Finally, a convincing case for sealing the U.S.-Canada border.

Day 554

Conrad Black is seeking bail till the Supremes decide his appeal. Our one big question: Why will this be front-paged in today's papers? How did it get into this blog? What is it with women and saving the dolphins? Get back to me. I really want to know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fashion victims Babs and Con Black.

 

Leading indicators

* Loonie to reach parity by year-end, says TD.

* Soaring loonie adds to anxiety about economy.

* Global skills shortage amid economic slump.

* Playboy for sale, no takers. Taxpayer bailout pending?

Read it here first

* U.S. to learn ropes of being hands-off owner of bailout beneficiaries.

* Torture-photo bombshell: Preview of the 2,000-odd images Obama wouldn't release but someone will.

* Sea-level rise might most threaten Atlantic Canada and U.S. Northeast.

* China will leapfrog PCs to mobile Internet, creating world's biggest population of Web surfers.

Ignore

* Time Warner to divorce AOL. TW has announced it's dumping this epic turkey maybe 30 times since their blockbuster bungled merger of 2001. Maybe this time it'll happen, but when did anyone last care about AOL?

Mark your calendar

* June 3: First annual National Fist Bump Day.

 

 

Note: For the purposes of this blog, the inception of the Great Recession in the U.S., the epicentre of the crisis, is taken as the start date for the global slump. The U.S. has been in recession since December 2007.