Random Thoughts - Winnipeg Transit, Our Mayor, Salt, The Leftist Elite
February 16, 2017
1. If you haven't heard, a Winnipeg Transit driver was fatally stabbed at the end of his run at the U of M this week. As someone who frequently used public transit in that part of the world, it certainly hit home for me. For all I know, I may very well have had that driver on one or more trips.
Not to make light of someone's passing, but I nearly laughed when I heard that police called this a “very rare event.” This just in. Winnipeg is the violent crime capital of Canada. It's not safe off the bus. It's not safe on the bus. I remember a bygone era when I waited for a bus in a bad neighborhood and was relieved when the bus finally showed up. Today, the real danger comes when you get on the bus.
I understand why this was a crime that shocked people in and out of Winnipeg, but thinking about it, the only surprise is that it hasn't happened long before now.
1a. Don't you wish the judges who kept letting the suspect, a thug with a record as long as his arm, back out on the street after repeated probation violations were held personally accountable?
2. Speaking of the Old Country, it looks like another season is circling the drain for the Mark Chipman Personal Hockey Club. As Chipman continues to lazily squander his customers' passion and hard-earned money, not to mention taxpayers' money, even after all this time, people in that part of the world still rush to defend him. To coin a phrase, you get the owner you deserve.
3. After delivering his sanctimonious lecture on hate and intolerance, I'm still waiting for Mayor Sendzik to hold a vigil for the young girls at the West Edmonton Mall who were sexually assaulted by a Syrian migrant. But I won't hold my breath. You see, according to the Liberal narrative, some victims are more equal than others. Case and point, M-103.
3a. I fondly remember a bygone era when our mayor spoke of jobs. Opportunity. Growth. He sure has changed, and not for the better.
4. Rumor has it some CBC radio host passed away recently. Again, I don't mean to make light of anyone's passing, but if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
5. There is so much salt on our streets and sidewalks right now that if we were to get hit with any significant snowfall between now and, say, December, they should not need to apply any more. Case and point, I spotted a city truck parked on the side of a busy street recently. No less than three guys were out there shoveling salt out of the back of the pickup onto someone's sidewalk like it was going out of style. This truly is the Great Salt Republic.
6. Rumor has it the IceDogs have been getting sellouts for a few of their recent home games. I haven't been at a game for a while, but judging from the pictures I've been seeing from the team's official photographer, many of those “fans” have been coming dressed as empty seats. Or maybe Wile E. Coyote is standing by the Rankin Gateway tossing some of his unused invisible paint on unsuspecting passers-by on their way in. The puffing of attendance figures doesn't appear to be as bad as it was during the Fighting Moose era, but as they say, something's rotten in the state of Denmark.
6a. As tensions between the IceDogs and SMG percolate behind the scenes, count me as one of those who would not be sorry to see the latter get turfed for reasons I've already covered many times.
7. Dear leftist elites: The more you censor those you disagree with and cover up facts, the more suspicious we become of those you are desperately aiming to protect.
7a. I love what Donald Trump has done so far since assuming the presidency.
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