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Half truths and nonsense

Bloomberg quotes Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who said, weak U.S. growth, not his country's strengthening currency, is the biggest threat to Canada's economic recovery. And the half truths continue.

- Monday, December 13, 2010

UN climate deal fails to make progress on carbon emissions

By Ben Webster CANCUN - The Mexican hosts of the sixteenth annual UN Climate Change Conference were determined that Cancun would not share Copenhagen's fate by becoming synonymous with failure.

Slick Willie at Work

From: Bill Clinton .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Date: December 13, 2010 10:29:44 AM EST To: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Subject: Your role doesn't end on Election Day Dear Friend, During elections, we go to the polls to vote for the candidates we think best represent the hopes and dreams we hold for ourselves and future generations. But even if everyone we vote for wins, we will still have gaps between where we are and where we need to be.

Restore our Constitution

Animals of YouTube sing “Deck the Halls”

Bilingual judges

I wonder if people realize what’s going on in this country. Quebec has spent the last 5 decades wiping out the English language and culture from the province with racist, anti-English language laws such as bill 22, 178, 101…This is a fact. Racism, intolerance, bigotry, ethnic language cleansing and human rights violations still going on in the province of Quebec.

Dems fight Tea Party with Blue Car Decals

From: "J.B. Poersch" .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Date: December 10, 2010 9:56:11 AM EST To: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Subject: Is your car blue? Dear friend, If you’ve still got holiday gifts to buy, here’s an idea: Make any car a Democratic car with the DSCC’s “This is a Blue Car” magnet. You can get one for a donation of $5, or two for a donation of $9 or more. They’re a clever way to make sure everyone knows which side of the partisan road you travel.

Dems counting on Republican Susan Collins to push “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

From: "Mitch Stewart, BarackObama.com" .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Date: December 10, 2010 12:30:55 AM EST To: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Subject: Not done fighting on DADT Friend -- This afternoon, a discriminatory policy that deprives our military of qualified troops, endangers our national security, and violates the simple American principles of integrity, fairness, and equality was allowed to remain law.

Security Requires A Strong Military

The Obama administration is contemplating major reductions in the Defense Department budget to help cut into the huge deficits incurred by the President and his Washington cronies. They plan on reducing our conventional military forces, and increase special operations units to combat the terrorist threats around the world.

It’s laughable you call yourselves Canada free press

I thought the the left was as looney as you could get,but this fox type lies and plain bullshit is just more repukes sounding off with lies and inneundo. (i have been a conservative all my life) I would like to see a fair and honest news site.but you people wouldn't know an honest story if it hit you in the face.

25 Canadians charged in massive child exploitation bust

By: Postmedia News TORONTO -- A total of 218 charges of child sex exploitation have been laid against 57 people, including 25 Canadians, the Toronto Police Service said Wednesday.

Army moves in to clear away snow in coldest December for 100 years

Source: UK Daily Mail As temperatures plunged to -15c (5f) David Cameron ordered the military to step in and help the UK's beleaguered local councils.

Girl Risks Her Life to Save Beloved Family Dog

Fox News A beloved family pet barely survived an icy plunge after falling into a frozen pond in an Indiana backyard on Monday night.

The Constitution Failed

A book that will elicit passionate responses from both sides of this bold statement.

Liu Xiaobo, 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Speaks Of Humanitarian Ideals In 2008

Source: Huffington Post Liu Xiaobo may be riding a wave of international interest after winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, but the pacifist ideals for which the Chinese dissident has been honored have been close to his heart for decades.

North America: The new energy kingdom

By Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail The American Petroleum Institute reports that the United States produced more crude oil in October than it has ever produced in a single month, “peak oil” or not.

New Sanibel Sea School campus brings marine education to life at South Seas Island Resort

CAPTIVA, Florida – South Seas Island Resort, an ecologically rich sanctuary located on the northern tip of Captiva Island, encourages families to leave behind the distractions of e-mail, video games and blackberries and discover the animation of the sea. South Seas Island Resort has partnered with non-profit foundation, Sanibel Sea School, to offer transformational marine education for every member of the family. From searching for manatees and learning to surf to snorkeling through sea grass and interacting with marine animals in their natural habitats, Sanibel Sea School offers South Seas Island Resort guests the chance to learn about the ocean and embrace marine conservation for just $55 per person, per session, five days a week.

The Green Energy Collapse

Across the world, unsustainable subsidies for wind and solar are being cut back. The Ontario government paints itself in extreme green. It has outlawed coal — the only jurisdiction on the continent to have done so. It boasts the world’s biggest solar plant. It boasts the western world’s biggest subsidies to the renewables industry. And now, it also boasts the western world’s fastest-growing renewables industry.

WHO to define information standards for traditional medicine

TOKYO, JAPAN ¦ 7 December 2010 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) will develop, for the first time, a classification of traditional medicine, paving the way for the objective evaluation of its benefits.

Auditor General Hands the Family Responsibility Office a Failing Grade: Jones

(Queen’s Park) – Progressive Conservative MPP Sylvia Jones (Dufferin-Caledon), Critic for Community and Social Services questions why the Liberal government has not made any movement over the last seven years to fix the issues pointed out by the Auditor in his 2003 review of the Family Responsibility Office.