Egypt in Turmoil

"Mubarak viewed President Bush as naive, controlled by subordinates, and totally unprepared for dealing with post-Saddam Iraq, especially the rise of Iran's regional influence," US ambassador says.

Mubarak was right. However, government suppression of free media and open-source information is the characteristic of a cruel dictatorship. Kifaya, meaning "enough" in Arabic, is a coalition of activists from different political backgrounds. It includes leftists, nationalists and Islamists and its aim is to discontinue Mubarak's authoritative reign.

In Cairo, more than 1,000 riot police prevented about 300 protesters from approaching the Supreme Court. In the southern city of Luxor, more than 1,000 people are said to have taken part in the protest.

President Mubarak, under US pressure through political reform, said in an interview that he has not decided whether to step down.

Unbeknownst to typical North Americans, we sit comfortably in our homes as mass violence and public riots erupt throughout Egypt.

Pay your respects. Pay attention.


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-The Doctor

Our Internet at Stake

Yes, that's right, folks. In the past, Net Neutrality has been the cause of major concern. Internet Service Providers and lobby groups have vested interest in profiting from our internet usage.

Happen to go over what they deem "too much internet"? Well, pay attention, your penalties are in the mail.

Research the issue online and sign the petitions below to stop Net Neutrality:

http://openmedia.ca/meter
http://saveournet.ca/

-The Doctor

Subpeona

Wake up.

As an individual, if you have trouble believing in a world where your privacy is compromised for internal investigations (criminal or not), then clearly you know very little about the 21st century in which you live. Have you deleted all your recent Facebook messages? How much of "you" is floating around out there online? What about emails and recurring passwords? Banking info, mailing addresses and more....

BE AWARE: all of this, all of you is haphazardly pouring itself out into the internet and much of it -- if not, all of it -- is not necessarily safe in the hands of law and governance.

Government subpoenas

Abuse of power towards Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and the recent subpeona issued to Twitter are only but a few concrete examples of this. Learn our lesson.

-The Doctor

Calgary, take note....

Dear Indie kids,
Dear dudes with beards,
Dear scenesters in plaid,
Dear metal heads, hardcore kids and punk rockers,

What's "scene" isn't scene.

You're just another individual who likes the same shit as everybody else.



-The Doctor