Harper promotes trade links to India -
Why? Is he afraid child labour might disappear from the face of the earth, or that we might not have an adequate supply of hand-woven carpets in the future? Doesn't he know that we have the second-largest population of Persians behind California on this continent, and that they make some pretty good carpets themselves?
Obama meets with Chinese leaders -
We hadn't imagined he went there simply for the authentic Chinese food. He's obviously there to discuss trade, and more specifically that the Chinese are selling a lot more stuff to the U.S. (and Canada) than North Americans are selling to them. And after buying one of the new Pentax X70 digital cameras, now made by a company in China which bought out the original Pentax manufacturer Asahi Optical Company of Japan, I'd be worried about that myself if I were him, because this Chinese company is turning out a very good product. A product that is definitely competitive with anything made in North America.
Canon may not be worried yet, but I wouldn't get too smug if I were them.
World leaders at UN summit vow to aid farmers in bid to help starving -
This is another of those periodic photo-op type things where everyone attends to see and be seen, and then they all vow that they're 100 percent in favour of Motherhood or Apple Pie, or a Chicken in Every Pot, or in this case Aid to The Starving. But just don't ask these fearless leaders to put their (or our) money where their mouths are, because then they will suddenly start back-pedalling and bafflegabbing like you wouldn't believe.
And that's just the first three headlines on Google News as I wrote this. I'm still reading the rest of it...
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