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	Urban Uprising?

egsnyder

12-2-2008 5:21 AM

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politics, canada, coalition

egsnyder says:

In the past few days, politics has gone from boring to breathtaking. A coalition has formed to overthrow the Bush-like Tories in Canada.

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