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Wednesday Night #1441
October 14, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1441

On the eve of Lord Mayor Peter Trent’s return to that office (he is to be sworn in at noon on Thursday), the eveni ...

Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends return
October 8, 2009, 2 Comments

A new Winnie-the-Pooh? Oh bother A sequel adds little to be desired to A.A. Milne’s classic tales. (LA Times) As o ...

G20 to end fossil fuel subsidies
October 2, 2009, 1 Comment

The G20 will end subsidies on fossil fuels TO LITTLE fanfare, world leaders at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh announced t ...

Denise Bombardier : Le Canada: pays ou village?
September 29, 2009, Comments Off on Denise Bombardier : Le Canada: pays ou village?

Le Devoir Édition samedi et dimanche septembre 26-27 Alors que les chefs d’état et de gouvernement écoutaient c ...

William Safire R.I.P.
September 27, 2009, Comments Off on William Safire R.I.P.

Maureen Dowd: On Safire William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79 (NYT) William Safire, a s ...

R2P : Responsibility to protect
September 22, 2009, 1 Comment

The INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (ICRtoP) ; Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Right ...

Securing the Northwest Passage
September 10, 2009, Comments Off on Securing the Northwest Passage

 Arctic passage close to reality The retreat of Arctic Ocean ice is allowing two German ships to complete a dream of sa ...

Wednesday Night #1436
September 9, 2009, 2 Comments

People want to be led As President Obama was giving his address to Congress on health care just before Wednesday Night c ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #18
September 5, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing Wednesday Night #18

Here is the invite for next week’s salon – Sept 9th, 2009 (yes, 09/09/09 for those of you paying attention t ...

China post 2008 Olympics
September 4, 2009, Comments Off on China post 2008 Olympics

Chinese separatists blamed for syringe attack violence Chinese authorities dispatched police in riot gear to disperse pr ...