Is Anonymous making money off Quebec threat?
A video posted on You Tube from a group purporting to be the Quebec representation of Anonymous was released on Tuesday, and it aims a message at the Charest government, saying it must repeal Bill 78,...
View ArticleFantasia 2012: Go see We Are Legion: The Story of the Hactivists
I encourage people to see this documentary, because I think it’s important. The people behind Anonymous, WikiLeaks and similar groups are trying to share information (usually about bad behaviour by...
View ArticleFantasia 2012: Panel discussion this afternoon on We Are Legion: The Story of...
Ah, Fantasia! Not only does the Fantasia Film Festival give us great movies, but we also get stars, directors, art exhibits, panel discussions and master classes. It’s not just werewolves and zombies!...
View ArticleLGBT Rights: Anonymous Hacks Ugandan Government Sites
Not that I was ever considering a vacation in Uganda, but it won’t be making my vacation list. Nor will any other African nations that discriminate against LGB&T people. Indeed, I would have to...
View ArticleAnonymous to Westboro Baptist Church in Video: ‘Your Hatred Supersedes Your...
Anonymous has produced a video message to Westboro Baptist Church in which they say, among many other things: “We have seen your depraved methods of disseminating your message of hate throughout The...
View ArticleSomething in the Air: Revolution
These are the seasons of emotion – Page & Plant I’ve never been one to hang out on Twitter for very long. In fact, I only started a Twitter account at the urging of my office, as a way to tweet...
View ArticleNewtown Patch Live Blog to Cover WBC Demos (if any materialize)
The Newtown Patch has a live blog set up and in stand-by mode right now to cover any WBC demos that might materialize there. So, I will provide the link here, and you can bookmark it, if interested....
View ArticleAaron Sandusky: Petition on White House Site Calls for Pardon
A tweet from Anonymous led me to a petition on the White House’s We the People site asking that Aaron Sandusky be pardoned for growing medical marijuana in California. I’m passing this on to you...
View ArticleAnonymous: ‘Scorched Earth Policy Towards Uganda’s network infrastructure’—...
A Global Post report says “More Ugandan government sites have fallen under cyber attack by LGBT rights advocates within the Anonymous (and GreySecurity) collective(s) in protest of the country’s...
View ArticleA New Look for Westboro Baptist Church Facebook Page?
I’m smiling tonight after a Twitter tweet — “Westboro Baptist Church facebook page tastefully, righteously, hijacked: http://on.fb.me/11bfKk0 ” — directed me to the Westboro Baptist Church’s facebook...
View ArticleWilliam Shakespeare: Did He Really Write Those Plays?
Here we go again. Those don’t believe that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon actually wrote the plays which are credited to his name, are about to get a visibility boost from a new movie...
View ArticleWould Shakespeare by Another Name be Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare is back in the headlines, again, thanks to the highly flawed film, Anonymous. This blog post is intended as an elongated footnote to my upcoming Saturday Gazette column on...
View ArticleWilliam Shakespeare, as Anonymous as Réjean Ducharme?
Talk about working a cold case. William Shakespeare died in 1616. He neglected to write an autobiography or leave much of a paper trail, except for his plays. This has left the field open for claims...
View ArticleCop with $100 bills plays Santa in Longueuil Tuesday and Wednesday
Monkey see, monkey do, especially when it’s a wonderful idea. Police in Longueuil are now playing Santa, handing out $100 bills, a week after the same stunt played out in Montreal. “We had an...
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