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May
20
Sarko’s choices
May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Given France’s behind-the-scenes role in encouraging Saddam to out-wait the demands of the U.S. and Britain, and the French efforts at the U.N. to diminish the significance of the Security Council’s resolutions, it might be argued that if this were the government in power in Paris five years ago, Iraq would not have been invaded, […]
May
17
Why vote for Liars?
May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Tories, for their part, have also moved left, which is to say into the centre. Sensing an opportunity to make the Conservatives the new “natural governing party,” Mr. Harper has pushed through the most extraordinary series of reversals: whether of policies his government had just adopted (the ill-fated Clean Air Act), or of promises […]
May
17
Recant, Recant I say
May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
While I kid Kate about her naughty books hysteria she is doing sterling work on the “global warming” front. Today she points to the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works where there is a rather instructive article on scientists who previously believed in global warming but who have now become apostate. And worse, […]
May
17
A debate raging over the morals of Hong Kong’s racy media took a bizarre twist Wednesday with revelations that a decency watchdog had been flooded with obscenity complaints about the Bible.
The Television and Entertainments Licensing Authority (Tela), which oversees the publishing industry, said it had received 208 complaints that text within the holy book was […]
May
17
Now, if we could just figure out clouds
May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Global climate models are missing a good chunk of plant information that could significantly alter long-term climate change predictions. A new technique for modeling phytoplankton — microscopic plants in the upper layers of the Earth’s waters — could reveal a much more accurate picture. wired
Phytoplankton are more important than the world’s forests when it comes […]
May
16
This just in from Heaven
May 16, 2007 | 1 Comment
More controversial were his post-Sept. 11 comments, in which he blamed many groups of Americans for bringing on the attack.
“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way - […]
May
15
May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“This internal fighting that is taking place in Gaza is undermining the whole future of the Palestinian people,” said Mustafa Barghouti, the Palestinian information minister. ctv
The Palestinian situation grows more miserable by the day. The Troll of Ramallah tm created the conditions of corruption such that Hamas - violent as it is - was an […]
May
15
Hilarity erupts at Kate’s
May 15, 2007 | 4 Comments
Apparently some poor children in Saskatchewan have been reading Timothy Findley’s “The Wars”. A parent writes, citing chapter and rather mild verse, of the horror of Findley’s porn being given to 17 year olds.
You know, the ones who are playing first person shooters, listening to hip hop, joining the Canadian Army, sneaking into bars, and […]
May
10
Hi Farce in Chicago
May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
After watching Scooter Libby go down on suppressed evidence and a he said/she said prosecution, my faith in trial by jury in America is pretty low. Which means I suspect that Conrad Black is likely to be convicted regardless of whether he did anything actually illegal. But the trial has revealed one, hitherto untapped, Canadian […]
May
9
New Liberals versus Old: Dead Heat
May 9, 2007 | 3 Comments
Greg Staples has the numbers
National
Liberal 33% (0)
Conservative Party 32% (-4)
NDP 17% (+1)
Green Party 10% (+4)
BQ 9%(-1)
This can’t be much of a surprise. How can a voter decide?
Issue
Old Liberals
New Liberals
Kyoto
Kyoto GoGo
Kyoto Lite
’stan
Against
Not really sure
Budget
Spend
Spend More
Deficit
Where?
Gone by 2200
Immigration
Love’em
Love’em More
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