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• Efren “Kuya Ef!” Penaflorida Jr., Pinoy Hero & Our Misguided Confused Hero Worship of Manny Pacquiao

  
  Pedestrian Observer GB — Authority: 418
  Efren “Kuya Ef!” Penaflorida Jr. acceptance speech at the 2009 CNN Heroes award at the Kodak Theater, Hollywood, California USA:Thank you... Our planet is.... filled with heroes... young and old,.... rich and poor,... man... woman.... of different colors, shapes and sizes we are one great tapestry. Each person ...
  2 days ago

• Queen of Hunter River presides over Olympic festivities

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  Queen Carolyn Bertram, Minister of Sports and Culture as long as its from her riding Yes Mike Currie the hoopla is not in King’s County Today is the big day – the Olympic torch passes on its way to a final big party in Rustico which is – golly gosh Batman – the home riding of Minister Carolyn Bertram. ...
  4 days ago

• Scribes protest attack on TV channel, government vows to tighten law (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Taking a strong stand on Friday’s twin attacks on the IBN-Lokmat and IBN-7 television channels in Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said Saturday that the state government will consider legislation making any attacks on the media a non-bailable offence.Speaking to a ...
  5 days ago

• Scribes protest Shiv Sena attacks, governor wants ‘exemplary action’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) A large number of mediapersons Saturday congregated to protest attacks by Shiv Sena activists on the IBN-Lokmat television channel office in Mumbai and IBN-7’s office in Pune a day earlier.Several hundred journalists and non-journalist staff of different media organisations converged at south ...
  5 days ago

• Government playing sugarcane politics: Mayawati

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Lucknow, Nov 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has accused the central government of “deliberately delaying” the decision to withdraw the ordinance on sugarcane pricing in order to gain politicalmileage.In a statement issued on her behalf, BSP state president ...
  5 days ago

• CA firm connected with PNP scandal to study child care funding

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  CAs MRSB partners connected with PNP investments and fees to study child care Province may reduce day care funding by $2.9 million In a question in the Legislature, Olive Crane leader of the Opposition asked if the Province would be leaving $2.9 in the childcare system. This is a targeted amount that the province ...
  6 days ago

• How does nepotism happen in City Hall?

  
  Esrati — Authority: 133
  Either we have rules and policies, or we don’t. It seems there are two types of people who work for our city- honest, hard working qualified types- and those on the “friends and family” plan. I’ve written about the cronyism before. I’ve written about the patronage jobs. I’ve questioned how some families ...
  6 days ago

• Loyal Address to Her Majesty on the Occasion of the University of Cambridges 800th Anniversary

  
  THE MONARCHIST — Authority: 472
  ADDRESS OF THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS, AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ON THE OCCASION OF HER MAJESTYS VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE ON THURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2009, TO CELEBRATE THE UNIVERSITYS EIGHT HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY TO THE QUEENS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS, AND ...
  6 days ago

• Barack Obama rewards big donors with plum jobs overseas

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  He may have promised to change Washington, but President Barack Obama is continuing one of its most renowned patronage traditions: bestowing prized ambassadorships on big donors. Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and ...
  1 week ago

• Paul MacNeill’s Blog – Time to stop the Charlottetown back-scratching

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  Proving instantaneously that journalists can make damn fine bloggers By Paul MacNeill, Paul MacNeill’s Blog Well, Myrtle Jenkins-Smith probably didn’t convince many of her corporate purity after a CBC Radio interview in which she weakly tried to explain away potential conflict of interest in her new role as ...
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• Currie’s health care sleight of hand

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  Paul MacNeill, publisher Eastern Graphic Doug Currie the minister of health who shut hospitals and centralized health care to Summerside and Charlottetown by Paul MacNeill, publisher Eastern Graphic When Health Minister Doug Currie finishes his political career he has a great future down at the Ghiz casino ...
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• Filed under "dont give them any ideas"

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 479
  Apparently the Cons attempt to sidestep questions about Leo Housakos by rewriting his biography has failed miserably. But as long as Housakos is entirely malleable about changing his public face to suit Stephen Harpers interests, Im sure he can get out of trouble by making one more change to his biographical ...
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• On political considerations

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 479
  The latest study on stimulus spending from the Citizen and Chronicle-Herald should make it clear that theres no inherent reason why infrastructure money would end up flowing disproportionately toward government ridings - as Ontario provincial ridings actually showed a slight tilt in the other direction. That makes ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
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• Suddenly lacking urgency

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 479
  Shorter Doug Finley : As a recent and high-profile recipient of Senate patronage, I strongly believe that Canadians should be patient with the Senate and its associated patronage. For at least the next 12 years.
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• Does the Guardian print press releases without checking?

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  Cut and paste those press releases Yes and they don’t even bother to format after cutting and pasting onto the website The Guardian was either in a rush or lazy today when it go THE BIG NEWS OF THE DAY Jenkins-Smith takes over Tourism Charlottetown, P.E.I. Convention Partnership As the snap of their website ...
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• Will the 2010 Philippine Election Usher in Change with Criminal Characters in Philippine Governance?

  
  Pedestrian Observer GB — Authority: 418
  With the election of Barack Obama the world was swept by the tide of an oncoming new era of renewed hope and change and as expected we see politicians in the Philippines mouthing the same slogan. Is it really about change? Hope in a nation that seems to be trapped in limbo of hopelessness where endemic corruption has ...
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• Senator Duffy sinks to new low

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  Paul MacNeill, publisher Eastern Graphic Second Opinion by Paul MacNeill, publisher Eastern Graphic Eastern Graphic It was a hard week for Mike Duffy. First he was singled out in a report outlining the massive costs associated with appointing 27 senators by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Then Duffy spewed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Buddhist Geeks - Episode 146: Investing in the Future of American Buddhism

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 441
  The second part of last weeks conversation with Shambhala acharya, Judith Simmer-Brown. Buddhist Geeks - Episode 146: Investing in the Future of American Buddhism We continue our discussion with Shambhala acharya, Judith Simmer-Brown, about how ...
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  2 weeks ago

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