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Introducing Vote Swap Canada for Facebook
October 9th, 2008 at 10:51pm | 1 CommentA few weeks ago there was quite a bit of buzz about vote swapping, mostly around the “Anti-Harper Vote Swap Canada” Facebook group. Mat Savelli started the group and basically volunteered to manually match people up that emailed him their information. I was truly inspired by this and contacted Mat about writting an application to ... read more »
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Link BRAD for President of the Internet 2008
December 25th, 2007 at 2:37pm | No Comments“But Brad,” you may ask, “what the hell are you talking about?” Warranted, my good friend, warranted. As most things these days, it all started with a blog post back in 2003. Then, following some discussion, it was decided that the President of the Internet would be he or she who ranked #1 on Google ... read more »
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Blog Action Day – The Environment
October 16th, 2007 at 12:03pm | 3 CommentsSo apparently I missed blog action day yesterday. Since it involved such an important topic (the environment), I figured I’d put in a late post anyways. Today I went to the CMA‘s web site and completed the Do Not Contact Service registration. I’ve heard rumours that it doesn’t work very well, but hopefully it will ... read more »
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Reopening coal mines in Cape Breton
September 27th, 2007 at 9:42am | 1 CommentI’m a regular listener of The Current on CBC Radio One, but Monday was the first time I sent an e-mail voicing my opinion. It turns out it was good enough to read on the air this morning, so I figured it’s good enough to post here. You can check out a podcast of the ... read more »
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Vote for the Environment and David Suzuki’s Testicles
February 27th, 2007 at 12:08am | 1 CommentTonight I “voted for the environment.” I sent an email to the leaders of all the Canadian political parties from David Suzuki’s web site. His tour is wrapping up in the next few days, tomorrow being the Vancouver stop. I was thinking of going as I’m pretty big on cooling the planet, but I’m not ... read more »
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Fuck this, I’m moving to Iceland
January 23rd, 2006 at 11:11pm | 1 CommentWell it’s done. The beautiful country I am proud to call home has turned a shade darker tonight, having given the power to a Conservative government. Mind you, I would not be quite as concerned if these were the old Progressive Conservatives that existed apart from the Canadian Alliance party. No, these are the “New” ... read more »
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Weapons in space: A defining political issue
January 13th, 2006 at 11:07am | No CommentsIn the past, I have written my opinion of putting weapons in space. For me, a political party’s firm stance on this issue can define their values and of course determine whether or not they are idiots. The CBC is reporting that the Liberals just leaked they would seek an international ban on putting weapons ... read more »
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All the nation for popcorn and beer
December 13th, 2005 at 2:27pm | No CommentsWell, election time is back and the news is saturated with political platforms once again. And already we have our first flagrant tongue slip of the campaign, by the PM’s director of communications no less. If you haven’t already heard, Mr. Scott Reid was quoted commenting on the Conservative plan to give child care money ... read more »
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Government Failing to Protect Disaster Prone Areas
May 16th, 2005 at 7:21pm | 1 CommentI was well aware of the impending danger of a tsunami prior to arriving here in the Lower Mainland of BC. After the devastating tsunami of late 2004, the Discovery Channel reported on the state of the fault line running off the coast of BC down into the US and the possibility of it causing ... read more »
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The CBC: Correcting Ignorant Americans
March 4th, 2005 at 1:23am | 1 CommentRecently, the CBC has been doing a good job of reporting the ignorance of Americans toward Canada. From what I remember, it started a few years ago with Rick Mercer: Talking to Americans, a wildly popular comedy special where CBC’s Rick Mercer interviews respected Americans and gets them to say ridiculous things like “Congratulations Canada, ... read more »