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to omit controversial sources that might be blocked from it’s Chinese Google News service. In other words, they condone the Chinese government’s blocking of those sites. Worse, though, they have tried to explain it away as a usability issue on the Google Blog.
Let’s just get this straight. Website usability does NOT provide cover for a company to go out of its way to condone the censorship conducted by an authoritarian, single-party-state government.
interview with James Wolcott: Man bites lap dogs! Wolcott currently writes for Vanity Fair but was a long-time critic at the Village Voice. And he’s now become a blogger as well.
that may prove to be extremely significant in the coming US election: Flood of New Voters Signing Up. There are hundreds of variables in play, but if this trend converts even a little bit to increased voter turnout the impact will be significant. It likely means that polling so far has underrepresented Democrat support, possibly by a great deal.
Kevin summed up last week’s Amazing Race finale. I pretty much agree with him, though I am sceptical that the editing and other tricks didn’t make Colin look worse than he actually is.
I went to the Big O to see what was likely my last Montreal Expos game. The ‘Spos lost to the Phillies, as they have done many times before in my presence, but there was an odd poignancy about as well. Aislin, the noted editorial cartoonist at the Gazette, put it well: “It’s going to be weird…”
