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on July 10, 2014 in World News

Cochran Officials Destroying Mississippi Election Evidence

True the Vote Alleges Pro-Cochran Officials Destroying Mississippi Election Evidence, Files Restraining Order National conservative election integrity organization True The Vote has asked a federal judge to issue a restraining order against the Mississippi Republican Party, alleging that the state GOP may be engaged in the destruction of evidence of alleged voter fraud from the June 24 GOP primary runoff. “Defendant county commissioners have continued to violate federal law by preventing access to election records. Now, we think we know why,” True The Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht said in a statement. “If the affidavits we now have regarding the destruction… View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

Hillary Clinton says she supports GMOs

Hillary Clinton says she supports GMOs The darling of the Democratic Party, Hillary Rodham Clinton, says she supports genetically modified food, making her no different from most other American politicians from both major political parties. In a recent speech before the world’s largest biotechnology meeting in San Diego, Clinton — who commands speaking fees of about $225,000 per speech — was enthusiastic in her support for the use of GMOs in farming and agriculture in general. She also spoke positively of using taxpayer-funded federal financial subsidies as payoffs to American companies, to keep them from relocating outside the United States…. View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

Lord Lawson: BBC has banned me

Lord Lawson: BBC has banned me because of my climate change scepticism Former chancellor accuses ‘Stalinist’ BBC of silencing debate about climate change after it bowed to complaints over his comments on Radio 4’s Today programme Nigel Lawson, the former chancellor, has claimed the BBC has banned him from debating climate change at the corporation. Lord Lawson, who has written about global warming, said the corporation is silencing debate on global warming since he was on the Radio 4 Today programme in February. The climate change sceptic accuses the “Stalinist” BBC of bowing to pressure from those with renewable energy… View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

Trudeau’s carbon tax will hurt Canada’s economy

Trudeau’s carbon tax will hurt Canada’s economy Carbon pricing” is simply a euphemism for “carbon tax.” When a politician talks about establishing a price on carbon in the name of stopping global warming (as federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau frequently does), what he really means is he wants to tax oil production, manufacturing and private vehicle use in the hope that by punishing energy companies, manufacturers and drivers he can force them to reduce their emissions. However, no market exists for carbon emissions except where governments force companies to buy or sell “carbon credits.” Therefore, there is no such thing… View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

Rob Ford silent

Rob Ford silent following report he was ‘disruptive’ in rehab Newspaper reports Ford pushed others, was verbally abusive in two-month rehab stint Toronto Mayor Rob Ford walked past reporters at city hall Wednesday morning with no comment after a report published in the Toronto Star claiming Ford shoved, fought and was verbally abusive with other rehab residents at GreeneStone, a rehabilitation centre north of the city. The Star story described Ford’s behaviour at the Muskoka, Ont., area rehab centre as “disruptive” which contrasted Ford’s own words on his two-month stint there. In an interview with CBC’s Dwight Drummond on last… View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

Ex-MP Ianno joins lawsuit against Liberals

Ex-MP Ianno joins lawsuit against Liberals Former cabinet minister Tony Ianno has joined a libel suit launched by his wife, Christine Innes, after she was barred from running for the Liberals in the recent Trinity-Spadina byelection. In April, Innes filed suit against Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and the co-chair of his Ontario campaign team, David MacNaughton, claiming $1.5 million in damages to her reputation. Now Ianno is seeking another $1.5 million for damage to his reputation, lost business opportunities and emotional suffering. He is suing only MacNaughton, not Trudeau. Innes was barred in March from running in the Trinity-Spadina byelection… View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

State Department right of Kiev to apply airstrikes on civilians

State Department right of Kiev to apply airstrikes on civilians US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said to reporters at a press briefing that the Ukrainian government has every right to conduct attacks on civilians, as this upholds the unity of the country. According to US State Department spokesman Jen Psaki, the Ukrainian government defends the country, inflicting air strikes on civilians in the east of the country. She stated this today at a regular meeting with reporters. Psaki justified Kiev’s actions in relation to the militia. Asked by the RT reporter Gayane Chichakyan of civilians who are suffering from… View Article

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on July 9, 2014 in World News

Escalating Domestic Warfare

Escalating Domestic Warfare Between the War on Drugs and the War on Terror, the United States has witnessed a transformation of its law enforcement, from lightly armed neighborhood policemen to militarized units deploying weapons of warfare, including armored personnel carriers, as Brian J. Trautman explains. By Brian J. Trautman Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report titled “War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing,” shedding much needed light on the emergence of a militarist ethos in policing across the nation. In a review of public records, such as incident reports, requested from more than… View Article

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