Monthly Archives: November 2009

Iran 'planning 10 new uranium enrichment sites'

Iran’s government has approved plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, according to state media. The government told the Iranian nuclear agency to begin work on five sites, with five more to be located over the next two months. … Continue reading

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Projection: Swiss to Ban New Minarets

GENEVA —  Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam, projections by a widely respected polling institute showed. The projections … Continue reading

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Senate Set to Open Health Care Debate

WASHINGTON – The 60 votes aren’t there any more. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing. Some Democratic senators say they’ll jump ship … Continue reading

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Global Warming Fraud and the Future of Science (5)

The East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU) revelations come as no real surprise to anyone who has closely followed the global-warming saga. The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) thesis, to give it its semi-official name, is no stranger to fraud. It … Continue reading

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An ongoing disgrace

Nothing symbolizes the pathetic gutlessness of Dalton McGuinty’s government, or that of the provincial police force that is nominally sworn to protect the province’s residents, than the saga now playing out in a Hamilton courtroom. The fate of a lawless … Continue reading

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World Nov. 29th, 2009 (10)

#1 — BBC | Flood deaths in Saudi Arabia rise to around 100 The number of dead in floods following Saudi Arabia’s heaviest rains for years has risen to around 100, officials say. [...] #2 — BBC | Honduran presidential election due … Continue reading

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Canada Nov. 29th, 2009 (10)

#1 — CBC | Labour minister urges arbitration to end CN strike Canada’s labour minister is urging the union representing striking Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers to accept binding arbitration. [...] #2– CBC | Canada, India conclude nuclear trade talks Canada and … Continue reading

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The great green fraud (9 – bumped)

Till now, I have avoided more than very limited comment on the whole global-warming-carbon emissions controversy. But now that colossal spending and regulating programs impend on these issues, I must say that the Al Gore-David Suzuki conventional-wisdom hysteria is an … Continue reading

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Tiger Woods, wife cancel police interview (1)

WINDEMERE, Fla.– Tiger Woods and his wife were unavailable to speak to state troopers for the second straight day, asking them to return Sunday to clear up questions about how he crashed his SUV into a neighbor’s tree. Troopers first … Continue reading

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Swiss to vote on mosque minarets ban

The Swiss are to decide this weekend whether to ban minarets on mosques, in what is in effect the first direct vote in a European country on Islam and the practices of Muslims. The controversial referendum on Sunday, accompanied by … Continue reading

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E-mail trail only adds to Afghan questions

For a week, diplomat Richard Colvin’s accusations about Canada’s handling of its Afghan prisoners – and their subsequent alleged torture at the hands of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security – dominated headlines and Parliament, despite the fact that no one … Continue reading

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