Joining me today is one of my “e-friends”, Mark from Slap Upside the Head, which is one of my favourite sites on the Internet (his motto: “Combatting bigotry the gayest way I know how”). Mark was last on the podcast on Episode 51 back in November of last year. Canada is having in election in [...]

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Yep, I’m back on the ArcherRadio Group Show and, of course, I say some things more strongly than I do anywhere else. Must be something about being on someone else’s podcast, or maybe it’s just Archerr bringing it out of me. At any rate, here are the links: ArcherRadio AR775 Time Out ArcherRadio AR776 Education [...]

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Today I tell you how New Zealand’s government is organised and about our proportional election system, called MMP. I have to get all that out of the way so that when I talk about the election campaign, it’ll make more sense. But that’s the only topic today, so the episode is kind of short. At [...]

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The New Zealand elections have been called for November 8, so today I tell you a little about that. On an upcoming episode, I’ll tell you in detail about how this all works, and I’ll also eventually post a video podcast to show you some of what elections are like here. American citizens living in [...]

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Although my second video, this is my first official video podcast. Today I talk about voting overseas. US citizens living permanently overseas use the FPCA (Federal Postcard Application) program to register to vote and obtain their ballot. To start the process, go to www.VoteFromAbroad.org. Voter registration deadlines in all states are approaching fast, so [...]

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I was on the group show on ArcherRadio: Episode 766 and Episode 767. On the second one, Episode 767, I present some opinions I haven’t said anywhere else, and they’re pretty strong. You have been warned.

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Today we wrap-up the Republican Convention, including speeches and our general impressions. The crowd looked very homogeneous to us. I mention the extreme police over-reaction: Does that relate to the Republicans’ constant attacks on the media? The two parties’ platforms don’t make any difference except that they tell us about party activists, the people who [...]

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This is an unusual Monday episode for me, mainly because I’ve fallen far behind in comments, which kind of makes it hard to do a regular episode. So today I bring everything up to date, including comments and voicemails. I also get to talk some more about marriage equality, and even vlogging and packet shaping. [...]

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Jason and I are back to wrap up the Democratic National Convention and look ahead to the Republican National Convention. What did we think about the speeches at the Democratic Convention? What were the highlights? The lobbyist loopholes must be closed. John McCain’s choice for Vice President: What can we say? We have some breaking [...]

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Okay, so my schedule has been crazy lately, and I haven’t had time to record. But if you’ve missed me and you just can’t wait until I post my next episode (yeah, right…), I’ve been on two other podcasts recently: Ramble Redhead Episode 244: Turning the Microphone Around – Tim Corrimal and I turn the [...]

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