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Filling a notebook is so gratifying. If you notebook collectors out there are looking for a sign to start using them, this is it.
#cave writing#tomorrow I get to crack open a fresh new notebook I'm so excited#i only have 3 of these notebooks left which should last the year at least#especially since I've got a dedicated notebook for novel drafting#i also bought a new pen (I'm only allowed to when I fill a notebook)#trying something different than my trusty lamy safari#from a canadian company#so that's exciting#anyway I should be asleep now
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something about the tiktok ban that i haven't really seen people here talking about is the experience of tiktok users not from the usa, which was, as far as i can tell, on the whole, very positive. it was actually really nice to, for a short period of time, be on a major social media network and able to interact with people across the world without usamericans constantly inserting themselves into every conversation.
usamericans kind of take over people's fyp regardless of where you're from. this is partly to do with the fact that the creators fund is only available to usamericans so most of the shitty content farms are from the us. then there's also the cultural aspect of the fact that being a citizen of the most powerful empire in the world is a significant privilege, and also a privilege that 99% of usamericans are seemingly unable to acknowledge, plus the us centrism and exceptionalism, plus the constant need to cast themselves as the underdog, and, well. it's annoying.
so, like. everything of what i've seen (which is not to say that other opinions don't exist, just that i haven't seen them) is that it was really nice when the usamericans were gone, and it kind of sucks that they're back.
#tiktok ban#<- for those who are (very justifiably) sick of hearing about this#anyway also important to note that 99% of what ive seen has been from europeans canadians and australians#and i can guess that for people from asian african and south american countries it was probably just their feed being taken over by#other annoying english speakers rather than usamericans#and the 'commonwealth tiktok' thing (especially the fact that its referring to specifically uk canada and australia#and NO OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES)#is uh. not great!#so im not saying like. magical utopia where everyone was equal#but im just saying that. idk there is no global major social media that isn't overrun with usamericans#and for about a day there was#anyway would be cool to hear from other non-usamericans!#especially if you're not european nor from from a european settler state#question is there a specific word/phrase that would include the citizens of countries like the usa/canada/australia/etc#but not the indigenous people of those places?#and no just saying white doesnt work because in those countries non-indigenous minority ethnic groups are still there under#the authority of a colonial government#and also im talking about privilege along the axis of nationality here as opposed to race/ethnicity#and the question of nationality gets complicated when we're talking about specifically the indigenous people of#an area currently controlled by a settled colonial state#ALSO also in regards to the fact that the whole thing was a trump propaganda stunt#and that there's now censorship of things trump doesnt like#its yet another example of how everyone else in the world gets directly affected by us politics#despite the fact that in this case the social media isnt even a us company#and not to say that it doesnt also suck for usamericans#many of whom voted for harris#but also. at least you got a vote.#the rest of us just have to live with the fact that whoever you guys elect will have a direct impact on our lives#and usamericans just don't experience this. like e.g. british elections have no impact on your lives#but your elections have a massive impact on our lives (and even worse for countries in the global south)
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what is the obsession with made in usa shit it's literally going to be more expensive and with the fucking problem of nobody being able to afford anything I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE EXPENSIVE RIGHT NOW
#it costs less to produce things in other places and import them than it does to make things in the usa that's why#you don't see made in usa items often because they're TOO FUCKING EXPENSIVE#now chinese products are gonna be more expensive mexican products are gonna be more expensive canadian products are gonna be more expensive#we now have a trade war with canada and mexico#for no fucking reason#because whether we buy mexican chinese canadian or american products#now it's all going to be fucking expensive#no the companies won't lower prices if he takes tariffs away they're greedy#hooray inflated prices#hey maybe the american products will me cheaper. than everything else once they all go up so much from the import tax#you know what won't raise so that we can afford the still high american products?#wages. because companies could not give less of a fuck if you're literally on the street in winter no clothes freezing to death!#and neither could the government or our president apparently!#us politics#politics#the usa could not give even less than one half a shit about any of us#except for rich straight white men
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#i keep seeing Americans being surprised at this & need to know if it's as common knowledge a i thought it was#polls#tumblr polls#TLDR for the tags: the strikes in America matter in other countries because American media is made in Canada a lot#if you didnt know btw yeah a lot of American shit was filmed in Canada#you can see it in the credits a lot but i know ppl dont watch credits#but yeah unless it's a very specific American landmark the movie is usually Canadian#easiest way is to check the bg for Tim's#second easiest way is to check the end of the credits for ''thanks to whatever local government for letting us film there''#you'll see the specific province#also yes same with games. & animation. alotta animation & game studios around here#i could go work for Disney or on the next AAA game without even leaving my city#i could also work on whatever next Netflix cartoon is being worked on#so when people are like ''i'm not from America i dont need to worry about scalping'' just remember#American companies outsource to Canada a lot because it's cheaper. & other countries too#even if you aren't American or havent been to America you can still be a scalper. you can still cross the picket line#so yeah the strikes in America actually matter in other countries#because American movies are usually only like half American#gonna go watch Spiderverse in like an hour. peace
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Got bored and out of curiosity started watching Pelswick again (mainly because I was looking up some old Sailor Moon dub stuff and they share several cast members).
As a kid I thought it was "okay" (as in, I'd watch it while I waited for the bus or was at a relative's house on a Sunday afternoon but wouldn't seek it out on my own) but honestly as an adult it's legitimately really fun. Some might not be into the art style but as a kid of the '90s I'm just so used to things like this anyway. It's actually a lot more edgy than I picked up on when I was younger.
I think what REALLY did this show in though was that I don't think anyone knew just who they were supposed to be aiming it at. Nelvana seems to have wanted it to be for a more "young teen" audience with most jokes aimed at that demographic (and apparently it airs on Adult Swim in Canada?) but the structure of the episode morals can get VERY heavy-handed- which feels more aimed at seven-year-olds (I'm wondering if this is Nickelodeon's fault. They didn't make the show but they were distributors when it first aired and have worked and still work with Nelvana, and had SOME say in production).
Maybe if it got more episodes that issue would've been evened out, but it's still pretty damn good on its own merits and in some areas is pretty ahead for its time. I feel like what really got in the way of what could've been an amazing show is just that the production companies involved didn't seem to be in agreement who it was being made for. Which isn't uncommon.
(And once again- not an official Nicktoon, as much as they used to pretend it was as they did Wayside and other imported shows. They had some say in production, but only as a distributor. I hate when companies do that because now Disney's retroactively doing it to Anastasia now that they own Fox).
#cutie explains it all#pelswick#the nick/nelvana stuff has always been confusing since you've got stuff like little bear which doesn't have any nick branding in canada#meanwhile in the US it's treated as an official nick production even though they were only the US distributors#but unlike the other canadian imports they still own the rights to this one stateside so i wonder if that was part of the deal#nelvana did it with early FOP outside the united states#then the backyardigans was being co-produced by both companies equally but started at nick#then wayside and my dad the rockstar IIRC they had zero involvement in outside of airing it#and it looks like the Cop Dog Show is in a similar boat to little bear (it's also canadian but not from nelvana)
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finally ordered some new nail polish (I have been wearing the same colours for almost a year)
#my new goodies? the same colours but in crushed holo instead of drugstore creme#somehow got it in my head that the company I ordered from was canadian but it isn't and I had to pay international shipping boo
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seeing that they announced an official plush today, just as i rly started getting going on making my own by hand ... i do not see it ... i am looking away .... this shall not deter me from my goal nor will it take the wind out of my sails.....
#the sleep deprivation is making reasoning and emotions difficult though. why do i feel sad abt this wtf 😭#its by m.akeship though and i .... have not rly been very impressed w their plushies ngl 😭#like they look fine and im sure theyre decent quality#but for some reason it just feels. lifeless? or very corporate idk#i also cannot help but wonder about their business practices and labour values. considering the Amount of product theyre putting out.#i would be very interested to know what their factories are like. where they are sourcing their fabrics etc from.#and especially how much they are paying their employees.#oh woah this is a canadian company??? interesting....#idk i just think maybe i am not a fan of anything that gets mass produced#I've become rly picky abt stuff lately fjfkdl like... how many of these are going to end up in landfills!!!#that ''landfillcore'' comment i saw a while back has rly stuck w me#I've thought abt all of this for ages now but that specific word rly solidified it in my brain#ANYWAYS SORRY I AM RAMBLING SO MUCH. many thoughts many feelings etc etc etc#trying to be mindful of the footprint i leave behind and all that. reduce reuse recycle. ''reduce'' being the first objective!!!#I'm a wet blanket sorryyyyyy i simply cannot help but think about things from an environmental standpoint lol#i hope the plushies that get made end up looking good and being cherished but i fear they'll be mostly thrown out/forgotten within a decade#not to say my handmade ones are much different but. there is a difference in how much environmental waste goes into the making of them ig#ERM anyways sorry again. me when i apologize and then go on to stick my foot in my mouth some more 😭😭😭#dandy.cmd#vent //
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I would say I have no explanation for this, but uh. I really do. Behold: the first ideas for a Terror IndyCar AU that has possessed me for the last 36 straight hours. It would not leave me alone until I put some of it to paper.



Behold: Crozier as an established, relatively liked, if cynical, driver, upstart rookie James Fitzjames, and Hickey, who is, as always, totally normal and not causing problems.
The art is rushed, but I needed to purge the demons as fast as I could
#i have never drawn hickey before. its not good but I'm tired.#as always my sketches look better than the final. it's fine. im not annoyed. not at all.#anyway. today? an AU nobody hut me ever asked for and debatably nobody else wants. tomorrow? the same.#thought i was clever for making Hickey's sponsor be a vodka company after Crozier gets sober#could Not come up with a suitable sponsor for JFJ. too tired.#in my head silna is a very competent canadian driver on crozier and jfj's team#goodsir is on the pit crew for silna most of the time. stanley is the lead mechanic#runs their shop like it's the goddamn navy and nobody ever knows if he's happy with things.#blanky is either a manager or the guy to talks to drivers on team radio during races#anyway if i ever do anything like this i plan to have crozier ultimately win a 4th 500#but only after james has a horrible crash that ends his season and many press people think will end his career#just so he can kiss francis at victory circle#look. i have very little to say for myself aside from the fact that i have been going to the indy 500 since i was 7 years old.#almost 20 years ago#and the IMS and indycar is very important to me. one of the few sports i care about and want to follow more.#so. uh. yeah. watch this space bc it will probably keep bothering me bc I Need It.#(also very silly but i tried to make crozier and james's drivers suits have shoulder shapes like epaulettes. i thought that was fun)#again sorry for the quality but i drew all of this in like 4 hours today. i am a woman Possessed.#anyway im gonna crawl back into my cringe hole. see y'all#the terror
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#i am not interested in buying a qs/mp figurine bc tbh i dont trust them w the money lol#but i went to look at the prices (50cad skull emoji) and the shipping??? bro 23cad at the lowest?? to get to toronto??? (my ref point)#(sidenote: the price of the figures is whatever hopefully theyre actually well made and worth it)#but assuming theyre shipping from some warehouse in the us wtf do you mean 23 dollars shipping to canada#i say like its not the norm for me this is why i dont buy shit online#esp from american companies#theyre always like ''free shipping to continental states :) not canada tho :)''#soeey i just. compared the prices between detroit and windsor (canadian detroit. they look like one city if u look at a map lol)#and 23 dollar for windsor... and detroit? 4. four dollars. literally a couple km difference for the adresses i chose.#and this is the LOWEST. you can pick higher shipping costs if you want express shipping? get ready to pay 35-60 dollars#citric complaints
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stranger things merchandise is so god damned goofy. why are there so many highly detailed figures of the demogorgon and vecna? like who fucking cares?? can we get at least ONE nicer, full-sized figure of steve? why do we need 4678399 different funko products for this franchise?? can they collab with mcfarlane toys again to give characters like steve and nancy nice figures?? perhaps neca? neca has a great line of horror figures!! i would buy a steve one in a heart beat!
#thoughts about media#noah fence but some of the companies they DO collab with make the most unappealing fucking looking figures i have ever seen#why would i pay like 60 canadian for that shit my guy#like the mcfarlane line has a bunch of variations of the party excluding max#AND FUCKING BARB FOR SOME REASON???????#then they go and collab with playmates because of the tmnt x st figure line and that's the official tmnt figure maker#so like clearly they are willing to compromise with another ip in the merchandise making process#like why the fuck not neca bitch collab with fucking neca and make figures of different characters#neca figures look good and are affordable#i love my neca ghostface!!!!!#and they've done figures for all sorts of horror icons... from ghostface to candyman to pennywise to michael myers!!!!!!!#i would kill for a steve figure done by neca T_____T#or one at all cause all this guy's got is fucking funkos despite being as popular as eleven#like why the fuck does eddie have more figures than fucking steve???????#i love eddie but he is not and will never be steve#this entire train of thought was spurred by how genuinely impressed i am by the good quality of the spiderverse figures#and the variety of characters that actually got merchandise#st pick it the FUCK UP
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Random little life update but every supermarket's bread and fresh produce is totally out (took these about an hour ago 😭) a few local farmers with small stalls still have stuff but it's running out too now. Marches and roadblocks are still going.... but at least there's no police drama in my town today or people getting hurt like there was yesterday (at least so far).
#also speaking of neocolonialism#I just want you all to know this company put a canadian flag on the land they took..... girl 😭 get the fuck outta here!#its our independence day today (from colombia) but most people i know are gonna continue protesting instead of celebrate like normal#🐊
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sorry that accent post has me laughing about my next hound’s name which has been predetermined as tire iron bc it makes my roommate laugh so hard at how that comes out
#also thinking about my ex from canada who they and their mom would both fawn over my ‘southern’ accent#i have another canadian friend who agrees it’s not as thick as my one friend’s for sure#gets thicker depending on company tho#i need to email jason about litter plans for 25#hmmm#counterpoint: my companion show dog i know will be bred next year named tire iron
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i think something to keep in mind about The USAmerican Internet etc. is that that concept only applies to the internet in English - while neither USAmericans nor English speakers are even close to the majority of the world's population, the majority of English-speakers(/readers) (particularly native ones) ARE USAmericans. i think to some extent you get the same phenomenon with other languages - my (Latvian) family speak Russian, and a lot of the Russian Internet assumes that the reader...... is Russian
so sorry for the late response to this ask. it was likely old when I saw it and then I thought about it for a couple days. I might also have forgotten exact details on what the original post said
I don't have any experience with non english internet; so I'm sure what you say is true. it makes sense that a lot of people make assumptions based on language spoken.
but since English is so broadly used globally, I think that to assume everyone is american makes less sense. iirc the original post didn't deny americans were the majority of users. the chief complaint was that being a majority meant that they had a blindspot to people who aren't in america, or viewed foreign countries with a very american lens.
to be clear I don't ascribe fault or blame on americans. but imho it would go a long way for more americans to treat the english speaking internet as a shared global community, like everyone else has to
#anon#its not exactly a topic i grind my teeth over but i wanted to give a thoughtful response#the most common 'not an american problem' i deal with is shipping costs and customs fees from american companies#some companies charge 40 usd for shipping and shrug if you ask them for cheaper solutions#they'll fill out the customs forms in a way that charges me an additional 40usd. 80-100usd for shipping#i dont think americans understand how that feels- they get free shipping and lightning speeds#some american companies simply dont care if high shipping costs turns customers away#but i only get free shipping from canadian companies if they ALSO offer free shipping to conus. bc they're trying to cater to americans#just as an example
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"Four Are Held Here In High-Grade Gold Smuggling Case," Windsor Star. February 22, 1943. Page 3 & 6. ---- Canadian and U.S. Police Co-Operate ---- SPRING TRAP AFTER TWO MONTHS OF WORK THOUSANDS IN PRECIOUS METAL IS RECOVERED --- By ANGUS MUNRO Bail of $5,000 cash or $10,000 property was fixed here this morning for each of four men charged with being members of a powerful gang of alleged high-grade gold smugglers.
The gang was rounded up and taken into custody after weeks of skilfully planned. perfectly executed police work on the part of federal authorities in Windsor, Toronto, Hamilton and Detroit.
Hunt Fifth Man Another member of the gang Windsor woman, wife of one of the men, is not being held now her identity rinsed by police. A fifth man is being sought in Detroit. Those held are:
Marke Lakich, 35, 1111 Albert
Michael Bich, 41, 775 81. Lake
George Birash. 47. 1366 Hickory
Sam Matijevich. 47, allas Sam Matheson, Hamilton.
All were arraigned before Magistrate J. Arthur Hanrahan in city police court this morning charged with at- tempting to export, or aiding and abetting the export of property from Canada to the United States without A licence from the Foreign Exchange
Bail Is Fixed
Only Malijevich was represented by counsel. Major J. Ernest Zeron, his lawyer, asked the court if bail could be allowed and after consultation with police, it was fixed at $5,000 cash or $10,000 property. The four were remanded a week. Purpose of the remand is to complete further investigations that are being made by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Foreign Exchange and A. W. Anderson, RCMP whe appeared in court this morning along with Inspector W. Morphet of the Windsor office of the Foreign Exchange Ctrl Board, intimated that more serious charges are likey to be laid involving alleged conspiracy.
The four were locked up pending bail arrangements.
Industrial Workers The three Windsor men are on the payroll of industrial plants here while Matijevich has no known occupation. Matijevich was arrested by Hamilton authorities and brought to Windsor while the remaining three were taken into custody a week ago in an Ouelette avenue rooming-house where the police trap was sprung without a hitch. All are being detained in a downtown hotel under guard.
Not since the old rum-running days on the border have international enforcement officers worked more lovely nor more dramatically. For two months, night and day. movements of the gang have been carefully watched and records made of their every move and word. This was possible through one of the oldest yet most audacious forms of sleuthing known in police.
In constant touch with the gang and successfully passing himself off as one of them wan an unidentified special agent of the United States Treasury Department. Customs Division, who was known to the rest of the gang as Bill Brown. He it was who flashed thick rolls of bills in the faces of the gang and who met with them in hotel rooms and other points of rendezvous without once arousing their suspicions.
Perfect Come-on He was a perfect come-on. He cultivated the friendship of the gold handlers. He won their trust and led them, sheep-like, into the trap which ended their activities and may send them to prison.
Authorities here believe Windsor was about to become one of the main new channels for the export of high-grade,, about $3,000.800 worth of which is estimated to be taken illegally from the country annually after being stolen by miners of Ontario's gold mining north country. All the men taken here are known to have formerly lived in the north or have been employed by mining companies. The dramatic story of the grand round-up in Windsor was given to The Star by Inspector W. M. Morphet of the Windsor inspectorate of the Foreign Exchange Control board. It was confirmed by Staff-Sergeant A. W Anderson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The entire staff of both these offices have been devoted to the single purpose of gathering evidence, shadowing, trailing and checking movements of the men, watching trains hotel rooms, prate residences rooming houses, tunnel buses to Detroit, private cars and SW and A. buses. The gang and the Mounties in plain clothes moved in and with the city shopping crowds unnoticed.
Separate Rooms So careful were the authorities in avoiding publicity that separate rooms were engaged at the hotel where the men were kept under observation. No telephone calls were permitted to get through and only enforcement officers were permitted to visit the rooms.
The grand finale in the combined activities of United States and Canadian authorities came last Monday, February 13 when the actual gold was to be turned over in the Ouellette avenue rooming house in the men who were to smuggle it across to Detroit.
Gold sells for $38.50 an ounce in Canadian money in Detroit. On that basis the haul made last Monday amounted to nearly $3.000. A previous captured of gold was made in Detroit after it had left Canada. Ia value was $1.36732
While other gold seizures have been made in Canada's wartime history, they have been made only after the gold was out of the country and authorities had to work backwards from the U.S. side after the evidence had been seized by authorities there. Last Monday's climactic seizure was made before the gold left Canada. Here's how it happened.
Story of Seizure While the owners of the rooming-house and members of the family locked themselves in in upstairs room lest there be any shooting or roughhouse tactics, authorities engaged adjacent rooms on the ground floor of the house . In one of these the deal was to take place and the money passed over. In the other room were to be Inspector Morphet, Corporal R. L. Woodhouse and Constable J. M. Gallinger of the R.C.M.P. Allowing sufficient time for the money to produced and handed ever, the offices were at a given signal to enter and make the arrest. The plan worked perfectly.
The gang moved with caution. One of their number came on ahead to the house to scout the layout, Bill Brown, who was to buy the gold, posing as a member of the gang, said everything was okay.
Shortly after, the officers say, along came Lekich, Billich and Birush, one of them carrying the gold. (Matijevich was not in on this deal, but had been picked up in Hamilton on evidence arising from an earlier transaction.)
The gang talked for a while and finnally a deal was agreed on. Lekich and Birush were to take the gold w and Brown was to await a telephone call from Detroit stating that the gold had arrived before he would pay over the money. In "Button" Form The gold was in the form of a "button" or thick heavy slab the shape of the bottom of a small crucible. There were two of the one large one weighing 76 ounces and one small weighing eight ounces. They fitted tote a suit pocket without difficulty. Assays since given the seized gold proclaim it to be the equal of the finest produced in this country.
It was planned that the smuggling should be done in a car but the car wouldn't start and Birush returned to the rooming house while Lekich and the look-out man who had scouted the rooming-house made the trip in the tunnel en route to Detroit.
At the tunnel, both Leklch and the unidentified man were search ed. The gold was dienvered in Lekich's pin but as nothing was found on the other man, he was permitted to continue on through
Constable John T. Townsend and, Constable Walton Routledge. who picked Lekich up at the tunnel explained that they waited until he had passed the customs inspection and had declared himself not to have in his possession any property which should be declared. He was arrested just as he about to step in the Detroit bound bus.
Awaited Call Back at the rooming house, Brown and the others were awaiting the call from Detroit. This name but not from Detroit. This came but not from Detroit. Constable Townsend telephoned Brown from the F.E.C.B. office, stating that Lekich was in custody. This was according to plan. When Brown heard Townsend's voice he knew everything had gone as sched- suled, so he turned to the others and said that the gold had arrived in Detroit and that he was now about to pay them. He began to count out the bills. This was the signal for the others in the adjacent room. A minute or two elapsed until Bijlich and Birush had picked up handfuls of the bills. Then Inspector Morphet and the two officers stepped in through a communicating door and swiftly and efficiently Corporal Woodhouse snapped on the cuffs.
The gang had demanded to see the color of Brown's money before they would deal, so it was necessary to get $3,000 in Canadian funds to be used as come-on money. Authority was given to borrow it from a Windsor bank for this purpose, but it was an anxious time for Inspector Morphet and Staff-Sergeant Anderson while the money was in the hands of the gang. They were considerably relieved when it was taken back from Bijlich and Birush.
Throughout the entire period the assistance rendered by Brown was invaluable to authorities here. It was Brown who figured in an earlier deal 6 in which $1,000 of U. S. money was used to purchase gold in Windsor. The bills were marked and their numbers watched for in Windsor banks.
Wanted Bigger Game It was this deal which Lekich first figured in also. Because it involved a small amount, it was permitted to pass without interference, although under supervision because the authorities wanted bigger game.
Brown at that time flashed a roll of bills and said that he was not interested in "peanuts," he wanted "big stuff." At the sight of the money, he was promised a shipment of 300 ounces. The haul last week was far from that, but it was the largest so far attempted by the gang. It is belleved now that their scheme is nipped in the bud, although investigations are continuing and others may be shortly involved.
R. C. M. P. offices and Foreign Exchange authorities in half a dozen Ontario centres must be given a share of the credit for rounding up the gang. These offices are still hot on the trail. Two men are at present being held in Northern Ontario and others under suspicion. Their parts in the widespread, newly-organized ring, may be revealed within days if present investigations are successful.
More Important Even more important than these developments is the possibility that arising out of the present investigations may come evidence which will be strong enough to show conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Under the charge now pending there are penalties provided rising to as much as $5,000 fine or five years in prison or both, upon conviction.
Breaking the gang and scattering its members before they even got going has been possible only through the most tenacious type of police work. The Windsor detachment, R.C.M.P., the largest in Canada, by the way, has employed all its members. A small army of officialdom and staff members of other federal agencies from top men down to stenographers have played their parts.
Particularly active have been Inspector Morphet, whose days and nights for the past eight weeks have been full of the details of the investigation, often incurring the duty of remaining up an entire night or working far into the small hours of the morning. Supervising the widely spread police net, Staff-Sergeant Anderson has had his finger on all the multiple duties of his men besides carefully watching the procedure of the case investigations in other centres. A tremendous share of the R. C. M. P. work has devolved upon Constable John T. Townsend and his chief paid tribute to him and his fellow officers in announcing the part the force has played in the case.
Praises Constable "They have devoted themselves unstintingly to their jobs," he said. "I cannot commend them too highly. I believe that Constable Townsend has done an especially good job."
Both department heads-Inspector Morphet and Staff Sergeant Anderson -were lavish in their tribute to the United States authorities.
"It was the most encouraging example we have ever had of international co-operation," Mr. Morphet sald in speaking of the parts played by U. S. officers. He mentioned United States customs supervising agent Charles Wyatt, U. S. Secret Service chief George Boos, Captain Joseph O'Rourke of the U. S. customs border patrol and their staffs. In the work on the Canadian side he spoke of the co-operation given by collector of customs Thomas Clark in Windsor and Inspector William McKee, special investigator of the F.EC.B. in Toronto.
Names Officers To the entire staff of R.C.M.P. officers here, he paid sincere tribute,naming: Constables C. A. Lazelle, Walton Routledge, J. M. Gallinger, D. C. McCannell, Corporal R. L. Woodhouse, his own enforcement inspector George McGonigal and Corporal W. E. L. McElhone, attached to the F. E. C. B. in Toronto, He also had a word for the girls who have worked nights and Sundays preparing the necessary documents in connection with the case. Two of those he especially mentioned are Mrs. Margaret Campbell and Miss Winifred Hubbard.
The men rounded up, with two exceptions, have no known criminal records, but all have formerly been connected in some way with mining and are familiar with the process of high-grading. Matijevich faced a charge of unlawfully wounding another man in February 1940, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Bijlich, according to police, has served two years for high-grading.
The crime is as old as mining itself.Ever since man has dug in the ground for precious minerals, the temptation to get some of the easy wealth for himself has been present. The episode on the Windsor border is the end of a long trail that leads back to the mines of the north country.
Big Profit in Racket The immense profit in the racket is what causes an ever-increasing number of men who labor in the mines to take the chance of sneaking out a spare piece of ore. It must be an especially rare bit or it isn't worth the risk, but many such pieces are found in Ontario's rich gold country.
While following his ordinary job, a miner will suddenly come upon a chunk of ore that has the unmistakable signs of gold in large quantities. Despite all the precautions taken for years by mining companies, high grade ore continues to get out. This is difficult to understand when it is explain-ed that men working in shafts where the vein is believed to be rich, must undress before entering the mine and put on other clothes from the skin out. When they come off duty, these are removed and the street clothes donned again. Yet the $3,000,000 annually lost is a conservative estimate, according to mining men.
Once smuggled out of the mine, the gold is passed to a crude smelter. This agent pays probably $5 to $8 an ounce for what he believes there is of pure gold in the ore. He then takes it to a secret crucible somewhere - an ordinary Quebec heater has been known to serve - and with a few crude bits of equipment, renders it down to a molten state. Tossing in a handful of flux he is able to separate the gold from the unwanted ore and the whole is allowed to cool off. Then it is chipped from the crucible.
After this, it must be further refined in another crucible and chipped out. This is what is known as a button, one of which was found here weighing 76 ounces. This is sold to a runner who takes the responsibility of getting it to a buyer in the United States where the price is $35 an ounce, U.S. funds or $38.50 in Canadian funds. It is generally handled in lots up to 300 ounces. It is difficult to dispose of it in Canada because of the stricter supervision exercised over refiners. --- Image Caption
Officers Responsible for Arrests and Those Accused in Gold Case An international police trap, that clicked as smoothly as a well-rehearsed movie, has broken up what is believed to have been the beginning of a powerful gang of high-grade gold smugglers. More than $4.000 worth of the precious metal has been recovered and is being held as evidence. Four members of the gang are shown in the pictures on the upper right and in the group below. On the upper left, Foreign Exchange Control Board and RCMP officers are shown with the seized gold, part of one of the shipments. Left to right in the group on the upper left are: Inspector W. M. Morphet, of the Windsor office of the FEC.B: Constable J. T. Townsend, of the Windsor Detachment of the RCMP: Inspector George McGonigal, of the FECB; and Constable W. W. Routledge, of the RCMP. On the upper right is Marko Lekich of Windsor. who was arrested at the Windsor side of the tunnel with $3,000 worth of the gold in his possession. Below, left to right. are: George Birush of Windsor. Sam Matijevich of Hamilton, and Michael "Big Mike" Bijlich of Windsor, all members of the gang and former residents of Northern Ontario, from where the gold is believed to have come.
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Elliot Page: "It's extraordinary... I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life."
Oh dear, I watched this whole thing tearing up. I'm so happy for him. And I'm so, so, so, so proud of him!
#a really good interview#one would expect no less from Adrienne and Elliot#I can't wait to read Page Boy#Elliot Page#Favorite Haligonian#Favorite Nova Scotian#Adrienne Arsenault#Favorite Torontonian#Favorite Ontarian#Favorite Canadians#CBC#Canadian Broadcasting Corporation#Canadian Broadcasting Company#CBC News#Canada#Canada Chronicles#Youtube
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The official slogan for the CPC this election is literally "Canada First", you know, like "America First" and other MAGA slogans.
And let's not forget how Poilievre keeps refusing to get his security clearance despite rumblings about how the CPC is rife with foreign interference and because a security clearance would open him up to legal liability for knowingly lying.
Or forget how Poilievre has attacked Elections Canada multiple times, including calling them partisan, in an effort to get people to doubt election results if they don't like them.
Or how about we go back to the distant year 2022 where Poilievre was caught using an invisible tag on Youtube to court MRAs?
There's also how he's all about "provincial rights" but the moment a province doesn't want, say, a pipeline through it, he says the feds have to force it through no matter what.
And let's not forget how he complained about the government paying restitution to residential school survivors or how he's nigh obsessed with John A. Macdonald AKA the guy who was so racist other racists thought he was too racist at a time where racism was accepted and who served as inspiration to Hitler.
I know most people don't care about anything unless it has to do with the U.S. but can we please start talking about the Canadian election.
Please don't vote for Poilievre. He's basically the Canadian Trump and plans to put in place laws that harm trans youth, and lots of other shit.
Please vote istg this is the only way anything will get better. Poilievre has been kissing millionaires and billionaires asses. He'll make life even harder, and he loves Trump.
Reblogs are appreciated, especially if you aren't Canadian.
#there's also how he claims to support queer folk but voted against same-sex marriage#or how he claims to be pro-choice but voted for a motion that would opened up access to be restricted/barred#or how he fearmongers about the ~trans threat~#or how he uses far-right dogwhistles#and if you care about economics he's still dog shit there and everything he's proposed has very little effect for the average canadian#meanwhile the rich? yeah they get to make even more money because pp wants to give them more loopholes#just the other day he was at a modular home construction plant talking about how great they were#today he was attacking carney for... supporting the use of modular homes#you know how there was a time where trump didn't know what to do when biden stepped back?#yeah that was pp when trudeau resigned because pp's/the cpc's platform is attack attack attack and without a target#they don't have much to do#this barely scratches the service of how bad pp is and how terrible his plans are or how he cozied up with the far right#up until the trade war started and carney was made liberal leader#not because he doesn't agree with the far right but because canadians went 'fuck no' so pp's numbers in the polls plummeted#it's only recently he's been all about 'canada first'#there's also something to be said about how he thought/thinks no one should be a lifelong politician#but is a lifelong politician (he only had one job not in politics and that was delivering papers as a boy)#or about how he's repeatedly attacked singh for having a pension while having a larger one himself#or that he's been able to access the whole thing for 15 years#like... he's nasty and doesn't have a policy or platform that isn't attacking someone else#oh and how he repeatedly talks about how bad the cbc is and he wants to defund them which would put a lot of people out of work#but he's all about canadian jobs and employing canadians#just ignore how much of canadian news is owned by american billionaires and how cbc news isn't#(even though i'd say it's largely centrist and right of centre depending on the journalist—is certainly not 'far left')#it's also wtf that one of his promises is to increase military spending based on surplus money from trading with the us#you know the country we're in a trade war with and companies are frantically trying to diversify away from#his press conferences and rallies are also miserable to watch because he talks about how horrible canada is#it's just negative after negative after negative
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