One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Monday, 14 June 2004

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Bush foreign policy under attack

A group of senior former US officials say George W Bush has damaged the country's standing in the world. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Those signing the statement say they believe the Bush administration has made the international outlook more unstable and dangerous.

"A lot of people felt the work they had done over their lifetime in trying to build a situation in which the United States was respected and could lead the rest of the world was now undermined by this administration - by the arrogance, by the refusal to listen to others, the scorn for multilateral organisations," William Harrop, ambassador to Israel under President George Bush Senior, told the Los Angeles Times.'

< 6:48:09 PM >

Interesting piece about a Montreal artist whose one recording from the 1960s became, unknown to him, a cult classic. [montreal city weblog]

< 6:45:14 PM >

Martin has four hours to save campaign, Liberal MPs caution [GAM-National] 'Liberal MPs have urged Paul Martin to focus on re-establishing the Liberal Party's credibility in the televised leaders debates tonight and tomorrow night, but the Conservatives are plotting an aggressive strategy of their own in a bid to push Mr. Martin back on the defensive over a series of corruption scandals.'

< 6:41:44 PM >

Being fluently bilingual may help stave off the forgetfulness and inattention associated with aging, according to a new Canadian study.

Researchers at York University in Toronto found that older people who had spoken two languages concurrently their whole lives fared markedly better on tests that measure cognitive function. [GAM-National]

Dang. I obviouisly started speaking other languages too late in life.

< 6:32:11 PM >

This online radio station serves the Spanish-speaking blog community worldwide. Cool! Link to the web radio station, and Link to the related weblog. (Thanks, Jean-Luc) [Boing Boing]

< 6:26:10 PM >

From a BBC News article on blogging in schools: Giving children a voice and the responsibility to use it wisely is a key ingredient in education. We are happy to help. [UserLand Product News]

< 6:19:15 PM >

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Steve Jobs says that his company's goal is to sell 5 percent of the legally purchased music in the United States within the next 24 months. Right now, said Jobs, iTunes sells about 2 percent. (The article is available to Wall Street Journal subscribers only.) Other highlights of the interview include Jobs' revelation that his company has just finished renewing deals with major music publishers and "prices aren't going up on iTunes." Jobs said Apple's Mac business is "very healthy" and growing, with more than half of users buying Macs at Apple Stores new to the platform. [MacCentral]