but the latest forecast has now ballooned to $$380 million."

That's insane and you can bet it will rise even more.  

"Vancouver thought it could pull off its portion of the event for $230 million in 2023.  A little more than a year later it was hoping to keep it under $580 million and let's not forget we are still two years out," says Lander.  "These costs are sure to continue to rise because the actual work on the stadiums and surrounding infrastructure has not even been completed."

When Montreal hosted the Olympics, politicians claimed it would put Montreal on the map and generate billions.  Fifty years later, the Olympic stadium is an eyesore and stands empty.  To make matters worse, the current provincial government -- thank you Francois Legault -- has just approved a taxpayer-funded $870 million roof repair so it can sit unused for the next 50 years!

Politicians come and go, but Canadians will be saddled with this burden for many, many years.

Neighbours

"Is your father ever wrong?" I asked one of his daughters who lives next door.  "No," she replied.  "And even when you know he's wrong, is he ever wrong?"  No.

This exchange occurred when I mentioned to her that it would have been nice had he swept up the grass cuttings he'd left scattered all over our driveway after he had wipper-swippered.  "I'll tell him," she offered.

"Oh Gawd, don't do that," I said.  "That'll just make things worse."  That was when the "Daddy's never wrong" exchange took place.

These are neighbours that represent all I can't stand about many lower-class Brits who come to Canada.  The father doesn't work because of some mysterious, hidden back ailment, but is fit enough to shovel snow and saunter around in seemingly perfect health.

Ena Sharples, the female version of our neighbour.

This has gone on for years and the Cochrane ratepayers are paying for his keep day-in-and-day-out.  It's just wrong.

His wife, from what I can see, is a doormat and does whatever he decrees.  She runs a home daycare business and I wonder how much of that income is declared to help cover the taxes Daddy eats up not working?  Exactly.  What a bad example for their two daughters.  What are they learning?  How to knuckle under to bullies and cheat the system.  That's what.

When we moved here three years ago, we engaged her to cut the grass and shovel snow.  We paid her $600 upfront and last winter gave her another $400.  For the summer we forked over an additional $200.  That's a lot of pocket money for a 13-year-old!

"I'm teaching her to negotiate," bragged Big Daddy to B one day, as he leaned over the porch railing.  What does that mean?  It means I'm teaching her to rip you off, is what it means.

The final straw was when she took $60 in early June and only cut the grass once before quitting.  "I don't want to do this anymore," she perfunctorily announced, as she returned our mower.  I wanted to ask for $40 back.  I still might next time I see her.

Oh, and naturally the daughters are home-schooled because..."the Alberta educational system is so inferior to Britain's".  Why the hell are they here, then?!  Meanwhile, the kids have no friends their own age and participate in no group sports activities.  Oh, and did I mention they're all overweight?

I worked for a Brit many years ago and he was the same type.  Having lived in Canada for 35 years, he still had an accent as thick as when he got off the jumbo jet.  A bully, he once described my writing as "just words on a page" when he tossed my work back at me.  Really?!  He had tasked me with writing the official consultation policy for the GST and must have been shocked when I delivered it in three days.  

How could a consultation policy destined for the minister himself be written (and so well) in just three days?!  It pissed him off, so he crapped on it because, in spite of his obviously "superior"  British education, he couldn't have pulled it off in six months, let alone three days.

The policy sailed through senior management rank approvals and was adopted as the cornerstone of the department's consultation process with industry across the country.  Naturally, he took all the credit.

So, that's my anecdotal take on the "superior" Brits who come to poor, old Canada. 

   

Probably true

There are a lot of fascinating tales on YouTube.  Watched one the other day about Kamala Harris's meteoric rise to fame which claimed that she moved up the political ladder in California by fostering "close" personal relationships with senior Democratic kingpins, if you get my drift.  

She had a long-running affair with the most powerful politician in California, Willie Brown.  He pushed her and gave her several well-paid jobs and eventually got her in as the solicitor general of San Francisco.  And why not?  Probably true to a large degree.

No one is too impressed with her and I am one.  That hysterical giggling is beyond bizarre!?  The whole thing is rigged anyway, so she'll probably get the nod.  But will she beat Trump?  Never.

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There's a sad story in 'The Globe and Mail' today about yet another Indigenous child who died in foster care.  This was in B.C., where a 10-year-old boy was removed from his home because of abuse and neglect.  At the insistence of native leaders, he was given to his mother's cousin and her husband -- themselves convicted of the abuse of their own children!  

What happened?  They beat him to death.  Huh??!!??!!

This is what happens when you insist on having family and community take in foster kids under the Indigenous family system.  My question is, where was the famous Cindy Blackstock, head of the First Nations Child and Family "Caring" Society during all this?  She makes a lot of money, yet nothing on this file changes.

Cindy Blackstock is not doing her job.

She needs to be held to account for the mess the Indigenous foster system is in.    

Blocked

This is the message I get when they block my blogs.

Facebook has blocked my blogs.  The first one they blocked was about Biden's stand down from running for re-election.  I edited it and tried again.  Blocked.  Then I tested it by trying to post one that said, "Happy Birthday".  They even blocked that one.

This is very scary.

They use an algorithm to do this and some word or other must trigger the blocking.  However, I think they have simply blocked the title of my blog.  Should I change the title?  Too much trouble.

On one "explanation" they claimed I was looking for too many "likes".  Huh??!!  My account is private, so unless you're a 'friend', you can't see my fb posts at all.  From now on, you will only be able to read my blogs on line, not on fb.

As I said, this is very scary!  

Happy Birthday!

 This is a post to see what happens when I post it on facebook.

Update:  It was immediately removed!  That's very scary!

The other shoe finally dropped

How can you say the assassination attempt under your watch was the "worst operational failure in decades" and then assert you are the best person to lead the Secret Service?

It beggars belief!

Finally, after being raked over the coals by members of a House committee for five hours yesterday, Kimberly Cheatle finally resigned.  Frankly, it would have been better had Biden fired her, but he missed that opportunity to show he had a few nut cells still drooping around.  Pulling back the curtain, we discover that Cheatle was head of Jill Biden's detail when Biden was vp and they became buddies, so Jill was the one who chose her to head up the SS.

Another DEI disaster.  

Jill's in charge, make no mistake.

Mark Groubert, who appears regularly on 'America's Untold Stories' on YouTube, speculated that the reason it took so long for Biden to resign was because he and Jill were negotiating a multi-million dollar settlement from those who run the Democratic party before he would bow out.  He finally got it, so he stepped aside.  Frankly, I believe this story.    

Jill, remember, was the First Lady who requested the Marine Corps band compose a new 'Hail to the Chief" song to be played whenever she entered a hall.  Can you believe that?!  After insisting it be played a few times for her grand entrance, the song was retired and the original 'Hail to the Chief' restored for the actual president.  

Can you believe that?

Note:  This revised version was also removed by fb.  This censorship is getting scary!

 

Five years left

"We have about five years to get us close enough to be ready to counter the long-range threats posed by both China and Russia.  We have to be able to counter advanced cruise and ballistic missiles," warned General Jennie Carignan, Canada's new chief of the defence staff.

Jennie Carignan, Canada's new chief of the defence staff.

I was shocked because even on his way out, Wayne Eyre didn't have the nuts to say that out loud.  She's saying it in her first day on the job.

"Both China and Russia are developing new hypersonic missiles that can fly five times the speed of sound and change course mid-flight," she added.  "A target country cannot quickly predict where such missiles will land."

That's scary because Canada is in the path both countries would take to get at the United States.  "Canadians have historically felt safe in this country, thanks to the militarily superior US and the ice-laden Arctic, which make it hard for vessels to navigate the northern archipelago for much of the year.  However, the Arctic is melting and threats are increasing."

Yikes!  Meanwhile, Trudeau mumbles about boosting our capability to less than the required two percent "whenever", while handing $30 billion to industry for public transit.

Whaaaaat!!@#^&*&^@!

Canada is no where near readiness, so we're f-cked -- and so are our poor grandchildren, that's if they even live.   

And as if that's not enough, newly named vp candidate J.D. Vance has warned us that countries who do not pull their weight will pay the consequences.  "Together, we will make sure our allies share in the burden of securing the world," Vance said in his acceptance speech.  "There will be no more free rides that betray the generosity of the American taxpayer."

J.D. Vance, VP elect.

Whoa!!!!

Mike Johnson, House of Representatives Speaker, singled out Canada for "riding on America's coattails".  When Trump gets in again -- and he will -- there will be punishing tariffs galore for Canada.  It will be America First all the way.  Couple that with Trump's visceral hatred of Trudeau (he's not alone on that file) and it's all bad news for Canada.

And what are the Liberals doing?  Fiddling while Rome burns.  That lunatic Stephen Guilbeault just announced a coming ban on heating oil for homes!  It's WTF!!! day-in-and-day-out!

If you want to know what Vance is all about, watch 'Hillbilly Elegy', the movie based on his best-selling book about growing up dirt poor in the Rust Belt of Ohio.  If he can dig himself out from under the ruins and abuse of a drug-addicted mother, absent father and abject poverty, then join the Marines, get a law degree from Yale and be elected a senator at the age of 38, he can do pretty much anything.

As I said, Canada is f-cked and we deserve it.

$2 million a day

That's what the Secret Service costs taxpayers every day to "protect" politicians like Donald Trump. Ya, the guy who escaped certain death by turning his head a hairs' breadth in a split second when a gunman fired on him at a rally.

How can that have happened?! And, of course, when the horse has bolted, here's what the director had to say:

Cheatle's last job was director of security for Pepsi -- presumably safe-guarding the soft drink's formula.

"The agency is confident in the security plan put in place for the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week. The agency said security has been strengthened in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13." (Barn door firmly shut and horse wandering around on the loose at this point.)

Director Kimberly Cheatle (a DEI hire for sure) said in the July 15 statement that additional security enhancements were provided to former President Trump’s security detail in June and that the agency had also implemented changes to his security detail since the assassination attempt to “ensure his continued protection for the convention and the remainder of the campaign.”

Cheatle added condolences to the others injured in the shooting, which she called a “senseless act of violence.” (The US is replete and chock full of "senseless acts of violence". Nothing new here.)

“I am confident in the security plan our Secret Service RNC coordinator and our partners have put in place, which we have reviewed and strengthened in the wake of Saturday’s shooting,” she said, in a breathtakingly ludicrous moment.

“The security plans for National Special Security Events are designed to be flexible. As the conventions progress, and in accordance with the direction of the President, the Secret Service will continuously adapt our operations as necessary in order to ensure the highest level of safety and security for convention attendees, volunteers and the City of Milwaukee.”

I watched a couple of interviews with real security experts yesterday and their analysis of video revealed a number of blatant failings about how the ex-president was removed from the stage.

Firstly, the female agents surrounding him (more DEI hires) were too short to give him cover. Secondly, one of them had her gun out, which was a complete no-no while they were wrestling him into the car. I mean, it could have gone off at any moment! She could have killed him herself!

Thirdly, agents were too far away from Trump to provide any effective cover. Fourthly, the roof from which the shooter fired should have been covered, but wasn't. It goes on and on.

Just like the after-the-fact investigation which follows the Calgary watermain break, Cheatle will be taking a deep dive into what went wrong. How about everything, say the experts I listened to. Cheatle needs to resign and if Biden had any n-ts, he would fire her. The fact remains that her only job was to protect Trump and she failed. Miserably. Thank you Diversity, Equity and Inclusion! Not.

Erik Prince, former Navy Seal and founder of the private security firm Blackwater, said it was an epic fail on every level. He especially called out Cheatle and said she must resign, but won't because the federal government protects its own. "That's why if given a choice between joining a private security firm or a public one, recruits always join the public one." What a way to run a railroad!

Come to think of it, has the Secret Service ever protected any president? Formed in 1901, after the assassination of president William McKinley, they've dropped every ball since. John Kennedy? Failed. Robert Kennedy? Failed. Attempt on Reagan? Failed. As I said, it goes on and on.

Back when JFK was assassinated, the detail was made up of about 10 officers. Now it's 300 and they still failed!

The "deep state", whoever that is (military-industrial complex?), is going to great lengths to get rid of Trump. By the way, Canada had its own "deep state" in the person of Keith Davey, aka "The Rainmaker". Davey was a powerful Liberal who was instrumental in federal elections from 1968 to 1984 -- a formidable behind-the-scenes player who pulled the strings of a lot of successful politicians who wound up becoming prime minister.

In Trump's case, the "deep state" has orchestrated many attacks to defeat him. None has worked. First, it was media attacks, then it was protests, then it was impeachments, then indictments and convictions on ridiculous charges. As Tucker Carlson said two years ago, "Follow the graph, next they'll try to kill him." Two years ago! How right he was and it may yet happen.

So, folks, all this is what $2 million a day will buy you.

They have no idea....

....about money because they don't have to earn any.  I'm talking about the natives, of course.  The latest on this file is that the AFN is calling for an independent inquiry about the killing of four Indigenous women by Jeremy Skibicki in Winnipeg.  

Native women calling for yet another inquiry.

Why?!  The guy had a lengthy trial and was convicted.  What will an inquiry uncover that hasn't already been uncovered?!  Nothing. 

Do they have any idea about how much an inquiry will cost?  Of course not.  Even Manitoba premier Wab Kinew is on board I presme because he is Indigenous.  Wab, you must know what an inquiry will cost, right?  But who cares, because it'll be the feds who will be paying for it -- just as the feds are paying millions and millions and millions to search a landfill for the remains of three of the women.  Here's a bulletin:  Ordinary Canadian citizens are the 'feds'.  Ordinary Canadians will be paying for it and that's wrong.  

This nonsense will take years and for what?  As spiritual people, the Indigenous must know that the souls of these women have departed their bodies; only flesh and bone are left.  Why dig them up?

These women were street prostitutes and drug addicts and knew the lifestyles they were living were dangerous.  They knew every time they walked the streets their lives were in danger, yet they still did it.  They didn't seek treatment and frankly that was their choice.

"The police should have done its (sic) job back then, two years ago, when it was time to search the landfills for my mom," said one of the daughters, who hadn't seen her mom for years.  "We need to get justice and hold people accountable.  Otherwise, it sets a very dangerous precedent for any other Indigenous woman that (sic) goes missing or is murdered."

You just got justice.  The guy was convicted!  If you check the RCMP stats, you will find that Indigenous women are murdered in the same numbers as Caucasian.  You will also find that by and large they are murdered by their own kith and kin -- not Caucasian men.  The stats are all online for anyone to see, but today's lazy, woke journalists won't dare quote them.

Will it stop?  Not on your life.

  

$47.8 BILLION^%!@!#$%^(*&%^

That's what we will be handing over to the natives for having had the gall to educate their children.

$47.8 BILLION!@%#!!$^%&^  

It was originally $27 billion, but apparently that eye-watering sum wasn't enough.  It's now an astronomical sum and it's an outrage.  My question is why?  Why are they entitled to almost half a trillion dollars because we built boarding schools for their education?!  As I have said, every, single Indigenous leader and spokesman went to one, otherwise they would have remained on the reserve and illiterate.

Where in Gawd's name is the money going to come from???!!!!  From us, our children and our grandchildren.  That's where.  They will be hobbled, thanks to the HUGE debt the incompetent Liberals have saddled us with for generations.  As for the people who keep voting them in, what is wrong with you??!!!

And just to show their appreciation, chiefs stood with their backs to Pierre Poilievre when he addressed the AFN yesterday.  The guy hasn't even been sworn in as prime minister and they're already giving him the backs of their heads.  I hope he nails them when his time in office comes.

Getting the boot soon.  (Nice look for deputy pm and finance minister.)

The media is full of speculation about whether or not Freeland will be given the boot as finance minister because she "has not communicated the government's budget positively".  I can't stand the woman, but what was positive to communicate?  I smell the hand of Katie Telford in this one and make no mistake, if it comes down to a cat fight between Telford and Freeland, Telford takes it every time.  

The next Liberal leader, maybe.

Now they're knocking on Mark Carney's door begging him to take the portfolio.  Why would the guy ever join Trudeau in the massive defeat that's coming his way?  That would kill his chances of ever becoming leader.  He'd go right down the toilet like the rest of them.  Makes me wonder why respected columnists like John Ivison even contemplate the notion?

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On another insane note, Fredericton's gay pride parade organizers have invited a pro-Palestinian group to participate.  And not just to participate, but 'Fredericton Palestine Solidarity' will be front and centre as parade marshals in full regalia, complete with flags and keffiyehs!  

I'm sorry, but gay parades have gotten way out over their skis these days.  Originally, they celebrated gays, then they morphed into porn shows, with people gyrating in thongs on every float, and now they're jumping with both feet into politics.  

Wisely, the Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy, Canada's first openly-gay viceregal, has said she won't be part of it this year.  "Her Honour firmly opposes the oppression of all marginalized groups.  She values inclusion and supports the guiding principle that Pride is for everyone," her office said.  Instead, she's holding a garden party at Government House.  Good for her.

Lt.-Gov. Murphy

Frankly, marginalization is no longer an issue for gays in Western society, but I support her decision.  To think that the Monarch's representative to Canada would be seen on a float with bikini-clad gays, pirouetting and reeling in keffiyehs, is an outrage. 

A coupl'a things

I'm almost afraid to say the word, so I'll just say that the place I'm writing about is in B.C., starts with a "K" and ends with an "oops".  The reason I'm spooked is because facebook deleted two blogs I did about this particular residential school immediately upon my posting them, claiming I had broken some of its rules.  I have asked for a review, but so far haven't received one.

So, it is with trepidation I attempt to cover the topic of these supposed mass graves once again.  When claims were made of hundreds of native children having been buried there, national and international panic and hysteria erupted.  Even the pope came over and apologized!  Thus, the band was handed $8,000,000 by the federal government to excavate these remains, but the problem is no excavation has taken place because there are no graves to be found!  Just tree roots and rocks.  

What has happened to the $8,000,000, even after an archeological report determined there was nothing there?  The band won't release the report and won't say where the $8,000,000 went.  Many are calling for a public inquiry to provide clarity and accountability to this blemish on Canadian history, but we all know where that will lead:  Nowhere.

And speaking of money, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed an emergency resolution that says a forensic audit of its finances is "not warranted and should not be undertaken".  Former chief RoseAnne Archibald called for one in 2022 over alleged financial impropriety, which the chiefs actually supported back then.

RoseAnne as chief, calling in vain for a forensic audit.

However, in a resolution Tuesday at its national conference the AFN reversed that decision.  Gee, I wonder why?  Some chiefs put forward a motion to update a few financial compliance policies on the use of credit cards, for instance, but guess what?  It too was voted down.

I don't know about you, but when I worked for the federal government, I had to account for every cup of coffee I had while working out-of-town.  This accountability was sadly cancelled by Trudeau the minute he took office eight years ago.  We can only hope that Poilievre will restore the accountability act when he takes over.  As I have said, why are the natives protected?  The majority doesn't even vote in civic elections.

If all this doesn't scream FRAUD,  I don't know what does?!

 

More "graves" bunk

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Canada Needs a Public Inquiry into the “Kamloops Graves Hoax”

Call for a public inquiry is a step towards uncovering the truth and ensuring such a national scandal never happens again

WINNIPEG, June 28, 2024 – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is urgently calling for a public inquiry into what has become known as the “Kamloops Graves Hoax.” The May 27, 2021, claim by the Kamloops Indian Band regarding the discovery of “human remains” in the apple orchard area of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School caused national hysteria and moral panic, both domestically and internationally. However, recent admissions have revealed these claims to be false.

In a press release issued three years after the sensational claims, Chief Roseanne Casimir of the Kamloops Indian Band finally admitted that there were no “human remains,” “bodies,” “graves,” or “mass graves” found at Kamloops. What was initially reported as grave sites turned out to be mere soil anomalies, which could easily be attributed to tree roots, rocks, or remnants of prior excavations. Notably, a 1924 excavation in the same area was likely the source of the detected soil disturbances.

The 2021 claims triggered a wave of national and international reactions, including lowered flags, burned churches, and widespread media coverage. These events also prompted the ailing Pope to visit Canada, led MPs to condemn their own country as genocidal, and resulted in the enactment of costly legislation. The Canadian government allocated millions of dollars towards the search for “missing children,” who, as it turns out, never existed. The entire episode is a blemish on Canada’s history, highlighting the need for a thorough public inquiry.

Chief Casimir stated that the initial claims were based on a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) report prepared by Sarah Beaulieu, a young anthropologist from the University of the Fraser Valley. However, it is widely known that GPR can only detect soil anomalies, not graves or human remains. The actual content of Beaulieu’s report remains undisclosed, as the Kamloops Indian Band has refused to release it despite initially promising to do so. This raises serious questions about the veracity of their claims and the possibility that the band knew the information was false.

The Kamloops Indian Band applied for and received $8,000,000 from the federal government based on their false claims. Neither the band nor the federal government has provided details about the representations made to secure these funds or how the money was spent, especially given that no excavation has taken place.

The refusal of the Kamloops Indian Band to release the GPR report, coupled with the federal government’s silence on the matter, indicates a need for a thorough investigation. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) will not investigate unless requested by the Kamloops Band. This leaves the Canadian public in the dark about how and why millions of taxpayer dollars were spent based on a false premise.

The claims made on May 27, 2021, have caused significant disruption in Canada, damaged the nation’s reputation, and led to misleading narratives being taught in schools. It is crucial to understand how these false claims were propagated and why. A public inquiry is essential to provide clarity and accountability and to restore public trust.

The Frontier Centre for Public Policy calls for this inquiry to ensure transparency and address the grave mistakes that have been made. Canadians deserve to know the truth and to hold accountable those who have misled the nation.

Contact information

Marco Navarro-Genie
Director of Research
Frontier Centre for Public Policy
mng@fcpp.org

I'm pissed off

Dear Diary,

Well, friend, we've been searching for my birth families -- maternal and paternal -- forever and you know how much it has meant to me.  As you know, Diary, people who are not adopted can never understand how important it is for us to find our generic roots.  I mean, they just can't.

Remember when I finally discovered my maternal roots 45 years ago?  This was pre-internet, so you know how hard it was.  There I was, spending time in libraries pouring over city directories vainly looking for Ottawa Latimer's.  All I knew was my birth mother's name, Shirley Ann Latimer, and where I had been born, Ottawa. 

Shirley Latimer, my birth mother.

 Eventually, I obtained her birth certificate and learned her mother's maiden name, McKegney, but they were from Kingston.  That led me to eventually find Shirley's family.  Remember how I cried when I finally found her, only to learn she had died the year before at the young age of 49?  I was inconsolable.  I also learned I had been her only child, so no siblings to connect with on that side.  

Diary, there I was in a blank field with only a few uncles, aunts and cousins.  Oh yes, I met them, but they weren't that interested and so it all fizzled out.

Fast forward to two years ago and '23 and Me' revealed my paternal father.  I had no clue, but when a message arrived from a half-sister, the genetic DNA evidence was irrefutable.  We had the same father:  William Doyle.

My birth father, Billy Doyle.

Yesterday, I watched a documentary about a man who had been on the same search as I for decades.  This guy never gave up and I hadn't either.  Eventually, he found  his siblings and they welcomed him with open arms.

Me?  With the exception of one sister, they didn't want to know about my existence.  I actually accepted this at first, just being grateful they knew about me, but not wishing to upset the familial applecart.  But after this documentary, I asked myself, "Who do they think they are to look down on me?"  My birth mother had had a different boyfriend when she became pregnant by Billy Doyle.  What was that all about?  Did he rape her at some gathering?  I'll never know, but it's a possibility, so for my siblings to get over their skis about how superior they are is a bit of a stretch.  

Now I am pissed off.  I am the oldest of eight; I have seven siblings and I expected a bit of respect, but I got none.  Just shunning and ignoring.  Sorry, Mary Frances, Margaret and Eleanor, but I actually exist.  Thank you to Nora and Maureen, who kind of accept me, but to the other three sisters, you should be ashamed of yourselves.  (As for my brothers, one had died and the other is a recluse, so they are lost to me.)

Sorry, but your perfect father had another daughter, me, before any of you existed.  Sorry that he was in a relationship with your mother while he was intimate with mine.  Sorry that bursts your "legitimate offspring" bubble, but those are the hard, genetic facts.  Deal with them.

That documentary made me realize that I need not apologize for my existence and, that as much as you are trying to make me feel, I certainly do not feel inferior to any of you.

So, yes, I am pissed off with my siblings some of whom have treated me with disrespect.  Not knowing me is their loss.  

Sincerely,

Nancy (aka Carolyn)

 

 

Blew himself up

First, let me qualify to comment on the US presidential candidates:  Both my natural father, William Doyle, and adoptive father, Thomas Griffith, were Americans:  The former from New York, the latter born in Kansas City, Missouri.  In my estimation, that makes me a naturalized American.

The debate the other night was so cringe-worthy as to make me want to hide under the sofa.  What was the strategy behind Biden wanting to go this early?  Because his team knows it will only get worse as time goes by.  Better to chance it now than a couple of months from now, when he may truly be catatonic. (See Note, below.)  I can just see Xi and Putin warming up the nuks, fingers on the triggers right now.

And why was Trump so easy on him?  Because he doesn't want to face any other Democratic candidate; he wants to face Biden because if so, Trump will win handily.  The other ingredient is the "Jill" factor.  She loves being president!  She's another Edith Wilson, who ran the Oval Office from 1919 on, when Woodrow had had a stroke and had to be kept hidden.

Make no mistake.  The only person who can stop the elder abuse -- and it is abuse -- of Biden is Jill.  He listens to no one else.  She runs the show.  It is truly appalling to see her striding out in front of Joe, or holding his hand and guiding him gingerly down three steps.  The protocol is that no one exits Air Force One ahead of the president, but there's Jill doing just that time and time again.  Is she there to soften the inevitable tumble?  Must be.

This is the head of the most powerful nation on earth.

I used to (sort of) admire Jill, but no longer.  She was not elected president, he was, and it's time for the two of them to exit stage left and let another candidate give it a go.  The problem is the other "go" is Kamala Harris -- a truly vacant airhead if ever there was one.  Would anyone give her the nuclear codes?  Were she president, they'd have to.

The US is in a real quandary.  Frankly, between the two, I'd have to go with Trump.

(Note:  If you have YouTube, watch 'The Behaviour Panel' and its analysis of this debate.  Excellent look at what's really going on.)