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To win back his seat, David Davis needed only to defeat a smokers' rights advocate and a man claiming to be the true Pope.Faith in the City What is more interesting – tackling ingrained poverty or securing our beautiful liberties? Both get me warmed up, and likewise Britain’s bloggers seemed pretty turned on by both Haltemprice and Glasgow. Turning his attention to the by-election in Glasgow

ABC Radio Australia East Timor's Oppositiion Fretilin Party has called on the Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to explain why a lucrative contract has gone to a member of his party the CNRT. The contract for the importation of rice has been doubled to 16,000 tons to provide improved food security in the country. Read more...Palacio do Governo, DiliEast Timor Legal News - More than just the news!

Recently, each state in Southeast Asia had its fair share of troubling issues in local politics. Singapore wasn't spared too, even though on the surface, the political field still remains peaceful compared to our neighbours.A few weeks ago, I chanced upon Workers' Party member Yaw Shin Leong's blog and saw his post expressing his remorse for voting for the PAP candidate at the place he resides. He

I first came across this video when Steve Hanson posted it on Uppity Wisconsin. This video was authorized by the Progressive Patriots Fund--an organization, Chaired by Senator Feingold, that is "dedicated to promoting a progressive reform agenda and supporting candidates across the country."I am very happy to call Russ Feingold my Senator, and I hope he will keep up the fight on FISA. Please tak

President Bush’s announcement of plans to remove North Korea from the terrorism list is the result of long negotiations that illustrate that the process is complicated and it is turning controversial. Talks with North Korea about removal from the terrorism list have been going on for at least eight years. North Korean officials have been seeking removal as part of the price for being more fo

"They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus recei

The environmentalists are whining about McCain’s stance on dropping the ban on offshore drilling to ease oil prices and our dependency on foreign oil.  As is typical with these people, you’re either pro-drilling or pro-environment with nothing in between.  WIth today’s technology, I bet we can drill with minimal environmental impact, but the green crowd [...]

Nothing suggests a good week to come like the Catholic Church calling out "godless" Hollywood — or, more specifically, rebuking Tom Hanks and the rest of the fork-tongued heathens who had requested access to shoot parts of Angels and Demons in a few of Rome's celebrated cathedrals. The Vatican apparently has yet to get over the whole Jesus-was-married thing from The Da Vinci Code, and the pa

The opposition to Pervez Musharraf is taking a worrisome turn — one that Musharraf’s supporters inside and outside of Pakistan should take heed of. Those who would like to see Musharraf’s ouster have been frustrated by the prevention of him being conventionally removed. Rather than simply calling for his resignation or impeachment, some have upped the antie, calling for Musharraf to be pun

Ça y est, les conservateurs ont fait adopter leur projet de loi “C-10″ qui leur donne le droit de couper le budget (terme poli pour CENSURER) de tous les films qui ne cadrent pas avec les bonnes vieilles “valeurs” de l’ouest canadien. Cet acte anti-démocratique flagrant s’inscrit dans une longue liste d’abus de pouvoir et de reculs [...]

The Massachusetts Democrat Party will hold their primary this Sunday in Lowell, MA and although John Kerry is expected to win his party’s nomination, it is not without some opposition. A percentage... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Broadly based political support for using monetary policy for the medium term control of inflation despite short term pains (Goodhart, 1994) makes an independent central bank able to reach this goal. All agents who prefer low inflation will support the idea of an independent central bank. According to Posen (1993) opposition to inflation is due [...]

There were some pretty strong opinions on my prior post regarding the proposed carbon tax in Canada. It was great to hear from both sides of the argument. If you’re interested in more information about the carbon tax poll - and why it might not be a great idea - check out this post from [...]

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) has decided not to return to Zmbabwe to contest the run-off election against President Mugabe due to reports of an assasssinatin plot against his life. His spokesperson, George Sibotshiwe, said’ “We have received information from a credible source concerning a planned assassination attempt.” On Friday, US [...]

Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party(MHP), claimed the ruling Justice and Developmnt Party(AKP) led by Prime Minister Erdogan, is using the attempt by the prosecutor’s office to close it down as a strategy of placing itself as a victim rather than confronting real issues that have occurred during its administration of the [...]

Rbert Mugabe lost an election six weeks ago and still refuses to accept the decision of his own people. Instead, he has unleashed the thugs of war to beat, brutalize and kill those who dared to vote for his opponent. The number of post-election deaths has now risen to at least 32 as Mugabe men [...]

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Fox has a lot more information at their disposal. They had a television crew at the Somerset County Courthouse yesterday where Colonel Harry Beam laid out a precise and devastating exposé of Islamic and terrorist memorializing design features, and they were sent extensive fact checking materials.

LONDON: Britain's main opposition party made strong gains in local elections in England and Wales as results were tallied Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's struggling Labour Party government which faces a national election within two years.The British Broadcasting Corp. projected that the resurgent Conservative Party would take 44 percent of the vote, putting it 20 points ahead of Labour. Brown's party was running neck-and-neck with the Liberal Democrats, the country's third-largest party.Partial results on Friday from 99 local councils showed the Conservatives gaining 144 seats while Labour lost 145. The Liberal Democrats gained 10."I think these results are not just a vote against Gordon Brown and his government," Conservative leader David Cameron said Friday. "I t

Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-MN) gave a House speech this month, supporting Mr. Burnett’s opposition to the crescent design. The speech is entered in the Congressional Record here, along with supporting statements from Tom Burnett Sr. (father of murdered Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett Jr.). That makes two Congressmen now who have come out publicly against [...]

Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-MN) gave a House speech this month, supporting Mr. Burnett's opposition to the crescent design. The speech is entered in the Congressional Record here, along with supporting statements from Tom Burnett Sr. (father of murdered Flight 93...

The Soouth African government finally decded to exert pressure on President Mugabe by urging the immediate release of election results. President Mibeki of South Afrca has come under severe criticism throughout the world for his failure to demonstrate a commitment to democracy. Themba Maseko, a spokesman for South Africa, said: “When elections are held [...]

AP, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (April 16 2008): Another opposition party announced Wednesday it will boycott Ethiopia's second round of local elections because of rigging and intimidation, further damaging the democratic credentials of the key U.S. ally.Bulcha Demeksa, head of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement, said observers were banned from polling stations, voters threatened by ruling party officials and canvas ballot bags stuffed with ballots during the first round of elections April 13.Those problems led the party, which claims to represent Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, to withdraw from the second round of elections April 20.Merga Bekana, chairman of the national election board, dismissed the allegations of rigging and said he was unaware of the boycott until journalists informed

By Peter Heinlein VOA News, Addis Ababa (April 14, 2008) - The biggest opposition party that participated in Ethiopia's nationwide elections Sunday is planning to boycott the second part of the voting, charging the first half was rigged. Another, larger opposition group had pulled out even before the first vote. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the withdrawal of the two largest opposition factions would clear the way for Ethiopia's ruling party to take control of local councils nationwide, and to increase its majority in parliament.The leadership of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement voted Monday to join a boycott when Ethiopia votes in critical municipal elections next Sunday.The OFDM had been the largest opposition party participating last Sunday, as Ethiopians voted fo

ADDIS ABABA (AFP, April 12) — Ethiopia on Sunday holds elections for the first time since deadly 2005 poll violence, but accusations of fresh repression against the opposition make the results a foregone conclusion.About 3.7 million candidates are competing for almost as many local and federal council seats and the opposition was only able to field a few thousand contestants. About 30 million people are eligible to vote.On Thursday, one of the main opposition movements in the Horn of Africa nation, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF), announced it was pulling out of the race."We have decided to call off our participation from the elections as the situation is out of hand and dangerous," party chairman Beyene Petros told AFP."We attempted to field candidates in several constitue

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Opposition officials accused Zimbabwe’s ruling party Tuesday of orchestrating a campaign of violence in remote rural areas in an effort to intimidate opponents of President Robert Mugabe ahead of a likely runoff election. The accusations came amid growing reports that ruling party thugs were escalating their invasions of white-owned farms and driving [...]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s opposition party suspended talks with the government Tuesday and hundreds of angry young opposition backers set fires to protest delays in reaching a power-sharing deal. But after a series of demands by the opposition, and replies by the government, it appeared late Tuesday that the talks might soon resume. President Mwai Kibaki [...]

this juggalo junk is spreading online LMAO Has everyone heard of the hater group “Juggalo Halocaust“ they are now trying to act like GOD, and killing us just because they hate Juggalos, who gives them the right to KILL us? why would you go kill someone because of the music someone likes? to me, this is [...]

Main oppsition leader Deniz Baykal urged Prime Minister Erdogan to admit his party’s mistke in attempting to impose Islamic law on the secular nation of Turkey. He insisted the move to have Turkey’s hgh court close down the Justice and Development Party on grounds it violates the nation’s law by seeking to end the secular [...]

Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Wednesday claimed victory and rejected the need for a second round of voting in the tense presidential contest between MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and long-time President Robert Mugabe.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has included Mass Resistance in its list of hate groups because of the organization's opposition to homosexuality, an opposition which is rooted in both Divine Revelation and Natural Law. This is ridiculous on so many different levels. What is particularly ironic, however, is that Mass Resistance doesn't even meet the SPLC's definition of a hate group: "All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics." (Source: ).And what is the definition of "immutable"? The word itself comes from the Latin: in - not and mutabilis - mutable. The American Heritage Dictionary provides us with an excellent definition: "Not subject or susceptible to change." But can one honestly suggest tha

Zimbabwe’s opposition party claimed an overwhelming victory against President Robert Mugabe in yesterday’s presidential election. The Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) says its candidate Morgan Tsvangaini had “massacred” the ruling Zanu-PF party. The MDC defied a government ban on pre-empting the official anouncement of election results by releasing its own figures. Tendai Biti, secretary general of [...]

I have been hearing news (more like rumors) that some elected Opposition MPs and ADUN’s have problems in declaring their assets as instructed by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to all elected nationwide MPs and ADUNs.Why? What’s up with their hesitations?Hello… Transparency is for everybody and Barisan Nasional is not the only party that has to be transparent to the common people. It would be quite silly isn’t it if those who urged Barisan Nasional to show transparency failed to do the same thing when they have been put in power. :-)Hudhaifah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) narrated to us two Hadiths. I have seen one (crystallized into reality), and I am waiting for the other. He told us: Trust and honesty settled in the innermost (root) of

Zimbabwe plice arrested opposition officials and a pilot who were delivering election materials for Saturday’s general election. Jameson Timba, wh is standing for parliament was seized by police as he accepted campaign materials. Earlier this month, the head of the Zimbabwe police vowed: “Western puppets would never rule.” He also made clear the police would [...]

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) in Zimbabwe, drew a crowd estimated to be at least 30,000 compared to the 3,000 attending a rally for President Mugabe. Tsvangirai told the crowd that President Mugabe will “enage in every tirck in the book” to rig the polls. Western observers are barred from suprervising [...]

I do agree with BERSIH. My gut feeling even told me that our political opposition parties would have wiped out Barisan Nasional in the recent 2008 General Election if the election itself is conducted fairly and cleanly.Press Release: 17 March 2008The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH) wishes to point out that the opposition parties might have won the elections outright if it was in fact clean, free, fair and transparent.BERSIH stresses that the Opposition’s impressive gains were the result of a number of factors, and in spite of the numerous incidences of fraudulent practices, irregularities and misconduct — not because of the absence of dirty tactics.The BN won many seats with wafer-thin margins, very likely aided by fraudulent means. The margin was smaller than 20% of th

Now that all three of our political opposition parties have agreed to recognize Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as Opposition Leader, it is only right for mainstream media and fellow bloggers to stop referring Mr. Lim Kit Siang as Opposition Leader.It is interesting to take note here that Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s new recognition is just temporary since PAS, PKR and DAP seems to have made a pact to let Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim lead the Opposition after he had won a seat in Parliament.Courtesy of tvPAS Dot ComBy the way, I never did like the sound of Mr. Lim Kit Siang as Opposition Leader in the past. Events that had transpired recently had proven that Mr. Lim Kit Siang can never be a true leader for all Malaysians regardless of religion, race and color. It would be more appro

Despite strong opposition, the Indonesian government insisted yesterday it would go ahead with its plans to build four nuclear power plants in the country, a state-run media report said.State Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman said the plants were part of the country’s long-term development plans and were needed to fulfil its energy demand, according to the state-run Antara news agency.“If one nuclear power plant can produce 1,200MW of electricity, we need four plants by 2025 to met our power demand,” Kadiman was quoted as saying.Indonesia plans to build the first nuclear power plant at the foot of the dormant Mount Muria volcano in earthquake-prone Central Java, about 450km east of Jakarta.Java accounts for more than 60% of the 225mn people who inhabit the 17,000 is

In the world of Vladmir Putin, there is Vladmir Putin and his correct view on just about every issue in the world. The Russian president has rarely entertained ideas from opposition leaders, let alone even giving them an equal opportunity to win an election. As he prepares to abandon the post of president and switch [...]

PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat will form the new Kedah state government. State Pas comissioner Azizan Abdul Razak will meet the Kedah Sultan later today to convey their intention of forming the state government.You can get the details in Malaysiakini web or NST and The Star News online.Azizan said both parties would now discuss the candidates for menteri besar.They will also decide the power sharing structure of the new state government."At the moment, DAP is now part of the PKR-Pas alignment in Kedah. We leave it to their leaders to decide if they should join us," he said at a press conference at Pas headquarters at Kota Sarang Semut. On the new state government's relationship with the federal government, Azizan said "Kelantan has survived on its own."Barisan routed as

European Union and American observers are being excluded from examining the validity of the March 29th election in Zimbabwe. Apparently, those nations do not yet grasp the meaning of an election held under the rule of Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi informed the world, “Clearly those who believe that the only free and [...]

Hantu Laut Michael Backman is a well-known and respected business and political writer in this region and elsewhere.He regularly writes for the Age, an Australian newspaper and have written many articles on politics in Malaysia. I produce below a recent article on Malaysian politics. Malaysia needs a strong Opposition Email

A couple of days ago I referred to Yoel Marcus endorsing Ehud Olmert to stay in power regardless of the final report of the Winograd Committee. I didn't comment on it much further, and in the meantime Haaretz has published a response by Emmanuel Sivan, concluding that Olmert is obliged to resign (Hebrew). Most of his arguments are regarding Olmert's performance as Prime-Minister in various aspect,s including the Peace Process, Annapolis, the Gaza strip and the education crisis. His arguments concerning Olmert's functioning during the Lebanon war of 2006 are mainly the ground offensive of the last few days of the war, and even more so the decision to continue the war after the first week, when "three independent reports, solicited by his bureau and the office of the defense minister… reached a similar conclusion: all that was possible to achieve by military means against Hezbollah had already been met". This is Olmert's great fault according to Sivan. When deciding

While Petrodollars Propaganda showers networks in the Middle East, Europe and North America to weaken democracies' resolve to confront the Iranian and Syrian regimes and as "lobbies" in the West accelerate the campaign to break the isolation of Damascus and Tehran, these two regimes turned against their opposition in several attempts to crush them as long as the "window of opportunity is open" according to insiders. The Khamenei and Assad regimes, witnessing the Baker-Hamilton report causing confusion...(read more)

Hon. Stephane Dion: "We are not in Afghanistan in retribution for 9/11. Never! Canada is not that kind of a country"by Wayne PranteDecember 7th, 2007Edmonton, Alberta - Prior to the attacks in New York and Washington, DC on September 11th, 2001, Canada was widely known and respected as a UN Peacekeeping force in conflicts around the world.Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, NATO invoked, for the first time in history (at US request) Article 5 of the NATO Charter, claiming an attack by a foreign nation. President George W. Bush declared some days later, during an internationally televised speech, and in a direct challenge to other nations "you are either with us or you are with the terrorists". Canada, under Liberal Jean Chretien, like other NATO allies, quickly announced that it would participate in Bush's global "War on Terror" and sent troops to Afghanistan. Popular support for that decision was very high.Canada has changed federal governments since the war began, with the Conserva

On December 4, President Bush met in the White House with a few pro-democracy members of the Syrian opposition, including US-based Ammar Abdelhamid and former Syrian parliamentarian Mamoun Homsi, who currently lives outside of Syria. Homsi who signed the Damascus Declaration, was imprisoned in 2002 and sentenced to five years for his criticism of the Syrian mukhabarat and the perpetual "state of emergency" laws that govern Syria. Few details of the meeting have emerged. Homsi and Abdelhamid are said...(read more)

An opposition politician running in Russian parliamentary elections was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday as he entered his house in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, Russian media reported. Farid Babayev, who will lead the regional list for the liberal anti-Kremlin Yabloko party was in a serious condition in hospital, RIA novosti news agency reported after an unidentified gunman fired on him in the regional capital Makhachkala. “The incident occurred at about 10 p.m., not far from his home. Farid Babayev is now in hospital in a serious condition,” said his party colleague and fellow electoral candidate, Ruslan Salahbekov, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency. I’m sure it was a total coincidence that he was shot. Don’t be surprised if his condition takes a turn for the worse while he’s in the hospital and he doesn’t make it. -Chris Jones Related PostsClose U.S. ally Georgia descends into chaosPutin Continues to Chip Away At Demo

Glenn Beck in action.Complaints and demands for a retraction and an apology are flooding CNN today after Neo-Con host Glenn Beck and ex-Marxist David Horowitz smeared Ron Paul supporters, libertarians and the anti-war left as terrorist sympathizers and inferred that the U.S. military should be used to silence them, parroting a talking point that traces back to a September 2006 White House directive.This is part of an ongoing propaganda assault which has also been mimicked by other anti-American Neo-Con talking heads like Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh.Beck opened up his show segment by inferring that the U.S. military should be used to silence domestic dissent against the war, claiming that those he would later identify as Ron Paul supporters, libertarians and the anti-war left and link with terrorists, were a "physical threat.""When you enlist in the U.S. military, you have take an oath that says you're gonna support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enem

Opposition to the war in Iraq has reached an all-time high, according to the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll released Thursday morning. Support for the war in Iraq has dropped to 31 percent and the 68 percent who oppose the war is a new record.read more | digg story

In case you all missed it. Rush Limbaugh sold Harry Reid’s letter to Clear Channel requesting that Rush be censured for $2.1 Million on eBay. Rush then kept his word and matched the offer, making the total $4.2 Million. All the proceeds will go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, a group that gives scholarship money to the children of service members either killed in war or in the course of public duty. Rush is on the board of directors of this great organization.Amazingly, Media Matters is still running with the fake “Phony Soldiers” story. These people clearly do not know when they have lost a battle. Rush took the Democratic Party nonsense in Congress and smashed them over the head with an anvil. It was simply brilliant.Now the only question is whether any of the Senators who signed the disgraceful letter to Rush Limbaugh, will match the donation as Rush requested. Let us see how patriotic they really are.Notably, Hillary Clinton was one of the people who s

Hardbeatnews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Fri. Oct. 12, 2007: Guyana’s main opposition party, The Peoples National Congress Reform, is calling for “transparency” following reports that the Guyana government plans to sell land to Barbadian citizens for US$5 per acre.

The opposition Union of Right Forces is opposing President Putin’s attempts to reduce free enterprise in the Russian economy. The Union is offering candidates in the upcoming State Duma elections who champion the idea of free enterprise and individual initiative. They believe reforms begun by Yeltsin in the 1990s to open the Russian economy to market forces are being undone by Putin’s conservative quasi-authoritarian tendencies which increasingly place the government as a force in the national economy. The Union of Right Forces seeks a Russia which follows free market ideas, has a volunteer army, and a more open and liberal approach to foreign policy. There is scant doubt Putin has complete control over the upcoming election and his candidates will win in a vast majority of races. The tragedy for the Russian people is to have an improving economy and a backward leader who seeks returning to the good old days of authoritarian rule.

Japanese law forbids any assistance to America’s war in Iraq which lacks a United Nations resolution. The Japanese Self Defense Force is restricted to providing aid to forces fighting in and around Afghanistan where the UN voted for military operations. A japanese group, Peace Depot, obtained American military documents which indicate ships belonging to the Japanese Self Defense Force in the Indian Ocean provided fuel to the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier which was carrying out bombing missions in Iraq. According to a spokesperson for the group, “This fueling activity clearly violated the(Japanese) antiterrorism law.Z” Japan’s opposition party gained control of the Upper House of the Diet several months ago and is adamantly against Japanese participation in Iraq. This incident will most probably allow the opposition to end any further aid to the Iraq war which apparently some in the current Japanese government which to provide.

When I first heard of plans to move the Chicago Children's Museum to Grant Park I was firmly opposed to the idea. I had visions of green space being torn up and replaced by a monstrosity overrun by wide-eyed, sticky-fingered kids. But mostly my opposition stemmed from my jealousy of even more park development for affluent areas of Chicago. Back in March I posted an entry on this gardening blog, titled "Dear Mayor Daley," where I complained about the disparity of park development in undeserved neighborhoods. Today I'm still not pleased with situation we have in many of our neighborhoods that aren't near the lake but I'm no longer in opposition of the Chicago Children's Museum desire to move to Grant Park.This week Mayor Daley flat-out accused the opposition of the move of being racists and anti-children. 42nd ward Alderman Brendan Reilley appeared on Chicago Tonight last night to explain that his opposition wasn't fueled by racism or a dislike of kids. He explained that his opposi

Really, folks!I could not help but felt embarrassed when I read a report published in MalaysiaKini yesterday that our opposition political parties DAP and PKR are having some disagreements over seat distributions for the upcoming general election. :-(What the heck, man!The battle has yet begun and you folks are all ready at each others’ throats!Those folks over at Barisan Nasional would be grinning from ear to ear when they hear this. We all know that they are greedy for power, are you guys just as greedy too?I know that our opposition political parties badly wanted to win more seats in the upcoming general election but please do not make it so damn conspicuous. You guys had gone through hell lately. Incidents over at Ijok and Pantai Batu Buruk should have brought you guys closer.Haven’t you guys learnt anything from it? :-(Why should you now fight over petty issues such as seat distributions?If you guys continue to behave like some Neanderthals, how do you expect Malaysians to hav

In the weekend edition of the Today newspaper on 15 Sep 2007, there was this article titled "50 years on.. What keeps Workers' Party going?". When I read the headlines, I thought that it might be another article to highlight the strengths of the PAP and weaknesses of the opposition parties in general. But I was wrong. Although in the first paragraph the journalist praised the ruling party for creating an economic miracle, the following paragraphs totally caught me by surprise. The rest of the paragraphs described the history of Workers’ Party throughout the short history of Singapore. Few items caught my eye: The title -"50 years on.. What keeps Workers' Party going?" seem to suggest that the party is able to withstand the constant onslaught from the PAP and being 50-year old, it is a party which is wise, experienced and still popular among Singaporeans. “One exception was the WP's call for a "caring society" in the 1980s, which offered Singaporeans an alternative policy.

Plan for Air Paths Draws Ground Opposition Air travelers hoping that a proposed reconfiguration of air traffic in the New York and Philadelphia area will soon reduce chronic flight delays could be in for yet another long wait: some municipalities in New Jersey and New York are suing to stop the plan because it would route noisy jets over areas unaccustomed to such traffic. The towns and counties

Is it my imagination or is the only thing the Democrats in Congress have done since taking over the House and the Senate is investigate the Republicans? Now comes word from the editors of the Washington Post that they ran out of town in order to start their vacations by providing the President with unlimited powers to investigate us. Great job.

Piss poor, pathetic, cowardly, insulting, weak and downright dismal are just a few of the words that spring to mind when considering this THE Liberal Party has run up the white flag and will not contest the Williamstown or Albert Park by-elections. Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu and the party's administrative committee last night decided against running candidates in either seat. Idiots. No wonder the gutless wonders are still ambling about in the political wilderness. It's where they belong. Many people decry the lack of talent within the Liberals, and yet rather than give a talented candidate a go in what is in all likelihood a kamikaze mission, rather than raise the profile of a candidate, rather than give the disaffected people of Williamstown or Albert Park an alternative candidate to vote for, the Libs scurry down the nearest rat hole to hide. I remember how Jeff Kennett lost the state of Victoria. The ALP did not run a candidate in a safe Liberal seat previously held b

02.08.07 - By Geoffrey Ciani: So it’s official! Reigning pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather Junior will be facing Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton in his next bout. Unfortunately, there are better fights out there for Mayweather, but for whatever reasons, he doesn’t seem interested in pursuing them. After beating Oscar De La Hoya, Mayweather has become one of the most sought after fighters in the 147 pound weight range. Fortunately for Mayweather, there are a slew of worthwhile more…

Doping has reared its ugly head at the Tour de France again. After the latest scandal, tour director Christian Prudhomme says professional cycling needs a total overhaul. The leader of Turkey’s opposition party—Republican People’s Party—said it would not back the majority party’s presidential nominee, saying he questions the candidate’s dedication to Turkey’s secular constitution. The Arab League has sent its first ever

Update on this. First these people got the death penalty, then life in prison, and now they're pardoned and set free: Thirty Ethiopian opposition leaders have been pardoned and freed from prison just days after being given life sentences over election protests. ... Ethiopia came under strong international pressure over the trial, and some donors cut aid. Here's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi: Mr Meles denied that he was following US orders to free the 30 CUD leaders and eight others convicted over the protests. Five others were convicted in absentia. "The Ethiopian government isn't willing and is unable to be run like a banana republic from Capitol Hill. Some individuals appear to be entertaining such illusions," he said. He also said that some of the international pressure on his government had been "shameful". ... The head of the European Union 2005 election observers in Ethiopia had condemned the life sentences as "farcical" and "inhumane". ... Some 193 people died after thousand

This is a guest post from Aaron Potts, who runs the personal development and self improvement blog Today is that Day, and is also founder of the social networking website Personal Development Partners. No matter how hard you try in life, you are eventually going to come up against someone who disagrees with your point of view. I know, I know - it’s hard to believe that anyone could possibly disagree with your infinite wisdom, but trust me, it will happen. It is how you deal with that opposition, however, that will determine whether or not the outcome of that disagreement causes negativity in your life and in the lives of people around you. Choice #1: Stand Your Ground This is the “default” reaction for most people. After all, if you didn’t believe in your point of view, you would have never voiced it to begin with, right? Or, even if you spoke out of turn and said something that you shouldn’t have, now your pride is on the line, and no one wants to look li

This is a follow-up to my column about the business of piggybacking, where people can improve credit scores by borrowing credit history as an authorized user on someone’s credit card. I mentioned that Fair Isaac is adopting a new FICO scoring system, starting in September, that ignores authorized users. There are two parties that oppose [...]

TEAM OBAMA RIPS CLINTONS IN OPPOSITION DOCUMENT - NY Daily NewsExcerpt:"The Clinton Campaign was sent an oppostion document drawn up by the Obama campaign yesterday. Camp Clinton sent it on to The Mouth.The document trashes Bill Clinton's stock investments, his fees from out-sourcing and down-sizing companies and Hillary Clinton's support from well-off Indian Americans who also profit from out-sourcing. It describes Hillary's political affiliation as (D-Punjab), apparently riffing on a joke made by a supporter about how well the senator understands India's issues.Apparently, The New York Times also got the doc, which they bury in a story about the Clintons selling off the stocks in their blind trust to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interests.The Mouth leaves it up to others to say whether this is a low-road attack of the kind that the Obama campaign has pledged to avoid, or a legitimate attack on the interests a politician may be catering to.The document is posted after the

With the 20th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s monumental speech calling on the Soviets to “tear down” the Berlin Wall upon us, once again we are seeing freedom-loving people taking power in European capitals. (more…)

Shimla, June 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s Leader of Opposition Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said here Saturday resolution of the Kashmir issue is central to normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan. “Solving the Kashmir issue is the first and last essential,” said Rehman, who is the parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal party (MMAP). He was speaking at a two-day meeting of lawmakers of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries here. This is the second such meeting to be orgainsed by South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA). About 80 parliamentarians from all the eight SAARC countries are taking part in the seminar inaugurated Saturday by Lok Sabha speaker Somanath Chatterjee. On the issue of building a gas pipeline across Iran, Pakistan and India, the Pakistani opposition leader said: “Global powers have no business in interfering and telling us what to do.” “We need to solve this on our own and not allow Western

By Peter Clottey Washington, D.C. 28 May 2007   In Zimbabwe, factions of the main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have begun talks to join forces against President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party for the upcoming presidential elections. The MDC recently split into two – the Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara factions. Sources say the groups have agreed to endorse Morgan Tsvangirai as a sole opposition candidate to challenge incumbent President Robert Mugabe at the presidential polls.  Nelson Chamisa, the spokesman for Tsvangirai’s faction, confirmed the on-going talks. From the capital, Harare, Chamisa told VOA that both factions have agreed that the party would be stronger in unity than apart. “I can’t really say we are at this stage or that stage, but what I can confirm is that the party realizes the importance of a synergy of efforts. They realize the need for making sure that at least there is a unity of purpose, and unity of actio

by Andrea RodriguezRead more | Digg storyCuba is quietly modernizing its ethanol-producing facilities, despite Fidel Castro's repeated assertions that making more of the biofuel could starve the world's poor. The island plans to upgrade 11 of its 17 refineries, which produce up to 47 million gallons annually of ethanol from sugar cane, said Conrado Moreno, a member of Cuba's Academy of Sciences. The refineries currently produce alcohol for use in rum and other spirits, as well as medications and cooking on the island. But the improvements will give Havana the capacity to one day produce fuel for cars, Moreno told reporters at a conference on renewable energy. Ethanol produced in Cuba is not for cars now, but "in four or five years, we'll see," he said. Castro has railed against a U.S.-backed plan to produce ethanol from corn for cars in a series of editorials published in state-run newspapers, claiming it will cause prices of farm products of all kinds to spike and make food t

By Andrew Heavens ADDIS ABABA, May 1 (Reuters) - An Internet watchdog on Tuesday accused Ethiopia of blocking scores of anti-government Web sites and millions of Weblogs in one of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest cases of cyber-censorship. Web monitor, the OpenNet Initiative, said the Horn of Africa country was stopping citizens from viewing opposition-linked Web sites, and blogs hosted by Blogger, an online journal community owned by Internet search engine Google Inc. Ethiopia dismissed the report as "a baseless allegation". "We may have technical problems from time to time," Information Ministry spokesman Zemedkun Tekle. "But we have not done anything like that and we have no intention of doing anything like that." The OpenNet Initiative -- a partnership between Harvard Law School, and universities of Toronto and Cambridge and Oxford -- said it had gathered proof of interference. "We have run diagnostic tests using volunteers in Ethiopia which indicate that they are blocking IP addresse

John J. Jackson, III from Conservation Force sent me the comments that they filed with the USFWS in regards to the listing of the Polar Bear! The following response is very long but it is a must read! We all need to realize how incredibly important this legislation is in regards to our hunting rights and for the conservation of the Polar Bear! The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is not the agency that should become the regulatory arm for greenhouse gases and increased carbon emissions. It is not in the best interest of the Polar Bear and not in the best interest of the American citizens.Please read the following in its entirety!April 5, 2007Supervisor, United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceMarine Mammals Management Office1011 East Tudor Road, MS 341Anchorage, AK 99503Phone: 907-786-3800RE: Comment in Opposition to the Proposed Rule to List All Polar Bear as Threatened, 72 FR 1064 (January 9, 2007)Dear Sir,This is a comment in opposition to the proposed listing of all p

I should've posted this earlier, from an e-mail by SliwaNews: an article from Aftenposten, about Kadra, an opponent of the Muslim belief in female circumcision, who was assaulted by a gang:Norwegian-Somalian Kadra, who became famous in Norway for exposing imam support of female circumcision, was beaten unconscious on Thursday.Kadra was attacked and beaten senseless by seven or eight persons of Somali origin, newspaper VG reports."I was terrified. While I lay on the pavement they kicked me and screamed that I had trampled on the Koran. Several shouted Allah-o-akbar (God is great) and also recited from the Koran," Kadra told VG.Kadra linked the attack to recent remarks in VG where she said that the Koran's views on women needed to be reinterpreted.Kadra said that the gang of Somali men attacked her around 3 a.m. in downtown Oslo on Thursday. A medical examination found that she had several broken ribs, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports. Kadra filed charges and was due to speak with

By STEVE GUTTERMANJerusalem Post16 Apr 2007ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) – Riot police clashed with opposition supporters Sunday at the end of an anti-Kremlin protest in Russia’s second largest city, chasing small groups of demonstrators, beating some on the ground and hauling them into police buses. It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence after the rally, which city authorities

Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz is now getting what he's asked for: opposition. He wants to throw Jewish residents out of the building in Hebron that was legally purchased, but he's finding now that other government and Knesset members, are against what he wants to do:Opposition by government ministers over the decision to evacuate the contentious Hebron home, which was taken over by settlers on March 19 as in an ownership dispute, increased on Wednesday afternoon.Interior Minister Roni Bar-On urged the government secretary to convene an urgent meeting before the planned evacuation."There is no reason for Jews not to live in Hebron, or anywhere else in Israel for that matter," said Bar-On. "The decision (to evacuate Israelis) falls on the entire government and not just on the defense minister," he stated.Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Eli Yishai also added to the growing dissatisfaction of MKs on the issue. While visiting the disputed house, Yishai said, "any residents of

A Letter from a Reader: Why this Conservative Tennessean Opposes REAL ID 1. REAL ID is a de facto national identification card. At least Lamar Alexander, in recent, comments was honest enough to admit this. Has America sacrificed so much for freedom only to create a “papers please” society? 2. REAL ID does an end-run around the 4h Amendment: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” It is unreasonable to give the central government the power (potential) to track individuals in real-time. If the government needs to search the lives of a citizen, let it get a search warrant. We should not have to be monitered. Is not this the essence of freedom? REAL ID, and its future additions, will make li

This Sunday saw the biggest opposition demonstrations in Minsk since the April protests against the presidential elections last year, prolonging Lukashenka's rule over Belarus. An estimated 15,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the Academy of Sciences to listen to Alyaksandr Milinkevich and other opposition leaders, in commemoration of the first shortlived Belarusian National Republic of 1918.This time, authorities used milder methods to thwart the demonstrations than the violence seen last year. Thus, some 50 opposition activists throughout Belarus had been arrested prior to the rally, in order to complicate its organisation. The march was also led away from the city centre, and police repeatedly urged people to dissolve the "illegal demonstration." Furthermore, the Lukashenka regime had staged a number of concerts to draw attention away from the opposition rally.Demonstrations must be seen as a test of oppositional strength and resilience. The opposition has for long been torn

According to the EEOC, protected activity includes opposition to a practice that is believed to be unlawful discrimination. Opposition can be shown simply by informing an employer that you believe that he/she is engaging in prohibited discrimination.Opposition is protected from retaliation as long as it is based on a reasonable, good-faith belief that the complained of practice violates anti-discrimination law; and the manner of the opposition is reasonable. Examples of protected opposition include:-- Complaining to anyone about alleged discrimination against oneself or others;-- Threatening to file a charge of discrimination;-- Picketing in opposition to discrimination; or-- Refusing to obey an order reasonably believed to be discriminatory.The anti-retaliation provisions make it unlawful to discriminate against an individual because s/he has opposed any practice made unlawful under the employment discrimination statutes. This protection applies if an individual explicitly or imp

Expect the persecution against Christians who refuse to accept homosexual acts to intensify. Proponents of the New Age religion will not tolerate any dissent on this matter.Meanwhile, within the Church:http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/16926967.htm

There's an anti-war protest commencing in Washington today, but it's not by who you'd think. No Birkenstock hippies, no alternative artists, no "pussy liberals," just Christians...pious, loyal Christians...the core of the modern Republican Party.Hardcore Christians have always been strong supporters of the war, and of most of President Bush's policies, but like the rest of the country, even this demographic is turning against his war.Good Christian people can see the immorality of this war. This is not a war of defense, nor is it a war to save people. It is no longer a war in anyone's interest. It is an aggravation to peace. It is pointless, there is no true victory here.Perhaps these pious Christians, speaking the word of God (or what they think is the word of God anyway,) will finally get to the President.Unfortunately he's not in Washington to listen to their voice...he ran to Camp David.

L'ADQ FERA SES CLASSES COMME OPPOSITION OFFICIELLEL'ÉLECTORAT NE S'ATTEND PAS QUE L'ADQ FORMERA LE PROCHAIN GOUVERNEMENT MAIS EST CONFIANT QU'IL L'EMPORTERA SUR LE PQ.Certaines personnes ridiculisent le niveau de Gouvernement que serait l'ADQ en raison des moins diplomés dans ses rangs .Ils semblent oublier qu'un gouvernement est composé de gens du peuple, élus par le peuple pour servir le peuple et non pour soi. Le PQ peut avoir dans sa formation le plus grand nombre d'intellos mais ce ne sont que des backbenchers qui ont posé peu de questions depuis 76. En regardant les sondages et statistiques un parti comme celui de Dumont qui en moins de 15 ans colle aux fesses du PQ,qui a le double de son existance il y a de quoi se questionner. Le PQ a eu la chance de faire ses preuves et on en voit encore les résultats.Oui l'équipe de Dumont sort du peuple ordinaire, et oui peu de ses candidats ont de l'expérience parlementaire, mais les Péquistes en avaient pas plus en 76.

Many people have noted that New Labour has not exactly exercised a liberal bias when it has come to enact new legislation. In this regard, New Labour has adopted a mantle which has seemed to have far more in common with the worst type of stern, interfering authoritarianism and the protection of the status quo associated with periods of Tory rule than any heritage of commonality with the ordinary citizens of the old Great Britain. New Labour has also spent its time in office schmoozing the rich and powerful with all the indignity of a drunken floozy looking for punter at the end of the night. The question to ask any potential Parliamentary candidate when the next election comes around is whether they will seek to repeal any of the repressive legislation which New Labour has enacted in order to keep the people under the thumbs of the legislators - and anyone else with money and power. Of course, whatever they might say at the time, they will have no intention of changing one whit of any

Zimbabwe: Police Crackdown on Opposition RalliesWe condemn the actions of the Government of Zimbabwe over this past weekend in suppressing peaceful opposition political activity. In disregard for a court order, riot police in Harare broke up a rally where the leader of one of the factions of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai, had planned to announce his candidacy for the country's 2008 presidential election. Scores were injured and arrested for attempting to assemble peacefully and exercise their political rights.The police also suppressed a rally in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, by the MDC's other faction over the weekend, injuring and arresting many MDC members.We call on the Government of Zimbabwe to respect the country's judicial decisions and the rule of law and allow the people of Zimbabwe to exercise their political rights. Zimbabwe's political and economic crises can only be resolved through dialogue with the political opposition, with Zimbabw

As was the case during an earlier reading in October, the federal Conservatives were embarrassed by opposition parties who successfully banded together to pass a bill forcing the government to meet its international Kyoto commitments. The Liberals, Bloc and NDP all voted in favour of the private member bill, passing it through Parliament by a vote of 161 - 113 Wednesday evening.The bill, which was introduced 10 months ago by Liberal backbencher Pablo Rodriguez, gives the government 60 days to table a detailed plan outlining how Canada will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.The bill is expected to easily pass through the Liberal dominated Senate and come into full legal force. Once this occurs, the Conservatives could face a potential challenge in the courts or a non-confidence vote in Parliament if they fail to act on it.Whether or not the Conservatives face these consequences will largely depend on the opposition's desire for an election. However, even if the Conservative minorit

Or so they say. The Liberals probably need more time so that the MSM can throw out a bunch of positive news stories about Dion. Conservatives need to take control of who actually gets to define the new leader, and they need to repudiate the attempted contrast between Dion (everybody's favourite centre-left Liberal) and Harper (the far right-wing ideologue who's going to destroy Canada as we know it). The NDP would lose many seats if they went to the polls right now. It would actually benefit them if the climate change issue lost some steam and other left-wing issues took over; otherwise the Greens would eat away at NDP support. The Bloc is always ready for an election. After all, their job is to show that Parliament doesn't work. If Parliament does work, then why separate from Canada?

As we can read in this news in Los Tiempos:http://lostiempos.com/noticias/06-12-06/06_12_06_nac16.phpPeople who think differently are no longer allowed to strike against the government, because the "people's police" will no longer allow it. Doesn't this sound familiar and reminescent of many totalitarian governments throughout history?It is really a pity that many persons do not want to see the totalitarian style of governing that MAS is taking us towards.

Liberals are "in the lead" according to the polls, Rona Ambrose is getting blasted by environmentalists, and the Conservatives broke an election promise. The opposition parties, particularly the Liberals, should be gearing up for an election soon after their leader gets chosen. If the environment issue is really the most important issue for Canadians, then why not pull the plug on this government?I dare them to. Then we'll get down to some real debate over Afghanistan and Kyoto. We'll talk about what's going well in Afghanistan, and how the Afghan people want us there, and even people like Bill Clinton strongly support the mission. We'll talk about how the media forgot to mention Dion's "fossil award", but mentioned Ambrose's 193 times. We'll also mention that the Conservative long-term targets, the subject of much ridicule, are in fact quite similar to those offered by all four Liberal leadership candidates.The Left and the mainstream media would rather the citizens of Canada n

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"It is bad to be fascinated and transfixed as it were by the picture of erotic man in the Greek sense to which the picture of Christian man can be so easily - indeed, far too easily - opposed. The remarkable consequence of this far to simple opposition has been that in whole spheres of Christendom Christian love has been far too unthinkingly accepted merely as the antithesis to Greek eros and thus unconsciously depicted and extolled in the contours and colours of the original. At a first glance it is not easy to tell which of the two figures in Titian's famous painting is supposed to be heavenly love and which is earthly. For the two sisters are so much alike." [1]===================[1] Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, vol. III.2 (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1960), 280.[America's Young Theologian][Theology][Agape][Karl Barth][Titian]

Photo: Joseph Biden(R) listens as Carl Levin addresses reporters during a news conference©AFP/File - Brendan SmialowskiMeanwhile, President Bush faces more problems as the US Senate stepped up its opposition to his plan to increase troop levels by announcing a bipartisan formal resolution of opposition on Wednesday. The non-binding resolution could come up for a vote within two weeks where it would then move to the House.Sen. Hiliary Clinton (D-New York) said even tougher action should be taken calling for all of the funding for the war to cut off to stop the troop increase by power of the congressional purse strings.The resolution was drafted by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Delaware), Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan) and Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska).Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) went as far as to say, "I will do everything I can to stop the president's policy...I think it is dangerously irresponsible." The bipartisan o

President Bush sent his top advisers to the Hill on Thursday to convince congress that his new strategy for Iraq would work this time. They were met with strong bipartisan opposition as members of congress grilled Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about the new strategy. Gates told lawmakers today that there was a new attitude among the Iraqi government and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to cooperate and do their part in order to stop the violence in Iraq.Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and Secretary Gates both said it would soon be clear whether or not the Iraqi government was committed to meeting their end of the agreement. "I want you to know that the timetable for the introduction of additional U.S. forces will provide ample opportunity early on, and before many of the additional U.S. troops arrive in Iraq, to evaluate the progress of this endeavor and whether the Iraqis are fulfilling their commitments to us," Mr

One Community's Firm 'No' to Tourist BoomTheTyee.ca Looking across Columbia Lake to Lot 48, the small cleared section in the distance. Photo A. Bergles.On Columbia Lake, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort has big plans - and creative opponents.By Adrian Bergles. Published: August 29, 2006-----------------------------------------------------At the headwaters of the mighty Columbia River, a battle is being waged over some of the last untouched land in the area.Read all about it.