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Barack Obama showed social media can mobilize millions, but most Canadian pols don’t seem to get it

meg wilcox gives an insight and comparison of US social media politicians vs canadian

Amplify’d from www.ottawacitizen.com

ob Rae has a problem with Facebook.

“I’m only allowed to have 5,000 friends,” laments the MP for Toronto Centre. “I have about 1,600 people on the waiting list that I can’t add.”

Facebook isn’t budging. They’ve told Rae if he wants to have more friends, he should start himself a fan page.

But Rae’s not interested. “Fan pages are different. A fan is not a friend.”

U.S. President Barack Obama’s successful use of new media in his presidential campaign has generated an enthusiastic buzz about social media’s potential for linking politicians with the public. Unsurprisingly, Canadian politicians have since been jumping on to popular networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in hopes of connecting with a wider audience.

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Airport shuts down 6 hrs due to romantic doctoral Student wanting to see girlfriend again

It seems a over reaction. I hope this is just a guy who was in love and love is blind and we just move on. Not worth going to the airport to see anyone off again. Story also shows how politicians are believing once they know this is not their voter

Amplify’d from www.washingtonpost.com

Jiang, who is Chinese, is a doctoral student in a joint molecular biosciences program at Rutgers and has been in the U.S. since 2004. He faces a defiant trespassing charge and a fine of up to $500, and he’s scheduled to be arraigned this coming week, but a hearing date has not yet been scheduled.

It was not known Saturday if the misdemeanor charge would affect Jiang’s visa status. Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency is aware of the case, but she would not comment specifically on it.

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Airport shuts down 6 hrs due to romantic doctoral Student wanting to see girlfriend again

It seems a over reaction. I hope this is just a guy who was in love and love is blind and we just move on. Not worth going to the airport to see anyone off again. Story also shows how politicians are believing once they know this is not their voter

Amplify’d from www.washingtonpost.com

Jiang, who is Chinese, is a doctoral student in a joint molecular biosciences program at Rutgers and has been in the U.S. since 2004. He faces a defiant trespassing charge and a fine of up to $500, and he’s scheduled to be arraigned this coming week, but a hearing date has not yet been scheduled.

It was not known Saturday if the misdemeanor charge would affect Jiang’s visa status. Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency is aware of the case, but she would not comment specifically on it.

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Airport shuts down 6 hrs sue to romantic doctoral Student wanting to see girlfriend again

It seems a over reaction. I hope this is just a guy who was in love and love is blind and we just move on. Not worth going to the airport to see anyone off again. Story also shows how politicians are believing once they know this is not their voter

Amplify’d from www.washingtonpost.com

Jiang, who is Chinese, is a doctoral student in a joint molecular biosciences program at Rutgers and has been in the U.S. since 2004. He faces a defiant trespassing charge and a fine of up to $500, and he’s scheduled to be arraigned this coming week, but a hearing date has not yet been scheduled.

It was not known Saturday if the misdemeanor charge would affect Jiang’s visa status. Kelly Nantel, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency is aware of the case, but she would not comment specifically on it.

Read more at www.washingtonpost.com
 

Interesting - What if a lawyer appearing before the judge is a Facebook friend/

In my opinion being a Facebook friend does not make you biased against or for anyone. what do you think ?

Amplify’d from www.palmbeachpost.com

Judges shouldn’t add lawyers who may appear before them in court as “friends” on Internet social networking sites, a Florida judicial ethics committee warns.

But what about county commissioners and county employees whose Facebook friends lists read like a Who’s Who of developers and growth industry employees?

Martin County Commissioner Ed Ciampi’s the champ, with 400-plus Facebook friends. The MilCor Group, Melissa Corbett’s engineering firm, tops his list. Ms. Corbett is president of the Stuart-based firm and heads the Future Group, the organization that led a successful campaign to rewrite Martin County’s protective growth plan to make it more development-friendly.

Judge them by their Facebook friends

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