This is the thirty-third Raising of the Red Ensign. Unlike previous Standards, this issue is by submission only, and not all bloggers in the Brigade have submitted items for this round-up. It's still early running in the federal election, and several Red Ensign bloggers are doing local reporting in their ridings. Most of us, however, are not paying as much attention to the political scene (in this we're like most Canadians: let the electioneering get seriously underway in January!)
The next Red Ensign Standard will be hosted at The High Places on January 7th, with the following Standard to be raised at RootleWeb on the 21st (dates are approximate).
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Ith, at Absinthe & Cookies, is enjoying the briny deep.
Angry in the Great White North posted on many topics, including the "necessity" for judicial activism and Canada's "preventative" approach to gun crime.
Damian, of Babbling Brooks, thought his best post recently was this one. He also posted a few comments on military affairs. He was also shocked, shocked, to find himself on the receiving end of a CBC-lanche.
bound by gravity had gone dark, but then (perhaps energized by winning the "Best Conservative Blog" in the Canadian Blog Awards) is coming back to life.
Canadianna's Place asks why Paul doesn't trust us and delineates the difference between promises and announcements.
Castle Argghhh! has, as always, been a hotbed of discussion, including the proposed handgun ban. We can see what happens when Alan (of GenX@40) engineers some thread drift, and also have some fun. John also asks for your aid in getting the vote out for the weblog awards.
Alan, at Gen X at 40, takes full advantage of the malaise to grab as much attention for himself as possible, including posts on the softwood war, a "Bizarre Central Euro Xmas thingie", and the non-issue issue — the debt. He also submits a final link on speculations from an asymmetrical world.
Shane, at The High Places, has some thoughts on the separation of Union and State (or lack thereof), the Liberal party's moves to institutionalize our children, and on the "conservative" resistance to supporting families with children.
Glenda, at Just Between Us Girls, posted two links about the closure of the Domtar mill in Cornwall and the PM's visit to the riding. She also points out that Stephen Harper's same-sex marriage announcement was not off message.
The Phantom Observer offers these links: Librano poker night fun, picking the blogs from the "flogs", and comparing the opposing "official" blogs. The CBC campaign blog also paid notice.
Here at Quotulatiousness, I've been persuaded to move my wine postings to a new blog on Ontario wine.
Ed, at robot guy, goes off his medication encourages Canadians, in particular those that live in Ontario, to vote for the Liberal party. Yes, you read that correctly. Ed has also been monitoring the private space development arena (an area near and dear to my heart), including some positive developments. Orbital Recovery signed their first contract for a
satellite-servicing mission, and Virgin Galactic has chosen the spaceport in La Cruces, New Mexico, as the launch site for their suborbital-joyride passenger service. He points out the financial trouble for NASA posed by the Vision for Space Exploration, and presents a solution that will save money, hopefully prevent the loss of more shuttles, save the Vision for Space Exploration, and perhaps ultimately save NASA from itself.
Ruth, at RootleWeb, discussed the whole notion of family, examined sexual politics and criminality, asked the relevant question "what is a billion?", and a series of posts examining what are the parameters of acceptable violence.
Tipper, at Tipperography, has found real life too busy for blogging and has decided to leave the unit (at least temporarily).
Temujin, at West Coast Chaos offers the thoughts of his occasional co-blogger, Pei Yusei, who came out of the woodwork to discuss the blockbuster hockey trade that occured . . . but not the 'blockbuster' you may be thinking of.
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Previous standards have been hosted at the following blogs (thanks to Shane at The High Places for doing the legwork):
Rather good job of the Standard..and I think this is a better way to go about it than an overall round up.I think you're right, although the response from the Brigade hasn't been as positive as I'd hoped: very few of the members who didn't submit material bothered to link to the Standard this time around. The last Standard I hosted was a big traffic draw, but this time, it's barely been noticeable over my normal traffic noise. Posted by: Nicholas at December 15, 2005 10:46 AM
The essay portion at the beginning of each Standard is a good thing. Having said that, you were pressed for time and your last Standard had a really good intro.Thanks. I did try to come up with something appropriate, but time ran out on me before any inspiration came along. I figured it was more important to be timely than to be clever! ;-) Posted by: Nicholas at December 15, 2005 10:47 AM
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