Another 30 days

I'm gonna give you thirty days to get back home
I done talked to the gypsey woman on the telephone
She gonna send out a world wide hoodoo
that'll be the very thing that'll suit ya
I'm gonna see that you be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days (thirty days!)
Oh thirty days (thirty days!)
I'm gonna see that you be back home in thirty days
Gonna send out a world wide hoodoo
that'll be the very thing that'll suit ya
I'm gonna see that you be back home in thirty days.
- Chuck Berry, 30 Days

In a not so stunning blog post, ICANN has announced that industry-fraudster RegisterFly has another 30 days to keep ICANN accreditation because... they are going to arbitration. Let me put on my shocked face.

So during the arbitration process, RegisterFly may continue to rip off customers. There will be no bulk transfer of domain names yet. Another example of ICANN incompetence. Has anyone called Dubyah yet? ICANN reports to the US Dept of Commerce, and the Dept of Commerce reports to the Secretary who reports to the President.

Convenient. If we are lucky, RegisterFly may get shut down sometime before... Christmas... 2020.

ICANN badness

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again.
When the beating of your heart echoes the beating of the drums,
there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes.
- Les Miserables

ICANN will make the news in another blog post, but according to a comment left by Paul Levins, RegisterFly has chosen to dispute their being dropped as a registrar.

And we thought ICANN might finally act after getting pissed off.

Guess that was short lived. ICANN really is a bunch of crusty old men with no teeth. No teeth. It's time for ICANN to be dismantled and replaced. The end.

Time to face facts: The Quebec election

I have had some time to digest the Quebec provincial election.

For those who have been hiding under a rather large rock, the Liberals won a minority government. The surprising part, was for a while we thought the ADQ may win a minority government, despite the fact that they had never held more than 5 seats in the legislature.

That wouldn't have been good.

Harper is happy. The ADQ did well. I think Harper needs to reconsider his priorities. The ADQ did well because of the protest vote. The Green Party of Quebec increased their overall vote, though I have to admit I was extremely disappointed that they didn't elect anyone. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero.

So what does it mean in the end?

The voters are tired of the lies from the Liberals and mainstream parties, and want a change. Too bad that change wasn't the Green Party.

The lawsuit begins

We knew it was coming.

Sooner, or later.

It would happen. Everyone in the US is "sue happy."

However, in this case, it is justified. A lawsuit has been filed against ICANN, eNom and of course... our favourite, REGISTERFLY!!!

The class action has started. They will all finally be held accountable.

To potential jurors: Award large sums of money. Billions would be best.

You go girl!!

I'm amazed.

I am in utter shock, and amazement.

ICANN has finally "got it". They have finally snapped, stepped into the real world, and understood the utter anger that RegisterFly customers have been feeling for the last two - three months, minimum.

They get it.

ICANN gets it.

This is a day to celebrate, ladies, gentlemen, and green party voters.

We need to celebrate that ICANN got angry.

ICANN never gets angry.

Now they are angry. And not just angry, but pissed off.

They finally get it.

Thank you Paul Levins. You get it. A little too late, but you finally get it.

Peace.