Monthly Archives: August 2010

Salmon's bittersweet return

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

The Fraser River is brimming with sockeye as it hasn’t in a century. Estimates are that 30 million salmon are scrambling their way to the place from whence they once came, the largest return since 1913. B.C.’s fishermen might be … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update August 29th, 2010 (23)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

Canada #1 — CNews | Extraditing sex suspect difficult: police WINNIPEG – There’s no guarantee a suspect in an alleged Winnipeg hospital sex assault will soon be returned to Canada from Greece where he’s in custody, city police say. [...] … Continue reading →

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Turnout Strong as Beck Rallies Americans (7)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

Huge crowds at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” freedom rally — organized to give thanks to U.S. troops — left Washington, D.C., on Saturday night pleased by the theme and the turnout – as thousands in attendance returned home carrying a … Continue reading →

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Republicans poised to race back to power

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

It has the making of a stunning political turn around that could change the course of the United States for the next 10 years. The 2010 U.S. mid-term elections — in which every seat of the House of Representatives, a … Continue reading →

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Think the economy is bad? Worse is coming (1)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

Economic prospects continue to grow gloomier as the Commerce Department on Friday revised the second-quarter growth rate substantially downward from the initial estimate of 2.4 percent to a mere 1.6 percent. Just to stay on an even keel in terms … Continue reading →

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How Severe is U.S. pension debt?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

As the economy boomed, few people worried much about the debt that local and state governments were amassing to pay for increasingly generous pension and health-care benefits for public employees. Now that budgets are tight thanks to a down economy, … Continue reading →

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UN climate change panel to be warned over reports (1)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

The United Nation’s climate change organisation faces a warning over how it uses scientific facts in its influential reports, following the discovery of a series of embarrassing errors in its work. A review of the practices of the Intergovernmental Panel … Continue reading →

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Legal limbo for Russia’s 'Lord of War'

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

For two decades, Viktor Bout worked in the shadows, operating under at least seven aliases, with a handful of passports, dozens of shell companies and billions of dollars worth of contracts to supply massive quantities of arms and ammunition to … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck Day

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

I’m not paying attention to the 8.28 rally today to be honest. It is Evelyn’s 5th birthday and we’re on our way to look at dinosaurs and zoo animals in Atlanta. But I am struck by the left-wing outrage over … Continue reading →

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The Registry that won’t die

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

Now that the sweet days of summer are becoming shorter, and our politicians are beginning to sound the themes with which they will torment us through the Fall, it’s almost charming that right at the top of the list is … Continue reading →

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World August 29th, 2010 (10)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

#1 — BBC | Thousands flee Indonesia volcano on Sumatra Thousands of Indonesians have been forced to flee after a volcano erupted on the island of Sumatra. [...] #2 — BBC | Fears for Pakistani town after new flood levee … Continue reading →

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Canada August 29th, 2010 (10)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jack

#1 — CBC | Man held in terror probe rearrested A fourth man arrested by police investigating the alleged Ottawa-based terrorism cell was ordered released on bail Saturday — but was then rearrested immediately on new charges. [...] #2 — … Continue reading →

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