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G20 Meeting News Draws Attention to Video

November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

While perusing news articles about President Barack Obama’s world tour that includes a G20 meeting in Seoul, I came across a video of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy speaking soon after he became the first permanent president of the European Union.  Surprisingly, it wasn’t his mention of the G20 that caught my attention.  Watch [...]

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Noted Climate Change Skeptic Warns of Treaty Signing to Establish New World Government

October 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Noted climate change skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton issued a dire warning to all Americans Wednesday during a presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn.  Specifically, he warned that the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December, contains specific language about the formation of a “world government.” Below is [...]

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European Union ‘Rocketing to Hell’

January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

After reading a ChicagoBoyz post published yesterday about European Union efforts to establish a “European Criminal Records Information System,” I came to appreciate the headline under which that post appeared: Rocketing to Hell. While there’s nothing wrong with the EU setting up a system via which member countries can share information concerning criminal convictions, a [...]

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EPA Wants to Turn Cows Into Goats — Scapegoats

December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It appears the folks at the Environmental Protection Agency want to turn cows into goats — or, more accurately, scapegoats — by charging fees to people who raise air-polluting animals. According to an Associated Press report today, a proposal put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency would require farms or ranches with more than 25 [...]

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Transcript: Rice Remarks En Route to Belgium

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered remarks about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia and other matters while aboard an aircraft en route to Brussels, Belgium today.  Below is a transcript of both her comments and the question-and-answer session with reporters that followed: SECRETARY RICE: Hello. Good morning, everyone. All right, well, welcome aboard. [...]

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Were Five Targets Added to Strike List in Iran?

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

A news release issued by the State Department today makes it appear to me that the United States and/or Israel might be one step closer to taking action that ensures IRAN won’t soon have the capability of producing a nuclear weapon(s): Treasury Designation of Iranian Entities for Proliferation Activities Today, the Department of the Treasury [...]

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Riots, Unrest Predicted as Price of Rice Soars

March 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Rice is produced worldwide and is the primary staple for more than half the world’s population, according to the USDA Economic Research Service’s Rice Report. So when prices for this food staple and others skyrocket overnight, it’s not surprising to see that riots and unrest are being predicted around the world: Philippine activists warn about [...]

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