Piglet censorship revisited

A year ago I linked to a blog post by camper, another expat here in Qatar, who discovered that some censor had blacked out all the pictures of Piglet in a Winnie-the-Pooh book at the local bookstore.

You can read that blog post here -- er, if you're not in Qatar, that is. If you live in Qatar, all you can see is the familiar Q-Tel THIS SITE HAS BEEN BLOCKED icon. I just tried to go back to his post so I could cite it in a discussion about Islam and pigs, and... well... apparently Q-Tel is censoring the fact that censorship occurred?

Q-Tel has not blocked camper's blog, just that post. So it's definitely that post they don't want people to see. I'm not sure why, though. Unlike me, camper didn't even make any snide comments about the Piglet-censoring.

Primary voting for expats

If you're an American expat who can't vote in nonfederal elections because you've broken residency in your previous state, you can still vote in the Democratic primaries by registering with Democrats Abroad by January 31. The Democratic Party allots some delegates to Democrats Abroad, so our votes will count at the convention. Best of all, we can vote online. Woo-hoo!

If you're a Republican expat who has broken residency, you're out of luck. If you aren't a resident of a state, you can't vote in the primaries.

But expats of all stripes can (and should!) register to vote from abroad in the general election.

Vote early, vote often!