THere has been an attack on parliament, and a large area of downtown is now cordoned off.  At this time, one of the shooters was killed, but at least one other conspirator.,

For my out of town friends and family, i am well out of downtown, about a 25 minute drive to parliament hill.

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I'm quite sure I've ranted on this subject before. i was going to post in response to fairestcat, but it got long. So I decided to post my response here:  its a rant to the government on many levels...

you might want to read this first: (summary of the decision, and the responses, esp. con_girl)
http://fairestcat.dreamwidth.org/580318.html

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Rick Mercer's Rant about student voting:
www.youtube.com/watch

U Ottawa's reaction  (in reaction to Guelph's).  There have been 'vote mobs" organized, and I gather that these are the ballots that 'some people' are trying to get thrown out.

www.youtube.com/watch

I find the movement very heartening, (and the videos entertaining).
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This has to be one of the best pieces of satire I've seen recently...
by John Stewart and John Oliver of the daily show.

you can watch the whole clip, but the really good stuff starts at about 1:10 into the clip...

watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart---march-21-2011/#clip436329

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