Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp news

Johnny Depp news

Who will Johnny Depp call Kemo Sabe? | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times
Depp will also be robbing banks as the gentlemen bandit John Dillinger in Michael Mann's period gangster flick "Public Enemies," due in theaters next year. That film also stars Christian Bale.

Artificial brain-to-muscle connectors

The attractiveness of altruism

Conservatives and the stock market

Lament for a nation

rabble.ca Canadian federal election blog - Lament for a nation

It was Canada’s 40th federal election – an election waged during perilous economic times, globally and domestically.


And yet, only 59% of eligible voters came out to vote. That
represents the lowest voter turnout in our entire democratic history.



Election results map and some analysis

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Low voter turn out hurts the Liberals

Accidental Deliberations: On absent Liberals

A lot less people turned out to vote this time than in 2006. Most of those who didn't turn out were Liberal voters. I guess they were just taking after the example set by Liberal MPs who sat out of many votes in Parliament over the last few years.

In 2006, 64.7% of eligible voters voted. A total of 14,908,703 voted.
In 2008, 59.1% of eligible voters voted. A total of 13,832,972 voted.