Monthly Archives: October 2010

Daley: Prepare for a new American revolution

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Jack

More than three centuries ago, the residents of America staged a rebellion against an oppressive ruler who taxed them unjustly, ignored their discontents and treated their longing for freedom with contempt. They are about to revisit that tradition this week, … Continue reading →

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World October 31st, 2010 (10)

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Jack

#1 — BBC | Yemen arrests medical student over cargo jet bomb plot Security forces in Yemen have arrested a female medical student suspected of posting bombs found on two cargo jets in Dubai and the UK. [...] #2 — … Continue reading →

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Canada October 31st, 2010 (10)

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Jack

#1 — CNews | Lotto Max prizes won in B.C. and Ontario A lucky player in B.C. woke up Saturday morning $50 million richer. Additional $1 million prizes were also handed out in Quebec and Ontario in Friday night’s Lotto … Continue reading →

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Mansur: Absurd UN gives Pakistani helm of IAEA watchdog

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jack

How absurd are things inside the UN and its agencies in New York, Geneva or Vienna? Consider, as an example, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency recently electing Pakistan’s envoy, Ansar Parvez, to the chair of its governing body for … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update October 30th, 2010 (16)

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jack

Canada #1 — CNews | Teen suicides in Ontario community SARNIA, Ont. – It gets better. That’s what Raychael Fisher tells herself every day. It’s been more than a year since she stopped cutting herself, and now she’s ready to … Continue reading →

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Yakabuski: Infighting could tear the Democrats apart

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jack

One American political party appears doomed to bitter infighting. The struggle for its soul, between an angry base insisting on ideological purity and a moderate wing preaching pragmatism, could even tear it apart. It’s not the Republicans. They’ve spent the … Continue reading →

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Miller: Say goodbye to pork (1)

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jack

MAT-SU — Joe Miller has been running at top speed for months now. Wednesday, with his race for U.S. Senate coming down to the wire and having been up since 4 a.m., he stopped by the Frontiersman editorial board, diet … Continue reading →

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How Rob Ford won Toronto

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jack

In the weeks after Richard Ciano and Nick Kouvalis joined the Ford For Mayor campaign last spring, the two market researchers and conservative political activists launched into a series of interviews with their new, colourful candidate for the Toronto mayoralty … Continue reading →

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Huntley: Our only hope is real change

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Jack

Decision time looms for the American voter. And the choices couldn’t be clearer: At the national level, it’s whether to reward or rebuke a Democratic president and majority in Congress that ignored the will of the American people to pursue … Continue reading →

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