GZ Expat, Part II

links for 2010-02-28

• Power Line - Obama salutes Ryan
  A must watch...
• IOC looks into cigars, beer and champagne
  The Canada women's ice hockey team returned to the ice long after almost all of the spectators had left Canada Hockey Place -- and, boy, did they party! (GZE2 - Goodness! Girls, smoking stogies?!?!?! OUTRAGE! Heh)

links for 2010-02-23

• Lake Oswego man, 72, drowns while trying to save his dog from the sea | – OregonLive.com

links for 2010-02-22

• CBO: Obama health 'plan' too vague to analyze - Washington Times
  President Obama said he would put out a full bill ahead of Thursday's highly touted bipartisan health summit, but what he released on Monday is so bare-bones that the Congressional Budget Office said there's not even enough detail to start working on a cost estimate.
• The Hockey News: Edward Fraser's blog: THN.com Blog: Ranking the Olympic jerseys
  China: Not getting nearly as much exposure as the others because it’s only being sported on the women’s side, but maybe that’s a good thing. The red and yellow color choice was…well…interesting and the striping makes it a busy layout, despite the banality of the logo/font.

links for 2010-02-11

• Last call at Basco’s
  NOOOOOOOOOOO!
• Taking Note: Wednesday . . .
  In Portland, G Mac Carruth stopped 38 shots to lead the Winterhawks to a 5-3 victory over the Tri-City Americans. . . . With the victory, the Winterhawks clinched their first playoff spot since the spring of 2006 Attendance was 1,844 (GZE2 - That is just friggin sad Portland!)

links for 2010-02-06

• Power Line - But Enough About Me. What Do You Think About Me?
  No matter the subject, in the end it's always about him
• No Wives For 24 Million Chinese Men
  The study said a key factor leading to the imbalance was the nation’s family-planning policy, which restricts the number of children citizens may have. They also cited an insufficient social security system which led parents to prefer male offspring because of their greater earning potential.
• Lightning stars could be up for auction - The Globe and Mail
  An NHL source said there are four parties seriously interested in buying the Stars.One of the Canadians is Calgary oil man Bill Gallacher.He also owns the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League.

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links for 2010-02-02

• The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Why Obama Is an Even Bigger Spender Than Bush
  Barack Obama declared that President Bush had run “the most fiscally irresponsible administration in history.” At the time, the highest deficit run up by the Bush administration was $412.7 billion. Today, (the) new 10-year budget outlook and it never shows an annual deficit lower than $739 billion.