Mystery trader buys all Europe's cocoa
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Even Willy Wonka might struggle to use this much chocolate. Yesterday, somebody bought 241,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. The purchase was enough to move the entire global cocoa market, sending the price to the highest level since 1977, and triggering rumours and intrigue in the City. It is unclear which person, or group of traders, was behind the deal, but it was the largest single cocoa trade for 14 years. The cocoa beans, which are sitting in warehouses either in The Netherlands, Hamburg, or closer to home in London, Liverpool or Humberside is equivalent to the entire supply of the...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 05:47:06 AM
One judge to consider all challenges to Ariz. law
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All five constitutional challenges to Arizona's controversial new immigration enforcement law will be heard by one federal judge in Phoenix. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton already was assigned two of the cases. On Friday, she ordered the other three transferred to her. The cases at least for now remain separate, but Bolton says it's clearly in the "interest of judicial economy" to have one judge preside over all five. She also notes that all five cases remain in early stages of consideration. The Arizona law takes effect July 29 unless blocked by a court. Its provisions include a requirement that...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 05:47:06 AM
Legalizing Racial Profiling? Arizona Immigration Bill Draws Fire
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An Arizona state bill that would give law enforcement greater authority over arresting illegal immigrants has caused national uproar and could set the stage for court battles over how far states can go when it comes to immigration policies. The bill would it make it a crime for immigrants to have no alien registration document, and undocumented citizens would be charged with "trespassing" simply for being in Arizona. The bill allows police to question and arrest people without warrant if there is "reasonable suspicion" about their immigration status. It would become illegal for people to employ illegal immigrants or to...
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All the News That’s Fit to Leak
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Was the Bush administration’s Terrorist Surveillance Program a violation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which forbids domestic wiretapping without a warrant? And was the New York Times’s decision to reveal the existence of the highly classified program, against warnings that it would gravely damage national security, an act of journalistic heroism and a powerful blow on behalf of civil liberties? Affirmative answers to both questions have been the standard liberal line ever since the Times broke the story of the NSA wiretapping program in December 2005. With a verdict on March 31 in the al Haramain Islamic...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 05:47:06 AM
Writing on the Wall in the mens room in the U.S. House of Representatives
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If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress!
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 05:47:06 AM
PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S RU-486 PROFITS SOAR AS WOMAN BROADCASTS ABORTION OVER TWITTER
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American Life League 16 March 2010 CONTACT: Katie Walker540.659.4942| kwalker@all.org Washington, DC (16 March 2010) – Three weeks ago, a woman named Angie Jackson live-tweeted her RU-486 medical abortion obtained at Planned Parenthood. As Angie described her mental and emotional state, and detailed the pain and trauma of her experience, the story made national headlines, and captivated and horrified the nation.   Today, American Life League released its annual survey of Planned Parenthood locations. The American Life League report confirms that the nation’s largest abortion purveyor has increased the number of facilities committing medical abortions by 130 percent –...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 05:47:06 AM
Can Republicans Govern? (Not Unless They Change the Narrative)
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Recent electoral successes, including Scott Brown’s landmark victory in Massachusetts, have positioned Republicans once again for a role in governing, and far sooner than they might have supposed. But are they ready to govern? It all depends, for the problem with many Republicans (and I am a Republican) is that they, along with liberals, subscribe at a visceral level to The Narrative. What is The Narrative? The Narrative is the official story about America. It is a story composed by the political left, which entered American public life with the progressive movement in the early 20th century and was elaborated...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 05:47:06 AM
"Do not hold everything as gold that shines like gold."
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