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  1. Re:This gov't doesn't care about (our) privacy on Canadian Government Backs Down On Airport Recording · · Score: 4, Informative

    So the Conservatives staged a coup by forcing the left-wing parties to push them into an election that no-one other than the left-wing politicians actually wanted?

    They're even more cunning than we thought!

    The election was forced because Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken ruled that Bev Oda, a minister of the Crown, and, separately, the Cabinet itself could both possibly be in contempt of parliament,[10] the latter for its ongoing refusal to meet opposition requests for details of proposed bills and their cost estimates.[11]

    SO, the Conservatives wouldn't disclose the budget costs, the Conservative Speaker found that they were possibly in Contempt on two issues.

    But you're okay with that apparently. "Transparency and accountability for thee, but not for me": CPC's unspoken slogan.

    PS, if you think the Liberal Party is "left-wing" you're out of your mind. They're mildly corporatist but wise enough to see which way the wind blows and change accordingly. Unlike the current ideologues...

    Oh, and you're also wrong in that the "left-wing" parties did not want an election, but the Conservatives forced it by being in Contempt - you know, the only crime (Contempt of Court) where you can get indefinite time behind bars.

  2. This gov't doesn't care about (our) privacy on Canadian Government Backs Down On Airport Recording · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is the government that wanted anyone authorized by the Minister (Minister Vic "You-support-this-spying-bill-(which-I-Haven't-Read)-or-you-support-child-pornographers" Toews), someone such as Pierre Poutine, to scour telecommunication records of anyone they deem worthy (watch out opposition MPs - the old election fraud scams need updating).

    They're just worried about Conservative MPs using the airport on a weekly basis. After all, their privacy is paramount, such as the same Minister being so upset and the gov't going on a witch hunt when public court records were posted to VikiLeaks that showed this minister knocked up his baby sitter, left his wife & children, and didn't pay proper support payments.

    Worst government in Canada's history; an illegitimate regime aquiring majority status through lies & election fraud: a coup in other words. A silent one. Like Quebec's Quiet Revolution but on a national scale, and malevolent.

    /end rant

  3. Re:Do they have tar and feathers in Canada? on MPAA's Dodd Secretly Lobbied For a Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    It's a little old fashioned, but those old-timers knew how to get the point across.

    Yes, but we're quickly getting to the 4th box to use in the defense of our liberty:

    There are 4 boxes to use in the defence of liberty:
      1) soap, 2) ballot, 3) jury, 4) ammo.
    Use in that order.

    Unbelievable how quickly things can change! Not that I cared for the previous governments, but we've had a Quiet Revolution^w^w Silent Coup here, complete with rampant election fraud.

  4. No Warrant is the whole point on CIPS Chimes In On Internet Predators Act · · Score: 1

    In the statement CIPS recommends that the Government of Canada 'prohibit access to personal information, related records/data, content, communications or records of internet use without the safeguard of a warrant.'

    Not having a warrant is the whole point of the bill.

    How else can Pierre Poutine scour the records of opposition candidates in order to smear them during election campaigns? Maybe find a damning email sent to the leader of the opposition by ... Pierre Poutine?

    They had a 2 year long negative attack ad campaign against Ignatief prior to the last election and have already begun one against Bob Rae.

    They just want to be ready for the next election -- they'll have to be a bit more careful with their election fraud this time -- but they will do what ever is in their power to win.

    Free and fair elections are a thing of the past.

    Quebec had their "Quiet Revolution", Canada has had a "Quiet Coup".

  5. Re:Do they realise... on 'Eco-Anarchists' Targeting Nuclear and Nanotech Workers · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's a well documented case of undercover police acting as agents provocateurs in Quebec City.

    Their boots gave them away - as well as their behaviour. The other protesters noticed the boots were exactly the same as the police line the provocateurs were trying to provoke.

    Some links can be found; CBC should have a fairly authoritative story on it, maybe here.

  6. That review is almost Fair Use on Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright · · Score: 1

    From the review link in TFS:

    LET'S talk about plagiarism, innovation or the often very small adaptations of an idea that pass as evolution in the restaurant business.

    [...]

    MeatLiquor – that is Meat and Liquor - is hugely informed by two populist concepts on the high street for more than four decades - the Hard Rock Café (HRC) and McDonalds. The logistics are a complete rip-off of HRC – queue to get in, rock’n’roll motif, a menu of burgers, except at the same time it is a brilliant re-invention of the same. A punk version. No memorabilia on these walls, but graffiti like a hell’s angel’s jacket.

    Jeeze - the review/story talks about plagiarism immediately after the copied & unattributed photo: doesn't that almost count as fair-use? /joke. Note, emphasis in quote added by yours truly.

    I thought it must have been modified since this kerfuffle came to light, but it appears to be original text...

  7. Re:advertising? on Depressed People Surf the Web Differently · · Score: 1

    it's an advertiser's job to make you unhappy. if you are content with what you have, and only wish to buy things you need, a lot of worthless junk would never get sold.

    Yeah, but as an utter non-consumer with virtually zero desire to buy stuff (even when I really ought to buy stuff, like decent clothes - I'm probably an embarrassment to my non-imaginary girlfriend), it doesn't mean one won't get depressed. Unfortunately.

    PS Fucking hell & god damn it.

  8. Re:This is the problem you inevitably fall into wh on Depressed People Surf the Web Differently · · Score: 1

    though imo chronic insomnia is possibly the leading cause.

    So, based upon essentially nothing, you've got it figured out. Great.

    Maybe you could solve hunger & world peace when you've got a minute, m'kay?

    More seriously, you might have a point in a few, rare cases, but likely you're mixing cause & effect. Depressed people can tend to sleep until it aches to lay in bed any longer. It's not dealing with insomnia, it's avoiding the pain of being conscious.

  9. Re:Entitlement, ego-centrism. sloth on Depressed People Surf the Web Differently · · Score: 2

    I wonder if depression is correlated with an entitlement mentality and ego-centrism.

    No and no. Likely the opposite of those is true.

    It is definitely correlated with a lack of exercise.

    Agreed.

  10. Re:So WTF do the non-depressed do with the interne on Depressed People Surf the Web Differently · · Score: 2

    When I'm depressed, I do everything I can to avoid human connection altogether.

    This seems more like my experience. Cannot fathom "connecting" when feeling depressed; rather to stay in the house, put phone in airplane mode, avoid checking email, hunker down & wait for the storm to pass.

    Oops, just broke my own guideline, gotta go.

  11. Re:Why is it news on From MIT Inventor To Tea Party Leader · · Score: 1

    I would have invited Malik to the stage with me just so I could punch him in the mouth.

    *Getting drowsy, dreams of banging Malik's & Young's heads together...*

  12. Re:Why is it news on From MIT Inventor To Tea Party Leader · · Score: 1

    Well, as this left-ish Canadian would call you, given the chance, my MP.

    A wise friend (also a lefty) used to say, "A country is like a bird - it cannot fly with a broken (left|right) wing." I'd vote for your platform...

    Wow, thank you. I'm Canadian as well. What riding are you in? Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca here.

    South Vancouver - Killarney neighbourhood. I've got Wai Young as an Con. MP, the best thing about it is that she's useless & silent. Her entire campaign consisted of 1) accepting then later rejecting an endorsement from ?Raputamin Singh Malik? - an Air India accused terrorist bomber or associate; and 2) appearing on an "ethnic" TV interview recorded at her Mom's house, with mom, sister, and silent white guy all on couches in front of a wall covered with old family photos. Mom cried on cue about how Wai was treated meanly for ... "?" Turns out white guy was Con. party lawyer, AND... only ethnic media was invited: no CBC, CTV, etc.

    She replaced Ujjal Dosanjh who occasionally annoyed me but did have some courage to stand up to Sikh separatists (and get hospitalized by a beating for it) and generally behave as an effective health critic at the federal level (deplored his position on Gustafson Lake standoff provincially).

    (Cheers & End of Rant.)

  13. Re:The 21st century formula for a successful compa on HP To Cut 30,000 Jobs · · Score: 1

    You may not be a native English speaker, so you may not be aware of the fact that we have no gender-neutral, third person, singular pronoun for a person. One must choose either "he" or "she" or the much more awkward "he/she."

    I just recently discovered "Lexicon Valley" podcast through Slate.com, and they have a podcast (I think it's this one: Lexicon Valley #8: When Nouns Grew Genitals), where the guest professor makes a strong case for using "they" as a gender-neutral, 3rd person singular pronoun.

    i.e. "I was talking to my friend, and they said, '...'" It's perfectly clear in that case that the friend is singular.

    Otherwise, I agree with your points from both posts.

    Cheers.

  14. Re:Why is it news on From MIT Inventor To Tea Party Leader · · Score: 1

    I'm an Engineer. I've thought about getting into politics myself, but there's such a huge mess to clean up I don't even know where I could begin.

    I believe in smaller government, but regulations as required to make sure the planet doesn't get destroyed in the pursuit of cashohol.

    Your body? Not the government's problem.

    Consenting adults? Why should the government care at all?

    Products that could be dangerous? Stick a warning label on there and let people buy what they want.

    Businesses? They aren't people.

    The government should be there to provide services that are too expensive to afford for a single person. Military, fire departments, roads, park and environmental protection, health care, etc. Put taxes on the stuff that pays for the above; gas taxes pay for roads, drug taxes to pay for the police, junk food taxes to pay for health care, etc.

    So what does that make me?

    Well, as this left-ish Canadian would call you, given the chance, my MP.

    A wise friend (also a lefty) used to say, "A country is like a bird - it cannot fly with a broken (left|right) wing." I'd vote for your platform...

  15. Zuckerberg buying Instagram on Forbes Names Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Worst CEO · · Score: 1

    Nobody has mentioned it yet, but a couple more $1,000,000,000 purchases for the likes of Instagram would/should put any CEO into the top 10.

  16. Re:Making a statement? Identify yourself. on Wear a Mask During a Protest In Canada: 10 Years In Jail · · Score: 1

    That sounds too much like "If you haven't done anything wrong, then you won't mind us snooping through your web history."

    You are making the fallacy of assuming whenever X is similar to Y in some regards, then everything that is true for X should be similarly true for Y. This is an over-generalization. At best a weak analogy. At worst, simply false.

    Oh bullshit. I didn't accuse the OP of holding any particular views. I simply pointed out "X is similar to Y". Talk about over-generalizations...

    You are free to give up any rights you want, the rest of us may not be interested in giving up rights; even those we don't use.

  17. Re:Fight allergies by *exposing* yourself on Exposure to Wide Variety of Microbes May Reduce Allergies · · Score: 1

    Your reaction sounds more like a contact irritant, poison ivy|oak|sumac or any of the other weeds and flowers containing irritants. Systemic allergies seem to show up first in mucous membranes, not necessarily at point of exposure.

    Yeah, contact dermatitis was diagnosed by a doctor (and a vet), but this time it's worse on my neck, forehead, and arms, none of which contacted anything.

    And, as I was weeding mostly clover from my front yard inside Vancouver, I don't think it was poison ivy.

    Strangely, nose & eyes are mostly unaffected.

    Crap, every time I rub my forehead it looks like it's snowing in front of my face. Glasses are filthy. :(

  18. Re:Fight allergies by *exposing* yourself on Exposure to Wide Variety of Microbes May Reduce Allergies · · Score: 1

    Do you have things like poison ivy where you live? I'm not a doctor, but your symptoms sound like allergic contact dermatitis and not a typical systemic allergic reaction. I'm very sensitive to poison ivy toxin, and get really bad blisters from it.

    Thanks for the idea.

    I think it exists around Vancouver, but I was just weeding clover, moss, and some other stuff from my front yard in a residential neighbourhood in Vancouver, so don't think it was poison ivy.

    And it was diagnosed as contact dermatitis, however it's bad on my arms, neck, and forehead, which didn't contact anything.

  19. Re:Making a statement? Identify yourself. on Wear a Mask During a Protest In Canada: 10 Years In Jail · · Score: 2

    If one has something to say (i.e., in a protest) then they should identify themselves. This is consistent with the election system in North America: you want to see/know the person you vote for, who will represent you; then you should not hide.

    That sounds too much like "If you haven't done anything wrong, then you won't mind us snooping through your web history."

    Police have for a long time photographed and video recorded protests, as well as infiltrated left-leaning peace protesters, and kept a still-classified file on Tommy freaking Douglas.

    If someone values their anonymity in a peaceful protest, that should be their right.

  20. Re:Corrections on Wear a Mask During a Protest In Canada: 10 Years In Jail · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Government sits on top of a sometimes restless coalition.

    I wish I saw some signs of this restlessness. I mean where is the dissent within the back benches - nothing but silence.

    Harper has to throw bones to the social conservatives. That's what the hub-bub about the renewed abortion debate is.

    Agreed, although it seems just as likely that it was a distraction from all the scandals, specifically election fraud and F-35 double-book-keeping financial fraud.

    But do you think, with the NDP in a statistical dead heat with the Tories, that there's any way Harper is going to allow this sort of debate to go too far?

    I think he doesn't care, he'll plan on 2 years of negative attack ads against the opposition leader (again, and it's already started against Bob Rae), combined with more refined voter suppression and yet more election fraud, and finally, if the bill allowing snooping through ISP records eventually goes through - Conservative hacks will be the ones spying on opposition party members to dig up (or make up) dirt to smear them with.

    TL;DR version: Harper doesn't plan on allowing free & fair elections, so has no fear of being defeated over this.

    No, he'll let them make some noise, and then will snuff it out as quietly as he can.

    I sincerely wish I could agree with you.

    My take is that Canada has suffered a silent coup and by the time Elections Canada & the RCMP get to the bottom of the current scandals another election will have passed and the list of criminal activities will keep 2 RCMPs busy for a decade.

  21. Re:Fight allergies by *exposing* yourself on Exposure to Wide Variety of Microbes May Reduce Allergies · · Score: 2

    I'm glad it worked for you, but it seems I'm in a different situation.

    Have done a fair bit of gardening over the past decade, no problems.

    Got a dog 5 or 6 years ago, seemed to have developed an allergy where my hands would bubble, split, crack, peel; it was insanely itchy, then painful. Used to joke that plunging them into boiling water would at least slough off the damned skin that was tormenting me and be only incrementally more painful.

    Once the dog passed away, I figured the allergies were a thing of the past. Wrong! They became so bad I could hardly walk.

    This spring things were pretty good - until I began weeding. Over one weekend set in a reaction that lasted a month, only cured with prednisone.

    Then, this sunday I was out weeding again, wearing gloves 99% of the time, and by monday morning I was so terribly itchy & sore that when scratching my hands came away wet with ... seeping yuck from the "wounds".

    I'm frankly fucking terrified now of further exposure as it's a crippling effect, similar to fleas plus a very bad sunburn.

    I don't know what to do - gardening is one of my only enjoyable pass times, yet I don't think I can expose myself any more and go through months of the side effects. Fortunately don't seem allergic to eating the produce...

    Oh, and haven't been too sterile about things - been a fairly avid camper over the past 10 years too.

    As it is now, it's 5:35 and I'm waiting for a medical clinic to open to either get my 2nd prednisone prescription in a month, or to get a "shot" for allergies.

    God damn it, I'm in some pain right now.

    I heard an interview with the "hook-worms from latrine in Cameroon" guy, was disgusted. I can now almost see his point. Almost.

  22. Re:This should be considered illegal on Cash For Tweets and Facebook Posts? Aussie Startup Pays You to Astroturf · · Score: 1

    I just knew you'd be here, blowing smoke up Microsoft's arse or slamming Google for something unrelated.

    How much do you get paid for this bullshilling you have been doing now for such a long time under oh-so-many different accounts?

    Do you look forward to the competition from Social Loot, or do you work for/through them now?

    Anyway, good work - any pay you receive is too much as you are such an obvious shill.

    And, before you protest that you don't get paid -- well if that's true then you need psych help; but we all know it ain't true. Real fan-boys don't put the care into their posts that you do; they're far too sloppy.

  23. Re:Pot kettle spy. on Research To "Reveal the Unseen World of Cookies" · · Score: 1

    Hi Joanna,

    A typo from the linked-to page:

    8. This will open a new tab with a long strong of text. This is the data that you will need to copy and paste into the box below.

    Should be:

    8. This will open a new tab with a long string of text. ...

    Good luck with the project, it's an interesting one.

  24. Re:Madness stronger than Rationality on Magical Thinking Is Good For You · · Score: 1

    Hey, I rarely reply to A/C's, but since you're real, check out the Atheism 2.0 TED talk, which touches on some of the issues you raise.

    You forgot a link: TED Talk: Atheism 2.0.

    Also, I was just pointing out that orig. poster forgot "post anonymous", he gets mod points (& hopefully sees these replies).

  25. Re:Madness stronger than Rationality on Magical Thinking Is Good For You · · Score: 0

    Madness stronger than Rationality (Score:4, Interesting)
    by Guppy (12314) Alter Relationship on 2012-04-13 16:47 (#39681141)

    Forgive me for posting anonymously. I have some comments I'd like to make, but for practical reasons I'd rather not attach my name.
    [...]
    (hence why I'm posting anonymously)

    Um, oops, forgot "Post Anonymously" checkbox.

    Not to worry, it was a +5 Insightful comment (+4 Informative as I write).

    Really - very interesting comment, glad it wasn't anonymous.

    Cheers