Sunday, July 29, 2007

Bombing the Coast - Ferries Hit by Threat


BC Ferries were held at ransom yesterday afternoon by a bomb threat.


The Globe & Mail coverage of that story can be read here.


It strikes me that nothing could be easier to attack than the wide-open, vulnerable and trusting ferries system.


The federal government has recently given the company $4 Million to beef up security, but 2) that's a minnow in an ocean, and b) the underpaid, sleepy staff I would think would be most susceptible to bribes and duplicity of one kind or another.


We have been peacefully trolling these shores for some time now and we have come to expect a certain kind of generosity and neighbourliness of behaviour. To introduce the modern realities of middle-eastern terrorism to the Gulf Waters is jarring indeed.

The End of the World As We Know It


“Who knows, in 10 years we could be looking back on this as a very significant moment,” said Rob Correa, senior vice president for programming at CBS Sports.


What is this fool talking about? Philosophical debates on the place of human beings in nature?


Here is what he is talking about:


"Video Game Matches to Be Televised on CBS"


Read the entire bewildering saga here, and then you'll understand why I don't miss the wonderful world of broadcast.