Watched the election debate last night. I came away thinking that Stephen Harper failed pretty badly, in the sense that he didn't really debate with the others, and mostly repeated campaign messages. I guess that he stayed on message to his campaign, and spoke to the camera, but that seems to miss the point of a debate - this was a venue for ( Read more... )

Here are some things that caught my attention this week

Neptune nears end of first orbit around sun since 1846, when it was first discovered.

Podcast: How search keywords make misinformation hard to correct in news media, and how certain parties can take advantage of that.

Podcast: How do our expectations of what public institutions, ( Read more... )

Arg! Parliament is proroguing!

Bile!

Mr. Harper is currently in the Governor General's House.

I'm all anxious!

11:00 Things are sort of winding down, and I'm getting tired. My riding went Blue, and it's confirmed now. I think I might duck out, since we have the big result back. Goodnight, all ( Read more... )

A friend of mine and I were having a conversation today about video games and the conflict in Georgia, and how it compared to the play in Civilization IV. He sent me this in the afternoon. He said I could post it up, but he didn't want his name attached to it. What follows is the day's world political stage, as a Warcraft chat log ( Read more... )

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