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		<title>Failure to Blow</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2012/03/21/failure-to-blow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robocalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robogate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or why the Conservative Party&#8217;s refusal to call for a judicial inquiry into election fraud is de facto guilt. “We saw with the in-and-out scheme, when the Conservatives were brought up on charges, they basically counter-sued Elections Canada and fought it all the way to the Supreme Court,” he said. “They are using Elections Canada because they can bully them and they can push back. They cannot do that with an independent probe.” http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/13/harper-dismisses-calls-for-royal-commission-over-robocalls-scandal/ In a situation where a majority government has the determining say on its own electoral legitimacy, failure to blow in the form of rejecting a judicial/royal inquiry when serious accusations of election fraud are presented, should be considered an admission of guilt. This, everyone can agree on. It is whether the criteria for &#8216;serious&#8217; has been met in the case of Canada&#8217;s 2011 federal election that appears to be holding up the process. It shouldn&#8217;t. The accusations are beyond serious. While the newspapers, and Conservative Party talking points are focused on Guelph, the actual accusations of election fraud are coming in from around Canada. My own estimates, show about 80 disparate ridings with a number of startling pieces of evidence. Worse, Elections Canada does not appear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Financing Loophole Still Persists</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2011/12/20/campaign-financing-loophole-still-persists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently happened upon an article about a Canadian campaign financing loophole that was written in 2007. The Globe and Mail reported yesterday that Elections Canada cannot track or cross-check donations to riding associations of less than $200. As a result, a donor could send dozens of contributions to riding associations that, put together, widely exceed the legal limit of $1,100 a year. With 308 ridings across the country, a series of $199.99 cheques to each one would total $61,596.92, and could go undetected. http://nationalcitizens.ca/cgi-bin/news.cgi?rm=display&#38;articleID=1186055872&#38;search=&#38;category=3&#38;order=&#38;page=1 Apparently this loophole became a thing in 2003 under the Liberal government but the Tories have refused to close it up. I was a little unsure if, in the 4 years since that article had been published, the loophole might have been closed. I wanted to be sure I understood this: In the nomination contestant&#8217;s return, the financial agent must disclose the name and address of any contributor who makes an aggregate contribution to the nomination contestant in excess of $200, and the amount and date on which each contribution was received. take from here so I ended up emailing Elections Canada to get the definitive word: &#8230;only donations of more than $200 need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An internet detective story</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2011/08/17/an-internet-detective-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was going through some of my photo albums today when I came across this: It&#8217;s a photo I snuck a picture of at the Vancouver Art Gallery a while back. Unfortunately I failed to get the name of the artist and had no idea when I took the photo. I decided to head over to tineeye.com in the faint hope that maybe it would return something &#8211; and unbelievably, it did! http://www.tineye.com/search/90a61cb0fdc3ce0501eaaa839c6d98535213c923/ Turns out there&#8217;s a Globe and Mail article about the VAG Olympic exhibition that this painting was displayed at. Unfortunately I hit another snag, the article was behind a pay wall. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/subscribe.jsp?art=1458364 So I looked high and low for some kind of cached version of the article without success. Again, in a last ditch effort, I decided to see what kind of options there were to &#8216;license&#8217; the article &#8211; maybe I could just pay a small one time fee and get the information. Amazingly, clicking &#8216;print&#8217; at this stage actually gets you completely around the pay wall. http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTM3MDM0MTA%3D I was almost there, except that the picture tineeye returned was nowhere to be found and there was no specific reference I could see to it. The most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troll Math</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2010/11/25/troll-math/</link>
		<comments>http://www.introspections.org/2010/11/25/troll-math/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<title>Touche</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2010/08/24/touche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu]]></category>

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		<title>Lorne Greene&#8217;s New Wilderness</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2009/11/30/lorne-greenes-new-wilderness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lorne Greene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us growing up in the 80&#8242;s, Lorne Greene&#8217;s New Wilderness was something special. These were nature documentaries that would easily give Planet Earth a run for its money. Lorne Greene had a touching and soulful way of talking about the animals that appeared in the 104 episodes of his show. But looking around the Internet, you would think that these films are gone forever. You can order several episodes on VHS off of eBay and Amazon but that&#8217;s kind of pathetic. Where is the DVD box set? To answer this question, I emailed CTV who previously had the syndication rights. They said the rights are held by Lorne&#8217;s son Charles, and there is no current contact information for this person. Try as I might, I was unable to locate any contact info for Charles Greene or his sister. If anyone out there knows how to get a hold of these people so that we can politely request that they share these films with a new generation, let us know in the comments. Come on Internet, we can do this!]]></description>
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		<title>Another Reddit Re-Post</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2009/09/17/another-reddit-re-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.introspections.org/2009/09/17/another-reddit-re-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reddit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This was all just too true. -I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option. -More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me. -Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. -I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to have fun.” Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they’ve invented the lighter? -Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk. -That’s enough, Nickelback. -I totally take back all those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonapatizzle &#8211; Jordan&#8217;s Almost Sushi Recipe</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2009/09/09/bonapatizzle-jordans-almost-sushi-recipe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.introspections.org/2009/09/09/bonapatizzle-jordans-almost-sushi-recipe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ingredients: Two jalapenos Some garlic Half an onion Some chopped mushrooms Diced Tomatos Basil Oregano Sushi seaweed &#8212;&#8212;Pics!&#8212;&#8212;-]]></description>
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		<title>Network Rant</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2009/04/23/network-rant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.introspections.org/2009/04/23/network-rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, you listen to me. Listen to me: Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We&#8217;re in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth&#8230; Go to God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because that&#8217;s the only place you&#8217;re ever going to find any real truth. But, man, you&#8217;re never going to get any truth from us. We&#8217;ll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell. We&#8217;ll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, or that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker&#8217;s house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don&#8217;t worry, just look at your watch; at the end of the hour he&#8217;s going to win. We&#8217;ll tell you any shit you want to hear. We deal in illusions, man! None of it is true! But you people sit there, day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds&#8230; We&#8217;re all you know. You&#8217;re beginning to believe the illusions we&#8217;re spinning here. You&#8217;re beginning to think that the tube is reality, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reagan in a Nutshell</title>
		<link>http://www.introspections.org/2009/03/19/reagan-in-a-nutshell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.introspections.org/2009/03/19/reagan-in-a-nutshell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reagan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had to repost this from Reddit (user: Pilebsa) Reagan in a nutshell Criminal: Iran-Contra treason. Lied about it. Likely encouraged Iran to keep US Embassy hostages until he was into office. Fiscal: Supply-side economics. National debt tripled. $12 billion trade surplus &#8211;&#62; $100+ billion trade deficit. Deregulated savings and loans, precipitated huge economic crisis. Tax raiser. Taxed the poor, cut taxes for the rich. SDI &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; boondoggle. Military spending increased to match imaginary spending in USSR. Deregulation caused oil bust. Broke air traffic control union. Social: Gutted social welfare. Release of mental patients without recourse, homeless population up. Ignored AIDS crisis. Abstinence-only sex education. Strengthened ATF, banned automatic weapons, blamed Democrats for it. Increased spending for War on Drugs. National drinking age of 21. Underfunded NEA. EPA Superfund grants manipulated to help Republicans in local elections. Deregulated kids&#8217; tv, initiated 22 minute toy ads. Killed energy programs. Crack in the ghettos. (? Due to support for Contras and Noriega?) Foreign: Wars all over Central America, incl Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. Promoted Iran-Iraq war. Sent Marines into Beirut, abandoned mission after terrorist bombing. Broke detente with USSR until Gorbachev personally made things better. Backed Contras in drug running [...]]]></description>
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