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That’s right, it’s all but over. The Florida Supreme Court today disbarred the infamous anti-gaming lawyer, Jack Thompson, as well as fine him US$43,675.35 to be paid to the Florida Bar.

Fresh this evening, from the Globe and Mail comes news that Stephen Harper is threatening a fall election because of investigations by the House of Commons ethics committee, over the Conservative Party's funky cash transactions during the 2006 election campaign.

As part of Harper's tough on crime policy, the federal government recently passed the Tackling Violent Crime Act, which amended the Criminal Code in various ways, including putting the onus on accused persons to prove their innocence, in a reverse of "innocent until proven guilty." While I have no problem about reducing violent crime, switching the burden over like this, especially onto parties which may not have the resources to compete with the Crown even when they are innocent, is very troubling.

A friend of mine e-mailed me and a bunch of other people he knows, informing all us recipients of a recent article about upcoming legislation that could possibly make certain "fair use" tasks no longer legal. He encouraged, in his e-mail, to write MPs to block the bill.