Afghanistan Independence Day: Emerson vs Young on how to mark the occasion “Dennis Young, Libertarian Party leader and a veteran of NATO operations in Bosnia, thinks that is too long for troops to be in the region. ““We should help … Continue reading →
guelphspeak.ca has general coverage of the by-election. “Byelection can be a mini-referendum” Guelph Chamber of Commerce interviews – with only four candidates. August 25th debate (http://www.memberservicecenter.org/irmweb/wc.dll/onguecoc?id=onguecoc&doc=events/event&kn=858) – The Guelph Chamber of Commerce will only invite the top four parties: “What … Continue reading →
Best of luck to my friend, Phil Bender, who is running (http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/candidates.aspx?L=e&ED=35027&EV=29&EV_TYPE=3&PC=&Prov=ON&ProvID=35&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=17&TPageID=) in the federal by-election for Guelph, Ontario for the Libertarian Party of Canada. Details are here (http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/InfovoteMain.aspx?L=e&ED=35027&EV=29&EV_TYPE=3&PC=&Prov=ON&ProvID=35&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=21&TPageID=). Election Date: Monday, September 8, 2008 Take advantage of the advanced … Continue reading →
North American Union: Is the SPP Dead because of opposition? I wish the Security and Prosperity Partnership was dead, but I doubt it [just continues without that name]. Keep opposing it! This is why. August 17th, 2008
Continue reading →Rivals say they plan to remove Georgian President (original removed: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0815/1218747921949.html) Irishtimes.com, 15th August 2008 Mikheil Saakashvili … “widely perceived in the country as having started the war with Russia.” Kakha Kukava member of the opposition Conservative party of Georgia:… … Continue reading →
The Swedish Model of Music Distribution swedishmodel.org “We in the music industry have shown ourselves unable to follow in this change. Some of us have even waged war against those the music is recorded for – the listeners. The rift … Continue reading →
I heard about Cory Doctorow from Brad Spangler’s blog. Cory Doctorow is a civil liberties activist, co-editor of Boing Boing and former Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I really liked his sci-fi fantasy novel Someone Comes … Continue reading →
SiliconValleyWatcher Law professor Lawrence Lessig warns that there is a liberty-destroying Internet “PATRIOT Act” sitting on the shelf waiting for an Internet version of “911″ (between 3 min 50s and 5 min 55s during the video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4631871144083884704&hl=en%3Cbr%20/%3E)). Other discussions touch … Continue reading →
Omar Khadr’s Canadian Interrogation at Guantánamo Andy Worthington, 16th July 2008 August 10th, 2008 Comments for Abuse of Omar Khadr Mary McPherson August 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pm Omar Kadr was 15 years old at the time of his capture, … Continue reading →
Magazine publisher Levant wins Danish cartoon dispute (http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=705092) National Post, 6th August 2008 “After a year-long investigation, the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission has rejected a complaint by the Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities against former Western Standard publisher … Continue reading →