Snoop dogs

By Alison@Creekside So remember how the Cons withdrew their just-tabled internet surveillance bill, the Lawful Access Act, on Feb 14 and replaced it an hour and 15 minutes later with the identical but renamed Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act , a bill which mentions neither children nor predators? Coincidentally, the US Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - sponsored by Texas teabaggin’ Rep [...]

Jason Kenney proves George Galloway’s point

By Alison@Creekside George Galloway, a sitting member of the British Parliament and leader of the Viva Palestina humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza, has been banned from Canada on security grounds. Describing him as an “infandous street-corner Cromwell,” Jason Kenney spokesweasel Alykhan Velshi told Channel Four News above that George Galloway “poses a national security threat [...]

Instead of threats, how about offering Iran some dignity?

At this point in the episode, the political oneupmanship almost concluded, we should take note of what the Iranian regime was looking for when they arrested 15 Royal Navy personnel and held them for 13 days. An international incident? A war? Probably not. Instead, they were likely looking to be recognized as a regime that [...]