Anonymous data dump is just around the corner, Friday to be exact. So while Toews embarrasses himself, the Conservatives and Canadians with this obsessive Vikileaks retribution, after a humble apology has already been offered up by Bob Rae, he better prepare himself for a whole hell of a lot of
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Montreal Simon: Vic Toews Goes After Justin Trudeau
Uh oh. Con Zombie Alert. I see Vic Toews is going after Justin Trudeau. An angry Vic Toews wants an investigation into whether Justin Trudeau encouraged personal Twitter attacks against him after it was revealed a Liberal staffer was the mastermind of the Vikileaks Twitter controversy that aired details of
Continue readingWhy Did Bob Rae Apologize?
Indeed! Why the hell did you, Mr. Rae? So it was a Liberal staffer behind the Twitter moniker of vikileaks. So? Glad someone was fighting back. Also, once again, with feeling, boys ‘n’ girls, @vikileaks didn’t use documents that weren’t already public record. In fact, anyone who would bother
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Vikileaks and the Great Distraction
I was disappointed to see Bob Rae apologize to Vic Toews today for the Vikileaks campaign. Not because of the apology itself, which was the decent act of a decent progressive. But because he didn’t ask Toews to also apologize unequivocally for calling opponents of the fascist bill C-30 supporters of
Continue readingTrashy's World: Coming clean…
… damned classy move and the right thing to do. When was the last time a Con apologised for a personal attack? No, I can’t remember either. Atta boy, Bob. From The Globe and Mail: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingLatest Anonymous video: "New Scandal Revealed in 7 Days"
Anonymous threatens once again a big scoop on Toews, this time to be unveiled a week from yesterday. Is Anonymous bluffing? I doubt it.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Vic Toews You Were Warned – Anonymous steps up for the Canadian People
Let’s let Anonymous do the talking, hopefully Vic you get the message. Let’s get this viral, stat. Transcript here. H/T to JJ where I saw the video. Filed under: Ethics, Internet, Technology and Computers Tagged: Anonymous, Canadian Internet Privacy, Trampling on our RIghts, Vic Toews
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Online Privacy
Rick Mercer lays a smack-down on Vic Toews and Bill C-30, his warrantless online spying legislation. Remember folks… you’re either with the philandering old pervert accused of shtupping his babysitter or you’re with the pedophiles and child pornographers. Sorry, but those are the only available choices on offer in Harperland.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Rick Mercer takes on Vic Toews
Gay Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger, Rick Mercer, addresses Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’s proposed Internet-surveillance legislation, Bill C-30, in a brilliant, two-minute video rant. A must watch for a quick summary of what the fuss is all about surrounding the controversial bill.
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: When you’ve lost the National Post..
Actually, it’s not quite the National Post, despite some saying that. It’s actually one of their op-eds calling for the resignation. Still, I think that’s the first call I’ve seen for it, and the major surprise is it didn’t come first from the Star or even one of their writers:
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Me, Vic, and the Internet Snooping Bill
Oh boy. Sometimes it’s not easy to be a blogger in the growing darkness of Stephen Harper’s Canada. You can feel the fear in the air. My computer is humming like a toaster, and I don’t know whether it’s the sinister operatives from the PMO, or the Russian hackers. Or
Continue readingCanada creeps toward becoming a closed society
Nick Fillmore asks a question the regina mom has been grappling with for years: “Is Stephen Harper displaying fascist-like tendencies?” Ever since Naomi Wolf published “Ten Steps To Close Down an Open Society” at the Huffington Post in April, 2007, an essay has been brewing on trm‘s computer. (Yes, trm
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: #TellVicEverythingExeptWhat’sInTheBill
After finally reading his own bill, it appears Vic Toews has decided to side with the child pornographers: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says he is surprised to learn that a section of the government’s online surveillance bill provides for “exceptional circumstances” under which “any police officer” can request customer
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Vic Toews and the Wikipedia Mystery
About a week ago I wrote a post in which I casually mentioned that Vic Toews was born in Filadelfia, a Mennonite colony in the Paraguayan jungle. I got the information from Wikipedia. So imagine my surprise when I went back today and found that the information had vanished. (click
Continue readingToews can dish it out, can’t take it
Let the probery begin: The RCMP is investigating “serious threats” allegedly made against Public Safety Minister Vic Toews as opposition to a contentious Internet surveillance law grows. In an open letter to his Manitoba constituents distributed over the weekend, Toews said the threats have been “referred to the police for
Continue readingThe Internet v. Vic Toews: Score one for The Tweeps
That the HarperCon’s might in any way be surprised by the public response to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ introduction of the “Snoop and Spy” Bill C-30 made the regina mom laugh! . The public responses to the HarperCons over the past while have been strong: The lack of action on
Continue readingStupid headline of the day: "Anonymous wants transparency, but hides behind name"
Don’t you love the Globe & Mail? Is the Globe serious with this stupid headline? It reads like a statement from the PMO. This is why Anonymous exists. When the government and the media collude to cover up and promote one party’s agenda, we need groups like Anonymous. You want
Continue readinggay persons of color: John Baird feeling the heat over privacy concerns?
During question period in the Canadian House of Commons on Friday (February 17), Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird accused the opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) of having been caught in a “dirty, sleazy Internet game,” an allegation the NDP has denied. What Baird was referring to was an anonymous
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