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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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on November 16, 2014 in World News

BRICS discuss ratification of new Bank, $100 bn CRA

BRICS discuss ratification of new Bank, $100 bn CRA Leaders of the five BRICS nations have met in Brisbane on Saturday ahead of the annual G20 Summit, aimed at boosting trade and economic ties between the group. The leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Jacob Zuma and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff discussed ratifying the newly formed $100 billion BRICS Bank and the $100 billion Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA) by parliaments in the five countries. “They [the BRICS leaders] asked their Finance Ministers to designate the President and the… View Article

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on November 16, 2014 in World News

Obama ‘There Are Certain Things I Cannot Do’ Unilaterally on Immigration

Obama ‘There Are Certain Things I Cannot Do’ Unilaterally on Immigration On Sunday, President Barack Obama conceded that there are some things he “cannot do” unilaterally on immigration. At a G20 press conference in Australia, Obama was asked why in years past he has said he could not act as an “emperor” or a “king” to “just do things by myself” on immigration. He was also asked what has changed since then and what, if any, his limits were. Obama, who has previously said that his “job is to execute laws that have passed,” claimed that his position actually has… View Article

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on November 16, 2014 in World News

Cops cuff, detain man for having legal guns

Cops cuff, detain man for having legal guns ‘Possessing one can now get you pulled over, searched, arrested without ever having committed a crime’ A court case is developing in Virginia after a man was ordered at gunpoint to the ground, handcuffed, taken to a police station and detained – all for carrying two guns he owns. Legally. A complaint has been filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond on behalf of Brandon Howard over “the unlawful arrest and detention” in violation of the First, Second, Fourth and 14th Amendments. Howard was protesting Barack Obama’s presidency, calling for his impeachment,… View Article

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on November 16, 2014 in World News

Holder Takes Death Penalty off Table for Gang Members Charged with Killing Cop

Holder Takes Death Penalty off Table for Gang Members Charged with Killing Cop On November 14, federal prosecutors made it clear that Attorney General Eric Holder has “taken the death penalty off the table” for four men charged in the gang-related murder of Waynesboro, Virginia, police officer, Captain Kevin Quick. The Daily Progress reports that 45-year-old Quick was reported missing on February 1. His body was found days later. Siblings Daniel Mathis, Shantai Shelton, and Mersadies Shelton have been charged in the death. A fourth person, Kweli Uhuru, has also been charged. All four men “belong to the Bloods gang… View Article

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