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One rainy day earlier this summer, nGenera’s Gov 2.0 Program Director, Dan Herman, locked three summer interns in a room (Ben and Jude, and I) and asked us to think about what life - and government - would be like ten years from now. One of the results was the following short story about a day in the life of a man named Donald, in the year 2018.

You know, a while back I started wondering just who these players might be, whether they were all in some kind of gang bent on destroying Hillary Clinton’s reputation and making sure she wasn’t going to the White House. That plot has thickened into a little geekyfest. Funny, they are all involved together! Well, well.

As always, you can check out the original, and all the other mash ups, at www.dilbert.com.

Michael Geist reports on the response from the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP) to the submission from Bell to the CRTC regarding Bell’s active throttling of bandwidth and P2P traffic.

Net Neutrality In Canada Michael Geist has posted on how the recent clusterfuck with Bell (throttling P2P traffic on ISP resellers) is bringing into the light the issue of Net Neutrality and Free Speech in Canada. He makes a good point that we’ve been hearing most of the shouting about Net Neutrality from south of the border but nary a whimper from our northern homeland.

It’s been a busy week. Lots of news. Duh. Stating the obvious. Okay, lots of interesting news. So let’s get going. 1. Olympic meat fit for an athlete… on steroids The US Olympic team don’t just want to eat any meat when competing. Noway, sir. They want prime cut for prime athletes.

Following fast on the heels of our nomination last month, we have again been nominated for a Just Post For A Just World. Just Posts are a collection of posts nominated by readers that are exceptional in addressing issues of social justice.

George Carlin - “They Own You!” And just so you don’t think I’m in a completely March Break cheery mood - even after shooting pool with Henry at Rhino’s all afternoon - here’s a short video featuring the luminous George Carlin doing what he does best: Making you laugh your ass off while in the back