Alex Massie reports that: "This time, perhaps even the lawyers have gone too far. It's hard to recall, even in the long history of appalling gagging orders, a more disgraceful injunction than this." He then goes...
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I am sorry to be missing this year's ONA conference in San Francisco. The conference is doing a great job of providing a live stream of the proceedings here. I'll be watching it remotely and have also set up a SCAN.
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Stephen Harper has a controversial vision for Canada's future but that is less worrying than his dubious sense of the country's history. This week he said: ""We also have no history of colonialism. So we have...
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According to press reports, protesters and authorities are preparing for a potential showdown in Pittsburgh. "PITTSBURGH, United States (AFP) – Activists promised an angry welcome for leaders of the G20...
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A new strategy by the Democrats focuses on a new aggressive use of real-time media like twitter."The increasingly aggressive Democratic National Committee on Friday launched a new “Call ’Em Out” website targeting prominent Republicans for statements they have made about...
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Kate Armstrong takes on the Provincial Government over their brutal cuts to the arts. "B.C. Liberal government has cut funding for arts and cultural organizations by 50 percent this fiscal year, and by 92...
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The Mondo Spider of Burning Man is heading to New York this week to participate in Gadgetoff, an invitation-only inventor and gadget showcase. Mondo Spider is the product of NowPublic member, Luki's mad...
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The Two Rivers Detention Center has focused the spotlight on a mysterious security firm that has recently pledged to take over the facility. The detention center is a vacant jail that has been looking for...
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It would have been great to see this in person."NEW YORK – Those who say we'll never see anything like McEnroe-Connors again should have been near Practice Court 4 at the U.S. Open on Friday."
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Hi,As you may have seen in the news, NowPublic has been acquired by Examiner.com. This is great news for the company, our readers and all of our contributors. Some of you may know Examiner.com but...
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Supporters of the arts in British Columbia are in shock following massive cuts. Many of the programs supported by the Province have already been promised money and are now having to assume the debt arising...
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Ecomonday is the twitter community's answer to ecological challenges. "Ecomonday has evolved not only to recommend people to follow, but also recommending specific web-pages and blogs, as well as recommending...
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If there was ever a sign of the times, this is it. "The cash-strapped state of California is holding a massive two-day garage sale to get rid of cars, computers, prison gear and anything else deemed surplus and beef...
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Today we took the crew down to Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition, the PNE. I've done similar venues as a teenager, ironic 20 something and now as family guy and I was actually pretty impressed this...
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Across North America, people are beginning the trip downt to the Nevada desert. All is quiet now but that will change next week. "BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada--It's Thursday night, three days before the gates...
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