Monthly Archives: March 2010

Canada Mar. 30th, 2010 (10)

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Jack

#1 — CBC | U.S. wants Canada to stay in Afghanistan: Clinton The United States would like Canada to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2011, the year Canada is scheduled to end its combat mission in the country, Secretary of State … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update Mar. 29th, 2010 (10)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

Canadian News: #1 — Globe | Canadian banks boost mortgages Two of Canada’s largest banks are raising rates on some fixed-rate mortgages, a reminder that mortgage rates can go up before the central bank’s key interest rate does. [...] #2 … Continue reading →

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Michigan Militia Group Charged With Police-Killing Plot (3)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

WASHINGTON — Nine suspects tied to a militia in the Midwest are charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral in the hopes of killing more law enforcement people, federal prosecutors said Monday. U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade … Continue reading →

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Hewitt: 2010 could be the Black Swan year in politics (2)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

Can the GOP maintain the intensity of the opposition to Obamacare it has both mounted and built on over the past many months? Political analysts have been busy saying “seven months is a lifetime in politics” since the passage of … Continue reading →

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Planting the Seeds of Disaster (1)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

WASHINGTON — When historians recount the momentous events of recent weeks, they will note a curious coincidence. On March 15, Moody’s Investors Service — the bond rating agency — published a paper warning that the exploding U.S. government debt could … Continue reading →

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Ottawa to unveil proposals to reform refugee system

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will unveil long-awaited proposals to reform Canada’s refugee system this week in what he has portrayed as a serious bid to speed the approval process for legitimate asylum-seekers while clamping down on abuse of … Continue reading →

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Martin: Liberals put their hope in the Easter bunny

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

Discussions at the Liberal’s three-day Deep Thinkers Summit were thoroughly depressing – which means the conference was successful as an academic exercise and a probable failure as the party’s political fix. Straight-shooting speakers filled the hall with gloomy future scenarios … Continue reading →

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Case against 3 SEALs weakens

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

Cracks are beginning to appear in the military’s prosecution of three Navy SEALs accused of striking a most-wanted terrorism suspect they had captured in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Charles Cleveland last week signed grants of immunity for five Navy colleagues of … Continue reading →

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Hate crimes force Jews out of Malmo

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

MALMO, Sweden — Marcus Eilenberg is a Swedish Jew whose family roots in Malmo run deep. His paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors who found shelter in this southern Swedish city in 1945. His wife’s parents fled to Sweden from communist … Continue reading →

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Silencing the Capitalists

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

As Pejman Yousefzadeh noted on twitter Sunday, for eight long years we were treated to leftists decrying the Bush administration and Republicans. Their motto was “If you aren’t outraged, you haven’t been paying attention.” Now this same group is outraged … Continue reading →

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Confronting the mob (1)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

I must almost apologize to gentle reader for joining in discussion of the mob that shut down Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of Ottawa this week. A lot of ink has already spread on the subject, and yet I … Continue reading →

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World Mar. 29th, 2010 (10)

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jack

#1 — BBC | Moscow Metro hit by deadly suicide bombings At least 35 people have been killed after two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow Metro trains in the morning rush hour, officials say. [...] #2 — … Continue reading →

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