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Libertarian Party of Canada Participates in Guelph By-election [2008] (August 17, 2008)

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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 →

Truth about Georgia, South Ossetia and Russia (August 15, 2008)

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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 →

Cory Doctorow, Canadian Science Fiction Author and Civil Liberties Advocate (August 15, 2008)

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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 →

U.S. Government Plans to Control the Internet (August 10, 2008)

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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 →

Freedom of Speech (August 9, 2008)

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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 →

Guantanamo Injustice (August 9, 2008)

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Verdict is in on Bush-style justice: Guilty (http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/473532) Toronto Star, 7th August 2008 “It’s precisely because of all of the above that Bush concocted his kangaroo courts, avoiding both the civilian courts and the military courts martial, both of which … Continue reading →