Sunday Linkblast - April 18

• BC NDP hold onto double digit lead in BC
  Serious buyer's remorse from BC voters as Liberals wither under sustained public fury at HST
  
  
• "How dare you take our kickback away!"
  Big drugstore chains do not make sympathetic victims.
  
  
• Nothing but Blue Skies...
  Warren Ellis marvels at a sight not seen in Britain for decades: A sky without contrails, as scientists warn that Iceland's volcanoes may be entering a far more active phase in the years ahead.
  
  
• The need for Change
  Paul Krugman again, on the need for real bank regulation reform in the US.
  
  
• Getting my nerd on
  Rusty Idols is my politics and ranting blog, over at Bourbon and Bongwater my pop culture/sex, drugs and zombie movies blog I'm getting ready for Calgary's big comics and fantasy convention next weekend.
  
  
• Cry me a river
  Police complain that the proliferation of video cameras is keeping them from beating people as much.