Tony Blair is to be paid at least £200,000 by a City firm accused of profiteering from the financial crisis that brought Britain's banks to their knees.
The former prime minister has been hired by the hedge fund Lansdowne Partners to deliver four presentations to staff about the world political situation. Mr Blair, one of the world's most highly paid speakers, reportedly commands between £50,000 and £170,000 for a single speech.
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I've read a lot about vitamin D and of course take it every day especially during the winter months here in Minnesota where the sun doesn't shine but I was wondering what other people are taking, the amount in I.U., international units.
Anyone?
And just in case you didn't know, about 90% of the US population is deficient in vitamin D. You can only get vitamin D in sufficient amounts from the sun and sunscreen blocks it.
Added by Jeff on January 26, 2010 at 1:30am —
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In the aftermath of the earthquake, there have been numerous reports of dangerous looting in the capital. (See examples
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Protesters hold a 'die in' in Parliament Square in 2005 in protest at the Iraq War: demonstrators are expected to return for Tony Blair's visit to the Iraq inquiry on Friday.
Sir Michael Wood, the former top legal adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has been given permission from the Attorney-General to break with protocol and disclose advice given to ministers in the build-up to the Iraq war.
The move by Baroness Scotland effectively…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 25, 2010 at 3:45pm —
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By Chris Hedges
Corporate forces, long before the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, carried out a coup d’état in slow motion. The coup is over. We lost. The ruling is one more judicial effort to streamline mechanisms for corporate control. It exposes the myth of a functioning democracy and the triumph of corporate power. But it does not significantly alter the political landscape. The corporate state is firmly cemented in…
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Added by Tara on January 25, 2010 at 2:41pm —
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The
Information Operations Roadmap, a 30 October 2003 document approved personally by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, "provides the Department with a plan to advance the goal of information operations as a core military competency" and "stands as an another example of the Department's commitment to transform our military capabilities to keep pace with emerging threats and to…
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RTR Membership Virtual Town Hall
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 25, 2010 at 12:17pm —
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This is by Gordon Duff, who, you might remember, is a former Marine and Vietnam Veteran.
Five members of the Supreme Court declared that a “corporation” is a person, not a “regular person” but one above all natural laws, subject to no God, no moral code but one with unlimited power over our lives, a power awarded by judges who seem themselves as grand inquisitors in an meant to hunt down all hertics who fail to serve their god, the god of money.
Their ruling has made it…
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Added by Jeff on January 25, 2010 at 12:04pm —
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Monday, 25 January 2010 14:10
New Delhi: Breaking News!
There is a growing concern in India, after an aircraft (UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) was spotted along the Indo-Pak border in Kutch region of Gujarat last night. the incident occurred on the eve of Republic Day celebrations in India, which will be held tomorrow.
The intelligence agencies have already warned that anti-India forces may plan to launch a big strike to disrupt peace in the…
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Added by Jeff on January 25, 2010 at 11:48am —
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By Jeremy Scahill The Nation
We saw this type of Iraq-style disaster profiteering in New Orleans, and you can expect to see a lot more of this in Haiti over the coming days, weeks and months. Private security companies are seeing big dollar signs in Haiti thanks in no small part to the media hype about “looters.” After Katrina, the number of private security companies registered (and unregistered) multiplied overnight. Banks, wealthy individuals, the US government all hired private…
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Added by Jeff on January 25, 2010 at 11:37am —
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Could Vancouver 2010 be the next 9/11?I now believe I have reasonable grounds to bring into suspicion that there may be a “false flag” terrorist attack during the Olympics in Canada, which take place in Vancouver and Whistler…
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Added by truth on January 25, 2010 at 11:30am —
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In so many words, if you go to the right search engine and type in "DMV GA" it's possible that your query ("DMV GA") will come across my desk. It's my job to help the algorithms find what you're looking for.... Most queries are only a word or two in length. This one just came across my desk (cut and paste):
Can you tell me why Congressmen got cost of living raises for 2010 and the disabled S.S. didn't
I doubt that there are going to be any pages that match this query...so…
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Added by youhavetoforgiveme on January 25, 2010 at 11:30am —
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This is The Most dispicable and disgracfull animals alive These Mercs are being hired to go to Haiti to shoot Civilians If they are considered to be Looters How Can you call these people Looters if they nothing to loot this isn't looting It is called \ Surviving any way that you can when their is no other alturnitive The whole Island was leveled Just about The Government was perpretrating and turning away Humanitarin aid to those…
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Added by Rainbow Warrior Mariah aka Angel on January 25, 2010 at 8:58am —
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Copper and iron are essential but also toxic metals.
Their essentiality is known, but their toxicity, except for the genetic overload diseases, Wilson’s disease and hemochromatosis, is not so well known. Yet, their toxicities are so general in the population that they are a looming public health problem in diseases of aging and in the aging process itself. Both metals are transition elements, and their resulting redox properties have been used during…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 25, 2010 at 8:30am —
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By Dr. John Breeding, author of The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses.
Ask the average person about the use of electroshock treatment in today’s society and 9 out of 10 will respond, “They still shock people?”
They do. It’s estimated that more than 100,000 Americans are electroshocked each year; half are 60 and older, and two-thirds are women. In Australia, it was recently revealed that psychiatrists had electroshocked 55 toddlers age four and younger. In…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 25, 2010 at 6:13am —
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British troops will have to fight the Taleban for another five years, according to a leaked draft of the communiqué that will conclude the London conference on Afghanistan this week.
Participating governments are also expected to agree to bribes totalling hundreds of millions of pounds which will be paid to leading insurgents in the hope that they will stop fighting.
The controversial plan is likely to anger relatives of British soldiers killed by the Taleban in Helmand…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 25, 2010 at 4:59am —
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India warned MI5 after interrogation of a suspected militant
Warning contained in detailed threat assessment sent
It raised fears that a British city might be attacked
LONDON: Indian authorities are reported to have warned British intelligence agencies about a suspected plot by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Pakistan to hijack an Air India or Indian Airlines plane, originating from Delhi or Mumbai, and “crash” it into a British city.
The claim came a day…
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So says Keith, and he's right. Watch and…
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Added by Jeff on January 24, 2010 at 6:35pm —
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dailymail.co.uk
Vital evidence which could solve the mystery of the death of Government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly will be kept under wraps for up to 70 years.
In a draconian – and highly unusual – order, Lord Hutton, the peer who chaired the controversial inquiry into the Dr Kelly scandal, has secretly barred the release of all medical records, including the results of the post mortem, and unpublished evidence.
The move, which will stoke fresh speculation about the…
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Added by truth on January 24, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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(AFP/dprogram.net) According to a former 31-year IBM employee, the highly-publicized, mandatory switch from analog to digital television is mainly being done to free up analog frequencies and make room for scanners used to read implantable RFID microchips and track people and products throughout the world.
So while the American people, especially those in Texas and other busy border states, have been inundated lately with news reports advising them to hurry and get their expensive…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 24, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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