Oh Canada sings “O-Bama!”

President Obama has landed in Ottawa for his first foreign trip, and our exceedingly friendly northern neighbors are live blogging every detail at the CBC’s website HERE and broadcasting the visit live HERE.
Here’s an early report from a reporter at Canada’s version of Capitol Hill:
“At dawn on Parliament Hill there were only a dozen diehard [...]

Obama Repeals the Global Gag Rule

Since President Obama was sworn in last week, he’s been signing a flurry of Executive Orders. One of these executive orders that we’d like to highlight today is Obama’s repeal of the “Global Gag Rule.”
What is it?
Officially, it’s called the Mexico City Policy, and it is a law allowing the US to withhold funds from [...]

Cure for Fleas, Treat for Troops

 
 Janes, have you ever had an itch you can’t scratch?  Us, too.  Have you ever had an itch you can’t scratch because you’re wearing 80 pounds of combat gear and have a weapon occupying your hands?  Not so much.  

Of course we’d all have a different answer if we were stationed in Ramadi, Iraq, as [...]

Tuesday Money Talk

This week’s edition of Tuesday Girl Talk is being replaced by Tuesday Money Talk, to help you keep up with the market madness! Fasten your seatbelts, because it has all been one big rollercoaster. Here’s our roundup of what’s going on in markets around the world: 

European nations, dealing with their own failing banks, met together [...]

What is happening to the world?

Think we’re the only ones nursing economic woes? Our friends across the pond have been pretty severely hit as well as a result of the American financial crisis — already being dubbed a “global financial crisis.” Ugh…we hate that term! Can’t we just call it…”economic instability”? Or “crap sandwich” perhaps?

Brazilian stocks took their sharpest drop [...]

All Not Quiet on the Southern Front

What is going on in Latin America these days? In the last week, both Bolivia and Venezuela have asked the U.S. ambassadors in their countries to get packing and head back to the USA. On Wednesday, President Evo Morales of Bolivia (at left) ordered the US Ambassador to Bolivia to leave the country, saying [...]