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...globe of the Earth grasping onto the Kyoto Accords, the expanding mouth of the globe representing the ozone hole. Let’s get the facts straight here. The ozone hole is created by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); CFCs have been successfully phased out of many developed countries due to the Montreal Protocol signed by many nations in 1987. The primary ozone hole still exists in the Antarctic because CFCs have a very long residence time in the atmosphere...
...other hand, the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 comes from the work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which specifically deals with “greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol,” including Carbon Dioxide. If the cartoonist wanted to make a real political statement, she should have drawn a globe that was sweating while clinching onto the Kyoto Accords (but, of course, many other cartoonists have done this in other newspapers...
...trade. By showing the North Koreans what a bounty democracy and capitalism brings, the government will lose a certain grip on its citizens. This is not as radical as delcaring war or overthrowing Kim, but on the long term, it will be beneficial for both parties. Sigmund Dunba Montreal, Canada...
Mambo Italiano opens with promise: warm coloring, fluid camerawork and appealing Italian-themed scenes, with the family eating gelato. We are introduced to in-the-closet Angelo (Luke Kirby), a young Italian man from Montreal finally moving out after 27 years of what he calls “the trap,” living at home with his parents, who just want him to meet and fall in love with a nice Italian girl. After Angelo’s new apartment is robbed, he moves in with Nino, a childhood friend who, like Angelo, is gay. But tell their parents...
Mambo Italiano opens with promise: warm coloring, fluid camerawork and appealing Italian-themed scenes, with the family eating gelato. We are introduced to in-the-closet Angelo (Luke Kirby), a young Italian man from Montreal finally moving out after 27 years of what he calls “the trap,” living at home with his parents, who just want him to meet and fall in love with a nice Italian girl. After Angelo’s new apartment is robbed, he moves in with Nino, a childhood friend who, like Angelo, is gay. But tell their parents...