Author: lance

Why we tossed them

Arrogance.

Today, the 30th anniversary of the charter is going virtually unmarked by the federal government, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggesting the lack of enthusiasm is due to sensitivity over the lingering “divisions” caused by patriation.
“It will always be like that,” Chretien told The Canadian Press. “They have a culture of grievance over it, not looking at the facts.”

Liberals telling people to get over it. Now, what does that remind me of.

If it ain’t broke….

In a gross generalization, I’ve found the people who tend towards being supportive of on-line voting are the people most likely to be up in arms over the unlikely possibility someone lost their vote because of a robo-call.
In my limited world view, the most against? Computer professionals. Yes, hipsters, that is a clue stick. But, hey, if there isn’t an app for that, it isn’t worth doing…or something.
Washington, D.C found out after two years of research and hardening that missing a few very complicated configurations elminates all layers of security. Better to read is the paper (PDF, 18pp) that describes how the University of Michigan team did it.
The paper is valuable for the rest of us…it’s also something you won’t see from the NDP fail because they used a proprietary system…which is another story altogether.
Money quote?

Our successful penetration supports the widely held view among security researchers that web-based electronic voting faces high risks of vulnerability, and it cautions against the position of many vendors and election officials who claim that the technology can readily be made safe.

Paper ballots with ID work, they’ve always worked and they will always work.
….don’t “fix” it.

#sunfight

Very fun reading the time-line and replies of @TheBrazman today. Seems he’s upset a certain Toronto journalist. She, of course, threatens to ask ‘tough questions’.
Sun News Network will be broadcasting the match between Senator Brazeau and Justin Trudeau on the 31’st. Tune in and maybe send a little something to the Canadian Cancer Society, eh?
For the record…Brazeau wins in a walk.

Shocked! Shocked I say!

PMO-letter.jpg Original site, which for some reason neglects to post the letter that prompted the reply. Funny, that.
To answer the question, yes, I’m shocked! Shocked that the Gov’t recognizes these wing-nuts aren’t in it for Canada, our economy, or the jobs that support the teat they are suckled to. Shocked that the Gov’t recognizes the disastrous policy of relying on the United States as the single consumer of our oil and for the vast majority of our product.
I respectfully ask that you go right on shocking me, Mr. Prime Minister.

From BCF with a h/t to @kshaidle.

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