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on December 27, 2015 in World News

Government accused of launching ‘attack on local democracy’ with new council investment rule

Government accused of launching ‘attack on local democracy’ with new council investment rule Curb on local authorities’ right to divest from companies they regard as unethical could be slipped through Parliament The Government has been accused of launching a “direct attack on local democracy” by preparing to slip through Parliament an unprecedented curb on councils divesting from trade and investments they regard as unethical. Councillors, MPs and a wide range of NGOs fear that the move, which they complain will be forced through the Commons without proper scrutiny, could stop local authorities refusing to trade with, or include in their… View Article

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on December 27, 2015 in World News

Public hearings, two Trudeaus and ‘reefer madness’ fear-mongering

 The long war over marijuana legalization by Ian MacLeod, Postmedia News By 1971, marijuana’s scent hung over most of Canada. Some 1.5 million folks had taken at least one drag on a joint. Hundreds of thousands were regularly firing up, grooving to Three Dog Night and learning from the leaked Pentagon Papers that the U.S. administration had lied about the Vietnam War. Convictions for simple pot possession exploded: from 431 in 1967 to 5,399 in 1970 and 8,389 in 1971. More than half were against otherwise law-abiding baby boomers under 21 who would now carry criminal records along with their university… View Article

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on December 27, 2015 in World News

Of course I have guns. And I shoot them

By Bill Borrows Hollywood hotshot Kurt Russell’s got the perfect qualifications for the new Tarantino film. But, as he tells Event, he’s no stranger to violence: his first acting job was to kick Elvis in the shin! ‘Sure I believe in the right to bear arms, as guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the American constitution,’ explains 64-year-old Kurt Russell, Hollywood A-lister and long-term partner of Goldie Hawn. He is not ranting or raving in his luxurious hotel suite in the West End of London. Far from it. This dapper and urbane man is sitting one leg crossed over the… View Article

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on December 26, 2015 in World News

Russian blitzing campaign against ISIS will remain ‘front and centre’ for Putin

THE RUSSIAN military campaign to obliterate Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Syria will remain a “front and centre” priority for President Vladimir Putin in 2016, according to a former British ambassador. By Levi Winchester Russia is battling economic chaos at home after being hammered by Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis, falling oil prices, and a weakening rouble.But while the crippled economy has hit the county and its people hard, former British ambassador to Russia Sir Tony Brenton has predicted President Putin will still continue to plough money into his military campaign. Russia has been pounding ISIS jihadis, also… View Article

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on December 26, 2015 in World News

Switzerland to hold referendum on banning private banks from creating money

A radical initiative to strip private banks of their power to “create money” and make it exclusively a central bank privilege has gathered enough support for the Swiss government to announce a referendum on the issue. A vote in favor may result in a return to 100 percent reserve banking. “Banks won’t be able to create money for themselves anymore, they’ll only be able to lend money that they have from savers or other banks, or even, if necessary, money that the Swiss National Bank has provided them,” the campaign said in a statement on their petition website. As soon the… View Article

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on December 26, 2015 in World News

Pentagon refuses to share intel on ISIS until Moscow’s stance on Assad changes

Washington will not share intelligence data on Islamic State positions in Syria and will not accept Moscow’s offer to cooperate on rooting out terrorism until Moscow changes its position on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s future, the Pentagon said. Ever since the start of the Russian campaign in Syria in late September, Moscow has been offering to share information with the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), urging Washington to reciprocate. After months of extensive diplomatic efforts by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and the Kremlin, the Pentagon is still refusing to enter the proposed… View Article

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on December 26, 2015 in World News

TIME Magazine Person of the Year admits multiculturalism is a grand delusion

 by: J. D. Heyes Time magazine chose German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, as their “Person of the Year,” in part for her wide acceptance of hundreds of thousands of Syrian and other Middle Eastern refugees and migrants over the past months, even to the point of creating angst among many Germans. As reported by Agence France Presse: The venerable American magazine lauded Merkel as the indispensable player in managing the prospect of Greek bankruptcy threatening the Eurozone, and the migrant and refugee crisis. “For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well… View Article

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on December 26, 2015 in World News

The 10 ways Obama has actively sought to destroy America

by: J. D. Heyes Most Americans don’t want to believe they could elect a president who would actively seek to undermine the country and destroy many of our fundamental institutions, but after nearly seven years of onetime community organizer Barack Hussein Obama as president, millions of voters are convinced that he came to office specifically with an agenda to take the United States down several notches. In fact, many Americans believe that Obama even admitted as much, albeit in a cryptic sort of way, when he declared just five days before the November 2008 election that he wanted to “fundamentally… View Article

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on December 26, 2015 in World News

Russia says its strikes reduce oil smuggling to Turkey

Russia said Friday that trucks loaded with oil continue to cross from Syria into Turkey but in lesser numbers thanks to its bombing campaign against Islamic State jihadists. “Oil tank trucks are continuing to cross the Syrian-Turkish border,” the defence ministry said in a statement. Citing intelligence data, Moscow said the number of oil tankers moving along the so-called northern route towards a refinery in the Turkish city of Batman had gone down. The same could be seen along the western route leading to Reyhanli and Iskenderun, the two Turkish cities on the Mediterranean coast, the ministry said. “The number… View Article

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