Border-Country Threats (Only This Time, it's Canda)...and Planning for the Party from Hell

Curious, how with all the recent attention paid to illegal immigrants from Mexico and places south of the border, attention can turn suddenly to the U.S. neighbors to the north. Today, fully one-quarter of all the news stories cited most frequently by bloggers deal with the weekend arrests of 17 Canadians (12 adults, five teens) alleged by authorities to have been involved in "homegrown" terrorist plots to use explosives against key Canadian landmarks and targets.

Reaction galore
No More Mister Nice Blog points out the difference between Internet monitoring and domestic spyings. The Cat's Meow wonders if the arrests signal just another sign of the times? The discussion that's taking place on Myblahg indicates that Canada's populace is undergoing some of the same red-blue/left-right hackling discussions as U.S. voters.

Devilish party!
Elsewhere, the approach of Tuesday - 06/06/06 in d/m/y parlance - is causing equal parts excitement and dread for thsoe who associate 666 with the symbol for the devil/Satan, and Hell, Michigan's preparations (today's No. 8 most-cited news story) are only part of the buzz.

Random (but interesting) blog stuff
Author/blogger Seth Godin has turned off comments on his blog, and here's why. LiveJournalers who breastfeed have an issue with LJ's photo-dinking policy. Anyone gearing up for the 2006 mid-term elections might be interested in Rolling Stone's examination of at what might have happened in 2004 (today's most popuarly cited news story), while former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich examines the Republican-led tax cuts and what's (or who's) behind them. And don't expect BoingBoing to get all excited about the World Cup.