The 1931 novel Brave New World forecast that eventual populations would be drenched by false and meaningless information and truth would drown in a sea of dross. With youngsters cultivated to not […]
Everyone belongs to everyone else – Updated
Norm Farrell
Gwen and I raised three adult children in North Vancouver. Each lives in this community, as do our seven grandchildren. Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. Since 2009, I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA.
Important news from Alexandra Morton
I apologize for a second email so soon, but important news on the issue of salmon farming has become daily. Most astonishing is the warning sent today to Canada from former Attorney […]
Wrong, wrong, this is all wrong
Extremely Uptight Olympics Procession Director During Opening Ceremony: ‘Wrong, wrong, this is all wrong.’ VANCOUVER—Olympic Procession director Bryan Anderson, known for his vigilant attention to detail and his violent temper, was furious […]
The Commissar orders
Iranian Edition “The artist shall at all times refrain from making any negative or derogatory remarks respecting VANOC, the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Olympic movement generally, Bell and/or other sponsors […]
Olympic souvenir
A special Olympics souvenir to remind us of what the Games are really about.
Here comes the cavalry
As part of the $1 billion Olympic protection effort, thousands of visiting policeman, armed forces and security personnel are stationed in or near Vancouver. People have been drawn from all over and […]
BCCLA Legal Observers
From a BC Civil Liberties Association website: The Olympics have an unfortunate history of being associated with government activities that repress dissenting voices and “undesirable” populations. In China, dissidents and potential protesters […]
No huddled masses please
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and I’ll send them right back to you. Martin Macias, new media journalist denied entry to Canada, is not […]
"This won’t change a thing."
A good man and a large family is grieving in Boston this week after a tragedy of the sort every parent fears. Brian Burke, former Vancouver hockey linchpin, lost 21 year-old son […]
Once, there were giants
I have written here repeatedly about British Columbia’s mistaken policy of promoting private production of electricity. BC Hydro is forced to sign long purchase agreements at rates substantially above the likely wholesale […]
Olympics-enhancing drug use expected to rise
A leaked report from the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Integrated Security Unit indicates that authorities are worried about increased Olympics-enhancing drug use by spectators and television viewers. “We have reason to suspect that […]
Judged by those above you
One of the world’s leading global governance think tanks, the One World Trust, issues an annual report rating the accountability of international organizations. Examiners evaluate transparency, participation, evaluation and complaint and response […]
Shoveling something
We hear reports today of a truck fleet doing 500 km round trips, hauling snow from Manning Park to Cypress Bowl. Could this be true? Well, not likely, according to information that […]
The sad reality here is . . .
David Berner publishes a letter from former DTES cop Al Arsenault, he of Odd Squad fame, about drug treatment, or lack thereof. It’s all worth reading but this truth caught my eye: […]
What terrorists should do
Hillbilly Report
As others see it
The Guardian, Vancouver’s Olympics are heading for disaster This titanic act of fiscal malfeasance includes a security force that was originally budgeted at $175m, but has since inflated to $900m. With more […]
What’s six billion ?
This tidy stack of $100 bills equals $1 million $100 million fits on a standard pallet: $1 billion takes 10 pallets: What would $6 billion look like, you ask? Let’s put that […]
Helpful volunteers
Responding to VANOC’s plea for volunteers who are available before, during and after the 2010 Winter Game, a British police auxiliary known as The Space Hijackers offered to assist the Integrated Security […]
A lucrative dirty secret
A percolating story, one mostly ignored by traditional media, is the environmental risk from oil and gas activities in British Columbia’s northeast. We discussed it HERE and HERE at Northern Insights, with […]
Only the news we want to print…
In Careless or Captured?, I questioned Vaughn Palmer’s accuracy in reporting on private power initiatives in British Columbia. This week’s Ontario takes green energy lead while B.C. keeps blowing smoke is an […]
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The US influence extends it's foreign policy to unwitting allies with the UK and Canada being prime examples. With this…