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I haven't weighed in here yet because once the excitment of the non-confidence vote wore off, I quickly tired of the overwhelming media punditry wars. What a non-starter the debate over election timing has turned out to be. Eeesh.
Anyways, I think the campaign got interesting today when Stephen Harper made a promise to immediately reduce the GST (federal sales tax) by 1%, followed by another 1% within 5 years if elected. This was a brilliant move on the part of the Conservatives.
EVERYONE hates the GST, the Liberals previously broke their promise to abolish it, and perhaps most importantly, it's not a radical suggestion. It also pulled attention from Harper's depressing remarks about same sex marriage legislation.
If the Conservatives play the rest of their campaign this smart, focusing on reasonable promises with broad appeal, I believe the Liberals are going to lose a lot more seats than we might have thought.
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Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
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