Morning Brew: Government Hates Oil But Loves Money, Emery Hero Of Prison System
6/03/2010 Posted by Shella Skye
So, it's pretty convenient that the federal ban on offshore drilling conveniently doesn't apply when there's millions of dollars to be made for the local B.C. economy. In theory, that would be fine -- except, y'know, that whole BP oil thing. You'd think nobody could possibly be that obtuse to ignore a looming environmental disaster that's only at a high risk of happening, but is happening as we speak -- but we are talking about the Liberals, here.
It's interesting that the woman who allegedly killed her own children didn't get charged with infanticide, but rather, the more serious offense of second-degree murder. Apparently infanticide is closer to an insanity plea, requiring evidence of "disturbance" brought on by the stress of pregnancy. Supposedly, that wasn't a factor, so the baby-killer will probably be sent to the slammer with a harsher sentence. Good riddance.
Vancouver's strong high-tech industry looks to be gaining some stronger recognition in the US, thanks to Pixar setting up shop downtown. They even released a nice little tourism video showing off the city, which is basically free publicity for us. Hopefully we can ride off Pixar's stellar public image for a little while before they find out the horrible truth about this place -- there's no In-N-Out Burger joints.
Marc Emery's escapades behind bars don't sound too bad. I mean, come on -- meeting a Vietam vet named Robert? Making friends with hardened criminals by showing off publicity photos with Tommy Chong? It's like a fucking sitcom. Maybe it was his plan to get caught all along, and pull a Shawshank Redemption on us.
