Teenage soldier hailed for rescue

These are the people that matter now. Forget the Politicians.

A soldier rescued under enemy fire in Afghanistan has hailed his Military Cross-winning colleague as a lifesaver.

Captain Andy Bell, 26, paid tribute to the bravery of his teenage comrade after he dodged the bullets to stop the bleeding from two machine gun shots to his legs.

Private Alex Kennedy, 19, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was awarded one of the UK's highest wartime honours for his heroics during the Helmand province firefight on June 8 last year.

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Brown rallies troops for battle

Gordon Brown told Labour activists they had 22 days to persuade voters their party was "the greatest force for fairness" in Britain.

At a small campaign rally in Leeds, the Prime Minister sought to energise his party's rank-and-file as the polls showed the Tories' lead over Labour narrowing to as little as three points.

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Gordon Brown confronted by GP over cancer diagnosis plans
Leeds doctor expresses scepticism about Labour proposal to devolve more cancer diagnostic services from hospitals to health centres

Pharmacists are selling more drugs over the counter, but is your chemist putting your life at risk?
The glossy posters are lining the pharmacy windows, the witty TV advertising campaign is in full swing and, if all goes to plan, in the weeks and months to come thousands of middle-aged men will be popping along to their pharmacist to buy Flomax MR, an over-the-counter relief for their lower urinary tract problems - a weak bladder to you and me.
But this is no government-backed health campaign aiming to reach a segment of the population which is notoriously slow at asking for medical help.
This £5 million marketing campaign is the brainchild of a pharmaceutical company trying to sell their drug.

The alarm that can save diabetics' lives (so why is the NHS rationing them?)
Angela Wise was saved by the bell after a long country walk sent her into a diabetic coma.
She is one of the first to use a new sensor-controlled insulin pump that detects dangerously low levels of blood sugar and sets off a deafening alarm.


Vatican links homosexuality to paedophilia, causes outrage
The Vatican's second highest authority has linked paedophilia to homosexuality rather than celibacy, provoking anger among gay rights activists

Nigel Farage responds on Sky News


Pirate Party UK - what the Digital Economy Act means


Britain is broke

Epic Corruption and the Whistle-blower
The U.S. Supreme Court will be holding a private conference hearing on Friday, April 23rd 2010, to determine whether to hold a full court hearing on corruption charges within the Los Angeles County government for illegally imprisoning attorney Richard Fine. A rally to acknowledge the U.S. Supreme Court hearing will be held at the L.A. Superior Court building at 8 am Tuesday April 20th, by supporters of Richard Fine’s release from illegal imprisonment. Mainstream media has avoided any mention of this epic corruption scandal, despite its significance, and now it is on its way to the the Supreme Court

Obama Threatens Iran With 'All Options' Again
"The continued presence of all options on the table"; this is the disappointing message which a Nobel Peace Prize laureate dispatches internationally. In his latest interview with CBS news, American President Barack Obama refused to rule out the possibility of a military strike against Iran by harking back to the famous catchphrase of former U.S. President George W. Bush who once devised, regarding Iran's nuclear program, the popular sentence of "all options are on the table".


Here's Why The Euro Is Still In Trouble, And Greece Is Still Likely To Default
In the short run, it now seems as if the euro has been saved. Greece has received a massive infusion from the EU, its bonds are selling once again, the birds are singing and all is right with the world.

But Wolfgang Münchau makes a persuasive case that in the long run, a Greek default remains very likely. The structural adjustments required to get its budgets back into reasonable balance are simply massive (hence the demonstrations that keep turning into near-riots). That is going to require considerable austerity from the population, not to mention unemployment.

11 Examples Of How Insanely Corrupt The U.S. Financial System Has Become
If you ask most Americans, they will agree that the financial system is corrupt. It is generally assumed that just like most politicians, most big bankers are corrupt by nature.

But the truth is that the vast majority of Americans have no idea just how corrupt the U.S. financial system has become.

Why All the Talk About Nuclear Attacks in U.S. Cities All of a Sudden??
Just in this week alone, CNN and several other main stream media outlets have been talking or writing about the possibilities of a nuclear attack by terrorists. Just today in the following two articles, one from USA Today and the other from the Washington Times, reflect not only the media's sudden obsession with this topic, but the White House as well.

Remember, how the Illuminati pre-condition the public to accept and acknowledge certain things/events before they occur.

Obama Warns World Leaders Global Economic Crash Cant Be Stopped
According to these grim reports, Obama had called this meeting of World leaders under the guise of promoting his Global nuclear agenda but was, instead, intent on warning everyone present that after his Nation had “nothing left to give” after their unprecedented (and kept secret from the American people) nearly $422 bailout of the European Union last week.Initial reports prepared for Prime Minister Putin on US President Barack Obama’s extraordinary meeting with World leaders on the Global economic situation states that the Americans are now warning that a complete crash of the Global banking system is “all but inevitable” and “can’t be stopped”

Fuelling the Middle East arms race
Allegations that Syria has sold missiles to Hezbollah may not pose a direct security threat but will revive tensions with Israel

Speaking up for press freedom
Legislation is needed to end a decade of attacks on the rights of photographers, carried out in the name of counterterrorism

Traditional Flu Vaccine May Increase Risk of H1N1
If you got the seasonal flu vaccine last year you may have been at increased risk for the H1N1 flu.

Four new Canadian studies have found the traditional flu vaccine may have increased the risk of infection with swine flu by as much as 68 percent.

Designer baby with 'three parents' and no hereditary diseases ready in three years
Dozens of human embryos with three parents have been created by British scientists, ushering in an era of designer babies.
The embryos - which effectively have two mothers and one father - have been genetically engineered to be free from incurable muscle, brain, heart and digestive illnesses, some of which kill within hours of being born.

Police need more powerful weapons to combat 'Mumbai-style terror attacks' says police chief
Terror: Scotland Yard assistant commissioner John Yates said the officers need high-power weapons
Britain's anti-terrorism chief today said the nation's armed officers need high-powered weapons to combat Mumbai-style attacks.
Scotland Yard assistant commissioner John Yates said there was a need for an "upskilling" within police forces to tackle ever changing threats.

'Climategate' unit cleared of manipulating global warming data... but inquiry refuses to say if conclusions were correct
 The research unit embroiled in the 'emailgate' row was cleared of 'deliberate scientific malpractice' today - but an independent inquiry refused to say whether the unit's conclusions on global warming were correct.
The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has been under attack since hacked emails were leaked online last year, which sceptics claimed showed scientists were manipulating data to support a theory of manmade global warming

Preparing for Disaster in America
A growing number of Americans are doing everything they can to get ready if disaster strikes. Whether it's a natural disaster like an earthquake or hurricane or a conflict between the government and the American people, these guys are making sure they don't have to rely on anyone in a catastrophic situation

Consumers hit by £500 'winter whammy' fuel bills
 Households are receiving winter fuel bills of more than £500 because of the cold snap and high energy costs, according to a study.

Gold Bull Market Warming Up, Keep Your Eyes on the Golden Prize
Gold's bull market is starting to get warmed up again. The gains ahead in Gold are going to be greater than what we have seen since the secular bull market began at the turn of the century. Gold will continue to outperform general stocks, real estate, bonds and most if not all commodities

Council refuses to collect recycling bin... because it contained six melon pips
Melvyn Sylvester was amazed to discover his bin had been left untouched outside his home in Andover, Hampshire, at the weekend.

Binmen had left a sticker on it stating they could not accept the bin as it contained food and was therefore contaminated.

Mr Sylvester, 54, said the bin contained no food except for six small pips sitting on a pizza box.

Second inquiry clears Climategate scientists
MPs clear Climategate university The Drum: Climate change reporting: balanced or biased? Related Story: Climate science alive and well, say experts Another inquiry has cleared British climate researchers of wrongdoing after their emails were hacked, leaked and held up by sceptics as evidence they had exaggerated the case for man-made global warming

IPCC sea level prediction – not scary enough
New research from several international research groups, including the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen provides independent consensus that IPCC predictions of less than a half a meter rise in sea levels is around 3 times too low. The new estimates show that the sea will rise approximately 1 meter in the next 100 years in agreement with other recent studies. The results have been published in the scientific journal, Geophysical Research Letters.

UK: Big 'hung parliament' voter initiative to push parties for real change
As the latest Populus and ComRes opinion polls indicate a narrowing election lead for the Tories, campaigners for political reform are launching a bold "Hang 'Em - until they change" initiative

Tell The FDA That Cherries—And Now Walnuts—Are NOT Illegal Drugs!
Has the FDA lost its mind–again?

In the latest volley of the US Food and Drug Administration’s bizarre war on scientific freedom of speech, the FDA has sent a Warning Letter to the president and CEO of Diamond Foods stating that the firm’s packages of shelled walnuts are “in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.”

Record £4.7m for epileptic who fell from a bunk bed in prison

A man who almost died after falling from an upper bunk bed at Brixton prison has won record damages of £4.7 million at the High Court.

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Ukip London candidate quits after internet rant against the Queen

A candidate for the UK Independence party who has already been reprimanded for posting racist remarks on a website was today forced to quit after launching another abusive tirade online, this time aimed at the Queen.

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Policeman ‘driving at 93mph in 40mph zone’ before fatal crash

A policeman knocked down and killed a grandfather as he raced to an emergency call at 93mph in a 40mph limit, a jury heard today.

Suspects in court over '£2.5m insider dealing'

Seven men charged with insider trading over information from brokerage Cazenove and the London printers of Swiss bank UBS AG will appear in court today.

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Video Backs Maryland Students Police Brutality Claim

Lord Alan Sugar gives Labour £400,000 for campaign
Lord Sugar, the businessman given a peerage by Gordon Brown, has donated £400,000 to the Labour Party.

Labour's £70,000 hike in homebuying costs
The cost of buying a home has shot up by £70,000 since Labour came to power in 1997.

Since Gordon Brown delivered his first Budget 13 years ago, stamp duty has trebled for one in three buyers, fees have tripled and prices have increased by 185% as the market has rocketed.

Why is there no talk about immigration?
It is one of the voters' greatest concerns - but politicians are turning a deaf ear, says Frank Field.

Alistair Darling explains why Labour cannot rule out a rise in VAT
Any last hope that Labour may freeze VAT seems to have vanished. The Labour Cabinet members arguing that the tax rate could be pegged nearer the election have lost their fight. Today Alistair Darling told me he will not deviate from yesterday’s refusal to rule out a rise. “We’re sticking to our pledge,” he said when I asked him if change in VAT policy was now off the table. “If you kick away any element [of flexibility in taxation] you get into trouble.”

Nick Clegg goes to war with Labour over civil liberties
Liberal Democrat manifesto launch accompanied by stinging attack on Labour - making post-election partnership more remote

The global government wants your children
They are perhaps the most powerful weapons of the New World Order. Small and virtually powerless on their own, their use as a bargaining chip is almost certain to trigger the most basic instinct to protect them at any cost.

To threaten to use one is a parents worst nightmare. They are our children and the United Nations wants them.

GORDON BROWN: I WAS TO BLAME FOR THE CREDIT CRUNCH
GORDON Brown has admitted for the first time that he was to blame for the credit crunch which triggered Britain’s ­economic disaster.

Global warming 'science' is an unreliable construct
The phrase, “scientific climate models” refers to computer constructs that should not be labeled “scientific.” They include arbitrary assumptions, and do not predict what has happened or what will happen.

Politicians targeted as charities see donations continue to fall
BRITAIN is emerging from recession, but the Government has warned that charities could still lose up to 25% of their funding due to caution among donors.

Big Brother State

Bercow feeling the Nigel Farage heat


liarpoliticians — 13 April 2010 — Tory (quasi-New Labour) House of Commons speaker John Bercow is starting to feel the heat in his constituency, as UKIP's Nigel Farage starts to turn up the pressure to oust Bercow, one of many who was heavily implicated in the MP's expenses scandal.

John Bercow MUST be ousted from his seat by Nigel Farage, for the sake of the claimed democracy that is left in the UK, and for the expenses scandal. It would also stir up parliament with at least one person not afraid to ask awkward questions.

Recorded from Channel 4 News, 13 April 2010.

Why shortbread takes the biscuit in marketing Scotland to the world

I should have got tougher with banks, admits Gordon Brown

Historic TV debate will be meaningless to Scots - SNP

UKIP: 'SOD THE LOT' AND SAVE US FROM A DISASTER
UKIP candidate Nigel Farage launches his party's campaign yesterday

VICTORY for any of the “old failed” main parties would be a disaster for Britain, the anti-European UK Independence Party said yesterday.

NHS HEALTH CHIEF'S £25K PAY RISE
AN NHS manager who saw her pay package soar by £25,000 in a single year has caused outrage among patient groups and campaigners.

Abu Ghraib Torture Team Returns to Iraq
The Army reserve unit that became infamous after some of its members were charged with abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison six years ago is returning to Iraq.

Markets Are Showing Why Greece's 'Successful' Bond Sale Yesterday Sucked
Yesterday we were perplexed by the description of Greece's 6-month and 1-year government bills sale as 'successful'. It appeared to attract a lot of demand, but yields Greece had to pay investors were extremely high for such short-term money, for example the 1-year bill sold at 4.85% which is far higher than it was just back in mid-January.

School Instructs Kids on Oral Sex
Teenagers at a Nashville public high school were given AIDS tests without their parents consent and reportedly shown how to perform oral sex – and now at least one parent is demanding answers

Jesse Watters Confronts Al Gore on Climategate & Junk Science



Lieberman: U.S. Should Attack Iran's Nuclear Program if All Else Fails
Sen. Joe Lieberman says the world is at a "turning point in history" and the U.S. should begin preparing plans to attack Iran's nuclear program — and use that option if all diplomatic and other means fail.

Invisible RFID Ink Safe For Humans, Cattle, Co. Says
The process developed by Somark involves a geometric array of micro-needles and an ink capsule, which is used to 'tattoo' an animal. The ink can be detected from 4 feet away

House prices fall despite increased interest from first-time buyers
First-time buyers returned to the housing market in February but their increased numbers failed to prevent a slight decline in house prices, official figures suggest

Gordon Brown admits his mistakes added to financial crisis
Gordon Brown admits for the first time on Wednesday that he made mistakes that contributed to the financial crisis.

Property tycoon Gerald Ronson warns of social unrest in a two-tier Britain
Britain faces “social unrest” over rising unemployment outside London according to Gerald Ronson, the property tycoon.

IMF Prepares For Global Cataclysm
What is most troublesome is the massive expansion of the NAR. If the IMF believes that over half a trillion in short-term funding is needed imminently, is all hell about to break loose.

Fury as Russia sells its missile system to Iran
The S-300's surface-to-air rockets can hit many targets at once, including in-coming cruise missiles, making any Western or Israeli strike on Iran much more difficult

Humanitarian Disaster In Fallujah: Unprecedented Numbers of Birth Defects, Miscarriages and Cancer Cases
Doctors in Fallujah are witnessing unprecedented numbers of birth defects, miscarriages and cancer cases. According to gynaecologists, paediatricians and neurologists in Fallujah the numbers of these cases have been increasing rapidly since 2005 – less than 1 year after the bombing campaign by the occupying forces in 2004

Frank Field: Anger over immigration could 'spread to the streets' if it is not debated
Immigration is the election issue which “dares not speak its name” in the campaign, according to a former Labour minister

'Epidemic' of preventable childhood diseases: doctors
Preventable diseases such as obesity and tooth decay among children are reaching epidemic levels, doctors at one of the UK's leading hospitals warned today.

Britain's Accelerating Trend Towards High Inflation and UK Debt Default Bankruptcy
Whilst politicians of all the major parties during the general election campaign continue to ignore the giant debt elephant in the room as the general public continue to prefer to be deluded into thinking that Britain can skip the debt crisis that faces the country as a consequence of Greecesk levels of annual deficits and foreign liabilities that have pushed Britain significantly along the path towards hyperinflation and bankruptcy (debt default to foreigners), as many of the trend projections concerning the looming debt mountain, banking and public sector's liability expectations made in November 2008 (Bankrupt Britain Trending Towards Hyper-Inflation?) have come to pass, against which NOTHING has been done or stated will be done to prevent ultimate national bankruptcy as warned of in November 2008

Gold and Silver Bull Market Phase 2, The Tipping Point is Upon Us!
A "tipping point" in sociological theory is defined as "the level at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable." An idea or a movement has reached "critical mass."

I believe the global economy has reached that point.

Gold, Professor Fekete And The Economic Armageddon Signal
When the end comes, it will be a surprise even to those who expect it

Marc Faber on Gold, the Coming Big Bust, hyperinflation, and then Collapse
Marc Faber, the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom & Doom editor, warns that when the next crisis hits, 'you'd see people flee from all paper currencies into precious metals'.

Brilliantly Exposing Climategate
Over the years, I have read dozens of books by eminent scientists, climatologists and meteorologists, that exposed the lies that support the greatest fraud ever perpetrated in the modern era, “global warming.” I have always wanted to read one that anyone could understand without having sufficient knowledge of the rather complex science involved

HOUSE PRICES: COULD THE GENERAL ELECTION 2010 SPARK A PROPERTY CRASH?
PROPERTY experts today warned that the General Election could spark another property crash.

Nazi Police KILL 9/11 TRUTH Free Speech
Alamo Park Police encounter, Alamo Park Police literally make up laws and rules to stop us from handing out “FREE DVDS” on our 9/11 Truth, 11th of the month, street action

Holly Greig IS the Issue in Scot Election
The only real issue in this year's election is whether or not the Scottish people will vote to protect the weakest members of their society from the most vile members of their leadership. Holly Greig, a little Down syndrome girl, that also suffers from mild retardation, was repeatedly sexually violated by the politically connected and powerfull in her little Scottish town

Fears grow as study shows genetically modified crops 'can cause liver and kidney damage'
An environmental campaigner protesting against GM crops. A study said it can cause organ damage.
Fresh fears were raised over GM crops yesterday after a study showed they can cause liver and kidney damage

Britain’s trade gap shrinks to four year low
Britain’s trade deficit with the rest of the world shrank to its smallest gap in almost four years in February, boosting hopes of economic recovery and handing the Government an election boost

(if you think that the fact that uk citizens are buying fewer foreign imports because the pound has been severly devalued and everything imported is more expensive is 'good news' then you need your head examined- don't believe the spin-read between the lines)

UKIP’s “Anti-Islamification” and “Anti-Immigration” Posturing Exposed as Hoax
The fake UKIP party’s posturing as an anti-Islamification and anti-immigration party has been exposed as a hoax with the news that two out of the five-man strong party election team in Wrexham appear to be Muslim Somali ‘asylum seekers’ who arrived in Britain about four months ago.

Institute for Fiscal Studies Warns That Labour Will Increase Tax
One of Britain’s leading independent microeconomic research institutes, the 40-year-old Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has savaged the Labour Party’s economic election manifesto as opening the door to further tax rises of at least £1,420 per family each year

Tory lead narrows amid huge voter disenchantment, Times poll finds

UK 'helping' Serbs cover up genocide
Former Bosnian President Ejup Ganic will reappear in court on April 20, when the court will appoint a date for the formal extradition hearing.
Former Bosnian President Ejup Ganic, who is fighting extradition from Britain to Serbia, has accused London of eagerly seeking to "rewrite history."

More than 115,000 students could miss out on university place
More than 115,000 students could miss out on a place at university this year as the number of applications rose sharply, figures show

A Banana Republic With No Bananas
Experts on third world banana republics from the IMF and the Federal Reserve have said the U.S. has become a third world banana republic

Argentina seizes pension funds to pay debts. Who's next?
Here is a warning to us all. The Argentine state is taking control of the country’s privately-managed pension funds in a drastic move to raise cash.

Antigovernment extremists are on the rise—and on the march.

The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States of America
——-I: Casualties of Economic Terrorism, Surveying the Damage
——-II: The Rise of the Economic Elite
——-III: Exposing Our Enemy: Meet the Economic Elite
——-IV: The Financial Coup d’Etat
——-V: Overcoming the Divide and Conquer Strategy
——-VI: How to Fight Back and Win: Common Ground Issues That Must Be Won

UK’s discriminatory criminalization of dissent
"We are very angry, very afraid, very sad, very upset. My wife, she is depressed. When she sees police in the street she's very frightened. They destroyed our life," says Badi Tebani.

Race relations chief Trevor Phillips spent over £6,000 on state credit card
Trevor Phillips, the Government's controversial race relations chief, claimed hundreds of pounds of taxpayer's money 'entertaining' at luxury restaurants.

Thousands falsely branded as criminals by bungling CRB
Victims of the scandal have been wrongly accused of being paedophiles, thugs, fraudsters and thieves - leaving the taxpayer to stump up almost £300,000 in compensation (file picture)

Seven innocent people are being falsely branded offenders every day because of erroneous criminal records checks.

Over the past six years, the beleaguered Criminal Records Bureau has admitted mistakes in almost 15,000 cases where it has either got people mixed up or released incorrect information - an average of seven every day

Police shot man with 50,000-volt Taser after he suffered epileptic fit in gym
Police watchdogs have launched an investigation after a Taser was used on a man suffering an epileptic fit.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation after Greater Manchester Police officers allegedly shot the man with a 50,000-volt stun gun after he collapsed in November.

Paramedics were called to the Powerleague gym in Whalley Range, Manchester, after the 40-year-old man suffered from a seizure.

Unprovoked Cops Viciously Beat Student Then Charge Him With Assault
Video exonerates innocent victim and initiates criminal charges against police

WHO Appoints H1N1 Cover-Up Committee
Reports that the WHO is appointing an ‘independent’ committee to investigate its own conduct in the H1N1 panic of 2009 has been tempered by the fact that one of the committee’s members, John Mackenzie, was in fact one of the advisors who urged the WHO to declare a pandemic in the first place. He also has ties to vaccine manufacturers, making him part of the very charge being investigated: that the WHO relied on advisors with a financial interest in declaring a pandemic regardless of the facts on the ground

Club Of Rome Behind Eco-Fascist Purge To Criminalize Climate Skepticism
Ultra elitist organization that openly bragged of inventing global warming scare to manipulate population behind new onslaught of green fascism which would criminalize questioning man-made climate change

A Nuclear Iran Could Become the First ‘Suicide State’
President Obama’s naive belief in rationality could turn Israeli cities into cemeteries

Sugar donates £400,000 to Labour

Enterprise tsar Lord Sugar has donated £400,000 to the Labour Party, he announced.

The Labour peer said he gave the boost to the party's coffers to assist with its running costs during the General Election campaign.

Lord Sugar, star of BBC show The Apprentice, said he had donated cash during previous campaigns.

In a statement released to the Press Association, he said: "I can confirm that I have today agreed a donation of £400,000 to the Labour Party.

 

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Where's my mother?

You really have to laugh just a little.

A FORGETFUL married couple made the mother of all mistakes when they went on a day trip to France - but left their elderly relative in their car in Dover.

In scenes reminiscent from the hit film Home Alone, in which a couple only realise they've forgot their son while en-route to their holiday destination, the pair discovered they had left their mother behind when they were on the ferry half way across the English Channel.

 

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Then again I wonder.....

Ukip launch 'Sod the lot' manifesto

Well. I like the title.

Ukip said "Sod the lot" today as they launched their manifesto, telling voters it was time to ditch the three main parties.

The party's new poster features the faces of Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg alongside the slogan "Sod The Lot".

 

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Machinegun attack at rave ‘was over trivial row about someone being pushed’

And we all take a Mac - 10 machine pistol to a party don't we?

A sub-machinegun attack at a warehouse party in which a model and TV presenter narrowly escaped death was triggered by an innocuous row over someone being pushed, it emerged today.

The party in north London was organised by “It” girl Donatella Panayiotou, 26, to celebrate the first anniversary of the online music guide Grime Daily.

Three people — including a 21-year-old woman — were injured when a man pulled out a Mac-10 sub-machinegun and opened fire at the warehouse in Capitol Way, Colindale, in front of 600 clubbers.

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Why do I need to work when I can get £42,000 a year in benefits AND drive a Mercedes?

The Davey family's £815-a-week state handouts pay for a four-bedroom home, top-of-the-range mod cons and two vehicles including a Mercedes people carrier.

Father-of-seven Peter gave up work because he could make more living on benefits.

Yet he and his wife Claire are still not happy with their lot.

With an eighth child on the way, they are demanding a bigger house, courtesy of the taxpayer.

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Global Oil Demand Revised Even Higher, And Supply Is Falling, So Guess Which Way Oil Is headed
Here's a quick summary of the March findings from the IEA:

BROWN BLASTED FOR SECRET £1,400 TAX ON FAMILIES
GORDON Brown was last night accused of concealing a £1,420 tax bombshell for every family in Britain behind the glossy promises of Labour’s election manifesto.

VOTERS BACK TORIES ON CUTTING WASTE
VOTERS believe Government waste can be cut without harming public services, despite what Labour says.

British involvement in rendition of suspects will continue, says Straw
Justice Secretary rejects legislation to ban unlawful transfers overseas as it would be 'too burdensome' for airlines

We are Drowning in Tory/Labour Debt, but British Taxpayers will Fund Greece with £650 Million Per Year
Although Britain is drowning in a sea of debt created by decades of Tory and Labour mismanagement, British taxpayers will now be forced to pay an additional £650 million per year to bail out the Greek economy.

'US nuke threat is state terrorism'
Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaee describes the US threat of using nuclear weapons against other countries as state terrorism

Sellers return to housing market
Estate agents said house sellers are returning to the market in a way not seen since May 2007, just before the property market crashed

World oil demand to hit record high
LONDON (Reuters) - Global oil demand will hit a record high this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, revising up consumption estimates as the world economy recovers from recession.

US climate bill expected this month
Congress returns from its two week spring break today with speculation mounting that the long-awaited draft climate change bill could be unveiled to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22

Police shooting inquest opens

A WOMAN killed by armed police wrote in her journal just days before she met her tragic end that she had a story in her head which ended with her being shot.

The long-awaited inquest into the death of Sevenoaks' woman Ann Sanderson began in Gravesend with jurors being shown CCTV footage of the moments leading up to the 37-year-old's death.

Known as 'Tosh', Ms Sanderson was seen brandishing what was believed to be a handgun in the town centre in the early hours of June 11, 2007.

She pointed the gun at CCTV cameras several times, set fire to one industrial bin and attempted to set light to another.

At around 2.40am Ms Sanderson was cornered in the car park behind M&CO by armed police officers.

After a brief standoff she was shot and died from a single gunshot to the chest.

Her inquest is set to continue today.

 

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Former Royal Navy seaman who swears at politicians on TV gets Asbo.

A former Royal Navy seaman has been given an Asbo – to stop him swearing at politicians when they appear on his TV or on the radio.

Martin Solomon, 64, has already spent the past two weeks in prison waiting to be sentenced after admitting he had breached a previous Asbo by shouting and swearing loudly in his home in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and disturbing his neighbours last month.

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I'm waiting for that knock on the door.............

Mephedrone banned this week

The party drug mephedrone will become illegal from Friday, the Home Office said.

Following the completion of the formal parliamentary process today, the so-called legal high will be classified as a Class B drug with effect from April 16.

From that date anyone found in possession of mephedrone could face five years in prison. The maximum sentence for dealing in the drug will be 14 years.

The move to ban mephedrone, which is sold over the internet as plant food, comes despite the resignation of two Government drugs advisers over the issue.

Earlier this month, Eric Carlin followed Dr Polly Taylor in stepping down from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).

In a letter of resignation, Mr Carlin said the decision to ban the drug was made despite there being "little or no discussion about how our recommendation to classify this drug would be likely to impact on young people's behaviour."

He added: "Our decision was unduly based on media and political pressure."

Calls for mephedrone to be made illegal came as a series of reports linked it to deaths across England and Scotland.

 

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Ah, the dominoes begin to fall
Keep a close eye out, because once this really starts most of you can say goodbye to your comfortable lifestyle and say hello to the Greatest Economic Depression in the history of mankind.

Brown-must-go blogger now backs PM

A young Labour supporter who helped launch the party's manifesto has explained why she criticised Gordon Brown in a blog written two years ago.

Ellie Gellard, 20, called for the Prime Minister to quit in the 2008 blog, following Labour's by-election defeat in Glasgow East.

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Bank set to shut its doors in Scotland

Fifty-five banking staff in Scotland are facing redundancy as branches of the Allied Irish Bank in Edinburgh and Glasgow look set to close.

Digital Economy Bill- Mark Thomas- This Power Will Be Abused!


Digital Economy Bill- Mark Thomas- be afraid, be very afraid!

Given all the past examples of how all the other laws introduced by labour has meant to be 'for our own good' and 'only to be used in extreme circumstances' have been widely abused and misused against us, what do you think will happen with this one, hey? Btw- Feargal Sharkey- some artists have to get by on 15k a year, hey? i actually fuckin Work for a living,and damn hard too, and get less than 20k, so go suck your thumb and the governments' cock, you fuckin' sellout. As for peter mandelson, the more i see and hear of him the more i wonder if David Icke might not have something with the stuff about 'lizard people'... and that frankenstein creation of a junior mp, Timms, bleating on about how the definition of 'copyright' can be changed according to government whim without approval, is a good thing..? you fuckin' toady, you quisling, you'll get yours when they fuck you over just as they have done us, twat to think you'll be alrite cos you've sold your soul to them... Share, Disseminate, Spread the word, better to die on your feet like a human than on your knees like a dog ;-j wolf2jon

Labour campaign trail splits in two at Border

TORY MICHAEL GOVE SPELLS OUT LABOUR'S BROKEN PLEDGES
THE Conservatives yesterday warned electors not to be fooled by Labour’s manifesto.

Shadow Schools Secretary Michael Gove spelled out 10 of Labour’s “102 broken promises” from 2005:

First Installment of Naked Body Scanner Contest Entries

GOOGLE FRANKENSTEIN: MACHINES TO CHOOSE YOUR NEWS
GOOGLE CEO and Obama political activist Eric Schmidt declared this weekend that his machines will help decide what news you receive!

News sites should use technology to PREDICT what a user wants to read by what they have already read, Schmidt told the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEWS EDITORS, where a few humans still remained in the audience.

Judge in charge of family courts criticises ‘arrogant social workers’
Social workers have been criticised as “arrogant and enthusiastic removers of children from their parents” by the judge who takes charge of the family courts today.

Lord Justice Wall said that the determination of some social workers to place children in an “unsatisfactory care system” away from their families was “quite shocking”.

In a separate case, on which Sir Nicholas Wall also sat, Lord Justice Aikens described the actions of social workers in Devon as “more like Stalin’s Russia or Mao’s China than the West of England”.

Pimco warns of pressure on sterling and Bank of England
The head of European investments at the fund manager Pimco has warned that sterling could come under pressure if the UK fails to tackle its budget deficit after the general election.

Expenses scandal MPs to get legal aid
Three Labour MPs due to appear in court after allegedly abusing their expenses have risked angering voters further after they won their battle to have their legal fees paid by taxpayers.

Where Will the Food Come From to Satisfy China's Growing Consumption?
While out this week shopping at your favorite food store, do something for one of your grandchildren. Use that fancy cell phone to take a few pictures of those food stores. Be sure to get several of the store front with people entering. With those pictures you may be able to convince your disbelieving descendants that a time did exist when grocery stores did not have armed guards

Soros Warns Europe of Disintegration Over Greece
The euro zone is at a dangerous brink, says billionaire investor George Soros, unless Germany agrees to lend money to Greece at below-market rates.

Euphoria over Greek rescue fades as first cracks appear
Euphoria over a joint EU-IMF rescue deal for Greece worth €45bn (£39.8bn) has given way to caution after angry reactions in Germany and continued concerns among bond investors that any bail-out merely delays the day of reckoning

PIMCO's Bill Gross Frantically Dumping Treasuries, Thinks US Interest Rates Will Soar
Nine months ago, Bill Gross's Total Return Fund was 50% in US Treasuries. Now it's only 30%, the lowest percentage in the 23 year history of the fund, says Nelson Schwartz of the NYT.

Why is Gross dumping Treasuries?

And Now It's Officially Spain's Turn To Take The Stage
Now that Greece is arguably an old story (though we've been fooled too many time to be certain of that), it's Spain's turn to take the stage.

In the last 24 hours, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has come out and promised to enforce strict austerity measures to deal with the country's budget deficit that's 11.3% of GDP, according to RTTnews.

Whether they can do it, and convince the bond market that they can make it stick is another story.

And unlike Greece, Spain is too big to bail.

Labours Election Manifesto Full of Promises But Missing Spending Cuts or Tax Rises
The Labour party launched its election manifesto today that in great detail listed a string of promises to increase spending and not to increase income tax.

Sales of organic Scots meat plummets

The recession has caused the sales of fresh Scottish organic meat to fall by 23%.

Doctor exploited MS patients

Why legal aid for MPs just adds insult to the injury

A surreal election

David Cameron, we are told by The Guardian will today "promise to deliver the most extensive devolution of power in a generation" when he declares that a Conservative government would hand people "direct control" over how they are governed nationally and locally.

Global Banking System Still Quietly Bankrupt

Over the past 12 years or so, I've been repeatedly astonished at the tendency of investors to do things that they should have known to avoid simply with the use of a calculator and basic arithmetic. We've used numerous metrics during this period to show that the estimation of long-term market returns (7-10 years and beyond) doesn't require calculus or statistics, but fairly direct methods to normalize earnings, plus a bit of arithmetic.

Gold Protection as U.S. Drifts From Freedom to Facism

The parallels between present times and those during the rise and fall of the Third Reich are becoming increasingly startling, with Obamacare easily being the most profound power grab in the history of America. Healthcare is almost 20% of US GDP, and now, with this one Bill that the electorate doesn’t even want, the bureaucracy has accomplished the coupe de grass – it’s effectively taken almost complete administrative control of the US economy – increasing deterioration From Freedom To Fascism. People should of course be deathly afraid of all this, as out of control episodes such as this always end badly.

The Robin Hood Tax is dead

Rootling around, as one does, the EU servers I found this lovely document which tells us that the Robin Hood Tax is dead. Dodo'ed. A Norwegian parrot.

Freedom Week 2010 - Apply Now! (Adam Smith Institute)

If any of our younger readers are interested in learning about liberty, why not apply for a place at Freedom Week?

Nurse who told heart patient to mop up his own urine is free to continue working

A nurse who claimed she was suffering from personal problems when she gave a bed-ridden patient a mop and bucket to clean up his own urine has been cleared to continue working.

Thank God for the one man who has the courage to stand up to our ruling elite's assault on Christianity

The Church and the judiciary are two of the most venerable pillars of the establishment.

But in an explosive development, war has been declared between them over one of the most fundamental aspects of our society - freedom of religious conscience.

Gaza militant: Hamas stopping rocket fire into Israel

Hamas is forcing other Gaza Palestinian factions to guarantee they do not launch rockets or mortar bombs at Israel, a source told the French AFP news agency on Monday.

Peace soldier suffering 'cruel and degrading punishment'

An anti-war soldier serving a prison sentence for refusing to return to Afghanistan is receiving "cruel and degrading" treatment at the hands of military prison staff, according to lawyers.

Labour's nuclear no-show

Today, President Barack Obama hosts leaders from 46 countries for a two-day nuclear security summit that will focus on how to better safeguard weapons materials, both old and new, and to keep them out of the hands of terrorists. Labour’s manifesto was also launched today. What do the two things have in common? Not a lot, really. But they could have had a lot in common – if the Labour government had been willing to be bold.

Parliamentary wash-up washes away liberties
In the mad rush that is "parliamentary wash-up", it is traditional for civil liberties to be trampled to demonstrate that no party fails the "tough on crime" test – and 2010 is no exception.

After Peak Oil, Are We Heading Towards Social Collapse?
Recently, Glen Sweetnam, director of the International, Economic and Greenhouse Gas division of the Energy Information Administration at the DoE, announced that worldwide oil availability had reached a "plateau". However, his statement was not made known through a major U.S. mainstream media outlet. Instead, it was covered in France's "Le Monde."


Escaping India's pesticide trap
India's rejection of GM aubergines shows a shift in emphasis towards cultural exchange as a solution to agricultural problems

The End of the Internet as We Know It in Britain
On April 8, the lords who pretend to represent the people in Britain (instead of large corporations and banks) passed the Digital Economy bill. The bill sets the stage for enforcing draconian measures for internet users. CNet UK runs down the down side. I summarize.

You will be restricted from accessing copyrighted material without paying for it, a no-brainer really since this was the presumed reason for the bill — or the excuse to get it passed. “The bill aims to make it more difficult to access copyrighted content, by blocking Web sites built around sharing such material. From the other side, the bill creates sanctions that can be applied to you, the user, should you be caught with your fingers in the copyright cookie jar,” writes CNet.

Rothschild World Domination Plan Via Private Nuclear Weapons
When nuclear power is eliminated from the hands of all nationalist
governments, the Rothschilds will control their own as a monopoly and their secret private
space-based delivery system as well. Say hello to your new god.

Surging Interest Rates Ahead, Part I
Brace yourself for one of the greatest interest-rate surges in decades — beginning first in the long-term Treasury markets … later spreading to shorter term Treasuries … and ultimately enveloping nearly every loan, debt, credit, and money market instrument on the planet.

Doctors 'losing skills because of EU rules'
European cuts to junior doctors hours means in 'ten year's time the NHS will have surgeons who do not know how to operate', a survey has warned

Council considers banning word 'obesity' to avoid offending overweight children
A council is considering banning the word “obesity” from its health campaigns for fear of offending overweight children

Labour caught out over NHS petition e-mails
Labour was today caught up in a new row over its use of personal data after e-mailing NHS professionals using their work addresses to ask for their support.

Map Of The Day: Awesome Visualization Of Global Debt Levels
As government debt levels surge worldwide a sea of red balance sheets have begun to engulf the world

Will Britain Be British in 30 Years Time? Not if the Tories and Labour Have Their Way
Mass immigration policies pursued by both Labour and Conservative parties havecaused English-speaking children to become a minority in 1,500 schools in Britain and if left unchecked, will see British people reduced to an absolute minority within 30 years.

According to a new report issued by the Department for Children, Schools, and Families, more than half the pupils in 1,284 primary schools, 210 secondary schools and 51 special schools across England now come from a “non-English speaking background

MPs' expenses: Politicians granted legal aid
Three politicians accused of fiddling their expenses have won a bid to get the public to pick up their legal bill

Depressed about our future
America is broke. We Americans have spent the last 15 years borrowing money for consumption instead of investment. Because of our high levels of debt, several prominent economists, including Gerald Celente — who predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union, the housing bubble and the tea parties — and Peter Schiff — who predicted both the NASDAQ bubble and the housing bubble — are predicting a coming collapse that will dwarf the housing bubble

'Israel may drag US into new war'
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has expressed fears that Israel may attempt to involve the US in a new aggression against Lebanon or the Gaza Strip.

Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers' Heads by 2020
If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers. Intel's Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020.

Spend It Now! A Huge New Tax Is Coming...
Everything you buy is about to become 20% more expensive..

Afghan fury after Nato troops open fire on bus full of civilians, killing four
International troops opened fire on a bus carrying Afghan civilians today, killing four people and setting off anti-American protests by furious locals.
Witnesses said the bus, which was travelling in Kandahar province's Zhari district, had pulled over to allow an American convoy to pass when gunfire broke out.

Taxpayers' Alliance begins nationwide tour with 'debt clock' to highlight national deficit
Britain's crippling debts were put centre stage in the election campaign today when a new ‘national debt clock’ began a tour of the country.
The custom-built clock, commissioned by the Taxpayers’ Alliance, will broadcast a rolling record of Britain’s national debt in red LEDs standing almost three feet high.

The clock had to be built 23 feet long to display the huge figure, which is ticking up at a rate of more than £5,000 per second

Why UK Inflation Will Increase in 2010
The 'expert' economists tell us that Inflation is not a risk to the UK. They say it has risen but will decline again fairly quickly and everything is under control. But it's not. Ask real people running real businesses and they will tell you there a host of reasons why inflation will increase:

Leaked U.S. Document Calls For “Global Regime” To Tackle Climate Change
Says critics must be disarmed, all elements of Copenhagen Accord must be operationalised

Soros warns Europe of disintegration
The eurozone area and wider European Union is now “on the brink” of disintegration unless Germany steps up and provides loans at below-market rates to Greece, George Soros, the hedge fund manager, has warned

The low-energy light bulbs that take control of your TV
Some feared it must have been a problem with their remote. Others suspected ghostly goings-on.
But when TV viewers complained their sets were changing channel by themselves, few could have guessed the real culprit - their light bulbs.
Low-energy bulbs can make your television turn over the station at random, according to customers.

US denies climate aid to countries opposing Copenhagen accord
Bolivia and Ecuador will be denied aid after both opposed the accord

Microchipping Airport Workers

LABOUR'S election manifesto launch in a hospital was immediately embroiled in controversy amid claims the party broke election rules.

Strict guidelines prevent political parties from using NHS sites for electioneering.

In bitter scenes as the key event threatened to flop, journalists quizzing Gordon Brown from the BBC, Sky News and The Sun were also booed at the bad tempered event.

Read it all

The Stillettoed Socialist: Brown introduced by glamorous Labour activist... who didn't even want him to be PM.

The glamorous activist who introduced Labour's manifesto has previously called for the violent death of Margaret Thatcher and for Gordon Brown to be removed as Prime Minister.

Ellie Gellard has over 3,000 followers on Twitter and includes Ed Balls, Sarah Brown and Alastair Campbell among her fans.

But the decision to ask the 20-year-old student to introduce Mr Brown at such as high profile event risked backfiring today.

Miss Gellard - who goes under the name 'Bevanite Ellie' on her website - last year suggested that she would like to see elderly Baroness Thatcher fall down the stairs on a skateboard.

 

READ it all and weep

Brit Conquers Space - With Helium Balloon
A space enthusiast has taken spectacular images of the Earth's surface from space - using a standard digital camera taped to a helium balloon.


Live Ammo Removed From Soldier's Head
A US military doctor has removed a live round of ammunition from the head of an Afghan soldier in an unusual and harrowing operation.


Exclusive: NHS targets and secrecy are hurting patients, doctor warns
Consultant warned that patients were being lied to by hospital officials. But health managers responded with false accusations about his competence. Clearing his name cost him dear



Doctor 'exploited vulnerable MS patients'
A doctor who exploited a group of "vulnerable" multiple sclerosis patients used stem cells that were not designed for human use, a fitness to practise panel found.

Legal aid for expenses accused MPs

Three politicians accused of fiddling their expenses have won a bid to get the public to pick up their legal bill.

Court officials confirmed that the trio of Labour MPs will receive taxpayer-funded legal aid.

David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine are due to go on trial later this year accused of theft by false accounting.

They are accused of stealing almost £60,000 in allowances through false mortgage applications, rent claims and invoices for services.

 

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Tens of thousands of British women warned their breast implants could rupture
Nearly fifty thousands women in the UK have been warned by health chiefs that their breast implants could explode.

Lib Dem candidate David Murray stands down amid police probe

A Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate who is facing "serious" criminal allegations has been forced to stand down, it emerged today.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said David Murray had "done the right thing" by withdrawing as the party's candidate in The Wrekin, Shropshire.

Whole article here

Tom Mendelsohn: Official - the tabloids have lost interest already

We are exactly one week in to Election 2010, and already the tabloids have got bored. They tried for the first few days: they gave plenty of pages to the coverage, they wheeled out their big shot columnists and they amped up the tribal invective. Sadly though, seeing as interesting events have so resolutely failed to occur, this early barnstorming gusto has swiftly tapered away into nothingness.

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Why's Mandy backing the history man?

The once feared political operator Lord Mandelson - whose strategy backfired spectacularly when he attacked business leaders who opposed Labour's hike in national insurance - has blundered again.

Tedbits 2010 Outlook: When Hope Turns to Fear, Part V
2010 Outlook Conclusions

As we near the APEX of the countertrend rallies in many markets and economies, the air is full of HIGHLY-COMBUSTIBLE situations just waiting for someone to light the MATCH. The full debacle of the next leg down in developed world economies is at the doorstep. What event will act as catalyst is unknowable, and the list of candidates is mountainous. Corruption and criminality within the public sectors, crony capitalists and banksters set the stage for an explosive cocktail, are set to immolate the private sectors that still produce wealth and the public at large.

Labour provokes outrage after botched attempt to sign up doctors for election stunt
Underhand tactics? Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah on the way to the Labour manifesto launch in Birmingham today
Labour has provoked outrage from doctors after a botched attempt to enlist their support in an election stunt.
The party was caught out approaching senior clinicians and other health staff - via their personal NHS addresses - asking them to sign a letter backing Labour's NHS policy

Soybean Overconsumption (first seven months of 2009/10)
What this means

The soybean prices are going way up. How high they go depends on how long the current overconsumption lasts. In other words, right now it would take a 50 to 80 percent rise in prices to ration demand until next harvest. However, with one months more of the current overconsumption, soybeans prices will have to double or triple to ration demand.

Watch for the USDA’s Madoff Moment

As his ponzi scheme collapsed due to withdrawal requests, Madoff had to face reality and shocked the world by admitting the truth. Investors who believed they owned billions found they had a little over 100 million to divide among themselves. The USDA, in the next two months, will also have to face the reality and admit to the world that the US is missing a ten to twenty million metric tons of soybeans. The news should be as well received as Madoff’s announcement.

(Regular readers of Mr deCarbonnel's work will realise the full implications of what this means. If he is correct in his analysis the SHTF in about 2 months. We'll keep you up to date with any further developments.)

Labour caught out over NHS petition e-mails

Doctors fear that they are being used.

A doctor has complained that senior Labour figures are trying to pressure her into publicly backing the party against her will.

UK TAXPAYERS FACE £650M BILL TO BAIL OUT DEBT-RIDDEN GREECE
BRITISH taxpayers are facing a £650million bill after debt-hit Greece was handed a huge financial bail-out by the international community.

BOMBSHELL – Whistle Blower Comes Forward With Solid Proof The Price Of Gold And Silver Is Being Manipulated By Major Financial Institutions
For a long time many of us have had very serious suspicions that the prices of gold and silver were being highly manipulated. But now, thanks to the mind blowing testimony of one very brave whistle blower, the blatant manipulation of the world gold and silver markets is being blown wide open. What you are about to read below is absolutely staggering. Once the American people learn how incredibly corrupt the world financial system is, it is going to change everything. The government that we are all trusting to guard the integrity of the financial system is failing to do that job. It turns out that the Commodities Futures Trading Commission has been sitting on solid evidence that the elite banking powers have been openly and blatantly manipulating the price of gold and silver. Even though they were basically handed a "smoking gun", they have done absolutely nothing with it. But now the information has gone public and the CFTC is red-faced.

With 1 in 5 Americans out of work, Obama issues over a million green cards

Is The Metals Market A Ponzi Scheme?
The stories are certainly gaining credibility - and volume

Gold Set to Re-Test All Time High of USD 1,225 in Coming Weeks
“Hello out there. Have you been watching the price of gold lately?” In dollar terms the gold price is now about 5 percent below its all time high, but the weakness of the pound and the euro against the American currency means that the price of the yellow metal in sterling and euros has just made new record highs. The price of an ounce of gold has reached record levels of £754 and €865 in recent trading, and the dollar price has reached a three-month high of $1,157. In August last year the gold price in sterling terms was £562, so British gold investors have made a profit of 34percent, compared with a rise in the dollar price of 23percent over the same period.

Climategate bust: UN’s last, desperate bid for unelected world government depends on Bonn
There are not many empty seats in the dismal, echoing conference chamber in the ghastly concrete box that is the Hotel Maritim here in Bonn, where the UN’s latest attempt to maneuver the 194 States Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change gets underway today

The Fifteen Most Fabulous Herbal Sedatives
Do you ever just feel like you need to take a pill to take the edge off?

Well a lot of us get extra stressed around the holiday season, and if you don’t want to take something that will totally knock you out, try a gentle relaxing cup of sedative tea instead of popping a pill.

Metal$ are in the pits
Trader blows whistle on gold & silver price manipulation

There is no silver lining to the activities of JPMorgan Chase and HSBC in the precious-metals market here and in London, says a 40-year veteran of the metal pits.

The banks, which do the Federal Reserve's bidding in the metals markets, have long been the government's lead actors in keeping down the prices of gold and silver, according to a former Goldman Sachs trader working at the London Bullion Market Association.

Maguire was scheduled to testify last week before the Commodities Futures Trade Commission, which is looking into the activities of large banks in the metals market, but was knocked off the list at the last moment. So, he went public.

(The NY Times has finally covered this story. Maybe they realised that they couldn't ignore the independent internet media and blogs any longer)