Home » 2010 » August (Page 5)Posted by John Malloy on 08/09/2010
The economic meltdown of 2008 grew out of a foreclosure crisis, as Wall Street banks drove lenders to make loans that were then securitized and sold around the world, in an unregulated slew of credit products. This inflated a housing bubble that, when it burst, severely damaged an already weak economy, sent millions of homeowners into [...]
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The unprecedented disaster caused by the BP oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon 252 site continues to expand even as National Incident Commander Thad Allen and BP assert that the situation is improving, the blown-out source capped and holding steady, the situation well in hand and cleanup operations are being scaled back. The [...]
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By Katharine Auslander – Meaford Independant A group of women on the Outreach Committee of Meaford United Church have created a garden within a 35 by 40 foot fenced plot on Blake Street. The four women as well as a volunteer have planted lettuce, peas, beans, beets, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, peas, potatoes, peppers, squash, tomatoes [...]
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Morgan Ian Adams – aka ‘Scoop’ – is managing editor of the Enterprise-Bulletin newspaper in Collingwood, Ontario There’s a paradox in there somewhere, certainly. Heritage parking meters. Really? How many parking meters did they have a hundred years ago? Exactly. We’ve finally succumbed to it — we’ve Disney-fied ourselves. Yes, aside from the sudden appearance [...]
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For years, Internet advocates have warned of the doomsday scenario that will play out on Monday: Google and Verizon will announce a deal that the New York Times reports “could allow Verizon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege.” The deal [...]
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United We Fall is a documentary about a North American Union that is being developed right now between Canada the United States and Mexico. For years this topic has been debated in news and in political circles as being a possible future for North America. In recent years the mood has shifted and a rift [...]
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While a high-profile battle rages over a mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, heated confrontations have also broken out in communities across the country where mosques are proposed for far less hallowed locations. In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds of protesters have [...]
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The Georgian Bay area’s most talked about talent showcase… So You Think You’ve Got Talent, will be returning to Collingwood starting on July 29th, at it’s new location, Moguls Bar and Grill. The 14 week competition will be hosted by 97.7 the beach and is open to people of any age with [...]
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama in dialogue with students and teachers at Delhi University will be webcast August 9th (9:30am-11:30am and 1:30pm-3:30pm) and August 10th (9:30am-11:30am). There will also be a talk on August 10th afternoon starting at 2:00pm. All times Indian Standard Time (GMT+5.30) via His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama | The Office [...]
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Actress Mia Farrow is expected to testify next week at the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia who prosecutors allege funded a brutal civil war using blood diamonds. Her appearance is scheduled for Monday, according to the United Nations. It comes five days after supermodel Naomi Campbell also testified at [...]
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$100 Billion A Year Levy Is About Bankrolling Global Government And Lining The Pockets Of Con Artist Oil Men Soros, Strong and Gore, Has Nothing To Do With Saving The Environment Despite the failure of last year’s Copenhagen climate summit, the United Nations is pushing ahead for a global carbon tax that will bankroll the [...]
