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Saturday, 3 April 2010
Public administration: Scandal fatigue
We now seem too fatigued to stir as we should when faced with cases of wrongdoing and official mismanagement
'Lying, cheating, defrauding taxpayer are all OK' announces panel of MPs
So, the results of the first Climategate enquiry are in. And guess what? It’s a word that begins with “W” and ending with “-hitewash.”
Over at Climateaudit, the mighty Steve McIntyre is furious. Among those he holds responsible is Nigel Lawson, for having given away territory he certainly had no right to cede on the subject of that now-infamous phrase “Mike’s Nature Trick.”
Digital Economy Bill reintroduces website blocking
Websites hosting pirated music or films could be blocked by the authorities, after the government reintroduced the measure to the Digital Economy Bill.
The plans, if approved, would allow ministers to permit injunctions that block websites illegally offering a "substantial amount" of material that is under copyright. But it would need to be demonstrated that any blocked site has a "serious adverse effect on businesses or consumers
Angus Reid/Sunday Express poll has Tory lead at 11% as voters slam Labour's record on immigration
Tomorrow's Sunday Express carries an opinion poll conducted by Angus Reid covering the usual voting intention question and several questions on immigration. The survey of 1,991 adults was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday.
Vince Cable pretends he's an economics guru (02Apr10)
Tax rise, tax rise, tax rise... the only mantra that New Labour and the LibDem's know. Vince Cable is interviewed critisising all the businesses and the Conservatives National Insurance income tax proposals. So the LibDem's have decided to show they have the same lack of economics intelligence and side with New Labour. Just like New Labour, Vince says ALL the businesses are wrong, and the government is right... only the government know what is right, and business don't know what they are talking about.
From Liarpoliticians
NEW WORLD ORDER - INDIA - 1 BILLION PEOPLE MICROCHIPPED FOR WORLDS BIGGEST CENSUS
From cdr23d1
The Dangers of Nuclear War: U.S.-Russian Nuke Deal no Cure for Real Threat
BEIJING, April 2 --After nearly a year's negotiations, the U.S. and Russian governments finally reached an agree-ment on further reduction and limitation of nuclear weapon arms. The agreement will be signed on April 8, limiting the total number of warheads to less than 1,550. Overall, it is good for world peace and stability as well as the prevention of nuclear proliferation, but we shouldn't be over-optimistic about the treaty.
British People Put Last: Third of Hospitals to Cut Operations “Because of Budget Deficits” but War in Afghanistan and Foreign Aid Continues
A third of all National Health Service Trusts are cutting back the number of operations being performed because of “budget cuts” while both Tories and Labour have promised to intensify the £3 billion a year war in Iraq and increase the £9 billion foreign aid budget.
MPs begin the Climategate whitewash
The Commons committee seemed unable even to understand the evidence, says Christopher Booker
Is Your Life About To Change Drastically?
What Is Immigration’s Role in the Violent Crime Rate Rise?
Official figures have revealed that violent crime in Britain has risen by 44 percent since 1998, giving new focus to claims by various police chiefs that immigration is largely to blame for this spike.
The dawn of a new age of muckraking
Today, talking heads, corporations, governments, editors and publishers no longer make the definitive judgment on what is news and what is not. More than 100 years after Upton Sinclair wrote his muckraking book “The Jungle,” the tradition of muckraking has a new life on the Internet.
Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa
When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, it was widely expected that he would dramatically change, or even reverse, the militarized and unilateral security policy that had been pursued by the George W. Bush administration toward Africa and other parts of the world.
After one year in office, however, it is clear that the Obama administration is following essentially the same policy that has guided U.S. military policy toward Africa for more than a decade. Indeed, the Obama administration is seeking to expand U.S. military activities on the continent even further.
Foreign Governments Line Up to Buy U.S. Drones
RQ-4 Global Hawk Foreign buyers are itching for the opportunity to buy American-made pilotless reconnaissance aircraft, and the Department of Defense does not plan to get in the way, despite concerns that the military technology could fall into the wrong hands.
Banks have closed 434 branches in three years
Britain's high street banks have initiated a secret programme of branch closures in response to the global credit crisis, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Police clash with right-wing demonstrators during protest against plans for new mosque
Violent clashes broke out between riot police and right-wing protesters today during a demonstration against plans for a new mosque
At the mercy of the machete mob: The terrifying isolation and almost suicidal courage of Zimbabwe's white farmers
Betrayed: Iraq hero is placed behind criminals in queue for a home
Hero: Private Joe MacDonald and his family wanted a council house but were offered a room in a hostel instead
Fighting on the hellish battlefields of Iraq, he risked his life for his country every day. But when Private Joe MacDonald asked his local authority to help find his young family a house, his sacrifice counted for nothing.
Court OKs Repeated Tasering of Pregnant Woman (USA)
A federal appeals court says three Seattle police officers did not employ excessive force when they repeatedly tasered a visibly pregnant woman for refusing to sign a speeding ticket.
The lawyer representing Malaika Brooks said Monday that the court’s 2-1 decision sanctioned “pain compliance” tactics through a modern-day version of the cattle prod.
Labour poster attack on Tories backfires
Labour's latest attack on the Conservative Party in a poster depicting David Cameron as Gene Hunt, the star of Ashes to Ashes, has backfired after Conservative supporters adopted the image with a positive slogan
The world of Tony Blair Inc
A staff of 130, turnover in the tens of millions: Tony Blair has created enormous wealth, but nobody knows quite how.
Increase in Arctic ice confounds doomsayers - but does not spell the end of global warming, scientists warn
The amount of sea ice covering the Arctic dramatically increased last month, reaching levels not seen at this time of year for nearly a decade.
Returning ice - after years of declining cover - has astonished climate scientists who blamed unusually cold weather over the Bering Sea.
Researchers said they recorded the most ice in March since 2001 - and that the cover is approaching long-term average levels for the first time in ten years
(I've got 2 words to say to that- have a guess-ukws)
Labour's spoof poster of Cameron as 80s TV cop Gene Hunt backfires as he says he's 'flattered'
David Cameron today laughed off a new campaign poster unveiled by Labour portraying him as eighties TV detective Gene Hunt.
The new image is aimed at reviving memories of 1980s social unrest and youth unemployment.
It shows the Tory leader perched on an Audi Quattro, like Hunt in the hit BBC1 series Ashes to Ashes and appeals: 'Don't let him take Britain back to the 1980s.'
But Mr Cameron was unconcerned. Out and about in his constituency of Witney, Oxfordshire, he declared that he was actually 'flattered' by the comparison to Hunt.
Revenues from global vaccine market register UD$27 Billion
Vaccine has emerged as one of the most profitable business segments in the healthcare industry. The segment registered revenues of around US$ 27 Billion in 2009. The growth has been driven by the emergence of some new chronic diseases and increasing demand for seasonal flu vaccines. Besides, the future growth of the vaccine market is anticipated to be driven by launch of several new vaccines, increasing trend of routine immunization and increasing support from the governments of various countries.
Scientists stumped as bee population declines further
The decline in the US bee population, first observed in 2006, is continuing, a phenomenon that still baffles researchers and beekeepers.
Data from the US Department of Agriculture show a 29 percent drop in beehives in 2009, following a 36 percent decline in 2008 and a 32 percent fall in 2007.
This affects not only honey production but around 15 billion dollars worth of crops that depend on bees for pollination.
Somali pirates hijack Taiwan ship
NAIROBI - Somali pirates hijacked a Taiwanese ship off the coast of the Horn of African country with at least 14 crew members on board, a regional maritime official confirmed on Saturday.
Andrew Mwangura, East Africa Coordinator of Seafarers' Assistance Program (SAP), said the Jih Chun Tsai 68 vessel, which was seized by the Somali gunmen on Thursday, has Taiwanese and Indonesians on board.
General election 2010: National Insurance row 'destroys PM's economic claims'
Gordon Brown's sole claims that re-electing him Prime Minister would secure an economic recovery has "collapsed" after the National Insurance row, George Osborne said.
Police officers must face trial by jury
The ridiculous acquittal of a Met sergeant for striking a protester armed with a drink carton proves how important it is to try police officers by jury
Ireland Child Abuse Report Reveals Vatican, Police Cover-up Collusion
Ten EU Nations Set Precedent
Ten EU member nations move away from the rest in a landmark precedent.
SHORT U.S. TREASURIES
Even though the payroll number was a farce this morning, 10 Year Tresury yields surged again. One year ago they were 2.77%. Today they are 3.92%. That is a 41% increase. Thank God there is no inflation. This economy and this country cannot withstand higher rates. The higher these rates go, the closer we get to the tipping point. The trade of the decade continues to be shorting LT US Treasuries.
Hire women or face legislation, MPs warn the City
Financial companies must make radical efforts to increase the number of women in senior management positions or face legal quotas, an influential Parliamentary committee has warned.
Ian Tomlinson RIP - Police Brutality
G20meltdown — 02 April 2010 — Ian Tomlinson's family, friends and supporters commemorate the anniversary of his tragic death. This video is posted with best wishes and sincere condolences.
Ian Tomlinson was beaten to death by the Metropolitan Police on the 1st April 2009, as masked police officers hid their identification numbers to avoid prosecution for the violence some officers openly boasted they planned to inflict on G20 protestors. Protestors who broke windows of the corrupt RBS bank during the G20 protest are already serving long prison sentences, while the officer who killed Ian Tomlinson remains free, protected by the Met and IPCC lying to the press and public, hiding CCTV evidence and deliberately delaying investigations.
The anniversary of Ian Tomlinson's death comes soon after Met Police officer Delroy Smellie was acquitted for attacking a female G20 protestor Nicola Fisher, acquitted on grounds that a 6'2" thug with a steel-core baton and body armour was "frightened" of a woman "armed" with a carton of fruit juice! The anniversary also comes soon after the authorities were forced to acquit, drop charges against, and pay compensation to several groups of protestors the Met Police arrested and attacked in or soon after the 2009 Gaza and G20 protests.
We are all grateful for police protection from burglars, thieves, rapists, paedos and terrorists etc, but why are the police allowed to break their own laws whenever and wherever they see fit?
Special thanks to the 2 young Muslim women who placed flowers at the scene of Ian Tomlinson's collapse.
IMMIGRATION LIES MAKE LABOUR UNFIT FOR OFFICE
GORDON BROWN’S slim chances of re-election suffered a substantial blow this week when the Conservatives announced they would scrap his national insurance rises.
Israel warns of new Gaza Strip assault after air raid
Global recovery 'runs out of steam' - accountants
THE global economic recovery has run out of steam, according to ACCA's (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) latest Global Economic Conditions survey, with confidence taking a hit and a return to solid economic growth moving further away.
Defra approves GM potato trial
After public consultation, Defra has given approval to Leeds University to conduct a research trial of GM potatoes this year. The research is on potatoes that have been genetically modified to resist infection by potato cyst nematodes.
7 Mutant Animals Created by (Mad) Science: Amazing or Disturbing?
US voices 'concerns' over Australia's internet filter
The US government has voiced concerned over Australia's controversial plan to implement a countrywide internet filter.
War game shows how attacking Iran could backfire
WASHINGTON — Here's a war game involving Iran, Israel and the U.S. that shows how unintended consequences can spin out of control:
With diplomacy failing and precious intelligence just received about two new secret Iranian nuclear facilities, Israel launches a pre-emptive strike against Tehran's nuclear complex. The strike is successful, wiping out six of Iran's key sites and setting back its suspected quest for a bomb by years.
But what happens next isn't pretty
Millions of Swine Flu Vaccine Doses May Be Trashed
Officials Say Lessons Learned From Unusual Flu Season
Central Banks Stashing Away Gold at Brisk Pace
Central banks around the world added 425.4 metric tons of gold to their reserves last year, the biggest increase since 1964, according to the World Gold Council.
That represents a 1.4 percent gain to put their holdings at 30,116.9 tons in total. The increase was the first since 1988.
RUBBISH TAX 'NIGHTMARE'
Rubbish: Householders could face a £50 hike in council tax
HOUSEHOLDERS could face a £50 hike in council tax after a secret Treasury charge to force people to recycle more.
Chancellor Alistair Darling slipped the new levy into his recent Budget almost unnoticed.
Twelve good men no longer guarantee truth
As crime gets more sophisticated, sometimes the jury system will not be able to cope
SURGE IN NATIONAL INSURANCE WILL HIT NHS AND SCHOOLS
A SWINGEING rise in National Insurance will cost hospitals, schools and other public services more than £690million a year, it was revealed last night.
Cops & CPS Seize Child From Parents For Mistrusting Government
A family in Williamson County, Austin have lost custody of their 7-year-old son as part of a Child Protective Services investigation because the parents taught their children to mistrust the government, an action that deemed them to be “unsuitable parents,” according to charges leveled by police officers in CPS documents.
The Holly Greig Revolution is On
A Very Special Thanks From Hollie and Anne ...
'Only global fascist tyranny can save us now' says nice old man
Here is the kindly, distinguished inventor of the Gaia hypothesis interviewed in the Guardian, when asked how humans will ever manage to tackle ‘climate change’.
We need a more authoritative world. We’ve become a sort of cheeky, egalitarian world where everyone can have their say. It’s all very well, but there are certain circumstances – a war is a typical example – where you can’t do that. You’ve got to have a few people with authority who you trust who are running it. And they should be very accountable too, of course.
There Were 88 Media Companies. Now There Are 6
These are the 6 media companies that exist today. There used to be 88. These 6 all get their news from Reuters and the Associated Press. Reuters owns the AP and Rothschilds own Reuters.
The following information is in circulation on the net. The originating source is not known, nor have all the statements below been fully verified. However, the general overview provided appears to be accurate.
Tent Slums Spring Up in America
Concentrations of homeless people are nothing new in America, but recent BBC and Los Angeles Times reports depict a rising trend of shanty slums, such as a "city" of newly homeless people living in tents near the Ontario airport in Los Angeles.
Microchipping To Begin In 36 Months Under New Health Bill
The new Health Care Bill, H.R. 3200, just passed by Congress has within it the requirement that all people thereunder shall be microchiped. The plans for this microchipping have been in the hopper going back to December of 2004.
Witness the actual FDA (Food and Drug Administration) document dated December 10, 2004 entitled “Class II Special Guidance Document: Implantable Radiofrequency Transponder System for Patient Identification and Health Information. This ten page document may be read on the FDA website at
www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/ucm072191
Lunatics in charge of the asylum: gold, greed and deceit
Obama's approval rating hits another record low
According to a poll conducted by CBS News, Barack Obama's overall job approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 44 percent
George Osborne: business revolt has destroyed case for Gordon Brown
Shadow chancellor promises no new cuts in first year of David Cameron government
What War with Iran Means
“Diplomacy has failed,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told AIPAC, “Iran is on the verge of becoming nuclear and we cannot afford that.”
“We have to contemplate the final option,” said Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., “the use of force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.”
War is a “terrible thing,” said Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., but “sometimes it is better to go to war than to allow the Holocaust to develop a second time.”
Graham then describes the war we Americans should fight:
Personal Data on Nearly 1,000 British Muslim Students Given to CIA
University College London, one of the most prestigious colleges in the world, is under fire today amid the revelation that it handed the data of nearly 1,000 Muslim students, members of the college’s Islamic Society, to British police who in turn forwarded the information to the CIA.
The Gold Market is a Ponzi Scheme
We've had a string of amazing revelations recently regarding the world's precious metals market. This is important stuff for anyone (like me) who holds gold as a means to avoid currency turmoil and counterparty risk
Financial Fraud and the Economic Crisis
A Cavalcade of U.S. Corruption Is Finally Being Scrutinized
Herman Van Rompuy: British politicians must win over public about EU
British politicians must win over a sceptical Uk public about the European Union, according to Herman Van Rompuy, the most senior man in Brussels.
Catholic Abuse Hotline Overrun Amid New Allegations
Catholic Church's New Sexual Abuse Hotline Received Nearly 4,500 Calls on Opening Day
“My Free Speech Is Not Negotiable.”
PC brigade set to invade classrooms
Pupils could soon be asked to calculate the wages of Third World child labourers in new politically correct maths lessons.
Cardinal O'Brien apologises in Easter address for sexual abuse
The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland is to say sorry in his Easter address to the victims of sexual abuse by priests.
Senior officer wants police funding pool
One of the country's most senior police officers has warned that in future Scotland might not have police forces but a range of specialist national units and agencies.
Trump's Tiger-taming course revealed
The first glimpse of the golf course that Donald Trump has promised to make the 'best in the world' has been unveiled by his team of designers.
Friday, 2 April 2010
Head Teacher re-instated. Commonsense prevails
Remember the tale of Marcus the sheep. It would seem that the majority opinion over his fate has prevailed.
A head teacher who resigned after a row about the slaughter of a school lamb is to return to her post, Kent County Council has said.
Andrea Charman stepped down as head of Lydd Primary School in Romney Marsh in February for "personal reasons".
She was criticised in September 2009 after sending Marcus the lamb - who had been hand-reared by pupils - to slaughter, despite calls to save him.
Kent County Council said she had the community's support and was returning.
'Overwhelming support'
Kent councillor Sarah Hohler said: "I am very pleased that Andrea Charman is returning to Lydd Primary School.
"The community has spoken and made their feelings known loud and clear. There is overwhelming support for her.
"Under her guidance the school made tremendous progress and I know she will relish the opportunity to continue that work and do her best for the children and staff.
"Welcome back Mrs Charman."
Well done for showing the Kids where their food really does come from.
Tyranny of the Scientists.
I know this isn't a scientific journal and you lot don't give a stuff about references, but here's where this little tale originated:
New Scientist, issue 2743, 16th January 2010, page 20. 'A UN for science' by Lorna Casselton. She is the Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. Did you know this scientific institution now has its own foreign secretary? It was news to me.
Continued...
Obama Says Talk Radio is “Troublesome”
After shooting hoops for the cameras, Harry Smith of CBS asked Obama his thoughts on talk radio. Smith said a lot of people consider him a “socialist” and even a “Nazi” and asked the president if he is aware of this.
Conspiracy, or Must-See TV? Wikileaks to Unveil Secret Video
Wikileaks plans to show classified video of a 2009 U.S. military air strike in Afghanistan that reportedly claimed the lives of dozens of civilians.
Existence of the video is no secret. In May 2009, Gen. David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, told National Public Radio that the military planned to show part of it in a press briefing. The footage, military officials said, would prove that the Taliban deliberately tried to draw U.S. fire onto buildings crowded with innocent civilians.
That video was never shown. Now Wikileaks claims it has “cracked the encryption” of a copy it obtained. And it says the video will show proof of a “Pentagon murder-coverup.”
Combating the growing influence of climate sceptics
A fascinating new study commissioned by Oxfam and produced by digital mapping agency Profero has shed new insights into the way climate sceptics’ networks operate. The study’s conclusions, as yet unpublished but seen by Left Foot Forward, were presented to a closed meeting of campaigners on Wednesday night.
Profero’s study analysed online coverage of the “Climategate” debacle that broke last November, tracking its progress from fringe blogs to mainstream media outlets over the ensuing weeks and months
The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever
Shocking Admission on Killing Civilians by Top US General Almost Completely Ignored by Corporate Media
"We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat," says Afghan commander McChrystal.
Metro poll puts Conservatives 10 points ahead of Labour
The Conservatives are ten points ahead of Labour and on course to win an outright majority at the general election, a Harris poll for Metro suggests.
Tory leader David Cameron would move into Downing Street with a 12-seat Commons majority if voters went to the polls now, our survey found.
His party are on 37 points, while Labour have 27 and the Liberal Democrats are on 19, the poll showed.
It is the first time the Tories have enjoyed a double-digit lead – the differene between a hung Parliament and an overall majority – since Harris began polling for Metro in January.
The latest figures would give the Conservatives 322 seats in Parliament, Labour 240 and the Liberal Democrats 56, with 14 going to
nationalist and minority parties. The Tories have gained two percentage points in a week, while Labour have dropped one and the Lib Dems have lost two. Ukip, the BNP and the Greens have all dropped points since last week’s poll.
‘Perhaps a combination of a pending new tiny addition to team Cameron and increased militancy from the unions has served to widen the political playing field in this latest week of polling,’ said Caterina Gerlotto of Harris Interactive. Meanwhile, one in four people said they thought Samantha Cameron’s pregnancy would give the Tories an election boost.
Half of people asked said it would have no effect but 28 per cent said the news will give the Tories a poll boost compared to just two per cent who said it would see them losing votes.
Harris polled 1,133 people nationwide online between March 23 and 29.
Obama to Crush Economy with Massive CO2 Taxes as Early as Next Week
Abandoning all loyalty to the democratic processes this nation holds dear, President Obama has made the decision that getting energy tax legislation through Congress with the approval of the American people is just too much of a pain to bother with. Instead he will have the EPA declare as early as next week that CO2 is a dangerous global warming gas and will start regulating its emissions immediately.
Blackwash...
Richard Black has filed his take on the Parliamentary "investigation" into the Climategate emails. Naturally, he thinks it's a wonderful outcome showing the integrity of the climate change community. As a sop, he mentions a couple of important sceptics and that they are not happy with the "whitewash" conclusion. But there's no doubt who's side he's on:
Business leaders hit back at 'patronising' Labour claims on Tory NI plan
Business leaders who backed Conservative plans to scrap National Insurance rises have angrily hit back at "patronising" Labour accusations that they have been deceived
Public sector cuts point to a bleak future
Cabinet Office cuts to civil servants' redundancy terms will have a devastating impact on the delivery of quality public services
Revealed: the nasty secret in your kitchen cupboard
18 of 20 most popular tins made with controversial bisphenol A in lining
Councils can legally ignore objections to sex clubs, late night bars, under new rules
Neighbourhood objections to new sex clubs, late night bars and controversial planning applications can be legally ignored by councils under new watered-down Government plans.
The Greece Bailout Is Bunk, There's A Loophole That Let's Countries Back Out
Maybe this is why bond markets aren't buying Europe's latest support plan for Greece.
Within the thick vines of diplomatic legalese, there lies an escape clause in Europe's Greece 'bailout'
Three simple steps to stop strikers from ruining our recovery
Nick Seddon offers some practical steps that can be taken to minimise strike disruption.
Business leaders join push to scrap 'jobs tax'
Gordon Brown is under mounting pressure to scrap a planned rise in National Insurance after every major business organisation warned it was a “tax on jobs” that threatened to derail Britain’s economic recovery.
Goldman Sachs Defies Volcker Rule, Purchases Minority Stake In $4 Billion Hedge Fund
Despite calls from Congress to further separate banks from hedge funds via the so-called "Volcker Rule," Goldman Sachs has gone ahead and purchased a minority stake in Level Global Investors LP, a firm owned by SAC Capital alumnus David Ganek.
THE DIGITAL ECONOMY BILL (LOSING OUR FREEDOM)
"The Digital Economy Bill" compromises our civil liberties. This draconian law is opposed by industry experts, internet service providers (like TalkTalk and BT), web giants including Google, Yahoo and Ebay and many other groups. Despite all this opposition, the Government is trying to rush it through quietly just before the election without proper debate without a chance for us to voice our opposition.
Get involved, this is about our rights and our future.
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/
From Offset Media
Our Government Is Planning to Stay at War for the Next 80 Years
Anyone Got a Problem with That?
Without public debate and without congressional hearings, a segment of the Pentagon and fellow travelers have embraced a doctrine known as the Long War
British solder killed in Afghanistan
A BRITISH soldier from 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan today, the Ministry of Defence said.
Business groups open fire on Labour
Business turned its guns on the Government yesterday in a dispute over national insurance that threatened to tarnish new Labour’s love affair with corporate Britain.
Mandelson tries to cool war of words with business over NI increase
Lord Mandelson has tried to cool Labour’s war of words with business in the row over the Government’s national insurance increase.
Dark side of illegal immigration: bankrupting America
Each year, according the Edwin Rubenstein report at the National Research Center and published at www.thesocialcontract.com, illegal migration into the United States costs taxpayers a whopping $346 billion across 15 federal agencies. The costs below find sources from many other sites. Costs rise commensurate to the criminal alien population residing within each state.
Top Scientist: Trying to Save the Planet A Lot of Nonsense
BBC News: The man who achieved global fame for his theory that the whole earth is a single organism now believes that we can only hope that the earth will take care of itself in the face of completely unpredictable climate change. The Earth been taking care of itself for Billions of Years!
Global Economic Reform Racing Against The American Powder Keg
Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that nations risk losing a window of opportunity to fix the global financial system in the wake of the credit crisis if they do not push reforms through soon
Cops vs. Kids
It is to be expected that two adults could figure out how to restrain a rampaging 10-year-old without striking or electrocuting him. This feat was beyond the competence of two police officers from Martinsville, Indiana, who were put on paid vacation after they physically assaulted a troubled 10-year-old and then shot him with a Taser
Brown admits 'misusing' immigration statistics
The Tories questioned the figures used by Gordon Brown in his podcast
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has acknowledged that he "misused" immigration figures, after being criticised by the statistics watchdog.
Alistair Darling admits Labour's National Insurance rise will hit jobs
A rattled Alistair Darling admitted today that Labour's looming National Insurance rise will hit jobs
Labour’s higher taxes on jobs mean it is no longer the party of full employment
Labour used to be the party of full employment. How times change
Cable: Labour and Tories will run public finance into the ground
A Labour or Conservative Party victory at the forthcoming general election will see the UK's public finances "run into the ground".
This is the view of Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable, who said that both parties are "as bad as each other".
Row as university bosses' pay soars to £219,000
University heads were paid an average of £219,000 last year as salaries and benefits soared by almost 11 per cent, according to research.
C-6... Under Proposed Law Canada Would Lose Its Sovereignty
Now that the Canadian Parliament is back in session, the rebirth of Bill C-6 looms large on the horizon, bringing with it a threat that belies its benign- sounding formal name, “The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act”. The bill, pushed hard by the government in its last session, but abandoned when Parliament was prorogued, is due to be reintroduced within weeks.
C-6’s language is a constitutional nightmare: within it are eight blatant violations, ranging from warrantless search and seizure to being guilty until proven innocent, in a complete diversion from due process of law, all based on the opinion of a Health Canada inspector, and adjudicated by the Health Minister.
However, as dire the portents of these breaches of the Constitution are, they pale in comparison to the catastrophic effects of Sections 2 and 14, which make Canadians “subject to the dictates of foreign authorities”… authorities which are unnamed and undefined, but may include governments and associations.
Columnist Paul Krugman... 'Death Panels Will Save 'A Lot of Money''
Left-leaning New York Times economic columnist Paul Krugman says the so-called "death panels" established by President Obama's trillion-dollar nationalized health-care plan will end up saving "a lot of money" for the government
MPs' expenses: Margaret Moran likely to keep £50k 'parachute payment'
Margaret Moran, the disgraced MP, is likely to keep her £50,000 “parachute payment” for stepping down from Parliament after an investigation by the sleaze watchdog stalled.
U.S. to impose new airline security measures
The United States will implement new airline security measures this month to replace mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 countries, a step that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day.
Nigerian airports start installing body scanners
Nigeria has started installing body scanners at international airports, a senior aviation official said Tuesday, three months after one of its citizens was suspected of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound passenger plane
Pension scheme shortfalls balloon to £93bn
Funding shortfalls in pension schemes have near tripled to £93bn during the past year.
India begins census of 1 billion people
Every citizen over the age of 15 will be photographed and fingerprinted to create national identity card scheme
Israeli fighter planes scrambled after foreign warplanes approach Israel
No other information at this time only a ticker HERE
20:02 IAF fighter planes scrambled after foreign warplanes approach Israel
Britain 'could lose cherished AAA credit within 12 months'
Investment chief at Pimco warns of disaster facing UK's public finances and banking
The Disintegration of Fractured Democracies
Cuts – the Big Lie
Labour and business's big fall-out
• Peter Mandelson claims bosses 'deceived'
• Support for party falls below 30%
Business leaders join push to scrap 'jobs tax'
Gordon Brown is under mounting pressure to scrap a planned rise in National Insurance after every major business organisation warned it was a “tax on jobs” that threatened to derail Britain’s economic recovery.
Israeli planes and helicopters mount Gaza attacks
"Fabrication" or "Lie" in the IPCC AR4 WGI
UK Parliamentary Report busts all climate scientists
The UK Parliamentary Committee was always going to be a whitewash. They put no skeptics on the committee; they interviewed no skeptics; they didn’t ask Steven McIntyre to speak. They tried to put people on the committee like Phillip Campbell, who had already pronounced it was a done deal and ClimateGate a non-event, but were forced to settle for people who were more covertly sympathetic: “impartial” people like committee chairman Phil Willis, who had already made up his mind in January and announced it in the Telegraph:
Destroying America with the EPA's Carbon Lies
Lisa Jackson, Obama’s EPA director, has just announced the agency’s new auto regulations of gas mileage based on global warming. In addition, the agency asserts the right to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Global Warming hype what's it's for.
The Government Fraud To Collect More Fines: Shorten The Yellow Light Times
GORDON BROWN'S SPEECH COLLECTION FLOPS IN BESTSELLERS LIST
AFTER a bashing in the polls, Gordon Brown is also suffering an embarrassing slump in the world of books.
SPIES TO SIFT THROUGH RECYCLING BINS
A NEW generation of bin spies will be deployed this month to sift through recycling bins.
DAILY EXPRESS WINS FIGHT TO NAME GOLDFISH MAGISTRATE
THE DAILY Express last night won a legal battle to name the magistrate who tagged a great-grandmother for selling a goldfish to a 14-year-old.
FURY OVER POLICE FORCE'S SEX PEST ‘SECRECY’
A POLICE force has refused to name a sex offender who has been on the run for 19 months after claiming it would be “inappropriate”.
Excuse for Pushing HPV Vaccinations: Sex Virus Blamed for Rise in Head and Neck Cancers
Mexican Drug Gangs Attack Army Bases Near the Border
Is a US attack on Iran imminent?
In recent weeks there has been a series of press reports as well as statements by military experts that strongly indicate that either the Obama administration or the Israeli government, or both, may be moving toward an attack on Iran.
Obama: Troop move to Mexican border under consideration
Business groups open fire on Labour
Business turned its guns on the Government yesterday in a dispute over national insurance that threatened to tarnish new Labour’s love affair with corporate Britain.
Canada big brother orwellian take over
EPA's Global Warming Regulations: A Threat to American Agriculture
There is little doubt that legislative measures designed to address global warming would greatly burden the agricultural sector. Farming is energy intensive, and cap-and-trade bills--namely the House Waxman-Markey bill, which passed in June, and the Boxer-Kerry bill pending in the Senate--are essentially a massive tax on energy.
Savings fall as Britons turn back to borrowing
Britons appear to be turning back to their pre-recession habits, with savings levels falling and borrowing on the rise once more.
Figures show that by the end of 2009, consumers were borrowing 62p for every pound they saved, indicating that public borrowing and lower savings levels could be a trend throughout 2010.
Climate Catastrophe - A Superstorm For Global Warming Research
Plagued by reports of sloppy work, falsifications and exaggerations, climate research is facing a crisis of confidence. How reliable are the predictions about global warming and its consequences? And would it really be the end of the world if temperatures rose by more than the much-quoted limit of two degrees Celsius?
uk nwo resistance army
From Cartoon4hed
MSPs fly out on £30,000 business-class 'jolly' - to talk about climate change
The Scottish Parliament is to spend £30,000 of taxpayers' money sending six people on a week-long trip to North America to highlight the dangers of climate change.
YouGov pollster 'gives Labour an unfair advantage’
Britain's biggest opinion pollster is facing claims that support for Labour is over-represented in its surveys, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Thursday, 1 April 2010
This is a test post
I've just been invited to join this new dynamic on line news service and would like to introduce myself. I shall attempt to bring you up to date news from the South East regional papers. Please bear with me as I'm new to cross blogging.
I feel in the main that we need to highlight what the MSM won't cover. there are a lot of stories out there that need to be covered. Remember the women fined for feeding the ducks?
Yours
The Filthy Engineer
MANDELSON BITTER AS CAMERON GETS ELECTION BOOST
LORD Mandelson has launched a bitter fightback against the Tories after David Cameron's election bid was given a huge boost with 23 business leaders pledging their support to the Tories.
Council Fat Cat Bosses Get More Cream Whilst Council Workers Face Unemployment
measures demand the sacking of tens of thousands of public sector workers, it seems perverse that the number of council employees earning six-figure salaries should have risen by 14 per cent.
DRINKING ALCOHOL DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST CANCER
Drinking alcohol is unlikely to have any health benefits, say cancer experts
MOST people like a bit of alcohol, so it's natural to tune in to reports about its benefits
New Documentary Exposes Move Towards Totalitarian World Government
Film maker Jason Bermas has collected a truly monumental amount of video archive and document material to render completely obsolete claims that the agenda of today’s ruling elite is not the open move towards a global totalitarian world government which will be run to the detriment of the people in the self-interests of the tiny ruling class that sit atop the power pyramid.
Nigel Farage - Eurocrats, the quiet assassins of Europe
Alex welcomes back to the show Nigel Farage, British politician, former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, and member of the European Parliament for the South East. Farage faces an official reprimand by the European Parliament for criticizing its president Herman Van Rompuy on Wednesday.
From MaSteRKuSH010
Obama's Private Army now law. Hidden in health care bill
Remember Obama saying that we need a "civilian army that is just as well trained and funded as the military"? Well, here it is. Tucked away in the middle of the over 2,000 page health care monstrosity that nobody in congress bothered to even read.
This is not just an expansion of the National Guard, no. This is a private health corp. that is to be trained by the military and will be under the direct command of the president. This is nothing short of tyranny and fascism, but many of the kool-aid drinkers will find a way to justify and defend this as well, despite the fact that it is in direct violation of the law that their beloved president took oath to uphold.
From anongrey
The Next Phase of the Credit Crunch and What it Means for Gold and Markets
Sovereign governments through their bailouts, stimulus packages and support, have basically become the credit markets. Hence, the one market to watch is the Treasury market. Globally, one should watch various sovereign bond markets. As a result of governments absorbing private debts (and soon to be state and local debts), the global bond market (especially US, UK and Japan) will be the next victim of the credit crunch.
Chancellor refuses to rule out benefits cuts
Chancellor Alistair Darling declined to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits payments this morning after pressure from MPs to explain how he plans to bring down the fiscal deficit.
Gordon Brown silent on Alistair Darling's 'bigger than Thatcher' cuts
Gordon Brown is giving a press conference in Brussels. He was asked whether he agreed with his Chancellor that Labour’s own figures point to bigger cuts in public spending than those made by the first Thatcher government.
This is a transcript of the Prime Minister’s answer:
Labour's spending cuts exposed
Darling has now exposed as false the Brown/Balls dividing line of "investment vs cuts". If Labour were to win, he said, the cuts would be worse than anything seen under Thatcher in the 1980s. This is Darling's problem: he's a dreadful liar. The IFS today laid out the scale of the cuts that would happen whoever wins the election, and the below graph is worth reprinting. Overall spending falls 12 percent (once dole and debt interest are taken into account). So when Darling says this is worse than anything in the 1980s, he is simply stating a fact. You'd never catch Balls or Brown doing that, by the way, and I hope that, when either pop up for interview, they will be asked if they agree with their Chancellor's assessment.
Oil price surges above $85
Sussex council bosses impose pay freeze after double digit salary boost
Council bosses have introduced a pay freeze for themselves this coming financial year after it was revealed some of them enjoyed double digit pay rises during the recession.
For the year 2008-09 West Sussex County Council chief executive Mark Hammond took home at least £220,000 – up from a maximum of £199,999 the previous year.
This represents a minimum pay rise of 10.5%.
UK police AND courts out of control (31Mar10)
A BBC Newsnight investigation into how the police "service" reacted to protesters, and how the judges dealing with the protesters ignored the law, and went completely over the top in sentencing the protesters "to teach people a lesson". This shows just how corrupt the British police "service" and the judges are.. Suppressing evidence, making up crimes that weren't committed, and sentences so severe you'd think people had committed murder or something of that nature.
New Labour have corrupted EVERY single public body, and it is deliberate.
If you are not suitably disturbed and disgusted by this news report, you need your head read.
Recorded from BBC Newsnight, 31 March 2010.
From Liarpoliticians
Codex Alimentarius: Population Control Under the Guise of Consumer Protection
While the esoteric agenda of the media is busy driving fear into the hearts of the world by focusing on terrorism, global warming, salmonella, and food shortages, the real threats are clandestinely becoming a reality. Soon every single thing you put into your mouth (with the exception of pharmaceuticals, of course) will be highly regulated by Codex Alimentarius, including water. The standards of Codex are a complete affront to the freedom of clean and healthy food, yet these regulations have no legal international standing. Why should we be worried? These soon-to-be mandatory standards will apply to every country who are members of the WTO (World Trade Organization). If countries do not follow these standards, then enormous trade sanctions will result. Some Codex standards that will take effect on December 31, 2009 and once initiated are completely irrevocable include
* All nutrients (vitamins and minerals) are to be considered toxins/poisons and are to be removed from all food because Codex prohibits the use of nutrients to "prevent, treat or cure any condition or disease"
* All food (including organic) is to be irradiated, removing all toxic nutrients from food (unless eaten locally and raw).
(to read more click the link above)
FDA approves VeriChip for humans
Not that it will come as a surprise to anyone, but yesterday the FDA approved VeriChip to be marketed for medical purposes. Applied Digital Solutions has created an implantable computer chip to "speed vital information about a patient's medical history to doctors and hospitals." It is simultaneously being heralded as a medical milestone by some and an invasion of privacy by others. Just think of it as an invisible barcode to release information when passed over by specialized scanners. Click here to read the article.
This ought to go nicely with your biometric workers card...
From Campaign for Liberty
Labour MP Confirmed that All Parties Bend Immigration Rules for Money
Channel 4’s recent programme on the “cash for influence” scandal was edited to remove a taped interview with a Labour MP who admitted that she and MPs from other parties took cash to bend immigration rules so Third Worlders could enter Britain.
The shocking revelations — which were deliberately cut out of the final broadcast — have now leaked out.
Sudden Mass American Enlightenment Puzzles Congress and Causes National Security Alert
Washington - President Obama, U.S. congressmen and their aides held an emergency four hour-long meeting Wednesday to decide what action to take to stem a sudden and unprecedented mass enlightenment of the US population that threatens to destabilize the Government and create a fiscal crisis.
Millions of citizens jubilantly celebrated their new awareness as they suddenly realized they have been lied to all their lives on just about everything by their psychopathic, conscienceless leaders of major corporations, government and security agencies.
Police officer caught on video tasering pensioner for speeding... and he gets away with
A policeman who caused outrage by tasering a 72-year-old woman when he stopped her for speeding has been cleared by a grand jury.
BBC's £196k 'reward director' forced to apologise over attempts to disguise salaries of high-earners
A senior BBC executive deliberately tried to disguise the number of its employees earning more than £100,000.
Please, not another Copenhagen
Gordon Brown is part of the UN advisory group that must agree to find the $150bn a year needed to combat climate change
Canada to Surrender its Sovereignty to NWO under proposed law.
Hate cleric on £25k benefits
A FATHER whose soldier son was killed in Afghanistan lashed out last night at the huge state handouts given to rabble-rousing Anjem Choudary.
Australia: leading the western world in web censorship.
The Angry Exile, Upside Down Correspondent
'There's nothing special about the internet,' Aussies are being told by Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy, who for some time has been promoting the idea that Australia should join nations like China, Iran and North Korea in being able to see what citizens and residents can and can't look at online. 'This argument that the internet is some mystical creation that no laws should apply to, that is a recipe for anarchy and the wild west,' says Senator Conroy, for whom child porn and other 'Restricted Classification' material are the reasons Australia needs a filter. Opponents have repeatedly pointed out that those who want to gain access to the RC material will bypass it - as Conroy himself appears to have admitted on at least one occasion - and that since the specific sites and pages being censored will be kept secret from the public the proposed filter could easily be abused by this or a future government to censor legitimate content that it dislikes. This might appeal to many governments of all hues, so perhaps should be filed under the heading of 'coming to a country near you soon'.
A toothless West watches as Japan guts fish stocks
OUTRAGE OVER GRAN TAGGED FOR SELLING GOLDFISH
CAMPAIGNERS last night rallied in protest over a pet shop owner who was tagged for selling a goldfish to a boy of 14.
ROW OVER 'ISRAEL LINK TO TORIES' CLAIMS
TWO Labour MPs were under pressure to apologise last night over accusations about links between the Conservative Party and Israel.
BELGIAN MPS VOTE TO JAIL WOMEN IN BURKHAS
Left-Wing Icon: America Is Still Headed Towards Fascism Under Obama
When left-wing icon Naomi Wolf warned that America was heading towards fascism under George W. Bush, characterized by illegal surveillance, arbitrary detention of suspects, and paramilitary martial law, she was lauded, but when she continued to issue the same warning as a result of Obama’s failure to reverse any of those policies, many on the left abandoned support for her.
However, as Wolf’s recent interview with leftist website Alternet makes plain, liberals may finally be starting to understand that both political parties in Washington are part of the problem, not the solution.
National rail strike halted by court order
Sterling rises on British manufacturing surge
Sterling rose against the dollar today after a key survey showed that British manufacturing activity expanded at record pace in March, adding to hopes that Britain can sustain economic recovery during the first quarter.
Bond Traders Realize The Greece Bailout Is A Joke
Depressions Last HOW LONG?
My friendly deflationist Jas Jain called the other day to remind me we’re still in a Depression and more downside is likely to come. By his count the Great Depression really lasted almost 20-years – from 1929 to 1949. And he makes a valid point since arguably, the Korean War was a ‘transition war’ which allowed the West to more gradually transition from war machine to consumer goods machine. And since this cycle seems to have peaked out in 2000, neither one of us is very optimistic about how it all works out over coming years of the Second Depression…at least for people who are trying to retain purchasing power of their savings.
Gordon Brown ignored by nine in 10 Labour election candidates
The Prime Minister’s photograph does not appear in 93 per cent of leaflets for Labour’s General Election candidates.
Business leaders hit back at 'patronising' Labour claims on Tory NI plan
Business leaders who backed Conservative plans to scrap National Insurance rises have angrily hit back at "patronising" Labour accusations that they have been deceived
Trial by jury is basis of British justice
There is no better symbol of Labour's contempt for the traditions of law than the absence of a jury in the Heathrow heist case
Is Blogging Useful or a Waste of Time?
Crucial for Spreading Accurate Information
A story that bloggers have bird-dogged for many months, gaining so much traction that the mainstream media is finally forced to cover it.
Rendition and the "Global War on Terrorism": 28 Nations Have Supported the US in the Detention and Torture of "Suspects"
Twenty-eight nations have cooperated with the U.S. to detain in their prisons, and sometimes to interrogate and torture, suspects arrested as part of the U.S. “War on Terror.”
The complicit countries have kept suspects in prisons ranging from public interior ministry buildings to “safe house” villas in downtown urban areas to obscure prisons in forests to “black” sites to which the International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC) has been denied access.
Behind the Talks: US-NATO Prepare Confrontation in the Arctic
Moscow regards as inadmissible the prospects for a military presence in the Arctic region. It's no secret at all that in recent years quite a number of states in the West, including the USA, have unveiled their plans to build at least 66 warships to be used for conducting hostilities in the Arctic region.
Competition in the Arctic region is becoming more and more intense. At the conference of the five Arctic coastal states in Canada, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that it is necessary to defend the interests of the countries, which also have their lawful interests in the Arctic Ocean. Mrs Clinton was speaking about Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
Canada and the European Union: Advancing the Transatlantic Agenda
Business groups back Conservative national insurance plan as tax row escalates
Council rich list: the full data
A report out today from the Taxpayer's alliance lists the best-paid local government officers in Britain. Get the full list here
British manufacturing activity 'rises at fastest rate in 15 years'
CIPS/Markit reports that manufacturing activity rose for ninth straight month, although sector continues to cut jobs
Air France introduces ‘fat tax’
Air France has begun charging obese passengers an extra fee to take up two seats on its planes.
The Project for the New American Century
The Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a Washington-based think tank created in 1997. Above all else, PNAC desires and demands one thing: The establishment of a global American empire to bend the will of all nations. They chafe at the idea that the United States, the last remaining superpower, does not do more by way of economic and military force to bring the rest of the world under the umbrella of a new socio-economic Pax Americana.
IMMIGRATION SPEECH THAT EARNED BROWN NO POINTS
A DAY after his administration failed to deport a Congolese rapist, Gordon Brown decided to make a speech on immigration control. And what a cynical performance it was.
Immigration, insults and fiddled figures
Only weeks from polling day, Gordon Brown raises the lid on the Great Unmentionable of British politics — and immediately slams it shut again.
Global Crisis and Developing Countries – Phase 2 Synthesis
How markets would react to hung UK parliament (31Mar10)
A discussion in how the City of London and international markets would react to the prospect of a hung parliament at the coming general election. General consensus is, it would be VERY bad if there was a hung parliament (or New Labour win), the market would massively go down.
From Liarpoliticians
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