Yesterday the World Food Programme issued an alarming statement on the food crisis in Zimbabwe. They appealed for an additional US$140 million to cover the shortfall in basic food aid for the next six months. What they did not say was that this still leaves a shortfall in overall cereal and oilseed supplies of...
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The rock-bottom issue is the destructive nature of the secular religion of socialism, which is, next to Islam’s mandate for jihad, the most vicious and degrading religious movement ever to afflict humanity. The election of Senator Obama to the presidency will usher in a Federal government in which both the legislative and executive branches...
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There you are basking in the soft, warm glow of department store lighting knowing you should leave. Yet you don’t. The next thing you know your bag is a little heavier, your credit debt is a little deeper and you can’t help thinking: Ugggh, why did I do that?!? Whether it’s clothes, cars, dinners...
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Over the last few weeks, Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has demonstrated, on several fronts, that her own background and abilities thoroughly qualify her to be second in command at the White House. More importantly however, with each passing day, she proves that her political worldview is far more reflective of the founders ...
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Iceland’s Financial Services Authority has nationalised the Kaupthing Bank as a response to the financial crisis which may result in a total collapse of the nation’s economy. Kaupthing, together with Glitnir Bank and Landsbanki, owe a total of US$61 billion, which is twelve times the estimated size of the economy of the Nordic country....
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United States presidential candidate Barack Obama now has 50% support in the polls. John McCain had a statistical lead over Barack Obama after the Republican National Convention. However, since the the middle of September, Barack Obama’s polls have risen and has recaptured the lead. Tuesday was the first day Obama received 50% or more...
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Just three days before the announcement for Nobel’s Peace Prize, Norwegian lawyer and activist Fredrik Heffermehl’s released a book Nobels vilje (Nobel’s Will). The book is a critical assessment of the prize’s history and the political committee and process which now awards the prize. Heffermehl compares the works of all the Peace Prize Laureates...
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When 24-year-old Andrew Vactor of Urbana, Ohio, United States was convicted of violating the city’s noise ordinance, Judge Susan J. Fornof-Lippencott offered to reduce the normal fine of $150 to $35 if he agreed to listen to 20 hours of classical music. Fifteen minutes into the sentence the rap music fan changed his mind...
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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the IMF, stressed nations must work together to avert a global recession and warns there is “no domestic solution”...
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Stock markets across the world have fallen dramatically as worries that recent government moves might not prevent a global recession. The largest drop was with the the Dow Jones (DJIA), which fell 678.91 points, or more then 7.3%, to below 9,000 to close at 8,579.19. The index has fallen over 2,000 points in the...
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Near the conclusion of Tuesday night’s second presidential “town-hall†style debate, a questioner from the audience asked each candidate what he would do if Iran attacked Israel. Both candidates gave somewhat vague replies, focusing on the traditionally close relationship between the United States and Israel. In any event, if Iran ever attacks Israel, other...
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In her brief time in the national spotlight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, if nothing else, has rejuvenated the debate in this country regarding certain fundamental values. Interestingly, not all of this stems directly from the candidate’s spoken statements but rather from a number of comments made about her by her Democratic counterpart...
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This begins with an apology. Last June a column from your humble servant focused on Barack Obama’s refusal, after initially approving the idea, to hold frequent town hall meetings with John McCain. I wrote: “When it comes to confronting McCain, however, Barack folds like the Cubs in September.” I was wrong. Not about the...
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I’ve seen debates, read articles, and watched Internet clips of stump speeches. From what I can tell of the character of the contest, from positions on issues, the process has not yet emerged from the Democratic Party primaries. Perhaps more accurately still, it seems we no longer have two distinct American political parties. The...
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