https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/5/how_false_testimony_and_a_massive Aalternate – – link works just fine, altho it shows as invalid: https://publish.dvlabs.com/democracynow/360/dn2018-1205.mp4?start=2083.0 As the media memorializes George H.W. Bush, we look at the lasting impact of his 1991 invasion of Iraq and the propaganda campaign that encouraged it. Although the Gulf War technically ended in February of 1991, the U.S. war on Iraq […]
Opinion America is the bad guy now Jared Yates Sexton Special to The Globe and Mail Published November 26, 2018 Updated 1 day ago – – – – – – – – Jared Yates Sexton is an associate professor at Georgia Southern University. He is the author of The People Are Going to Rise Like […]
In full view, Democracy thrown down, cut up and quartered, while we watch. = = = = = = The section on Assange, Moved to 2018-11-26 WHY are the USA / UK so afraid of Julian Assange? = = = = = = = = IMPORTANT, RE STATSCAN “Re-spendable revenue”! I could not understand […]
I could not understand WHY StatsCan would alienate Canadians the way it has been doing – – lying, harassing, always demanding MORE – MORE data, personal data. Below – – the light dawns! And I am laughing. “re-spendable” revenue! There’s new vocabulary from the Orwellian dictionary for you! RE: StatsCan’s “Custom data business“: […]
With the “World Charter for Nature” on 28 October 1982, the United Nations developed a code of conduct for the protection and preservation of global natural habitats and resources. The code established five “principles of conservation” by which all human conduct affecting nature should be guided and judged. It further emphasized that social and economic […]
Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist. He teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School, and serves as special advisor to IBM Security. His new book is called Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-Connected World. Years ago I contacted Bruce Schneier because of Lockheed Martin’s role at Statistics Canada […]
From: Bruce Schneier Sent: November 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram November 15, 2018 by Bruce Schneier CTO, IBM Resilient schneier AT schneier.com https://www.schneier.com A free monthly newsletter providing summaries, analyses, insights, and commentaries on security: computer and otherwise. For back issues, or to subscribe, visit Crypto-Gram’s web page. Read this issue on the web These same essays […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) by Bill Curry Canadians strongly oppose Statistics Canada’s plan to obtain personal banking records – and most would not consent to participating, according to a new Nanos Research survey. The survey suggests the federal government is on the wrong side of public opinion in its defence […]
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RELATED POSTINGS 2018-11-16 Surveillance Kills Freedom By Killing Experimentation, Bruce Schneier. from “The End of Trust”. In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Further to: My reply to “StatsCan plan to scoop customer spending data from banks” I received this: I circulated on facebook the petition against this sharing of personal data from financial institutions. One response made it clear that people trust Stats Canada a way more than is warranted, […]