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On May 1, 2011, President Obama announced to the United States that Osama bin Laden had been killed. This is the full text of that speech.
Terrorist leader's body buried at sea; Americans rejoice: "DNA testing underway after the mastermind of 9/11was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. 'I never thought this day would come,' says a reveler. FULL ...
For Immediate Release: May 2, 2011Contacts:Sharon Wilson, Gulf Region Organizer: 469 293-1338Gwen Lachelt, OGAP Director: 970 344-4080Leading oil and gas reform organization expands presence in Gulf RegionDu...
That's the title of the very first example of Gonzo Journalism, by Hunter S. Thompson, and also marked the beginning of his famous collaboration with the artist Ralph Steadman. Back in his hometown to wri...
My friend at Off the Kuff pointed out this burning irony last night.May 1, 2003: President George W. Bush landed in a jet on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast and, in a speech...
*She may be (tangentially) better than Blunt or Talent but McCaskill is no Benton* Thomas Hart Benton was Missouri's first senator, a Democrat who renounced slavery when his party and the powers in his ow...
The dire implications of this latest surreal ploy. Analysis by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 2, 2011 - It has already been illustrated that the corporate-financier oligarchs have committed themsel...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Jung's influence has been keenly felt among screenwriters, novelists, and 'literati' who often speak of a "character's shadow", one of several "archetypes", a mirror...
The Globe half heartedly endorses Harper, Coyne half heartedly endorses the Liberals, and the Economist calls Harper "the least bad option". Even the Sun throws a dozen caveats at their endorsement of Harp...
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Reportedly this is Osama bin Laden with Zbigniew Brzezinski (* See note about the photo) *1.* *Osama bin Laden and the Jewish Mafia * The newspaper Scotland on Sunday reported 16/9/ 2001 that Osama bin ...
Geologists have wondered about the high plateau ever since early explorers stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
On Twitter, the number of "tweets" topped 4,000 per second after President Obama announced the killing of Al-Qaeda leader.
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] *Egyptian*-born doctor and medical doctor *Ayman al-Zawahri* is *al Qaeda's*second-in-command probable to do well Osama bin Laden subsequent his killing in a fi...
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Joyous at the let go of a decade's aggravation, *Americans *streamed to the site of the World Trade Center, the gates of the *White House* and smaller but no l...
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] *Osama bin Laden*, the face of global terrorism and draftsman of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then...
In January, Andy Strominger and friends posted a very interesting paper Geometry for every solution of Navier-Stokes (TRF) Today, Andy Strominger and Vyacheslav Lysov offer their extraordinary concis...
Most people might think that lighters are the modern way to light a fire. The truth is, lighters were invented before matches. The first lighters were used in the sixteenth centure and the flame was prod...
Globalists cartoonishly pull rabbit from hat in desperate act of misdirection. by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 2, 2011 - We were knowingly told verified lies to invade and occupy Iraq. We were l...
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And so we wake up this morning to news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Countless trees will die as newspapers bring us details and analysis but the BBCs instant reaction has been interesting - especially as ...
President Obama heralded *Osama bin Laden's* death as a major milestone in the war against al Qaeda, and "justice" for family of the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.Obama said the operation ca...
*Osama bin Laden at Oxford (on the right)* In 1931, Osama bin Laden's father, Mohammed, set up the the BinLaden Group. The group deals in publishing, banking, construction, property and transport and is ...
A street scene in Zabid, Yemen. Photo: Franco Pecchio / Creative Commons via TreeHugger. Approximately, one year ago, I blogged about the water crisis in the nation of Yemen resulting in water riots with ...
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, said President Barack Obama in a televised address nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks.
On Sunday, May 1, 2011, another chapter was written in Washington's historic comedy play. The death of Osama Bin Laden was officially announced by President Barack Obama on television as cheering crowds g...
Syrian tanks have fired into the old quarter of Daraa for the first time as more reinforcements rolled into the under siege city. Daraa has been without water, fuel or electricity since Monday when govern...
I'll follow up tomorrow with a round-up of all the final polls and projections but for now, here's the running average. For those just tuning in, I assign weights to all polls based on sample size, the po...
I learned about the news because 1/3 of the TRF traffic this morning was directed to articles about Osama bin Laden. *Although many Obama's voters would prefer if this were how Osama should be treated, ...
Osama Bin Laden has been killed by the U.S. military after a decade-long hunt to avenge the 9/11 attacks. The leader of Al Qaeda was killed by a bomb along with some members of his family in a strike on ...
Brutal dictator Robert Mugabe sidestepped a European travel ban to attend the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican yesterday. The Zimbabwean president was able to join the crowd of 1....
Osama Bin Laden has been killed by the U.S. military after a decade-long hunt to avenge the 9/11 attacks. The leader of Al Qaeda was killed by a bomb along with some members of his family in a strike on ...
The most prominent face of terror in America and beyond, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Sunday night. Bin Laden was the leader of al Qaeda, the terrorist network behind ...
With the Republican Party now dedicated to making their corporate donors' dreams come true by defunding and gutting the EPA, the American Lung Association just released an annual report showing that almos...
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Hedge funds increased their bets against the dollar to a massive $28.6bn (£17.1bn) in advance of Ben Bernanke's historic first press conference as chairman of the Federal Reserve last week. The sum held ...
Three important things you need to know before watching this video: Thing #1: It is, in the end, nothing more than a giant infomercial. Thing #2: It's being posted because the first two thirds (the last ...
Imagine a government that doesn't operate for the benefit of a handful of CEOs and international investors. A government that cultivates the best in its citizens, that represents everything good and decen...
*EKOS* poll of 2,690 Canadians April 29-May1. Regionals at link. *Seat Projections * 1) CPC 130 to 146 seats 2) NDP 103 to 123 seats 3) LPC 36 to 46 seats 4) BQ 10-20 seats 5) GP 1 seat .
Osama bin Laden is dead, sources told CNN Sunday night. A senior U.S. official tells CNN that Osama bin Laden was killed by the U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along wi...
I've already profiled close races in BC, Alberta, the Prairies, Atlantic Canada, and Quebec. I finish off tonight in Ontario. While Quebec will decide who moves into Stornoway, Ontario will decide whether...
*"[T]here is only one person in the world who writes letters of that length. She is a sister-in-law of mine living in Indianapolis, and when she sits down to write a letter, she holds nothing back. But sh...
Shai Agassi, the founder of Better Place, the most sophisticated electric-car enterprise in the world, projects the ebullient confidence of a man facing a giant wave of money. "Within less than this decade...
Donald Trump is very proud of himself for forcing President Obama to release his birth certificate, ending the debate over whether he was legally fit to lead the country. But not everything the Donald has ...
Like a lot of other college seniors, Alexandra Leumer got her introduction to the heady and hazardous world of law school scholarships in the form of a letter bearing very good news. The Golden Gate Univer...
(It was concluded that it would be safer to simply allow a flock of sparrows to land the plane instead of FAA employees... jk.) The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday replaced three high-level mana...
Glenn Robins is grossed out. As a frequent traveler, he assumed the sheets on hotel beds are changed between guests. But a new TV ad by the Hampton Inn chain calls that assumption into question. It shows ...
PREPARE YOURSELF. THE TIME OF COMPLACENCY IS OVER. THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW. These methods were compiled by Dr. Gene Sharp and first published in his 1973 book, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Vol. 2: The...
Monday, 18 April 2011, 12:22 pm Column: Kourosh Ziabari Breathing a word of truth about 9/11 will kill your career: Kevin Barrett Interview by Kourosh Ziabari Kevin Barrett is a renowned American journalis...
Please Manipulate, Exploit, Oppress and Enslave Me. Or; Ignorance Is Bliss. A Tea Party wish list. Be careful what you wish for. They do want lots of good jobs for working Americans. (Who doesn't? Oh yeah!...
Why America is really so concerned about the push for democracy in the Middle East. A Brief Refresher Course in History. America is the spawn of empire building and from the start has itself engaged heavil...
Psychopathology, Parasitism And Totalitarianism. Whilst doing research online I sometimes come across some really fascinating, albeit unrelated, information. One small joy of life in a world that becomes g...
The Reality of Environmental Destruction; Nature Doesn't Care What You Believe. A Simple, Fun Project You Can Try At Home! For those of you who believe that global environmental issues are something you ne...
Correspondence With The Empire; an attempt to make a difference. Without monetary reform we cannot go forward and we cannot address any of the crucial issues facing us. Most importantly, without such refor...
The decision is in the hands of a federal judge who heard arguments over a plan to intentionally break a Mississippi River levee. Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. heard arguments from attorneys for Missouri an...
Army chiefs from Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Algeria are on alert as the crisis in nearby Libya deteriorates, placing the entire region at risk, a military source said Saturday. Speaking after a meeting F...
Shattered glass litters the carpet at the Libyan Down's Syndrome Society, and dust covers pictures of grinning children that adorn the hallway, thrown into darkness by a NATO strike early on Saturday. It...
A top Iranian military officer on Saturday denounced what he called an "Arab dictatorial front" and claimed that the "Persian Gulf has belonged to Iranfor ever", media reports said. "The Arab dictatorial ...
An investigation into the conditions of Chinese workers has revealed the shocking human cost of producing the must-have Apple iPhones and iPads that are now ubiquitous in the west. The research, carried o...
A new illustrated map presented by the pro-Israel Americans for a Safe Israel ASFI shows that a Hamas-Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority state with or withut all the borders the PA demands would leave ...
Friday I went to a press screening for Lu Chuan's 2008 film, *City of Life And Death*, which is opening in NYC (May 11th) and L.A. (June 17th) after years of delay, and starkly depicts a snapshot, albeit ...
William Engdahl on 'uncreative destruction' in Arab world. Geopolitical researcher William Engdahl expertly guides viewers through the recent unrest throughout the Middle East and North Africa, with th...
This article is about Jewish terrorism in Israel. Use the Search function for articles about Jewish terrorism in the USA and elsewhere. TerminologyAs in case with other terminologies such as Christian terror...
*WHO IS THIS WOMAN? * *1997* She became speechwriter and adviser to US Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H Summers. She became principal editor of the UN's 2002 Human Development Report. *2002* She joined the...
On April 27, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals For The Second Circuit decided to affirm the judgment made by Judge Denny Chin of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New Yor...
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I've already profiled close races in BC, Alberta, the Prairies, and Atlantic Canada. Now, a look at Quebec. At the start of the campaign, the pundits confidently predicted there would be no surprises in Q...
First, I was banned from Real Climate: And then later, snipped from Open Mind:
With commercials, whatever you do, don't try to stop the video or you will have to watch the commercial again...G: Friends Without Benefits Wonder why the IAFF is moving FirePAC? IAFF Freezes Federal...
[image: Usman Chamdia's and his four children have malaria symptoms. So far, three tests have come back positive. By the end of the morning, tests will determine that all five family members are infected...
[image: Left to their fate: A cat has survived the earthquake and tsunami only to face slow starvation and death, abandoned by its owners as they fled the threat of Fukushima. Getty Images / dailymail.co...
*"Brotherhood of Man" from the 1967 film version of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, with Robert Morse as J. Pierrepont Finch, Sammy Smith as World Wide Widget Corp. chairman Wally Womper...
Looters are hampering attempts by ordinary residents to get their lives back on track in the tornado-ravaged city state of Alabama Police imposed an 8pm curfew in the areas affected and military police beg...
Residents in the tornado-ravaged South are to be 'kicked while they are down' by another severe storm that could derail the recovery efforts and claim more lives. A cold front moving East from Texas will ...
The UN is withdrawing all its international staff from the Libyan capital Tripoli following a mob attack on its offices, the BBC understands. UN buildings and some foreign missions were targeted by angry ...
The rally in silver to a 31-year high in New York shows no sign of ending because tight supply and robust demand will send the metal to a record, according to Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. (CDE), the largest U...
Kimberly and Rick Ellis were having lunch at Meigs Park Thursday when the Shalimar couple looked out and saw what appeared to be a bag of garbage floating in the bay. Rick got out his binoculars and aime...
Just how .......d are the world's oceans? I've put the dots in that sentence so you can insert the word of your choice. According to a high-level seminar of experts in Oxford earlier this week, there's ...
[image: Michio Ishikawa of the Japan Nuclear Technology Institute points to a diagram of the Fukushima I Nuke Plant, as he appeared on Asahi TV on April 29. ex-skf.blogspot.com] By arevamirpal::laprimav...
Civil War in Tennessee: Right Wing in Dispute Over Sharia Ban: " That Sharia is pretty scary stuff, when it's written in creepy blood fontThe right wing loons supporting the anti-Sharia bill probably view...
Pamela Geller Fights On For Detroit Anti-Islam Bus Advertisements: "Geller is hanging on by the very last threads and by doing this, she is hoping to remain relevant.Pamela Geller Fights On For Detroit Anti-...
Bijendra Kumar Beheads his Girlfriend, What if he were Muslim?: "Remember the Muslim man who behead his wife? It was all over the news and Islamophobes made big hay out of it. Turning a tragic case of domest...
After NYT Article, John Tanton’s Name Disappears From FAIR Board of Directors: " John Tanton’s name disappeared from the Federation for American Reform’s (FAIR) list of its board of directors in the days fol...
Superman is giving up his American citizenship in the latest issue of the comic book series. The 900th issue by DC comics has the superhero in Tehran standing in support of protesters demonstrating again...
Artillery units loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi pounded rebel positions in Benghazi and Misrata on Sunday after his government announced that one of his sons and three grandchildren had died in a...
One sure upshot of the quantitative easing money flooding the stock market will be further distortions, chaos and unpredictability that make the value-investing proposition difficult, if not impossible, ac...
Hi folks and especially you newbies, I posted this list of quotes several months ago, but a lot of the new people haven't seen this yet, so I'll do it again. Just by reading through these quotes, you will...
In the Arctic Ocean and adjacent polar seas, the area covered by sea ice grows and shrinks over the course of the year. Sea ice reaches its largest extent at the end of winter (late February to early March...
CARBON dioxide has pillaged the Great Barrier Reef of a compound that corals and many sea creatures need to grow. The finding, from the first survey of ocean acidification around one of the world's greates...
Corn was thought to be more resistant to rising temperatures than other crops. But results from crop trials in Africa suggest that climate change could hurt corn (*Zea mays*) production. Warmer temperatur...
Outside Palm Desert, a young bobcat dies mysteriously at a nature preserve. South of Nevada City, a farmer finds an owl dead near his decoy shed. In San Rafael, a red-shouldered hawk bleeds heavily from it...
Libya's ambassador to the UK is being expelled after the British embassy in Tripoli was attacked by a mob. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Omar Jelban was "persona non grata" and had been given 24 h...
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As usual on Thursday we'll be bringing you the Question Time LiveChat session. But as it's also Local Election results night we're going to extend the chat to cover that as well. So we'll start at 10:30p...
In an interview just days before the election, Stephen Harper says: "I cannot go around the country telling people I'm the best guy to have a beer with. That's the other guy." *Which leads one to wonder ...
The Worst is Yet to Come by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 1, 2011 - In a one hour April 26, 2011 talk before the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Secretary of the Treasury (and CFR member) Tim...
Saturday night the focus of the annual White House Correspondents Dinner (roast) was Donald Trump and that thing he wears on his head as a kind of toupee. I don't think there was a mention-- other than p...
I've already profiled close races in BC, Alberta, and the Prairies. Today, a look at some of the ridings in Atlantic Canada to watch on election night. With small poll sample sizes in the Atlantic Province...
Concern is mounting for tens of thousands of Syrians trapped in a military siege imposed on their towns as party of bloody crackdown on protests. Troops and tanks remain the town of Deraa in the south and...
1ST May - be still my beating heart. Yes, it's International Worker's Day and I am sure our comrades in the BBC are celebrating. Want to share in their celebrations? Share it HERE... Click through to rea...
Wanted to share this with you; "BBC has its ideal guests on this morning's Saturday Live in the form of 1, Mark Thomas. http://www.markthomasinfo.com/ Introduced as an 'activist' who jettisoned C...
This brought to my attention; "The BBC excelled here on the Today programme this morning bringing in a commentator that they must know is a Hamas and Hizbollah apologist and champion of the Islamist caus...
Rejoice - immigration is driving our economic growth. Or so it is alleged inthis reporton the ever reliable BBC. "Immigrants from eastern Europe have added almost £5bn to Britain's economy since 2004, acco...
* Annabel Goldsmith, Zac Goldsmith, Jemima Khan (nee Goldsmith). Zac and Jemima have a brother Ben who is married to Kate Rothschild. *"*Jacob Rothschild's hospitality to Camilla is legendary. * "He gives...
Strident eco-camapigner Sarah Mukherjee may have left the BBC, but Richard Black is carrying on her propaganda work, even over the holiday weekend. Here's his latest offering - a largely uncritical re-cycl...
Ghoulish Hunt for Qaddafi Defines NATO by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 1, 2011 - The very policy of targeted assassinations sidesteps any semblance of law, national or international. By extra-jud...
14 people were working in the containment area of a nuclear power plant in northeast Spain this week when water used to cool a reactor was unexpectedly released. El Pais newspaper reported Saturday that t...
The environmental protection activists in the Republic of Tatarstan have reported mysterious cattle death cases in Spasskiy district since last summer [2010]. The cause of these deaths remains unknown; h...
He is the boy who got sucked up into a tornado – and lived to tell the tale. Eight-year-old Reginald Epps Jr was picked up off his feet and pulled into the swirling darkness when one of the Alabama twister...
Eric Pickles last night accused the European Union of trying to ‘wipe England off the map’ by developing a new cross-Channel region, complete with its own ‘flag’. The Cabinet Minister condemned the EU fo...
*Russell Targ* Russell Targ is controversial. According to Targ: "Heaven and Hell are available for the asking, but no experience can take place in our lives except in our consciousness... "A master t...
This April was the warmest in central England since records began more than 350 years ago. The scorching month was the fourth sunniest in the UK in the past 100 years and the sixth driest. The hottest sp...
The story of the Syrian uprising is being told in short sentences. The regime has driven out foreign journalists, tortures people found with satellite phones and shoots those filming protests on mobile pho...
More than a month after a British cruise-line worker disappeared at sea, renewed activity on her bank account has given her family hope that she may still be alive. Rebecca Coriam vanished from the Disne...
South Korea will stage live-fire artillery exercises in the coming week on two frontline islands including one hit by a deadly North Korean shelling last November, a news report said Saturday. A defense m...
*Get past the cinematic razmataz and you get to the "Fugue for Tinhorns" from the film version of Guys and Dolls, with Stubby Kaye and Johnny Silver, who originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson and ...
The Environment Ministry said Saturday it expects that it will take three years for the three prefectures in the Tohoku region worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing the massiv...
The threat of a cut to Japan's credit rating adds pressure on Prime Minister Naoto Kan to raise taxes as he wrestles with financing quake rebuilding without adding to the world's biggest public debt burden...
Police in Thailand say twin bomb attacks have killed two paramilitary soldiers and wounded nine others in the country's south. Kritsanapong Paetsit, a police spokesperson, said on Saturday that a group o...
South Korea will stage live-fire artillery exercises in the coming week on two frontline islands including one hit by a deadly North Korean shelling last November, a news report said Saturday. A defense m...
When I heard about Jack Layton getting smeared about getting an innocent massage at a Toronto rub'n tug nearly twenty years ago, I thought it was just that - a smear. I didn't know it was true until Jack'...
Well, everyone I've known has had a complaint here and there.But I haven't seen a site quite like Employvent for letting the whole world feel your pain. That is all.
One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Arab Gadhafi -- was killed after a NATO airstrike, a spokesman for Libya's government said Sunday at a press conference. Moammar Gadhafi and his wif...
* Once we get the underwear right, everything in Afghanistan should fall into place. * Passed along without further comment (well, almost), from our pal Al Kamen in the *Washington Post*. -- *Ken* *Ballis...
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, ...
The Internet hackers group Anonymous plans to hack Iran on Sunday, according to a press release published on their website. The group wants to use International Workers' Day, which commemorates the first n...
The Mississippi River, its tributaries swollen by snowmelt and stormwater, is rising toward a flood level that could equal or exceed anything in its recorded history. The threat to Cairo, Illinois — just b...
(Picture is for illustrative purposes only) Two Florida witnesses report a “Frisbee-like” UFO the size of a football field came into view and hovered for 20 to 30 seconds before moving away at 2:27 p.m. o...
A Bucks County woman has been charged with child endangerment after police said her three children were left alone and filthy inside their squalid home. Chelsea Champey, 21, of Bristol, remained in the B...
Demand and supply certainly matter. But there's another reason why food across the world has become so expensive: Wall Street greed. It took the brilliant minds of Goldman Sachs to realize the simple truth...
There's a sad story making the rounds which should be Front Page News in this great land of ours, but it has received scant attention. *USA Today*reports that Americans depend more on government aid than e...
Colorado moved a step closer to repealing the unenforced crime of adultery Friday with a Senate vote, after arguments that the crime is outdated and never enforced. The bill also repeals the related crim...
*YOU may have heard of house calls, but this is ridiculous. * After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty Massachusetts house somehow called police fo...
Meet Sharlotte. Like a lot of grandmothers, she likes to keep busy. But while some grannies sit and knit scarves and afghans, this 91-year-old has a decidedly different hobby. She makes suicide masks. ...
Chevron and Total became the latest big oil companies to post sharp increases in profits as crude prices surged and refining margins improved along with global fuel demand. The price of oil has risen com...
In an otherwise quiet article on central banks today, Bloomberg quoted an analyst who says China may use a third of their $3 trillion in foreign reserves to purchase gold. China has been moving away from...
We believe there will be something similar to a QE3 by another name and the Fed will probably have to create some $2.5 trillion to buy Treasuries, Agencies, and toxic waste and perhaps inject funds into th...
Obama's corporatist trade policies are barely distinguishable from the cruel and failed trade policies rammed down America's throat by Reagan, the two Bush catastrophes, and Clinton. Perot had the giant s...
My final projections will be posted tomorrow, but we've already got the final numbers from Leger, Ipsos, and Angus. Here's the running average: *CPC*: 36.5% (+0.4) *NDP*: 30.4% (+2.7) *Lib*: 20.8% (-1.9) *...
The Liberals release their final two ads of the election - one targeting the Tories, one targeting the NDP. How would you rate this ad? A B C D FSee Results How would you rate this poll? A B C D FSee...
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Some months back, I learned I have something in common with Keith Richards: Keith wanted to be a librarian. Recently I've learned I have something in common with Superman, although the Man of Steel has gon...
If you think this all ends on May 2nd, think again: *Harper mum on post-election governing scenario* Stephen Harper is refusing to say whether he would accept a decision by the Governor General to hand po...
I'm wrestling with how to vote on Monday and I probably will be even as I take pencil in hand in the booth. It's unfortunate they don't have a specific "none of the above" option because that's the way I...
For years there has been speculation that Nazi Germany had experimented with advanced alien technology and built flying machines; such as the Haunebu and the Die Glocke (The Bell); and rumors that some of ...
Astonishing new footage has been released of Japan’s tsunami showing no mercy as it washes away cars, aeroplanes and anything else in its path. The coastguard released the video of the devastating March 11...
The White House has been accused of lying in a sensational row with a newspaper over a banned journalist. The San Francisco Chronicle has dug its heels in over the row, calling the Obama administration ou...
His menacing prowl is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine - and with good reason. This big cat is believed to be behind a string of 18 attacks on sheep savaging their throats and leaving their bloo...
[image: Toshiso Kosako, Tokyo University professor and a senior nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, announces his resignation to Kan at a press conference in Tokyo, April 29, 2011. Phot...
[image: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant outside of a wrecked reactor building. TEPCO / japannewstoday.com] [Keep in mind that 250 millisieverts/year is the maximum radiation dose allowed ...
For the first time, scientists have shown that exposure to a compound in crude oil is associated with congenital heart disease.
As you've been reading all week, and as you can see in the compilation clip above, not all that well. And yesterday another teabaggy freshman, Rick Crawford of Arkansas, became just the latest to feel th...
Let’s Call the ‘Birthers’ What They Are: " Perhaps the time has come to state the obvious. The people who have been selling claims that President Obama is not American — the Donald Trumps, the Orly Taitzes,...
The Day After: ‘Birthers’ Regroup With Crazed Claims of Fraud: " The foaming-at-the-mouth “birthers” are hardly the type to lay down their rhetorical arms and admit defeat even when forced to see the very do...
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*PREPARE YOURSELF. THE TIME OF COMPLACENCY IS OVER. * *THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.* These methods were compiled by Dr. Gene Sharp and first published in his 1973 book, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Vol. ...
We at the Coming Crisis only post two things: facts, and questions that need answering. Our readers know this, and it's something we'd never give up on for any reason. When it comes to a touchy subject li...
As emergency responders continued to tally the dead on Saturday, surviving family members and friends prepared to bury loved ones who perished in what has become the second deadliest single-day tornado out...
One person is dead and at least 10 have been hospitalized in an outbreak of salmonella poisonings linked to clinical and teaching microbiology laboratories across the nation, government health officials re...
*It's 8:30 a.m.* in Silicon Valley, and Neal Gorenflo is already busy sharing. Inside his Mountain View town house, just a few short blocks from the Caltrain station where commuters pour out each morning o...
Thirty-seven hospitals in the state of Missouri had claimed cigarette companies delivered an "unreasonably dangerous" product. They sought more than $455m (£272m) reimbursement for treating uninsured smo...
The Taliban said Saturday it is launching a new offensive against foreign troops and Afghan security forces and will focus on military bases and convoys. The Taliban statement, declaring its spring milit...
A few dozen tanks fired shells and a curfew was imposed Saturday in the restive Syrian city of Daraa, the site of ongoing clashes between security forces and protesters, eyewitnesses told CNN. The assa...
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Saturday urged NATO to negotiate an end to airstrikes, accusing the international coalition of killing civilians and destroying the nation's infrastructure in a bid to ta...
Arctic coastlines are crumbling away and retreating at the rate of two metres or more a year due to the effects of climate change. In some locations, up to 30 metres of the shore has been vanishing every y...
Using 120 years of feathers from natural history museums in the United States, Harvard University researchers have been able to track increases in the neurotoxin methylmercury in the black-footed albatross...
A new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years. The study released Tuesday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature says almost h...
A worldwide growth in the price of gold has accelerated the pace of deforestation in some of the most pristine parts of the Peruvian Amazon, where miners are cutting down trees in order to extract the valu...
A digital "lost and found" site is helping people reconnect with important photos and documents scattered by the tornadoes.
It is Obama who is using the race card and he should be called out on it.... *April 30 - May 1, 2011 -- Commentary: Obama and race baiting* Many Americans would agree that racism has no place in Americ...
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck southern Panama early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit 384 kilometers (238 miles) southwest of the capital, Panama City. There were no ...
I wish somebody else had written this because it’s about the usual, and believe me, I don’t want to be repetitive. But needs must. Anyone who heard R4’s Saturday Live this morning will know what I mean. Th...
It's time to think far outside of the box regarding our preconceptions of how to find extraterrestrial civilizations.
Word is, you're supposed to be a respected journalist. OK then. Hypothetical question for you. If you encountered an anonymous former sex-trade worker who told you that 20 years ago, @brianlilley and Sam ...
At least I think that's the appropriate analogy. As I understand it, it's one of the gentler martial arts, based on redirecting your opponent's attack and turning the energy back upon him, rather than meet...
There is no doubt that Texans are taking a beating in the legislature this year. Here is another case where our right to enjoy our property is under attack.
*Princess Diana with Jemima Goldsmith and her close friend Lady Annabel Goldsmith. Photograph: John Giles/PA* What do the following have in common? *1.* Tony Blair (prime minister at the time of the dea...
When I was a child I hated the treacley bitter-sweet taste of Coffee-Time in my milk. But it's the closest I ever came to drinking a cup of coffee. Nope-- never had one. But lately we've been revisiting t...
Her support among *Republicans* has shrunk. She's kept an unusually low profile. And there's no evidence that she's anywhere close to announcing whether she will run for president. But it's clear she stil...
Fortune dictated I was sadly exposed to about a minute of that evil, wicked ceremony on TV yesterday. (Thankfully though, spiritual docs say it was not a fatal dose and I will make a full recovery...) Any...
Steven Miller has sent me a cute 41-minute video: Richard Feynman, in the BBC Horizon 1964 program called "Strangeness Minus Three", discusses the coming revolution in the understanding of nuclear phy...
And the greater World War. by Tony Cartalucci We are presented with what we are told are isolated crises. In reality, from Desert Storm to the Eastern European color revolutions, to the "War on Terror" to t...
* People of Marrrakech* A website has accused friends of Morroco's King Mohammed VI of being behind the bombing in Marrakech. The website Hibapress accuses Mounir Majidi, the king's secretary, and WFP (A...
The planet is going to die. The only thing that the global warming cultists are uncertain about is what kind of death it will choose. *The Capitol of a state filled with climate change deniers is being t...
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano hurled truck-sized pyroclastic boulders more than a mile Friday in a powerful eruption that prompted at least 300 people to flee their homes, authorities said....
Nasa engineers were set to work through the weekend to try to resolve a technical hitch that led to Endeavour’s final space voyage being dramatically called off with three and a half hours to spare. Shutt...
An unexpectedly bright asteroid that sported short-lived plumes had collided with a smaller body, scientists have said. The aftermath of the impact on Scheila was first spotted by the University of Arrizo...
There could be no mistaking the voice as it crackled over the airwaves. ‘The time is now,’ it said, exhorting its followers to stand firm. ‘Arm your women and your children against the infidel!’ The CIA o...
As residents across the South pick themselves up after the worst system of tornadoes for 40 years, amazing stories of survival and bravery are emerging. And images from Tuscaloosa in Alabama – one of the ...
Violent protesters have clashed with riot police outside a controversial branch of Tesco for the second time in a week. A ‘good natured’ demonstration developed into angry scenes as bottles and stones we...
In a detailed letter Amazon finally explained today why its much vaunted EC2 cloud computer network crashed last week. The grovelling explanation - described by one customer as being like a 'Catholic pena...
A big smile spreads over the Tunisian’s handsome face as he stands among the shoppers outside the magnificent old railway station in the chic city of Nice on the French Riviera. He’s one of the lucky ones...
An *Angus Reid* poll of 3,003 Canadians on April 28 and 29 *NDP now in second place in Ontario!* ...
The economy took a bigger hit from last month's disaster than anticipated, with factory output falling the most since at least the end of Allied Occupation, underscoring calls for the Bank of Japan to add ...
Follow the fold and stray no more, stray no more, stray no more. Put down the bottle and we'll say no more. Follow, follow the fold. (Before you take another swallow --) Follow the fold and stray no more,...
The source of Sun Media's latest steaming pile is an unnamed, retired cop. Poor guy. What with all the unprovoked assaults on handcuffed prisoners, threats of gang rape, and the laff riot his pals must hav...
The US Espionage Act could make “felons of us all,” a legal expert warned Monday as the House Judiciary Committee announced plans to reexamine the “constitutional issues raised by WikiLeaks.” Attorneys f...
Sadly, this is all people will be talking about over the final 3 days of the campaign: TORONTO - Jack Layton was found laying naked on a bed by Toronto Police at a suspected Chinatown bawdy house in 1996,...
[image: A tree branch covered in nitrogen-loving lichen. Martin Hutton / kqed.org] By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst, BBC News 15 April 2011 Air pollution is damaging 60% of Europe's prime wildlife...
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As of today, I have a part-time gig as a research assistant. For the month of May, and possibly for June and July, I'll be working on a very interesting project with some terrific people, and making decent...
[image: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant watch monitors as they remotely operate robots in high-radiation zones. TEPCO / japannewstoday.com] By arevamirpal::laprimavera 29 April 2011 Afte...
... and in the process, delivers an unanswerable indictment of the depths to which public discourse has been allowed to sink. *Related posts:* - Let's hear from a couple of Sun News Network fans -...
Leavened, as always, by a heapin' helpin' of caution. The polls, to the extent that they can be relied upon, continue to show a surge in the support for the NDP, to the consternation of both the tradition...
[image: Wal-Mart supercenter. Ben Schumin / foodandwaterwatch.org] By Parija Kavilanz, senior writer 28 April 2011 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Wal-Mart's core shoppers are running out of money much faster tha...
*Language is a virus* [*Don't forget to click to enlarge.*] *DOES ANYONE ON THE RIGHT KNOW ANYONE WHO'S EVER SPOKEN THE TRUTH ABOUT ANYTHING?* Well, yes, when they're among themselves, or *think* they're ...
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Diego is terrific. Tala is terrific. Only the mud is not terrific. This is without a doubt the easiest new-dog transition we've ever had. After adopting dogs, we've had near-fatal health problems (Clyde, B...
In America, the miscarriage of justice for the victims of 9/11 and the war on terror has reached comical proportions. Judge John M. Walker, Jr., a cousin of George W. Bush, is one of three judges who will...
After a look at Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, we head West, to the always interesting world of BC politics. I don't have a lot of on-the-ground intel, so check out Pundits Guide for a great qualita...
*Food Freedom* By Rady Ananda Another armed food raid – this time on a company that provides nutritional supplements primarily for autism spectrum disorders and Alzheimer’s disease – another day under th...
Tornadoes and violent storms tore through seven Southern states, killing at least 306 people and causing billions of dollars of damage in one of the deadliest swarm of twisters in US history. President Ba...
A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it...
Authorities say a homeless man robbed a Tampa bank, fled on a city bus and handed out stolen cash to passengers. Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say 27-year-old Elmer McGuirt handed a note demandi...
UN inspectors may say in an upcoming report that a Syrian desert site bombed to rubble in 2007 was probably a covert nuclear reactor, opening the way for the UN Security Council to take up the case, diplom...
Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federa...
The U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security Council on Thursday that troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were increasingly engaging in sexual violence and some had been issued the impo...
NATO warships have intercepted several boats laying anti-shipping mines outside the harbor of the Libyan city of Misrata, a senior military officer said Friday. Alliance air strikes, meanwhile, had also ...
The CMEGroup announced that as of the close of trading this Friday, margin requirements are yet again going up in silver. For speculators, initial margin is increased to $14,513 per full sized silver con...
The U.S. got a sovereign credit rating of C on Thursday, in line with ratings for such smaller economies as Mexico, Estonia and Colombia. Weiss Ratings, based in Jupiter, Fla., has rated the creditworthin...
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s biggest restaurant chain, said it hired 24 percent more people than planned during an employment event this month. McDonald’s and its franchisees hired 62,000 people in...
A pair of recent Gallup Polls shows distinct loss of confidence in the US economy. The first poll shows Americans' Economic Confidence at the 2011 Low. A second poll shows 55% still think the economy is in...
Spain's unemployment rate rose nearly a point to 21.29%, with 4.9 million jobless for the first quarter of 2011, the government reported Friday, as the prolonged economic crisis continues to squeeze the na...
India has eliminated American aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin from contention for a $10 billion contract to supply new-generation combat planes to the South Asian nation. Indian Defense...
The most important fact leading up to the election date is this: Stephen Harper's ridiculous claim that he and the conservatives are the only ones that can steward the Canadian economy safely, is absolutel...
More vessels might be buried in the area, possibly indicating the exact location where the Roman empire's biggest fleet was stationed.
I came across an article about a long-term tree study and promptly contacted the author, Dr. Jim Clark of Duke University, to enquire whether he had considered the role of ozone in his research, and this ...
A few weeks ago Blue America endorsed Norman Solomon for the North Bay seat Lynn Woolsey is expected to give up next year. People have asked me why the rush and pointed out that some of the other candidat...
Video streaming by Ustream Video link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/uranium-coal-water-and-sacred-sites-in-the-southwest *Uranium, Coal, Water and Sacred Sites in the Southwest *A panel discussion, hel...
[image: image]April 27 (SWNS) -- The source of the River Thames has dried up after the UK experienced the lowest recorded rainfall in March since 1929. The Thames head spring in Trewsbury Mead near Ciren...
The big update will wait until the final round of polls come in this weekend but, for now, the latest from Nanos, Ekos, and Decima have been added. *CPC*: 36.1% (-0.2) *NDP*: 27.7% (+1.1) *Lib*: 22.7% (-1....
*Environmental Awareness Film Presentation and Forum* ** *Location Wounded Knee District School Gym * *Saturday, May 7, 1 pm to 7 pm* "The condition of Mother Earth is approaching a crisis for all human be...
*Forty years of wandering from bad decisions to neglect have done terrible damage to the lowest place on earth* [image: The receding waters of the Dead Sea are revealing peninsulas. The waters recede at ...
John Baez has always been obsessed by octonions. He sees them everywhere. I love octonions but I realize that they don't play much role in most of physics - and not even in most of string theory. In 2009,...
Sacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT). For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Contact: * Corrina Gould 510-575-8408 * Morning Star Gali (510) 827 6719 *Norman “Wounded K...
A preview of the problems that *might *await the Liberals if Layton surges over 100 seats. *CdnPolitico** @stphnmaher Works for me. As a Blue Lib I would not agree to ever support an NDP-led govt. Ever. ...
Pepsi's new vending machine allows people to send out "random acts of refreshment."
Rollin’ Justin, a humanoid robot, can catch two flying balls thrown in his direction at the same time.
A device that fits on the end of your thumb can generate five to ten times the power of similar devices.
Remains of the oldest known Caspian horse, otherwise referred to as the "Kings' horse," date back to more than 3,000 years ago.
A mystery is brewing on Manatee County's beautiful beaches -- researchers are trying to figure out why sharks are washing ashore dead. Recently more than a dozen dead sharks were found on the north ends o...
There are theories that various underground places may have been extraterrestrial lairs; such as a lost cave in Ecuador said to hold metal tablets containing alien knowledge; the underground city of Derink...
Carl Jung - Matters of Heart - Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Part 10:
A rare and potent combination of cool air clashing with warm, humid weather and extreme winds at varying altitudes ignited the deadly tornadoes that ravaged the U.S. South this week, meteorologists said on...
*You do not have to be good.* *You do not have to walk on your knees* *for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.* *You only have to let the soft animal of your body* *love what it loves.* *Tell me a...
Transitioning from socialism to pragmatic, technological solutions. commentary by Tony Cartalucci Building things, making things, technological and scientific progress moves forward the frontier of human k...
During China’s dramatic and rapid rise, pollution and resource use have skyrocketed. But how long will that trend continue?
We're excited about rainbow-colored poo. And it brought us even closer to our readers this week!
A malfunction in heaters on one of the shuttle's three onboard power generators prompted NASA to scrub today's launch.
An 18-hole floating course hopes to boost Maldivian economy while preserving the nation's ecosystem.
Four Bahrainis have been sentenced to death for the killing of two policemen during pro-democracy protests in the Gulf nation. A military court also sentenced three other Shia Muslims to life imprisonment...
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Bishop Hill has unearthed this gem, a presentation to the Cambridge Science and Policy Group by Sarah Mukherjee, the BBC's former environment correspondent, who in her time at the corporation filed hundred...
Go here for original. The Age of America is Over -- So Says the IMF *By Paul Craig Roberts (about the author)* opednews.com Today the Swiss franc made yet another new high against the super dollar, as...
Tornadoes claimed the lives of at least 313 people -- the deadliest tornado tragedy to strike the United States since 1974.
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi crossed into neighbouring Tunisia and fought a gun battle with Tunisian troops in a frontier town as Libya's conflict spilt beyond its borders. Pro-Gaddafi forces fired she...
Rachel was amazing the other night in her analysis of the creeping corporatist (AKA- fascist) takeover of our country. Watch it. And get your friends to watch it. I'm not suggesting you watch it because ...
[image: Photobucket] *OpEdNews* *By Vi Ransel* Even as the overall population of the world continues to increase, the increase in the number of poor people outstrips that growth. How is this possible? ...
The two-hour drive from New Orleans to Venice, La., is like cutting into a slice of apple pie—it’s as American as it gets. Busy streets and high-rise buildings give way to farms, fields, and wetlands, in t...
An experiment in a US lake suggests that ecosystem collapses could be predicted, given the right monitoring. Researchers changed the structure of the food web in Peter Lake, in Wisconsin, by adding preda...
The dollar has yet to descend into a full-blown crisis but market watchers warn that ultra-loose U.S. monetary policy means that one could quickly materialize if the slide in the greenback gathers pace. ...
Conservation groups sued the Obama administration Tuesday over the fate of the endangered leatherback sea turtle, accusing federal officials of ignoring a legal deadline to protect a huge expanse of Pacifi...
An experiment in a US lake suggests that ecosystem collapses could be predicted, given the right monitoring. Researchers changed the structure of the food web in Peter Lake, in Wisconsin, by adding preda...
Fighting raged on along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border Friday, one day after a military source said local commanders from both sides had agreed to a cease-fire. Thai military spokesman Col. Sansern ...
Superman intends to give up his US citizenship, a story in the new issue of Action Comics declares. "I'm tired of having my actions construed as instruments of US policy," the character says in a story t...
China's currency, the yuan, strengthened past a key level against the US dollar on Friday, as part of wider efforts to contain inflation on the mainland. The yuan broke past 6.50 against the dollar, a le...
Canada's economy declined 0.2 per cent in February, hurt by a decline in manufacturing and wholesale trade. Statistics Canada said the economy declined in the month following a rise of 0.5 per cent in Ja...
FBI agents combating international cybercrime are currently battling hackers on two new fronts -- from a remote corner of China to the virtual battlefields of "Call of Duty" emanating from the family playr...
Senior executives in the fossil fuel industry have launched an all-out assault on renewable energy, lobbying governments and business groups to reject wind and solar power in favour of gas, in a move that ...
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is affecting weather patterns across the entire Southern Hemisphere, according to a new scientific study. The findings published by researchers from Columbia Un...
It's the world's last, great wilderness rich in natural resources, like oil and gas. But now the frozen seas of the Arctic are being opened up; its vast riches unlocked. The Yamal is one of Russia's b...
Army units in Syria have clashed with each other over President Bashar Assad's orders to crack down on protesters. Witnesses described army divisions refusing to shoot at protesters and then coming under ...
A picturesque reservoir has been reduced to dried, cracked mud and a splash of water after the prolonged dry spell. The Cod Beck reservoir near Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, can now be walked across, and...
Pamela Geller Watch: Ties Gas Tanker Explosion in Congo to Electoral Violence in Nigeria: " Professional hate blogger Pamela Geller is going to be exposed once again in the following article. She is goin...
A new round of education legislation in several U.S. states has stirred controversy in recent months.
60 Plus Wrong on Rationing: "The chairman of the conservative 60 Plus Association made the bogus claim that the Food and Drug Administration has "declassified" a breast cancer drug "because of cost and cost ...
------------------------------ *RECOUNT ALERT! SERIOUS BREAK IN CHAIN OF CUSTODY IN WAUKESHA COUNTY! * Thursday, 28 April 2011 18:14 Citizen Journalist *Breaking News Out of Waukesha County Wisconsin* -...
Racial Inequality Is Still A Problem In America: "When I was a child this country had some serious racial problems. Segregation was the king in the South and even practiced in places other than the South (re...
Wait Until The Teabaggers Hear This: "I posted yesterday about how unpopular Donald Trump is with the general public (64% say they definitely would not vote for him). His popularity, thanks to his 'birtheris...
The Civil War was about slavery, folks: "Unfortunately, Gen Xers younger than me seem to have believed the Reagan/GOP propaganda - as a new Pew poll notes, while 48 percent of Americans overall say it was pr...
Rev Moon and the President of Sierra Leone: " News from Sierra Leone; Cocorioko reports: The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has been awarded the “PEACE MEDAL AWARD” by the U...
------------------------------ *THE INVISIBLE HAND: A CASE STUDY IN STRIPPING AWAY ELECTION RIGHTS* By Bev Harris Permission to reprint or excerpt granted, with link to http://www.blackboxvoting.org You ...
Yesterday, I looked at Alberta. Today, we head east. Keep in mind, there's not a lot of polling data from the Prairies, so this is a fairly superficial overview. Any intel those of you on the ground have i...
Tonight, at 9:47 pm Prague Summer Time i.e. 12:47 pm Californian Daylight Saving Time, the space shuttle Endeavour was scheduled to be launched to bring the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) towards the In...
When building 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant exploded last month, those who saw the video footage were left to wonder why it was more severe than the other explosions. Adding to the mystery were repor...
By arevamirpal::laprimavera 28 April 2011 FNN News Network in Japan has rare footage of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant from the ground-level. The video was taken by Shigeharu Aoyama, a member of Japan...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy American Airlines itself is the source for information that AA Flights 11 (North Tower) and 77 (Pentagon) did not fly on 911. These flights are critical to the gover...
Yesterday we got the morning off to a strange start with a look into the resurgence of American fascism. The arrest and brutalization of my friend Nicole Sandler at an Allen West town hall meeting in Flor...
As the penultimate shuttle launch counts down, traffic jams may cause gridlock on the Space Coast.
HB 3105 will be a disaster for Barnett Shale municipalities because it strips away all authority of municipal drilling ordinances. I http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifthink you need to know who voted for t...
Beyond the dramatic videos and the devastating stories, the sheer intensity of the storms has many wondering what's going on.
Prince William and Kate Middleton have become Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after they married, congratulations. The British imperial taxpayer has happily paid $40 million for the wedding, enough money t...
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