tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post7070878485258517713..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Lessons for the Liberals from the NDP leadership and showcase weekendUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-84435096777832161092012-03-31T19:16:43.084-04:002012-03-31T19:16:43.084-04:00Even if you were an NDP supporter, you would have ...Even if you were an NDP supporter, you would have found yourelf dying of boredom if you were following the convention from the outside, and frustrated to death by repeated failed attempts to vote.<br /><br />And the problem wasn't just the cyber attack. With four ballots to get through, you would have had to spend all day coming back to your computer to vote. <br /><br />What if you actually had something to do with your time?<br /><br />On the other hand, since it was obvious after the second ballot that Mulcair had it in the bag, I'm sure many Dippers realized there was no real point in further voting. <br /><br />They could just hit the snooze button till the final results were announced many hours later.Brian Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477347092587248351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-44608425649167409412012-03-27T12:29:03.185-04:002012-03-27T12:29:03.185-04:00It now appears that the cyber attack on the NDP Le...<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/well-over-10000-computers-used-in-attack-on-ndp-leadership-vote/article2382560/" rel="nofollow">It now appears that the cyber attack on the NDP Leaadership voting system was large and organized.</a> The ability to press thousands of 'zombie' computers into service - to launch denial of service attacks - is calculated and criminal. These threats to democratic process should be top of mind for everyone including the Federal government and police forces.leftdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936887870919391739noreply@blogger.com