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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Porsche Versus London
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Porsche has served notice that it's not going to tolerate the City of London's levy on gas-guzzling cars driving in the city centre....
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There's A Reason They're So Damned Big
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The giant Tiger Prawn. You can find these succulent monsters just about anywhere today but you should think twice before you give into tempt...
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Fidel Deals Himself Out
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The 49-year reign of Fidel Castro is over. The Cuban strongman has advised his countrymen that he won't be returning as president or com...
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Musharraf Down In Flames
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Pakistani strongman Pervez Musharraf has seen his party shot down by angry voters. From the New York Times: "Almost all the leading fig...
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No Welcome Mat for Africa Command
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It looks as though the US military's Africa Command will be headquartered in Germany for the time being. The latest US military command,...
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Kosovo - Europe's Newest and Poorest State
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Kosovo has declared its independence from Serbia. Now it's going to have to figure out what to do with itself and that ain't gonna b...
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The Great Debate
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Axworthy, Granatstein weigh-in on Canada's role in world affairs and their remarks are telling. Axworthy: Our present international poli...
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Ban The Bomb!
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Representatives from 100-nations are meeting today in Wellington, New Zealand to discuss the final issues leading to an international treaty...
Canadian Agriculture's Achilles' Heel
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Within just a few decades, Canadian food production could become dependent on two countries - one Communist, one Muslim. Modern, industrial ...
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Kandahar Governor Criticizes Canadian Forces
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Another suicide bombing in Kandahar, the second in as many days. This time 36-dead, all Afghanis, with four Canadian soldiers reportedly w...
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First Kosovo, Then Israel and Can Texas Be Far Behind?
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Kosovo, or at least its ethnic Albanian majority, has declared its independence from Serbia. The seminal words there are "ethnic Albani...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
First The Guns, Then The Paranoia
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Nothing like a good old-fashioned arms race to spice up the world's problems. It's curious how they always seem to follow the same c...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
T-Rex Murphy's Con Game
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It's called "sophistry," "unsound or misleading but clever, plausible, and subtle argument or reasoning" and it fits...
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Friday, February 15, 2008
What's Wrong With The Afghanistan Motion
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I watched the Liberal Party clip of Stephane Dion presenting and explaining his motion on the future of "the mission" in Afghanist...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Water, Water Everywhere - Just Not Here, or Here, or There Either
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One of the main themes on this site, other than Afghanistan, has been the environment and, especially, the looming freshwater/groundwater cr...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Stephane Dion Folds on Afghanistan
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The great debate seems to be whether Liberal leader Stephane Dion "compromised" or "capitulated" in reaching an accord w...
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Ocean Freighter Emissions Triple Estimate
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The Guardian has managed to get its ink-stained hands on a leaked copy of a UN study that finds CO2 emissions from shipping may be treble w...
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Scalia's Jack Bauer Moment
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US Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia says some physical interrogation could be used on a suspect in the event of an imminent threat, such a...
Stop the Presses - Uno is Best in Show
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The handsome hound pictured above is "Uno" and this mutt broke a nearly 70-year shut out by taking Best in Show last night at Ame...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Muddling Along Meaninglessly
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It looks as though Harper and Dion have found a compromise on Afghanistan - stay until 2011 and then out. Excuse me while I wretch. What the...
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