http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com Canadian Politics and Issues Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:07:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en GRE score: 1330 Verbal: 740, 99th percentile Math: 590, 50th percentile Oh well, 1330 is still a very good score. http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/08/06/n-math/ CTV reports that the Liberals have stabilized their lead in the polls and people are dissatisfied with Harper and Martin. Layton, on the other hand, has made some positive gains. I love to say I told you so… …and so… …and so… …and so again. http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/07/17/i-love-to-say-it-2/ Ainge of the BANPC has informed me of a list for canadian bloggers who do a little universitas on the side. Check it out. I think it would be great if we could get a blogroll out of it. http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/07/14/a-canadian-student-list/ I have a bunch of posts planned (and a round-up post to clean up the areas I promised I would visit, but have neglected to do so) but I will be unable to write as often as I would wish right now. You see, I have the pain-in-the-ass GRE ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/07/10/post-decline-for-now/ Our second installment. This time the fight was brought to me. A blogger known as Embarrassed to be Canadian (whose site is apparently just a bunch of funny pictures of John Kerry) managed to draw me into a fight that was somewhat off topic, but it had to ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/07/08/post-mortem-part-ii/ An interesting phenomena discovered by social scientist was a revelation that, at first, seemed counter-intuitive. It was commonly believed that to know a person’s attitude on certain subjects and situations was to be able to reliably predict their actions. To know “John” hated ice cream would allow you ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/07/05/opposed-to-bill-c-38-youll-get-over-it/ Well, it is pouring in Winnipeg, again. This city seems eternally overcast, while half of that, I’m sure, is only perceived, it still seems forever gray. It is funny. There is something wholly its own about this city. Winnipeg emits a duality, and a love/hate dichotomy exists ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/06/29/i-hate-winnipeg/ To give much credence to the idea that there is a vast right-wing conspiracy in the US altering the news and people’s opinions is to ignore basic common sense. Firstly, the country has shifted to the right (see the last election), and a slight shift in the point of ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/06/27/the-whitehouse-weave/ A recent poll by Ekos Research Associates Inc. has caused many to jump on an ever growing band-wagon, condemning Canadians as Anti-American. The Saskatoon StarPhoenix reports: Canadians believe U.S. President George W. Bush is almost as great a threat to our national security as Osama bin Laden, according to a ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/06/21/in-defence-of-canadians/ I’m extremely lazy today but I still feel the need to post something, so I thought I would provide some links to some excellent posts. 1. Andrew Spicer has an innovative post up entitled An Adaptive, Performance-Driven, Health Insurance System. It’s an interesting presentation that proposes to reverse the ... http://canadiansteele.blogsome.com/2005/06/17/a-few-good-links/