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Current Affairs 2005 - Consequences (46 items)
| Mar 23, 2005 | Stop Trying To Change The Laws Of Economics It's as it was with alcohol prohibition in the United States, which resulted not in an end to drinking, but the creation of Al Capone.
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| Mar 18, 2005 | CN BC: Prove it or lose it Civil forfeiture enacted by fall Legislation introduced in Victoria last week will eventually allow government to seize goods believed to have been bought with ill-gotten profit.
[seize goods believed to have been bought - the keyword being "believed" instead of "proved". It only opens the door to more corruption,which fuels ambitious lawmakers and keeps them coming back for more] |
| Mar 3, 2005 | CN AB: CN AB: Four Mounties Shot Dead Gunman Kills Four Mounties: A Police Raid on an Alberta Marijuana Operation Goes Terribly Wrong, Shocking the National and Touching Off Calls for A Crackdown
[( PROPAGANDA ALERT: All the headlines scream "Killed in grow op raid", though no plant numbers are given,,,, that is a first.
Regardless of the FACT that this incident was NOT related to a cannabis crop - the pot was successfully investigated the night before, the RCMP were there about the stolen cars but this will always be imbedded in the public mind as a grow op raid gone back.
More commentary: Shooting coveup?
Fifth Estate Documentary: Hail of Bullets]
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| Feb 13, 2005 | Heading South? Read This Travelers to the U.S. who have a criminal record - regardless of the offence or how long ago it occurred - may be refused entry, she learned. Pardons issued by the Canadian government are not recognized in the U.S., and travelers with criminal records are supposed to contact the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to find out about admissibility. Those ineligible to travel into the country may apply for a waiver.
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| Jan 20, 2005 | You Can Never Escape A Criminal Record All the media got it wrong: Svend Robinson and Todd Bertuzzi, along with thousands of unlucky pot-smokers, will carry criminal records, regardless of their conditional discharges. The simple truth about discharges is that they don't avoid a criminal record and never have. Every person who's ever been granted a discharge has a criminal record and cannot honestly or legally deny it.
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| Jan 15, 2005 | CN ON: Man Dies as Police Raid Home "The officers were attempting to arrest a man inside the home and became involved in a struggle with him," the statement read. "At approximately 2:07 a.m., police requested an ambulance because the man was having trouble breathing."
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