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WORLD NEWS
Vaclav Klaus: Global Warming a Politician’s ‘Myth’ (Video)
Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, slams Al Gore and defends his previous statement that “global warming is a myth.” As an “excellent political idea,” Klaus believes global warming is a convenient way for politicians to appear compassionate.
Climategate: not news to me, says Shaviv
Brilliant young astrophysicist Professor Nir Shaviv says he’s not surprised at all by Climategate, whether it’s the revelation that data was destroyed to prevent checking, or evidence that sceptics were blocked from publication:
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Rejects Afghanistan Time Limits
Pervez Musharraf, the former president of Pakistan, writes in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal that "the exit strategy from Afghanistan must not and cannot be time related."
Afghans Mixed on Obama's Troop Surge Plan
Some in Afghanistan say they welcome the 30,000 extra troops President Barack Obama is sending there, however others say they see nothing but more violence ahead for their country.
Another Iraq election law veto looms amid impasse
Iraqi politicians have 24 hours to resolve an impasse over a law needed for next year's election to take place, otherwise the country's Sunni Arab vice president will veto the legislation again, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Israel police 'arrest Mossad spy on training exercise'
A trainee spy for Israel's secret service agency Mossad was arrested by Tel Aviv police while taking part in a training operation, media reports say.
The big climate change fraud
Professor Ian Plimer condemned the climate change lobby as “climate comrades” keeping the “gravy train” going.
Climategate: it’s all unravelling now
So many new developments: which story do we pick? Maybe best to summarise, instead. After all, it’s not like you’re going to find much of this reported in the MSM.
Top scientist resigns over 'Climate Hoax' scandal (Video)
A scientist at the centre of a "Climategate" row has stepped down from his post as research director at the University of East Anglia in England. Professor Phil Jones is accused of manipulating data after his emails were hacked into and leaked on the internet.
Australia carbon laws fail to pass Senate
The Australian government plans to reintroduce its emission trading scheme to the parliament for a third time in February after a hostile Senate voted down the legislation on Wednesday.
Deadly Afghan raid pressures Berlin
The new German government has to cope with its first scandal after a senior minister and the country's military chief resigned over an alleged coverup linked to a NATO bombing that killed dozens of civilians in Afghanistan.
Iran Releases British Sailors Detained At Sea
Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday's release and praised Tehran's handling of the incident.
UK climate scientist to temporarily step down
Britain's University of East Anglia says the director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit is stepping down pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change.
A first? Climategate enabled political shift in Australia – warmist replaced with sceptic
The Liberal Party in Australia’s parliament has a new leader.
Somali sea gangs lure investors at pirate lair
In Somalia's main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal syndicate.
34,000 troops will be sent to Afghanistan
President Obama will outline Tuesday his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan.
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U.S. NEWS
Struggling media will need government help: US congressman
The newspaper industry is suffering "market failure" and the government will need to help preserve serious journalism essential to democracy, an influential US congressman said Wednesday.
New charges filed in Fort Hood killings
The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, was charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder Wednesday, officials said.
Climategate: Follow the Money
Last year, ExxonMobil donated $7 million to a grab-bag of public policy institutes, including the Aspen Institute, the Asia Society and Transparency International. It also gave a combined $125,000 to the Heritage Institute and the National Center for Policy Analysis, two conservative think tanks that have offered dissenting views on what until recently was called—without irony—the climate change "consensus."
Coburn to Seniors: “You’re Going to Die Sooner” Under ObamaCare
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma): “If we’re truly going to take this money from Medicare, what it’s going to do to our seniors is — I have a message for them: ‘you’re going to die sooner’”
Obama Approval on Afghanistan, at 35%
Americans are far less approving of President Obama's handling of the situation in Afghanistan than they have been in recent months, with 35% currently approving, down from 49% in September and 56% in July.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Concerns Grow Over Possible H1N1-H5N1 'Reassortment,' Other Mutations
Virologists and influenza authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that the 2009 A-H1N1 flu virus could “reassort” with the highly virulent H5N1 avian flu that’s still prevalent in parts of the world like China, and that a mutation could occur resulting in a new strain that has the lethality of H5N1 and the human transmissibility of A-H1N1.
Biostatisticians: The Biggest Shills in the Promotion of Pandemics And Vaccinations
Behind the scenes, hiding under their credentials and publications, biostatisticians have been a driving force behind the promotion of pandemic speculation and mass vaccination campaigns. Most of what they term "statistically significant studies" are little more than a great imagination based on junk science.
Flashback - Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice Exaggeration
Gerd Leipold, the outgoing leader of Greenpeace, admitted that his organization's recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was "a mistake." Greenpeace said in a July 15 press release that there will be an ice-free Arctic by 2030 because of global warming. BBC reporter Stephen Sackur on the "Hardtalk" program pressed Leipold until he admitted the claim was wrong.
Murdoch Says Mobile TV Is Key to Future
News Corp. chairman believes success tied to anytime, anywhere digital journalism
The Climate Science Isn’t Settled
Is there a reason to be alarmed by the prospect of global warming? Consider that the measurement used, the globally averaged temperature anomaly (GATA), is always changing.
WHO warns of deadly bird flu, swine flu combo
WHO warns that with new H5N1 bird flu cases reported in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, the risk of bird flu and the H1N1 pandemic swine flu virus mixing was heightened
ClimateGate: A Who’s Who
Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory
SCIENTISTS have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. Experts in Holland used cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish.
Climate change data dumped
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.
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ECONOMIC CRISIS
North Korea sharply revalues its currency
North Korea has revalued its currency by a factor of 100, causing chaos on the streets of Pyongyang.
Unemployment Rises in Almost Half of Metro Areas
Unemployment Rises In Almost Half Of US Metro Areas In October As Hiring Remains Elusive
Gold fever strikes top fund managers
Gold has long been favored by some elements of the investment world, but this year, some of the world's leading hedge fund managers have loaded up on the precious metal amid concern that government efforts to avoid another Great Depression could undermine major currencies and fuel inflation.
Recession Creates a Captive Audience of Taxpayers
It appears that yet another legacy of this recession may be to render municipal taxpayers second-class citizens.
GM's U.S.-appointed chief resigns after eight months
General Motors chief executive Fritz Henderson resigned unexpectedly Tuesday from the government-owned company, once again unsettling the ranks at the nation's largest automaker as it struggles to right itself after bankruptcy.
Gold, the Comex and Exchange For Physical
The conclusion we reach for now is that if one is counting on the ability to receive delivery of physical gold from the Comex for whatever purposes, then don't. You will wait and fight and stand in queue to obtain the goods from Enron nation. The theme of the day is 'appearance versus reality' in the lair of the vampire squid.
A bubble, or 'stubble', of our own design
Have we reduced the pain caused by the pricking of the mother of all financial bubbles by creating a new financial bubble?
"Real" S&P Back To April Levels
All those charts of one thing in terms of another…all of them so, so stupid…unless of course you happen to live in North Korea today and just found yourself 100x poorer.
Gold Pops Past $1200/oz
Gold's incredible uptrend appears alive and well after the precious metal popped passed $1200/oz with relative ease.
UK Gov't bails out bank, takes majority share and takes control of bonus payments
The UK Treasury could be dictating bonus payouts at Royal Bank of Scotland for several years after seizing the power to shape the partially nationalised bank's 2009 bonus pool.
Fed reduces AIG's debt by $25 billion
Two life insurance companies sold to Federal Reserve Bank of New York in completion of deal.
Goldman Staff Packing Pistols to Defend Against Peasants
As Jim Chanos, who pointed out this Bloomberg piece “Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public,” remarked, “Well, it appears that Goldman’s Best and Brightest may be hedging their goodwill built up by doing ‘God’s work’.”
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COMMENTARY
Think 'Climate-Gate' Is Nonevent? Think Again
By John Lott
President Obama's climate czar, Carol M. Browner, and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs might think that Climate-gate is a nonevent, but on Monday Pennsylvania State University announced that it was launching an investigation into the academic conduct of Michael Mann, the school's Director of the Earth System Science Center.
East Anglia CRU: welcome to the Piltdown Institute of Mann-made Global Warming
By Gerald Warner
It looks as if the Phil Jones University will have to be renamed, at least temporarily, since Phil himself is taking a short sabbatical while the decorators move in to do some heavy whitewashing.
The Dollar Bubble (Video)
The Dollar Bubble starring Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Marc Faber, Gerald Celente, Jim Rogers, and others. Prepare now for the U.S. dollar collapse.
Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana
By Howard Wooldridge
Once upon a time in America a citizen had complete freedom (along with the personal responsibility) to discover and use anything they believed might help them with a medical problem.
Obama's Magic No Longer Works
Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America's new strategy for Afghanistan.
Imposing idiot sanctions on Iran is a direct route to war
By Simon Jenkins
Britain has no interest in bullying Iran over nuclear proliferation. The very trap that led to Iraq and Afghanistan looms again.
Afghanistan, Add It To The Tab
By Greg Hunter
I watched the President last night address the nation on why he needed to send 30 thousand more troops to Afghanistan. He said it would cost an additional $30 billion for this escalation. That works out to 1 million bucks per soldier.
OBOMBA
One of the best comments on America’s never-ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan I’ve seen recently.
Doomed Planet – John L. Daly
Looking at his scientific work today gives an insight into why the people at the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit were so annoyed with Daly’s work and why he was such a thorn in the side of their climate theories and research.
Jim Welsh – The Real Elephant in the Room
Throughout history, there have been a numerous investment manias, covering a wide range of ‘investments’. One of the more fascinating aspects of each mania is how similar the price pattern has been. In each case, a gradual price increase over a number of years, accelerates, until the rise appreciates into an almost vertical trajectory.
Global Warming: “Fixing the Climate Data around the Policy”
More than 15,000 people will be gathering in Copenhagen for COP 15: the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
“You can’t manage a financial system by fiat money.” (Video)
On Monday night, Congressman Paul appeared on CNBC to debate former ITC chief economist Peter Morici over the Federal Reserve's role in the economy and the need for greater transparency at the Fed.
The Case Against Military Tribunals
By Andrew P. Napolitano
It’s a violation of the Constitution to use the panels without a declaration of war — and just calling it a ‘war’ on terror doesn’t count.
The US Dollar collapse starts now: Peter Schiff
Are you ready? How long will americans sleep? Once they wake up, what will happen? Runs on the stores, banks and crime. Remember the collapse of the soviet Union? Americas collapse will be MUCH worse.
Ron Paul calls in to Happy Hour to talk about Ben Bernanke's dishonest op-ed (Video)
Congressman Ron Paul called in to the folks at Happy Hour to tear down Ben Bernanke's thoroughly dishonest op-ed in Sunday's Washington Post. Bernanke seems to be scared that a full Fed audit will mean he and his friends may be exposed as criminals.
Iraq: The war was illegal
By Brian Brady
Tony Blair will be quizzed over a devastating official memo warning him that war on Iraq would be illegal eight months before he sent troops into Baghdad
Barack Obama: Manchurian Candidate Version 2.0
By Dave Lindorff
As long as the ruling elites are able to keep the majority at least employed and in their homes, they can tighten the screws on the rest with impunity, and that is the situation we are in today.
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Troubling Reports Out Of Iowa And North Carolina Raise Fears That Deadly H1N1 Swine Flu Mutations Have Already Reached The United States
New reports from Iowa and North Carolina are raising concerns that the deadly H1N1 swine flu mutations that have been confirmed by the WHO in Ukraine, Norway and elsewhere have already reached the United States.
Climate Change Bombshell: Dr. Tim Ball on the hacked CRU emails (Video)
Retired climatologist Dr. Tim Ball joins us to discuss the significance of the recently leaked emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University which expose deceit, duplicity and collusion between climate researchers to maintain the fraud of the manmade global warming theory.
Audit the Fed Attached as an Amendment
This amendment is attached to a bill that would give sweeping new powers to the Federal Reserve.
Obama Quietly Backs Patriot Act Provisions
With the health care debate preoccupying the mainstream media, it has gone virtually unreported that the Barack Obama administration is quietly supporting renewal of provisions of the George W. Bush-era USA Patriot Act that civil libertarians say infringe on basic freedoms.
Forced labour and rape, the new face of slavery in America
In the Midwestern heartland, police are encountering a new social evil: trafficking, often involving women and children who are forced to work as prostitutes or unpaid labour; and the outcomes can be brutal.
On Federal Health Care Reform Constitutionality: Congress, Use the Article V Safety Valve
By Paul Galvin
In writing their Constitution the Framers set out a list of the “few and defined” powers (Madison, Fed. No. 45) that the people and the states were willing to cede to the then newly created government.
British climate change scientists ‘conspired to keep sceptics in the dark’
Scientists at a British climate change research centre discussed ways of dodging Freedom of Information Act requests to release temperature data, it is claimed.
Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward climate skeptics
Electronic files that were stolen from a prominent climate research center and made public last week provide a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes battle to shape the public perception of global warming.
EU president wants Copenhagen to give us “global management” of planet
Sure, this talk of the warmists at Copenhagen planning a new “world government” is crazy. I just wish the warmists wouldn’t talk of it themselves.
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