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1/Turns out the person in the pic is the cousin-in-law of the Trudeau fam!đ
Aside from @MsAmyMacPherson's political opinion, she lays out damning facts on how political canvassing data + close connections (incl. 1 at a hospital) were used to lure kids.
https://t.co/bg4aJIWXzR
2/The canvassing platform, 'The Liberalist', was jointly developed by NGP VAN in the US (used by Obama and the DNC) and Tom Pitfield (more below).
The database included private data of children & youth and was built using WordPress, a platform with security vulnerabilities.
3/It is uncertain if today's https://t.co/z65Z9DaFxM platform is housed in the US, Canada, or another country.
In NGP VAN's privacy policy it states that it is a data processor. In the LPC's privacy policy, there is a lack of transparent on where its data is even housed.
4/MacPherson states that many individuals had access to this database at the time, some of whom were:
- Jared Nolan, a Liberal riding exec, a convicted p*do, distributor of fake passports and CP, and a former hospital employee who abused access to patient data to lure children.
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- Tom Pitfield, brainchild of the original platform and JT's childhood friend who also happens to vacation with the JT family. Tom's father, Michael, was PE Trudeau's confidant. Tom is now the co-founder of thinktank Canada 2020.
Aside from @MsAmyMacPherson's political opinion, she lays out damning facts on how political canvassing data + close connections (incl. 1 at a hospital) were used to lure kids.
https://t.co/bg4aJIWXzR
2/The canvassing platform, 'The Liberalist', was jointly developed by NGP VAN in the US (used by Obama and the DNC) and Tom Pitfield (more below).
The database included private data of children & youth and was built using WordPress, a platform with security vulnerabilities.
3/It is uncertain if today's https://t.co/z65Z9DaFxM platform is housed in the US, Canada, or another country.
In NGP VAN's privacy policy it states that it is a data processor. In the LPC's privacy policy, there is a lack of transparent on where its data is even housed.
4/MacPherson states that many individuals had access to this database at the time, some of whom were:
- Jared Nolan, a Liberal riding exec, a convicted p*do, distributor of fake passports and CP, and a former hospital employee who abused access to patient data to lure children.
5/
- Tom Pitfield, brainchild of the original platform and JT's childhood friend who also happens to vacation with the JT family. Tom's father, Michael, was PE Trudeau's confidant. Tom is now the co-founder of thinktank Canada 2020.
Yet Another Major Escalation In Establishment Internet Censorship
"YouTube, whose corporate owner Google is arguably the most powerful company on earth, is now deleting user videos which claim the US election was
YouTube's official statement on its decision to do this is very revealing, not so much for what it says as for what it does not
At no point does the video publishing platform attempt to argue that it is removing these videos because they jeopardize anyone's health or safety, as it did when it began deleting videos deemed to be spreading misinformation about Covid-19.
"YouTube, whose corporate owner Google is arguably the most powerful company on earth, is now deleting user videos which claim the US election was
YouTube's official statement on its decision to do this is very revealing, not so much for what it says as for what it does not
2/ Yesterday was the safe harbor deadline. Now that enough states certified their Presidential election results, we\u2019ll remove any content published today (or anytime after) that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the 2020 U.S. Presidential election outcome.
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) December 9, 2020
At no point does the video publishing platform attempt to argue that it is removing these videos because they jeopardize anyone's health or safety, as it did when it began deleting videos deemed to be spreading misinformation about Covid-19.
I think itâs better if you donât ask âwhy were other parties unable to stake out a position?â but âhow were the two parties able to claim such broad swaths of the political landscape?â No easy answers here of course, itâs one of the largest questions in political history.
I think the electoral systems, more so first past the post than presidentialism, come into it, but theyâre not the main factor. Most of it comes down to Americaâs, all together now, material conditions.
As @cushbomb has been noting a lot recently, Americaâs wealth of wide open land which you could keep settling allowed potential labour unrest to be diffused. There was always more to get.
So you donât end up with a Labour party, and around the time other countries did, America was going through the progressive era, which both parties were flirting with. The Socialists and Communists were repressed, so they couldnât be the left alternative either.
The Progressive Party probably came the closest of anyone to breaking the GOP-Dem dynamic but honestly if they did they probably would have supplanted one of those parties entirely, just as the Republicans supplanted the Whigs, so it would have just been another 2 party system.
Who has a good paper on why the US has just two parties?
— Matthew Yglesias \U0001f366 (@mattyglesias) November 28, 2020
It\u2019s not first past the post (Canada, UK) or presidentialism (Mexico, Brazil) so what gives?
I think the electoral systems, more so first past the post than presidentialism, come into it, but theyâre not the main factor. Most of it comes down to Americaâs, all together now, material conditions.
As @cushbomb has been noting a lot recently, Americaâs wealth of wide open land which you could keep settling allowed potential labour unrest to be diffused. There was always more to get.
So you donât end up with a Labour party, and around the time other countries did, America was going through the progressive era, which both parties were flirting with. The Socialists and Communists were repressed, so they couldnât be the left alternative either.
The Progressive Party probably came the closest of anyone to breaking the GOP-Dem dynamic but honestly if they did they probably would have supplanted one of those parties entirely, just as the Republicans supplanted the Whigs, so it would have just been another 2 party system.
A band of brothers who set out to conquer the countryside and ended up ruling half a country for a century.
Story in the evening ...
Tancred de Hauteville was a Norman noble who lived in Normandy in early 1000s. But this thread isn't about him, but his sons who went to Italy. Italy at the time was a divided peninsula, with Frankish, Lombard, Byzantine and Muslim rulers. 1/10
In 1017, invited by a rebellious Lombard noble in Byzantine Italy, the first set of Normans would clash with Basil Boioannes, Catepan of Byzantine Italy. Though the Byzantines woud win the Battle of Cannae, it would be the start of a period of Norman adventurism in Italy. 2/10
In 1030, as a reward for helping retake Naples, Duke Sergius would give Norman Rainulf Drengot the County of Aversa. It was for Rainulf's court that the sons of Tancred, Guillaume and Drogo, would depart in 1035. In 1038, they would join the Byzantine invasion of Sicily. 3/10
Guillaume would emerge as the leader of the Norman mercenaries during the Siege of Syracuse. In 1041, he would defeat the Byzantine contingent which included the Varangian Guards led by Harald Hardrada, future King of Norway, and become the Count of Apulia. 4/10
Story in the evening ...
Seizing the throne from his under age nephew, this young prince converted his kingdom into a military state with his innovations in warfare and consistent war efforts, setting its stage for global domination.
— Ranjith Kollannur (@Arby_K) November 27, 2020
Story in the evening ... https://t.co/9EfejciI8s
Tancred de Hauteville was a Norman noble who lived in Normandy in early 1000s. But this thread isn't about him, but his sons who went to Italy. Italy at the time was a divided peninsula, with Frankish, Lombard, Byzantine and Muslim rulers. 1/10
In 1017, invited by a rebellious Lombard noble in Byzantine Italy, the first set of Normans would clash with Basil Boioannes, Catepan of Byzantine Italy. Though the Byzantines woud win the Battle of Cannae, it would be the start of a period of Norman adventurism in Italy. 2/10
In 1030, as a reward for helping retake Naples, Duke Sergius would give Norman Rainulf Drengot the County of Aversa. It was for Rainulf's court that the sons of Tancred, Guillaume and Drogo, would depart in 1035. In 1038, they would join the Byzantine invasion of Sicily. 3/10
Guillaume would emerge as the leader of the Norman mercenaries during the Siege of Syracuse. In 1041, he would defeat the Byzantine contingent which included the Varangian Guards led by Harald Hardrada, future King of Norway, and become the Count of Apulia. 4/10
I want to echo Ibrahimâs welcome for this engagement with Syrians by @AnnaMcMorrin and @WayneDavid_MP.
At the same time I am overwhelmed with how far we are from where we need to be.
I have such a flood of thoughts, it is hard to know where to
One difficulty is having too much to say. Another is that so many of my thoughts are by now steeped in bitterness.
I think it is very important to say that Labourâs problems on Syria donât begin and end with Jeremy Corbyn and his associates.
There is too much bitterness on Twitter, but I think I need to write a little on mine here, and how it colours my view.
This yearâs anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre comes to mind. Labour leader Keir Starmer marked it here:
https://t.co/jaf27nIEuh
Inevitably some couldnât help think of Corbynâs record of siding with mass murderers.
The month after came the anniversary of the Ghouta Massacre. I donât believe Starmer mentioned it. I donât think @lisanandy said anything about it either.
At the same time I am overwhelmed with how far we are from where we need to be.
I have such a flood of thoughts, it is hard to know where to
Words turned into action. Labour leadership in the past would not even meet Syrians, let alone follow up on the meeting with a letter to Gov asking them to do more on Syria! Previous labour used to ask for less, muddy waters and spread disinformation on Syria. What a change!! https://t.co/iB8r7bCqUW
— Ibrahim Olabi (@IbrahimOlabi) December 4, 2020
One difficulty is having too much to say. Another is that so many of my thoughts are by now steeped in bitterness.
I think it is very important to say that Labourâs problems on Syria donât begin and end with Jeremy Corbyn and his associates.
There is too much bitterness on Twitter, but I think I need to write a little on mine here, and how it colours my view.
This yearâs anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre comes to mind. Labour leader Keir Starmer marked it here:
https://t.co/jaf27nIEuh
Inevitably some couldnât help think of Corbynâs record of siding with mass murderers.
The month after came the anniversary of the Ghouta Massacre. I donât believe Starmer mentioned it. I donât think @lisanandy said anything about it either.
