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on June 15, 2015 in World News

Duceppe looks to Scotland for proof separatism can rise again

Duceppe looks to Scotland for proof separatism can rise again by Michelle Zilio, CTVNews.ca @michellezilio Returning Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe is looking to the success of Scottish National Party (SNP) in the U.K. as proof that his separatist party can rise again. In response to a question about Quebecers’ seeming disinterest in separation from Canada, Duceppe defended his party’s sovereingtist cause, referencing the SNP victory in the recent U.K. election. “Look at what happened in Scotland. The Scots used to vote for the Labour (Party) for years. During the referendum, they saw the Labour working together hand-in-hand with the… View Article

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on June 15, 2015 in World News

Carmakers say adios to Canada as Mexico shifts into higher gear

Carmakers say adios to Canada as Mexico shifts into higher gear Mexico now makes more cars than Canada, a trend that’s not expected to change There’s little more than a weeded-over parking lot outside the former Freightliner truck factory in St. Thomas, a small town about a 30-minute drive south of London, Ont. Not long ago, the site was a hive of busy autoworkers. But in 2008, German automaker Daimler closed the shop and moved production offshore, part of a $600-million cost-cutting plan that saw 1,400 people thrown out of work. A plumbing component maker has since taken over part… View Article

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on June 15, 2015 in World News

Unless the NDP stumbles in Quebec, Trudeau cannot win

Unless the NDP stumbles in Quebec, Trudeau cannot win by JOHN IBBITSON The Globe and Mail Readers are right to complain that political journalists focus too much on polls, obsessing on the electoral horse race rather than on the substance of the party platforms. But sometimes you do need to pay attention to the horse race, and this is one of those times. Why? Because if the NDP can sustain its recent gains in francophone Quebec, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals cannot win the next election. It’s as simple as that. A CROP poll in late May showed the NDP with 42… View Article

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on June 15, 2015 in World News

American empire imploding both at home & abroad

American empire imploding both at home & abroad by John Wight he crisis and chaos engulfing the Middle East and Ukraine is evidence of US imperial decline, as Washington learns the harsh lesson that no empire lasts forever. In the wake of the Vietnam War – the end of which was marked by news footage of US personnel and a select few Vietnamese collaborators being evacuated from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon in 1975 – the United States entered a prolonged period of decline when it came to its ability to embark on major military operations. For… View Article

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on June 15, 2015 in World News

Veteran Threatened With Arrest for Living Off-the-Grid

Veteran Threatened With Arrest for Living Off-the-Grid A Huntsville, Alabama couple is being told they cannot live off-the-grid. The couple, who live in a self-sustaining home powered by solar panels, does not use any city utilities. But Huntsville officials claim that this isn’t allowed. “We live out here off the grid, 100 percent self-sustaining,” said Tyler Truitt. “So I basically made all my utilities: I have my solar panels, I have my rainwater collection and stuff.” Truitt is a veteran who is now having his rights trampled. He and his girlfriend, Soraya Hamar, are be threatened with arrest if they… View Article

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on June 15, 2015 in World News

‘You Can’t Have People Walking Around With Guns’

Bill Clinton: ‘You Can’t Have People Walking Around With Guns’ “I used to tell people when we did Bosnia, Kosovo anything like that, you get enough people with weapons around and there will be unattended consequences.” Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” former President Bill Clinton told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the Baltimore and Ferguson civil unrest is a result of too many, “people walking around with guns” combined with a lack community trust. Clinton said, “The Baltimore thing came on the heels of what happened in Ferguson, what happened in New York City and all these other places…. View Article

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on June 14, 2015 in World News

Children Band Together to Stop the Cops from Hauling an Innocent Elderly Woman Off to Jail

Children Band Together to Stop the Cops from Hauling an Innocent Elderly Woman Off to Jail Thanks to the local community Gerry Suttle is now longer considered a criminal. By Matt Agorist Thursday, the Free Thought Project reported the story of 75-year-old Gerry Suttle, who had a warrant out for her arrest because her grass was not within the arbitrary confines of the state’s regulations. Suttle, who never had so much as a speeding ticket, was shocked when she found out that she was a wanted fugitive. But she showed no fear, stating that if they wanted her, they could… View Article

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on June 14, 2015 in World News

Merck mumps vaccines are a total fraud

Merck mumps vaccines are a total fraud: Company can only provide the courts with efficacy data from 50 years ago A pair of former Big Pharma scientists have accused their former employer, Merck & Co., of falsifying tests of an exclusive mumps vaccine in recently filed court papers, charges they say the pharmaceutical giant has yet to answer. Lawyers at Constantine Cannon, the firm representing the scientists, have asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne Sitarski of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to force the company to respond to their request for discovery, which seeks to compel the company to provide efficacy… View Article

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on June 14, 2015 in World News

FDA pushing new regulations to shut down small-scale, artisanal food producers

FDA pushing new regulations to shut down small-scale, artisanal food producers The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is attempting to sidestep an amendment to the infamous Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that was originally intended to exempt small food producers from having to comply with excessively burdensome food safety protocols appropriate only for large factory producers. The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA) recently issued an “Action Alert” calling on the health freedom community to contact the FDA and demand that the agency relent in trying to pass a new rule that would make it difficult, if not impossible,… View Article

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on June 14, 2015 in World News

Government to tax consumers who store their own renewable energy

Government to tax consumers who store their own renewable energy Amounts due will discourage use of new devices such as the Tesla Powerwall battery Only off-grid consumers will be able to use batteries without being penalized The Spanish government is planning to tax homes that produce their own energy through solar power and store some of it using batteries. A draft decree prepared by the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry establishes a new fee to discourage the use of batteries or other storage systems by people who produce electricity, with solar or photovoltaic panels for instance, and who are connected… View Article

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