Just over a year ago, the Donald Street Collective was formed as an outlet for commentary, communication and interaction between downtown denizens. These peoples of the core came together to share in the joys and lamentations of what it means to be shoehorned into a hot concrete jungle with the clouds and rays of electronic communities hovering above. 

Within this site is an assortment of confectionary tidbits and hardened evaluations of  2014/2015 realities. Peruse the writings, art and rants of those in the know from the ground level...or, in some cases, the 3rd floor balcony level.

As the DSC explores individual avenues of expression, life and health, we would like to thank all supporters and readers of the site for their interest and engagement. Despite our overwhelmingly misanthropic approach, we love you all and believe in the power of Collectives, no matter what street you live on.  


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(Previous Cyberspace Artifacts HERE)

SWM, educated, slim, neat, near hairless body (I do have hair on my head.), 25yrs young.

Sensitive to women's experience and their subjugation and oppression. I understand how a micro-aggression functions.

Seeking a feminist female with a background in either Gender Studies or Fine Arts to cooperatively fight against the systemic oppression of women (the product of the cultural presence of masculine traits and men's concepts of equality).

I am sensitive, caring, loving and have explored the strength of 'nurturing' without co-opting it as mine.

I understand 'safe-space' as a women's-only environment.

I enjoy soft, cuddly puppies, stuffed toys, house plants, masculine-free language, and a quiet glass of chardonnay.

I attend feminist conferences, films and theatre but am uncertain if there is a definitive feminist music.

I choose not to drive because automobiles are a male-biased technology that play a significant role in the ongoing subjugation of women. I use a bicycle with a “female frame” (My apologies; I know they are sexist but I have to get around.).

I gave up meat-eating because of its embedded sexual politics, and have accepted kale as the female-positive alternative to cis-men's nutrition.

I enjoy fresh fruit smoothies as long as they are pressed and not subjected to the masculine violence of blending.

I stopped breaking wind after my first Gender Studies elective as I then learned of the sexual and political content of men's intestinal effluvia.

At one time I did play video games (sorry) but gave it up because of #gamergate, game violence and the sexual representation of women inherent in the actual game code.

I am willing to play cooperative, participatory female-friendly board games if that is what you choose to do.

 I have my own place and a circle of like-minded (mainly female) friends.

I work as teacher in the campus day-care.

I am financially secure and will grant limited access to my resources. I expect the same of you. Reciprocity is tantamount in this respect. (Is that too harsh?)

 Looking for a woman with a sense of who she is, how she is, and what she is. You have a job, your own space (better if you live in a Collective) and spend your time searching for and fighting against sexism and male oppression. 

Race, body proportions and physical appearance are unimportant to me; as is age. Looking for a deeper connection.

Okay with no sex as I understand its rape-centred thematic.

 I am moving towards appropriate male-silence and full acceptance of the symphony of feminist voices.

 I can be contacted through the campus Equal Opportunity Office Network.

 Lead me and let's fight masculinity and its injustices together!



Herr Doktor

(Previously Uncovered Cyberspace Artifacts HERE)

Canadian social scientists and legal scholars have released an interdisciplinary study that confirms Women's Rights Activist's worst fears; women in Canada live and work under a systemic and systematic series of oppressive legislative measures (some of which are listed below):

Female Employees Equal Pay Act 1956
Canadian Bill of Rights 1960
Criminal Code of Canada Amendments 1965
Royal Commission on the Status of Women 1967
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1968
Social Aid Act 1969
National Ad Hoc Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) 1971
Unemployment Insurance introduces 15 weeks of paid maternity leave 1971
Native Women's Association of Canada 1974
Canadian Human Rights Act 1977/1985
Minister of State for the Status of Women 1979 (created)
Canada ratifies the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women 1981
The Constitution Act 1982
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982
Unemployment Insurance Act Amendments 1983
Criminal Code of Canada Amendment 1983 (rape/sexual assault)
Indian Act Section 12 removed (women losing aboriginal status by marrying non-Indian) 1985
Canadian Labour Code 1985
Employment Equity Act 1986/1995
Criminal Code of Canada Amendment 1992 (consent/honest belief)
Criminal Code of Canada Amendment 1993 (criminal harassment)
Criminal Code of Canada Amendment 1996 (victim impact statements/abuse of position of trust)
Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act 2009

 There is a great deal more exploitative and male-biased legislation ensuring the protection and equal treatment for women under law (incl. various Election Acts between 1917 and 1951) found Federally, Provincially and within the Canadian Territories.

 The joint study was published in May of 2011 and was sponsored by the University of Western Ontario and York University. Scholars, legislators and women's groups are perturbed by these findings and intend to introduce new legislation and policy guidelines to redress the imbalance which so clearly favours men. Jill Jesteson, a Gender Studies scholar and study spokesperson says, “A pervasive patriarchy promotes the inferiority of women and spreads 'rape culture' throughout Canada. It lurks behind these Legislative Acts purported to address equality: “Legislators and legal experts in this country hate women as can be seen in these Parliamentary Acts and initiatives which permeate our public and private lives. These are the most obvious tools used by our government to keep women living in fear and maintain their status as second-class citizens”.

 Jesteson acknowledges the efforts of early women's rights activists but said that though they made 'nominal gains' these women were too entrenched in the Patriarchy to understand or experience the full extent of their oppression. According to Jesteson, feminists need to unpack and reveal the sexist and women-hating assumptions in our legislation and everyday language.

 The study focused (for the most part) on legislation introduced after 1945 and analysed wording, the underlying values, and the male-biased assumptions used within. The very language women inherit from their homes and lived experience is a language of self-oppression. Women, through this legislation and movement for equality, are taught implicitly to self-hate. Though the study is still under scholarly scrutiny, Ms. Jesteson indicates that at its core lies the 'Terror of the Patriarchy'.

 Though Patriarchy is normally defined in anthropological and sociological terms, contemporary 3rd Wave Feminists use it the same way as 'chauvinism' and 'sexism' was defined for earlier generations. As Jesteson says, “Patriarchy is a systemic bias against women, deep-rooted and pernicious.”

 Critics of the published work, already labelled as 'women-haters' and 'rapists' are concerned about the study's biases and assumptions “The actual statistical methods are relatively sound but the conclusions, direction, and policy suggestions are not scientific or academically rigorous” says sociologist Amelie De Rigueur of Laval University. Moreover: “Scholars are aware of the potential backlash of any critical method applied to the study. However, we are professionals and the tools we have need to be applied objectively and systematically, regardless of what some feminist groups say online and in the press'”

 Whether this study has any influence on Canadian legislation, policy and commerce practices is as yet an unanswered question. However, the current waves of feminists are influential and have an expanding audience, especially online. Below are some salient examples of the rhetoric used to support their  ideology:

Anita Sarkeesian (born and studied in Toronto):

1. Everything is sexist, everything is racist, everything is homophobic and you have to point it all out....

2. We need to seriously address connections between violence, sexism and toxic ideas of manhood before boys and men commit more mass shootings.

3. I have actually read many studies that state....gender segregated classrooms improve learning  (same with race).

 Other Notables:

Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear -Susan Brownmiller

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them. - Robin Morgan

(More Cyberspace Artifacts HERE)

Herr Doktor

Lucky: Feminism is about equality for men and women.

Unlucky: Whose feminism is that? Feminism starts at the oppression of women by men. Don't confuse feminism with egalitarianism. Let's discuss equality without clearly defining it. Definitions are probably considered part of the oppressive patriarchy.

Lucky: Feminism can teach us all.

Unlucky: Yes. How to hate, disapprove and have disdain for anything masculine. Self-hating douche!

Lucky: Men can only benefit from the feminist movement.

Unlucky: Yes, they will become white women.

Lucky: Patriarchy is to blame. It is the inherent system of the oppression of women.

Unlucky: Yes. It's inherent in the Canadian Constitution, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and all supporting legislation.

Lucky: All men are rapists. They perpetuate rape culture.

Unlucky: Look at the Criminal Code of Canada. The thought (and non-thought) is the action and offence.  Arrest that man; he has rape in his eyes!

Lucky: There are many unreported rapes than those actually represented in the police statistics.

Unlucky: Yes, that’s right. Belief without evidence. Faith based politics; more powerful than science.

Lucky: Sex with consent.

Unlucky: Sex after signatures. Ensure your lawyers create the Statement of Work, negotiate the Terms and Conditions, seek approvals, map it all out in PowerPoint; then fuck.  You better be sober.

Lucky: I can no longer see porn the same way. Women should not be represented as sex objects.

Unlucky: But men should be represented as muscled, massively-dicked dorks who can fuck like  perpetual machines and whose volume of ejaculate often leaves video crews ankle-deep. Most of us have pencil dicks, pot-bellies, moles, and unwanted hairy patches. Oh, the humanity!

Lucky: Video games oppress and subjugate women.

Unlucky: At 80, my mother is particularly oppressed by Modern Warfare IV. She can no longer leave the house for fear of RPG attacks, snipers, and gang rapes rampant throughout cottage country.

Lucky: The problem: the Male Gaze

Unlucky: The solution: Male Gays.

Lucky: Do you hate women?

Unlucky: Yes, whether I intend to or not.


Lucky

Once again...the DSC News Bulletin Services has done the responsibly civic duty of uncovering the news as it happens on Donald Street. Why? Because we care. We feel an obligation to keep Winnipeggers abreast of the news as it happens..but more so, because one of our reporters lives in the dumpster behind Thida's! 

As reported earlier today, there was a shooting early Sunday morning at the greasy, yet cheap, Chicago Phil's pizza joint. While the details are a touch shady, it would seem the local gangster Transcona Tony has had it up to the anchovies with Chicago Phil.

Formerly, Chicago Phil and Transcona Tony were known to be amicable, if not downright friendly with one another. This was, of course, before Chicago Phil started using Mennonite Mozzarella instead of the Saputo brand cheese topping. This change in supplier has created an apparently unbridgable impasse between the two local wanna be mobsters. Word on the street says Tony sent a shooter over to end business with Phil...in true Chicago style...unlike the crappy pizzas being flung by Phil himself. One shot was fired in this brazen act of Sicilian stupidity and concerned Downtownites fear this could trigger a Winnipeg cheese war.

While ambulances were on the scene, it would seem the only victim in this incident is Downtown Stan, who wandered around the police tape for 3 hours mumbling, "I just wanna get some pizza."

So there you have it, the truths as uncovered by the intrepid DSC crew. Some other bystander said, "It was a robbery. Two guys went in and fired a wildshot to get the owner to just cough up the cash...and they did. The perps then ran towards Assiniboine." While interesting, we at the DSC know something that mundane would never be true. This is Donald Street after all.


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By loving her, in the way she insisted, you have ruined her life.

Your reverie: how it used to be.

Her lament: those days were vacant if not dismal.

Your relatives and friends are told how you “smothered” and “drained” her.  She’s the victim. Now they’re on her side. Never blame the victim.

A sleeping bag and a pillow are placed on the couch in the basement.

You resist the expectation to validate, commend and comfort her.

You prefer to be on your own, especially when she’s home.

She asks that you not play “your” music in the house.

She now spends time with the sister she doesn’t like.

She bathes more.

She speaks with a therapist. It is inevitable she will leave. That’s how that shit works, moron.

No longer will she be a “satellite” or a “witness” to your world.

Her mobile number has changed and she frequently texts (You’re not the recipient). You must call the old number. She never picks up.

She invites new friends over to the house but requests your absence.

She drives the car you purchased but refuses to take you to work.

After a restless dinner, she departs. She returns in the early hours.

When she’s asleep, you’re elbow-deep in her purse. She did not lock her phone.

You’re home with the children. She’s out fucking someone she met at Yoga.

When confronted, she says it was her only option. You are accountable for her actions.

Late in the evening you find counsel in bourbon.

“Good morning”

       .....”What do you mean by that?”

You wish the worst for her.



Herr Doktor

(Previous Cyberspace Artifacts HERE)


Thank-you for your application. Your qualifications were competitive and your letters of recommendation were enthusiastically supportive.  As you may be aware the number of openings is limited and subject to budgetary approval each year. Unfortunately, this year we have had a high number of unusually qualified applicants and therefore we are unable to offer you a position. The admissions committee understands your disappointment and wishes you all the best in your future endeavours.

The editors at Table and Chairs Magazine were surprised by your short story submission.  As a professional courtesy we recommend that you research the direction and content of prospective publications by reading some back-issues and editorial pages. Your carelessness is an insult to the publisher and a wasted effort. Your work may show promise but is beyond our interest and ability to assess.

.....we believe that you exhibit dynamic skills but are not the best team fit and, here at Colombian Travel Inc, teamwork is everything. Good luck in your job search.

Thank-you for your interest in the Guilford Hotel Dining Service. We’ve considered your attributes and noted some areas for improvement but have decided to work with another candidate. Your application will be kept on file for the next 6 months and, should a position open that is more aligned with your experience and qualifications, we will notify you. Sincerely,

....Our team of certified financial advisors has assessed your application and we regret to inform you that you do not qualify for a personal loan. Your financial and employment history is too variable to warrant any serious consideration. We apologize for the inconvenience and wish you luck going forward.

..... Davis exhibits strength of character, ambition, and a precocious intelligence. Unfortunately, he did not respond well to our female staff and at one point asked if there were any men working here. This is unacceptable; especially in a 4 yr old. At New World Daycare we choose candidates and families that best exemplify our mission statement and values. His attitude is not conducive to the mutually supportive environment we work so diligently to maintain. We believe Davis would be more suited to a publically funded service.

.... your father is in reasonably good health and his medical record indicates he falls within manageable parameters. However, we believe his idiosyncrasies, though minor, would be a cause of some concern for both our staff and residents. We recommend that you consider a facility where more supervised care and sympathetic ears could be found. Our sister residence in Guilford would be more appropriate to the kind of supervision we believe your father requires. However, we are unable to forward your application as they work with different admissions criteria. You are welcome to contact them directly.

....I have left you.  I can no longer live with someone who so often encounters disappointment.  You attract rejection. That is your success. You have no forward momentum. Let this note serve as another item in your litany of “almosts”. My portion of the bills is paid to month-end and I have notified the caretakers of my intent to vacate. You can work out the details with them. Susan and JP will come for my furniture and winter clothing next Saturday. Be nice to them. I have changed my email and phone number and leave for Europe tonight. Any attempt to contact me will be considered harassment. Sorry and good-bye.

(Recently Uncovered Cyberspace Artifacts HERE)

Herr Doktor

Now that the ice and frozen stank has melted away, Winnipeggers journey forth…into the wild downtown, to engage in all that is Winnipeg and all that the core has for hungry patrons to feast upon. With this influx of middle class taste and buds in mind, Sir Omnyvore shall give you a few downtown eating tips…because one wrong turn can mean digestive upheavals of volcanic proportions. Read on hungry folk:

Tip 1:
Those food trucks that come out like an army of toilet paper salesmen are bad news. Some are better than others as far as gastric pleasantness, but most use cheap ingredients and are way over priced for what they are. And if in doubt where these vendors save the bucks, see this past DSC News article for some insider info.

 Tip 2:
East Indian food is a delight…when done right. I will even acquiesce that even the crappy East Indian is still very palatable, but for the price, you must be cautious. With no shame in outing the crap, avoid IVORY(Review HERE) and Dhoom (Review HERE).

Clay Oven, Samosa Hut in CityPlace and Chef Express in Portage Place are cheaper fast foodish alternatives. East India Company on York has the awesome décor and the wide selection of well made food that checks every Indian restaurant box. The best you can get in Downtown Winnipeg with a wide assortment of desserts as well. Pricey…but make it a special night out.

 Tip 3:
Support local. What is local? You ask…the eateries that are not multi-national cattle chutes. Café 22 is franchise…BP’s(Review HERE), while adequate, is franchise (born in stinking, yet enduring Edmonton).

Some local eats include the always pleasant wraps from the Fyxx on Broadway. The Yellow Dog(Review HERE) has good pub eats, if the actual established leaves some cool air to be desired in summer. Shawarma Khan’s is stellar. Located in the exchange, this is a great local joint that breathed life into the staunch, pretentious eats scene of the exchange. Other local eateries include Thida’s Thai on Broadway, The Don (Review HERE) for sufficient breakie and as far as sushi, Samurai Sushi across from the MTS centre is good stuff, albeit pricey as sushi tends to be.

Bottom line, support local to enjoy unique eats and to generally support your neighbours. If you don’t, we will be inundated with the Mc’s and Earls of the world…the places that think of you as fatso’s with money.

Enjoy the downtown eats and venture to all Downtown Winnipeg has to offer.



Sir Omnyvore

Last evening Winnipeg food critic Angry Vegan succumbed to injuries sustained last year in a provoked assault. Long months of invasive (and perversely creative) medical procedures were insufficient to buttress recuperation and mitigate his torments.  He was accompanied in his last days by his family and long-time friend Herr Doktor: “As this is a burdensome time for Mr. Vegan’s legal team we ask that you leave them to cope with this crushing loss”.

By nature contrarian, Angry Vegan resisted editorial expectations and developed an approach to restaurant reviews which exposed the bourgeois values inherent in food and drink culture: “The basis of Food and Drink writing is the force of one’s honesty to make vulnerable those who have something to hide”.  Mr. Vegan began his career in an act of culinary defiance. He declared himself a dietary vegan, legally changed his name, resigned from cooking school then began to publish terse reviews which captured the ethos of his dining experience.  At war with the Food and Drinks community he targeted other reviewers, clientele, menu and wine list wordings, and restaurant ambiance. On occasion, he was known to assess the food.

In his last months, Mr. Vegan wrote reviews about the various nutritional formulae he ingested through his feeding tube. Dictated to Herr Doktor, these articles were submitted to the “Convalescing Courier”, the hospital administration’s monthly newsletter and printed in the December 2014 through March 2015 editions. Mr. Vegan, whose upper digestive tract was bypassed and whose sense of taste had been nullified by medications, insisted that the “strawberry chalk, when slowly poured, released a formidable complex of flavours that provided an enticing contrast to its particulate texture”. The banana formula (a proteinaceous gel) was “sweet as ice-wine but too cloying to provide sufficient counterweight to its overwhelming viscosity; immediate but unforgettable”.   Further, “a crisp Frascati could be politely paired” with the strawberry formula whereas the “tropical” gel required being “pummeled into submission beneath the rugged musculature of a proper English bitter”.

Long familiar with the courtroom when alive, Mr Vegan’s estate will face some daunting legal challenges for the foreseeable future. To satisfy legal requirements Mr. Vegan’s disrespected but often read blog, “Mock-Worthy”, has been removed from the web until further notice. A motion to ban the reporting and publication of his murder trial is now before the courts.

Mr. Vegan’s family eagerly anticipate the commencement of their annual Lisbon vacation this Monday while Herr Doktor continues his struggle with multiple addictions. Solicitors will attend to Mr. Vegan’s burial and estate. There will be no memorial service.

Born Heinrich Gunther Ott in 1966 in Norval Ontario, Angry Vegan died in Winnipeg on April 17, 2015. Aged 49yrs.

Survived by many, loved by few.


Herr Doktor

August 2, 2012

Dear Subscribers

Another exciting season of lectures and panel discussions is set to commence and the Advisory Committee has elected to name the 2012-2013 season: “Skirting the Mould, Speakers from the Margins”. These lectures will explore difference, diversity and the other within a Canadian context. The world has become tragically polarized between the Liberal West and the Rest and we designed a program to examine those liberal-democratic values our nation so proudly defends. We expect provocations and spirited exchanges lie ahead so please reserve your tickets now and avoid the chaos of the late subscriber frenzy. Contact Mavis Landers in Subscriptions between 9am and 1pm Monday through Friday.

Please note that prices have increased by a few dollars this season and some tickets will be made available at the door on a sliding-scale basis.

The eight discussions will take place at the Boughman Community Centre Gymnasium on the third Sunday of each month. Mrs. Hedley would appreciate some volunteers to assist with the setup and breakdown of the chairs and tables used during the event. Those interested should call Carol at the front desk during regular office hours. Biscuits, tea and coffee will be provided. Doors open at 1:30pm and we will begin promptly at 2:00pm.

The Advisory Committee acknowledges the success of 2009’s “Model Steam Trains: Engineered to Satisfy” (sold out by mid-August) and 2011’s standing room only series: “African Violets: Orchids are Unworthy”.  The 2012 -2013 season is a dramatic departure from the recent past but the Advisory Committee believes these talks will trump those esteemed programs. As always everyone is welcome but we advise parents to be sensitive to the young as these are mature topics.

Though the lectures have been confirmed we are currently negotiating details with our prospective participants. The final version of 2012-2013 Program will be made available during the last week of this month. The Advisory Committee reserves the right to make changes to the program without giving notice.  At present (without our speakers listed) the calendar looks like this:

September 2012: Sex At Middle Age: Post Breeding-Condition Passions

October 2012: Muting Anglophones in Western Canada: Francophones Speak Out

November 2012: The Gay Church: Loving Jesus Anew

January 2013: Trading Places: Mr. Harper’s Cabinet move to a Reservation, Aboriginal Elders to Sussex Drive

February 2013: Radical Lesbian Feminism and the Wymyn’s Collective: A World Without Men

March2013: TBD-Sorry folks, we’re working it. 

April 2013: Recreational Marijuana:  A Threat to our Nation’s IQ and Did Justin Trudeau Inhale? (A special evening with two speakers and a panel discussion.)

May 2013: Considered Ambiguities: The Transgendered Migrate to the Suburbs

We would like to thank our subscribers and participants; none of this would have been a reality without your generous support.

Sincerely

Boughman Community Centre Advisory Committee



Herr Doktor

Lucky: Love is everlasting.

Unlucky:  Love is arsenic in your morning tea. It settles in your tissues and persistently, inexorably sweats what’s left of you out of your pores. Another cup, dear?

Lucky: Love is the union of two souls.

Unlucky: Love is dragging a sack of stones through riverbank sludge along a tidal river. The satisfaction comes when it’s all done.

Lucky: Sex is the physical manifestation of the love of one to another.

Unlucky: Well, Bambi, Philip Larkin said that sex was the futile attempt to get someone else to blow your nose.

Lucky: Love makes the world go ‘round.

Unlucky: Gravitational and magnetic forces make the world go ‘round. Have you heard of Astronomy? Apparently it’s a new science. Dolt!  

Lucky: When you have love, nothing else matters.

Unlucky: Yeah, except who’s going to do the grocery shopping, pay the bills, clean the bathroom and cook the meals? Love, indeed.

Lucky: Some people are just meant to be together.

Unlucky: Most people are together because they are afraid of themselves. Best not look inward and face my mortality, I’ll bury that angst in another.

Lucky: “I love you.”  These are the three most powerful words in the world.

Unlucky:  Bullshit. “Power of Attorney”. These three words carry significantly more weight than any declaration of love.

Lucky: Jesus loves the children of the world.

Unlucky: Really? Whose children?  Surely not the impoverished, famine-stricken, disease-ridden children (too often victims of religious/racial wars) who die unnecessarily each day? How does your benevolent spirit lord demonstrate that love? What does he do to alleviate their suffering?

Lucky: We need to love our enemies.

Unlucky:  Fuck you! I hate my enemies. Do you love Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini and Franco? Oh, that’s right; many of you Christians supported them in their efforts. That’s recent history, Bitch.

Luck: God is love.

Unlucky: God is a myth. Where does that leave love?

Lucky

The DSC was on the scene for yet more paranormal happenings at 44 Hargrave St. aka. Demon Hotel. The skeleton that was the remnants of the purportedly haunted apartment building, burned to the ground Easter afternoon as residents and curious passer-byer's stood gawking in awe .
We at the DSC have informed locals of the mysteries surrounding this downtown staple HERE. Does this mean the legendary curse of Demon Hotel is forever vanquished...or will it just spread throughout the downtown core? 
The DSC will keep you informed as demonologists and paranormal scientists investigate this disturbing fire.



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More about Demon Hotel HERE

In our last post we examined the development of the U.S. national banking system. We will now look at the spread of banking power, and its influence on international affairs.
 

In 1800, The Bank of France was established in Paris in the same manner as the Bank of England.  However, when Napoleon took power, wanted to get out of debt and found the Bank of France to be untrustworthy.  He decreed, that,

“... when a government is dependant on bankers for money that the bankers, not the leaders of the government are in control. The hand that gives is above the hand that takes.  Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency: their sole object is gain.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
 

In 1803 France and the United States forged a deal which saw the United States give France $3 million in gold for a territory of land called Louisiana.  With this money, Napoleon rode across Europe conquering wherever he went.  The Bank of England opposed Napoleon, so they financed every nation at war with France.  They took in gigantic profits, the profits of war.  Prussia, Austria and Russia went into massive debt in a desperate attempt to stop Napoleon.
 

In 1807, when most of the French army was off fighting in Russia, Nathan Rothschild financed an attack from Spain.  Nathan established a brash scheme to smuggle gold through France to the Duke of Wellington.
 

Wellington’s attacks in conjunction with other defeats eventually caused Napoleon to surrender and King Louis XVIII was acclimated.  Napoleon was sent packing to the island of Elba.  While he was in exile, temporarily defeated by England, with the financial backing of the Rothschilds, America was struggling to break free of its central bank.
 

In 1811 a bill was put before Congress to renew the charter of the First Bank of The United States.  The debate became impassioned and the state legislatures of Pennsylvania and Virginia passed resolutions asking the federal congress not to renew the bank’s charter.  The press core of the day launched attacks at the bank, usually acquainting them to some sort of vile creature, “a vulture”, “a viper”, “a cobra”.  How’s that for an independent press!
 

Congressmen P.B. Porter (Whig-NY) said on record in Congress:
“If the bank’s charter was renewed congress will have planted in the bosom of this constitution a viper which one day or another will sting the liberties of this country to the heart.”
 

Things weren’t looking so hot for the bank.  Several writers claimed that Nathan Rothschild  had said that the United States would, 
“...find itself in the most disastrous war if the charter is not renewed”.
 
At the end of the day, the renewal bill was defeated by one vote in the house of Representatives.  Over in the Senate, the bill was deadlocked.  As a result, the banks charter was not renewed.
 

Now remember those numbers from earlier? 

That’s okay if you don’t, they were from 1791 and 1720.  Now I want to make this real simple for everyone, so here goes:

5 months after the end of the First Bank of The United States, in 1811; well early 1812 actually but my analogy works better with 1811, so let’s just go with that... Canada(c/o England) declared war on the United States of America.  That’s right folks!  Don’t believe any of the Conservative B.S. spin propaganda that Harper’s putting out there about the war of 1812.  England was the AGGRESSOR!  They declared war on the United States 20 years after a charter was granted to a bank.  War was declared after warnings from Rothschild that the U.S. would be in a war for not renewing a bank.  War was declared after a bank was not renewed.  Jesus Christ people!  Am I the only one who thinks going to war over a fucking bank is absolutely, 100% CRAZY?!  It’s a god damn bank.  But, again, you’ll never read this in an American or Canadian text book.
 

England had its hands tied with the war against France, so they... luckily for us North Americans, did not put their full effort into the war of 1812.  The war ended in 1814 in what is now widely accepted to be a “draw”.  However, this was not the case in reality as you will see in a future MONEY STRUGGLE post.
 

Okay, back to Europe and that Napoleon business.  In 1815, Napoleon escaped Elba and returned from exile.  When French troops were sent to capture him, Napoleon used his charms to rally his ex-troops around him.  He was once again hailed as emperor.  History would tell us that eventually Napoleon would be defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo, however, before we get to that, journalists of the day claimed that Napoleon borrowed £5 million to re-equip his army.  It was later revealed that these funds actually came from a bank in Paris.  Regardless of the “source” of the money, the money came from the same source: the Rothschilds.  It was not unusual at this point in history for banks to finance both sides in a war.  Now there’s some good corporate governance!  Glad to see they are making moral decisions.  Geez! 
 

Why would they do this?  Because nations will borrow ANY amount to win.  And it’s all predetermined, sort of like professional wrestling.  The loser is given just enough to hold onto some vain idea of victory, while the winner is given just slightly more than that.  Doesn’t matter anyways, because most war loans come with the stipulation that THE WINNER COVERS THE DEBT OF THE LOSER!  That’s right, the winner covers it.  So much for winning.  Where’s Charlie Sheen?
 

So on July 18, 1815 some 74,000 French troops met 67,000 troops from various countries lead by Britain for what would now be known as the final battle of the war.  Rothschild, funding both sides of the war, entrusted a man named Rothworth (no-joke) to be his war snitch.  He was stationed just outside of the battlefield zone to the north and saw the whole thing!  When the outcome was eventually decided, Rothworth took off via the English Channel to inform Rothschild.  Rothschild received the news of the war nearly a full day before the Kings of the countries fighting the war.  As usual, Rothschild had to use this to his advantage.  He went to the stock market in London, and all eyes were on him due to his reputation in finance.  He appeared to look sad, with his eyes looking down to his feet.  Why would he be sad?  It was an act.  He portrayed himself this way so as to make people think Napoleon won.  He knew that with Napoleon running across Europe again, Britain’s financial situation would take a turn for the worse.  Rothchild began to sell, other investors observed this and surmised that it could only mean one thing!  Wellington must have lost!  They began to sell.  The market plummeted and everyone was selling, prices dropped dramatically.  Rothschild through his proxies began to secretly buy back the stocks and government bonds for pennies.  Rothschild now had full control of the stock market and The Bank of England.  They became involved with other banks, and branched out into various industries.  They control nearly every mega corporation on the planet to this day, even though only a select few bare the Rothschild name.


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As the spring and summer approaches, many happy couples begin sending invites to friends and family for their weddings, showers, and “socials” (for those unfamiliar, I’ll explain just what a Manitoba wedding social is near the end of this post). Unfortunately, many of these events are socially inappropriate and in extremely poor taste given the nature of the couple.

My greatest gripe pertains to when the couple already lives together.  They may even co-own property and have one or more children together.  The nature and dynamic of their relationship will not be changing whatsoever.  For these couples, having a social, showers, and a big wedding is nothing more than a thinly veiled scheme to obtain cash and gifts from as many people as possible. 

Often couples who already live together may attempt to defend their upcoming wedding by saying “yeah, but we’re going before God now, to get Him to give a thumbs-up to our relationship,” which of course is a total fallacy in several ways.  For instance, if they truly believe in such supernatural/religious nonsense, then they shouldn’t have been living together before marriage (living “in sin”) in the first place. Then the wedding, and in particular the shower, becomes nothing more than a blatant scheme for common-law and cohabitating couples to obtain cash and gifts

The secondary motive is for the bride to have an immodest extravaganza, a very public spectacle to satisfy her inherent histrionic needs.  Please, spare us, as Facebook should be your outlet for teenage-girl-style narcissism and attention-seeking, so just keep it there!  This is an especially pointless spectacle when the couple already lives together… she’s just bored with the relationship and needs a new outlet, that being self-serving wedding planning.  And soon after The Big Day, she’ll be bored again.

You’re probably now thinking “hey Troll, what is your opinion on weddings where it is the second wedding (or more) for the happy couple?”  Well, those are just as unappealing.  I recall going to a wedding for a young couple, making the requested “presentation” (AKA a cash gift), and then less than two years later the couple was divorced.  Fast forward a few years later, and she gets married again.  Predictably for this second wedding, she hit up all the same friends and relatives, asked them to buy (and asked them to help in selling) social tickets, had more wedding showers, and then of course asked for a “presentation” or an expensive gift at that second wedding.  Haven’t we done this before?  How crass!   Why should we have to fork over more time and money, because you got married too young, and inevitably you and your spouse matured into different people with different interests and values, grew apart, and poof it’s over?  That whole story was so damn predicable, wasn’t it?! Fine, you made a common mistake for a person in their early to mid-20s, but you’re still tacky for approaching those same friends and relatives with your hands open like Oliver Twist asking ‘please sir, I want some more.’ 

In Manitoba, it is often taken one step further when compounded by a ‘wedding social’ (if you’re a non-Manitoban reading, you may have been wondering what this ‘social’ is that I have been mentioning… a ‘social’ is a common, for-profit, party which is held prior to the wedding to make The Big Day far more ostentatious than the couple could reasonably afford.  You’re expected to buy a ticket to get in, and then you can purchase from a limited selection of spirits or tasteless generic beer, and shout across the table to your friends over deafeningly loud 80s and 90s pop that a ‘DJ’ is playing from his laptop.  You are also expected to purchase many silent auction tickets.  As the evening winds down, your enduring this ghastly party is rewarded with room-temperature cold cuts, with bread and mustard (yup, the highlight is that you get to make your own sandwich!).   Other local blogs have written about these unseemly parties, if you’re still curious check out Winnipeg O’ My Heart and Love Me, Love My Winnipeg.   

Socials are not just for weddings either.  Inappropriate socials I’ve seen unapologetically promoted include ‘we need money to take a dream vacation’ and ‘I need money to pay for extensive fines so I can get my driver’s license back.’  But without a doubt, if you feel you must make your friends and family have to endure such a dreadful experience, don’t be so crude and have a social if you’re already cohabitating or have put them through one previously with an earlier marriage. 

My suggestion for couples already living together or who had previous marriages would be to have an extremely small gathering if you feel you must get married. Invite (without pressure) only your closest friends and relatives, probably no more than 10 each from the bride and groom.  Sign the certificate, make a brief two to three minute speech, and have lunch at a restaurant (and you, the happy couple, should pick up the bill) or a BBQ in your backyard.  Don’t burden your guests with having to burn up a whole day as a few hours in the afternoon would suffice, and most definitely insist on no “presentation” or gifts.   If you hold certain supernatural beliefs then your god most definitely thinks of you as a sinner, so might as well leave that nonsense out of it entirely.

And don’t hold a social, under any circumstances, ever!  It’s just gives the impression of a blatantly self-serving scheme to pay for a wedding that you can’t afford. 

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So, the bleeding heart white-bread shit heads at Maclean's are claiming Winnipeg is the most racist city in Canada. Wow...great insight bay streets. Every Winnipegger knows this city is loaded with racism...from all sides. Is it any different though than anywhere else in Canada? No, because racism is the bedfellow of ignorance and ignorance is coast to coast. Yes, because Winnipeg is struggling with a unique situation. As we briefly explore this, let's be clear about a few things.

I have lived in Downtown Winnipeg for a very long time. I have heard redneck assholes from Oakbank drive down Portage yelling slurs to everyone. Men...women...children. Every colour, size and smell. These guys are like that... Big, dumb, redneck idiots. I have also seen security at the Liqour Mart eyeball a native who walks in. How dare he do that! He must be a racist! Or maybe he's looking at the numbers. 

Most crimes in Winnipeg are perpetrated by natives. You doubt? Here's some fuck'in numbers for you: In Manitoba, Aboriginal people accounted for 71% of sentenced admissions in 2005/2006, Up from 58% in 1996/1997. 
Source: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/politics/facts_stats.html

Remember when Rinelle Harper was raped, beaten to a pulp....probably raped again...but with a knife this time, and then beaten to the edge of death right beside the stink river?  As per the National Post:
"Justin James Hudson, 20, along with a 17-year-old male who can’t be named, are charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon."
Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/12/winnipeg-police-charge-two-men-with-attempted-murder-after-teen-sexually-assaulted-and-dumped-in-river/

Keep in mind though that the perps obviously had issues too. Check out this article about Justin's upbringing: HERE

Who is to blame? When a child grows up being abused, neglected and tossed aside, who is accountable? All of us, from top to bottom. We are in this together. The problems run throughout Canadian society.

While there is racism in Winnipeg and people from all walks of life are frustrated with the situation in this prairie butt-fuck town, the truth of the matter is that there is a HUGE socio-economic problem. This is not just Winnipeg but all across the country. It sticks out a lot more in Winnipeg because of the good 'ole numbers game. 
Winnipeg's population: apprx:708,000. First Nations in Winnipeg make up 11.7% (on paper) of that. Source: http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/winnipeg-population/
That's the biggest percentage pertaining to any major centre in Canada. So yeah...when you have such a large number of disaffected peoples in an area...there is gonna be issues. 

Idea...let's pry our heads out of our asses and look at the real problems. Chiefs that steal from their people. A bullshit Indian Act that haunts and subjects First Nations to "other" status. Reserve systems that poison peoples' minds and bodies. Ignorant majorities that like to point fingers, call names and concern themselves with where the hip or most fattening restaurant is. While you can't cure stupidity, you can educate anyone to a point. You just gotta try.

Oh...and as previously reported on the DSC, instead of pissing money in the wind for that atrocity known as The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, those multi-millions could have went to strengthening the First Nation identity and sense of purpose in their stronghold of Winnipeg. But that...not surprisingly, wouldn't have worked for the Asper agenda, would it?

Good editorial about the crime stats and challenges facing Winnipeg. Written in 2012! Check it out HERE.


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In our last post we examined how British banking interests interfered with Colonial America's monetary system. We will now look at the development of the U.S. national banking system.

 Towards the end of the American Revolution, the continental congress grew in need for money.  In 1781 they allowed, Robert Morris, to open a privately owned central bank.  Imagine!  The very thing you had just fought against.  Shame!!  Morris was already a wealthy man but his wealth grew exponentially during the war because he had traded in war materials.  This new bank, named the Bank of North America was modeled closely after the Bank of England.  The scourge of fractional reserve banking was again practiced.  Just let me point out that if you or I were to lend out money we didn't have and then charge interest on it, we would be arrested for fraud, which is a felony charge.  The bank’s charter required its investors to invest $400,000 into the company, but when Morris was unable to acquire the necessary funds, he used his influence to have gold bullion deposited into the bank.  He then loaned this money to himself and his friends so they could invest it.  Sounds a little bit like history repeating, eh!  Well, that’s exactly what happened and after four years of economic disaster the Bank of North America’s charter was up for renewal.  That’s right, you see in those days, corporations in the U.S. were given charters for a specified amount of time and it was up to the corporation to justify why the charter should be renewed when it is about to expire.  Getting back to the Bank of North America, its charter was not renewed in 1785.

 William Findley (R-PA), who was the leader in the plight to get rid of the bank succinctly summed it up (1785): “The institution, having no principal but that of avarice, will never be carried in its object to engross all the wealth, power and influence of the state”.

 The evil men behind the Bank of North America would not give up so easily.  Only 6 years later, Alexander Hamilton, who was serving as Secretary of the Treasury, would cram a new bill through Congress establishing yet again, a privately owned central bank in the U.S.  This bank, called (The First) Bank of The United States would have Thomas Willing as its president, the very same man who was the president of the Bank of North America.  As you can see, this was a change in name alone.

 In 1787 leaders gathered in Philadelphia to replace the now outdated Articles of Confederation.  As noted earlier, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were vehemently opposed to the idea of a privately controlled central bank.  They remembered the problems caused by The Bank of England.

 1787 Thomas Jefferson: “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations which grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered”.

 Despite this, the bankers and their international criminals would not give up.  Somehow they convinced the delegates to not give Congress the power to print money.  The moneychangers would not settle for American prosperity.  They were hell bent on controlling America’s fate.

The same year that the First Bank of United States was established, Rothschild decreed the following:

Amschel Rothschild – “Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws”.

After a year of insane debate, in 1791, congress approved the bank on a twenty year charter.  REMEMBER THE YEAR 1791 and 20 years:  Important for Canadians and Americans alike.  Just as the Bank of North America and The Bank of England, the private investor money thugs did not put up their full share of the investments.  The government foot the bill for 20%.  So what about the remainder?  As usual these criminals lent money to each other and through the miracle of fractional reserve banking “covered” their liabilities.

Just like its predecessor bank, the Bank of The United States (later known as the First Bank of The United States) chose its name to disguise itself as a government entity.  And also, just like its predecessors, the names of the original stockholders were never disclosed.  However, one can infer that the Rothschilds were the power behind the bank.  Stability and the elimination of inflation were the “goals” of the bank and these were used as selling points to Congress.  Sounds good on paper, right?

But what did the bank do?  In first five years, the federal government borrowed a little over $8 million from the banks, and in that same period of history, prices rose by 72%.  Thomas Jefferson watched in horror:

“I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution, taking from the federal government their power of borrowing”. (1791)

Now there’s an idea!
Miraculously, people seemed to catch onto this scheme and the bank’s charter would not be renewed.

Read on...Part Six is HERE

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