A few headlines from cbc.ca

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* Iraq stampede death toll approaches 1,000
* New Orleans mayor: 'Likely thousands dead'
* U.S. government mobilizing for Gulf Coast recovery help
* U.S. gas prices surge past $3 a gallon
* Bird flu likely to spread outside Asia
* Death and destruction in Katrina's wake
* Looters thrive after Katrina leaves

Damn.

Comments

[tjernobyl]

is the world ending yet?

[sugarpacket]

Seems like the snowball has started to roll.

[theevilgarden]

You forgot gaza.

~John

[sugarpacket]

Mustn't forget gaza.

The rest of the world sounds so hellish that Toronto seems a gloriously shiny and prosperous wonderland in comparison.

And Thunder Bay is my far off Eden.