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Have we learned nothing from history?
With Skis in July
The number of Americans moving to Canada was greater last year than in the previous thirty, says the Association for Canadian Studies.
The survey found that 10,942 Americans came to Canada in 2006, compared to just over 9,262 in 2005. In 2000, 5,828 came to the country.
While twice as many Canadians went to the States than Americans came [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“If you be mad, be gone: if you have reason,
be brief.” —Twelfth Night, 1.5.200-1
Shipbuilding
While I’m on vacation, construction is proceeding apace on The Maiden, a cardstock model ship. Updates more or less daily, so that I can have this done by the weekend. Here’s a mini I just painted, also for Blood & Roses.
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“He’s grown a very land-fish, languageless, a monster.”
—Troilus And Cressida, 3.3.262-63
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Not content with waging a war that kills a half-million or more Iraqis, we had to do it with depleted-uranium munitions. The result, according to Iraq’s environment minister, has been an increase in new cases of cancer.
As a result of “at least 350 sites in Iraq being contaminated during bombing” with depleted uranium (DU) weapons, [...]
Maybe Someday
The Pentagon has begun talking about thinking about coming up with a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, should Congress ever find the courage to force an end to the occupation, or should aliens ever replace President Bush with a sufficiently intelligent and compassionate duplicate:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is making contingency plans for a [...]
And Stop Asking
Since US reconstruction efforts are failing to provide reliable electric power to Baghdad residents, the Bush Administration’s reponse has been to discontinue status reports:
Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week that Baghdad residents could count on only “an hour or two a day” of electricity. That’s down [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Look, he’s winding up the watch of his wit; by and by
it will strike.” —The Tempest, 2.1.12-13
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“God grant we never may have need of you.” —Richard III, 1.3.76
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