Blog Title: Anjel Syndicate

Dancing with Shadows, the Politics of Fear.

I previously wrote about the breakdown of communication in our communities, countries and the world as a whole. This is a grave problem we face going forward in years to come and something we certainly should address, but it’s only one of the many problems we have to deal with and that we see in read more..

Communication Breakdown, Seperation of Citizens and State

There is such a disconnected between peoples, in their communities, countries and around the world. Such a separation between citizens’s and state, which is very often, a result of political manipulation, or simple stark ignorance. I had a great discussion with Rusel Demaria yesterday regarding his new National Dialog Project on Facebook and the state read more..

Maple Murder Mystery Solved, Cyber Crimes!

If you’ve ever had one of those days when you think life can’t be any weirder, read on. In Japan, apparently it’s a crime to e-murder your e-spouse, or as was the case here, your e-ex-spouse. That may sound confusing so here;s the simple version. A Japanase female gamer and her male e-friend got e-married in a game. When he read more..

Suing God. “Sorry but FedEx doesn’t deliver in that zip code”

Alright, this one is just too good to pass up, it’s one of those stories I love waking up to read, so to get things rolling hop on the link train.. “State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God. He said God has made terroristic threats against the senator read more..

59% of Canadians. The tale of a glass half full. Voter Turnout

“An estimated 59.1 per cent of Canadians cast votes in Tuesday’s general election — a figure that appears to be a record low in the history of Confederation.” Source - CBC.CA So little more then half of the eligible voters in the country took the time to vote. That’s sad, incredibly sad, considering how the blogs, the read more..

Stephen Harper leads the Conservatives to a projected Minority Government.

While the seat totals are still not quite final and a few races still neck and neck it seems fairly safe to say the Conservatives have a minority government once again. Certainly it will be a bit stronger and the other parties have a bit of a shift in their respective balances so it will read more..

Coast to Coast, Canada Votes 2008

First the link train from CBC and CNN covering the country hopping Mr. Harper and the other candidates make across Canada today. CBC - Leaders make final campaign push CNN - Canadian PM makes one-day cross-country campaign swing Now with that out of the way, I firstly want to state I’m not going to endorse any candidate or read more..

Desperately Seeking Social Interaction: Friendships and the Internet

There has been a debate for years about the validity of friendships over the internet, which has always amused me. We see growth on social networking sites of people joining up, connecting, making friends or reviving old contacts all the time. People make friends on chat sites, networking sites, in gaming, through forums and all read more..

Vancouver 2010 Security Possible 1 Billion Dollar Price Tag

The cost of security for the 2010 Winter Games could reach as high as $1 billion but B.C. will not be on the hook for the runaway costs, according to the provincial finance minister Source: CBC.CA While the article itself is fairly straight forward and discusses some of the elements that go into the security arrangements and read more..

Stephen Hawking and CNN. Humanity in Space.

Hawking, in an exclusive CNN interview, said that if humans can survive the next 200 years and learn to live in space, then our future will be bright. Source: CNN I really have nothing but respecting for Mr. Hawking and I agree in both the spirit and essence of that statement and the rest of the interview. read more..