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Amn Dawla: Is Egypt another France, Russia, or Germany?

The accounts from bloggers and tweeters out of Egypt today are absolutely fascinating. Thousands of protestors have converged on the Amn Dawla (State Security) Headquarters in Cairo's Nasr City neighbourhood: "Tonight Egyptian protesters managed not to only to encircle the fearful building by …

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Coffeehouse concerts coming up!

Hey everyone, Just a quick shout out that I'm going to be playing at two events in the next few days: Blackforest Annual Coffeehouse (St. Paul's, UW) Friday at 7:00 PM (Tomorrow!), my set is at 11:00 PM Tickets: $7 at the door Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142330182492089 …

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The anarcho-libertarian paradox

Our Canadian parliamentary democracy is a slow, crippled, corrupt beast. It's a threadbare patchwork of centuries-old traditions and bureaucratic roadblocks. But, to quote Churchill, "Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been …

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Liveblogging the EV3 Town Hall Discussion

At 12:00 noon on Wednesday February 16th, Interim Dean Mark Seasons held a town hall meeting to discuss developments in issues that affect the Faculty of Environment. I live-tweeted the event, but here is a more detailed (and structured) account of what happened. People starting filling up the …

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