“Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas. His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top.” - Billy F Gibbons
In case you missed it, this is what the Edmonton Police posted, and then deleted.
The fact that an organization like the Edmonton Police published this and included a link encouraging people to report mean tweets, and then deleted it is deeply concerning.
It demonstrates a troubling misunderstanding of the law by the very institution entrusted with enforcing it. Police are expected to understand the legal distinction between offensive or unpopular expression and criminal conduct before asking the public to report it.
Police resources should be focused on investigating real crime and protecting public safety, not inventing new standard or creating confusion about the line between offensive speech and criminal conduct.
In a free and democratic society, offensive or unpopular opinions should not become the subject of police reports simply because someone disagrees with them. We must educate people, elevate the conversation, and encourage respectful dialogue, but that responsibility begins with those in positions of leadership and public trust.
If we want a better conversation, it must start at the top, not the bottom.
This is a moment of outrage for Canada.
so brazen
so disgusting
so disrespectful
Canadians suffer
The Liberal Party use taxpayer money to bail out corporations, the well connected
It is hard earned tax dollars
Have you had enough yet?
The police say it won’t work. Polling shows that Ontarians don’t want it. Taxpayers can’t afford it.
Ford needs to act now and pass legislation to block Ottawa’s failed gun grab.
With @noahrjarvis
ONTARIO: A new poll suggests Premier @FordNation has public support to follow Alberta and Saskatchewan in passing legislation to block Ottawa's controversial firearms confiscation program. https://t.co/GE53QI96id
WATCH: @PierrePoilievre says Bill C-22, the Liberals Lawful Access Act, is an attack on civil liberties, "turning the tech sector into a surveillance arm of the State." Like the gun grab & online censorship "it's another example of a govt that wants to control Canadians" he said.
Ford is right to stand up for firearm owners in court, but he needs to use every tool he can to protect Ontario firearm owners and taxpayers from this wasteful gun grab.
That means passing legislation to block the gun ban in Ontario.
Police are clearly stating the gun confiscation won’t work so Ford needs to focus resources on real solutions to make Canadians safer.
https://t.co/41cP1rwEi6
Superb dissection of the shocking collapse of liberal comedy. This is the best explanation of how we've reached the nader where Late Night host Jimmy Kimmel can say “It’s not my job to be funny.” As this author shows, he was hired as a comedian but he made himself a priest.
🚨 Canada’s Bill C-22 is here & it’s the same surveillance bill from last year's failed C-2. 🚨
What does this mean?
❌ Your metadata would be stored by electronic service providers - for example messaging and email providers - for up to 12 months.
❌ The government would force these companies to build surveillance capabilities directly into their platforms.
The government calls it “lawful access” but we know that forcing providers to enable access to encrypted data puts EVERYONE'S privacy & security at risk. 😡
Because we know that there is no backdoor for the good guys only!
Help us fight for Canadian's privacy & say no to this surveillance bill.
Send a letter to reject Bill C-22 here 👉 https://t.co/hDvhLlAT6T
#Canada #CanadaBill #Surveillance
Attend the first ever remix of APP's 1979 classic, Eve!
Alan Parsons announces that new mixes of Eve, will be the focus of his latest Music Production Workshop at ParSonics Studio in Santa Barbara, 5/29 & 5/30.
🎟️ Tickets here!
https://t.co/65uG5UAxnW
Ottawa has no idea if its gun grab will make Canadians safer.
The CTF asked Public Safety for “all analysis from the department on the efficacy of the assault style firearms compensation program and its effect on crime rates/public safety.”
The department advised that “no information related to your request exists.”
The feds should scrap this program instead of wasting potentially billions on something that won't work.
https://t.co/zXFgETVciU
In 2022, the government froze the assets of people who DONATED to a peaceful protest.
They did this without a CBDC, without digital ID, and without AI enforcement. They did all of these horrendous acts of government overreach WITHOUT the powers that they're seeking now.
Mark Carney was one of the people who advised this action. And one of the first things this “new” old government did was try to appeal the decision that using the wartime Emergencies Act on its own citizens was unjustified.
This story has only just begun. The man who helped start Canada down the path of extreme government overreach is just getting started.
He is one of the architects behind one of the most authoritarian tech systems we’ve ever seen. And anyone who is okay with this system is extremely short-sighted and historically uninformed about power structures and the dangers of centralized control.
Because regardless of your political leanings, this system WILL eventually be used against you too.
You're welcome in advance non-believers for exposing this.