Monthly Archives: August 2011

Russia’s Soyuz Program Crashes and Burns (2)

Last week’s Soyuz crash was just the latest in a series of embarrassing mishaps for Russia’s space industry, which is plagued by quality problems and an ageing workforce. With no other way to get astronauts into orbit, the operation of the … Continue reading

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Afternoon Update August 31st, 2011 (10)

CANADA #1 — CNews | Political correctness banned from ‘The Arena’ TORONTO – Controversial author Mark Steyn, who calls his new book “my latest doom-mongering bestseller,” claimed America is on the road to oblivion on Tuesday’s premiere of The Arena, … Continue reading

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UK plunges into debt danger zone after Labour’s 10-year borrowing binge (3)

Britain’s debt levels are dangerously high and are damaging the economy, according to one of the world’s leading financial watchdogs. Debt in the UK grew faster than in any other major economy in the last decade to £180,000 per household. … Continue reading

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Libya: suspect in killing of WPc Yvonne Fletcher found by rebel government

Libya’s new rebel government knows the location of one of the alleged accomplices to the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher, threatening a diplomatic row, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. The administration has confirmed that it knows the whereabouts of Matouk … Continue reading

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US officials quit over Mexico gun flow probe

The acting director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the US attorney in Arizona are resigning over a botched operation to track the flow of guns to Mexico. The ATF’s Kenneth Melson had recently faced … Continue reading

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Delingpole: Sun Causes Climate Change Shock (5)

If Michael Crichton had lived to write a follow-up to State of Fear, the plotline might well have gone like this: at a top secret, state of the art laboratory in Switzerland, scientists finally discover the true cause of “global … Continue reading

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Congresswoman Seeks to Pick and Choose U.S. Funding at U.N.

United Nations funding is back in the crosshairs of a key congresswoman who has unveiled a measure in the House that would make dues voluntary in an attempt to pressure the world body to change the way it operates. The … Continue reading

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PM stronger than ever in popularity (2)

His name was rarely mentioned last week. It didn’t seem politic, somehow, to do so. And yet Prime Minister Stephen Harper emerges, again, as the clear winner as we head into the fall session. Before Jack Layton’s death Harper’s position … Continue reading

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Heinrichs: Chilling Free Speech in the Great White North

Americans aware of journalists Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn are likely also aware that these two were hauled before Canadian “Human Rights Commissions” for supposed speech-crimes.  Levant was pursued because he published the Mohammed cartoons, and Steyn, for, well, casting … Continue reading

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Mintz: The price of anger

Voters in British Columbia exercised their democratic right in a referendum to kill the HST. Angry at a tax introduced only weeks after the last election, the voter’s fury has been expressed in a ballot by a margin of 55% … Continue reading

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Morning Update August 31st, 2011 (10)

CANADA #1 — CNews | Petition shines light on human trafficking in Canada Slavery exists in Canada. Thousands of young Canadian women and girls are in forced prostitution: their shackles are crack cocaine, their overseers are gangsters. Many more are … Continue reading

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Pipes: The four eras of Gaddafi’s rule (9)

On Sept. 1, Muammar Gaddafi’s would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years, making him the world’s longest ruling head of state. As he leaves the scene, his wretched reign deserves an appraisal. Gaddafi took power at the … Continue reading

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