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Don’t let ‘Climategate’ melt down your portfolio

I've said before that you are more vulnerable to skillful rhetoric than you think. Well, the past week proved it.

New leads over missing maddie

Police in Leicestershire – the county where her family live – were fed information about the sightings after the unique appeal by the London-based Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre last month.

Met Office to re-examine 160 years of climate data

The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man-made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails.

Scientists ask American Physical Society to rescind support for man-made global warming theory

I got this email message today. Again, I haven't done my homework on this issue, so I don't have a strong opinion. But the signatories to this email and (I suspect) a fair number of APS members do.

Irish businessman accused of Madeleine McCann-link fraud on run

An Irish businessman whose firm helped look for Madeleine McCann was yesterday remanded in custody after US authorities launched extradition proceedings over an alleged £1.3m fraud.

‘No Flu’ Santa Claus: Parents Worried About Contagious Mall Crowds Opt for ‘Germ-F

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 2, 2009 — Sitting on Santa’s lap at a busy mall may conjure more stress than usual this year as reports of Swine Flu circulate wildly on the news, but parents and children can breathe a clean, germ-free sigh of relief knowing that they can still get their visit with Santa Claus in this year…. However, they no longer have to brave the mall. Santa can call them personally at home, by telephone: no long lines at a busy mall or hand sanitizer necessary.

Global Warming Industry Meets Reality

It seems that there really is “Mann”-made global warming. It is made of fraud, data manipulation, collusion, squelching dissent, hiding data, deleting data, and punishing scientific journals that dared to publish papers challenging the carbon cabal.

Give the gift of flight for the holidays

This holiday season don’t let your readers give ho-hum gifts. Instead, give them a gift idea that will spark some holiday spirit in everyone on their list: an introductory flight, offered for around $99 at any of the flight schools listed on letsgoflying.com.

Nissan cube a Square Deal

It may be a little funny-looking, in a kind of cute way, but Nissan's new cube "van-like object" is a pretty nifty vehicle overall.

Something is “Rotten in Denmark”

You people are ALLOWING, either implicitly, OR COMPLICITLY--for ONE WORLD (Man) ORDER.

Woman fights for son taken by sharia court

Mrs Jones says her son was "kidnapped" while visiting his Arab relatives in the Gulf state eight weeks ago. She claims she was tricked into signing legal documents she did not understand.

Is there any real chance of averting the climate crisis?

Absolutely. It is possible – if we give politicians a cold, hard slap in the face. The fraudulence of the Copenhagen approach – "goals" for emission reductions, "offsets" that render ironclad goals almost meaningless, the ineffectual "cap-and-trade" mechanism – must be exposed. We must rebel against such politics as usual.

Honduras Votes as Troops Watch, Zelaya Urges Boycott

Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Honduran soldiers and police stand guard at polling stations as voters choose a new president following Manuel Zelaya’s overthrow five months ago.

The great climate change science scandal

The storm began with just four cryptic words. “A miracle has happened,” announced a contributor to Climate Audit, a website devoted to criticising the science of climate change. “RC” said nothing more — but included a web link that took anyone who clicked on it to another site, Real Climate.

Climate change data dumped

SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.

Going Green?

Fifty years ago ninety percent of our food was grown or produced locally. Today ten percent of what you find at most big grocery stores is locally grown or produced and the rest comes from great distances.

Western lifestyle unsustainable, says climate expert Rajendra Pachauri

Hotel guests should have their electricity monitored; hefty aviation taxes should be introduced to deter people from flying; and iced water in restaurants should be curtailed, the world's leading climate scientist has told the Observer.

The Climategate Affair

Letter to Editor from MP Scott Reid

On November 23, Lanark Village residents were sent a letter from the Regional Medical Officer of Health, informing them that they should either boil their water before using it, or else install a water treatment system in their wells.

Harper Urged to Raise Human Rights on China Visit

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement of his China trip came within days of the release of a book by two prominent Canadian human rights defenders that concludes that over 40,000 Falun Gong practitioners in China have been killed so their organs could be harvested and sold.