Not so Nice:

The latest chapter of Islam's war on the West delivered by a trucker named Mohammed reminds me of the last time I was in Nice.

It was in the early '80s. I was with a group of automotive writers from Canada and the US. We were preparing to rally cars to the International Auto show in Paris.

We were surprised to learn that people were blowing things up in the City of Light. Some automotive dealerships were being sent sky-high. Terrorism was not yet a daily media news event, but Arabs were suspected. At the time, it was news to us.

We were informed that it would be quite safe since we were accompanied by some tough looking guys from Interpol carrying suspicious-looking briefcases and featuring bulges in their tweed sports coats.

We thought this was perhaps unnecessarily dramatic, but figured, Oh, well. If that's the way they do things in France, who are we to question it?

But the process through customs was slow. The guy in charge either couldn't read English or was hired under some kind of a quota system that ignored actual qualifications. He was almost painful to watch.

And while this process was crawling along, we noted other passengers, wearing desert garb--hooded white sheets straight out of the Sahara--were waved on through, apparently no questions asked.

Naturally, we were quite mystified. Here we were, citizens of two countries which had made it possible for France to re-claim its sovereignty from the Nazi conquerors, being minutely scrutinized. Thousands of our boys gave up their lives to make it possible for Charles DeGaulle to posture as the liberating hero when they got to Paris. Yet, here we were being interrogated like criminals while people from the middle East were waved on through.

What crosses my mind now as I sit here writing this is that it is possible the French were practicing hyper inclusivity 40 years ago before it ever became the order of the day among the lefties here. No doubt they were world leaders with all that politically correct nonsense, too.

And now they are harvesting the results, and in the process, validating Donald Trump's chances for getting elected in the US. Let us hope the American electorate are paying attention to what's happening around the world.

In Canada, where we have been saddled with Pierre Trudeau's Charter of Rights and Privileges and those ridiculous Human Rights Tribunals looking over everybody's shoulder, it will take a little longer.

BLM Vs: LGBTQ:

The sexually indeterminate mob was held up Sunday in Toronto for a half hour by the Black Lives Matter mob with their own list of ridiculous demands.

Police Union boss McCormack was quoted as saying something to the effect that if the whole thing wasn't so stupid, it would have been ridiculous. I don't normally like to quote union leaders, but let's be honest. McCormack hit it squarely on the nose that time.

But that didn't stop all those opportunistic politicians from coming out in droves to join a whole crowd of potential votes.

While he was in office, late mayor Rob Ford politely declined joining the gay parade. He knew that the lefty media and some city councillors would gang up to sneer at his refusal, but did not hesitate to remove himself from that equation. He said he preferred to go to the lake with his family. How dare he?

Prime minister Steven Harper also had the personal integrity to decline the honor.

No one should be surprised if the BLM activists decide to stage their own parade next year, preferably on or about the time of the gay display just to show 'em.

Since there is no black in the rainbow flag, the BLM bunch can come up with something more appropriate to represent their slogan that Black Lives Matter.

If it were held on the same day, it would offer Justin Trudeau and Kathleen Wynn an interesting choice, wouldn't it? Where would they march to harvest the most votes?

Brexit

The British people's exit from the European union is a step in the right direction. Prolonging the huddle with the other European nations would have been definitely un-British.

Allowing councils and committees outside GB to handle their decisions for them would have been uncharacteristic of the Brits who, over the centuries, have displayed a strong tendency to do their own thinking.

But the British exit is not only a plan in progress. It is also a symptom of what is happening around this planet. It fits in well with that other significant electoral revolt--the Donald Trump phenomenon.

It seems the American electorate has had about enough of the power structure in their country and are prepared to see what someone outside the existing political loop might have for them.

It looks as if the evolution of our social consciousness might be taking us into another exciting era. Almost anything can happen.