Posted in British Columbia, Things I liked/hated in 2008, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, tagged B.C Supreme Court, Best and Worst of 2008, sports, Things I liked/hated in 2008, U.S. Women's Ski Jump, Vancouver, Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Women's ski jumping on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published on Dec 29, 2008 @ 21:10. Reposted in light of the recent court decision.
Women’s ski jump isn’t an Olympic sport, so forget about cheering the gals on in 2010.
But wait! I (and every other Canadian taxpayer) helped pay for the damn ski jump venue at Whistler. Who says they can’t jump? The International [...]
Posted in British Columbia, News, politics and current events, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, White Rock B.C., tagged White Rock, CBC TV, B.C. politics, Gordon Campbell, B.C. election, Global TV, CTV, Carole James, NDP, Liberal, Green Party, Jane Sterk, Joy Macphail, Gordon Hogg, B.C. election night coverage, voter turnout, Surrey, Randy Hawes, 100 Mile Diet, STV, The Palin family, TV recap on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
7:22 p.m. A giant flock of seagulls floats past the skies above our ocean view deck. “It’s like The Birds!” I shout. “Isn’t it freaky?” the gulls float in the balmy wind currents over White Rock, where incumbent Liberal MLA Gordon Hogg is so assured of victory, I’m not even planning to check tonight’s results. But I fear the birds are a sign. A portent of things to come. The Liberals will win a majority. Like the grease-fattened gulls who beg for fish and chips from unsuspecting tourists and visitors along White Rock’s promenade, they don’t deserve it, I think darkly.
Posted in British Columbia, News, politics and current events, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, tagged 2010 Olympic costs, B.C. election, B.C. Liberals, election day reflections, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Related: Things I hated in 2008 – Women’s ski jump not an Olympic sport
We still haven’t been told how much the 2010 Winter Olympics are going to cost.
Even though there’s been an election campaign underway, the provincial government hasn’t filled us in, yet. We’re waiting for a detailed auditor-general’s report on the subject. Last I [...]
Posted in British Columbia, Exiled in Suburbia, News, politics and current events, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, tagged 2010 Winter Olympics, election day reflections, homelessness in Vancouver on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Keep in mind just over 3,000 athletes are coming to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver next February. By strange coincidence, that’s the same number as Vancouver’s current homeless population.
If you ask me, 3,000 doesn’t sound like a lot when you’re talking about athletes for a “world class event” costing the host country billions in [...]
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