Interest on public debt costs $170-million a day
Canadians paid $170-million per day in 2008/2009 in unnecessary interest on federal, provincial and municipal debt. The cost for 2009/10 and subsequent years will likely be higher.
These costs are reflected
in taxes, fees, cut-backs in public services such as education and
medicare and deterioration of infrastructure such as…
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GM Crops Go to US High Court, Environmental Laws on the Line
Source: IPS – Matthew Berger
Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops. The decision in this case may have a significant impact on both the future of genetically modified foods and government oversight of that and other environmental issues.
The case, Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, revolves around an…
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Arizona Has It Right
By Chuck Baldwin
April 30, 2010
This column is archived at
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1490Open borders advocates are livid that the State of Arizona has enacted a new
law authorizing State law enforcement personnel to arrest illegal aliens.
The Reverend Al Sharpton is threatening to march. The mayor of San Francisco
has declared Arizona off…
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Now that President Obama has done enough back-room deals to get
the Democrats' health care legislation through the House of
Representatives, he can resume making plans for a visit to his childhood
home, Indonesia. The trip was on for this week, but the White House
cancelled it so Obama could stay in Washington…
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By Matt Apuzzo ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wall Street financial firms weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The
government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators,
rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages
helped create the meltdown.
The payments, detailed in payroll data released to the Associated Press under the Freedom of Information…
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NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - In what is looming as another public relations predicament for Goldman Sachs, the banking giant admitted today that it made "a
substantial financial bet against the Gulf of Mexico" one day before
the sinking of an oil rig in that body of water.
The new revelations came to light after government investigators turned up new emails from Goldman employee Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourre in which he…
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U.S. Needs Hit Squads, ‘Manhunting Agency’: Spec Ops Report
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Source: Zero Hedge
Where does it end? 100 billion? 1 trillion? 1 quadrillion? And yes America, this is your money, going to bail out Greece... Then Portugal... Then Ukraine....Then Dubai....Then Italy....Then Spain....Then Hungary....Then the
Baltics...Then the UK....Then Japan... and by the time we have…
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Most of you are probably familiar with that memorable heroic challenge from senator Joe Biden on the very thought of chipping the masses. If you are, please record it for historical archive. Update: Now that Biden is Vice President, he's suddenly changed his mind. He now announces his "love" for the satanic New World Order. Was he lieing? Nope. That's way too simplistic, and draws the temptation for that old familiar conditioned response, "Ah. Politicians. you never can trust em!"
So,…
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Rep. James Traficant on Alex Jones TV
April 30, 2010
Waco, IRS, Taxes, Israel, and much more!
First minute missing :(…
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Associated Press
Regulators have shut down three banks in Puerto Rico, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 60.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday took over the banks: Westernbank Puerto Rico, based in Mayaguez, with about $11.9 billion in assets; R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, based in Hato Rey, with around $5.9 billion in assets; and San Juan-based Eurobank, with $2.5 billion in assets.
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico agreed…
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By Alexander Bolton
A plan by Senate Democratic leaders to reform the nation’s immigration laws ran into strong opposition from civil liberties defenders before lawmakers even unveiled it Thursday.
Democratic leaders have proposed requiring every worker in the nation to carry a national identification card with biometric information, such as a fingerprint, within the next six years, according to a draft of the measure.
The proposal is one of the biggest…
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Coast Guard investigating overturned drilling rig near Morgan City
No injuries reported
Published: Friday, April 30, 2010 at 4:20 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 30, 2010 at 4:20 p.m.
THIBODAUX -- An oil drilling rig overturned today in a Morgan City canal near U.S 90, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
No injuries were reported as a result of the incident which happened in the Charenton navigational canal south of U.S. 90.
Investigators…
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Niger is threatened with total crop failure in some areas and the situation is worse than the 2005 crisis, the UN humanitarian chief has
told the BBC.
But John Holmes said the new government is co-operating in aid efforts.
Ex-President Mamadou Tandja, toppled in a coup in February, was criticised for doing too little then and saying the crisis had been exaggerated.
Nearly 8m people are affected by the drought this year and the UN says up to $130m…
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The surface faults have been discovered over the last two decades. Placing them all on one map will help educate the public and aid in planning and quake readiness.
April 28, 2010
By Hector Becerra
Los Angeles Times
More than 50…
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In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of…
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Suicidal man causes terror scare
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A New York City Subway train arrives at a station in Brooklyn, NY. (Shaun Ganley) NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a suicidal Manhattan college student caused a brief terror scare by carrying cyanide into a subway tunnel.
Track workers spotted the 20-year-old suspect early Friday in a tunnel under the East River. Police later discovered he was carrying a backpack holding a…
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Jesse Ventura's 'Conspiracy Theory' OK'd for 2nd seasonBy Hart Van Denburg, Wednesday, Apr. 28 2010 @ 8:40AMComments (3) Categories: Jesse Ventura
Back for more conspiracy smack
Jesse Ventura told us last year that if his show, "Conspiracy Theory," got the green light for a second season, he was going to blow open the whole Kennedy assassination plot.
Looks like he may get his chance. TruTV has ordered up another eight installments.
Good…
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