Top stories from 2010 - part 2

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we looked at my take on top stories 6 through 10 for this year, now hours away from ending.

Here we go with stories 1 through 5:

5. This weather in Europe this month, its implications for climate change and the reaction of the nutbar right. Most of Western Europe gets pretty mild winters, particularly by Canadian standards. Still Heathrow's inability to cope with a couple of centimetres of snow is pretty pathetic and people should be held accountable such that it doesn't happen again - particularly as it is going to happen again. The weather will be wilder and unpredictable - that is what climate change is about and we are experiencing it. What was surprising to me was the reaction of the nutbar right wing in the US. These guys are despicable, ignorant and will use any opportunity to make whatever point they make - whether right or wrong:

Of course, this is a bit dated and since its airing, the "Climategate Scandal" has pretty much been demonstrated to be poor public communication rather than bad science or dishonesty.

4. The G8/G20 Summit in Canada - produced almost nothing except bad press for Metro's finest. OK. One cop has been charged with abuse. What about the millions of dollars of damage to private property and the disruption caused by the anarchist bastard protesters. Ohhhh.... They make me mad!!!! http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/26/g20-saturday-protests.html

3. The situation on the Korean Peninsula. How does one deal with a nutbar, particularly one with a huge land army and nuclear weapons? There must be a better way than this and I think it is going to get worse over the next 12 months. Hopefully China can live with a united Korea on its boarder because the collapse of the North may be the only way this happens without a lot of casualties: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-25/world/koreas.crisis_1_cheonan-incident-south-korean-military-exercises-north-korea?_s=PM:WORLD

2. The US mid-term election. Never has one president fallen so far, so fast, eh? Oh, really, the saintly Ronald Regan did the same thing and came back to win all but one state when he went for re-election? Really? Calm down folks - the right didn't win very much. Sure they control one house of Congress and but they don't control the other nor the presidency. People voted on a bad economy, they didn't vote for the Tea Party. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/uselection/article/885531--obama-admits-to-personal-shellacking

1. Obama’s turning of the shellacking into a clear legislative victory including: continuation and increase of tax breaks, passing the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, new food safety legislation, 911 First Responder Benefits, and the START treaty. Yup, that Obama - Sarah really showed him!!!

Some nonsense from Fox...




Happy New Year, everyone - Predictions coming up by the end of the weekend.

Paul