Monthly Archives: December 2009

Tories suspend Parliament (6)

OTTAWA — The Conservative government will ask the governor general to suspend Parliament today, delaying the return of MPs until the beginning of March. Sources say the government is expected to prevent Parliament coming back on its scheduled return date … Continue reading

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Iran government marshalling it's supporters

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the streets of Tehran Wednesday in support of the Iranian government and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. State-sponsored rallies were being held across Iran as a show of strength following days … Continue reading

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Baffled by bullshit (4)

WASHINGTON — The more I think about the Christmas all-but-bombing, the angrier I get. At the multiple failures that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to get on the plane with explosives sewn inside his underwear. And at the Obama administration’s initial, … Continue reading

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Green is the new red (1)

The decade just past marked the transition from red into green. It was the decade in which environmentalism replaced socialism as the authoritarians’ and the busybodies’ ideology of choice. Why are so few environmentalists truly unhappy about the failure at … Continue reading

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Woman's blood alcohol content topples state records

A Sturgis woman had a blood-alcohol level of .708 percent, possibly a state record, when she was found earlier this month behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle parked on Interstate 90, according to Meade County State’s Attorney Jesse Sondreal. … Continue reading

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China Willing to Spend Big on Afghan Commerce

KABUL, Afghanistan — Behind an electrified fence, blast-resistant sandbags and 53 National Police outposts, the Afghan surge is well under way. But the foot soldiers in a bowl-shaped valley about 20 miles southeast of Kabul are not fighting the Taliban, … Continue reading

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Harper's quiet wisdom

‘Everyone in the world was beating their chest,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper observed, speaking of the Copenhagen global summit in one of his year-end interviews. “I never saw so much grandstanding in my life.” Quite so. In contrast, Mr. Harper … Continue reading

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World Dec. 30th, 2009 (10)

#1 — BBC | West Australia fires raze dozens of homes Nearly 40 homes have been razed in wildfires tearing through farming areas north of the Western Australian capital, Perth. [...] #2 — BBC | Deadly double blast hits street … Continue reading

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Canada Dec. 30th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Mountie charged in Ottawa officer’s killing The Mountie charged in Tuesday’s stabbing death of an Ottawa police officer has been under suspension after receiving a conditional discharge in 2007 on a charge of threatening a Mormon … Continue reading

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