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The Gangs That Can’t Shoot Straight

7/4/2018

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 ​Some time has passed since my last blog and there may be those who think that the reason I’ve, been quiet is because I’m following the advice I gave there.  Perhaps that’s somewhat true, because there’s certainly been no shortage of topics to complain about, condemn, criticize, decry, gripe, rant, rave or satirize about.  After a while though, enough is enough.
 
Of course there’s always the trump that would be tyrant, but if Americans themselves have their heads stuck so far up their butts that they won’t do anything about the situation, why should I concern myself or try to influence others in the matter. In this country it’s time to sound the trumpet for heavy retaliatory tariffs on American goods and services and no time for leaders in Ottawa to be polite or whine like politically correct candy-asses.  It has to be CANADA FIRST and MAKE AMERICA PAY!!!  It’s the only way to deal with would be tyrants and bullies.  Maybe we should nationalize all of that asshole’s hotels and assets here; a lot of Americans think we’re ‘socialists\communists’ anyway.  As De Niro said ‘Fuck Trump!’
 
                                          Enough said!  Just look at the space I’ve wasted on that lying piece of shit.
 
We have our own array of bozos to deal with up here and no shortage in the Greater Toronto Area alone.  For instance, we’re having another ‘summer of the gun’.  It first got notice in 2005 with a big spike in gang related shootings and is becoming a more and more popular pastime locally. Our gangs in Toronto generally tend to be made up of Caribbean and most often Jamaican stock, as is obvious virtually every time when those dead or injured are wheeled away to ambulances on the evening news or when suspects are arrested.
 
This background has a seasonal impact on crime statistics.  In the late autumn there is a spike in shootings because all the killing needs to get done before Christmas.  Why?  Because a thin little hoodie and falling down gym pants aren’t near enough to keep one’s ass warm in a Canadian winter, let alone on people who are used to much warmer climes.  The result is that all the big, tough gang bangers go to ground like the rodents they are when the cold weather comes, to shiver, shake and nurse their grudges until the spring.  Then when it’s warm, they resurface and it slowly begins again. That’s what happens to some degree every year, but this time two rival downtown gangs are involved and it’s making a mess because it’s happening indiscriminately (eg. children shot in playgrounds) in heavily populated and fashionable downtown spots where hundreds of thousands work and play, in broad daylight.  It can’t be ignored there like it is when it happens up in the subsidized housing at Jane and Finch or at    other less chic  and less popular places in the city.  We stand at 51 homicides and 208 shootings so far this year unless more have happened in the time since I started this blog yesterday.  Normally, we have about 60 to 65 murders per annum.
 
Most of the weapons used are smuggled in from the U.S.A., so happy birthday America; the gun business is literally booming in this heat!
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