It's not just plurality voting that makes Canada different. There are also three major parties and a couple of minor ones so it gives people (and the media) more places to slot themselves thus avoiding the US vs. THEM mentality.

If there were more choices than the Democrats and the Republicans I'm guessing it would be more like Canada and less like a WWE smackdown.

Diclaimer: I'm a Canadian but an avid observer of American politics.

Contrary to your belief, the insanity defense is valid in U.S. federal court and all but 4 U.S. states.

http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/the-insanity-defense-among-the-states.html

You guys make me want to eGurgitate (tm).

Between can be used even when there are more than two if the entities are considered as distinct individuals. Among, when they are considered as a mass or collectivity.

In this case I believe it was used correctly.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/between

They have a TRS-80 in Pyongyang.

The government collects two virgins for death taxes.

Even better, they had a TARDIS.

There are other ways to communicate with people such as email and the Real World(tm).

Or he really was clothed and they made a point of mentioning he was clothed because there are people who will infer autoerotic asphyxiation regardless of the facts.

Grammar aside I think the word you were thinking of was "independent" not "free".

That being said, you're right that the British colonies in North America had nothing to do with the burning of the White House. It was the British navy, not the colonists, that raided and burnt down the White House.

Yeah, if this is the IMS you're talking about it has nothing to do with cloudstack. Unless you're suggesting IBM forked cloudstack back in 1966.

But it does have an A-ring.

I'd hardly call Al Bundy a rich, white guy.

I assume you mean generic programming on Windows is easier in C#. Although debatable on Windows, it's less so on some platforms and impossible on others.

All the languages that have truly had longevity have also been generally available on numerous platforms (i.e. not just Windows and Mac).

Let's hear it for Wikipedia. The complete and unabridged source of all human knowledge.