Thursday Night Link Blast

Clearing out a few random links currently taking up much-needed browser tab space...

- Yes, the Libs deserve to be mocked more than any one post can handle. Fortunately, Greg, NBC Dipper, pogge and Cameron are all up to the task.

- One piece of Gary Doer's announcement that he'll be stepping down as Manitoba's premier which doesn't seem to have received any attention yet is the question of whether he sees his legacy as set already, or whether there will be anything big to come this fall. Though it's probably true that Doer's previous governing style suggests he'll go out quietly rather than even considering any major initiatives as he steps down.

- For those who haven't seen it yet, Kent Peterson's Humble Opinion is the latest addition to a growing stable of Saskatchewan NDP blogs - and worth a read particularly for his youth-oriented perspective on politics.

- Finally, Michael Geist's post on federal copyright consultations this morning focused largely on the fact that submissions from some activist sites may have been wrongly lumped together. But it's interesting as well to take a look at the compiled numbers of submissions - particularly since in addition to an expected number of mainstream pro-user perspectives, they show more submissions backing outright "open copyright" than supporting stronger penalties for infringement, more support for eliminating copyright altogether than for halting "illegal file sharing", and more respondents endorsing the status quo without changes than backing the industry-driven bill which the Cons tried to foist on Canadians.

Hitting the links

If you haven't seen them yet, a few good reads/views to start your weekend:

- Alison tears into the Cons' attempt to hollow out the lobbying provisions of the Accountability Act.
- Linwood Barclay duly mocks the wingnut attempts to bash David Suzuki and Al Gore.
- PoliticsWatch has the latest on the Libs' internal difficulties.
- And if you haven't yet seen why it's time to join the Editors '08 bandwagon, take a moment to find out.

Update: Linwood Barclay does it again. Which by my count makes for more good jokes and points in his two columns linked in this post than in the collective efforts of the Post and Sun media empires to undercut the environmental movement.