Guest Column

Seabuckthorn International Inc Announces Combined Seabuckthorn Nutritional Oil Capsules

Seabuckthorn International Inc is pleased to announce the introduction of SBT Single Source™, a one-gram capsule combining SBT Seabuckthorn Seed and Fruit Oils in equal proportions. SII’s first new product announcement in two years, SBT Single Source™ is certified organic and contains certified values of Omegas 3, 6, 7 and 9; the full spectrum of tocopherols (Vitamin E); 18 carotenoids, 17 phytosterols and 8 phospholipids - a combination unmatched by any other single-source supplement oil on the market. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is a high potency botanical whose fruit and seed oils contain over 100 bioactive ingredients (nutrients that act positively on the body) including anti-oxidants such as Vitamin E, cholesterol fighting phytosterols, and a high proportion of the anti-aging palmitoleic fatty acid.

Remembrance to Vigilance Have We Forgotten Too Much?

By Scott W. Winchell, SVP; Gerard Group International, Inc. This morning, a very clear, bright, cloudless morning, not unlike that fateful day in 2001 when our lives were changed forever, I am especially sad. Though it has no bearing on others, one point does make it that much worse, and I share this with many, many thousands world-wide, for today is my birthday.

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Some Would Rather Not Remember September 11th

The events that occurred seven years ago that resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 innocent civilians were so calamitous and beyond our previous collective experience that we would be inhuman if we did not commemorate them.

Americans: Here’s what the CBC thinks of Gov. Sarah Palin

We thought we should let you know howCanadian Broadcasting Corporation thinks about Governor Sarah Paling.

Subway Attack by Allah-shouting Assailant Caught on Tape

PHILADELPHIA - September 8, 2008 - (WPVI) -- Police are asking the public for help in capturing a hammer-wielding attacker, who seemed to assault his prey for no apparent reason.

Dangerous human-caused warming can neither be demonstrated nor measured

There is no evidence, neither empirical nor theoretical, that carbon dioxide emissions from industrial and other human activities can have any effect on global climate. In addition, the claims so often made that there is a consensus among climate scientists that global warming is the result of increased man-made emissions of CO2, has no basis in fact.

Restoring the Rural-Urban Partnership

Don’t miss the first town hall meeting that is part of the CLA’s Sustainable Communities’ Strategy on Thursday, Sept 18, 7pm at the Carp Agricultural Society in Carp.

Court to hear arguments over Muslim cop’s scarf

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lawyers for a Philadelphia police officer who wants to wear a Muslim head scarf say department brass have no justifiable reason to make her take it off at work.

Andrew Lloyd-Webber says political correctness is stifling creativity

Andrew Lloyd-Webber has bemoaned the rise of political correctness in the arts, claiming some of his greatest musicals would never be written today for fear of offending minorities.

Florida Republican Women Officially Boycott Oprah

Standard Newswire/ -- On September 6, the Florida Federation of Republican Women called for a boycott of the Oprah Winfrey Show based upon Ms. Winfrey's refusal to have Governor Sarah Palin as a guest on Oprah until after the election, according to Linda Ivell, President of the FFRW.

STOP the Narco-Terrorist War

Beheadings, torture and assassinations are commonplace in Mexico and have now moved across the border into the U.S. We must have some straight talk and leadership from the White House and the rest of Washington to protect Americans and their children.

Iran’s Faltering Economy

While the international community focuses upon Iran's nuclear program, Iran's faltering economy dominates the Islamic Republic's domestic debate. In his 2005 election campaign, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad famously promised to bring Iran's "oil [money] to the table of every Iranian."

Program Aids Veterans Entering Corporate World

From One Marine's View NEW YORK -- Ed Pulido joined the Army at 18 and spent 19 years in uniform. He lost his left leg four years after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Baqubah, Iraq. And when he was discharged in 2005, with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, he decided to the devote the rest of his life to work with a foundation helping the families of veterans who have been wounded or killed.

Islam group urges forest fire jihad

Josh Gordon AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for "forest jihad" by a group of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light bushfires as a weapon of terror.

In stunning slip on national TV, Obama refers to “my muslim faith”

By Israel Insider staff September 7, 2008 In one of the most astonishing gaffes in American political history, in a national televised interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulus, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama referred to "my muslim faith," confirming what researchers and political opponents have been claiming. While Stephanopoulus several seconds later tried to correct him, saying "Christian faith," it was too late. The damage was done. Obama clearly did not mean his Christian faith, since he was admitting that "John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith." The term "Christian faith" would not make sense in that context.

Stalin’s mass murders were ‘entirely rational’ says new Russian textbook praising tyrant

By WILL STEWART Stalin acted ‘entirely rationally’ in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a controversial new Russian teaching manual claims.

Al-Qaeda threatens new punishment to Denmark

A new al-Qaeda video has warned the group will punish Denmark over newspaper caricatures of Islam's founder.

Married at 9, slain by parents at 17

By Bruce Loudon in Islamabad DESPAIR among human rights workers in Pakistan over a rash of so-called "honour killings" intensified yesterday when it was disclosed that a girl forced into marriage with a 45-year-old man at the age of nine had been killed by her parents because she asked for an annulment.

Election Assumptions and Expectations

We are all the sum of our experiences and much of the process by which we make judgments about others is the result of learning something about their lives and experiences. This is particularly true of the political campaigns for the presidency of the United States.