Home » 2010 » December (Page 2)Posted by John Malloy on 12/12/2010
When Elizabeth Edwards married John Edwards in 1977, she says she asked him for one gift—fidelity. “I wanted him to be faithful to me,” she says. “It was enormously important.” To many, the Edwardses’ marriage seemed unbreakable. When their son Wade died in a car accident in 1996, John, Elizabeth and their daughter Cate mourned [...]
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Most of the skilled diplomats I’ve met over the years have told me they live with the constant frustration that their best and most carefully produced thoughts end up being read by only a handful of people in power. At least U.S. diplomats have now escaped that fate, courtesy of WikiLeaks. Talk about writer’s envy. [...]
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Mention the word “astrology” and skeptics go into an epileptic fit. The idea that someones personality could be imprinted at birth according to the position of the sun, moon and planets has long been derided as “quackery” by the so-called “scientific” community which resists any notion based on holistic connections between individuals and the cosmos. [...]
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On the third Wednesday of every month, the nine members of an elite Wall Street society gather in Midtown Manhattan. The men share a common goal: to protect the interests of big banks in the vast market for derivatives, one of the most profitable — and controversial — fields in finance. They also share a [...]
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PLANET EARTH – Divide and conquer. This is the set strategy of the era that continues to be imposed on our society today. Turn everyone against each other and with time, people will enslave themselves without even realizing it.Class, race, religion, nationality, age, and sexual orientation are just a few examples of barriers that exist [...]
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For years much of Asia and the rest of the world had thought — or at least wished — that China’s ascent as an economic superpower would be a “peaceful rise” full of “win-win” solutions reflecting the country’s oft-stated desire for a “harmonious world.” There were reasons for such hope. Over the last couple of [...]
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Firm’s stock sale nearly twice as large as any other institution; Represented 44 percent of total BP investment The brokerage firm that’s faced the most scrutiny from regulators in the past year over the shorting of mortgage related securities seems to have had good timing when it came to something else: the stock of British [...]
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Sorry to hear about the resignation of Andrea Matrosovs, what a quality individual … Any political party would be honoured to have someone like Andrea in their party. Wish you and your family all the best Andrea. Andrea Matrosovs resigns With regret the Simcoe-Grey Federal Liberal Association has accepted the resignation of Andrea Matrosovs as its [...]
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By John Edwards, Municipal officials are disputing that a draft agreement is in place between Collingwood and Wasaga Beach on a transit link. This comes on the heels of a story in The Connection and The Wasaga Sun that stated a draft agreement was in place and would allow residents from each community to travel [...]
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WikiLeaks supporters struck back Wednesday at perceived enemies of the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange, launching hack attacks against Mastercard, Swedish prosecutors, a Swedish defense lawyer and a Swiss group that froze Assanges bank account. Internet hacktivists operating under the label “Operation Payback” claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing technological problems [...]
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Next time you see our good friends, that help keep us safe … Give them the thumbs up … let them know how much you appreciate them. That also includes our good friends in the O.P.P., Paramedics, School Crossing Guards and our Fire Fighters, to name a few. It’s the least we can do …
