Police reserve the right to take over activist groups for 2010 . . . the head of the 2010 Olympic police force has refused to promise that his undercover officers won’t take […]
Tolerating death and violence
Norm Farrell
Before retirement, I worked in accounting and small business management. I have published commentary about public issues at IN-SIGHTS.CA since 2009.
What we don’t know
Gas Drilling is one of ProPublica‘s Hot Topics. Be sure to follow their links to associated stories. In northeast British Columbia, environmental risks from gas production compound, while government eliminates oversight. The […]
A right to complain
Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President, was a racist who supported slavery and tolerated aboriginal genocide. But, he knew how and for whom government operated: Every man is equally entitled to protection by […]
Billionaire skates for Olympics
Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee has been pardoned, again. This time for his 2008 tax evasion and embezzlement convictions. The Korean businessman had been fined $109 million and given a three years […]
Some businesses still optimistic
CBC headlines, “Slopes are empty, Whistler Mayor tells skiers.” Mayor Melamed says an Olympic chill has descended, emptying the slopes. Apparently not all those in the hospitality industry have noticed a paucity […]
Vancouver 2010 Official Scalper
Someone stands to make millions, and allegedly, more than any other company in the events industry for the event. And he’s done it all with tactics that might be construed by some […]
Freedom of the press, for those who own one
Malignant media disables our flow of news and information. Accordingly, most of us are skeptical of content. It is noise to which we give little consideration.
The meaning of words
Terry Dion Ironbow, 29, was struck by a car driven by an RCMP officer, on the Trans-Canada Highway in Valleyview, at around 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 11. The officer had just finished […]
Here, there and everywhere
The Times, Dec 11/09, Terror police to monitor nurseries for Islamic radicalization Nursery-age children should be monitored for signs of brainwashing by Islamist extremists, according to a leaked police memo obtained by […]
Real and unreal
Sometimes, it is easy to separate truth from codswallop. Further Evidence of Richard Colvin to the Special Committee on Afghanistan Stephen Harper’s Government might be astonished to hear allegations of Canadian complicity […]
Bendy stretchy gang goes gold
Lululemon Athletica was publicly scolded by VANOC for unveiling a cheeky product line in honour of a “Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 & 2011.” For the […]
Her salary is $233,247 ? ? ?
“Maybe the salmon will return a year later,” [federal fisheries minister Gail] Shea said in an interview on CBC radio’s All Points West during her visit to Prince Rupert yesterday. “Nobody knows […]
Roots of policing by consent
Much of what I’ve written on this blog is critical of the administration of justice, particularly in policing and specifically within the RCMP. Critics suggest that I am naively unfair and misunderstand […]
Sliding toward totalitarianism
The Independent, Dec 3/09 Jerome Taylor: I was questioned over my harmless snapshot I was on the South Bank of the Thames trying to compose a shot of the Houses of Parliament […]
Enright talks to Kennedy, again
The Sunday Edition for December 13th, 2009: Introduction: Paul Kennedy is both the RCMP’s strongest critic and its staunchest supporter. With his findings on the horrific death of Robert Dziekański and its […]
CBC’s Michael Enright talked to Paul Kennedy
Michael Enright introduction: There are two public images of the RCMP. There’s the historical almost mythical image of the Horsemen in Red Serge taming the west, bringing law and order to a […]
News about the dark side
An editorial by The Globe and Mail, December 9, 2009: By giving out false information on the fatal tasering of the Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski, and refusing to correct the errors for […]
More artwork
Civic irony, but the mural is now restored
Update: voices heard. The artwork is restored. From Marsha Lederman at the Globe and Mail, Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural: The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal of a mural […]
Talking to the wind
I talk to the wind My words are all carried away I talk to the wind The wind does not hear The wind cannot hear. I’m on the outside looking inside What […]
I hope Canada hurries up no tolerance based rules. I also hope this country has at least a clue of…