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Underdogs Bite Upwards (Today) - I start work at 3 pm tomorrow so have been out with me old cronies at smoky-drinky tonight. Also, for the train geeks, Western Gladiator is back to full working order and Deltic (not a... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - New In Last 25 Minutes
- Smoking Helps Protect Against Lung Cancer
Frank Davis (Today) - H/T J. Johnson for this link to Joe Vialls’ 10-year-old Smoking Helps Protect Against Lung Cancer. I read it about 5 years ago, but my link to it subsequently expired. His view was that blaming smoking... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Paris...London...Now Stockholm
Socialism or Your Money Back (Today) - It was London two years ago and it was Paris in 2005. Now it is Stockholm.Days of protest riots in Sweden began on May 19, after police shot dead a knife-wielding 69-year-old man who had locked himself... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Obama's Democrats, Chinese CP, Tony Blair, Helmut Schmidt, An appropriate audience for the 150 birthday party of Germany's Social Democratic Party!
Organised Rage (Today) - Leaders of the early German workers' movement, August Bebel, Wilhelm Liebknecht – Karl Marx – Carl Wilhelm Tölcke, Ferdinand Lassalle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Four months before the federal election, the Social Democratic Party is celebrating its... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Training Ground: Western radicals could be learning terrorism skills in Syrian conflict Henry Jackson Society (Today) - Americans and Europeans have been joining al Qaeda-affiliated groups in Syria in increasing numbers, causing concern that these Western radicals could attempt to carry out terrorist attack on the United States upon returning home, experts... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Robin Simcox’s Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Henry Jackson Society (Today) - “Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from Al-Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria”Chairman King, members of the subcommittee, my sincere thanks for the opportunity to testify here today on issues which I believe should concern... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- U.K. Government Confirms Woolwich Attack an Act of Terror Against Serving Soldier Henry Jackson Society (Today) - The British government confirmed Thursday that the man reportedly slaughtered by two men with knives and cleavers on a street in southeast London on Wednesday was an active duty soldier.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Apple continues to refuse to pay billions in taxes in the United States, EU and around the world; more like robber barrons in levi's than social media!
- ‘Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood & Its British Connections’ Henry Jackson Society (Today) - SPEAKER: Steven Merley, Investigator and Intelligence SpecialistTIME: 1 – 2pm, Wednesday 5th June 2013VENUE: Committee Room 17, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AATo attend please RSVP to: researchassistant3@henryjacksonsociety.org In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- ‘Issues and Problems in the Transatlantic Relationship’ Henry Jackson Society (Today) - SPEAKER: James J. Townsend Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, European and NATO Policy in the US Department of DefenseTIME: 1 – 2pm, Monday 3rd JuneVENUE: Committee Room 5, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AATo... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Denmark’s fat tax disaster - the proof of the pudding
Institute of Economic Affairs (Today) - The negative consequences of putting 'sin taxes' on products when demand is inelastic are well known. Almost invariably, they hurt the poor more than the rich. They encourage black market activity and cross-border shopping. They... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- An open society can always defeat this warped savagery
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - Security agencies are adept at picking up the traces of large-scale plots, but not at spotting attackers with only tangential links to a group, writes David Gardner... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Scottish independence: ‘Campaigns seen as dishonest’
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - THE tribal nature of the independence debate has frozen out “ordinary people” and is “not worthy” of such a historic choice, Scotland’s third-sector leaders have warned.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Cut-price hookers are finding it hard as price drops to £20
Sun - Politics (Today) - MASSAGE parlours, streetwalkers and callgirls have all had to slash rates as the credit crunch bites... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- An equilibrium model of the African HIV/AIDS epidemic
Vox.eu (Today) - How can we accurately model the African HIV/AIDS epidemic? This column presents new research that uses computational general equilibrium models to map the spread of HIV/AIDS. Emphasising the importance of understanding behavioural adjustments and equilibrium... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Outspoken fund manager Andy Brough joins the ranks of UKIP
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - One of the City’s best-known fund managers has joined UKIP as the business world continues to pick sides over Europe. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- NextGen’s Bedroom Tax Song- F The Bedroom Tax
Same Difference (Today) - How have I taken so long to find this hilarious piece of music?... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Government overturned in the courts over work capability assessment for disabled
Michael Meacher MP (Today) - Three cheers for the courts and mental health activists, O for the politicians and the DWP. Two days ago 3 judges ruled – as we all knew, but it required the courts to make it the law... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Unions and Political Parties
Socialist Courier (Today) - The Socialist Party claims that the wealth of society is created by the workers. The working class alone does the world’s work, has created its wealth, constructed its mills and factories, made its roads, laid... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Eric Pickles: "The only way is Wessex!"
Archbishop Cranmer (Today) - In a riposte to the absurd decision by Labour-run Radstock Town Council in Somerset to ban the Cross of St George (in order 'not to offend Muslims' - no, this is not a joke), Communities... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- ‘Cradle to Grave’ for new times
Fabian Society (Today) - A few days ago I heard a homeless woman say she’d ‘worked all her life’ but ended up on the streets. Perhaps she’s the tip of the iceberg. A growing number of working people are... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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