Oh, Government Toadies....

July 29, 2010

...you are so obvious and unsubtle. I suspect the Herald is a little over the top in suggesting Harper had anything to do with this; more likely an eager boot-licker trying to please. But really, this is just stupid all around. Not sure why it makes national news, but take a look at some of the edits in question where they tried three times from two different computers (entire IP range indeed owned by Defence Research Establishment) to nuke an entire (referenced) section on political opposition to Canada's purchase of some shiny, expensive jet fighters.

First attempt reverted in 3 minutes. Undaunted, they tried again -- this time with references to some news stories; this one lasted almost 10 minutes. Then, they walked to the other guy's cubicle and tried a third time without typing in all those references all over again; this one lasted less than a minute. (View the history of the appropriate page on wikipedia).

If you want to drum up your own story out of nothing for the Herald, try WikiScanner...