Rights groups Think Taliban just peachy, continue to Bash Westerners

Rights groups add to call for Afghan torture inquiry


OTTAWA – Canada has put at risk every Afghan prisoner it has transferred over the past eight years, the head of Amnesty International said today.


What about the all the people the Taliban were busy murdering , do they count for anything ?


At that time, prisoners were being handed over to U.S. forces in Afghanistan, despite the likelihood of further transfers on to Guantanamo Bay in addition to the "strong risk of torture and ill-treatment" at U.S. detention centres in Afghanistan, Amnesty states.


What about the Taliban throwing acid on school girls faces because they dared to attend school ? What about how they continue to this day to terrorize and close schools, murdering teachers and students alike ?


"We highlighted that given the prevalence and systematic nature of torture in Afghan prisons, such transfers were prohibited under international law," the open letter states.


Why is it Amnesty International only goes after western nations , never anyone else ? If I was a betting man , I'd say "follow the money" , who's benifiting this ? And that puts Amnesty in the pocket of every third world dictatorship on the planet.

Why don't you go after them for a change ?

The deafening silence of your response is answer enough , I think.

Insurers using Facebook to investigate claimants

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Canadian insurance firm Manulife has reportedly cut a depressed woman’s benefits because photos showing her happy were posted on Facebook.

The woman, Nathalie Blanchard, said she cannot understand how Manulife was able to access her account because she had adjusted her privacy settings so that only friends could see her posts, said CBC News.


Smile for the birdy ! Thank you. Kiss your insurance goodbye.


Manulife has confirmed to CBC News that it uses Facebook to investigate clients.
But it said, "We would not deny or terminate a valid claim solely based on information published on websites such as Facebook."

Facebook has already proved its use to human resource departments wanting to investigate potential new staff. Senior managers have also been found to use Facebook to check up on employees.

According to Facebook's current privacy policy, the social networking site will share information to prevent fraud or other illegal activity.

"This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, courts or other government entities," says the policy.


We sell your facebook info to anyone and the dog. They get to see your pictures , your video's , anything marked private , anything at all !

So what can you do on face book ? You can talk shop. You cannot talk politics or religion, you can talk about a game you play. Thats about it.

Microsoft License

I had reason to go over the terms of the Win Xp license , which is on my computer. Had to hit the microsoft site for it.

Consent to Use of Data. You agree that MS and Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may collect and use
technical information gathered in any manner as part of the product support services provided to you, if any, related to
the SOFTWARE. MS, Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may use this information solely to improve their
products or to provide customized services or technologies to you. MS, Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may
disclose this information to others, but not in a form that personally identifies you.


You agree to let Microsoft spy on you , and by the way the spyware is already there. Built right into the operating system. It will loot anything it feels like and send it back to Redmond where they will do whatever they like with it.

Security is Job One , indeed !


Internet-Based Services Components. The SOFTWARE contains components that enable and facilitate the
use of certain Internet-based services. You acknowledge and agree that MS, Microsoft Corporation or their
subsidiaries may automatically check the version of the SOFTWARE and/or its components that you are
utilizing and may provide upgrades or supplements to the SOFTWARE that may be automatically downloaded
to your COMPUTER


They're gonna change your operating system on you. Anytime they like. And they don't have to warn you of it.

The part I was looking for , the one where they claim to have the right to confiscate your computer, wasn't there. Thats an urban myth it seems.

But still. They can spy on you any time they like, and they can upgrade your "internet connectivity software" any time they like. That's enough that you should not use windows for any kind of in house stuff. Microsoft can legally steal your trade secrets you know.

How do you like them apples ?

What Happens When You Pay The Ransom

Spain calls for pirate blockade


She also called for the international community to track ransom payments made to Somali pirates by shipping firms through intermediaries.

Somali pirates are currently holding 36 Spanish fishermen hostage on a trawler.

The pirates say they will not release any of the fishermen until Spanish authorities release two of their colleagues from custody in Spain.


So what we have here is an entire ecology of pirates, and victims , and security personal trained to deliver ransoms , and the whole nine yards. And they're demanding the pirates you did catch get returned or they'll do nasties to the hostages they have at the moment. Which are many . Because they've been at this for a long , long time.

Now how did we ever arrive at this point , you wonder ?

It's simple.

They paid the ransom.

And the pirates found the money good. So they did it again , and again , and again. And more and more joined the pack, until it became a huge wealthy industry not only on the pirate side, but on the victim side as well, as all sorts of security experts had to be hired on because of it.

Very profitable all around.

Unless your the customer trying to buy the goods being shipped on those boats and wondering why the price is so high all of a sudden ?

Unless those goods are actually needed to save lives (weapons , medicine , food , you get the idea).

Unless your economy depends on trade and you have people starving on the street because you can't afford to feed them because all trade is blocked by pirates.

Thank you for demonstrating to us all why you should not pay the ransom. Now the only question is what will the toll in blood be to shut this place down. You've let it run for quite a while so I'm certain the body count will be rather high.

Just as I'm certain there isn't any choice in the matter.

Your X-Box is not Your X-Box

Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers


Thousands of gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.


Oohhh..you can only play microsoft games , not anyone elses.


Microsoft has not said how it was able to determine which gamers to disconnect.

"We do not reveal specifics, but can say that all consoles have been verified to have violated the terms of use," the firm said in a statement.



And how did you verify six hundred thousand x-boxes without the cops kicking in six hundred thousand doors ? I'll tell you how. The X-Box is running spyware , courtesy of microsoft, to see everything you're doing. And to make sure you only run microsoft products , not some other guys products.

This X-Box you bought , you didn't buy it. You just rented it. It's not really your property. And Big Brother Bill Gates is watching your every move.

Pirates get a taste of Microsoft COFEE

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Microsoft's Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) has made it into the hands of pirates, and their virtual ships are distributing it quickly for everyone to get a taste. The COFEE application uses common digital forensics tools to help law enforcement officials at the scene of a crime gather volatile evidence of live computer activity that would otherwise be lost in a traditional offline forensic analysis. In other words, it lets officers grab data from password-protected or encrypted sources. That means you can now break the law twice over: download the software and then use it to steal information from other people's computers.


For those of you who think you're clever, encrypting your files , setting up passwords, things like that. I have news for you.

You've been back stabbed from day one.

The USA requires all encryption programs to have a back door so the cops can get in fast, and that tool has now been stolen and is available on the web at large.

Once they figure out how to put it in a virus , banking information will be the high priority target. Kiss your online shopping spree's good bye.

Now we must write our own encryption.

Or just don't keep anything on your computer at all . Programs on the computer, documents on the memory stick. Memory stick goes on your key chain and follows you around wherever you go.

Disturbing Caller

Article = none, personal experiance.

I was at work the other day , talking to an american customer, waiting for test results to come back on his phone, when the topic of american health care came up.

Apparently americans believe in "managed health care", which means that someone decides who lives and who dies, where to spend the money , etc etc.

Apparently , this is inferior to "paid health care" where the rich pay their own medical bills and the poor are kicked to the curb. Well , the guy had a pricy phone so I guess I know where he stands on the rich vs poor issue.

In order to keep my job , I just agreed with whatever silliness he said.

but still, I can't help but think how brainwashed these americans are. Their health care is making billions in profits, and people are getting kicked to the curb with no treatment at all , just abandonned to die. Why ? Because of some myth of "managed health care, just like canada".

I got news for you buddy , Canada doesn't dump anyone on the street. And you get health care until the point where you stop breathing. Hows that for Managed Healthcare ?

The lies big business tells down there. Unbelievable. In canada they'd be sued into the ground for neglect causing death. They're profiting and the people they pretend to protect are dying.

If that aint Evil , I don't know what is.

Ah the Medcon scam. They got the vaccine for free from the government and charged 2300$ for an exam before they would give you your "free" government provided vaccine.

(drawing taken from the CBC website, but judging by the signature it actually belongs to the Sun group of newspapers in Ontario)

In Death We Trust

Ont. will probe H1N1 doses given to private clinic



Ontario's health minister says the province will look into the decision to give doses of the H1N1 vaccine to a private clinic in Toronto, but not until after they have a grip on the pandemic.

Deb Matthews says she is not going to second guess the decision by Toronto's medical officer of health to give Medcan, described as a preventative health-care clinic, 3,000 doses of the vaccines for its high-paying members.

Medcan has said it may offer the vaccine to non-members who come equipped with a referral from public health officials.



CountryGirl wrote in comment to this ...
I have heard that the actual injection and dose of H1N1 vaccine was FREE at this expensive private clinic....and that the ASSESSMENT of the patient's NEED for the vaccine cost about $2300.00. And this was after the patient's car was parked by the valet parking staff.

Hmmmm......



So Whats the motto of this clinic ? In Death We Trust ?

Welcome to the Liberal Dream of Americanization of the Canadian Health Care system (Liberals are currently in power in ontario , and have been for several elections). If you're rich , you get want you want. If you're poor , they kick you to the curb and let you die.

This clinic needs to be shut down. This kind of profiteering is not just scandleous, it's a violation of our national belief in equality for all.

Shut the place down.