Stumbling toward World War III

I'm convinced that Washington DC and NATO have no idea of what, exactly, Russia is capable of. The people now in charge have no understanding of what an out of control Russian army is like. Keep poking the bear, and you'll find out.

Terror Attack in the UK

Why are the British media so reluctant to identify the attackers identity and motives?

 

Auckland Terror Attack

The terrorist who stabbed several people at the Lynn Mall in Auckland today, turns out to have been known by the police. Not only that, they acted as a kind of personal detail tracking him everywhere. They'd been doing this for years. 

My main question; how come the police were right on hand, armed and ready to respond? Did they have prior warning, and if they did why did they not act sooner, as in before he stabbed anyone. 

Christchurch Shooter Theory

Persistent rumours in Christchurch, New Zealand say that there was more than one shooter involved in the terror attack of March 15, 2019 where 50 people were killed and many more wounded. This theory comes about because it seemed that the two mosques were attacked at the same time. Yesterday the Police put out the route the shooter took and so what I then did is drive that route and time it.

What I found is the route disclosed by the Police takes 19 minutes and 10 seconds to complete (19'10"). Therefore, there was only one shooter and the Linwood mosque was attacked 11 minutes after the Deans Ave atrocity.

This was the route I took; Deans, Harper, Bealey, Fitzgerald, Linwood, Aldwins, Ensors and Brougham. Along Brougham to the eventual location of capture on Brougham street just short of Strickland street.

Being a visitor to Christchurch he could have got to the Linwood Ave mosque from Deans Ave quicker by taking an alternative route, but that would only be 30 seconds or so faster. There are several sections of the drive where it is possible to exceed the speed limit easily and they are; Harper, Linwood, Aldwins and Ensors. Taking this into account and that the shooter would likely speed where possible (note there was no damage to his car), my time and the time he took are likely the same when allowing for time of day factors.

So rest easy, the Police have it right, there was one shooter and he covered the distance all by himself. Why then did Christchurch have helicopters in the sky every night for days afterward? I have no idea exactly, but at the time I thought the Police must be tracking the white supremacists dispersing their guns and drugs. 

Christchurch and South Island Terrorism

The terrorist who committed the atrocity on March 15, 2019 was an Australian. Looking into his background there is nothing to suggest he came to New Zealand to commit an act of terror. NZ must face the ugly truth; it is likely he was radicalised in Aotearoa.

Is this a gun control issue? It appears he may have broken the law in getting his gun license and one of the rifles he used looks to have been modified into an advanced E category semi-automatic, not the lowest classification A category the terrorist had a license for. Bad people can get guns any time, further gun controls just make it harder to shoot the pests which damage the environment. So more gun controls won't work.

What will work? NZ needs to address the climate of xenophobia and racism that permeates its society. In particular, the South Island where white supremacist groups have operated my whole adult life. They have extreme views and are readily violent. It is highly likely that the terrorist did not act alone. There was a great degree of planning in the attack and while he was the sole shooter, others out there aided and abetted him, find them and bring them to justice.

Then we need to be intolerant towards intolerance. Every day in NZ, the media give platforms to so-called 'hosts' on the TV and radio who foment unrest with their dog-whistling comments. These people are very sly, they're as slippery as eels, never going too far and changing direction or flipping quickly to the cause or talking point of the day, they're always chasing headlines and ratings. They don't care who gets hurt, today they've got blood on their hands. Call the media companies and let them know they have to rid NZ of their voices. Kiwis - you know who they are. 

Christchurch Mosque Shootings

By now the world will be aware that Christchurch has had a terrible terrorist attack. White supremacists have attacked and killed 49 people across two sites, the mosque on Deans Ave by Hagley Park and the mosque on Linwood Ave.

Many more are in Christchurch Hospital and are in a critical condition. Twelve operating theatres are in use trying to save people.

Arrests have been made but given the level of planning involved in the attacks, I suspect there are others behind this. We need to know who these co-conspirators and instigators are.

Schools were in lock-down all afternoon and they may have been targeting schools as well. I notice that in the TV footage of the arrests, one suspect was arrested outside Papanui High School, while another was driven off the road and arrested near Addington Primary School. This appears to be a remarkable coincidence, both suspects near or right outside schools and the police were telling all schools to go into lock-down.

Also, on Thursday James Shaw the Green Party co-leader was punched in Wellington and hospitalised. The assailant was reported to say something about the UN before punching Shaw. One of the suspects in Christchurch, Brenton Tarrant had UN Convention on Migration scrawled across the magazine of his rifle in photos posted online. This also seems to be a remarkable coincidence.

It could be New Zealand has a far-right terrorist cell operating in the country right now. The police have cordoned off Somerville Street in Dunedin (4.5 hours south of Christchurch by car) and nearby residents were being evacuated. Does this property have explosives? Or is this where the terrorists were making the bombs found in Christchurch on Friday? Police have confirmed this property is connected to the Friday events.

A bomb threat was reported at the Britomart in Auckland on Friday, the police neutralised the two suitcases.

Is anyone seeing a pattern here? If anyone sees anything suspicious or knows anything, please report it to the police pronto.

How Terrorism Wins

Terrorists want you to change your behaviour and how you think. They win when their acts of terror, or their threats of terror make you do what they want you to do or think the way they want you to think.

And so terrorists won when the organisers of the Christchurch Santa Parade caved in to threats of terror. Shame on you Santa Parade organisers and where are the police in all this? Why are the police waiting for a complaint to be lodged, when terrorism is involved they don't need to receive a complaint.

Here's the background: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/87072747/santa-parade-defiant-over-red-face-claims

Christchurch woman Michelle Flores saw the float in last year's parade and emailed the organisers this week to ask them to remove it from this year's event.

"Many people in NZ don't seem to understand how inappropriate it is for white people to dress up in essentially what is 'redface'," she wrote in the email.

"If white Americans or Canadians dressed up as Maori people with brown paint on their faces and in traditional Maori dress and had a float in a Santa parade doing the Haka somewhere in North America, that would be incredibly inappropriate right?"

But Santa Parade manager Pam Morris said she was "offended" by the request.

"If she had a good look at that float, some of it belongs to a tribe that I went to the reservation of in Buffalo. They know about this float and they gave me some headgear to use on this float.

"We have the blessing of that tribe."

Chairwoman of the Santa Parade's trust, Anne Jamieson, said the float would be included because it was a tradition that children enjoyed.

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Professor of Maori and indigenous studies at Massey University, Rawiri Taonui, said the costumes were only offensive if they mocked First Nations people.

"It is OK if they are dressing up in costume as a way of learning about that culture in a respectful way.

"If that is the intent we should support it. It depends on the intent."

And then when the float was paraded during the Santa Parade the Indian costumes were pulled from the float after threats of violence from a terrorist group:-

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/87194113/emails-threaten-to-set-controversial-parade-float-on-fire

First Nation and Native American costumes were pulled from a Christchurch Santa Parade float after one of the organisers received emails threatening to set it on fire.

Okay, so to recap; this float was approved of by the tribe who provided the Native American dress, but that wasn't good enough for the terrorists who issued threats and the organisers caved.

Well, there we have it, it's easy to intimidate New Zealanders eh. Wow. Just Wow.