Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Army investigating members allegedly involved in 'abhorrent' Facebook group, #canada's top soldier says
The Canadian Army is investigating members who allegedly shared what the country's top soldier called "abhorrent" content within a private Facebook group.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/army-racist-antisemitic-group-chat-blue-hackle-mafia-1.7576305?cmp=rss

Spock solution: Well if we modulate our phasers to the being’s subspace frequencies we should be able to penetrate its outer layer and discover its true nature.

Kirk solution: I’m going to overcome these aliens’ physically superior champion with cunning and the indomitable human spirit, saving my crew members and proving the righteousness of the Federation’s ideology.

McCoy solution: Six doses of amphetamines to every crew member, and get a seventh round ready.

When Microsoft locked an ICC prosecutor out of their email, it proved just how easily U.S. power can reach across borders and into the heart of global justice, writes Paul Budde.

THE RECENT INCIDENT involving Microsoft and the International Criminal Court (ICC) should send a chill down the spine of every democratic nation.
Following a sanctions order from White House, Microsoft locked ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan out of his enterprise-level Office 365 account.
That account wasn’t personal — it was part of the ICC’s institutional infrastructure.

And just like that, an American tech giant disabled access to a key international legal actor.

...

What’s worse is the normalisation of it all. We scroll past headlines like “Microsoft cuts #ICC access” and carry on with our day. The sociologist Alexei Yurchak coined a term for this: hypernormalisation — the idea that everyone knows the system is broken, but we all pretend things are normal because no one can imagine how to change them..."

#Tyranny #Kakistocracy #ManufacturingConsent #Office365 #Censorship

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/trumps-war-on-the-icc-goes-digital-with-microsoft-as-an-ally,19894

While John Cena won the WWE title in Saudi Arabia this weekend, nearly a hundred migrants from Ethiopia, Egypt and Somalia were preparing for their executions on drug related charges.

For the Middle East Eye, I document the sudden upscale in executions in the Kingdom, the plight of a family of one condemned man on death row, and efforts by researchers and NGOs documenting the scourge, and calling on crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to commute the death sentences.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-50-african-people-risk-imminent-execution-saudi-arabia

Source: CBC #news #pei

No new measles cases on P.E.I. but 15 people now identified as being at risk, CPHO says
#princeedwardisland’s Chief Public Health Office says a total of 15 people have now been identified as at risk after potential exposure to measles, following the confirmation of two cases last week.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-measles-update-june-30-1.7574213?cmp=rss