UPDATED and edited a lot from the original 12:56 PM PDT entry
The ever-so innocent young man who works for the government at Environment Canada, and who was arrested yesterday for allegedly leaking secret government documents marked “secret”, has just held a “news” conference very nervously. His name is Jeff Monaghan.
The bizarre affair lasted about three minutes (broadcast live on liberalvision CTV Newsnet), in which the man (?), who clearly has a massive political agenda, drank water like a fish, negatively propagandized about the Harper government as if it were a criminal outfit, said they suffer from “paranoid fits”, he quoted The Prophet David Suzuki (he called him “mister” Suzuki—snicker!), then left, without taking questions.
He did not deny anything. Like leaking pending climate change regulations in advance, which is extremely serious. Of course he didn’t say he was the guy who did it, either, making us wonder if this isn’t all just a scam.
(At first, we wondered if the leaker wasn’t a “John L”, first blogged about here, and maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t.)
Here’s Jeff Monaghan, muchly cleaned-up for the cameras today,
—even has a li’l pen in his pocket!
But here’s a photo of Jeff Monaghan from his MySpace.com page, and according to the Toronto Star, he’s been listed as a member of a “progressive” punk band called the Suicide Pilots, which no doubt reminds us all of 9/11, on purpose:
THE SUICIDE PILOTS/MYSPACE.COM
And here’s a 9/11-type photo from their band’s web space at MySpace.com:
THE SUICIDE PILOTS/MYSPACE.COM
Just another rock solid employee of the government! The liberal media seems little interested in the significance of any of this. Apparently this isn’t one of those “warning signs” the liberals keep blathering on about.
Here’s the link to his band at MySpace.com.
Here’s a song and accompanying photo from the site. The song is what I can only guess is an anti-Harper song called Harper Youth. I can’t understand the lyrics. But I think they hate him. They sure sound mad.
THE SUICIDE PILOTS/MYSPACE.COM
The law says an employee who violates the terms of their workplace security clearance, including the release of secret documents, may be subjected to legal consequences, including criminal charges. But apparently if you feel like breaking the law because you disagree with the government, then it’s OK. It’s the liberal-left’s entitlement attitude in action. Liberals think they live by a set of laws completely different than the rest of us. Vote liberal.
Note: no charges have been formally laid yet.
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Just now: The liberalvision CTV Newsnet’s Mike Duffy liberal hour covers the story by inviting two guests to comment on it: A guy from the Canadian Civil Liberties Union, and a rep from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, both of whom piled on against the Conservative government, as of course the liberal media fully expected. This is what liberals in the media think is a fair and balanced approach to analysing the situation.
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A PTBC eagle-eye zipped this off to me. He’s amused at how the state-run CBC got itself so excited about this leaker dissin’ the Conservative government that they got a little tongue-tied in racing to get their story featured on their front page.. with the words “Harper” and “Tory” as their very first thoughts…
They’ve fixed it now.
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Apparently, the young man was encouraged to get in front of the media, as he did, by a cabal of tax-receipt-issuing leftist environmental organizations, who also in fact booked the media room according to Mike Duffy. He added that unlike the young man Monaghan, they all hid in the back out of sight and declined to take questions. Perhaps they fully acknowledge that this is ALL ABOUT LEFT-WING POLITICS, and it would be contrary to our tax laws for them to engage in partisan politics, and they fear losing their tax status (it’s all about getting donations from the folks, after all).
I made a blog entry about the Suzuki Foundation with regard to this ever-so-non-partisan situation, and it hit the news at the time —and as I see it, it remains germane today, in this very situation. It’s worthy of investigation in light of the nice young man’s political leanings, and the groups who organized the VERY political press conference.
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Duffy displays newspaper clipping from the Ottawa Citizen of said Monaghan posing at an anarchist book shop that he just opened in Ottawa—in full protest mode—a week ago—with scrawny beard and moustache. He obviously cleaned-up for his “news” conference in front of the cameras.
Ottawa’s anarchist bookshop a spot for ‘fringe’ thinkers to gather
Exile Infoshop opens on Bank Street to offer alternative media, resources
Garrett Zehr, Ottawa Citizen
Published: Wednesday, May 02, 2007You won’t get any Starbucks coffee at Exile Info-shop, Ottawa’s first anarchist bookstore. And don’t try to pay with your capitalist credit cards, either.
Chapters, this is not.
The new Ottawa bookstore opened this week to “provide access to alternative media and resources.”
The opening of the bookstore and community space, at Bank and Cooper streets, was set to mark international May Day, an occasion long celebrated by anarchist and socialist movements.
Exile Infoshop will sell alternative and anarchist independent books and other merchandise that would not be found in a more typical bookstore.
But Jeff Monaghan, a member of the group’s organizing collective, said the project is much more than just another bookstore.
“This is a community space,” he said. “Infoshops are part of a much larger social movement, putting complex theories of social equality into practice and identifying with related movements and struggles demanding freedom and dignity.”
The shop will be kept open by volunteers and the money raised from the sale of merchandise will go toward operating costs. Currently, the shop is selling books, zines, clothing and vegan snacks.
People are also invited to just drop by and read a book or engage in discussion with other members. A key goal of the Infoshop is to create a space for critical thought and dialogue.
“We base ourselves on anarchist principles,” said Pascale Arpin, a member of the collective. These include such things as anti-oppression, equality, community building and worker control, she said.
“Considering that Ottawa is the country’s political capital, it is surprising that there was never been a space so overtly dedicated to fostering dissent,” a statement from the group said.
Decisions about the shop are made by the eight-member collective, based on a model of non-hierarchy where every member has an equal say.
Members of the collective contributed their own funds to open the space and also received a grant from a private American citizen to contribute to the lease and the purchase of merchandise.
The collective has been planning and brainstorming over the past seven months in preparation for the opening. The idea came from similar organizations, which can be found in many European and North American cities.
In a statement, the group said that the goal is “to provide community members with access to alternative media and resources, to provide a base and meeting space for anti-poverty and social justice organizations, and to support mutual aid and the growth of grassroots community organizing.”
The collective hopes that this location will provide the much-needed space for Ottawa’s advocate and anarchist groups to meet.
“Before, there was no physical space,” said Ms. Arpin.
The resource and lounge area were quite busy at Tuesday’s opening, as volunteers welcomed people to the lounge and bookstore.
“It’s a comfortable space – very warm and happy,” said Zander MacDonald, a first-year humanities student at Carleton University who had heard about the opening from a friend.
He was quite impressed by the books that were available and said he is considering volunteering with the organization next year.
“I’m always interested in the fringe,” he said.
Exile Infoshop will host regular events to try to attract a broader interest. Examples include a recent meeting of the Ottawa Panhandlers’ Union and an upcoming radical discussion of climate change.
Ms. Arpin said the group hopes to continue building financial and volunteer support from the community and increase awareness about its resources and principles.
Collective member Sarah Armstrong summed up what she hopes to accomplish through the shop: “We shouldn’t just rock the boat – we have to sink the f——-!”
Exile Infoshop will be open Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 8 p.m. It is located on the second floor at 256 Bank St.
With files from Bruce Ward
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