The always-brilliant Jo Nova explains it far better than I ever could: Something beautiful is unfolding. From all over Australia, people whose businesses and jobs are being driven into the ground by spectacular government mismanagement are gathering to drive from the corners of the continent to converge on Canberra to demand […]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html?_r=4&smid=tw-nytimesbusiness&seid=auto OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR By WARREN E. BUFFETT Published: August 14, 2011 OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. While the poor and middle […]
You don’t want to miss the opportunity featuring two distinguished international speakers. Casper’s registration form is attached or can be downloaded from their website here for more information on this event Friday 2nd September 2011 Waipuna Lodge, Mt Wellington Auckland 6.30pm – 9.30pm Registrations close 19 August 2011 The topic is […]
TPPA = Taking People’s Power Away *Special Event at the Academy Cinema* You are invited to join us for a special screening of INSIDE JOB with speakers including *Jane Kelsey*, expert on international politics and *David Clendon*, Green Party MP. *When: 7pm, Thurs 18th Aug* *Where: Academy Cinema […]
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A decade after the events of September 11, 2001 – which resulted in the immediate deaths of nearly 3,000 people on American soil, [youtube]ma13I76Sb10[/youtube] countless victims from toxic dust, and hundreds of thousands of deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, – international hearings on this pivotal event will begin in Toronto […]
The collapses of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, on September 11, 2001, were the most frightening images that I have ever seen, up until May 24th, 2011, when Binyamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress and received 29 standing ovations, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hun6bDHr-Q along with […]
Israel’s interior minister has given final approval for the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, his spokesman said. Eli Yishai will also approve 2,700 more homes shortly, Roei Lachmanovich, the spokesman, told the AFP news agency on Thursday. Palestinians have refused to take part in peace […]
Contrary to what could be expected, the crisis resulted in Icelanders recovering their sovereign rights, through a process of direct participatory democracy that eventually led to a new Constitution. Read the rest here
Commander of Iran’s Basij Force says it is ready to deploy peacekeeper forces in London as the unrest in the British capital drags on despite tightened security measures. “The Ashura brigades of Basij forces are ready to be deployed to London as peacekeeping forces,” Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Naqdi said on […]