Bus Beheader and Cannibal Vince Li granted absolute discharge by Criminal Code Review Board

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Vince and his lawyers enjoying a chuckle at the courthouse today

The man behind a brutal random attack on a greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie in 2008 has been given an absolute discharge.

Will Baker (formerly Vince Li) has been freed from any court-ordered responsibilities, the Criminal Code Review Board ruled late Friday afternoon.

 The review board said it is “of the opinion that the weight of evidence does not substantiate that Mr. Baker poses significant threat to the safety of the public.”

It based its decision on expert witnesses like Dr. Jeffrey Waldman, and submissions by counsel.

Waldman told the review board Baker must take daily medications and continue seeing a psychiatrist, and believes he will do so.

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A question Manitoba doctors, did his previous doctors in Edmonton back in 2008 believe he was going to continue taking his daily medications? They didn’t care, because he hadn’t been violent up until then. But his behavior was going to change!

Vince Li went off his meds, boarded a greyhound bus in Edmonton, during the trip he attacked a person unknown to him who was sleeping in the next seat, Tim McLean. Li stabbed Tim dozens of times, disemboweled and beheaded him, mutilated his body in the most horrific way, and then proceeded to eat parts of Tim’s body. He pranced up and down the aisle of the bus holding Tim’s severed head like a trophy. The stunned RCMP officers didn’t know what to do. They finally talked him off the bus after Li kept up this gruesome ritual for over an hour. Forever causing major psychological damage to all the other bus passengers standing on the side of the road watching this, not to mention the police officers, bus driver and a truck driver that stopped to help. Many of these people are suffering from severe PTSD to this day. Not to mention how Tim’s Mom has been affected for life. 

Li tried to start the bus, but the driver had switched on an immobilizer. He tried to exit the bus, but the driver, a passenger and a truck driver with a hammer and crowbar kept him at bay until the cops arrived.

What in the name of screwed up psychology are these idiot review board doctors thinking? For crying out loud. The doctors on the review board THINK Li will continue taking his meds, wishful thinking that puts society at risk if this hunch turns out to be wrong!

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The aftermath of the gruesome event

But what if Vince stops taking his meds? Is this not a possibility? He did it before. Is he just going to get disoriented and hear song birds in his head if he does? Or is he going to hear God’s voice instructing him to kill a stranger because the stranger represents evil, this is what happened on the bus according to what Li told a psychiatrist. If he hears these kinds of voices will Li buy a sharp knife and attack an innocent person in his apartment building or on the streets of Winnipeg?

This sick demented monster has the potential to brutally kill a stranger. What in the name of screwball back porch psychology was this review panel thinking!? It’s all about this ridiculous politically correct world we live in. Liberal forgiving attitudes that don’t want to rightly punish the most violent delusional fiends in society. This was complete crap that makes the term preposterously absurd not at all effective enough.

Hopefully Vince Li (now Will Baker) will not have the chance to parade like this in Winnipeg.

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“I forgot to take my medications, I am not responsible for beheading this man.”

PotSquatch with really bad hair conditioner stumbles upon TV report

A Massachusetts TV station’s live report from Thursday’s massive storm featured as surprise guest as ‘sasquatch’ stumbled upon the scene.
Standing in downtown Springfield, meteorologist Jennifer Pagliei attempted to report on the conditions in the city, but viewers were likely more transfixed by the costume-clad ‘creature’ that appeared behind her.


In a remarkable display of professionalism, Pagliei barely missed a beat when she noticed the abominable snowman ambling nearby.
As one might expect, the scene became somewhat of a viral sensation after it was shared on social media.
Beyond a bit of good fun, the ‘Bigfoot’ appearance apparently came from a Yeti with a message as it was revealed that the prankster was, in fact, ‘Potsquatch,’ the mascot for a marijuana supply store in Massachusetts.
This also answer may answer the question of what would possess someone to don a full body creature costume and dash around during a snowstorm.

Winnipeg Photos From Years Past

Some interesting photos from decades past of the old Peg.

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Main Street

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Construction of the Union Bank Tower 1904.

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Osborne Field where Great West Life is now.

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Eaton’s building on Portage.

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Old Empire Hotel on the southeast corner of Main and York. Burned down in the early seventies.

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When Citiplace was called Eaton Place. It had movie theaters back then.

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Majestic old apartment building at the corner of Main and Broadway. The building also burned down.

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The building had a pagoda in the courtyard.

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Building the Fort Garry Hotel 1913

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City Hall

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Main Street 1887

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Portage Avenue circa 1950’s.

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Portage and Main 1970’s

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Main Street in the 1800’s

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The old Royal Alexandra Hotel at Main and Higgins

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Main and Logan in the 1950’s

Historical comparisons

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Wesley College at the University of Winnipeg

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Birks Building at the corner of Portage and Smith

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Broadway

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Union Bank Tower and City Hall

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Hargrave at Cumberland

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Osborne Village

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Old CKY TV News Team with the gorgeous Sylvia bottom left.

Winnipeg does have a White House

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Portage and Fort

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Portage Avenue. Looking at the cars it must be the 1920’s.

The Amazing Twisting Jet Streams

Jet streams are like rivers of wind high above in the atmosphere. These slim strips of strong winds have a huge influence on climate, as they can push air masses around and affect weather patterns.

The jet streams on Earth — other planets have jet streams as well, notably Jupiter and Saturn — typically run from west to east, and their width is relatively narrow compared to their length. Jet streams are typically active at 20,000 feet (6,100 meters) to 50,000 feet (9,144 meters), or about 7 miles (11 kilometers) above the surface and travel in what is known as the troposphere of Earth’s multi-layered atmosphere.

While they are fairly narrow, they cover a wide latitude running north to south and often travel a very winding path; at times they can even fade away or break off into smaller “rivers” of air that merge again “downstream.”
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The seasons of the year, location of low and high pressure systems and air temperature all affect when and where a jet stream travels. Jet streams form a border between hot and cold air. Because air temperature influences jet streams, they are more active in the winter when there are wider ranges of temperatures between the competing Arctic and tropic air masses.
Temperature also influences the velocity of the jet stream. The greater the difference in air temperature, the faster the jet stream, which can reach speeds of up to 250 mph (402 kph) or greater, but average about 110 mph (177 kph).
Both the Northern and Southern hemispheres have jet streams, although the jet streams in the north are more forceful. Each hemisphere has two primary jet streams — a polar and a subtropical. The polar jet streams form between the latitudes of 50 and 60 degrees north and south of the equator, and the subtropical jet stream is closer to the equator and takes shape at latitudes of 20 to 30 degrees.
Six day Jet Stream observation ( February 4-9, 2017) by the The Weather Network
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Winnipeg is almost always above the polar jet stream. That’s why we experience the weather below.

An Insider’s Brief, but concise Biography of President Donald Trump

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The following excerpt is from former Donald Trump butler Andrej Timotej. He just released a short biography on the president. Originally from Yakastonia, Andrej immigrated to America in 1978 after being sponsored by ‘The Donald’.  Donald spotted him in the “How to Hire a Fabulous Butler” newsletter.

Andrej was known for receiving guests with grace and professionalism, his stellar dusting skills, table setting artistry and being an excellent receptacle for Donald’s vents. He was fired by Donald after he refused to move to the White House, preferring to stay in Trump Tower.

The excerpt

Donald has a gruff, overbearing demeanor, largely defined by his bigotry towards a diverse group of individuals– blacks, Hispanics, “Commies”, gays, hippies, Jews, Catholics, “women’s libbers”, and Mexican-Americans are frequent targets of his barbs. It eventually becomes apparent that Donald’s prejudice is not motivated by malice, but is rather a combination of the era and environment in which he was raised and a generalized misanthropy (Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature).
Donald himself is a hard worker, loving father, and basically decent man; nevertheless, he is bad-tempered and frequently tells his long-suffering wife Melania to “stifle yourself” and “dummy up”.
As he gets older Donald mellows somewhat, albeit often out of necessity. In one situation, he expressed revulsion for a Ku Klux Klan-like organization which he accidentally joined. On another occasion, when asked to speak at the funeral of his friend Moses Liebowitz, Donald—surprised to learn that his friend was Jewish—overcomes his initial discomfort and delivers a moving eulogy, closing with a heartfelt “Shalom”.
Donald is also known for his frequent malapropisms and spoonerisms. For example, he refers to Melania’s gynecologist as a “groinacologist” and to Catholic priests who go around sprinkling “incest” (incense) on their congregation. These have become dubbed “Trumperisms”, or simply “Donald-isms”.
Over the course of his adult life, Donald mocks or belittles not just most minorities (including blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, Jews, and Asians), but also most white ethnic groups as well, including the English, Germans, Irish, and Polish.
Donald often misquotes the Bible. He is Protestant, though his specific denomination is never stated. He takes pride in being religious, although he rarely attends church services and constantly mispronounces the name of his minister, Reverend Felcher, as “Reverend Fletcher”.

The mini-biography was released last week. Trump has promptly filed a $15 million lawsuit against Mr. Timotej.

The text above describing Donald is my rearrangement of a biography of Archie Bunker in Wikipedia. Do they not seem very similar in an uncanny way?

Archibald “Archie” Bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker’s Place, played by Carroll O’Connor. Bunker, a main character of the series, is a World War II veteran, reactionary conservative, blue-collar worker, and family man. Described as a “lovable bigot”, he was first seen by the American public when All in the Family premiered on January 12, 1971, where he was depicted as the head of a family. In 1979, the show was retooled and renamed Archie Bunker’s Place; it finally went off the air in 1983. Bunker lived at the fictional address of 704 Hauser Street in the borough of Queens, in New York City.

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Very Innovative Power Station

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Hydroelectric power stations are typically located near water sources, or on the source itself, such as dams on rivers. But Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station is located more than 80 kilometers from the nearest water source – the Mississippi river. Built on top of the mountainous St. Francois region of the Missouri Ozarks, approximately 140 km south of St. Louis near Lesterville, Missouri, the Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station is a pure pumped-storage hydroelectric plant, designed to help meet peak power demands during the day. During periods of high electrical demand, water stored in a kidney-shaped reservoir on top of Proffit Mountain is released through turbines into a lower reservoir, two kilometers away, on the East Fork of the Black River. At night, when electrical demand is low, the excess electricity available on the power grid is used to pump water back to the mountaintop. In essence, the power plant functions like a huge battery, storing excess power until it is needed.

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Although pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations are found all over the world, the Taum Sauk plant is notable in that it is a pure pump-back operation – there is no natural primary flow available for generation, unlike most other pumped storage sites. It was among the largest such projects when it was built.
Construction of the Taum Sauk plant began in 1960 and operation began in 1963. The two original reversible pump-turbine units were each capable of generating 175 megawatts of power. They were upgraded in 1999 to units capable of 225 megawatts each. In 2005, the plant had to shut down when the upper reservoir suffered a catastrophic failure releasing 4 million cubic-meters of water in twelve minutes and sending a 20 foot crest of water down the Black River. The torrent of water roared into the Taum Sauk State park sweeping away the park superintendent’s home and critically injuring his three small children.
The plant returned to service after a gap of four years. The rebuilt upper reservoir is now considered an engineering milestone, being the largest roller-compacted concrete dam in North America. To prevent another catastrophe, five back-up systems are now in place and nine cameras dot the reservoir’s perimeter giving 24-hour surveillance to crews manning the facility around the clock.
Before the failure of the upper Reservoir visitors could usually drive to the top of Proffit Mountain and walk a ramp to an observation deck at the top of the reservoir. At the entrance gate there was also a museum highlighting the natural history of Missouri. The power plant was frequently visited by geology students because of a striking example of Precambrian/Cambrian unconformity in the rock layers exposed by the plant’s construction.

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Upper Reservoir failure 2005

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There were no fatalities.

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Aerial photo of new reconstruction in late November, 2009