Weekend Link Blast - October 21

• Iraqi President blocks release of civilian casualty figures
  The fine line between sectarian violence and civil war is hard to see through the huge piles of bodies.
  
  
• Kansas Moderates Abandon Republican Party
  Nine former Republicans will be on the November ballot as Democrats.
  
  
• Florida's Guardian of Democracy
  Fighting to keep elections free and fair, and threatened with firing for doing it.
  
  
• New American Space Policy claims ownership of universe
  "We reserve the right to protect peace and justice by launching orbital death stars."
  
  
• More signs of Progressive surge in America?
  Right wing big media cheering section FOX plummeting in ratings, CNN and MSNBC up.
  
  
• Canadian Public Servant fights for right to discriminate in performance of his duties.
  "The right to violate the rights of others is sacred."
  
  
• Republican Death Spiral?
  As goes AOL, so goes America?
  
  
• Peter McKay: Schmuck
  And never forget, he was not elected PC leader with a mandate to destroy the Progressive Conservative Party, in fact he explicitly promised not to do so in writing, and then bent over for Stephen Harper at the first opportunity. And he acts like a petty schmuck to his ex.