Homo Sum:
humani nil a me alienum puto

So, I guess we’re going to have to go through that whole Canadian DMCA thing again, aren’t we? Sigh.

I am so disappointed in you.
Especially you Ontario, and you B.C.
I had steeled myself for 134 seats, but this… this is horrible.
OK, it’s not quite as bad as a majority, but this is still terrible.
And if this voter turnout thing is true–that the right-winger got out a lot more of their voters than the [...]

OK, that’s some of the only good news I’ve read lately.

I also the The Arts. Of course I’m an elitist liberal scum, but this just gives me one more reason to despise Stephen Harper. I could rant, but let’s let George at BookNinja do it instead, since he’s so good at it:
First, he tried to set up arts and culture producers, from dance companies to [...]

A surprising number of people have asked me why I am so strongly opposed to Harper and his lot getting a majority government. It’s like they weren’t paying attention.
I would think that anyone who has had their eyes open for the last eight years would have had an object lesson already in what happens when [...]

I love that the Progressive Conservative Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is spearheading an “Anything But Conservative” anti-Conservative campaign in the election. I wish it was more because of the ReformConservatives’ scary policies, and less because of them screwing over the Atlantic provinces on resource revenues, but I’ll take it anyway.

I am still desperately miserable about the upcoming (Canadian) election. Every time I check out Elect-o-pinion.ca I want to pound nails into my eyes, even if it sometimes does bring me lovely things like 100+ Reasons Not to Vote for Harper.

Today, as my grandfather would say, the sadness is upon me.
Let’s just say that my growing fear that McCain’s Big Lie tactics will work, combined with my stark and utter terror at the nearly inescapable certainty of a Harper majority, have made me miserable today. I’ve lost faith in my fellow man.
Maybe I’ll be chipper [...]

And then there’s this one, which makes me so angry I’m not sure I can even write coherently about it.
A day after a report revealed Canadian officials knew of Omar Khadr’s harsh treatment by the U.S. military, Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday repeated vows to leave the case in U.S. hands.
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A Canadian official visiting [...]

Here’s one that both angers me and makes me embarrassed to be a Canadian:
globeandmail.com: Canada deports U.S. army deserter
U.S. army deserter Robin Long was quietly deported from Canada Tuesday morning, while protesters unaware of his whereabouts picketed the Canada-U.S. border crossing south of Vancouver.

The first and most important question here is why are we letting [...]