Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

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IT guy, code monkey, husband, father, target shooter, but unfortunately not independently wealthy.


Archive for October, 2008

Election Results and Commenting Blackout.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Prohibition – premature transmission of results 329. No person shall transmit the result or purported result of the vote in an electoral district to the public in another electoral district before the close of all of the polling stations in that other electoral district. In order to not run afoul of Elections Canada rules on results [...]

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Get out and vote.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

According to Elections Canada only 64.7% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2006 general election. Thats just shy of two-thirds of registered voters. Canadians, unlike many countries in Europe and elsewhere, have never found themselves under a military or otherwise totalitarian regime. They have never been subject to intimidation, torture, or murder based on which Political party [...]

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Endorsing the Conservatives.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Today is election day so I thought I’d quickly summarize the newsmedia that has endorsed the conservatives. First, locally, are the Oakville Beaver, the Burlington Post, and the Milton Canadian Champion, who have united to endorse the Conservatives and local candidate Lisa Raitt over encumbant Garth “I like the sound of my own voice” Turner: [...]

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H/T to Kate at SDA for linking this video from CTV news – Do Canadians honestly want this guy in charge of the country?

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While wading through the Liberal Party’s platform document I found myself thinking back to September. That’s when Stephane Dion originally announced his “education endowment” that would be worth $25-billion over 20 years. A quick googling found the following, from an article in the London Topic: When asked where the Liberals plan to get the money [...]

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