One Hundred
This marks the one hundredth post on this blog. It was established on the Twentieth of January, 2005. Given this, I've managed an average of one post every three days. The counter stands at 1439, which works out to 14.39 views per post. I'm moving up in the world!
It has been, and will continue to be a rather unpleasant week as I proceed to jump through the last few hoops thrown out by a desperate bureaucracy seeking to prove their necessity. The week-end will be filled with the joys of the LSAT. Monday evening is my Senior Thesis presentation, followed by a week of nothing.
In any case, it seems that big things are afoot up north in Canuckistan. The ruling Liberal Government of Prime Minister Paul Martin has lost a vote of no confidence, and new elections have been called for January. The three other major parties (the Conservatives, the Bloc Quebecois, and the NDP) all voted in favour of the no-confidence motion. This happened because of the Adscam scandal. There was nearly a no-confidence vote some time ago, which I wrote about. The motion was defeated when the ruling Liberal party used its clout to buy off several MPs with senate seats or cushy appointments. They weren't so lucky this time.
I also see that everyone's favourite Uranium-refining African Strong Man has "won" a large majority of seats in Zimbabwe's "new" upper parliamentary house, the National Assembly. To clarify as to how Mugabe "won" this one, it's hard to lose seats when you rig the polls and your opposition (mostly) boycotts the election. Regarding the "new" comment, Zimbabwe actually had an upper house, a Senate, until 1990. It was then abolished by Mugabe to help him gain control over the nation. The new upper house is being created to help Mugabe gain control over the nation. I sense a common theme here.
To complete the Foreign Affairs trifecta, current Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is said to have been surrounded by a heavenly light during his recent UN speech. Though no one knows if he really thinks this, it can't be good news if he does. Her Majesty's Armed Forces aren't nearly in the same shape as they were the last time someone decided that they were the Mahdi.
It has been, and will continue to be a rather unpleasant week as I proceed to jump through the last few hoops thrown out by a desperate bureaucracy seeking to prove their necessity. The week-end will be filled with the joys of the LSAT. Monday evening is my Senior Thesis presentation, followed by a week of nothing.
In any case, it seems that big things are afoot up north in Canuckistan. The ruling Liberal Government of Prime Minister Paul Martin has lost a vote of no confidence, and new elections have been called for January. The three other major parties (the Conservatives, the Bloc Quebecois, and the NDP) all voted in favour of the no-confidence motion. This happened because of the Adscam scandal. There was nearly a no-confidence vote some time ago, which I wrote about. The motion was defeated when the ruling Liberal party used its clout to buy off several MPs with senate seats or cushy appointments. They weren't so lucky this time.
I also see that everyone's favourite Uranium-refining African Strong Man has "won" a large majority of seats in Zimbabwe's "new" upper parliamentary house, the National Assembly. To clarify as to how Mugabe "won" this one, it's hard to lose seats when you rig the polls and your opposition (mostly) boycotts the election. Regarding the "new" comment, Zimbabwe actually had an upper house, a Senate, until 1990. It was then abolished by Mugabe to help him gain control over the nation. The new upper house is being created to help Mugabe gain control over the nation. I sense a common theme here.
To complete the Foreign Affairs trifecta, current Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is said to have been surrounded by a heavenly light during his recent UN speech. Though no one knows if he really thinks this, it can't be good news if he does. Her Majesty's Armed Forces aren't nearly in the same shape as they were the last time someone decided that they were the Mahdi.
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