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Bonnie Henry’s ‘not-a-lockdown’ Christmas Lockdown

Published December 16, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, The Great Nanny State


Merry Lockdown Christmas!

On December 7, 2020, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's High Priestess of COVID, was asked whether she thought British Columbians "will be on board with basically being locked down for Christmas?” “This is not a lockdown, clearly,” Bonnie Henry replied, a smirk on her face. Then she described a key element of a lockdown. “But yes, these are the restrictions that we’ve had in place. … [Read more...]

Undercover RCMP Refused Entry to Fraser Valley Churches

Published December 14, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, The Great Nanny State


Church of Walmart vs Church of Christ

I never believed I would live long enough to see religious freedom under blatant attack in Canada. I was wrong. On Sunday, December 6th, a pair of undercover RCMP officers attempted to attend worship services at three Lower Mainland churches. Their crime? Holding regular Sunday worship services in defiance of Dr. Bonnie Henry's order banning all worship … [Read more...]

COVID: It’s not about health, it’s about keeping those ants in line

Published December 11, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, The Great Nanny State


Bonnie Henry's Edicts aren't about health, they're about keeping people compliant

“You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up! Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It’s not about food. It’s about keeping those ants in line.” – Hopper, A Bug’s Life Preamble I never intended to get involved in the COVID debate. My preference was to simply to watch it … [Read more...]

All Hail the High Priestess of COVID – Dr. Bonnie Henry

Published December 10, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Bureaucrat’s Rule #1, The Great Nanny State


Bonnie Henry: All Hail the High Priestess of COVID

If COVID is the new god then Bonnie Henry is its High Priestess. On Tuesday, December 8th, the High Priestess of COVID published the latest version of her bastardized commandments. If the restrictions that follow make no sense to you, don’t worry your pretty little head over them. This doesn’t have to make sense. It’s government policy. All Hail the High Priestess of … [Read more...]

Maryam Monsef: Minister of Women Slashes Funding to Women’s Shelters

Published June 2, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Stupid Human Tricks


Maryam Monsef: Minister of Women Slashes Funding to Women's Shelters

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government keeps telling us how woke they are, how important women’s rights are, yet Maryam Monsef, Trudeau’s Minister of Women and Gender Equality, just slashed funding to programs designed to help abused women trapped in the world of human trafficking. Megan Walker, executive director of the London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC), said her … [Read more...]

BC’s Residential Tenancy Branch: Where the Rules are More Important Than People

Published March 13, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Bureaucrat’s Rule #1, Common Sense, Property Rights, Rights


Residential Tenancy Branch Where The Rules Are More Important Than People

At some point common sense must trump rigid bureaucrats and their blind obedience to the rules. That point won’t be today for landlord Jason Rivero who rented an apartment to, unknown to him, a convicted killer in November 2018. Alexander Tanasescu did not disclose his manslaughter conviction to Jason Rivero when he rent Rivero's apartment. On January 10, 2020, … [Read more...]

Dr. Mike Ackermann’s Answer to RCMP Unfinished Receiver Edict

Published June 14, 2017 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence


Dr. Mike Ackermann is one of my favourite people.  He's intelligent and has a heart bigger than the Atlantic ocean. He's on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) and devotes incredible amounts of time, energy and money to defending our firearm rights. He's also mischieveous and willing to put Government in its place without a moment's … [Read more...]

Britain Votes to Leave EU, PM David Cameron Resigns and World Freaks Out!

Published June 25, 2016 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Guns


#Brexit It's was historic day that had Britain vote to leave the European Union, David Cameron resign as British Prime Minister, the British Pound drop 12% overnight and world stock markets go absolutely crazy. All in all it was a very busy day! There are numerous things I find absolutely fascinating about Britain's decision to leave the EU and the hysterics … [Read more...]

Ken Thompson Loved His Children by Brian Bedard

Published May 5, 2014 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Courts, Justice Denied


by Brian Bedard I admit I never gave much thought to Family Law. Like many people looking from the outside in, I figured our court system was designed to serve justice, and I thought that people who complained about it were probably just disgruntled about their own obligations. I was brought up to take responsibility for my actions and to respect authority. Of course, once I … [Read more...]

The RCMP Hates Only One Thing More Than Firearms: Firearm Owners

Published March 1, 2014 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Abuse of Police Authority, Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Gun Politics, Guns, Police, RCMP Accountability


The priorities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are screwed up. You may think tracking down child pornographers might be a bigger priority for RCMP investigators but I suspect you would be wrong. The RCMP seems far more intent on tracking down law-abiding gun owners and building files on them instead. In 2013 and 2013, for example, the RCMP spent $1 million on … [Read more...]

CSIS Does “End-Run” Around Privacy Law to Spy on Canadians Abroad

Published December 13, 2013 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Courts, Police Misconduct, Privacy Rights, Rights, Warrantless Searches


It’s as horrifying as it is becoming routine: Canadian police agencies lying to Judges in Court so they can keep violating the law they are supposed to uphold.  This time is the Canadian spy agency CSIS that’s caught in the spotlight. Judge Richard Mosley wasn’t pleased when he discovered CSIS and the Communication Security Establishment of Canada (CSEC) lied to him.  Both … [Read more...]

Heading to the US? Be Warned: Canadian Government Discloses Personal Medical Records to Americans

Published December 9, 2013 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Privacy Rights


Is it unreasonable to think your personal, private medical records would remain, well, private? No, it is not. The Canadian Government, however, is not acting reasonably, as one unfortunate woman discovered as she tried to visit the United States to attend a March of Dimes cruise. Ellen Richardson, a 50-year-old disabled woman, was refused entry into the United States by the … [Read more...]

Even the Rich and Famous must suffer the Fools of Airport Security

Published March 28, 2013 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Bureaucrat’s Rule #1, Common Sense, Property Rights, Stupid Human Tricks


In the realm of human stupidity it's hard to do worse than the intrepid fools who inhabit the ranks of airport security.  There common sense is verboten and the ability to think rationally... well, let's just say it's not welcome there either. The latest entry into the stupidest airport security blunder ever this week goes to the Swiss... a prize that actually surprised me.  … [Read more...]

Unions and Public Sector Service Don’t Mix

Published March 4, 2013 by Mischa Popoff Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Justice Denied


If you need hard evidence that unions and public service don’t mix, consider that one of the people allegedly responsible for the sinking of the Queen of the North in 2006 is only now going to finally face justice. And you can thank the B.C. Ferry Marine Workers Union for the delay. Karl Lilgert was eventually fired for his role in this disaster, but only after his union … [Read more...]

Road Pricing: A new tax to pay what our gasoline taxes supposedly pay for, with added bonus of spying on us 24×7

Published October 27, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Politically Correct Madness, Privacy Rights


Government is innately wasteful.  It's a simple enough concept to understand really. When a group of people are not accountable for the money they spend there is no incentive to spend that money wisely. While a simple concept, bureaucrats and politicians routinely show they cannot comprehend it. Take the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and TransLink.  These … [Read more...]

Canadian Public School System is a Breeding Ground for Stupidity by Jane Gaffin

Published September 13, 2012 by Jane Gaffin Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Common Sense


Over a 100 years ago, when immigrants came to clear and farm Canadian land, the community members quickly built churches for various denominations. Then came the schoolhouses. The provincial government helped finance the structures that served the dual purpose as a place to educate the children as well as a focal point for all the communities’ social functions and … [Read more...]

Edmonton School Bureaucrats Are Morons

Published September 11, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Common Sense


When I say that Edmonton school bureaucrats are morons, I am directing my ire at the bureaucratic buffoons who believe life is a fantasy directed by them personally. Back in June of 2012 Edmonton school teacher Lynden Dorval was suspended for not playing by school bureaucrat's utopian rules that stated nobody can get a zero, even if they don't turn in a single … [Read more...]

When is your private property not your own? Whenever a bureaucritter of the Nanny State says so.

Published August 7, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Bureaucrat’s Rule #1, Property Rights, Rights


Michel Beauchamp and Josee Landry's front yard garden

We like to believe that when we make the most expensive purchase of our lives, our family home, we’re actually the ones who own it.  It’s a fallacy, however, as more and more homeowners, if I can even call them that, are discovering across North America. When we buy a piece of land and a house, we believe we can do what we want with that land and home. Oh, we’re such … [Read more...]

City of Toronto reverses decision to ban medal-winning sport shooters from Ontario Summer Games promotional event

Published July 24, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Gun Politics


Cockroaches and politicians have one thing in common. Both scurry for the shadows when the spotlight is on them.  In the case of Toronto politicians, that spotlight is public displeasure with their latest stupid decision. As I wrote yesterday, gold-medal sport shooters Chris Baldwin, 18, and Sabrina Sergeant, 17, were told they were not welcome as Ambassadors to promote the … [Read more...]

Ontario Summer Games Committee to award-winning target shooters: You’re Not Welcome Here

Published July 23, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Gun Politics


Politicians and bureaucrats have an incredible talent for sending precisely the wrong message. In this regard the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto have combined for a new all-time low: blaming two award-winning sport shooting youths for Toronto’s ongoing gun and gang crime problem. Chris Baldwin, 18, and Sabrina Sergeant, 17, are both very accomplished … [Read more...]

Poorly-Written Laws Are Criminal by Jane Gaffin

Published July 7, 2012 by Jane Gaffin Filed Under: Abuse of Police Authority, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Constitutional Violations


"To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of (any nation’s) system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the laws will supersede the Constitution; and, finally, the will of the Executive, by influence of its patronage, will supersede the … [Read more...]

Pro-Gun Groups praise Vic Toews for ending “back-door” registry, but did he really?

Published June 16, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Canada's Firearms Act, Courts, Gun Politics, Gun Registration


After Bill C-19 passed and was proclaimed into law Canada’s so-called “Long Gun Registry” was officially dead.  Except that it wasn’t. The law said it was, but the RCMP is still dragging its heels when it comes to actually deleting the data contained in the registry database.   They claimed it will take months to work out the details of how to delete the data which is, to be … [Read more...]

Zero Tolerance = Zero Common Sense = Zero Justice

Published February 25, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Abuse of Police Authority, Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Canada's Firearms Act, Charter of Rights and Freedoms Breaches, Common Sense


The case of Jessie Sansone and his ordeal at the hands of the Almighty State should sound the alarm bells deep inside every Canadian's brain. Three government agencies, all now abdicating responsibility for the fiasco, combined for a perfect storm of abuse upon Jessie Sansone, all because his 4-year-old daughter drew a picture of her dad holding a gun. NEWS FLASH! … [Read more...]

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews: Are you really as incompetent as your protestations make you appear?

Published February 19, 2012 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Courts, Oppose Bill C-30, Political Antics


I couldn't help but laugh as I read reports that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is suddenly shocked to learn what Bill C-30,the "Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act", actually contains. I find this odd, since I've listened to him defend Bill C-30 repeatedly and blather on endlessly about how police can never abuse their powers under this act; that he is … [Read more...]

The United Nations Needs Dismantling

Published February 18, 2012 by Jane Gaffin Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence


The United Nations is not a secret organization. Everything said and done at the United Nations level is printed, published and online in the form of books, papers, documents and YouTube videos. The problem is that much is written in invisible ink and the reader must possess the uncanny ability to read between the lines; every word is couched in innocuous-sounding, … [Read more...]

Gun Owners Continue to Face Criminal Charges for a Law That Doesn’t Exist

Published February 15, 2012 by Jane Gaffin Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Canada's Firearms Act, Charter of Rights and Freedoms Breaches, Constitutional Violations, Gun Politics, Guns, Property Rights, Rights


I am flipping tired of the unmitigated hubris that continues to spur Canada’s game-playing cops and court system in their indefatigable zeal to prosecute innocent gun owners with the same pesky, recycled sections of the Canadian Firearms Act. In order to demonize gun owners to the hilt, the Government of Canada saw its way clear, at the behest of the United Nations, to dump … [Read more...]

Truth: The Most Deadly Weapon

Published December 28, 2011 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Big Brother, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Guns


Truth is a funny thing. In today’s world, truth has become relative, not a certainty as it was in times past. Today, truth is whatever those in Power say it is, and when someone is able to prove them wrong, that someone usually disappears and is never heard from again. What prompted this little musing? I’m signed up for a list of Freedom-related quotes, and … [Read more...]

Tom MacLachlan: Bureaucrat’s Rule #1 sucks, doesn’t it?

Published December 17, 2011 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence, Bureaucrat’s Rule #1


Tom MacLachlan was just doing what I’ve personally done numerous times…  he was dropping coins into parking meters to prevent a couple of total strangers from getting a parking ticket. I must admit, there is an odd pleasure that comes from knowing you’ve prevented someone from getting a parking ticket.  That feeling is enhanced, even more strangely, by the knowledge that the … [Read more...]

Update: When cops can’t be bothered to do the jobs they’re paid to do…

Published December 10, 2011 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence


Fredericton Police Chief Barry MacKnight

On Thursday, in an article titled "When cops can't be bothered to do the jobs they're paid to do, they ask for civilian volunteers?", I wrote about how Fredericton Police Chief Barry MacKnight wanted civilians volunteers to set up and operate speed traps for the Fredericton Police while they do other, unspecified tasks. Naturally, I didn’t think much of the idea, but I’m … [Read more...]

This decision was moronic even by TSA standards…

Published December 7, 2011 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Bureaucratic Incompetence


The US Transportation and Safety Administration (TSA) is hardly the most intelligent bunch in the world.  The TSA is made up of thugs empowered by the Patriot Act to use, abuse, sexually molest and otherwise harass travelers who are silly enough or desperate enough to want to fly. I’ve written before on some of the more asinine things the TSA has done, including the forced … [Read more...]

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