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Monday, January 23, 2006
Captain sunk?
Is it just me, or has the Captain's Quarters blog been blocked to everyone who subscribes to Telus internet service? Or maybe to everyone in Canada? I get a "cannot find server" message when I try to go there. Did Big Sister discover that the Captain was going to provide coverage of Eastern Canadian election results before the polls closed out West?
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Nah, I can't access it from here in Colorado, either. Part of the page loads, but not the rest. It looks like he ran out of bandwidth.
Posted by: John Lynch | 2006-01-23 6:44:29 PM
I live in Alaska, and I can't get on the site either. I suspect it's being overloaded with traffic from Canada.
Posted by: Tom | 2006-01-23 6:45:09 PM
I can't get on it either. Even 'Blogging Tories' is offline - it says 'Back in 3 hours'.
Posted by: Chazz | 2006-01-23 6:45:14 PM
People are live-blogging the results at ProAlberta.com. They're into a bit of name calling at the moment - the maritimes decided they liked the Liberals after all.
Posted by: Tom | 2006-01-23 6:47:06 PM
I can get on it, but it takes effort. Umm... I'd better not say what's on there lest the police track me down.
Posted by: EileenR | 2006-01-23 6:48:09 PM
I'm at Shaw, and I'm able to read the Captains posting, so far it's not that promising. The Anti Albertan mumbling in the final week and rantings from Buzz may have had some effect.
Posted by: sheila | 2006-01-23 6:48:11 PM
Looks like proalberta expanded its CPU capacity.
Posted by: Eileen R | 2006-01-23 6:49:07 PM
Here is his last two posts.
7:30 - Whew. I'm having a hell of a time updating posts here, but that's a great problem to have when you're blogging. So far, the Maritimes look like a Liberal stronghold again; they have 19 ridings to 10 for the Tories and 3 for the NDP. Holding their seats thus far are Andy Scott (L), Scott Brison (L), Loyola Hearn (C); Andy Savoie (L) looks to be losing in NB, and Paul Zed having a tough time but staying above water in Saint John.
Comments may not be functioning due to the traffic levels. Be patient and keep trying!
7:35 - Thanks to CQ reader Norman D who reminds me that "Maritimes" does not refer to Newfoundland. I believe the results we're seeing are from all four provinces in the Atlantic, which is a more accurate way to portray them.
Posted by: sheila | 2006-01-23 6:52:17 PM
I have just got it but all it says is:
"6:30 - I'm off to a late start, thanks to a last-moment emergency at work. Now that I'm home, the First Mate has me fixed up with dinner and I'll be eating while blogging. (Excuse typos for a while, IOW.) We're still two hours ahead of poll closings in Canada, and I'm a bit behind on my e-mail. C-SPAN 2 will have Canadian TV coverage at 8:30 CT. CTV has their explanation of the publication ban already posted."
Posted by: gpa | 2006-01-23 6:54:33 PM
I am in Denver Colorado accessing the internet via Microsoft Networks. I can't get there either. My read is that his site is being hammered (probably by Canadians!!!) and his bandwidth can't take the traffic. In fact, I came to your site, via Michelle Malkin, to find out what was going on. Viva la Revolucion!
Posted by: Jeff M | 2006-01-23 7:09:13 PM
Unfortunately, when you're the best at something like the Captain is, everybody in Canada knows it. It's just being completely bogged.
Posted by: Chris | 2006-01-23 7:10:17 PM
I can get through using Telus but it's very slow and then only to the front page. The comments page won't load at all. Probably too many people trying to access it.
Posted by: Kathryn | 2006-01-23 7:12:27 PM
up & down but there are two other sites live blogging
Posted by: Darcey | 2006-01-23 7:12:49 PM
www.thesurlybeaver.ca
Posted by: MikeP | 2006-01-23 7:13:48 PM
I am on Rogers in Mississauga and I my browser times out trying to log in to Captain's Quarters.
Posted by: Dave B | 2006-01-23 7:25:23 PM
Just a traffic overload. I can get it on telus.
Posted by: Aaron | 2006-01-23 7:44:51 PM
Try Mark Steyn's website -- he's just revving up his sorta Steyn like live bloggin'...
Posted by: Plato's Stepchild | 2006-01-23 7:44:55 PM
From a Canuck in California....
CQ Blog update
Canadian Election Live Blog
6:30 - I'm off to a late start, thanks to a last-moment emergency at work. Now that I'm home, the First Mate has me fixed up with dinner and I'll be eating while blogging. (Excuse typos for a while, IOW.) We're still two hours ahead of poll closings in Canada, and I'm a bit behind on my e-mail. C-SPAN 2 will have Canadian TV coverage at 8:30 CT. CTV has their explanation of the publication ban already posted.
I'll be back in a few ...
6:58 - It looks like the first results are starting to come in. I'm trying to make sense of the data I'm seeing, but it looks like the first handful of ridings that can be called are going to the Liberals more than the Tories. They're leading in 15 ridings and four of those look solid enough to call, while the the Conservatives lead in 5 and 3 can be called. I'm missing the geography involved at the moment, but it looks like the Tories should get a move on ...
7:15 - Sorry for the delay. The numbers I'm seeing are for the Maritimes. It looks like the overall Liberal vote there is edging the Tories, 42.9% - 39.7%, with NDP at 15.8%. Ipsos had the Tories ahead by 2 points a couple of days ago, but having them run this closely is a pretty good development so far. I'm checking some other numbers right now ...
7:30 - Whew. I'm having a hell of a time updating posts here, but that's a great problem to have when you're blogging. So far, the Maritimes look like a Liberal stronghold again; they have 19 ridings to 10 for the Tories and 3 for the NDP. Holding their seats thus far are Andy Scott (L), Scott Brison (L), Loyola Hearn (C); Andy Savoie (L) looks to be losing in NB, and Paul Zed having a tough time but staying above water in Saint John.
Comments may not be functioning due to the traffic levels. Be patient and keep trying!
7:35 - Thanks to CQ reader Norman D who reminds me that "Maritimes" does not refer to Newfoundland. I believe the results we're seeing are from all four provinces in the Atlantic, which is a more accurate way to portray them.
7:53 - It looks like the Tories may have picked up a couple of seats in the Atlantic, but probably no more than that. The Conservatives will look for bigger gains elsewhere anyway. I don't think anyone expected a big turnaround for Tory fortunes in the Atlantic, but the polling there shows that Ipsos may have been off in its projections.
8:11 - Quebec and Ontario results will start coming through shortly ... It looks like the Grits lost a few seats, perhaps as many as three., in the Atlantic. Two have gone to the Conservatives.
8:16 - Right now the Atlantic looks like this: Libs - 19, CPC - 11, NDP - 3.
8:21 - Hmm, I'm having an easier time updating for the moment. I should note that Newsbeat1, Small Dead Animals, and Steve Janke have been very helpful in my efforts to keep up with the latest in Canadian news, and I would be seriously remiss if I didn't thank them tonight.
8:39 - Libs - 20, CPC - 11, NDP - 4, B - 1.
Posted by: missing link | 2006-01-23 7:49:00 PM
There is a good chance they were "slashdotted" - linked to enough that their traffic increased beyond their capacity to manage. Or they developed a conscience.
Either way, I certainly wouldn't make the assumption that someone in the gov't is calling all the ISP's in Canada telling them to block one site. After all, this is Canada - ISPs don't even want to turn over files about their customers over a trial, and I believe there was a ruling that says an ISP can't be held responsible for what their customers access.
No big brother in Canada. Anything goes....
Posted by: Hope-in-a-song | 2006-01-23 9:03:09 PM
Here in the Yukon I just turned on channel 14 (YTV), (when I could not load Captains Quarters) and I heard Loyd et al telling me the results in NFLD at 4:30 Pacific time. Some media 'blackout' that turned out to be!!
Posted by: jema54j | 2006-01-24 2:24:28 AM
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