A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents says she’ll cross CUPE picket lines. CUPE, she says, expects rights and benefits for their members that they have denied their own secretaries. In Dec. 2002, CUPE arranged for Vancouver Police Constables Megan Herrmann and Kevin Ng to telephone and visit her at her home to demand that [...]

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In their latest in a series of hypothetical match ups between 2008 Democratic and Republican candidates, Rasmussen Reports recently conducted a survey that matched up Republican Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Democratic frontrunners Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).

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As part of World Book Day 2006, 20 favorite authors were invited to produce a short work. Not just a novella, but a story that would appeal to people that for one reason or another just do not read books. I like the term ‘emerging readers’, these are adults that are challenged by the reading [...]

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There is no end to official policies that are eventually seen as getting it exactly wrong — though this recent one is rather tragic — and when normal cyclic global cooling comes, official acceptance of the warmist scare will be seen to be yet another such folly — much like that other famous Greenie false [...]

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Things are not looking good for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. As everyone knows by now, Vick was indicted on federal charges that he was involved in an illegal dogfighting operation at an estate he owns in Virginia. He has been told by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell not to report to training camp. Vick’s initial [...]

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News Item: Arrests made in Atlantic City poker scam Four out of state cheats, holding private high-stakes poker games at the Borgata in Atlantic City, have taken video surveilance to heart.  The four are accused of using hidden cameras in the room where the games took place, to get a look at the cards being [...]

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According to Pew, fewer Muslims today believe suicide bombing is always or sometimes justified than did five years ago. This reduction is good news and Pew’s take on it is quite positive: Dwindling Muslim Support for Terrorism The marked decline in the acceptance of suicide bombing is one of several findings that suggest a possible [...]

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“Profits before Safety” By John Donovan of RoyalDutchShellPlc.com Bill Campbell, a much respected former Group Auditor of the oil giant, Shell, yesterday took the exceptional step of writing to all members of the UK Houses of Parliament – every MP and every member of the House of Lords – to bring to their attention a [...]

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Did you know that there’s a Chinatown bus that literally connects Chinatown with Chinatown in big cities in the States, and what’s more saves you a bundle on fares as well?  I certainly didn’t before I read ‘Spontaneous Tourism’.  In fact, before I read the book I thought the only way to travel was to [...]

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While speaking at a breakfast on Monday sponsored by the conservative magazine The American Spectator former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich described the current field of GOP candidates as “pygmies.”

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REXANO Editorial by Zuzana Kukol, www.REXANO.org Las Vegas, NV, July 25, 2007–Animal rights (AR) activist are behaving worse than a woman on bad PMS, coming in monthly cycles, extremely disturbed and emotional, not bothering with facts and mostly irrational. ARs attacks are more extreme and unprovoked than that of any wild cat known to humankind, [...]

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All traces of wind removed from their sails, Berlin and EU officials were stunned at Libya’s sudden release of the six foreign medics orchestrated by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia. After eight years of patient EU effort to buy the hostages off in a slow and orderly manner, much of it under [...]

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Debate highlights top the menu today for the Lunch. From rednecks to snowmen, YouTube questioners were throwing heat, and the Democratic candidates stepped up to the plate.  Edwards tried humor, Clinton gets serious, and Biden shows us he dislikes madmen but is fond of a certain redhead.  Watch it now!

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Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama, still hurting from the whacking Sen Clinton and the media have given him over his national security gaffe in Monday night’s debate, issued a press release today claiming he is the most qualified of all the candidates on foreign policy. Counting all Democrats and Republicans running for President, Obama said: [...]

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A bill sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) was passed by the House of Representatives today that would make it the official policy of the United States not to establish permanent military bases in Iraq, and not exercise economic control over Iraq’s oil resources.

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In the world of data breaches, nothing is sacred, not even Disney. It has come to light that a subcontractor (Alta Resources, Inc.) had an employee, who sold credit card information to federal agents. Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld reports: A subcontractor working for a company that processes and fulfills orders for the Disney Movie Club sold [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog Mariane Pearl is finally going after those responsible for her husband’s brutal and barbaric death. A Pakistani bank. A key Pakistan bank Thursday denied allegations by the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl that it was involved in providing financial services to Al-Qaeda and others. Habib Bank, [...]

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SINK THE EARMARK Contrary to the claims that the voters’ “war weariness” was the reason the Republicans lost their majority in Congress in the 2006 midterms, the real reason that Republican and moderate voters lost their zest for supporting the GOP is because of the lie that the GOP majority made of their long standing [...]

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It amuses and gratifies a supporter of the 2nd Amendment to see The New York Times, the so-called “paper of record,” so constantly reduced to sputtering, fools over their constant loss of the battle for draconian gun control measures and the July 17th editorial from the Times is yet another example of how they just [...]

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The arrival of soccer star David Beckham to California has already got merchandisers looking to make a profit from his fans. Adidas had planned to sell the same shoes that Beckham wears during games to the public. However, the California Supreme Court has banned the sale of these cleats because they are made from kangaroo [...]

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Jason Shenfeld, a 26-year-old man from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is being held on first-degree murder, sexual battery, and false imprisonment charges after his parents discovered the body of an 18-year-old woman in his bedroom closet. They grew suspicious after Shenfeld appeared nervous and locked his bedroom door every time he left the room. When [...]

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Undoubtedly there is no simple answer to this question — genetic or experiential answers abound.  However, it it not the why but the observed facts that have impressed me over the years. Relatively early on I discovered that women unleashed could do pretty much the same things that men do before all the options for [...]

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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. — So what do you call a party winning 25 of 25 seats – a clean sweep. Let us try this again, So [...]

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[Back at the height of the Depression when a huge % of workers were begging for food and money with outstretched tin cups, Roosevelt had a rough time introducing supporting legislation (e.g. jobs through the WPA -- Works Projects Administration, Social Security to support the elderly, etc., etc.) because the Republicans were fighting income taxes [...]

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Just about everything Arthur M. Blank touches turns to gold, or rather, orange. He is a man who believes in strong employee-management relations, and that by investing in his people, he is present and accountable for the community. He is a man of strong convictions and morals. The co-founder of the home improvement chain, Home [...]

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Do you know how to tie a noose? Get a piece of string and try it. It’s not a simple slip knot. You have to practice it to get it right. If you live in the south, you probably have a special aversion to nooses. We know what they mean, as surely as Cubans know [...]

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