I have to admit that I didn’t think the low-budget Con horror/porn movie Vic Toews and the Zombie Internet Eaters could sink further into the abyss of fascist depravity. But there was Toews today, foaming into his sheriff mustache, claiming he didn’t care whether people knew that he has been a VERY
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cmkl: Numbers or it didn’t happen: Mark Blevis on #TellVicEverything
Mark Blevis, mister podcast now digital public affairs specialist has some numbers on yesterday’s Twitterstorm/party around C-30, the Tories proposed legislation on “Lawful Access” to internet use data normally considered private. Hat tip to Erika Shaker.
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Vikileaks and the death of the journalist as news gatekeeper
I was inLas Vegas for a work trip and tuned-out of all news from back in Canada, so itwas only Friday that I returned and caught myself up on the “Vikileaks” drama,and it was fascinating to read some of the commentary and follow the tweets onthe topic, particularly those from
Continue readingVic Toews wants a Probe
And I’ve got just the cattle prod for the job. No seriously… after beclowning himself to the point where he’s become an Internet Meme, (no, really) he’s calling for A Probe: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is calling for an investigation into the source of a Twitter account that is being used
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Parliamentary Pitbull
Doesn’t John Baird ever get tired of hearing himself harangue? Recommend this Post
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Just what we needed, John Baird catapulting from CPC slingshot into Toews shitstorm.
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Vic Toews Should Retire… Now
Harper’s embattled Public Safety Minister claims that he “didn’t exactly say” that people could either side with the Conservatives or with child pornographers regarding his laughably named “Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act.” Only thing is… that’s exactly what he DID say – on the official record yet! Toews should
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tories Unleash Attack Dog To Divert Attention From Poor Vic
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Continue readingBlunt Objects: Guilty Before Proven Innocent… No, Wait, Just Guilty
Because you know that even if its proven the NDP are not the culprits behind the Anon twitter account @vikileaks30, John Baird will most likely not apologize and retract his remarks. The evidence provided by the Ottawa Citizen’s investigation into the Vikileaks account is ridiculous, as well. Here’s what they’re
Continue readingPop The Stack: Tell Vic Everything…but don’t worry, he doesn’t want to know about your guns
Update 2: Some more great examples of inconsistency, remember when the government used private information on Vets to smear their spokesperson? Update 1: A version of this post can also be seen here at the Huffington Post. Maybe you can help me figure something out. How is it exactly that the same Conservative government
Continue readingPop The Stack: Tell Vic Everything…but don’t worry, he doesn’t want to know about your guns
Update 2: Some more great examples of inconsistency, remember when the government used private information on Vets to smear their spokesperson? Update 1: A version of this post can also be seen here at the Huffington Post. Maybe you can help me figure something out. How is it exactly that the same Conservative government
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sun TV’s Alex Pierson On Tabloid Journalism
Given the station’s sleaziness, Sun TV’s Alex Pierson, in high dudgeon over the Twitter ‘attacks’ on poor Vic Toews, has an especially rich comment about ‘tabloid journalism’ at about the 3:15 minute mark on this video. Recommend this Post
Continue reading@vikileaks30 originating from House of Commons? Dipper? Paul Simon fan? Toews to investigate.
This is interesting. No doubt the enabler of quotes from Vic Toews’ personal divorce and spending history on Twitter will eventually be outed. The Ottawa Citizen did a little exploring and found the IP address used by the Tweet author originates in the House of Commons. Also, there is a
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: So What Does Larry Miller Think of Jason Kenney’s Hitler-Like Move?
‘Walking past the hundreds of stately Somali refugees lined up outside the gates of the UN High Commission for Refugees here in Nairobi — men in tidy shirts and slacks, women in baby blue, fuchsia or copper chadors — the pasty face of Jason Kenney floats into my mind. Later,
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Return Of The Psychic Hairdresser
Reading this, you have to figure that Michelle Muntean is still on the payroll: OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper had already made the decision to kick a controversial cyber crime bill to committee even before Opposition howled because he sensed a public backlash was rolling his way, QMI Agency
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: A timely new story on police and internet
For Vic Toews or the Conservative government and the furore they’ve caused with Bill C-30, the “internet snooping” bill, as I prefer to call it, not the “lawful access” bill, or the law to get child pornographers off the internet bill, or whatever ridiculous name Vic Toews tries to come
Continue readingImpolitical: Hilarious spin
Well now, he is the omniscient one: “Harper sensed cyber outrage was looming.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper had already made the decision to kick a controversial cyber crime bill to committee even before Opposition howled because he sensed a public backlash was rolling his way, QMI Agency has learned. Harper
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: #TellVicEverything
The #TellVicEverything meme has exploded on Twitter today, in response to Vic Toews’ proposed legislation to force Internet service providers to monitor their customers’ online activities and turn the information over to the government (without a warrant). On Monday, Vic said “you’re with us or you’re with the pornographers“…and it
Continue readingMontreal Simon: If the Cons Want to Read Our E-Mails…
Why don’t we find out what they are doing online? I mean what’s good for the goose is good for the gander eh? You know all of this is so much fun. And it just keeps getting better. But let’s not forget why the Cons introduced this totalitarian legislation in
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Confess Now, Before He Finds Out
Tell Vic Everything. You’ll feel better for it. Recommend this Post
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