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• Let Markets Work, Freedom Ring and Government Leave The American People Alone

  
  Pronk Palisades — Authority: 430
  Glenn Beck Show – December 18, 2009 – Pt 1 of 7 Glenn Beck Show – December 18, 2009 – Pt 2 of 7 Glenn Beck Show – December 18, 2009 – Pt 3 of 7 Glenn Beck Show – December 18, 2009 – Pt 4 of 7 Glenn Beck Show – December 18, 2009 – Pt 5 of 7 Glenn Beck Show – ...
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• Ron Paul and Barney Frank on Larry King Live

  
  blog of bile — Authority: 121
  Related posts:Ron Paul on Larry King Live responding to Michael MooreVideos of Jesse Ventura on Larry King LiveRon Paul interviewed by Larry King : UnairedRelated posts: Ron Paul on Larry King Live responding to Michael Moore Videos of Jesse Ventura on Larry King Live Ron Paul interviewed by Larry King : ...
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• Red Tape Would put a Crimp in Wall Street’s Style

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 625
  Given the extraordinary bailouts and other forms of aid and intervention by the government you might expect the feds to at least extract a pound of flesh from the bankers. Of course, that hasn’t been the case. If there’s one set of elites that can rip off bureaucratic red tape as if it were only a Band-Aid, ...
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• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
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• Auxiliary verbs at 10pm and the scarcest resource – sleep

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The issues are global and urgent, but the bureaucracy can sometimes be mind-bogglingly slow and petty. After a day of stalled talks, the 193 nations at UN-led climate talks finally met for a plenary to discuss one of the main drafts floating around the summit, just two days (and two hours) from the deadline for a ...
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• Can you trust the science?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Today we pose the question to our virtual panel of experts, “How far can we trust the science of climate change?” Join the debate and leave your comments below. Bjorn Lomborg , statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist”: The vast majority of climate scientists tell us that increases ...
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• Rainy Taiwan faces awkward water shortage

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
   Chronically rainy Taiwan faces a rare water shortage as leaders ask that people on the dense, consumption-happy island of 23 million finally start changing habits as dry weather is forecast into early 2010.  Taiwan, a west Pacific island covered with rainforests and topical fruit orchards, is used to rain in ...
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• Are the Copenhagen climate talks failing?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  In the last few days it has seemed like the only thing everyone can agree on in Copenhagen is that time is running out. The heads of state start arriving today and descend in full force on Thursday. Negotiators say they don’t want their leaders arguing over the placement of a comma or a set of brackets, and so ...
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• Change must start from grassroots, Schwarzenegger tells COP15

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The COP15 conference on climate change will be a success even if no deal comes out of it, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Tuesday in Copenhagen. “It depends on what your definition of a deal is,” Schwarzenegger told the media. “The important thing is to move the agenda forward.” The ...
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• Hell Freezes Over (Or At Least Gets Cooler)

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 749
  By Sallie James Well here’s an interesting, if three-weeks-old, story. Apparently the North Dakota Farm Bureau’s annual convention recently passed a policy calling for the elimination of all agricultural programs.  Reading between the lines of the original press release indicates that the call was part of ...
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• What can ordinary people do to slow climate change?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Today’s expert panel discusses the question, “What can ordinary people do to slow climate change?” Join the discussion and let us know what you think. ************** Gidon Eshel , physics professor at Bard College: What can ordinary people do to slow climate change? A lot. Which is extremely important ...
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• Climate skeptic: We are winning the science battle

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  - Dr. Fred Singer is the President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project and Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia. The views expressed are his own - The International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) charter states that the organization’s purpose is to look for ...
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• Coke says green strategy will win business

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Having an integrated clean technology strategy will be a big part of winning business in the 21st century, a Coca-Cola executive told Reuters.com on Monday, and its investments in refrigeration will likely have the biggest impact on that strategy long-term. The worlds biggest soft drinks maker has hooked up with ...
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• Green gold in Tanzania

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  Lots of examples of opportunity cost and market failure in this video report from Africa about jatropha, a crop that can be used to produce biofuels. It has a number of advantages; it can’t be used for food, so avoids the dilemma of competing demand or supply suffered by crops like maize and soya, it grows ...
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• Volcker: US Economy Dependent on Government Support

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 625
  Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, keeping his name in the news, remains dour about the economy. This weekend in Germany, he opened up about the still underway crisis and how the few signs of economic life he’s witnessed are mainly the result of government intervention. According to Bloomberg: ...
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• Setting the table for entrepreneurship in SA

  
  Bad Entrepreneur — Authority: 114
  I have just read an extremely interesting article entitled: “Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship” which is an interview with Josh Lerner. The interview discusses the role that government must play in developing entrepreneurs and I thought it made for quite an interesting debate given ...
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• The Retarded Recovery

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 625
  Nothing is quite as disagreeable as a neighbor who has made a lot of money by not following your advice. After 9 months of ‘recovery’ they are all around us. They think they have perfected the art of bubble riding. Here on the back page, we alert investors. We wag our fingers and shake our heads. Little good it ...
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• Solar power mounts in Canada

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Solar power is heating up in the northern reaches of Canada, a country not exactly known for its sunny rays and warm weather. The industry has seen a heap of news from the region this week. US. solar heavyweight First Solar and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced that they are quadrupling the size of a ...
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• Externalities of effective road safety schemes

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  Sometimes the simplest interventions have the greatest effects. Cutting average road speeds for vehicles in built up areas is the surest way to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries for pedestrians and this latest report highlights the impact that 20mph limits in London have had on the number of ...
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• Externalities of effective road saftey schemes

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  Sometimes the simplest interventions have the greatest effects. Cutting average road speeds for vehicles in built up areas is the surest way to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries for pedestrians and this latest report highlights the impact that 20mph limits in London have had on the number of ...
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