Garth Turner held a press conference and he appeared nervous. He is a good communicator but it was apparent this was not a good day, his jokes fell, he had trouble sitting still. 
The media wasn’t hostile, they were just…quiet.
“Here are the facts as I know them. I have not spoken to the Prime Minister or any [...]

I stand corrected.
I am getting 403’s, but Halton MP Garth Turners blog is busy, and crashing.
Here is what he has written about his suspension.

Well, this has turned out to be one interesting day. This blog has been melted down a few times over the last couple of hours with Canadians logging on because, I would [...]

Garth Turner, an outspoken MP from Halton, Ont. has been suspended from the Conservative Party caucus.
Rahim Jaffer, the national caucus chair, said the maverick MP was kicked out on a unanimous recommendation by the Ontario caucus.
The MPs felt “the theme of confidentiality was not being respected” and that Turner was too critical of his colleagues, [...]

This site is great - it’s for TV fans in New Zealand (and the rest of us) and I popped over to search one of my favorite shows. It’s there.:^)
Throng. It’s engaging, easy to use (very interactive) and a TV fan must see.

There is a review of G.P. Taylor Sin, Salvation & Shadowmancer as told to Bob Smietana up at Spero News. And and interview with the two of them.
The interview was fun, pithy. I’m a fan of both of them.

David Kuo’s book is out Monday.
Will this be a reality check to US evangelicals regarding the seduction of politics?
A few perhaps, I doubt most.

Part 2 of Olberman’s review of David Kuo’s Tempting Faith.

Update: 14/10/06 Religious right leaders react. They acknowledge they haven’t read the book, so they are just shooting the messenger.Tony Perkins [...]

95 percent of readers don’t contribute
5 percent contribute sometimes
.01 percent contribute frequently
Of the 55 million people online - 5% blog.
Jakob Neilsen looks at participation inequality online.
This type of research has been done for years, starting with Compserv, Usenet, Email lists, and moving into wikis, blogs and commercial sites.
We lurk.
Summary:
In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who [...]

I admit it.
I’m a sucker for a good blog survey.
This is going to be fun to watch - a lot about motivation and habits of bloggers with some good cross the pond data collection.
Validation
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