Drug cheats do sometimes prosper (especially in football)

In one case, cheats did prosper, in another case they did not. I have railed against the cheating play of german football teams before, both at domestic and international level. I hate watching their play, always on the edge watching for a despicable sly challenge and their rolling about on the floor in epileptic fits if an opponent invades their body space. I simply don't know how they avoided the reputation that has stuck to Italians and Latin Americans. 


Anyhow, it has now been revealed that in the first World Cup Final at which testing was introduced, 3 german players failed drugs tests. The results were not released at the time, probably because England actually won, but the players escaped any sanctions for their cheating. In this case, cheats did not prosper, but they did escape punishment for their cheating. 


Of note is the peculiar case of the West German team that beat the much favoured Hungarians in the 1954 World Cup Final. There was no drug testing.  Bear in mind, the German team was comprised of amateurs and had been beaten 8-3 by the Hungarians 2 weeks earlier. The Hungarians were 2-0 up after 18 minutes, and the amateur Germans got stronger as the game went on. Many of the W. German team disappeared to a sanatorium to convalesce several weeks after the 1954 World Cup Final because they had contracted jaundice.  Although early days for drug testing, the W. Germans are believed to have been injected  with methamphetamine, a stimulant used by nazi tank crews and pilots during World War II and which was therefore familiar to the Germans. Cheats did prosper. 

Where's the NDP? That's the real story.

Recently, 3 MPs of the Liberal Party of Canada went to vote for the executive of the parliamentary Canada-Israel Friendship Group. The Conservatives had approximately 60 MPs in attendance and when the votes were counted, all 6 executive positions went to Conservative MPs. Liberal MP Marc Garneau was particularly upset by this, although to me the vote does appear to simply be a function of numbers because the Liberal Party only has 34 MPs at this time, whilst the Conservatives have 166.

I believe Marc Garneau is sincere in wanting to be involved on the executive of the parliamentary Canada-Israel Friendship Group. He is a friend of Israel and indeed, of all democracies. However, whilst the newspapers and other media outlets have noted the inherent numerical disadvantage to his caucus they missed the more damning point. Not a single NDP MP of the 102 members of the loyal opposition chose to attend. With 102 members, should the NDP not have had at least 1 representative at the Canada-Israel Friendship Group meeting? 

My experience from talking to the NDP's national director and an MP about 18 months ago is instructive. When I have asked them why the dictat from “on high” gives no ability to reason about their party's support for theocratic, misogynistic, homophobic and tyrannical forces of Hamas and Hezbollah striving to eliminate a vibrant democracy with rights for all, their only response is that "it is a little confusing they support groups that don’t share their vision". Seriously. This is representative of my encounters with the NDP and they are stuck with a rigid ideological bigotry dictated from their head office on all matters. In addition, when one sees the historically ignorant Libby Davies remain a possible “kingmaker” in the NDP's leadership race, and she has (let’s be generous to her) has veered very close to outright anti-Semitism in her utterances, then one can easily ascertain what the NDP stands for in the Middle East.

 

I had very reasonable discussions on all issues in the past with BQ, Liberals and Conservatives, and disagreed amicably at times. Marc Garneau in particular was a pleasure to talk to, but that may be because I wanted to be an astronaut growing up.Unfortunately, I find the NDP representatives impossible to engage in discussion and stuck in pure "group-think", largely based on absolute ignorance. The NDP members are told that a stance is "left-wing" and therefore they must follow it, even if it includes support for totalitarian ideologies.  

Gilo, South Jerusalem (not a settlement)

So the US and Quartet are “deeply disappointed” that Jews will be able to build apartments in Gilo, which is actually South Jerusalem and not a “settlement” (feel free to Google Map it). Apartments are to be built on land that is still owned by Jews (purchased before WW2), notwithstanding that Jews were ethnically cleansed from that land by the British commanded Arab Legion of TransJordan in 1948. If Jews were denied planning permission in the USA on land that they own, on the basis of their religion, then the government would likely take action against such discrimination.

The Arab world know that a Jewish state is meaningless without Jerusalem and the sites which are central to Jewish beliefs. This is why they have started screeching for Jerusalem as a new capital of a never before existent Arab country, when for centuries after its conquest by Islam, it was not even a major city. It is why Sikh, Buddhist, Christian and Hindu places of worship have been destroyed, built on or taken over and converted to mosques when Islam has conquered a nation. If Jews are not allowed to live in Jerusalem, then where can they be free to live?

VE Day @ the UN

Having suffered to listen to Mahmoud Abbas’ demagogic speech bringing all the medieval anti-Semitic blood libels up to date for the modern world, yet receiving an ovation from the tyranny dominated UN, henceforth let’s declare September 23 to be our era’s VE Day (Victory Evil Day). 

In future generations, it will be fitting to note that Abbas' speech as the first UN action supporting the creation of yet another Arab Islamic undemocratic state was one of vile bile, falsehoods and hatred. Not that there was any doubt, but tiny Israel clearly has no peace partner. 

Mayoral duties

Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, hosted the Prime Minister of Canada and paid for a barbeque out of his own pocket. 

Yet what do the whiners who demand entitlements from the City of Toronto say about the Mayor?  “Rob Ford did not go to Pride” seems to be all that we are ever going to hear from the entrenched, preachy, self-entitlers every time the Mayor does something that might really benefit Toronto. On a weekday Rob Ford found time to spend with someone (Prime Minister) who may actually have the clout to make a contribution to the lives of ALL Torontonians. The Mayor did not go to Pride Parade on a holiday weekend when he had pre-existing family commitments.

Whatever the Mayor tries to do to reverse the disastrous 7 years of David Miller is not really a concern to those of a particular radical political hue. For instance, is it right that the riding of ex-Mayor David Miller has 4 libraries and North York has effectively a ½? Yet any equalization of libraries is being selfishly fought by those who have a surplus. Rob Ford did not go to a Parade where the vast majority of participants detest him. Meanwhile, the organizers of Pride spend their time, funds and efforts agitating for the inclusion of an anti-Semitic hate group within their activities, rather than focusing on LGBT rights. Personally, I wouldn’t want to go to a parade where I am not truly wanted, nor one that includes haters.

The entitlement junkies are selfish brats and do not realize, or possibly care, that every $ spent on their gifts from the City diminishes the $'s and thus the services that are available to help those who truly need municipal social assistance. 

The Bitter Flotilla

I am weary of the outrageous distortions being espoused by the Bitter Flotilla enablers on behalf of Hamas, the theocratic tyranny that rules Gaza. Hamas is a terrorist regime that oppresses women and promotes homophobia, not to mention the vile anti-Semitism in its very charter. Israel removed Jews from Gaza in 2005 for the sake of the "peace process" and since then, Israeli civilians have been bombarded by over 3,000 missiles that deliberately targeted them.

Yet every 2 weeks Israel still sends over 50,000 tons of food, oil and medicine to Gaza, and supplies drinking water and electricity. A waterpark opened in Gaza this month, newly opened malls and luxury hotels flourish and Egypt has foregone the same border checks as Israel, and will now allow free flow of goods to Gaza, including weaponry. Even the UN Secretary General, no friend of Israel, urged nations to discourage the flotillas and that "legitimate crossings and established channels" should be used for supply of any aid. Clearly, the "bitter flotilla" is not about aid.

Those who embark on the bitter flotilla of pirate ships must either be ignorant of current events and history, or harbour a very deep ethno-religious bias against the tiny, yet sole pluralistic democracy in the region.

For evil to flourish, it needs followers. Evil is flourishing on the seas of the Mediterranean. 

Boycotting the boycotters

There is a strong anti-Semitic sentiment in parts of Scotland (hence george galloway’s emergence). West Dumbartonshire council have instituted a nazi-like boycott of Israeli products (we know who and what they really mean) for the crime of Israel not wanting its citizens to live under a continual barrage of missiles or alternatively, for not wanting to be wiped out entirely. Dundee council may soon follow this immoral and racist lead. West Dumbartonshite and Dundee have a long history of standing shoulder to shoulder with theocratic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic entities as they struggle to exterminate a pluralistic democracy. 

I have an extensive whisky collection of more than 80 different malt whiskies (not just 80+ bottles). Thus, I shall be instituting my own counter-boycott against these anti-Semites in the only way I know best.

There are 3 distillers in West Dumbartonshite:

Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd.      info@morrisonbowmore.co.uk

Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd        mail@lochlomonddistillery.com

Chivas Brothers                                media.relations@pernod-ricard.com

In bold, are those whiskies or alcohol already in my collection and which I shall not be replacing. As far as I can tell, these are the whiskies I will be boycotting in the future as a counter-protest against the sickening anti-Semites of West Dumbarton, Scotland:

Morrison Bowmore Distillers Ltd. 

Auchintoshan (vile)

Bowmore (too peaty, all of them)

Glen Garioch (worst single malt I ever tasted, in fact, worst whisky altogether)

McClelland’s

Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd  

Loch Lomond

Scots Earl

Distillery Select

Glen Scotia

Littlemill

Croftengea

Craigslodge

Inchmurrin

Glen Douglas

Inchfad

Chivas Brothers

Ballantine’s

Chivas (Regal)

Royal Salute

Clan Campbell

Something Special

Passport

100 Pipers

Imperial

Long John

Aberlour (good)

Glenlivet (good, thought not as good as generally proclaimed)

Glendronach (great colour)

Strathisla (good)

Longmorn (OK/good)

Scapa (OK)

Tormore (bitter aftertaste)

Jameson (generally, OK/good)

Paddy

Powers

Walker Special Old

Wisers

Beefeaters Dry Gin

Royal Salute

Plymouth Gin.

Please feel free to share the list.

Also, I shall not wear a kilt or eat haggis, ever.