Tag Archive: conservative politics

on October 31, 2014 in World News

Liberal lead halved; Harper sees security bump

Liberal lead halved; Harper sees security bump The Liberal lead over the Conservatives had shrunk in half during the week following the shooting on Parliament Hill, according to the latest polling by EKOS. The NDP’s support has also suffered since Michael Zehaf-Bibeau killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial and entered Parliament’s Centre block, putting a spotlight on terrorism in Canada and the security response to the event. Whereas EKOS had the Liberals with the support of 38.5 per cent of Canadians as recently as October 15, the pollster’s latest survey has them at 33.4 per cent. The… View Article

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on October 31, 2014 in World News

RCMP investigate Redford administration

RCMP investigate Redford administration The RCMP’s Serious and Organized Crime Branch is investigating allegations Alberta’s auditor general levelled against former premier Alison Redford and her administration last summer, a source close to the police investigation confirmed Thursday. The August report from Auditor General Merwan Saher found Redford and her office used taxpayer-funded planes “inappropriately” and for “personal and partisan purposes.” Saher said government staff did not question these and other travel expenses because Redford’s office exuded an “aura of power.” “What I can confirm is that we started an investigation toward mid-August, and that’s all I can really tell you…. View Article

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on October 31, 2014 in World News

Counterterrorism Patriot Act provision now widely used in criminal investigations

Counterterrorism Patriot Act provision now widely used in criminal investigations A provision contained within the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act that allows investigators the power to conduct so-called “sneak and peek” searches has been used extensively for purposes not pertaining to counterterrorism, a new report reveals. Instead, Mark Jaycox of the Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote recently, law enforcement agencies across the United States have for more than a decade been relying on Section 213 of the PATRIOT Act to conduct secret surveillance during the course of drug crime investigations. Jaycox, a legislative analyst for the California-based digital rights group, wrote this week… View Article

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on October 31, 2014 in World News

Putin To Western Elites: Play-Time Is Over

Putin To Western Elites: Play-Time Is Over Most people in the English-speaking parts of the world missed Putin’s speech at the Valdai conference in Sochi a few days ago, and, chances are, those of you who have heard of the speech didn’t get a chance to read it, and missed its importance. Western media did their best to ignore it or to twist its meaning. Regardless of what you think or don’t think of Putin (like the sun and the moon, he does not exist for you to cultivate an opinion) this is probably the most important political speech since… View Article

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on October 31, 2014 in World News

Facebook data mining for political views

  Facebook data mining for political views Facebook is mining its data of user’s posts to find out how users feel about certain candidates or issues and sharing that data with ABC News and BuzzFeed for use in their 2016 reporting, the social networking site will announce on Friday. The data will be gathered from the posts of Facebook users in the United States 18 and older, classifying sentiments about a politician or issue as positive, negative or neutral. The data can also be broken down into sentiments by gender and location, making it possible to see how Facebook users… View Article

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on October 31, 2014 in World News

Hillary Clinton REPEATEDLY heckled at Maryland campaign stop

Hillary Clinton REPEATEDLY heckled at Maryland campaign stop: Protesters strike again and again at rally in Democratic stronghold Clinton was heckled a half-dozen times today during a rally for Maryland’s Democratic nominee for governor, current Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown A few minutes into her remarks a group of five protesters holding signs that said ‘choose families over politics’ began shouting at her When the commotion died down, Clinton said, ‘You know if they had just waited a little while I was getting to the DREAM Act’ Clinton was introduced by Brown as ‘Charlotte’s grandmother’ in reference to birth of her… View Article

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on October 31, 2014 in Right Edition

Anti Gun Sen.With Gun – Bloomberg’s Armed Guards

  Today Brian Lovig Talks about Anti Gun Sen.With Gun – Bloomberg’s Armed Guards Jamilah Nasheed Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up. On Monday night in Ferguson, Missouri where the nation watches as a St. Louis Grand Jury decides whether or not to indict a police officer in the death of Michael Brown, Senator Jamilah Nasheed arrived with a male companion in tow and promptly moved into the street in front of the local police station in direct violation of a local safety ordinance. St. Louis County Police spokesman Sgt. Brian Schellman stated that commanders with county police… View Article

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on October 30, 2014 in E News

Canadian Rights and Freedom Bulletin #197

Canadian Rights and Freedom Bulletin #197 In this issue: • Muslim Extremism Strikes Here: Followers of “Religion of Peace” kill two Canadian Servicemen • Freedom of Speech: The Case of Arthur Topham by Lasha Darkmoon • Self-Defense: Albuquerque real estate company offering concealed carry class to brokers • Personal Responsibility: If you’re going to carry a gun, know how to use it AND be aware of your surroundings • Self-Defense: Grandfather Shoots Home Invaders and Would-Be Rapists, Killing One of Them • Firearm Politics: Broken Bow Public Schools Board Votes Unanimously to Allow Grad Photos with Guns • Firearms Act:… View Article

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on October 30, 2014 in World News

FBI demands new powers to hack into computers and carry out surveillance

FBI demands new powers to hack into computers and carry out surveillance Agency requests rule change but civil liberties groups say ‘extremely invasive’ technique amounts to unconstitutional power grab The FBI is attempting to persuade an obscure regulatory body in Washington to change its rules of engagement in order to seize significant new powers to hack into and carry out surveillance of computers throughout the US and around the world. Civil liberties groups warn that the proposed rule change amounts to a power grab by the agency that would ride roughshod over strict limits to searches and seizures laid out… View Article

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on October 29, 2014 in World News

Obama in Wisconsin: ‘You can only vote once. This isn’t Chicago’

  Obama in Wisconsin: ‘You can only vote once. This isn’t Chicago’ More than 50 years after the city of Chicago was accused of allowing voter fraud to impact the 1960 presidential election, the current commander-in-chief made a quip about those allegations during a campaign event this week. United States President Barack Obama was speaking at an event in Wisconsin for Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Mary Burke on Tuesday night when he made a rare disparaging remark about his former hometown. “One week from today you get to choose a new governor. And because early voting runs through this Friday,… View Article

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