CTV election blog
And with this morning's dropping of the writ, CTV has unveiled its election site. Yes, there will be blogging there. If you want to revisit the polling “fiasco” of 2004, and why it could happen again, read my feature.
Tue, November 29 2005 » Main Page, Media, politics » Comments Off
I didn't know the consequences for kittens were so dire
To see what I mean by that, click here.
Tue, November 29 2005 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
Everything you needed to know about Central Asia in one compact interactive
The Beeb's backgrounder on Central Asia's 'stans' — Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan, and my personal favourite — Turkmenistan! (there's also a complete Central Asia indepth page.) I would like to visit Turkmenistan and North Korea back-to-back, just to see which one is the weirder cult-of-personality state.
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Harper's set to name new editor
A former Texan, raised on a ranch and and a one-time hunter, is the new editor of Harper's Magazine, the erudite, foundation-supported journal of ideas. An excerpt: Harper's Magazine is an intellectual hothouse that tends to grow its own. The magazine will announce today that Roger D. Hodge, 38, will succeed Lewis H. Lapham as [...]
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UK's Telegraph accused of ripping off CJ photographers
Ah, the dark side of citizen journalism: You do the work, we keep all the rights and profit. This Media Guardian article airs complaints about the Telegraph in the UK with respects to rights-grabbing. An excerpt: The Daily Telegraph's plan to encourage readers to send in pictures taken on cameras and mobile phones has come [...]
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Bill's household tip of the week
Club soda and tonic water come in similar-looking containers and are in fact similar-looking fluids. However, they taste quite different. Make sure your literacy skills are sufficient to distinguish between the labeling describing the two different products. If they are not, swallow your pride and ask a clerk for assistance. Otherwise, you might find yourself swallowing [...]
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'Latin America's year of elections'
This BBC interactive is predicated on the fact that 12 Latin American countries will be having elections between November and the end of 2006. Find it here.
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EU official issues warning on secret CIA jails
The European Union's top justice official has issued a warning that any member state found to be hosting a secret CIA jail could lose its voting rights. An excerpt from the BBC story: Franco Frattini said the consequences would be “extremely serious” if reports of such prisons turned out to be true. This comes amid [...]
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Lest anyone think Canada's left out of the CIA story …
Opposition MPs, mainly the Bloc Quebecois, have been pestering the government about possible CIA-linked flights in Canada. An excerpt from a CP story via the London Free Press: The government says if there's evidence CIA-controlled planes are involved in illegal activities in Canada, the matter will be raised with the United States. Foreign Affairs Minister [...]
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Stevie Cameron responds to the latest attack on her
My friend Stevie Cameron has had a rough few years. As befits one of this country's finest investigative reporters, she went after big game — stories like possible corruption in the Airbus and Eurocopter deals. The Airbus/Eurocopter saga got her in some difficulty. Those difficulties became very newsworthy to The Globe and Mail — much [...]