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GOP approves bill to prohibit the DOJ from using departmental funds to defend against legal challenges to Obamacare.

Liberals held more secret meetings than Tories: analysis - The Canadian Press

Date: Sunday May. 13, 2012 2:51 PM ET

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper's Conservatives have been accused of using their majority to hide too much House of Commons committee business behind closed doors.

But an analysis of Library of Parliament data for the last decade shows the championship title for secretive committee work actually belongs to former prime minister Paul Martin's Liberals.

Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120513/harper-secret-liberals-120413/#ixzz1uo6Tmf43

"Now, who's up for fourteen minutes of excruciating toss?"

   EBD at May 13, 2012 10:03 PM ...   GOP approves bill....

EBD:   Your link seems to be broken?   This one works better
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I thinks you missed something important...

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/black-caviars-21st-was-all-about-teamwork-on-track-20120513-1ykqk.html

Attn. Bob Barker, Bridget Bardot, Paul Watson needs more of your money... http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/sea-shepherds-paul-watson-arrested-in-germany-on-outstanding-arrest-warrant-151320405.html

  Obama's got a bridge he'd like to sell ya!
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We're from the Government. We are here to help you.

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"Transportation Safety Board on scene, seeking witnesses in Saskatchewan plane crash"
(G-M)

Mao Stlong* Lepolt/Neo-AGW Progress Report:

Yerps all cowalds, say UNaBomber Mao.

>>> "The European Parliament has pulled out of the UN's Rio forum on sustainable development in June because the rooms are exorbitant."

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"World edges closer to deflationary slump as money contracts in China"

"All key indicators of China's money supply are flashing warning signs. The broader measures have slumped to stagnation levels not seen since the late 1990s."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9263196/World-edges-closer-to-deflationary-slump-as-money-contracts-in-China.html

*Liberal leader Rae's uncle Maurice Strong, c/o Red China.

With Greece's elite losing hope of avoiding a Bucharest Christmas as soon as July, the rats continue to leave the sinking ship in their thousands, taking the nation's birthright (and the life savings of untold numbers of European pensioners) with them. Reuters reports:

Worsening financial and political turmoil in southern Europe caused a surge of interest in London property last month with buyers from Greece and Spain showing strongly among investors seeking a safe haven for their money.

The number of Greeks searching for homes costing more than 1.5 million pounds ($2.4 million) [emphasis mine] on the website of property agent Savills jumped 39 percent in April compared with the average of the preceding six months, the company said...

Reuters quotes a Greek emigre in London:

"There is real and justified fear on the streets of Greece at the moment. People are going hungry and those with money feel threatened by kidnap. My banker friends in Greece tell me about nine billion euros left the country after the election."

Most buyers are reluctant to talk publicly, said one estate agent who specialises in helping wealthy Greek buyers find London real estate.

"With the Greek tax system the way it is, these people don't want others to know how much they are moving out of the country or where they are putting it," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/13/londonproperty-idUSL5E8GB8RI20120513

no....no, no, no, NO !!!
varying output in that massive nuclear reactor in the sky isn't like that of other stars that scientists always take into account to define a 'habitable zone' when they look for new planets...that only affects THEM...our star has no effect at all on the Earth's temperature...it's only C02 and only manmade C02 that has any effect at all...gore and suzuki said so, therefore it must be so...or maybe it's dinosaur farts.

Research considers solar cooling period

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/6896557/Research-considers-solar-cooling-period

German researchers considering a sudden drop in temperatures in Europe 2800 years ago and an increase in windiness are linking the changes to a 'solar minimum'.

Scientists at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences analysed sediment in Lake Meerfelder Maar.

Dr Achim Brauer of the GFZ said the research showed there was an increase in humidity and windiness at the same time as the sustained reduction in solar activity - a solar minimum.

He said the measurements of lake sediment allow precise dating of short-term climate changes.

The theory that increased solar activity affects weather on Earth is relatively new.

It was first noticed in the 1970s when the American astronomer Jack Eddy noticed a strong correlation between historic weather records and accounts of solar activity.

He noticed that a 'quiet' sun correlates with cold weather and a 'manic' phase means warmer conditions.

Hmmm...I think our glorious Ministry of Education may have missed something important in their assessment of Sask's math curriculum.

"The government said the concerns, and a petition from a group called the Western Initiative for Strengthening Education in Math, led to an assignment for MLAs Russ Marchuk and Gene Makowsky to host eight consultation meetings with teachers and school administrators".

What about meeting with parents and the math profs who expressed concern? Is it really any wonder that the teachers and administrators who implemented Math Makes Sense support their own decision.

There is one mention of parents.

"The announcement on Friday afternoon added that some work will be done to help parents understand the new math curriculum, before it is introduced in more school divisions."

No, thanks. I've skimmed one of the textbooks and helping parents understand is not the problem. The problem is that the curriculum is fuzzy and not rigorous enough. I'll stick with teaching my kids real math after school and on holidays.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2012/05/11/sk-new-math-curriculum-120511.html

maybe they'll keep him in jail this time...or arrest some more of them

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/2012/05/14/19756241.html

Environmental group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is calling for the release of its Canadian founder, Cpt. Paul Watson, who was arrested Sunday in Germany.

Watson is wanted in Cost Rica for alleged violation of ship traffic in 2002

ummmm..nope..I got nuthin'...
someone else make the necessary comment on this one..

Sex toys worth £11,000 stolen

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9264385/Sex-toys-worth-11000-stolen.html

Sex toys worth £11,000 have been stolen by burglars who raided a mail order company, police said.

AGW Fraud: H/T Ontario's Red-Green socialist McGuinty et al.

"Mayor still sold on green energy

Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis said the problem isn't with the green energy manufacturing industry. The problem is the inability for energy producers to hook up with the grid."

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"Green energy leaves Windsor with broken promises"

"Eight companies have promised up to 1,480 jobs in Windsor and haven't delivered"

"The green energy sector has not delivered to Windsor the number of jobs several firms collectively promised during the last three years.

Through media releases, public announcements and media coverage of grand openings, CBC News has learned that eight companies promised they would fill up to 1,480 jobs in the alternative energy sector by the end of 2012.

To date, three of those companies are operating in Windsor and employ approximately 262 people."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2012/05/14/wdr-green-energy-jobs.html

10 years ago today when the Liberals were in power:

One CDN Dollar was worth .64 cents US.

It cost $1.56 + service charge to buy US dollars.

Today--One CDN dollar is worth $1.04 US.

Red-Black-Green Alert! Socialists in Meltdown.

"prepare for a doomsday scenario."

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"Money meltdown: 48 hours to save the Euro as Greece faces turmoil"

"The panic caused billions of pounds to be wiped of the share value of Britain’s biggest companies today"

"Europe was on the brink of financial meltdown tonight as Greece’s political crisis threatened to bring down the single currency.

Opposition parties in debt-stricken Athens have until Thursday to form a government or face the turmoil of a fresh election.

The crucial next 48 hours will also see the first meeting between France’s new anti-austerity president Francois Hollande and Germany’s Angela Merkel tomorrow, which could see them clash over the future of the EU.

As the panic caused billions of pounds to be wiped of the share value of Britain’s biggest companies today, European finance ministers held emergency talks in Brussels to prepare for a doomsday scenario."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/48-hours-to-save-the-euro-as-greece-833287

If The Truth Will Set You Free, What Will the MSM Do?

I was going to write a satire of the mainstream news media this week but the Washington Post beat me to it. Proving that they are spiraling toward irrelevance and bankruptcy the old fashioned way — by earning it! — the Post ran a hit piece on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney that managed to be both irrelevant and suspect, if not altogether untrue.

http://pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/2012/05/14/if-the-truth-will-set-you-free-what-will-the-msm-do/