Tanker oil spill off S Korea coast
Collision at a port south of Seoul pours thousands of tonnes of oil into Yellow Sea.
Fraser Valley house prices at 8–month low
The latest housing market statistics show the average Fraser Valley house price has declined for the second month in a row, reaching $511,176 in November. That price is the lowest for detached homes since March, reported the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board.
Ebola outbreak kills many in Uganda
Israel warns Iran to co-operate or pay price
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WORLD NEWSRunway collisions ‘high risk’ for US air passengers
US airline passengers face high risk of catastrophic accident while their plane is on the airport runway
China Mine Blast Kills At Least 105
Ford Recalls Over 1M Trucks, Vans And SUVs
Court Finds Unlimited Police Power to Plant GPS on Vehicles:
A person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfares has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements from one place to another
U.S. Lobbyists Assault E.U. Regs:
The European Union surpassed America in 2005 to become the world’s largest, richest economy. America’s former dominance had made it the global arbiter of health and safety standards
from Eric G
Stop Fox News Censorship
Synopsis: In this ad Danny Glover says, "The Bush administration is destroying the Constitution" by the use of renditions, torture, and other tactics
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BUSINESSOffshore gas and oil reserves announced in Brazil
Global economy to remain resilient next year while US heads for recession
Ford closes plants in America mulling new opportunities in China
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MARKETSPaulson’s Subprime Mortgage Plan Surfaces Too Late to Stem Housing Slide
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Recession Watch: Merrill Lynch Predicts Recession
Will Durst on the Dollar
"The Not So Almighty Dollar" -- Talk about how the almighty have fallen.
The dollar is headed downhill faster than Bode Miller on a set of rocket skis. Think nose dive. Plummetville. Plunge City. Belly Floppo Rama. Recession is such an ugly word--
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ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE/TECHHyundai may beat BMW and Mercedes with its new Genesis sedan
By Peter Goodchild
Alternative Energy And The Pollyanna Principle
The problem of explaining "peak oil" does not hinge on the issue of peak oil as such, but rather on that of "alternative energy". Most people now have some idea of the concept of peak oil, but it tends to be brushed aside in conversation because of the common incantation: "It doesn’t matter if oil runs out, because by then everything will be converted to [whatever] power". Humanity’s faith in what might be called the Pollyanna Principle – everything will work out right in the end – is eternal.The critical missing information in such a dialogue, of course, is that "alternative energy" will do little to solve the peak–oil problem, although very few people are aware of the fact
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HEALTHLuc Majno
Cranberry Sauce
American teen pregnancies rise
Bush administration under attack for diverting funds from sex education to abstinence programmes
How Scientific Is Modern Medicine?
By Dana Ullman, North Atlantic Books
A new book on homeopathy challenges conventional medicine, which touts itself as scientific even though it is largely run by businessmen, not doctors
STUDY: Regular cellphone use increases tumor risk…
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NATURE
Luc Majno
Love Shows the Way
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Pacific storm brings mudslides, blackouts to Northwest
Mudslides halt some Amtrak passenger train service routes, Gusts to 100 mph were reported along the Oregon coast, All highways were closed Monday into Tillamook, Oregon
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Village submerged
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OP–EDLuc Majno
9/11 and the American Empire:
How Should Religious People Respond?
Luc Majno
THE PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS
Luc Majno
Money…
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A Big Lesson
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DENZELWASHINGTON – AWESOME STORY
Luc Majno
A people need help in prayer
Remember the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia
Luc Majno
Roger Williams,
‘founder’ of Rhode Island, arrived in Boston, February 5, 1631
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