False Creek Test Results

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ROLE MODEL OR BEER MODEL?

So what is the message here? I would say that the people in charge of the women's hockey team need to be taught a lesson. How about charging them,

supplying liquor to minors

supplying tobacco to minors

and why not slap a 5 day liquor sales ban on the owners of the venue?

Nice way to promote our heros, Molson's et al

As for the Women's team! GRRRREEAATT! And may their celebration be long and joyful and a little bit more discrete.

On the Water

The threatened fence from bridge to the sea floor in False Creek is not there. Under the Cambie bridge there are half a dozen long sausage like black rubber bladders strung across the waterway. On them a few signs with really small printing. Also tied up was an RCMP RIB with some navy and RCMP members on it. Even though they were tied up to the barrier, they had both gas motors running! As we got close enough to read the sign, the RCMP on board came out and yelled at us to stay away 50 meters. We suggested he up the font size on his warning signs as the encourage boaters to come close enough to read them. BTW, they mention nothing about 50m keep away. I guess the police had to look like they knew what they were doing there. I suggest, next time boys, read the sign yourself, before you start to try enforce it. You might have a different approach.

Situational Awareness

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As the protest left the VAG on Friday the 12 of Feb, there was an 2010 branded car directly in the way of the protest marchers. I took a quick shot and noticed the guy in the front seat seemed to be praying and then he got out and ran into the TD bank. Who is he? Why did he run? Who let them drive into the 4000-5000 person crowd? So this begs the question.

What the Fuck happened ? Did we not just spend more then a Billion dollars on security? Are the holes really this big? Could we not have taken the extra cops we saved, by putting the flame behind a fence, and assigned them to protection, or at least route planning for the 2010 VIP's?

Terrorism and the Owe limp ichs, Our Beijing

Canada's Criminal Code, describes a terrorist organization as any group that disrupts lawful activities to commit an act for political, religious or ideological purposes and that causes the public to be intimidated.

from the CCC: Definition of Terrorism,

(b) an act or omission, in or outside Canada,

(i) that is committed

(A) in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause, and

(B) in whole or in part with the intention of intimidating the public, or a segment of the public, with regard to its security, including its economic security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an international organization to do or to refrain from doing any act, whether the public or the person, government or organization is inside or outside Canada, and

(ii) that intentionally

(A) causes death or serious bodily harm to a person by the use of violence,

(B) endangers a person’s life,

(C) causes a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or any segment of the public,

(D) causes substantial property damage, whether to public or private property, if causing such damage is likely to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses (A) to (C), or

(E) causes serious interference with or serious disruption of an essential service, facility or system, whether public or private, other than as a result of advocacy, protest, dissent or stoppage of work that is not intended to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses (A) to (C),

...so it would appear to me that Vanoc and IOC organizations, fit this description. Moreover, if our tax dollars are being given to these groups, do we not become ensnarled in their terrorist label? Can we be held guilty because our money is supporting their actions.

Take to the Water

Forget about your car. Get on board one of the various water transit craft plying the local Vancouver waters. Small ferries service False Creek and bigger ships move people from Bowen Island to Vancouver. Try a new twist on an ancient tradition: High speed passenger ferries! Where else can you travel into and around a major metropolis by water? Sydney, Australia, they carry millions of people every year and offer a wonderful alternative to the environmentally harmful car.

Inukshuk made by Monty

Well for a ninety year old it sure looks like he still has the owelympic spirit! This is the first of his attempts at a greener inukshuk for the POO limpicks.