Monthly Archives: February 2010

Canada Feb. 25th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Ontario college teachers accept deal, avert strike Ontario community college teachers have approved a new collective agreement and will not be going on strike, the Ontario Labour Relations Board confirmed Wednesday afternoon. [...] #2 — CBC … Continue reading

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Dubai Bullshit (1)

DUBAI-At least 15 more suspects carrying foreign passports were linked Wednesday to an elaborate hit squad slaying of a Hamas commander that Dubai’s police chief claims was likely carried out by Israel’s Mossad secret service. The latest accusations by Dubai … Continue reading

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Bernier challenges climate science (2)

While the Harper government has been widely criticized for its stance on climate change, it has not questioned the science behind international negotiations. And, notably, the government signed the agreement negotiated at the Copenhagen conference and has submitted its emission … Continue reading

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65 million years of cooling (scroll down – 1)

The following two graphs (images created by Robert A. Rohde / Global Warming Art) are climate records based on oxygen isotope thermometry of deep-ocean sediment cores from many parts of the world [1]).  On both graphs, colder temperatures are toward … Continue reading

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Our health, our choice

My heart, my health, my choice. With those six words, Danny Williams neatly summed up the case for private health care. No matter how much the Newfoundland and Labrador Premier goes on to defend Canada’s state health care monopoly, the … Continue reading

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Federal anti-tobacco farming program a bust

When the federal government offered $286-million in buyouts to Ontario’s tobacco growers last year, the vast majority took the payments, designed to usher them out of a fast-shrinking industry. Given an average of $275,000 each, they were supposed to plant … Continue reading

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Greece paralysed by strike against austerity plan (1)

Hundreds of thousands of Greeks are on strike to protest at the imposition of austerity measures to save the economy. Greece’s airspace will be closed to all flights, trains and ferries will stand idle, and archaeological sites shut. It is … Continue reading

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The RCMP needs a change

I can’t for the life of me figure out why Conservative Senators would refuse, before prorogation, to endorse a report by the Senate national security committee on how to fix the RCMP. At the very least, they could have attached … Continue reading

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World Feb. 24th, 2010 (10)

#1 — BBC | US Navy moves to let women serve on submarines The US defence department has decided to allow women to serve aboard submarines, according to officials. [...] #2 — BBC | Americas bloc excluding US and Canada … Continue reading

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Canada Feb. 24th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CBC | Cannon ‘troubled’ over Karzai’s power move Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says he is troubled by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s apparent move to give himself power over a key electoral watchdog. [...] #2 — CBC … Continue reading

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US the heartland of climate-change skepticism

DALLAS — Many Americans are skeptical about global warming and that makes it harder to get a bill through Congress. “My personal leanings are that it’s more cyclical than a permanent trend,” said Jimmy Pritchard, a Southern Baptist pastor in … Continue reading

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"Ron Paul, Ron Paul"

This video has just become available thanks to Fox News: Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com I think he’s right and any US president that approves a bill with “earmarks” should be fired. The simple truth is this. The … Continue reading

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