Was Flight MH 370 'Hacked'?

It takes a lot of intellect and confidence to accept that what makes sense doesn't really make sense.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed Of Procrustes, p. 84

At the time of this writing there are 1,178 Boeing 777's plying the skies of the world. It is Boeing's most famous and successful jet produced so far. Although the Oracle of Ottawa still believes in his old heart of hearts that the most famous Boeing jet of all time was the Boeing 707. The mighty 707 was the start of it all. And the best thing about the first legend is that a human actually had to fly it most all the time. There was no wussy 'fly by wire' crap, no GPS, it was damn near completely analog all through. If the Oracle of Ottawa ever gets to be as rich as a middle east sand spit oil sheik and could buy any jet he wanted, it would be a perfectly restored Boeing 707, with no computer goodies of any kind. Not even a cell phone.

Boeing 777 - Was it 'hacked'?

 The Oracle of Ottawa, like countless millions of other people, has been very intrigued by the never ending coverage of the totally baffling event of the missing Flight 370, until the Oracle of Ottawa realized that it sure as hell was proving to be a very good distraction from the really important story that just happened to be playing out at the exactly same time! And that event Dear Reader is the criminal land grab of Crimea by Vlad Putin and his oligarch gangsters. Genetic alcoholism, low self esteem and psychotropic drug abuse is not very constructive at the end of the day. 

It was while watching the endless footage on the vanished Boeing 777, that the Oracle of Ottawa for some reason thought of the very weird demise of journalist Mike Hastings. Who was witnessed and recorded on security cameras helplessly caught in a brand new computered up Mercedes Benz! That seemed to be driving itself. Until it was piloted in to the biggest tree on the street. Do you remember that one Dear Reader?
Then that big light bulb of enlightenment come on in the Oracle of Ottawas head again.

Could Flight 370 have been 'hacked'? Could someone have possibly accessed the electronic interface and taken over control of the plane? From where Flight 370 started to Bejing China was a six hour overnight flight. With the technology onboard you set the course and no doubt you could get the console to wake you up at dawn. The Oracle of Ottawa submits that that is exactly what happened, until the pilots realized the sun was coming up on the wrong side of the aircraft. Then they discovered that they were totally locked out from all controls. And being Asians they would not dare try anything dangerous or risky. Cause as all we gajins know, that is how they are raised. Am I right or am I right?

Now of course this pioneer hack was not performed by a first world teenager in his bedroom somewhere in America or the European Union. The Oracle would like to fly the premiss that it was a government that had access to a global satellite chain and the very sharpest digital hackers, that the spying of a very large nation state could provide. The only question that the Oracle of Ottawa can't decide is whether it was the Russians or the Chinese. Somebody should really look into the possibility of this insane theory, shouldn't they?

The Vampire Of Stats

The norms applying to persons who are players in a game depend upon the rules of the game.
John Rawls, A Theory Of Justice, p. 349

Well Dear Sheeple it has been a hell of a week hasn't it? Your government is your friend. Your government respects your privacy and civil and human rights. The government would never let the corporate over whores use intelligence institutions that you pay for to do their spying would they? So how is all this New World Order compromise stuff working out for ya?

CSEC HQ - The next Canada Portrait Gallery?

The Oracle of Ottawa must be getting it all quiet right as of late. He has noticed several 'bots' that are pumping up his blog stats like somebody actually found writing that they really like. To the Oracle of Ottawa a hit is a hit. But upon trying to find out more about these avid blog readers, the Oracle of Ottawa was quiet surprised that there exists no real plausible explanation anywhere, especially on Google, about the true origins and details of the respective sites actual business models. (i.e. vampirestat, adsensewatchdog, etc..)

You have nothing to worry about! Really!

But the Oracle of Ottawa has applied some logic and the simple process of some elementary critical thinking and has quickly deduced the true purpose and origin of these avid blog bots. You have had it drilled into you Dear Reader that your government is obsessed with terrorism, well the Oracle of Ottawa can assure you that your government is obsessed with something much more dangerous then some rag assed terrorist, they are scarred to death of YOU Dear Reader! Just YOU...

We all now know that all corporations of any size have been totally subverted by the Patriot Act, and in Canada by the various omnibus crime and security bills. All that is happening when these blog bots appear is that you have included a word, phrase or stream of thought that the over whores of the New World Order deem some what dangerous should the general public actually cotton on and start thinking on their own, as you are obviously doing right now. 

But you can relax, all that is happening is that these blog bots (sub contractors of the "Five Eyes"...) have direct access to your blogs word cloud, which the government as of late has decided to feed into Prism and Echelon. It is all just meta data, they don't care about you (yet?), they just want to know if the sheeple as a mass are about to catch on to what is really going on. Of course if you say; " Someone should kill that cocksucker, and you than provide a rather important name, than you are no longer metadata but rather a suspect of interest, that could be subject to extraordinary rendition to be water boarded until an unknown and unspecified date.

So all in just relax, nothing at all to fear. Keep on writing that blog, and stay strong, speak truth to power. The Oracle of Ottawa knows from personal experience that it is quiet nice in Hungary in the fall....

Pauline Marois Kicks Ass!

Those who think religion is about "belief" don't understand religion, and don't understand belief.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed Of Procrustes, p. 6

Pauline Marois is the present and thirtieth Premier of the Province of Quebec. Although, at the time of this writing, she is walking the knife edge of a minority government, and as of yet does not have the strength to bend the bars, she sure as hell is strong enough to rattle the cage! Much to the Oracle of Ottawa's pleasure and endless delight, Pauline Marois has had the backbone to finally draw the line in the sand. By proposing and implementing the Quebec Charter of Values. The main and visible part of this proposed act is to ban the wearing of all religious clothing by provincial public servants. And much to the Oracles delight she didn't miss anybody. She got them all including the sickening Jean Guy type with the oddly large Jesus cross. The Oracle of Ottawa finds this character as sickening as a walking tent woman in a burqa.

Premier Pauline Marois - A Great Canadian!

The Oracle of Ottawa can certainly understand the shock of his opinion of some of his Dear Readers. But allow the Oracle to explain. You see the Oracle of Ottawa is what would be called in Quebec "Pure Wool". The Oracles lineage goes all the back to the young wife of Samuel de Champlain! Helene Boulle, who married the notable Father of New France at the age of twelve years old. Although the official story goes that they consummated their marriage two years later, all the surviving members of her family that are alive today, and there are very many of us, know the real story. Helene Boulle was a real French girl, taber - nack! She was doing old Sam balls deep before the ink dried on the marriage contract! All of her descendants today, and there are very many of them, are very proud of her, colle - in! If you want it done, get a French girl from Quebec to do it! 

Jason Kenny confers with PMO staffer...

As the Oracle of Ottawa was contorted in laughter in front of his Sony X series flat screen at the breaking news it got even more hysterical as the coverage switched to Ottawa as the major federal parties in Ottawa reacted to the Great Woman's breakthrough. The first to speak of course was the ever hated and past immigration minister Jason Kenny, who was totally blindsided and in somewhat of a deep shock. You could tell that his boxers were in a very large knot, as he could barley repeat the line that his handler had drilled into him all but 90 seconds before. The handler tried to make it as easy as possible for the hapless minister, but all was lost when the minister had to admit to the spin doctor from the PMO, that he didn't know what was meant by the concept of Church and State. But it didn't matter, every one across Canada was laughing so hard it all didn't really matter any way.

Justin Trudeau ponders his future...

Next up of course was the Next One, Justin Trudeau, and he, to the Oracle of Ottawa, looked even more shocked then the preceding Conservatives, you could really tell that the young Justin's thong was starting to ride up, so to speak, as he mouthed through a statement that was very similar to the Conservatives. And the Oracle of Ottawa has to note that Justin can sweat just like all the rest of us after all. How about that?

Then, of course, came the hapless NDP leader, Tom Mulcair. He was as hot and brash as a young teenage girl that was going commando for the first time. Yes, indeed, he was letting his balls dangle in the free air of the breeze. And he was making as about as much sense as the three others that just preceded him. It was not a fine moment, especially as the polling numbers were discussed immediately after he spoke that confirmed that the majority of Canadians were very much behind Pauline Marois. Perhaps their fart catchers should take note... 

  
But seriously Dear Reader, something had to be done. Even walking around Ottawa on any given day now, you would swear you were in some medieval third world country. It has all gotten out of hand. And there is nothing more disconcerting than seeing what looks like a walking tent advance on you at the local shopping mall. Canada is an OECD country. It is a secular state. The concept of the separation of church and state has a long and hard fought history that peaked in Quebec and the rest of Canada  in the 1960's during the Quiet Revolution. This is course the first time that we had to fight the power of our own "rag heads" in the Roman Catholic Church! The Oracle of Ottawa is quite surprised that no one seems to remember that today....

Ditching Java - All Java Software

When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.
James Gleick, The Information, p. 410

It all came to a head earlier this week. The Firefox browser was loading slower than a sloth crossing a freeway. But the real indication that something was very wrong was when the You-Tube videos would not not start playing right away. Or even worse, would suddenly stop at random for no good reason at all. Some thing was surely amiss. Ironically, the Oracle of Ottawa had been recently warned that all Java products were being strongly suspected of being "compromised", and that it would probably be a good idea to disable and rip everything out that had the name Java attached to it.

Bye - bye Duke!

Sure enough this proved to be excellent advice. It was discovered by the Oracle of Ottawa, using the jim dandy Process Explorer tool, what was exactly going on in my box while I was trying to get a You Tube video to go off at command. Every time the start button was pressed on the video player, a little war of processes started, culminating with the Microsoft Security Essentials going nuts trying to suppress something that started after the Java quick launcher was observed firing up repeatedly! 

Well that was all the evidence that the Oracle of Ottawa required. First all the Java add-ons of the Firefox browser (Version 21.0) were disabled. (Tools - Add - Ons)  Then the Oracle of Ottawa removed the latest version of Java that from habit he always kept up to date. Now it will take 24 - 48 hours for the system to completely settle after you do all this, but you will notice an improvement right away. Also if you know how, strip out all the now dead registry entries with the proper scan.

What ever the hell happened to cause this once great piece of software turn into a product that even Homeland Security will not allow on its browsers anywhere? A little digging will inform you quickly that Oracle Corporation is not the employee friendly place that it once was. There seems to be a lot of firing of Americans and no doubt Canadians, that are being replaced by hordes of temporary foreign workers from China! You can't make this stuff up. Ever since this trend has been taking hold, it seems that the platform became some one else's platform, if you follow the Oracles drift.

Every thing works awesome well now. My browser opens over 60% percent faster, and the You Tube is being enjoyed as before, before this spy platform of malware so rudely intruded upon the Oracles domain. Don't be shy, just rip it all out....   

'Harper Government' - All Coming Apart

The economy of a society is in equilibrium if and only if all the persons participating in the economy are in equilibrium. 
Edmund S. Phelps, Political Economy - An Introductory Text, p. 65

It really all started early this morning in Toronto, Ontario. Hundreds of cops in swat and riot gear rose up before sunrise to serve warrants not just on individuals, but rather whole apartment buildings! And the haul was huge! Why, on the vulgar old style media CBC TV evening news it was mentioned that the drug haul alone was worth over three million bucks! And it was mentioned that several fair weather friends of the present mayor of Toronto were also caught up in the drag net.

Canadian Senate - Still with us...

Later the chief of police of the fine city of Toronto would not confirm or deny that a certain video was found on a certain cell phone that has at the time of this writing has a $200,000 bounty on it from a social media website in the USA. But the Oracle of Ottawa could tell that the flat footed chief was all but bursting with gotcha and good. The Oracle of Ottawa will venture a very educated guess that a certain in office mayor is in some very deep shit. And of course the good old CBC had footage of the very shaken and reeling Mayor Ford. The Oracle of Ottawa can not help but think there is in Ottawa one very nervous Finance Minister at the time of this writing.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Europe, Steve Harper, of the 'Harper Government' was getting a very rough ride indeed. The questions of the Senate scandal back home kept coming up like an uncooked burger on a really bad BBQ circuit stop somewhere in Alberta. Even his "good friend" hosts were taking shots at him, no doubt for the photo op and North American exposure it would surely bring. When the doomed man landed in Paris it all seemed to take a very large step.

Arthur Porter IV - Taking a  Canadian summer trip...

Senator Wallin then showed up on the CBC evening news and spilled her guts. She confirmed the Oracle of Ottawa's earlier guess that she is one of the Senators set up by the Prime Ministers Office to create a diversion to help the 'Harper Government' gain critical mass of the public opinion to abolish the Senate of Canada, but alas, it seems that the old hands are very strong, seasoned and wiry street fighters. During Question Period earlier today, you could see that the "Harper Government' is in total diss-array, confusion and panic. The channel knob has completely fallen off of the TV of the Canadian public, and there isn't any conservative smart enough to fix it on his own.     

Then there was that short blip from the CBC social desk, announcing  that Mr. and Mrs. Porter IV have agreed to accept an all expense paid summer vacation in Canada, that could last for many years indeed, pending the outcome of the money laundering and other charges. My goodness when the hole starts to cave in and another bigger shovel just seems to make no difference, you know it all but over.

 
  The NDP is really getting close to another big scandal concerning that nasty NSA program called PRISM that seems to be hooked up to Canada (!) somehow or another. The Defense Minister is standing by his claim that there is no spying on Canadian citizens by Canadians. The Opposition knows there is something wrong here and they are right. It is all quite simple, when the Americans want to wire tap an American citizen they certainly do stick to the letter of the law and do not listen in, in the United States. They simply flip a switch and the call is instantly routed to Canada! Where it is now a foreigner talking on the telephone! When Canada wants to drop in on your calls here in Canada the process works in reverse! No laws are broken and the respective governments are free to run rough shod over your civil rights and liberties. Pretty smooth or what? 

Arthur Porter IV - The Other Shoe To Drop

Criticism, as I see it, is really the shaping of a central tradition of recreation.
Northrop Frye, On Education, p. 150

It was wondrous strange to the Oracle of Ottawa to hear of the arrest of Arthur Porter IV while in Panama, Panama, while doing his "laundry". It seems to be a rather strange thing to be doing when you claim have Type IV lung cancer! Does that even sound rational? If you had Type IV (inoperable) cancer would you be traveling over 1000 miles to do your banking?  Or anyone else's? I mean, just asking.

Arthur Porter IV - I can do anything for you...

 But such is the ways and means of the international T-shirt middleman class. With their bullshit stories of exotic descent and endless quest, just what the idiots in power today love to hear. People of the ilk and likes of Arthur Porter know exactly what those in power want to hear. They have been doing it for centuries if you are curious enough to look into it. If the vulgar media were on it, they would be asking his Daddie; Arthur Porter III, who by incredible chance seems to also live in Ottawa! I mean who knew?

It seems that the shit is all coming in on the 'Harper Government' like a tidal wave. This is of course the results of continually going for the bigger shovel, instead of stopping the excavation of their death hole. Ho! Ho! And talk about commitment to their fuck ups! At the time of this writing the Oracle of Ottawa discovered that SIRC still has the fallen doctors bio page up on its web site! Just like nothing ever happened. And the same with regards to his appointment to Canada's Privy Council! Yes Dear Reader, you can certainly see that the 'Harper Government' is on top of it all, aren't they? 

The only thing that remains is to watch it all unfold. It is the Province of Quebec that has started it all, and looks like they will get it all in and done. And as everyone knows, the 'Harper Government' has made it very clear and more than once, that they don't need Quebec at all! Well, we shall see, won't we?  The Oracle of Ottawa has discovered the rumor that the good doctor in question was on a diplomatic mission with the required passport, and may try to claim diplomatic immunity! One must have all the cloaks up when setting up the offshore repository's of today's active elected public politicians. But that only means that the grasping wife will be like dog meat in a riot. Ya, she will roll.

Now lets suppose that the good doctor is removed to Quebec, what ever stories do you think he has to tell to save his fat lumpy ass? The Oracle of Ottawa strongly suspects that it will put the Charbonneau Commission to complete shame. It was mentioned in the vulgar media this evening, at the time of this writing, that the Prime Minister is simply not himself lately, as observed at the end of session "garden party"  for the media. Poor thing. It is the Oracle of Ottawa's fondest hope this summer will be the longest summer in the now horizon shortened life of the useless 'Harper Government'.  

'Harper Government' Plays With Huawei Fire

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Iris Murdoch, The Times newspaper, July 6, 1989

Corruption is a sin of power. To be compromised is a sin of omission. To be compromised is far worse than being corrupt or to be corrupted. To be compromised is the greatest display of rot and weakness. This is the second time that the Oracle of Ottawa has been impelled to blather on about this straw telecom Huawei. Again the Americans are sounding the alarm out loud. The Oracle of Ottawa is sure that State Department feelers have already been extended down and through ordinary diplomatic standards. We all know what will happen next if the first two attempts are ignored...

The straw-man  tele-com?

Weird things can start to happen when security concerns and warnings are ignored by the Americans. And all those who toil in the innards of the old vulgar media, know exactly what the Oracle of Ottawa means. After seeing the conclusions of the American House Intelligence Committee today, the Americans are getting very antsy to say the least! Keep that slot under your office door open, and make sure there is lots of paper in the fax-machine! This sucker is going to blow wide open any time soon.

It is pretty easy to be one of the largest tele-com suppliers in the world if you are backed a state communist party. Your R & D costs will also be pretty low if another state communist telecom and massive global state security apparatus steals all the other guys plans for you! If there ever was a straw man telecom Huawei appears to be IT! No one knows how owns it exactly, the straw men have never given interviews, and appear to have no intention to. Now the House Intelligence committee can't get to vocal about it, but they are very well informed by the CIA and the even more powerful NSA.These guys aren't pissing into the wind, if you get my drift.

In Canada, down on Ogilvie Street, there are a wack of CSIS types all but pulling out what is remaining of their hair, as they try desperately to figure out a way to explain to the 'Harper Government', with Crayolas, the utter danger they are in by ignoring our biggest allies reasonable requests. Americans don't like to mess in the affairs of other nation states, especially the first world states like Canada, but they will, and it will be fatal, and certain, and in the last resort with extreme prejudice. It is all sort of like Three Days of the Condor in reverse! And you heard first from the Oracle of Ottawa.....

  

Clue yourself in dear reader. It is all pretty interesting and if you are an "85" all so clear and blatantly obvious...
 

'Harper Government' - Who Are We?

Whom reason hath equaled, force hath made supream
Above his equals.
John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, Lines 248-249

Much to the amazement of the Oracle of Ottawa, it seems that the 'Harper Government' is defying its allies and what little common sense it ever had, to do up a deal with Huawei, the great spy telecom of China's Politburo. The Oracle of Ottawa wonders, what could be worse? To be trapped and bribed by a very nasty foreign power, or to have an American executive order for your termination-with extreme prejudice- outstanding? Our neighbors to the  south don't take sass very well at any time. But when that sass involves and possibly endangers our whole security establishment around the world, well Bubbha, I would be keeping a close eye in the rear view mirror...

Wired for sound?

 And yes, the Oracle of Ottawa knows that the President can no longer sign an executive order for a you-know what, anymore... But that doesn't mean he can't sign an executive order to get some other foreign power to do it. (Hint: Oy vey...)  Politics is the art of the possible, or so the Oracle of Ottawa has always been told. With a mere nine seat majority in an elected House of over 350 seats, a few sudden and strangely coincidental examples of sudden demises would hardly be seen as suspicious, would they?

Why, thank you very much...

Vic Toews To Harvest Torture?

In view of the granite stupidity of our humanity, we have no need to be surprised at the outcome.
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Volume II, p. 375

It all just seemed to slip out in Question Period on Tuesday last. The Oracle of Ottawa is only writing about now since it has taken that long for the full import of the Minister of Public Safety's latest directive to sink into this far lefty's mind. In yet another breathtaking demonstration of what truly appears to be early onset senility, the great man in the person of Vic Toews, has again set off another grenade, but as per usual he threw the pin but held onto the grenade! There is no doubt that the monthly allotment of Advil at the Prime Ministers Office has all but vanished in the last twenty four hours.

Vic Toews moves Canada up to the big time...

The nut of the matter seems to be that the great minister has released a directive to CSIS employees that they are to use information that has been extracted by the use of torture! The matter was brought to the attention of the House by Jack Harris of the NDP. You would think that the Minister would "clarify" the matter, but old Vic "brain dead" Toews would have none of that and proceeded into the swamp with his response. "To protect Canadian life and property!"  There seemed to the Oracle of Ottawa to be way to much emphasis on the property. But that is just probably me.

Welcome to the New World Order!

It was in a very short time that more alert minds of the House, picked up on the dreadful import of the Ministers gibberish. In a moment Bob"the builder" Rae was trying to get a feel for the extent of the damage that this would cause. It appeared that the Minister of Public Safety was amazed that we are signatories to certain treaties and conventions, that sort of somewhat limit our ability to allow such directives and other slipshod missives of the Minister to be even taken seriously. One can only guess at the speed and extent of the great mans memory loss, or the even more frightening fact that he didn't have a clue in the first instance!  

Soon Question period was over, and then it was back to the business of the House. The matter being discussed was bill Bill C-19. The Act to Abolish the Long Gun Registry. The Opposition is fighting tooth and nail to ensure that the existing data banks of all the registered firearms is not destroyed by the "Harper Government"! Then I felt that chill and the hair on my back stood straight up. It seems that the "Harper Government" prefers the solidity of information extracted from torture over that that has been truthfully compiled and paid for by the Canadian people, for their own protection and well being... Ponder that dear reader...

Bob "the builder" Rae tries to bring some sanity and decorum to comfort the appalled Canadian people.

Jeffrey Paul Delisle - Changing The Channel Fail

The ultimate support for any social system is the acceptance by the population of a moral justification of authority.
Daniel Bell, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, p.77

In the Canadian Constitution and / or the Charter of Rights it says that Canadians have freedom of the press. The only thing they forgot to add was that you better own the press! Ho-Ho Bubba! Who ever heard of a forty year old sub subby in the Navy? Do you think if you worked at HMCS Trinity and you started running with a real hot Russian babe that answered to the name of Tatania that somehow the Military Police would sort of put the kibosh on the whole thing all so quietly and with no trail to the vulgar old media? This has all been so weird that the Oracle of Ottawa smells a rat deader and stinkier then I don't know what! And the failure of the old vulgar media on covering this sad tale is woeful to say the least! One begins to wonder if that the old vulgar press guys shit there pants when some trollope from the Prime Ministers Office poses as a member of CSIS !

SOSUS - tap, tap, Is This thing on or what? (lol...)

 Think about it. Does the story you heard make any sense? The timing of the thing is just amazing! The Keystone XL pipeline goes down the tubes and a young cabinet minister marries an Iranian and presto! We have a spy story of the century, so far! Please! And don't worry this poor putz is certainly no Robert Hanssen! This is about as damaging as broken car window. Ask yourself; why would the Russians risk an international incident over information about SOSUS? They have their own SOSUS system. They would just run their boats over their own sensors, just like us and the Americans! It is all standard practice.

The other argument is that the Russians are looking for information on the Arctic? That they are looking for secret information to justify a land claim? Forget about it! They gave up all that and any extra future claims to the Arctic, when the Czars sold Alaska to the United States. Think about it... The reality is that Denmark does have a valid claim and will get some of the sector adjoining the Canadian sector. The Russians will get what they already got.  Everything that is on the other side of the Canadian sector. Which is much larger than the Canadian and Danish sectors put together. Geez, you guys at Justice, should get on the ball.

The Cold War is long gone. There are no secrets! Over eighty five per cent of all the "secrets" are out in the open media online. Any rational clear and logically thinking person can put together a very accurate picture of all the events now ongoing. It is all in asking the right questions. The Oracle of Ottawa bets that this poor putz of a disaster will have the grounds for a huge lawsuit before too long. I just hope that the pathetic press and the lawyers will step up and put the crush on this flagrant attempt of a channel switch to hide the Tory Bund's increasing failings.

What they do with the SOSUS system, that in the United States has been turned over to NOAA, since the Russians practically have nothing at sea, and the USN doesn't require it any more.....Yawn....Lofagram anyone?

Letter to Richard Fadden

To trace the mischievous effects of a mutable government, would fill a volume.
James Madison, The Federalist, No.62

Dear Richard:

Well, I am hoping the smoke has cleared and the dust settled after your amazingly gutsy move to step up and let 'er rip on the CBC. Before I saw that interview, I had you guys written of as "spooks" and at best a necessary evil of a democratic society. Now I have changed my opinion, you are still "spooks", but an essential and very important evil! I am hoping that makes you feel somewhat better. If it has got so bad that you had to come out from behind the curtain I realized that the real problem is like an iceberg and there is over 85% of it way under water. Upon much thought I don't envy you Sir at all. Do you find yourself sitting at your office window at CSIS HQ late at night pondering the future of Canada. What a crushing load.

Parliament Hill, What its all about...

While watching the CBC interview I immediately remembered two examples of what you were talking about. Do you remember that Ottawa veteran who tried to install a flag pole on his lawn and couldn't do it because of all the zoning and other red-tape? I always think about this guy when I drive down Bronson Ave. and stop at the Somerset Street intersection and glance to see that Imperial Chinese welcome arch monstrosity. I am wondering how this got built on public property? It so reflects the ideals of Canadian multiculturalism and other aspects of the Canadian Constitution... Right out, it took a hell of a lot of pull and influence from the highest levels of some where.



It must also be admitted that I thought there was a degree of over reaction when you stepped up. But I have had to recently disavow myself of that, when I recently saw what you spoke of being carried out, rather blatantly, and only less than a kilometer from CSIS Headquarters! For more information on it see my post entitled " Memo From The Society Desk". It was so blatant and crass I still can't get over it.  

Prophecy always sounds insane in the present. But there are threats among us, of us, that frighten me the most. They are two in number. The Bilderberg Group and the Christian Right. I suppose that the greatest threats are the things that your mandate does not  cover. ( Perhaps there are links?) More sleepless nights are another thing you do not need. That the very class that should have the greatest interest in our society is actively plotting to subvert the gradually accumulated rights of us all... Well, enough of that!

It could only be in Canada that the head of the spy agency has the mindset and conviction of an eighteenth century Founding Father! And that, at the end of the day, is a well spent tax dollar.  

                                                                                                                            Oracleofottawa

P.S. The unofficial CSIS anthem......