"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." The faint praise of a
middling bureaucrat in the wake of a tremendous humanitarian disaster
still haunts us 10 years later on this week's Open Sources Guelph.
In a bizarre bit of timing, we consider another burgeoning humanitarian
crisis, this time in Europe with thousands of refugees trying to escape
the chaos of Middle East conflicts. All that, plus the Ashley Madison
hacks, and (naturally) all the latest campaign news form the meat of
this...
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." The faint praise of a
middling bureaucrat in the wake of a tremendous humanitarian disaster
still haunts us 10 years later on this week's Open Sources Guelph.
In a bizarre bit of timing, we consider another burgeoning humanitarian
crisis, this time in Europe with thousands of refugees trying to escape
the chaos of Middle East conflicts. All that, plus the Ashley Madison
hacks, and (naturally) all the latest campaign news form the meat of
this week's show.
This Thursday, August 27, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
1) Campaign Week #4.
As phase 2 of the Duffy Trial wraps, the Conservatives are hoping to
make up lost ground now that there are no new allegations coming out
daily. They badly need to go on the attack because the polls are showing
that the NDP are consolidating their Quebec base, looking to
breakthrough in British Columbia, and over half the electorate now
trusts the Tories less than they did four years ago. We'll cover all the
latest election news as he wrap up the first month (sigh) of the
campaign.
2) On Cheating and Hacking.
A group of hacktivists dumped a whole lot of information about users of
the cheaters dating site Ashley Madison, and it kicked up a maelstrom.
From the status of high-profile alleged members like Josh Duggar and Eve
Adams, to issues of privacy and morality, the info dump forces us to
ask some deep questions about the nature of the internet and the
vulnerability of personal information. Will the Ashley Madison hack be a
wake-up call, or another hiccup as we shift to a privacy-less world?
3) The Worst Refugee Crisis in Europe Since WWII.
That's what they're calling it as thousands of migrants from Syria and
Iraq are overwhelming the governments of Macedonia and Greece as they
try to escape the ongoing and endless war in the their own countries.
Resources in countries along the Mediterranean coast are being taxed as
refugees scramble desperately in their hope to reach Western Europe and
salvation. What, if anything, can be done to ease the crisis?
4) 10 Years After the Storm.
At 6 am on August 29,2005, Hurricane Katrina came ashore in the Gulf
Coast and laid waste to the City of New Orleans. Initial reports that
the storm missed the city gave way to one of the worst humanitarian
disasters in American history. The bungling of the response, primarily
the inaction of FEMA director Michael Brown, did irreparable harm to the
administration of George W. Bush, and in no small way the effects of
Katrina are still being felt today. What, if anything, did we learn from
this chapter 10 years on?
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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