Luke A Loo

Car guy who yearns for better public transportation, #Canucks, hobby photographer, weather boy

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@petterssonbear Ivar Stairberg

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@weenreeno Whitest name on planet earth

[Upper Canadian Cavalier @UCCavalier]

His name was Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener of Kingston, Ontario, an infantry officer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

He was serving as an unarmed United Nations military observer with the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) when he was killed on July 25, 2006, during the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon.

He was stationed at Patrol Base Khiam, a long-established UN observation post in southern Lebanon. The site had been built in 1948 and was clearly marked. Both sides in the conflict had the coordinates of the compound. It was a white concrete structure emblazoned with "UN" in large black letters and flying a UN flag.

On the day he died, the post came under sustained Israeli bombardment over roughly six hours, beginning around 12:11 pm. According to the UN, the post called an Israeli liaison officer at least 14 times throughout the day to call off the bombardment much like the sailors of the USS Liberty did, and an Israeli official promised to halt the bombing each time.

The UN force commander famously radioed the Israelis that "you are killing my people." Around 19:30, the post was destroyed when the Israeli Air Force dropped a massive bomb on the site, a 500-kg satellite-guided 'bunker-buster' bomb that killed Hess-von Kruedener and three other UN peacekeepers from Austria, China, and Finland.

The aftermath was politically charged. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces," noting the attack came despite personal assurances from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared. As The Globe and Mail reported Israel expressed regret, denied targeting the UN, and attributed it to an "operational error", though it never fully explained how the error occurred. Much like they did during the "accidental" bombing of the USS Liberty...

Within Canada, the response drew criticism. Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed doubt that Israel would intentionally target a UN post, and even suggested the peacekeepers bore some responsibility by remaining at their post...

His widow, Cynthia, rejected the "accident" explanation and believed her husband may have been targeted because of his role observing and reporting on the conflict. Following a Department of National Defence Board of Inquiry, the full report was quietly removed from the department's website

The Centre for International Governance Innovation leaving mainly a news release described the incident as a "tragic accident".

In 2007 he received a posthumous decoration for "outstanding performance and dedication to duty" while serving at the observation post, for staying at his post until his death

[sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ @superTV247]

Canada’s public broadcaster CBC has officially joined the European Broadcasting Union.

This now makes them eligible to participate in Eurovision, and it is reported that they are very likely to do so in 2027.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@FARMER_PARENT @bigheadhcky What do you expect of the population when the US govt talk and act the way they do? If the players can’t understand why then that’s on them.

[ava @teapottoffoIi]

tkachuk brothers spotted in florida

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@Demon_Realms It oddly enough was a settling point for many Ukrainian Mennonites from Saskatchewan

[Benny Boy @Camel_Crushin]

You’re not driving an 18 wheeler. You’re driving a Hyundai Santa Fe. Make that right turn and let’s get fucking moving.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@tonysthoughts88 @BenSteiner00 He has a broken leg by the looks of it, that’s a year of his career gone.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@justBlakePrice The fact Qatar has been challenging balls like that all day really felt like something bad was bound to happen.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@cujoknows @TSN_Sports Horrible break, he’ll be out at least a year.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

Qatar had been hacking on challenges all match, clearly coached, really disappointing to have it result in a broken leg for Koné

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

TIL I’m Lionel Messi

[Barça Worldwide @BarcaWorldwide]

🚨🗣 Lionel Messi on being 'weird' and 'strange':

▪️“I know I’m a bit weirder than most people in some things... I like being alone a lot.”

▪️“Sometimes the chaos at home with the three kids running all over the place ends up saturating me, and I need my moments of loneliness.”

▪️“In those moments when I’m alone I can be just lying down watching TV or a match. Nothing special, just being quiet.”

▪️“It depends on my mood, but very small things, tiny details, can really affect me... If someone moves something from where I left it or changes what I had planned for the day, it can already put me in a bad mood.”

▪️“I’m very structured. If I have my day organized in a certain way and something happens in the middle that isn’t planned, I’m already annoyed.”

▪️“When I’m like that, I shut down. I don’t communicate it, I process it inside.”

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

@seanorr It’s giving Micheal Scott’s flat screen

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

What’s crazy is wemby had a play like this earlier in the game that had the broadcast in awe. “Only other person I’ve seen do something like that is Jokic.” You can add one more player to that list.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

This play will be replayed for years.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

I only really caught the last 20 minutes of play, but man no one could hit anything. Spurs were ice cold, the New York was barely chipping away the lead, OG was a rock for the knicks when they needed it most.

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

I knew the “cheers” I heard on the broadcast were piped in lmao

[Esfandiar Baraheni @JustEsBaraheni]

Trump booed very loudly here at MSG

[Luke A Loo @LukeBurtle]

A public request is extremely important optically, as well as it’s insertion into the public record. Feels like a no brainer as the public connecting the dots that the US has its fingers in the Alberta separation conversation, time to uncover it.