Monthly Archives: July 2011

Afternoon Update July 27th, 2011 (10)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Cops fly father to see dying son CALGARY – The distraught father of a five-year-old Calgary boy was able to be at his son’s bedside when he died, thanks to the city’s police chopper. [...] … Continue reading →

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Harsanyi: Obama the Immoderate (5)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

There is still a slim chance that this summer’s debt ceiling debate won’t end with demagoguery’s winning the day. That’s an unusual development, yes, and something to be thankful for, however fleeting the interruption. After all, whenever politicians moan and … Continue reading →

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Fed-up Arctic towns want health-care control back from Nunavut

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

Arctic towns fed up with the Nunavut government’s poor record on health care want the territory to shift more control over services to them. “When we look at what’s happened over the last 10 years, we look at problems that … Continue reading →

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Are We Alone In the Universe? New Analysis Says Maybe

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

Scientists engaged in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) work under the assumption that there is, in fact, intelligent life out there to be found. A new analysis may crush their optimism. To calculate the likelihood that they’ll make radio … Continue reading →

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Lockerbie bomber paraded on TV – two years after being freed because he was dying of cancer (1)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

The Lockerbie bomber has been paraded on Libyan TV almost two years after his release from a UK prison because he was dying of cancer. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 59, has been feted as a hero in his home country since he … Continue reading →

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China’s Apple frenzy triggers wave of smuggling

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

In a crowded multistoreyed marketplace in downtown Shenzhen, a store owner haggles with a cigarette-smoking customer over the price for a bulk sale. They are not bargaining over fake watches or counterfeit leather bags, but genuine Apple iPads and iPhones … Continue reading →

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ATF agents denounce rogue guns transfers

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

ATF field agents working in Mexico broke ranks with their supervisors Tuesday during a rancorous five-hour House committee hearing, saying they were kept in the dark about a controversial undercover operation in which hundreds of guns ended up in the … Continue reading →

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Lifson: Kerry spokesman stripped of Silver Star

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

John F. Kerry almost became president running on the basis of his alleged heroism in Vietnam. Thanks to the efforts of a group of truth-tellers, the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, the serious holes in the fantasy narrative propounded by the … Continue reading →

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Foster: Keystone ­versus green Keynesianism

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Jack

You’d think that a government with an increasingly severe unemployment problem would be desperate to approve a project that would provide 20,000 ­direct jobs, even if that government does have ­bigger — but related — things on its mind this … Continue reading →

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