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From: The rise of Totalitarianism in Canada: A Time to Act
29. Facebook has been a very busy place for me over the past year as a way to share thoughts, observations and news widely as it breaks. The one thing I have noticed is that people are more willing to call this [ahem] government what it is: fascism. We are willing to risk breaching "Godwin's Law" to speak the truth while documenting the systematic dismantling of Canada's democracy.
It was always a fascist country. They've spied on the lives of Canadians and lefties for a long time.
State capitalism is fascism with the mask on.
That's the Fidel we all know and love. Bravo!
Towards A North American Police State and Security Perimeter: US-Canada 'Beyond the Border Agreement' - by Dana Gabriel
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30845
"As the US-Canada action plan implementation process continues, there still remains many concerns with the further integration and militarization of the northern border. This includes the loss of sovereignty and risks to privacy rights related to more cross-border sharing of personal information.."
G20 Report Slams Police for "Excessive Force' (and vid)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/16/g20-policing-rep...
"Poor planning by the RCMP, OPP and Toronto police for the G20 Summit, along with orders by a Toronto deputy police chief to 'take back the streets' are to blame for the more than 1,100 arrests during the 2010 weekend summit, says the province's top civilian police watchdog. 'What occurred over the course of the weekend resulted in the largest mass arrests in Canadian history.."
The NDAA's Coup d'Etat Foiled - by Naomi Wolf
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/11489-the-ndaas-coup-deta...
"On Wednesday 16 May at about 4 PM, the republic of the United States of America was drawn back - at least for now - from a precipice that would have plunged our country into moral darkness. One brave and principled newly-appointed judge ruled against a law that would have brought the legal powers of the authorities of Guantanamo home to our own courthouses, streets and backyards.
In her written opinion, the judge noted that she had been persuaded by what the lead plaintiffs - who include Pulitzer prize-winner Chris Hedges of the Nation Institute, editor Jennifer Bolen of Revolution Truth, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg; co-founder of Occupy London Kai Wargalla, Days of Rage editor Alexa O'Brien, and the Icelandic parliamentarian and WikiLeaks activist Brigitta Jonsdottir had argued..."
THE FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPRESSING INFORMATION: Public Opinion in America's 21st Century Police State (U.S.)
First it was bin Laden who orchrestrated 9/11. Then they were handed this former mujahideen fighter for the CIA in 1980s-90s Afghanistan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, prolly sold to them by warlords like so many others. And so then Khalid Sheikh Mohammed became the "9/11 mastermind". They have no proof that would stand up in any regular court of law other than his tortured confessions over several years after finally breaking him down into a babbling idiot whose words essentially became those of the military inquisition's.
Their military courts at Guantanamo are probably less legit than Stalin's show trials.
Israel's Butterfly
http://www.rt.com/news/israel-drone-indoor-butterfly-672/
"Israel developing insect drone for indoor surveillance"
Geist: Telecoms Secretly Support Internet Surveillance Law
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Geist+Telecoms+secretly+support+In...
"The close cooperation between the government and telecom providers has created a two-tier approach to internet surveillance policy, granting privileged access and information for telecom providers. Meanwhile, privacy and civil society groups, opposition MPs and millions of interested Canadians are kept in the dark about the full extent of the government's plans..."
Banning Anonymous Online Speech
Something similar may eventually appear everywhere as an intimidation tactic and as an additional identification tool. They can already narrow down an individual's coordinates based on IP. This would make it easier to narrow down and identify exactly who in any given household is responsible. Email addresses are already required for most corporate news blog sites.
Foreign Agents Creep into US & Canada Under Integration Scheme
http://thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/11519-foreign-ag...
"As the so-called trilateral North American 'integration' process marches toward an ever-closer union between the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico, national law enforcement agents are slowly creeping across borders through a variety of shadowy schemes. The Defense chiefs from the governments of Mexico, Canada and the US also met earlier this year and signed their own deals to integrate the three militaries and discuss ways to expand the use of the armed forces in continental law enforcement operations..."
Newly Discovered Malware Most Lethal Cyberweapon to Date
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/05/28/tech-malware-flame-cy...
"A new kind of malware that is more sophisticated than the notorious Stuxnet and Duqu worms is likely being deployed by a nation state, says the cybersecurity experts who discovered it. 'Duqu and Stuxnet raised the stakes in the cyberbattles being fought in the Middle East, but now we've found what might be the most sophisticated cyberweapon yet unleashed,' wrote analyst Alexander Gostev in a blog post on the website of Kaspersky Lab, Monday.
The worm, which has variously been dubbed Flame, Flamer and skyWIper based on file names that appear in the decrypted malware code is able to mine a vast array of data from infected machines. 'It's a complete attack tool kit designed for general cyber-espionage purposes.."
notice how they don't name the nation state...which is usually a clue that it's one of two.
Sample Anti-Drone Ordinance for your City - by Nick Mottem
http://warisacrime.org/content/sample-anti-drone-ordinance-your-city
"Protection of the public against use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)
Israeli Designed Drones Fly Over Alma Quebec
http://www.cjnews.com/news/israeli-designed-drones-fly-over-alma-que
"Last August, CAE, a leader in the manufacture of flight simulators and other aviation training equipment, and Aeronautics Ltd, one of Israel's largest defence corporations, announced an agreement on a research-and-development project in the non-military use of drones.."
I read that and thought the link was going to be to sites telling one how to build low tech weapons to knock them out of the sky. I was hoping that maybe BB gun pellets would be effective.
I thought/hoped the same. Or double ought buck...
and if it didn't work on the drone it might on the new Israeli military attache whose job it is to push this kind of thing here...
No personal violence for me but I have long admired Luddites for trying to stand against the dehumanizing industrialization process with a little "capital" bashing.
by whatever means necessary...
Assange Ep 8: Cyberpunks, Stumbling Block in the Way of Total Surveillance (and vid)
http://www.rt.com/news/julian-assange-internet-war-cypherpunk-989/
"In Episode 8 of the Julian Assange Show, the host goes back to his hacker roots and sits down with members of the Cypherpunks movement to discuss the invisible battlefield: the internet. 'Total surveillance of every communication.'
We're already quite aware that the landscape of this society as a whole represents a zone of exception, where the police can designate any and all areas as requiring the implementation of extraordinary security measures which ramps up the normal functioning of the repression that already exists. There's no difference then between the police, and a political class that remains silent when these extraordinary security measures are revealed against segments of the population.
Parks Canada staff banned from criticizing Feds
Workers told they have 'duty' to support Harper government
THE COUP OF 2012: Encroachment upon Basic Freedoms, Militarized Police State in America
A really good essay on the increasingly militarized police state in America since 9/11/01 and even since 1992 and the Joint Chiefs of Staff essay contest. Cops are supposed to defend the democratic right to protest peacefully not brutalize their fellow citizens for daring to do so.
Ottawa Airport Wired with Microphones as Border Services Prepares to Record Travellers' Conversations
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+airport+wired+with+microphones+...
"Sections of the Ottawa airport are now wired with microphones that can eavesdrop on travellers' conversations. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is nearing completion of a $500,000 upgrade of old video cameras used to monitor its new 'customs controlled areas,' including the primary inspection area for arriving international passengers. As part of the work the agency is introducing audio monitoring equipment as well.."
If you have a friend named Jack, don't start your conversation with "Hi....".
good one!
I have a brother named Jack and its been decades since I have said Hi Jack to him in an airport. These days I try not to say it on my phone either. It is really hard when writing e-mails with all those security agencies and their programs that flag phrases. Starting an e-mail with hi Jack and then going on to talk about the price of fertilizer in Sask could get you into big, big trouble.
This is too funny but sadly too true. In fact it is likely that this post will be read by various agencies from around the world.
"Hi Jack, what time do you fly? How was your hotel? Did you get the night-rate?"
(a response to a Star editorial)
The $11 Million Brand: Amid Budget Cuts, the RCMP Splurge on Propaganda - by Matthew Behrens
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2012/06/11-million-brand-amid-budget-cuts-rc...
"While Ottawa engages in deep budget slashing (including the elimination of the office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, a savings of $1million) the feds are anually investing $1.3 million in promoting the Mounties' 'brand', which is currently subject to 89 licensing agreements and memoranda of understanding as well as 22 national and international 'strategic partnership agreements entered into to promote the RCMP's image.."
I am sure many Americans are relieved to know that their privacy means that much to the people running the 16 spy agencies paid for by taxpayers who can't afford health care or social security.
The letter from McCullough is the type of thing that the Onion would publish as a parody.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/nsa-spied/
When employees are laid off, they're often issued a gag order that is reinforced by a severance package that is a bit more than what is stipulated by the Employment Standards Act. Lawyers talk a lot about civil legal precedent where severance is higher than the bare minimum that the Act outlines, but in reality it's hush money. When you get that little extra severance, you usually have to sign an agreement to keep your trap shut or get dragged into court, lose the extra severance (plus the legal bills, you'll have to pay - a lose-lose situation), and generally have your life and reputation ripped apart (as if being laid off weren't enough).
What sets this apart is that public sector employees who aren't being laid off are effectively having their silence extorted in the same way. The implication is that if you object to what the Feds are doing, your job is next to go. It's not just wrong on a moral level. It violates each individual's legally guaranteed rights and freedoms, something that the Harper gov't has little or no regard for.
Disgusted? Yes. Surprised? No. Repressing free speech is this gov't's MO.