On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Last night before bed, I mentioned that I neither believe nor trust the utterances of Vic Toews.

Tonight, some links to news coverage wherein some of the reasoning behind that prejudice of mine - for the moment, "prejudice" seems to fit until a better-reasoned argument can be put forward - might make itself evident to anyone still reading this LJ blog.

As for the choice of music...I prefer cautious hope for the future over cynical irony. Particularly nowadays. But I'll live with the latter if I'm forbidden any other choice.

You looked at the music I had on when I wrote this first, right?

Yeah. I listen to Bruce Cockburn at least a couple of times a week. Between that and being a CBC audience member by repeated public admission, I'm probably already considered a "person of interest" in some quarters.

So...I have to wonder what TV series certain federal cabinet ministers have been watching over the last decade during their in camera sessions. It surely wasn't Intelligence or The Border.

Especially when I read news like this item today.

I'm with Amnesty International's people as quoted on this one, people.

I don't know quite whom to thank or blame for raising this one. By right of lack of expertise on the subject, I should be passing this one on to Law and the Multiverse. This might not be entirely fair to the authors of that weblog, seeing as their primary expertise is in American law.

So...

( Minor spoilers to follow re: Alpha Flight v.4 # 1 after the cut! )