obligatory monthly politics thread

[Panda]

Not to derail this discussion before it even begins, but why do so many people outside the United States start threads dealing with issues primarily in the United States? I would rather discuss something somewhere else myself.

Most news sites report on them and US news often seem hilariously stupid to non-Americans.

It looks pretty stupid to a lot of Americans too.

[Muzic]

anyone want to explain Canadian politics to me? Seriously im so engrossed by american politics and your whacky antics i forgot about my own.

all i know is that the liberals in BC fuck every social program we have.

[PicassoCT]

Corruption in Congress:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100222/lessig

and a critic of peer review in sience:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... eer-review