Monthly Archives: February 2010

U.S., Canada square off for gold (3)

Fifty years ago Sunday in the small resort town of Squaw Valley, Calif., the U.S. men’s hockey team won its first-ever Olympic gold medal by capping an unbeaten tournament with a victory. This year’s team will look to repeat that … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 19 Comments

White House calls for 'simple up-or-down' health-care vote (1)

The White House called for a “simple up-or-down” vote on health-care legislation Sunday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Obama’s chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political careers. In voicing support … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 1 Comment

Chilean quake death toll now 708, says president

SANTIAGO — The death toll from a massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake that hit Chile Saturday has increased to 708 and could rise further, President Michelle Bachelet said in a televised speech on Sunday. The earthquake killed around 350 people in the … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 3 Comments

200 Russian tanks found abandoned in forest

The Russian army is embroiled in an embarrassing scandal after 200 of its tanks were found abandoned near a forest in central Russia, unguarded and unlocked. A news website near the city of Yekaterinburg posted a video of the forgotten … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 2 Comments

Steyn: When Responsibility Doesn’t Pay

While Barack Obama was making his latest pitch for a brand-new, even-more-unsustainable entitlement at the health-care “summit,” thousands of Greeks took to the streets to riot. An enterprising cable network might have shown the two scenes on a continuous split-screen … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 15 Comments

Barack Obama ‘destroys first year in office’

WHEN Barack Obama took office last year he was compared to Superman, even joking at a dinner that he had been “born on Krypton and sent here … to save the planet Earth”. Last January he appeared on the cover … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Central Planning, American-style

For those fans of Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, here is your pop quiz for the morning: What city is this? Its unemployment rate stands at 29%. One third of its homes sit empty. The average house … Continue reading

Posted in Media Opinion | Tagged | 8 Comments

World Feb. 28th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | Chile quake affects two million, says Bachelet Two million people have been affected by the massive earthquake that struck central Chile on Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet has said. [...] NY Times | Underwater Plate Cuts 400-Mile … Continue reading

Posted in World | Leave a comment

Canada Feb. 28th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Canada sets Olympic gold record Who knew? Canada has rocked the Vancouver Olympics in a way nobody anticipated. [...] NP | Canada golden in men’s curling #2 — CBC | Ont. invests $81M in Windsor Ford … Continue reading

Posted in Canada | 2 Comments

Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls, MSM: It Tolls for Thee (1- bumped)

With a whiff of nostalgia, I can imagine the old time journalist with the smell of coffee and cigarettes wafting through the click and clang of the typewriter. Fifty years ago, a “journalist” had the ring of a dispassionate, creative, … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 12 Comments

Wrong! (1)

An unashamed theory abounds in this Olympic city that all the gold medals Canada have won at these Winter Games — 10, as of writing — will not amount to a hill of beans if their men’s ice hockey team … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 4 Comments

"Hey Hawaii, are you scared yet?"

(CNN) — Sirens sounded early Saturday morning across Hawaii, warning people of a possible tsunami and telling people to in coastal areas to evacuate, hours after a 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile. The sirens sounded at 6 a.m. local time (11 … Continue reading

Posted in Featured | Tagged | 6 Comments