CalgaryGrit: Mid-Week Musings

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Mid-Week Musings

-There's an interesting post on Policy Watch about the Conservatives breaking copyright laws on the government of Canada website. Well..."interesting" if you find discussion on copyright infringement laws interesting.

-Is there anyone who knows of any articles on how demographics (ie. Census data) are related to voting patterns in Canada? Send me an e-mail if you know of any out there. Thanks.

-Political Staples links up to the Tom Flanagan article in Saturday's Globe on rebuilding the Mulroney coalition. Is it just me or does anyone else think the break-up and coming together of Canada's right wing would make for a fascinating book? Maybe even a CBC mini-series (let's hear everyone's suggestions for actors to play Stockwell Day, Stephen Harper, and Joe Clark right now!).

-I was happy when I reached number 2 for google "David Herle" searches. But nothing can match the pride and certain traffic which will come from reaching number 1 in this search.

-An 11 candidate debate? Good grief. I think we'd probably learn more watching the 11 duel it out in a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. The one bright spot in the debates should be the random one-on-one matchups. Some people say they'll lead to odd pairings but I for one think it would be kind of fun to watch Stephane Dion match wits with Hedy Fry.

-The Nova Scotian election is on, featuring Darrell Dexter against Rodney MacDonald .

I wish I had some insightful comments to make about this race but I just can't get past the names: Rodney MacDonald versus Darrell Dexter.

-Garth Turner is holding an on-line town hall on June 1st. Cool.

46 Comments:

People named Rodney should not be allowed to hold positions of power.

For the proposed mini-series on the Canadian Right, I suggest that Marvin from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy play the part of Harpo.

By Cove Blogger, at 6:29 PM
I would suggest Ben Stein for Harper, but he is too young, and charsimatic.

CG, How on earth did you find that you were number one in that search?

By Aristo, at 6:45 PM
Breaking news from the National Post on Mr. MacDonald.

By Simon Pole, at 7:14 PM
I think the Liberals are ahead of the NDP in the polls in Nova Scotia.

By Dan McKenzie, at 7:19 PM
We've got to get Colm Feore in there somewhere. Don Furgeson did a pretty good job for a while. Brent Butt might be okay as Joe Clark.

By Jarrett, at 7:39 PM
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By eastern capitalist, at 7:48 PM
Pretty sure the Liberals are DOA in Nova Scotia right now.

Rodney is doing pretty well for a young lad out of Mabou, Cape Breton.

By eastern capitalist, at 7:48 PM
Unless the NS Tories make some inroads into Halifax Metro the status quo is likely to remain. Will they make those metro inroads? Not with a fecking Cape Breton fiddler leading the charge. It'll be a minority for sure, but will be it Rodney or will it be Dexter sitting in the high chair? Unfortunately, the fiddler. The Liberals aren't even in the game on this one.

By Lord Omar, at 8:25 PM
The uniting and dividing of the right makes an interesting story. The reality is the right varies considerably ranging all the way from the Red Tories to your redneck bible thumpers. These two have little in common so when in opposition for a long time they come together to defeat their common enemy, the Liberals, but once in power they realize they have little in common and eventually split.

By Miles Lunn, at 8:50 PM
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By Danté, at 12:35 AM
Don't be silly. CBC documentaries are reserved for telling us all how great Trudeau was and how lucky we all are to live in a nanny state.

By Danté, at 12:38 AM
That #1 return at google had me ROFLMAOTIME! As for who plays whom in the right-wing love affair, well, I doubt that anyone could do a control freak/petulant child like our new PM does.

By berlynn, at 2:44 AM
See its fun to compare politicians to cartoon characters. I never understood why no one in the Democrat camp didn't pick up on the striking resemblance between Bush and Kerry to Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat. Think about it. It's eerie.

By s.b., at 12:21 PM
RE: "Rona Ambrose naked" search.

The #2 result is an Escort review board. Wow. I'm not sure what I find funnier - that or the fact that #4 is the CBC. :)

By Toronto Tory, at 7:28 PM
Plus, Rodney is by far the most attractive Premier in Canada :)

Unrelated to his ability to run the province, of course!

By ToryBlue, at 11:39 AM
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http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=12100DICXAH7

May 25, 2006 11:31AM

*It's not a problem of authentication but one of transactional authorization,* says Bruce Schneier, leading security expert and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security. *No matter how hard you make the initial authentication for the end-user or hacker, the malware can just wait until the authentication is done and then manipulate the transaction.*

Robbing a brick-and-mortar bank seems like petty theft compared with a new breed of cybercrime that, according to a growing number of security experts, is siphoning untold millions of dollars from banks and their customers using SSL-evading Trojans and ever more refined phishing techniques.

Yet as phishing gets slicker, users are getting smarter. As the average Joe becomes less likely to type in authentication information in response to an e-mail, more and more cybercriminals are turning to SSL-evading Trojans.

These Trojans install themselves on unsuspecting users' PCs and either capture user log-on credentials or manipulate transactions after a successful log-on.

In both cases, the SSL connection between PC and bank remains intact. The user may think the confidential online transaction is protected against mischief -- but it is not. (continued...) [From the pros... not just this foggy dude.] TG

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