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BLACKOUT TIDBITS

In Ottawa, the eternal Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill was snuffed out by the blackout. --Globe and Mail

"Last June the Liberals pressured the government to issue public-information pamphlets about what to do in a blackout. The [Eves] government, nervous about acknowledging any imperfections in its power-distribution system, accused them of being Chicken Littles." --Globe, again

"I guess in nine months, we're going to see the biggest baby boom we've ever seen," [Toronto mayor Mel] Lastman said [in his sole contribution to the crisis to date. Thx, Mel.]
The real tragedy here is that this will be sufficient excuse for the provincial Tories to cancel this fall's provincial election, guaranteeing us at least six more months of stunningly irresponsible leadership. Woo ha.

Assuming things stay relatively under control here, I'm taking a little time off from blogging and computers over the next week. Play nice.

CAN WE GET SOME CLARITY ON THE WATER THING?

Now, if Phil Carter is right, that the American military gives all its personnel access to considerably more than 3 litres of water per day, cause at only three litres a day you die, then this story, about Iraqi prisoners held by the U.S. for weeks on one-sixth of a litre per day can't possibly be right. Right? Right?

TICK TOCK, GENTLEMEN

Just to update Glenn Reynolds' item, as of 8:21 a.m., 16 hours after the blackout, there's still nothing on the Homeland Security website.

In other news, the Globe and Mail website is up and unshaken, but the Toronto Star site is still mostly down.