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North of the border

  • Justin Webb
  • 18 Feb 09, 10:13 PM GMT

Obama goes north for his first foreign visit this week and I go with him.

As the creationists leave America for more congenial foreign countries (joke!) I see the scientists north of the border are already thinking of taking their places in the Cincinnati suburbs...

The Obama visit is oddly short - six hours in Canada. I suspect he thought it was on the way back from Phoenix to DC and has only just seen the map. If millions of Canadians freeze trying to catch a glimpse of him this could turn out to be a disaster...

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