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Prince Philip: Wind Farms Are ‘Absolutely Useless And A Disgrace’

The Duke of Edinburgh has made a fierce attack on wind farms, describing them as “absolutely useless, completely reliant on subsidies and an absolute disgrace.” The Duke's views are politically charged, as they put him at odds with the Government’s policy. In a withering assault on the onshore wind turbine industry, the Duke said the farms were “a disgrace”. He also criticised the industry’s reliance on subsidies from electricity customers, claimed wind farms would “never work” and accused people who support them of believing in a “fairy tale”. --Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Sunday Telegraph, 20 November 2011

Time Running Out For Iran

Recently the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, who thoroughly investigated the Iranian nuclear development program, concluded Iran is developing nuclear weapons. The evidence, including satellite images, overwhelmingly points to the manufacture of nuclear weapons within the short term, probably on the order of a number of months to a year. U.S. intelligence information corroborates this assessment.

ECB Eurozone failure leading to Neo National European currencies

The failure of the ECB to monitize the Eurozone sovereign debt will be the cause of the collapse of the Eurozone and the cause of the re-establishment of national sovereignty currencies in Europe, which is the only alternative choice to the ECB failure.

Kinek Removing Mighty Barriers in U.S.-Canada Ecommerce

Saint John, New Brunswick, Nov 15, 2011 – Kinek today announces that its 25 cross-border pickup locations – called “KinekPoints” – now span nearly all major checkpoints across the U.S./Canada border, opening Canadian shoppers and ecommerce sites in the U.S. to a new world of online trade. With more border locations to follow, the rapidly-growing KinekPoint network particularly benefits Canada-based small businesses that can forgo thousands of dollars in brokerage fees on bulk purchases.

Question for Obama and his supporters

Considering how Obama and his people are so quick to say that waterboarding is torture, here is the question that should throw them for a loop:

Taking a bite out of crime

By Jeff Gilliland and Lori Tuttle,The Times-Gazette HILLSBORO, Ohio — A dog adopted just hours earlier from a pound likely saved a Hillsboro family from burglary Wednesday, and possibly an even worse fate.

Giant Sunspot Now Aimed Directly at Earth

By Jason Major, for National Geographic News The largest active region seen on the sun since 2005 has rotated to the center of the sun's face, as seen from Earth—which means any eruptions it produces will be aimed right at us.

Star dies in monstrous explosion

BBC News A massive star about 150 times the size of the Sun exploded in what could be a long-sought new type of supernova, Nasa scientists have said.

Pipelines, Pressures and Politics

OTTAWA, - It's deeply disappointing that the U.S State Department decided today to stall a decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline, supposedly because new route options, particularly in Nebraska, need to be investigated. There are currently almost 21,000 miles of pipelines crossing Nebraska already - 3,000 miles of which carry crude oil. Many of these pipelines are within areas overlying the Ogallala Aquifer.

Falling like dominoes in Europe

By Nevil Gibson, NBR The market upheavals in Europe, where political inaction has led Italy and Greece to the brink, have barely raised a ripple on the local election campaign.

AFTER THE EVICTION: Picking up the pieces

By CHIP MARTIN and HANK DANISZEWSKI, The London Free Press London became Canada's first city to dismantle an Occupy movement protest camp, moving in early Wednesday with police and bylaw officials to clear out Victoria Park after repeated warnings were given to park protesters to leave.

Avro Arrow - bring industry BACK to Canada

The current situation of our Canadian air force being held hostage by out sourcing our plane development and needs has got to stop.

A Soldier’s Best Friend

Source: Flopping Aces blog If you haven’t had a chance, please go and read my post “SFC Zeke” first. Zeke is one of America’s Vet Dogs.

Restore the Constitutional Republic Rally

Two days to get to D.C. The Declaration to Restore the Constitutional Republic took months to research a draft and weeks to vet through our members before making it public for all veterans and patriots across the country.

London, Ont., police remove Occupy protesters’ tents

Tents that had been erected in a London, Ont., park as part of the city's Occupy protest were removed by police and bylaw officers early Wednesday.

The Sand Master

The SandMaster is an attachment for a skid steer, backhoe or an excavator. It quickly fills, transports, securely closes, and places sandbags. Its primary function is to facilitate flood prevention efforts and emergency response. This is a fast and efficient tool that can run circles around hand labor all day long and never tires. It saves time and money and is able to pay for itself quickly.

Tuberculosis detector would ferret out disease faster

Renata d’aliesio, Globe and Mail Researchers are developing an electronic nose that would sniff out tuberculosis like a Breathalyzer detects alcohol, putting an end to current time-consuming tests and possibly saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

Canadian long gun registry a $2B waste; data to be destroyed

With the tabling of legislation to finally scrap the long-gun registry, the Harper government's further directive to destroy all the data is a mammoth victory of the people over Big Brother, writes the Calgary Sun newspaper.

I choose To Protect and Defend the Constitution

Michelle Obama "…for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction."

When will the mayor ENFORCE the LAW?

It is evident how the global riots ensued with the class warfare instigated by our president. From the moment Obama was sworn in, he had called for class warfare, first from Egypt by including the Muslim Brotherhood who have, de facto, taken over; and later from other stages including the United Nations.