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BC IN BRIEF
RCMP raided a house in Mission, B.C., this week, discovering a large marijuana and cocaine distribution ring. "It was like a McDonald's drive-through," said Cpl. Jim Harrison, one of the officers at the scene of the crime. McDonald's issued a statement in response declaring that their drive-throughs do not sell any type of illegal drugs, although they are readily available at the back door of all participating locations. Due to overwhelming demand placed on the cafeteria in B.C. Supreme court, all prisoners meals will now be catered by a local McDonald's outlet. Defendants receive a Quarter Pounder with cheese, fries, and apple juice as a lunch time treat, courtesy of the taxpayers of B.C. Last week's promotional toy, Little Billy's Happy Jail Break-Out Kit, was eliminated from the happy meals for obvious reasons. B.C. Minister of Ferries, Gordon Wilson, announced a three month study of the video games present on all Corporation vessels. Expected to last until mid-November, the review plans to grade each game on the level of violence and, if it is found unacceptable, will remove the machines from the ship. Having already banned smoking to the outside of the ship and animals to the hold to prevent possible discomfort to fellow passengers, Gordon Wilson declared that operation "Waste BC Taxpayers' Money" has planned other studies for the coming months. They plan to investigate whether singing "Happy Birthday" and flying the Canadian flag is offensive to Jehovah's Witness passengers, whether having ranks amongst the crew is hierarchial and discriminatory to lower ranking members, and whether actually sailing the boat offends the sea-sick. The budget for these studies is estimated at $120 million per year, a mere drop in the buck of the provincial debt. This week the Journal of the American Medical Association announced their findings that repeated heading of soccer balls could lead to brain damage. And this week the B.C. NDP party announced that their annual NDP Picnic and Soccer Game will be held at GM Place, just before the leadership election. |
NATIONAL POST CONINUES IT'S PATHETIC EFFORT TO DISGUISE SPIN DOCTORING AS FRONT PAGE NEWS We'll give them points for chutzpah,thats for sure.The National Post has challenged the depth of the average Canadian citizens stupidity,and we hope that Canadians wake up and smell the cappucino on this one. In a front page story dated September 6th,the headline blared that "Huge Support" had been found for private health care in Canada.Whats more the poll was commisioned by the National Post and then reported as news.For shame.This is below even our own shoddy standards, and one can only wonder if certain well heeled types are disappointed by the earning levels of their HMO and pharmeceutical portfolios. The most insidious thing about this sneaky foray into misinformation is that the story incorrectly implies that if Canadians have "huge support"for private health care,by extension the support for public health care must be small.But it's all very easy when pollsters can easily be hired to create a predetermined false perception (in this case COMPAS inc),then report that falsley created impression as news.These sorts of results are easily obtained by merely making posing a question and limiting the choice of answers. For example The National Post could have asked as follows:Would you prefer to have A:Access to privat health care?OR B:massaging Conrad Black's sweaty bunyon laden feet every day for the rest of your life? Other poll headlines you may soon see in The National Post- HUGE SUPPORT FOUND FOR NEW SCRATCH N SNIFF BEAVER NICKEL! HUGE SUPPORT FOUND FOR U.S. STYLE INNER CITY CRACK GHETTOES FOR LARGE CANADIAN URBAN CENTRE'S HUGE SUPPORT FOUND FOR MORE KEN FINKLEMAN WORK ON CBC |