As Harper tries to kill the CBC through starvation...

... the thug who calls himself a prime minister may be pissing off voters in a few tenuous ridings.

It seems Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island radio listeners prefer local CBC programming over the stuff being produced by the trailing private station (owned by CTVGlobemedia).

Update: As pointed out by SJ in comments, CBC also held the lead in Halifax, Ottawa-Gatineau (anglophone), Toronto and Vancouver (where it overtook CKNW). Check it out. (pdf warning.)

The newly wed and nearly dead... Not anymore!

I've lived in the Victoria, BC, area a few times. Aside from the days when the intersection of Douglas and Yates, known as "Pusser's Corner" back in the day, was alive with sailors in their "number two" rig, the city used to have a reputation for being extraordinarily quiet.

Things, so to speak, seem to have changed.

A naked couple have been arrested after allegedly having sex in a moving car.

Their highway hi-jinks startled motorists in [Victoria] British Columbia, Canada - who called police to expose the bizarre traffic violation.

A second nude woman was spotted, but appeared to have been dropped off at her own home before officers could swoop.

After hearing about the romp on the Trans Canada Highway, police in Victoria traced the car's owner through reports of his licence plate.

When they arrived at his home, they arrested a man and a woman in their twenties - but were told the second woman had been taken home already.

Victoria Police Constable Kris Rice said: "There were some reports that they seemed to be wanting attention from other drivers as they engaged in sexual acts.

"Both were determined to be in the nude."

The woman was taken to a hospital for psychiatric assessment, while the driver will likely only face such charges as driving without due care and attention, because police did not witness any sexual acts.

You might note that rather than take the story from the local Victoria newspaper, the link is to a British news site. Global coverage. Better than the Olympics.

Victoria's dirty little Secret slavery

The annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is on tv right now.

M-m-m-m ....soft core pron.

Here's a little Victoria's secret for you - it takes a slave only 3.3 minutes to make each of these bikinis.

Of course the alternative of being beaten or jailed in Jordan is probably a big incentive to keep up.

Each Sri Lankan or Bangladeshi "guest worker" lives and works in a Victoria's Secret sub-contract factory compound in Jordan named D.K. Garments. They work 15 hours a day 7 days a week with mandatory overtime and a day off once every three or four months. They are regularly cheated out of their meager wages. The dorms in which they are housed lack both heat and hot water even though the outside temperature drops to zero in winter. Since their passports have been confiscated, they cannot leave.

According to The National Labor Committee, after a recent company demand for a 43% increase in production with no raise in pay, six very brave workers went on strike.

On Nov 11, they were imprisoned and the next day their co-workers went on strike in protest.

D.K. Garments threatened to cut off food and water to the dorms.

The workers held out for 10 days but are now back under the same conditions.

The original six strikers remain in prison.

Amazingly, these people paid from $1,500 to $3,000 to purchase the three-year work contracts in Jordan.

Now, in debt from borrowing the money to pay the contract fee and with their passports confiscated, they can't leave.

By the way, the workers' wages amount to less than 3/10ths of 1% of the $14 retail price of one of those bikinis pictured above.

Enjoy the show!

You can write to Victoria's Secret via :

Mr Leslie Wexner, CEO

Limited Brands Inc.

3 Limited Pkwy.

Columbus, Ohio 43230 United States

Phone: (614) 415-7000

Fax: (614) 415-7080

E-mail: tkatzenmeyer@limitedbrands.com

to demand the end of this abuse and the release of the six strikers from prison.

Be sure to mention that you won't be buying any of their products because in real life, evil is just not all that sexy.

h/t Marcus at Zavadil Design

Cross-posted at Creekside