This was spurred by the JaneMs’ comments in the comments of the last post. My response ended up being a rather involved rant… so, why not just post it so that everyone sees it! Jane said: Chris, do you think that the UN gets “signalsâ€? The UN seems oblivious even to being hit between the …
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Canada to send 150 to Darfur
News sources are reporting that Canada intends to send 150 military personnel to help the AU in a peacekeeping mission in Sudan. They will also be lending some old equipment for the African troops to use (god knows we have plenty of that lying around). 150 doesn’t seem like much… but at least it’s something. …
Truth in Numbers
Don’t you just love it when you see real statistical numbers that go completely against “conventional wisdom”… or at least what some would have us believe us “wisdom”. This is from My Blahg. The 2nd highest unemployment rate, 11.1%, in 2003 belonged to Prince Edward Island, despite the fact that it had the 4th highest …