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Dear Pipeline Protesters – an open letter

Published

7 years ago

4 minute read

By: Cory G. Litzenberger, CPA, CMA, CFP, C.Mgr – President & Founder of CGL Strategic Business & Tax Advisors

Dear pipeline protesters,

If I asked you to plug in 73 items in your home, could you? Even if you could, now what if I asked you to plug-in 1,100?

How about starting with 175 items… then ask you to do 10,700 items?

I’m guessing you would need to do some restructuring to be able to have that many items needing power.

Welcome to China.

In the mid-1980s, Chinese communities like Yiwu and Shenzhen were only 73,000 and 175,000 people respectively; and now they are now over 1.1 Million and 10.7 Million people.

Much of the power generation for this needed upgrade is coming from coal.

The main port? Vancouver.

Yes, according to a National Post article:
Yes, anti-pipeline Vancouver really is North America’s largest exporter of coal
anti-pipeline BC is home to the largest coal exporting port in North America and going through a $275 Million upgrade.

If the BC NDP/Green politicians aligning with anti-pipeline protestors are ever going to help China get off massive pollution from coal, they need to help switch them to oil and natural gas.

I’m all for cleaner air, so can we at least get China to the next stage of energy consumption in society instead of leaving them in the coal mine with a dead canary?

Or is it, as I suspect, that you only wave the environmental flag in order to get votes from those that don’t know any better just so you can get a high paid powerful position with a pension?

Clearly, since you are leading Canada in polluting our waterways with raw sewage this must be the case.
http://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/04/11/we-really-should-be-a-model-for-the-entire-world-but-were-just-not-there-yet-advocate-on-vancouvers-sewage-overflow-problem.html

I don’t think you understand that pipelines aren’t just about oil and gas.

Pipelines are about transporting items in an efficient, cost-effective, non-air polluting way (then say by train or tractor-trailer) all while the same time freeing up cargo spaces on trains and highways for other things that can’t be shipped by a pipeline to help all Canadians.

Things that can’t be shipped in a pipeline, like wind turbines, solar panels, medical equipment, groceries, produce, grain, potash, home building tools & materials, etc.

Are pipeline protestors against transporting medical supplies and equipment to help those that need it?

Are pipeline protestors against feeding the world with our grain?

Are pipeline protestors against building homes and shelters for those that need one?

Maybe pipeline protestors are against us building solar farms and wind turbines for energy production?

I haven’t even talked about the economic impact all of these can do to provide a better quality of life, food, shelter, and healthcare for everyone in Canada.

But clearly, pipeline protestors must be against that too.

So please, if you could stop creating a dystopian society, we’d like to get back to building a better place.

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CEO | Director CGL Tax Professional Corporation With the Income Tax Act always by his side on his smart-phone, Cory has taken tax-nerd to a whole other level. His background in strategic planning, tax-efficient corporate reorganizations, business management, and financial planning bring a well-rounded approach to assist private corporations and their owners increase their wealth through the strategies that work best for them. An entrepreneur himself, Cory started CGL with the idea that he wanted to help clients adapt to the ever-changing tax and economic environment and increase their wealth through optimizing the use of tax legislation coupled with strategic business planning and financial analysis. His relaxed blue-collar approach in a traditionally white-collar industry can raise a few eyebrows, but in his own words: “People don’t pay me for my looks. My modeling career ended at birth.” More info: https://CGLtax.ca/Litzenberger-Cory.html

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Crime

Trump ‘100%’ supports designating Antifa a domestic terror organization

Published on September 16, 2025

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President Donald Trump is “100%” on board with designating Antifa a domestic terror organization following a rise in left-wing violence.

The Center Square asked the president Monday afternoon in the Oval Office if he would designate the organization a domestic terror organization following a spate of political violence, including the assassination last week of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“I would do that 100% and others also, by the way, but Antifa, is terrible,” the president responded to The Center Square during an Oval Office event.

The president didn’t stop with Antifa; he may also said he’d consider designating other groups, but wouldn’t indicate others by name. He said he’s talked with Attorney General Pam Bondi about bringing federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges against some of these organizations and their donors.

“There are other groups, yeah, there are other groups. We have some pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder. And also, I’ve been speaking to the Attorney General about bringing RICO against some of the people that you’ve been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation,” Trump said. “These are protests. These are crimes. What they’re doing, where they’re throwing bricks at cars of the of ICE and border patrol.”

Trump made the announcement during an event to announce a crime emergency in Memphis, Tenn. Several members of his administration, including Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and FBI Director Kash Patel, were present.

The president briefly asked the group, specifically the attorney general, for approval of the proposal, to which she nodded in agreement.

Antifa is a left-wing political group, short for “anti-fascist,” that has taken root across the country, especially in the Pacific Northwest. It has been blamed for several violent protests, in some cases involving government buildings.

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illegal immigration

Biden admin freed illegal alien now accused of decapitating boss

Published on September 16, 2025

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Quick Hit:

A Cuban national living in the U.S. illegally was arrested in Dallas for allegedly beheading his boss outside a motel. President Trump called the suspect “evil” and blamed Joe Biden’s administration for releasing him despite a violent criminal record.

Key Details:

  • Police say Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, attacked 52-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah inside and outside the Downtown Suites motel, where both men worked, decapitating him and kicking his head across the parking lot before throwing it in a dumpster.
  • Officers arrested Cobos-Martinez blocks from the scene, drenched in blood and holding the machete. He is charged with capital murder and is being held without bond.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Cobos-Martinez had been detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released in January because Cuba refused to take him back.

Diving Deeper:

Dallas police say chaos erupted Wednesday afternoon at the Downtown Suites motel after a dispute between two employees turned into one of the city’s most gruesome crimes in years. According to arrest records, 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez allegedly grabbed a machete and repeatedly hacked at his boss, 52-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah, in front of the victim’s wife and son. Surveillance footage shows Cobos-Martinez chasing Nagamallaiah into the motel office, where the family tried to shield him. Police said the attack continued until Nagamallaiah was decapitated.

Witnesses told officers they saw Cobos-Martinez kick the victim’s severed head “like a soccer ball” across the motel parking lot before hurling it into a dumpster. Shocked bystanders called 911, and police officers arrested Cobos-Martinez a short time later. He was found soaked in blood and still clutching the machete, according to an affidavit.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed the suspect is a Cuban national who was living in the United States illegally. ICE said Cobos-Martinez had been detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released on January 13 because Cuba refused to repatriate him. His criminal history includes charges for child sex abuse, aggravated assault, carjacking, and false imprisonment in California and Texas.

Following his arrest, Cobos-Martinez was charged with capital murder and is being held without bond at the Dallas County Jail, court records show.

The brutality of the crime prompted a sharp response from President Trump, who posted a statement on Truth Social late Sunday blasting the Biden administration for allowing Cobos-Martinez into the country despite his record. “This individual was previously arrested for terrible crimes, including child sex abuse, grand theft auto, and false imprisonment, but was released back into our Homeland under incompetent Joe Biden because Cuba did not want such an evil person in their Country,” Trump wrote.

“Rest assured, the time for being soft on these Illegal Immigrant Criminals is OVER under my watch!” Trump added. “This criminal, who we have in custody, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law. He will be charged with murder in the first degree!”

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