Newsbeat1: "justice" increasingly takes a back seat to "law." & Gomery: Morselli, Gwyn -- & -- My Friday Inspiration

While you read:

Washington Classical 1035 -- classical vocal music at vivalavoce.com -- I just love it; it lifts me out of the mire -- metaphorically washing away the corruption and slime when I see the name Pickton or Homulka or . . . . fill in your worst news item characters. I highly recommend this.



"justice" increasingly takes a back seat to "law."

What's the holdup? -- Bre-X, via several lengthy cases give some idea via Newsbeat1, May 27, Peter Worthington, Toronto Sun.

Worthington takes the reader quickly through a problem with our justice system using the cases of: Robert Pickton, "the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963, and the subsequent assassination of his alleged slayer, Lee Harvey Oswald, by Jack Ruby. ", Paul Bernardo. O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake & Michael Jackson (why should I care about these two?) and Clifford Olson.




GOMERY INQUIRY: 'I wasn't the big boss,' ex-fundraiser tells inquiry -- Caterer was asked by Chrétien friend to restore funding for music festivals Tu Thanh Ha, May 27, 05, Globe and Mail


Why we've sunk so low in politics Richard Gwyn, May 27, 05

What's striking about the sponsorship scandal is that it should have happened in the affluent, educated, urbanized, international-minded society that we've become — so utterly unlike the rural, parochial Canada of long ago.

What's really striking is that when it happened we, unlike our ruder, cruder ancestors, have, quite unlike them, essentially looked the other way. [. . . . ]

And, to paraphrase Newsbeat1, where were the mainstream media journalists such as Richard Gwyn and his ilk during the time that the corruption was occurring?

My guess -- printing whatever the Liberal government released -- presenting propaganda as news. This is endemic in the best of possible, medicared, diversified, linguistically bought, though not paid for Canada.




A Friday Diversion:

A Light Dawns -- Business -- once the new marijuana legislation passes

For BC entrepreneurs: find a businessman with an airline--or a shipping company--and other businesses such as sun destinations and real estate abroad, add business know-how with cigarettes, packaging, greenhouses . . . perfect for BC grow-op land. If the growers could just arrange to rent greenhouses or arrange a deal--business initiative sounds so much more, well, important--package the product as cigarettes, fly or ship it out of an easily accessible place such as Vancouver or Abbotsford to wherever there is a scarce supply, the income would be awesome, given the current strength of the BC product . . . . but then, the government would probably get in on the act, once the new marijuana legislation passes, and they would tax away most of the profits . . . . to "invest" in "initiatives" and "friends" who own ad agencies or other "businesses" . . . . except for that part of the product which would be sold abroad. Thus it would fall outside current federal jurisdiction, I suppose. Maybe it is a better idea than I thought. Let's see, now, register the . . . in the Barbados or Liberia . . . or ship via . . .

Reminder: Please don't smoke; we need the product for the export trade. Besides . . . your health . . .

Obviously, weekend silliness has set in. Have a great week-end.

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