| C'mon folks, get voting
Last Friday, the Sun challenged readers to make Winnipeg one of those wild-card cities. In a span of only 24 hours, our fine city catapulted its way onto the nomination leaderboard. Yesterday, we were No. 4. And that's no small feat. When we issued the call-to-arms, Taipei, Taiwan, had the most write-in nominations, followed by Volendam, Netherlands, and Cork, Ireland. Like Winnipeg, Quebec City has also been climbing the leaderboard and was No. 2 yesterday. Calgary, the only other Canadian city in the top-20, is barely on the radar at No. 20. Hasbro Canada marketing specialist Marisa Pedatella said yesterday the city's ambition is nothing short of extraordinary. She was amazed, she said, when she saw Winnipeg leap into the top-20 just a day after our initial conversation about the quasi-contest.
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A time of split-screen politics
At the weekend the journalist Christopher Caldwell asked why it was that presidential candidates posed more for photos with factory workers than ballet troupes, pointing out that in real America there were now more choreographers than metal-casters. Yet the image most constantly associated with US economics during the election is the ordinary guy on the line, not the ordinary gal in the office. And while the candidates hit each other over the heads with their own economic rescue plans, traders in Congress and the White House, make bargains over what the real recovery package will look like. This upper and lower story division is not just an American phenomenon. It is rather wonderful that poor old Peter Hain should have been told to quit - in advance of his actual departure - on the basis that his short campaign to be Labour deputy leader (which he never became) had proved that he was somehow too incompetent to be a Cabinet minister (which he had been for years).
Kucinich Bows Out with Dignity, Bangs Anti-War Drum
I will not vote for anyone who does not vow to end this war now. Does not end health insurers/pharmaceuticals rule of the healthcare system. Allows a President and Vice-President to get away with violation of human rights and constitutional laws. Gives tax breaks to big business to stimulate the economy while continuing to vote for funding of an illegal war costing $2 trillion. .
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