Monthly Archives: November 2010

Canada November 29th, 2010 (10)

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Jack

#1 — CNews | $11M in cocaine found in airport washroom TORONTO – Two men face drug charges following the discovery of two suitcases packed with 90 kilograms of cocaine in a bathroom at Pearson International Airport. [...] #2 — … Continue reading →

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US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomatic crisis (9)

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

The United States was catapulted into a worldwide diplomatic crisis today, with the leaking to the Guardian and other international media of more than 250,000 classified cables from its embassies, many sent as recently as February this year. At the … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update November 28th, 2010 (16)

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

Canada #1 — CNews | Man charged 45% eco-fee on clock radio TORONTO – When 76-year-old Joseph Lavalle needed a clock radio — so he could wake up every six hours to put glaucoma drops in his wife’s eyes — … Continue reading →

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Saunders: What Ireland proves – The need for a world without bailouts

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

Standing on Dublin's Merrion Street on Thursday, I could just as well have been in Buenos Aires in 2003, Ankara in 2000, Lagos in 1989 or Kingston in 1979. The people were more pallid and generally better fed, but the … Continue reading →

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Booker: There are black days ahead for the carbon industry

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

It might seem mildly entertaining that the media's warmist groupies, led by the BBC, have been so eager to report the latest claims of James Hansen and Phil Jones – of Climategate fame – that 2010 is the hottest year … Continue reading →

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Preparing for a pension riot: Woodcock

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

My family knows me too well. They knew I wasn’t going to react well to my birthday this year — I’d been worrying about it for months. So last weekend, they threw me a big, fat, happy-last-day-of-being-59 party with lots … Continue reading →

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McManus: 'Do it for Dmitry' doesn't wash

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

The Obama administration has rolled out all the arguments in its attempt to persuade Republican senators to vote for ratification of its pending nuclear arms control treaty with Russia: It's a good treaty; it's a modest treaty; it would enable … Continue reading →

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Mongolia's motherlode

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

This is the big one. Deep in the Gobi Desert, in one of the most remote and bleak parts of the world, the most talked-about copper-gold mine in history is going up with remarkable speed. Outside the Oyu Tolgoi mine … Continue reading →

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Goodspeed Analysis: Fighting a faceless enemy

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

Afghanistan’s centuries-old Great Game took a turn for the worse this week. All summer there had been upbeat predictions the war-torn country may be turning the corner under the impact of a “surge” by 30,000 new U.S. troops, who are … Continue reading →

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Clarice's Pieces: A Very American Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

Community organizers, like most Democrat candidates, gain power by dividing people and by emphasizing what distinguishes groups (sex, age, religion, race, ethnic background). They promise that they will "fight for you" — that is, fight for spoils for the group … Continue reading →

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Black: Canada’s ongoing military identity crisis

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

“For Chrétien, no amount spent on defence was ever small enough“ Recent weeks have featured extensive debate about Canada’s future role in Afghanistan. Both major parties now apparently agree that our combat operations will cease in 2011, but that we … Continue reading →

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World November 28th, 2010 (10)

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Jack

1 — BBC | China calls for emergency talks amid Korea crisis China has called for an emergency meeting of key nations amid tension in Korea over the North's deadly shelling of a Southern island. [...] #2 — BBC | … Continue reading →

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