Tom Brokaw explains the relationship between Canada and The United States, in a pre-recorded short film that aired on NBC prior to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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A Glimmer of Justice for Wrongly Detained Terror Suspects
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Benamar Benatta was mysteriously handed over by Canada to U.S. authorities the day after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and spent nearly five years in American jails without ever being convicted of a crime.
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Joe the Plumber suggests some members of Congress should be shot.
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On Wednesday, Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher said that if he were in Congress, he would “probably be in jail” because he’d be charged with “slapping some member.” He added, “And that’s not [bull] either.” Wonder where our PM is this week?
Read more »John Bolton at CPAC: The Benefits of Nuking Chicago
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Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of conservatives in Washington on Thursday morning, he suggested, as something of a joke, that President Barack Obama might learn a needed lesson if Chicago were destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
Read more »Another US Court Recognizes Canadian Gay Marriage
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More good news for equal marriage rights. This time it is an estate court in New York. The Court ruled that the surviving husband of two men who married in Canada DOES get to be recognized as a spouse and thus inherit his deceased partner's full estate.
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