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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
As you may be aware, there's been plenty of controversy in Alaska over federal earmarks and the so-called "bridge to nowhere" (though in Alaska, particularly on the islands the bridge was meant to link, at least some of the controversy surrounds having their community called "nowhere"!). Saying no to the "bridge to nowhere" was a huge part of the Sarah Palin unveiling, and I find the whole thing fascinating.The...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
The Globe and Mail has a great picture slide show today of quotes from various Members of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada about how terribly important the fixed election dates law they passed is, and how crucial it is to remove from the Prime Minister the power to call an election at a time of his or her choosing (not to mention selfless... don't forget how selfless they were being!!!).Some...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
With Prime Minister Harper set to dissolve Parliament before it even goes back in session (on the specious reasoning that the House of Commons, which isn't even sitting right now, is too dysfunctional to allow it to come back from recess) I think the opposition parties would do well to explain the PM's actions to the people of Canada in a manner suggested by Jack Layton.Basically, the Prime Minister...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
Well, it looks like Canada will probably end the Summer Olympics ranked 19th (ranked by Gold medals) or 13th (ranked by total medals). Pretty much as expected, though a little higher (I believe the COC was shooting for 16th place, and around 16 medals). 18 medals would be our third highest medal total ever (I'm not counting the boycotted L.A. Games for obvious reasons) and it's in a sense tied for...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
And he didn't even run full out!!!Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 100m gold medal in China just now, and he pulled up at about the 80m mark and stopped using his arms (he was well ahead). He crossed the line slapping his chest and STILL broke the world record!AMAZING performance.This guy could run below 9.5, and he's still young, so I'd bet he will.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Well, some of our Canadian athletes shut up those people acting as though Canada's time in Beijing would end up amounting to our worst Olympics since Rome.In the span of an hour today, Canada won 3 medals at the Olympic games, one of each colour.Congratulations to Tonya Verbeek for her bronze in the 55 kg women's wrestling event, and to Dave Calder and Scott Frandsenfor for their silver in the men's...
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Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
. Lord Kitchener (born Aldwyn Roberts) shares with Mighty Sparrow the title of the world's best known Calypso singer. He began his career in Trinidad and won his first Road March award for singing in 1946. In 1948, Kitch emigrated to England in the company of singer Lord Beginner and newsreel footage of the time shows him singing "London Is the Place for Me." In less than two years, he and Beginner...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Dan Gardner had a great article in the Ottawa Citizen today about the recent stats released showing that in most areas crime rates in Canada continue to fall. Mr. Gardner goes through all the ways in which such statistics are trumpeted and lauded or ignored and derided depending upon such variables as the political leanings of the the commentator, the policy objectives of said commentator, and the...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
So, I saw "The Dark Knight" last night and let me just start off by saying yes, it's really that good.Ledger's Joker is spectacular (it's a terrible shame we'll never get him as the Joker again, and also that there can't be a Joker in the next two or three Batman movies... 'cause no one should have to follow THAT!). I won't be at all surprised if he gets an Oscar nomination, and I think he'd be a more...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
... just how much of a right wing nut do you have to be to disagree?Today's headline of note from the National Post: Free Omar Khadr.And what crazy left-wing moon-bat suggests this'Johnathan freaking Kay.Nicely written Mr. Kay.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
...it's that it's happening to this particular person, for the particular crime he's accused of.The release of the Khadr interrogation tape isn't particularly shocking to me in what it shows (more on that in a sec) and personally, I don't even think he's been subjected to anything that we should prohibit as a general principle. However (and it's a big however) that this is all happening to Omar Khadr...
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Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Back to London this week for more photos for this Sunday mag piece and at this rate you'll be expecting a whole supplement plus cover given over to me me me so I'd best clarify. It's me and half a dozen others and it's a feature about bloggers and critics and this time we caused quite a stir leaning against the wall of the Tate Modern. Speaking for myself and modelling not really being my forte, we...
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Michael Geist continues his series on a week in the life of the Canadian DMCA with Day Two where ten year old Rona's love of American Idol leads to her family becoming unwitting criminals by doing the sorts of things thousands of Canadians do every day.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
So Michael Geist is doing a series on his blog taking us through various days in the life of our (proposed) new copyright legislation. Professor Geist takes us through a typical day of a suburban Canadian family and then breaks down all the things that family did that day that would be illegal under the proposed law.Here's DAY ONE.Suffice it to say almost everyone I know would be liable to be fined...
