Sep 12
There’s, yet another, G20 criminal going to court this week. This time it is Eva Botton, a BC based criminology (yes, that isn’t a typo) student from Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Botton faces five cases of mischief over $5,000 and is alleged to have caused over $160,000 of damage during the G20. She was also charged …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2012/09/12/another-g20-vandal-is-in-court-this-week/
Sep 11
Okay, so imagine for a moment that you’re on the funding committee of a government funded-organization. You’re name is Bob, and you’re one of the lucky dozen people who’ve been chosen to help approve funding & grant applicants. Bob’s all excited to be involved on such an important task. But, then, he realizes he’s stepped …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2012/09/11/an-ethical-tale-jannice-abbott-shane-ramsay-bob-or-jane-the-accountant/
Aug 22
The first fare gates have been installed in Vancouver and a photo-op was held at the Marine Drive Skytrain station a couple of weeks ago. There’s been a lot of controversy about the system- radicals think it is unfair to force poor people to pay for their rides, and others are concerned about slowing down …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2012/08/22/will-vancouvers-new-transit-passes-be-spying-on-you-and-who-has-access/
Aug 21
With all of the attention being paid towards the pipeline these days, it seems to me that the pipeline protesters are missing an important part of the story- perhaps intentionally. The big question is, what happens if the Northern Gateway & Keystone XL pipelines don’t get built? Will they shut-down the oil sands? Hardly, because there …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2012/08/21/pipeline-protesters-barrack-obamas-useful-idiots/
Aug 13
Someone shared an article from Vancouver’s Megaphone magazine with me today- there’s so much wrong with this story I hardly know where to start. The story is about how Darrell Barnes, a mentally ill man who lived in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) was shot and killed by the police. They first started shooting him with …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.genuinewitty.com/2012/08/13/mediawatch-megaphone-misses-the-boat-on-vancouver-dtes-policing/
