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Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.

Politicians

All the huffing and puffing about the latest political wunderkind-Michael Ignatieff- who is going to solve all of our problems is enough to make the Gods laugh themselves into a fit. Iggy is even being hailed in some quarters as Canada's answer to Barack Obama.

Collins and Snowe

Senators Collins and Snowe are at it again! Ostensibly unaware of constituent woes — purloined retirement funds, record unemployment and an economy on the rocks — the iconoclastic duo is precariously poised to compromise the values of this great nation one last time. Advocates of laissez-aller bi-partisanship, both moderates appear to be sidling with the libertine wine-and-cheese without borders crowd who champion la cause célèbre of Obama’s oxymoronic S-1 Stimulus Bill. The proposal, of course, is riddled with Democratic paybacks that reek of socialism and fiscal irresponsibility.

Obama’s Middle East Stumble

With every passing day, I am beginning to believe that President Obama lives in his own world, a kind of parallel universe to the real world. Speaking from Obama World, he is convinced that if enough kind and gentle words are spoken, he can personally change the Real World. He can’t.

Gaddafi condemns Africa democracy

Speaking at the AU summit in Ethiopia, Col Gaddafi said Africa was essentially tribal and political parties became tribalised, which led to bloodshed.

January job losses most since ‘74

-Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The nation’s economy lost 598,000 jobs last month, the largest single month of job losses since the economy was staggering through the energy crisis of 1974, according to the monthly report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Bush Was Right. Again.

- Monica Crowley You'd never know it from listening to the lamestream media this weekend, but Iraqis went to the polls in nationwide provincial elections. Turnout was strong, and there was not a single major act of violence.

People Need To Wake-up To The Dangers of CO

Toronto Ontario, February 5, 2009 – With what seems like weekly news reports of deaths and near-tragedies caused by carbon monoxide poisoning this winter, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) -- and the Ontario Fire Marshall's Public Safety Council have joined forces with a leading CO alarm manufacturer to issue a free public education pamphlet online that it hopes will protect families and save lives.

President Obama Taps Anti-Hunting, Animal Rights Extremist for Regulatory Czar

Washington, D.C. – President Obama has appointed his old friend and colleague, University of Chicago Professor Cass Sunstein, to run the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Sunstein is a rabid enemy of Americans’ Second Amendment freedom, and harbors radical ideas about animal rights that only the most ardent PeTA activist would love. Now he will run the federal office that oversees all government regulations.

The Action Americans Need

- Barack Obama By now, it's clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression. Millions of jobs that Americans relied on just a year ago are gone; millions more of the nest eggs families worked so hard to build have vanished. People everywhere are worried about what tomorrow will bring.

Cap and trade plan would send prices soaring and put a staggering burden on U.S. consumers

- Mark J. Perry FLINT, Mi. — At a time when proposals for higher taxes are politically unpopular, Congress is coming up with other strategies to raise the revenue at the expense of the American public.

Egyptian Islamic activist detained at Gaza border

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces detained an Islamist opposition activist on Saturday as he crossed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip, saying they believed he had entered Gaza illegally via a cross-border tunnel, security sources said.

To the Members of the News Media and our Canadian Politicians

Another Canadian soldier has given his life, while on active duty in Afghanistan.It is sad when one of our own is killed in action.When this happens almost every newspaper, news channel and Internet news provider informs the Canadian public about this tragic death.

Belgian intelligence concerned about increasing spy presence

- IAN ALLEN intelNews.orgDespite Belgium’s strategic location and central role in the Cold War, the Belgian secret services have historically had a very limited presence in the country.

Tears and Giggles

They stand there, feeling faint, oblivious to the chirping sparrows and the budding trees on this bright spring day.

Dayton, Ohio: Job losses boost foreclosures

The city of Dayton, Ohio, may have escaped the real estate bubble, but it has been burdened by other problems. It has been bleeding automotive manufacturing jobs for the past seven years, and that has hammered its housing market.

Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil

- JUDEA PEARL This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of our son, former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. My wife Ruth and I wonder: Would Danny have believed that today's world emerged after his tragedy?

Chinese migrant job losses mount

China says 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs during the economic downturn - three times greater than had been suggested previously.

Macy’s to Cut 7,000 Net Jobs, Reduce Its Dividend

Macy’s announced on Monday it would cut a net 7,000 jobs and slash its dividend by more than 60% as part of an effort to boost the retail giant’s efficiency.

111 Dead in Kenya Gasoline Blaze

Hundreds of people were surrounding the overturned truck and blocking a road in the town of Molo on Saturday night when the petrol ignited in a blast that was felt for miles, said Charles Kamau, 22, who ran from his car as flames shot into the air.