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on November 17, 2014 in World News

DuPont chemical leak kills 4, alerts residents in Texas

DuPont chemical leak kills 4, alerts residents in Texas Four DuPont employees were killed and another injured when a toxic chemical was spilled at its plant in La Porte, Texas, on Saturday morning. Residents of the city complained of a persistent “funny smell” after the incident. The company would not immediately identify the victims of the spill. The emergency started at around 4 a.m. local time. It took repair crews two hours to replace a ruptured valve in the crop protection unit and contain the chemical. The confirmation of fatalities was released 12 hours after the incident. The chemical spilled… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

China opens up $4.2tn stock market to world via Hong Kong

China opens up $4.2tn stock market to world via Hong Kong he Chinese mainland is now open for business, at least in terms of its $4.2 trillion capital market. The Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges are now linked giving foreign investors access to the tightly-controlled Chinese capital markets. Stock Connect debuted on November 17, and for the first time, stocks on both markets can be traded freely, a major step in China’s roadmap to liberalize its economy. The landmark agreement will give international investors a lot more options- 568 Shanghai-listed stocks and 268 Hong Kong-listed companies. Foreign investors will… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

accine flu shots still contains 25 micrograms mercury

Vaccine flu shots still contains 25 micrograms mercury – 100 times the concentration of ‘mercury-loaded’ fish Nobody asks the nurse for the box or the insert when they get a flu shot. At least, I’ve never known anyone who said they did or do. Why not? We flip over food and beverage products all the time, to check for contaminants or stuff that we’re allergic to. Millions of Americans are getting injected every year with 100 times the mercury they’re worried about in fish, because they read about the salmon or tuna in some newspaper clip or saw a quick… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

Third of Canadians believe politicians frequently accept bribes

Third of Canadians believe politicians frequently accept bribes A new study conducted by the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University shows a third of Canadians believe politicians frequently accept bribes and that one in five voters has stopped voting because of perceived political corruption. In an interview on West Block with Tom Clark, Hershell Ezrin, co-author of the study, said the findings were troublesome. “They believe that, generally speaking, all politicians are doing things that are really quite awful and they are lying to parliament, they are lying to the media, they’re lying to their constituents, they are… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

Conrad Black selling part of Bridle Path property for $7.2 million

Conrad Black selling part of Bridle Path property for $7.2 million Property listed as 24 Park Lane Circle severed from his estate at 26 Park Lane Circle, where former media mogul lives with wife Barbara Amiel. Fancy having Conrad Black for a neighbour? The former media mogul has quietly put a portion of his Bridle Path property in Toronto up for sale with an asking price of $7.2 million. The 2.8-acre parcel in one of Canada’s most exclusive neighbourhoods is described in real estate marketing material as among the area’s “most coveted and admired plots of land” and “the ideal… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

Obama Met With Ferguson Activists – Said He’s Concerned They “Stay on Course”

Obama Met With Ferguson Activists – Said He’s Concerned They “Stay on Course” Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 16, 2014, 7:38 PM President Obama met with Ferguson protest leaders on November 5th, the day after the midterm elections. The meeting was not on his daily schedule. He was concerned that the protesters “stay on course.” What does that mean? And why is the president meeting with the violent Mike Brown protesters before a verdict is reached in the court case? But leaders here say that is the nature of a movement that has taken place, in part, on… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

Oregon immigration vote is a warning for Obama

Oregon immigration vote is a warning for Obama The fate of a little-noticed ballot measure in strongly Democratic Oregon serves as a warning to President Barack Obama and his party about the political perils of immigration policy. Even as Oregon voters were legalizing recreational marijuana and expanding Democratic majorities in state government, they decided by a margin of 66-34 to cancel a new state law that would have provided driver’s licenses to people who are in the United States illegally. Obama is considering acting on his own, as early as this week, to possibly shield from deportation up to 5… View Article

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on November 17, 2014 in World News

Sixth Gruber Video Reveals Lies Told to Sell Obamacare’s ‘Mislabeled’ Tax Breaks

Sixth Gruber Video Reveals Lies Told to Sell Obamacare’s ‘Mislabeled’ Tax Breaks A sixth video of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber surfaced, where he explains how Democrats lied to sell Obamacare to the “stupid voters,” this time noting how taxes were purposefully “mislabeled” to get the bill passed. The newest video shows Gruber talking about the lies shoring up Obamacare and features his explanation of how taxes for employer-based healthcare insurance policies were purposefully mislabeled. He also noted that the writers of the bill took pains to hide from voters whom these taxes would hit. Gruber was addressing the “Cadillac tax,”… View Article

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on November 16, 2014 in World News

More Federal Agencies Are Using Undercover Operations

More Federal Agencies Are Using Undercover Operations The federal government has significantly expanded undercover operations in recent years, with officers from at least 40 agencies posing as business people, welfare recipients, political protesters and even doctors or ministers to ferret out wrongdoing, records and interviews show. At the Supreme Court, small teams of undercover officers dress as students at large demonstrations outside the courthouse and join the protests to look for suspicious activity, according to officials familiar with the practice. At the Internal Revenue Service, dozens of undercover agents chase suspected tax evaders worldwide, by posing as tax preparers, accountants… View Article

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