Halloween Week: The Bloodening

How the US (sometimes) handles terrorists:

As U.S. forces bore down on al-Baghdadi, he fled into a “dead-end” tunnel with three of his children, Trump said, and detonated a suicide vest. “He was a sick and depraved man, and now he’s gone,” Trump said. “He died like a dog, he died like a coward.” Al-Baghdadi’s identity was positively confirmed by a DNA test conducted onsite, Trump said.

How Canada always handles terrorists:

Edmonton van attacker and ISIS supporter Abdulahi Sharif was found guilty by a jury on 11 charges on Friday for attempting to kill pedestrians and a police officer. 

Among the charges, Sharif was convicted of five counts of attempted murder, and counts of fleeing from police causing bodily harm and aggravated assault.

On September 30, 2017, Sharif attacked Constable Michael Chernyk by purposefully striking him with his car and proceeded to stab him in the head and chest. Afterwards, Sharif got into a rented U-Haul and intentionally ran over four innocent pedestrians. 

When investigators searched Sharif’s vehicle after the attacks they discovered an ISIS flag. Prosecutors, however, did not file any terrorism-related charges.

Airplanes on which passengers are largely of East Indian extraction don't explode because Sikh extremists plant bombs on them. They just do that and the Canadian government wants you to share that understanding.

Nope because Quebec:

In an interview with the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Qualtrough was asked about what options the Liberals could explore as they plan out how to make their minority government work, and whether equalization changes — something often demanded by Alberta and Saskatchewan — could be considered.

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In the case of Quebec, the people of the province do not have to bear the full cost of their decisions to suppress the economic activities of mining or fossil fuel production, because the rest of Canada will make up foregone revenues through equalization payments. Some people might think that sounds like a good deal: after all, Quebec gets to have a high quality of life without having to dirty its hands with things like energy and natural resource production.

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Quebec will receive $13.1-billion in equalization payments next year – a $1.4-billion increase – while Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador continue to be left out even though Canada’s oil-producing provinces are facing deficits and hard times.

Also:

"Equalization isn't tied to any particular revenue source. It's certainly not tied to any particular pipeline," Tombe said.  "I think the connection is made really just because Quebec is a large recipient of equalization dollars and it's one of the more prominent provinces opposing pipelines through that province in particular."

What is Canada's (read: Alberta's) chief export worth billions of dollars? Oil. What does Quebec benefit from? Money Alberta sends it.

If that isn't a big deal, then Quebec won't miss those petro-dollars.




Getting a house won't be harder. It will be impossible:

The other major election announcement is a one-per-cent vacant home tax applied to non-Canadians, not living in Canada. There are few details on how this tax will administered, so we will have to wait and see how it plays out. ...

(Sidebar: if you could afford to buy a house in that region, a one-percent tax is nothing. This is done to not scare off Chinese property-buyers.)

The City of Vancouver has plans to charge a development fee along the Broadway corridor equal to $330-$425 per square foot of habitable space.

Wow! It's like they're giving the houses away!




How is that Singapore thing working out?:

North Korea said on Sunday there has been no progress in the North Korea-United States relations, and hostilities that could lead to an exchange of fire have continued, according to North Korea's state news agency KCNA.

In a statement under the name of Chairman of the Korea-Asia Pacific Peace Committee Kim Yong Chol, KCNA said that it would be mistaken for the United States to ignore a year-end deadline on U.S. President Donald Trump's and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "close personal relations."

No, because the Bible:

Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, an historic proposal that would upend centuries of Roman Catholic tradition.

The Pope cannot change doctrine. No one can.

Furthermore, the Church is growing in Africa and Asia and is sending priests to Europe and North America.




And now, Halloween-like traditions from other countries:

People from all around the world flock to celebrate Halloween at Vlad “The Impaler” Tepes’s purported home at Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania (although it was never actually his castle, and there’s been a long-running debate over whether he ever even visited the site). There are a number of guides and inclusive travel packages in Romania that offer tours and parties at Count Dracula’s castle for Halloween.