The Storm of Tears, (In Your Eyes)

Written by Grant G

(I wrote this in 2012.......not sure why i'm putting it back on my front page today...January 28th/2025)  Cheers


Having immersed myself in the dark void of soulless data I find myself becoming increasingly bitter and callous.

If only you could see the world through my eyes, maybe you can, that is my ultimate goal, enlightenment, perhaps that is part of the media`s problem, do journalists see what we see, I can`t sleep anymore, the nightmares don`t stop.

I woke up to tears again this morning, how many of you wake up every other day with salty drops running down your cheeks, have the reporters and journalists stopped seeing, reporting, feeling so they can sleep, I have not that answer but I,....But I need the tears, it reminds that I still care, my dad has been fishing without me all month, how he does it is beyond me he is over 80, he drags my mom up in the morning and prods her to the boat,a difficult task 20 years ago but now that my mom`s legs don`t work is amazing, a recent colon cancer survivor, lumps, bumps and breakdowns of body will not stop him, not only is he fighting the clock but also the demons.

A fear of losing his mind has shaped his routine, no one wins that battle with time, at best you can hold the swinging pendulum at bay but for a moment, recently I was in a special section of the Maple Ridge hospital, the woman I was visiting is fighting for freedom, a girl too young to be looking for freedom, society stole her sanity and left her to fend for herself.

Will her mind return is unknown, the vast majority of patients, victims, fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers in this unit are lost, the visitors to this place are me, sons, daughters, lovers and as I observe, watch, document, sons talking to fathers, daughters to mothers and I see blank stares and fear, blank stares from these loved ones whose minds are gone, memories purged, emotions ripped from their souls only to be replaced with pills and water......And fear in the eyes of blood related visitors....

Fear of ending up in the same place, crossword puzzles and Sudoko have been standard fare for my dad for years, I know what his fear is, not the clock but the blank stare, he has no worries as he still betters me when watching/playing Jeopardy, I am looking forward to spending labour day weekend with my parents, fishing with mom and dad has always been a temporary tear stopper for me, China Creek and Bamfield will provide the backdrop.

Recently mom told me dad said to her that despite his fits of anger towards me at times that he thinks I`m brilliant, I have been waiting a lifetime to hear that, not that I am brilliant or special but who doesn`t need the occasional compliment, with my dad emotions have always been hard for him, where as my mom it`s the complete opposite, passion and anger bubbles through.

Someone blessed me with a mix of both, cold calculated analytical with uncontrollable emotions, I was raised with warnings about being cannon fodder, taught to think and decide, to examine all sides and be vocal, yet that price is tears when I sleep and thoughts that can`t be stopped, happiness is fleeting and eludes me and I can`t help but think of the blank stares of fathers and mothers whose minds have been purged and the children who live in fear of ending up in the same state.

Why? Those empty minds sleep without tears and peace seems to be in their grasp, I have not any answers only more questions, I`ll be gone fishing next week and I will have arguments with my dad and lose every one of them and he won`t call me brilliant, he`ll call me something and when I sleep I will wake up to tears and any happiness will be but a facade, my earliest memories are of fishing with dad and mom wiping my tears away, I was never promised happiness, all I look forward to now is completion, you know what our goal is and damn it, even if it kills me we will continue.

And I wouldn`t want it any other way.

 

The Straight Goods

Cheers-Eyes Wide Open

Canadian Idiots, Racists, and Traitorous Provincial Governments along with Canada's Unwitting Morons.....Stand Tall and Identify Yourself and Take Credit for What's to Come!

 

Written By Grant G

Before I get started, here is a little background on the progression of silencing voices, controlling the interweb messages, and public information strangulation by the powers that be...

During my early years in our education system, there were no computers, no internet, no handheld mobile computers or phones...

To learn anything required reading books, newspapers or watching a handful of media TV conglomerates or going to public libraries, or good school educators, and or real life experiences where knowledge and data is passed from one to another, or others.

Being self-taught on early computers, going from a fumbled fingered typist and internet searching moron to morphing into a fact and data finding specialist, where suddenly with a few clicks I could access accurate data from the world's online archives...

I read and read, researched and studied, developed opinions on a myriad of topics, on important public issues, from economics to environment to justice, law, crime, on governmental affairs... on near everything..

My voice, my written words on comment threads, on other people's platforms, on big media's internet offerings' comment boards, in those early years my voice and writings had limited affect, but they were heard..

A well tempered but sometimes cryptic online writer and thinker extraordinaire Mr Ross K, on his online platform, a long time ago (The Gazetteer      https://pacificgazette.blogspot.com/     ) in comments directed at me Mr K. suggested I start my own site......That led to the Straight Goods Blog..

I'm not going to bore you with my many online success and failures, this article isn't about that, it's about the ever changing names of the stranglers, the shadow banners and ultimately, the humanity killers.

My site was soon getting 5000 views, 10,000 views a day(seems a long time ago now) and my messages were being heard, by all sides on every issue I was covering...

I placed links to my articles everywhere I could, on Facebook(for a short while), on legacy media's online forums, The Vancouver Sun..The Province...National Post, Global....and even Twitter..

My usual written offerings targeted big corporations, the resource extractors, and governments, exposing grift, corruption and self dealing....

Then suddenly....My online comments, including links to my articles were shadow banned on all the above platforms...Legacy media beholden to big corporations were first to block my content, at the behest of the corporations....Facebook followed and soon after early twitter throttled near everything I platformed, it didn't end there, Government itself directed shadow banning....

Not everyone was targeted, many voices remained, mainly banal or soft ex'poses were left alone, 

Even Blogger too, throttled my range.....And i'm far from alone......

Online CBC ....Their sane washing drivel they now produce allows no comment threads, they've tried to silence criticism of their content by essentially ignoring the feedback...Whistling past the graveyard...indeed.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter, promised free speech, only the throttling on that platform once again targeted voices like mine...Now, only if I paid/pay him money would my voice be allowed to be heard..

I abandoned Twitter long ago....and Left Elon's X  almost instantly....The throttling of voices on Twitter/X was rapid, the hate, racism, the assault on everything decent went into full swing on X..

And today, January 22nd/2025 Twitter/X is a extreme rightwing hate site with 100,s of millions of users who are being groomed by a self declared Nazi named Elon Musk, who happens to be the world's richest person who also owns the US presidency and is actively trying to own potential extreme rightwing governments around the world...Elon Musk is trying to get the NAZI Party of Germany back in power, he's trying to get French Nazis back in government, and, the shocking part, he's doing it in plain sight, nothing is hidden..

My decades' long experience in being silenced, and shadow banned over my written words, my facts, data and in depth research was over exposing corruption in government, over detailing the environmental and economic frauds of the big Corporation       .and now...

And now a full fledged Nazi with a massive public forum is actively promoting an uprising and return to Nazi rule, not in just Germany, but America, France, the UK....Everywhere, including Canada, where at least several million so-called Canadians are prepared to goosestep and get onboard with this twisted form of corporate fascism....Elon Musk, the unabashed leader of the ratpack...Zuckerberg, a reluctant joiner along with Bezos....Zuck and Bozo are wind vanes, they'll go whichever direction serves their bottom line, morals, ethics and public perception of their about face be damned, they don't care..

CNN and other legacy media has followed suit with capitulation on the very obvious rise of Corporate and American Political Fascism well in advance of any threat.....Corporate and Tech giants opened their arms and become 21st Century Vichy....

It was once said......

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is a quote by Spanish philosopher George Santayana.

A very good quote indeed, but, is that quote even relevant anymore?

Not sure if this has ever been said before.....My latest words, perhaps to become a future quote repeated by others, or not.....

"Those who know of the evil of past large scale crimes against humanity but still lust for it's return are going to repeat it"......Grant G January 22/2025

Any Canadian still on Twitter/X....or Facebook is a willing participant in the rise of White Nationalist Corporate Nazism....By choice..

Stand up Alberta residents, put on your maga hat and publicly celebrate the hate, rejoice in the public square over demonizing brown and black humans....Celebrate and prod your elected Alberta Government to fully embrace their 21st century Vichy moment...

To all other Canadians......Make your choice be known...There is no middle ground anymore..

Denounce Trump....Denounce Elon Musk(with action, by leaving his platform) or stand tall with fascism and let everyone know who's side you're on, fly the Nazi flag,.....Own it.

Lastly....

I'm going to keep on writing and keep on expressing my opinion whether anybody reads it or not..

I've joined        https://bsky.app/profile/straightgoods.bsky.social

I'm trying to reestablish a little reach, so far the Bluesky experience is positive...I suggest you all give it a try....Elon's hate and army of haters has thus far been shuttered out...I hope it remains a safe accurate data and information sharing site....

And one day....I may start a YouTube Channel.....all in due time..

Landslide bring you down

The Straight Goods

Cheers Eyes Wide Open

 

Trump's Campaign Promises Come Face to Face With Reality........MAGA Voters Get Sold Snake Oil And Lies

 Written by Grant G

10 days until Trump starts pulling the levers of power and not so many more days after that MAGA will realize they've been deceived by the orange buffoon.

Trump has asked Congress to put together an all encompassing single Bill to cover taxation, immigration and Energy.....A tough ask with a razor thin majority in the House of Representatives indeed.

Where to begin.....

IMMIGRANTION/DEPORTATION

"President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has privately told Republican lawmakers to temper their expectations for the incoming administration’s initial deportation operation, citing limited resources, according to multiple sources involved in the conversations"

Behind the scenes lawmakers are being inundated with howls and complaints from farmers, ranchers, construction companies, fast food and restaurant operators and a myriad of other industries that a mass deportation will decimate the economy and raise prices on Americans from coast to coast...

These business owners who operated and profited for decades used undocumented labor, consequence free, meaning no penalties for hiring, at sub-standard wages illegal/undocumented immigrants and now these same Trump voters and business owners are asking for relief, relief for themselves from having to eliminate their labor force....

Seems these business owners never believed Trump would follow through with his mass deportations but now are concerned Trump just might do it...

Ahh...But the stories come out, stories being put out by Trump's handpicked Border Czar Tom Holman is a clear indication that the orange buffoon is coming to terms that the USA needs these workers...

So now Tom Holman is publicly saying that a mere 1.4 million undocumented immigrants who already have final immigration orders of removal  will be targeted first.....And furthermore, Holman states that he'd need about a $trillion dollars to remove 8 million undocumented and to go full blast and deport 20 million he'd need $2 trillion dollars plus...

To further complicate matters are all those businesses that employ undocumented workers are telling, yelling to their local government representatives that their profits will fall and consumer prices will rise exponentially.....and with midterms a mere 2 years away, with the GOP holding a barebones majority with many in purple districts where republicans won with scant margins...48% to 52% range, dozens and dozens of GOP congresspersons who won albeit by slim margins....These congressperson are hearing their constituents howling already before the harm has been inflicted..

Big Tech/Elon Ketamine Musk has also put his thumb on the scale and H1B visas are not being restricted, or ended but increased by large margins to serve as the tech industries indentured employee base, and at substandard wages...

Trump has caved on the immigration issue already, before it's even begun..The Trump MAGA racist base are going to have a complete meltdown when they see first-hand that Trump blustered and boasted pre-election only to fold like a cheap suit..

Even IF Trump didn't fold on immigration the howling from all Americans would begin in earnest as staple food prices skyrocket.....All that before his doomed tariff scheme comes to fruition..

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TAXATION

The only tax provisions that are still on the table for Trump are....

1) Making permanent his 2018 tax bill that benefitted the millionaires and billionaires

2)Lowering the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%

3)No tax on tips election promise

That's it....His other taxation promises, "No tax on overtime and no tax on social security" are being punted to later in his term....as in never.

The only way Trump can pay for the lowering of corporate tax-rates and his permanent tax break for the wealthiest among us, and no tax on tips is with tariffs..

Tariffs of 25% on all Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imported products will raise the price of all consumer goods, including domestically produced items by on average 25%...

That will cause the angry Trump Americans to howl and scream.....

These Americans who won't be getting a tax cut will soon figure out that they are paying 25% more on everything so the wealthy and corporate sector get more riches, and as for no tax on tips....That sector will feel the wrath of the MAGA voter too.....

The Trump voter will attack tip earners as soon as they realize they will be paying 25% or more for everything so tip workers get a little bit more and the wealthiest get a lot more..

Once again, with midterms 2 years away......The GOP slim majority in Congress will be thinking more about self preservation than they will about obeying the demented orange asshole.

If Trump went full Nazi and deported millions of undocumented immigrants while simultaneously enacting 25% tariffs from China, Canada and Mexico you will see prices rise anywhere from 50% to 100%, on thousands of items....including energy.

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ENERGY

Trump wants energy reforms included in this big all encompassing Bill from Congress.

What does that mean?

I don't know for sure but I suspect that Trump is going to issue a demand of big oil producers to neuter Canada's oil exports to the USA and mandate that big oil produce enough oil to eliminate imports of Canadian oil and produce enough that the USA can be self sufficient and export gobs of oil to countries all over the world and become the kingpin of energy supply...Trump will also mandate in this Congressional Bill that the US opens up Anwar for oil production..

That may sound sweet to MAGA morons and TRUMP but that fictional pipe dream will be put to rest in a heartbeat....

Because of a few pesky facts......

Currently the USA imports 3.9 million barrels of Canadian oil per day....and, one only has to look at what companies are in Alberta tar fields to figure it out..

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According to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), more than 906 US-based companies provide equipment, parts, and services for the development of Alberta's oil sands.

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But what about opening up and developing the Anwr nature reserve in Alaska?

Again, reality is gonna punch Trump in the nose....

1)According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), it would take at least 10 years to produce oil from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) after the first lease sale:

2)Production: Fields typically take 3 to 4 years to reach peak production, maintain peak production for 3 to 4 years, and then decline

3)Infrastructure: It could take a few years to set up the necessary infrastructure for drilling.

4)Industry interest: The industry itself and most analysts say that companies are not eager to drill in ANWR

In other words....it would take a decade to produce any substantial amounts of ANWR oil..

And the cost would be very prohibitive to energy producers...Meaning the cost of ANWR oil would be expensive compared to sources like Alberta...

There is one more notable stat when it comes to ANWR oil reserves....How much oil is there?

According to the experts there is approximately 

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska contains between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil:

Coastal Plain-The USGS estimates that the 1.57-million-acre Coastal Plain in the northern part of the Refuge contains 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil on federal lands. If Alaska Native lands and adjacent waters are included, the estimate increases to 10.4 billion barrels

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That sounds like a lot of oil....but is it? time for some simple math, math that perhaps even Trump and his MAGA morons can understand..

The USA imports from Canada 3.9 million barrels per day....Let's round it up to 4 million barrels a day for ease of calculations..

10 days of Canadian oil imports to the USA =40 million barrels

100 days of Canadian oil imports to the USA=400 million barrels

365 days of Canadian oil imports to the USA=1.46 billion barrels per year..

10 years of Canadian oil imports to the USA at current levels = 14.6 billion barrels of oil..

That's more than the recoverable oil in ANWR....and it would take near a decade to bring ANWR to fruition.

In other words, Trump talks a big game without having a clue as to the game parameters.

Furthermore..There is no supply shortage in the world right now, no supply shortage in the USA, for congress, and or the president to mandate oil companies to produce more than is necessary from other domestic supplies the price to American consumers will rise exponentially.

Big energy make big money, shareholders demand big money and Trump has no flex over these behemoth companies...

And, in my opinion....If Trump succeeds in arm-bending big oil into shutting down Canadian oil over time....We, the Canadian Government must mandate that we cut off America's supply well in advance of any new American supplies coming online...

However, I don't believe Trump will succeed, for many reasons, he's a fucking braindead moron, the big corporations have big flex, big American oil companies have footprints and financial interests all around the world, in many countries....Big oil is not going to cut off a left or right arm of oil production in another country only to have to expend vast dollars to bring different domestic supply into the market..

And lastly....Trump is a lame duck, he'll probably die before his term ends, and he can't run again..

In other words....Trump is a lame duck president who hasn't a clue how the world energy market works..

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 Lastly....The American people freaked out over egg prices rising during the Corporate Price Gouging Era...

The people who elected Trump want prices to drop...Not to rise

The people who elected Trump want brown people removed, not just talked about removing.

In other words....For Trump to actually make happen his immigration, deportation, taxation, tariff, and energy policies...

Maga will be begging for a return to the Biden years....And Trump, he's a lame duck.

My only fear of the USA is.....Trump gets so pissed off from not being able to accomplish anything that he promised and campaigned on he starts a war with Canada for spite...He'll need lackies high in the military to do that, along with a complicit Congress...

We're not there yet....

Trump is not called a lame duck for no reason..

The Straight Goods

Cheers Eyes Wide Open