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Harper Did Better...

During last nights leaders debate I thought Harper did better than the last major debate for last years election. Did he win? I'm not so sure. One thing is for sure, his advisors told him to smile more and it was obviously forced... I have not heard any

Review of Party Websites

Alison over at Blue Frog has done a good review of the websites of the different political parties [http://blue-frog.ca/archives/003457.html]. Great work!

Catch Phrase About Entitlement

Alison over at Blue Frog's Blog, posted about the speeches last night [http://blue-frog.ca/archives/003442.html] given by the party leaders. Its worth the read what she has to say, and she noticed something that I missed; the catch phrase about entitlement that all the non-libreral

Canada's Government Has Fallen

The Conservative Party of Canada, and the New Democratic Party joined forces to bring down the Liberal Party in a non-confedence vote. The numbers came in at 7:10PM EST with a vote of 171 to bring down the government vs 133 to keep the Liberal Party in power. As

Tell Me Your Joking

I wake up this morning to find on BoingBoing [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/29/canada_bans_copying_.html]: > Michael Geist sez, "The Canadian Supreme Court today declined to hear a case involving the private copying levy and its application to the Apple iPod. While some are

Live 8 Worked (Mostely)

> Among the plan's broad strokes, Blair said it would see a $15 billion "uplift in aid," cancellation of the debt of the poorest nations, universal access to AIDS treatment and the commitment to a new peacekeeping force for Africa. The agreement does not include consensus

Circle In The Sand

Captain's Quarters is reporting [http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004497.php]: > Paul Martin has bought the support of Conservative MP Belinda Stronach with a ministerial position, changing the balance of power in Parliament and possibly saving the Liberal Party's grip on power. Martin induced

New Map of North America

-- Courtesy of CivicSpace Labs [http://civicspacelabs.org/node/view/1210]

TAL: Swing Set

This American Life [http://thisamericanlife.org/] did a show last week that I just heard today. If you haven't voted yet and you have time, then you might want to give this a quick listen [http://thisamericanlife.org/ra/276.ram] (RealPlayer), especially if your sitting on the

Vote

If your American I urge you to please vote, unless its for Bush ;)