Comments on: Wednesday Night #1373

By: Diana Thébaud Nicholson

Diana Thébaud Nicholson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:39:38 +0000

An unconventional holiday in “The Other Iraq” supports and elaborates on many of the points raised about Kurdistan. The Economist

By: Diana Thébaud Nicholson

Diana Thébaud Nicholson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:18 +0000

Mercosur nations condemn EU plan
Leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela — as well as ministers from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru — condemned in strong terms sharp new immigration laws adopted by the EU. “Shameful,” “outrageous,” and “ignominious” were words used by the Mercosur conference attendee nations to describe the EU law, under which illegal immigrants would face up to 18 months detainment and a five-year ban on re-entry. BBC (7/2)

By: David Mitchell OWN

David Mitchell OWN — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:07:36 +0000

As for ‘your’ fete national I’ll have you know that I’m on the Saint John
River, “discovered” by Sieur de Monts and Sam. Champlain on 24 June 1604 —
but we don’t have a holiday. Oddly, the natives had discovered the river
long ere that visit but don’t get the credit (despite their village at the
mouth and others up river). Incidentally the expedition was that of de
Monts; Champlain was navigator/geographer/self-aggrandizer. Both, I believe,
were protestants, something lost on early generations of Québécois!
Love, David