Category: Politics
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In a recent post, I equated the Great Fire Wall of China to prison walls, which are intended to keep people inside the bounded area of the Chinese Internet. However, this virtual wall is not built from steel and concrete, rather it is constructed with a combination of legal regulations, co-operation with ISPs and technology,…
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Unintended Consequences
Prison walls are typically built to keep people in. Similarly the Great Fire Wall of China is intended to keep Chinese inside the moderated Chinese “internet”. But, with the threat of a TikTok shutdown in the United States, hundreds of thousands of users of that service have opted to move to “Red Book“, an alternative…
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Am I Really a Political Whore?
I just discovered that my wife’s favourite wine is HST-free for the next couple of months, as a result of the recently announced Federal Government Christmas Bonuses. That will turn into a $1.50 savings per bottle. I bought 5 (for now). Trudeau is great! What a great country we live in. No wonder Dumb Old…
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Vaseline
It has been just over a month since the re-election of Trump. Many believe his election will be good for the stock markets. This may be true as evidenced by the DOW’s some 3,000 point surge since his victory. I’d think of this as something that eases the pain of all the other effects.
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The Wind and the Lion
To characterize some of Trump’s recent appointments as bizarre might be an understatement; others have stated the case more strongly and called them reckless. Matt Gaetz, accused of dalliances with under-aged women and drug abuse, for Attorney General. Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News and RT (Russia Today) contributor and Putin apologist, for Director of National Intelligence.…