National security officials were particularly concerned about O-Net, according to a source familiar with the 2015 assessment, because they considered the Hong Kong firm effectively controlled by the Chinese state. A corporate presentation prepared by O-Net in 2015 indicates more than 25 per cent of its shares are owned by a company that is a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned China Electronics Corporation.
For Your Late Night Listening Pleasure
Or your Monday morning commute.
Girls getting multiple hotel rooms.
The School of Not Getting Shot by Cops.
Black barber shops.
Not Irish, but sadly a Socialist Scandinavian
and more in Episode #182 of my humble Yankee podcast.
Direct MP3 link here.
That Was The Week That Was
Some links and oddments lifted from the comments at my place, including a very strong contender for the title Leftist Wife From Hell, and an equally lovely lady who chants “Love trumps hate,” seconds before setting a woman’s hair on fire.
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Apropos of nothing in particular.
Find the Thug
Yesterday, Sheila Gunn Reid was peaceable reporting on the Women’s March in Edmonton.
She was violently attacked by a thug who took exception to the fact that she was recording.
Ezra has offered a $1000 reward for the identification of the criminal.
Help us keep violent criminals off our streets.
Some Sober Thoughts for Yesterday’s Protesters
Just not ready.
It isn’t like Conservatives didn’t try and warn Canadians.
Maybe we’re just seeing what happens when a politician who has never suffered for letting his freak fly tries to govern in like manner. (That doesn’t explain why he’s not getting better advice.) But to me it confirms a vibe I’ve always gotten from Trudeau and the people in his orbit: they almost religiously believe the various off-the-shelf Liberal Canadian pieties they evince, even if they don’t espouse them out loud.
Truth Hurts.
Via Instapundit, I’m a little shocked that the author doesn’t realize that everyone in politics; pundits, media, staffers, politicians and especially partisans are all cynics and hypocrites.
So as I watch my friends and thousands of other Americans gather together to protest the inauguration, I find myself a little speechless. It cannot be that all of these people only see evil when it wears the other team’s uniform. It cannot be that they are more upset by offensive speech than by a man claiming the right to kill any human being on earth at his whim. These things simply cannot be. And yet it sure looks like they are.
The Party of ‘No’
Democrats try to block appointment of Mike Pompeo as CIA head.
Playoff day.
Packers at Falcons
and
Steelers at Patriots.
I think the home teams take it to make it a Falcons/Patriots Superbowl. Course that might just be because while I’m a Seahawks fan, everyone I know cheers for either Green Bay or Pittsburg (or both).
Honey, I Finished The Internet
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Drive safe, out there.
Fox Shakeup
As the new year rolls on and the new president takes office, Fox News has announced they will not be renewing contracts of several prominent contributors. A network spokesperson has confirmed that conservative political commentator George Will, actress Stacey Dash, and Republican strategist Ed Rollins will not be renewing their contracts with Fox News, along with journalist Marvin Kalb and columnist Cal Thomas.
Photoblogging in SF
Seen in San Francisco’s Chinatown this morning: They look & sound like birds and even move around but they’re not real.
#FakeBirds
But it’s on the App Store….
I have a great idea! How about I let China know everything about me so that I can look googly-eyed on my selfie.
Security of your person and privacy is and always has been your job. It’s a silly request, but I’d ask that people start taking that job seriously. Especially if you’re one of the special ones who demand access to the company network on your own device.
Things you should think about before installing anything:
1. Do I really need this application?
2. What do I know about the people who wrote this app?
3. If I install this app, do I know what it is really doing?
4. Is there anything past, present or future that I wouldn’t want Russia, China, the kid down the block or the mafia to know about me on this device?
5. If it requires a network connection, where and who in the physical world am I giving that information?
YMMV based on your level of paranoia, but those are my guidelines.
Man.
You know, President Trump should really stop trashing Obama’s legacy, already.
2.8? GolfDigest: Donald Trump is the best golfer president in our history: https://t.co/6GCdOpXNd3. pic.twitter.com/jgIbNrak4M“
— Robin Dunlop⛳️ (@RobinHDunlop) January 21, 2017
Well, it’s in the Constitution, right?
“At every inauguration where the government changes to Republican, all the previous rules of civility are void.”
Rino Frum Having a Meltdown
In this podcast, John Batchelor and Liz Peek examine the mental health of David Frum and other Leftists.
Update: Here’s the CBC interview that cgh referenced:
Nazis
In the bathroom.
Of the CBC.
Nazis suck. It also sucks when the CBC prints and sells their swag. h/t @ezralevant https://t.co/Gf1qPCqGGL
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) January 21, 2017
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Missing in this list is Canada’s media. I fear, after today, the casualty list will be long.
And yes, I’m aware that this video doesn’t take Lake Toba into account….