Ottawa Citizen: Canada’s secret spy days are over: CSIS chief. “As a consequence of the fight against global Islamic terrorism, an increasing number of open-court criminal prosecutions in Canada, the U.S. and Europe have, at their genesis, information collected by shadowy secret agents rather than police officers.”
Chantal Hebert in Toronto Star: Much is at stake for Elections Canada “Should the Conservatives take a hit at the ballot box on account of this affair and it then turns out that Elections Canada was not able to make a winning case against them, the episode would leave an indelible black mark on the […]
Fraud and Scam News: Internet fraud in Canada: Reports predict an ominous rise in online crimes in Canada! Related, Apr 16, CNEWS: Vintage-car scam alleged
Edward Michael George: The Ministry of Love “Now, Barbara Hall is a notoriously stupid woman, but that doesn’t make the explicit import of her words any less disturbing”
Ezra Levant: The worse, the better? “I believe that things are going to get worse. [Barbara Hall] says so. Ordinary people who have never heard of the Ontario Human Rights Commission are going to hear about them, a lot.”
Amazon Books: The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness by Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr. From a review on that page: “Dr. Rossiter’s very illuminating and insightful book answers questions that many of us have asked about the essentially childlike behavior of liberals - for instance, their temper tantrums, sense of entitlement, intolerance, and […]
Lorne Gunter: ‘Climate change’? It’s whatever you want it to be [Ed. note: In cold reading, the either/or technique is known as the “Rainbow Ruse”–from Wikipedia “The rainbow ruse is a crafted statement which simultaneously awards the subject with a specific personality trait, as well as the opposite of that trait.”
BusinessWeek: The New E-spionage Threat. “The military and intelligence communities have alleged that the People’s Republic of China is the U.S.’s biggest cyber menace.”
As the reporter who exposed Grant Bristow, the CSIS mole in the Heritage Front, and also revealed that group’s efforts to infiltrate the Reform Party, permit me to set the record straight where I can, and to add some opinions which your readers might find helpful. My opinions are based on four years of ongoing, contemporary research of the Heritage Front while working as a reporter for the Toronto Sun.
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about perfunctorily purchasing tokens of affection for philistines. There’s love, too. And with love there is sometimes sadness. Here’s one of my favourite country/bluegrass tunes, “Is The Blue Moon Still Shining” written by Bill Monroe’s daughter Melissa, performed by Laurie Lewis.