Well the Liberal Party of Canada has won their fourth consecutive mandate. THis is the first time any party has achived this since the Liberals achived it in 1908. They will however be forming a minority government.
Polls showed that this was supposed to be a very close election but that was not the case.
This is what the results currently look like
Liberal Party of Canada: 136 seats
Conservative Party of Canada: 91 seats
Bloc Quebecouis: 56 seats
New Democratic Party: 23 Seats
Independent: 1
What I thought was funny was that at one point, Prime Minister Martin was losing his seat, to a sepratist.
Quote:BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government two days early Monday in a surprise move that apparently caught insurgents off guard, averting a feared campaign of attacks to sabotage the historic step toward self-rule.
Mr Bush keeps his word this time, To early to call victory though , We have to see how things go in the next few months.Good Improvement! I dont expect terrorism to end untill the U.S leaves and a elected iraq goverment is formed.The new interim Goverment will be a big target since the terrorist view it as a puppet goverment.
I still think going into iraq was not necessary and will not lead to peace with the islamic world and a end to terrorism you cannot go around reshaping the world by force as you see fit unless you can prove with solid evidence your at threat, I would have wanted a peaceful alternative then have 800 american young men killed,thousands of iraqis killed and injured plus all those beheadings and attacks. There was other ways of removing Saddam, Arming Kurds and othe rebels from each corner of iraq to the tie, Then provide air support and bomb and chip off all of Saddams forces like you did in Afghanistan and allow rebel factions to crush him. Putting legions of americans troops on sacred islamic soil makes it look like a total invasion and a cruisade conquest, Doing it the way I suggested above would have reduced american casualties and backlash from the muslims.
I dont want any of you thinking you can do this as many times as you see fit, Your very fortunate that iraq was not even nearly as bloody as Vietnam but it could have been.Nore have we seen the end of it.
The Arabs are not to be under estimated they beat the soviets, They crushed the english and the french. Saladin and the saracens defeated the Cruisaders which was a allied coalition of europeans.Osama Bin ladin caught you by the skin of your teeth and did the worse attack on american mainland soil in history since the civil war and WW2.Osama still lives and he is kicking and ploting with lots of help! We must seek peace and end the violence or we will be like isreal left with no hope or no escape.
As for Nato helping in iraq, Ive heard france and germany have agreed too.
Right now for canada that all depends on the election results, Our Prime Ministry cannot get involved in a conflict the same day he could be voted out of office.
They way things look.
1.Conservatives 100% certain they will send troops into iraq one way or another if elected.
2.liberals 90% certain they would as well , Paul Martin is no lover of Jean Chretien , I doubt Martin would have gotten involved last year , But I am sure he will send some troops for the sake of the iraqi interim goverment.
3.NDP 40% chance, Layton is more liberal then the liberals ,He has some anti american traits, Which is to bad he is a nice guy and alot of his plans for canada sounded good he was never a flip flop, But as much as I dislike Bush I dont want canada to have any rival amosity for the states we have been brothers and freinds for so long it would not be right, I am willing to live and coexist with George Bush if he respects us in return and maybe listen to our concerns.
I just watched it and it was great. It just seemed...possible...unlike comic books. It left a lasting impression especially the suprise plot twist . M. Night Shyamalan I salute you.
A couple of days ago, for anyone who didn't notice (at least I didn't see a thread about this...)
Let's just hope that Blizzard's extremely high standards don't result in them canning this game like they canned Warcraft Adventures (the Warcraft adventure game. Cancelled not because it was bad but because it was average in their eyes.)...
Quote:Starcraft: Ghost delayed, Nihilistic no longer on the project
[UPDATE] Blizzard slips a short announcement of the game's delay into the news mix; apologizes to gamers and promises a "great game."
In a brief statement made public last Friday evening, Blizzard Entertainment (the lone division not affected by layoffs at parent Vivendi Universal Games) officials addressed delays to Starcraft: Ghost, the console iteration of Starcraft. The game was being developed by Nihilistic Software under the supervision of Blizzard Entertainment.
Admitting that the company was "very committed to StarCraft: Ghost as a major part of our lineup," Blizzard president Mike Morhaime went on to say that the delay would allow the company to "polish the game until it meets the high standards that our customers have come to expect from Blizzard products." The game was originally scheduled for a 2003 release, but it suffered a delay that pushed its release to 2004. Now the game will miss its 2004 release date as well.
Morhaime continued by saying Blizzard was "sorry to disappoint players with a delayed launch, but [we] are confident that we will deliver a great game with the additional development time."
In addition, Blizzard confirmed that Nihilistic Software, the studio that had been working on the project since its inception, is no longer connected with the project--news that first appeared on enthusiast game site HomeLAN.
[UPDATE] Blizzard commented further on the news today, addressing both Nihilistic's contribution to this point and the need to ensure that gameplay expectations on the part of gamers and Blizzard would be met.
"We appreciate the work that Nihilistic has done, and we look forward to expanding and evolving the strong foundation that they helped us establish for the game," a Blizzard spokesperson said today.
Concerning the game's progress to date, the source said, "It's still too early to discuss what changes will be made to StarCraft: Ghost, but we can say that after an extensive review of Ghost's development progress, we determined that, given the gameplay expectations for titles in the tactical-action genre, we needed to modify the game's design prior to release."
Asked if Blizzard would ever resort to bringing the title in-house, the spokesperson said the team was "currently evaluating the project in-house, and will release further details after we have evaluated the project further. We do not have a timeline as to when we will be able to release these details, but our focus will be on evaluating co-development options for completing StarCraft: Ghost."
And finally, responding to the degree to which the competitive retail landscape contributed to Friday's decision, we were told that "there are a few factors as to why we made this decision; however, it boils down to the fact that we wanted to ensure that StarCraft: Ghost lives up to the standards that we set for all Blizzard games."
Some great renders...
Oh, if you can't identify those three things you don't belong in this thread. :)
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