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Monday April 24, 2006

Film: Early reviews of the upcoming film United 93 are beginning to trickle in. Mary Katherine Ham posted one such review at Hugh Hewitt’s site. “I’m not gonna lie. It wasn’t easy to watch. But I’m glad I watched it.”

Military: Canada suffered its worst military tragedy since the Korean War, losing four soldiers in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan.

Politics: The Washington Post reports on the age-old American battle plan for the invasion of Canada. I’ve got a hunch that it would be executed successfully.

Emergent: Vikupedia shares the definition and etymology of a new term, “Emergingent Churchmentsation.”


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