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OK, kiddies! Fresh blog up

acanuck — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:03:16 +0000

In reply to Aca-quinn . Who'll be the weather man

OK, kiddies! Fresh blog up (CANADA VOTES 2011).

Over to you, quinn? TV's in the other room, so I'll watch for a bit.

Maybe the mounties staged a

kgb999 — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:03:07 +0000

In reply to Still nothing new at 9 37

Maybe the mounties staged a raid? Tres subversive.

Update: oooor maybe he was just under a temporary ban. Bunch of stuff up now.

Great idea.

Flavius — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:53:21 +0000

In reply to I'm watching CBC in Montreal,

Great idea.

By the way, I was wrong about

acanuck — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:52:38 +0000

In reply to I'm watching CBC in Montreal,

By the way, I was wrong about the Prairies closing at 10. They closed at 9:30, just like Ontario and Quebec. But results are still embargoed till 10, when the last polls close in B.C. Eight minutes to go!

It's gonna be very very

quinn esq — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:49:20 +0000

In reply to Still nothing new at 9 37

It's gonna be very very close. NDP doing fabulously compared to their historic high in seats, but can they keep the Tories from a majority? The next half hour will tell a lot.

I'm watching CBC in Montreal,

acanuck — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:49:00 +0000

In reply to Still nothing new at 9 37

I'm watching CBC in Montreal, which is beginning to report some Quebec and Ontario results. I'm trying to stay legal, so I'll post only at 10 p.m. If it's cool with everyone, I'll start a new thread at that point. OK?

Still nothing new at 9 37

Flavius — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:38:11 +0000

In reply to Nothing new from this guy

Still nothing new at 9 37

Nothing new from this guy

Flavius — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:29:33 +0000

In reply to Also interesting - Twitter

Nothing new from this guy since he reported on the Atlantic Provinces 12 minutes ago. Two minutes until 9 30 and maybe he'll report. If he reports I'll repeat.

It's not great, but not that

quinn esq — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:17:09 +0000

In reply to Between Newfoundland and Nova

It's not great, but not that worrying so far. Canada is soooo regionalized in its voting. So some of what you're seeing is rural Atlantic Canada (where I'm from), where the NDP barely exists, and so when the Liberal vote collapses, the NDP isn't strong enough to replace them - thus, the Conservatives sneak through the "split vote."

Also, having to laugh at the guy who uses Hockey Team colours to replace the political parties. That's the best method. Leafs = Conservatives (Blue), Canadiens = Liberals (Red), and Flyers = NDP (Orange.) Now how in the hell can they legally block that??? ;-)

Anyway, the next hour or so as the votes come in in Quebec and Ontario will tell the tale. Atlantic Canada together only has about 30 seats, but these two provinces have 175 or so.

Taking a stab in the dark I

kgb999 — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:16:16 +0000

In reply to This guy's summary is

Taking a stab in the dark I had guessed that was what they were showing. Unfortunate. To be honest, I've rooted against that Harper guy every time there was a chance he might be defeated. Don't like Tony Blair either - in the same way. I consider them all a part of that Bush crew.