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The European Court of Human Rights (made up of 17 senior judges - 17, count them- from all over Europe) ... embarrassing that the UK has to rely on the House of Lords to throw out 42 detention plans ... . Bravo. Wunderbar. Bellissimo. (I’ve run out of pan-European superlatives and have already stretched [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:11:40

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Spoil Your Own Country BROWNSKI Not Ours’

Immigrants Have Taken 40% of all Homes Built in Last Decade December 4, ... European immigration since 2005. The Brown Government plans to build three million new houses in the UK ... by the Home Office. Nearly 600,000 properties have been needed to house immigrants since 1997 — [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 17:31:20

'He Has a Little Bit of an Arrogant Streak in Him. He Does'

Between now and Election Day, we're sure to see—and chronicle at NB—plenty of MSM sycophancy for Barack Obama ... close to hitting an absolute home run with his European trip, that yes, well, after all, the guy is— ... cancellation of his plans to visit injured American troops in Germany. View video here. MIKE BARNICLE [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 21:58:59

Rising Text Message rates

In my uninformed opinion, I’d call some of this an excuse to “assist” users into buying unlimited plans and to offset users preferring to send SMS ... and Consumer Rights. His inquiry comes as European Commission regulators are threatening to impose a cap on roaming fees for text messages sent by Europeans traveling outside of their home nations [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 12:47:36

BUILDING BLOCK ONE (15)

The skill of the coach is the art of questioning. Asking incisive questions forces people to think, to discover, to search ... from third place in its European market to first. An ambitious plan, it depended on making sharp and swift ... . But, he noted, Germany was the home base of the unit’s most powerful global competitor , which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:40:02

Kaplan on Rumsfeld

Kaplan on Rumsfeld Max Boot - 06.13.2008 - 2:57 PM Robert D ... bases in Europe and Asia. He writes: Thus, by 2004, the Pentagon unveiled plans to bring home ... Canada and Mexico inside it. He assigned Russia to European Command and Antarctica to Pacific Command [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 18:57:36

Pickens Meet Phill: Clean Energy Fuels Buys Natural Gas Vehicle Device Maker

In case you were wondering how T. Boone Pickens was going to break the home distribution bottleneck in his plan to get the U.S ... that it plans to acquire FuelMaker from American Honda Corp. and the FuelMaker Trust for $17 million in cash ... for a tax rebate of $1,000, or 30 percent of the cost. In European countries like France [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 21:26:11

U.S. Africa Task Force, No Longer Homeless

Cjtfhoa The neglected stepchild of the Pentagon's overseas deployments is finally getting a stable home ... European Command -- this at a time when everyone is trying to do more, with less. Africom's "demand ... Room. "We work with ambassadors to … build plans in each country for maritime security, air security [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:54:48

Texting while on holiday in Europe could soon be cheaper

For San Francisco readers keeping up-to-date on celebrity news, ... at the European Parliament are making plans to force mobile phone companies to lower prices. They’ve already done it with calls and now they say texting home from countries in Europe should cost less too. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:01:10

Russians Seeking Overseas Homes

As Russians continue to search for the best ways to invest their new-found wealth, ... which are geographically close to home. Lately, southern European markets like Cyprus, Bulgaria, Turkey ... developer, Vyentseslav Leibman, is making an investment of US0 million. His plans include a 27-floor [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 08:05:19

The UK government’s plans to retain email data and rate online content will cost too much, destroy business, liberty and must be stopped - start making placards

From March this year all ISPs will by law have to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year ... and combating terrorist activity. The new rules are due to come into force on 15 March, as part of a European ... . The Home Office think the data is vital for investigation and intelligence gathering. The Home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:54:16

Green Ink: Packaging the Stimulus

paper Crude oil futures jumped above $43 Monday on the back of President-elect Obama’s plans for an economic stimulus package and talk of a deeper ... not just bring Detroit’s European models home?, asks the Green Grok—they get much better gas mileage than [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:07:37

Build A Glider-Copter (Aug, 1954)

view additional pages Build A Glider-Copter AN 86-lb ... , and will make plans and kits available to high school and college students who can build them at home ... . In European countries the governments try to encourage glider flying for the training of future pilots [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:16:05

EU plans to cut phone charges abroad

EU plans to cut phone charges abroad Using your phone on holiday could be about to get cheaper. Politicians at the European Parliament are making plans to force mobile phone companies to lower prices. They've already done it with calls and now they say texting home from countries [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:52:37

"World's Toughest Phone," Sonim XP3, Coming to US

sonimsmall1.jpg Their European phones have been dropped from a 13-story building and shot with guns, four times, ... finally plans to bring their phones home to the US with the upcoming XP3, which will be available next ... . You break it, you get a new one. There will be a European version of the XP3 with fewer features [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 15:02:43

Dreaming of Spain

Well, this dreaming supposedly stopped this month! But our European tour was cancelled. 3 months vacations back home, traveling around,side trips, then house renovation was the answer ... , too many plans and hopes..But we’ll get there:D And this Rome Hotels is a must check! If you’re [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 14:46:57

Hot weather for Marathon Complete results

Mistreated Cheruiyot has plans for prize There are so many talented young Kenyans — thousands, at least — and they have seen road racing become a yellow brick road out of poverty at home. It makes them vulnerable to exploitation, to European agents who promise them opportunity and treat them [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 23:10:00

Next President Face Uphill Battle

The U.S. presidential campaign is over — finally. But given the fiscal challenges ahead, one has to wonder, why would anyone want the job? ... . Voters fill out ballouts in Missouri. (European Pressphoto Agency) Today’s economy demands ... , and the economy needs help now. And a second plan won’t do anything to solve the root problem: falling home [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 10:22:00

CHELSEA ELECTRICIANS - Obama's infrastructure plans to benefit Indian cos - Economic Times

Obama's infrastructure plans to benefit Indian cosEconomic Times, India - 2 hours agoProject exporters, consisting of civil construction companies, ... Opportunities Exist for Composites in the European ...MarketWatch (press release) - 43 minutes agoFor example ... to home, make sheds for fire victimsMSNBC - 3 hours agoCHICO -- Chico State University [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:55:00

King's Crossing land has lay fallow for nearly a year

New builder to tackle project on Wikle RoadThe TennesseanBRENTWOOD — Norfolk Homes out of Ann Arbor, Mich ... from 3,000 to about 4,500 square feet, with prices from the $600,000s to $1 million."Our plans will be informal for the most part with European, Tuscan and somewhat Southwestern styles," Belew said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:54:00

European Property For Sale : AMANTEA BEACHFRONT APARTMENTS

Author: Adam Subject: AMANTEA BEACHFRONT APARTMENTS Posted: 20 Jan 2009 at 4:51pm Amantea Beachfront Apartments The Resort ... great for either a holiday home, with excellentrental possibilities, or for people who wish to relocate ... Apartments Payment Plan €3,000 reservation deposit50 % On Exchange of Contracts50 % On Completion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:51:03

Mickelson Won't Play European Tour in '09

Like some of his PGA Tour peers, Phil Mickelson has been eyeing the European Tour and lucrative "Race to Dubai," especially in light of economic woes at home. Earlier this week Mickelson declared it wouldn't ... . "I do believe that it's very possible that, in the near future, it will be in my plans. As I play [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 19:50:52

ETCM plans to bring in Nissan electric cars in 2015

Despite also working on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, Nissan will go for electric first ... : an EV in the US would need a range of at least 160km to be practical but an European market EV would ... up around the state so you could charge your car (and pay for charging it) anywhere other than home [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 15:23:23

Daily Dose: 9/5/08

» D.C. statue of King Kamehameha moved » Wounded Iraq vet Duckworth rips Bush, McCain » Some garment factories scheme to evade monitors » PA exec pleads guilty to minority contracting fraud » Hawaiian convention delayed » Report: Myanmar refugees waiting months for aid » Nevada student wins Hong Kong male beauty contest » Asian Americans [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 21:29:55

A third runway or high speed trains?

It is incredibly disappointing to see a Conservative spokesman argue so earnestly for a plan which means using regulations to block private industry ... to get people to stop flying by making it so inconvenient people stay at home or travel by some other ... that British energy policy is a complete farce and the Conservatives have no plans for ambitious [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 15:45:18

UK: Crackdown on skilled migrants

What a crock! It is not skilled migrants that are the problem but hordes of illegals and useless “refugees” living on welfare and committing ... British people rather than relying on overseas skilled workers. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary ... the European Union with a job offer - to fill a range of posts including primary school teachers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:24:24

This war on motorists is just getting silly...

Let us be very clear about one thing: the vast, vast, vast majority of motor vehicle accidents are caused by people who have not had a drink ... government plans to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries caused by drink driving. Still ... , the then Home Office was robustly insisting that random tests were not an efficient way of catching drink [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 23:21:24

DrumBeat: July 4, 2008

ANALYSIS - US oil firms seek drilling access, but exports soar WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the U.S. oil industry want access to more federal lands to help reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, American-based companies are shipping record amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel to other countries. A record 1.6 million barrels a day in U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 13:11:11

Obama Should Include Russia On Missile Defense

By Cernig Last week, one of George W. Bush's signature policy initiatives - that of missile defense sites in eastern Europe - took a massive hit as ... premier's political position has weakened at home after his liberal ODS party suffered defeats in recent ... placing the missile defence system in the former communist central European country, and [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 22:32:11

More "Grand Closing"

Continuing a series of extensive parish reconfiguration and downsizing efforts in response to the changed landscape of Stateside Catholicism's ... decisions until January. "I can assure you that I have no preordained plans sitting in my desk here," said Hubbard, 69, whose home parish of St. Patrick's in Troy may close. "I'm not a masochist [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 15:32:11

America’s Cyborg Warriors by Tom Burghardt

Dandelion Salad Global Research, July 23, 2008 Antifascist Calling… As the costs of imperialist war skyrocket, securocrats find themselves under the gun so to speak, of corporate and Pentagon masters demanding “results.” No matter that the solutions sought are for “smart” weapons–particularly those that “think”–systems they believe capable [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 02:27:20

Bernanke's Testimony Apocalyptic (For Fed Chief)

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ... has advanced at a sluggish pace during the first half of this year, while inflation has remained elevated ... to face numerous difficulties, including ongoing strains in financial markets, declining house prices [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 14:34:00

Landmark ruling on DNA rights

December 5, 2008 — dandelionsalad Dandelion Salad Press TV Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:14:59 GMT DNA is commonly used to detect a range of crimes in the UK ... March to hand in plans for destroying samples or to make a case for why some should be kept. Britain ... using a cheek swab. Britain’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith noted, “DNA and fingerprinting is vital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 11:06:33

Good morning. It's Tuesday. The nation's all-news networks are buzzing about topless photos of President-elect Barack Obama ... that " a t least half a dozen countries" in Europe are considering plans to allow detainees to move there from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "European officials, who spoke on the condition [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:02:53

Black Friday

Data continue negative in the US…  China cuts rates… Chinese currency reserves to hit $2 trillion… And Now… Today’s Pfennig! It sounds like retailers may be disappointed with the results of this years biggest shopping day, as there really isn’t any ‘must have’ items, and consumers are being a little tighter with their wallets [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 19:36:12

Fergie´s fledglings set for second Derby exam

MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - Sir Alex Ferguson expects to learn a great deal about his current youngsters when Manchester United face Derby in ... . Ferguson plans to hand a debut to Serbian winger Zoran Tosic, who joined from Red Star Belgrade earlier ... Ferguson whose English, European and world champions currently top the Premier League table by a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:12:31

Hillary Clinton campaigns in her hometown -- and Obama's

speech/photo op by Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate –- became controversial in recent days when German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman expressed her displeasure over plans to use the monument as a backdrop for a foreign political ... in the house and often times not even knowing their father,” Obama said, “that is a problem. And I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-13 03:34:52

FT’s Rachman Complains of ‘Internet Slime’ Over ‘One World Government’ Essay

Poor, poor Gideon Rachman. The Financial Times’s chief foreign affairs columnist and blogger can’t understand why people got so upset at ... of the European Union — “A ‘world government’ would involve much more than co-operation between nations. It would be an entity with state-like characteristics, backed by a body of laws. The European Un [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:34:15

A Hill Country Wedding

I am a reformed Monday-hater. I confess that in the past I was one of those people who just lived for the weekends ... in a while. As you know, we all went to Missouri recently. I returned home a week ago, just in time ... at a youth camp. We then spent two nights at home alone before Jackson and I headed deep [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 15:57:00

“We’re Entering a Two Economy Society. There is No Force Opposing Financial Polarization”

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 06/30/08 “ICH” Interview with Michael Hudson “Our tax laws have shaped the marketplace to favor the debt-financed buying and selling of real estate, stocks and bonds rather than new direct investment. Advocates of this financialization of saving and investment depict it as a viable mode of wealth creation, [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 02:00:15

What’s Happening With The Religion Of Peace Today?

Hey, don’t worry about Iran, cause Obama will take care of it through his one on one chats with Ahmadenijad Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, ... of Australia Plans for building a Muslim cemetery in the ground of a historic Anglican graveyard ... into Western European culture: As they become wealthier and more assimilated, Muslims will shed vestiges [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 20:13:33

When in Ruthenia . . ., Part 2

Last week we published a translation from Izvestia about the potential interest the Russian government may have in supporting an obscure nationalist ... of the restoration of Ruthenian statehood". To the Transcarpathian Oblast Rada was in essence delivered ... into face-smashing, right alongside a little old lady - God's dandelion - was calmly finishing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:25:05

Game Notes: Memphis vs. Toronto

* Rashad Mobley snagged some great quotes from Chris Bosh on the Hassan Adams deals when Toronto was in Washington earlier this week ... excited that he’s going home and he’ll have a chance to earn some playing time in a new place.” I guess ... Angeles had no plans on retaining Adams. Within hours of this deal being consummated Adams was cut [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 03:53:49

The Speed Of The Collapse Has Been Astonishing

Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. CNN Money, “More than one million homes are now in foreclosure, the highest rate ever recorded, according to a trade group which warned Thursday that number will continue to climb. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s first quarter report showed that a record 2 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 18:56:09

“To the Bunkers!”: Central banks slash rates in emergency “midnight” meeting By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 10/08/08 “ICH’ Stocks fell sharply across Europe and Asia last night following another down day on Wall Street ... to the US and European banking systems. Yesterday, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke announced plans to pump ... stocks fell 10 percent each on opening. According to Bloomberg News: “The Federal Reserve, Europea [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 00:51:50

EC copyright plan good for Golden Oldies

p2pnet news view Politics | Music:- So-called ‘reforms’ will allow Europeans to, “enjoy proceeds from their work for many more years”. In short, Europe’s Golden Oldies will be even more golden if plans mooted by internal market ... by the European Commission at tomorrow’s meeting. “If so, Europe would move into line with the US, and musicians [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 11:42:48

While You Were Sleeping VI: The FreeDarko EVERY GAME PREVIEW

My turn to step forward and soothsay 2008-09, specifically the month of March. Two other orders of business first:-The book will be in bookstores on 11/11. This much is true. But we're also looking to get it into other places whose shoppers might be receptive to it: Fancy sneaker spots, record stores that carry printed matter, comics stores [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 00:28:00

DrumBeat: November 16, 2008

Global climate changes could lead to violence: Experts say it will accelerate the race for food, water KANSAS CITY, MO. — A warmer planet could find itself more often at war. The Earth's fast-changing climate has a range of serious thinkers — from military brass to geographers to diplomats — predicting a spate of armed conflicts driven by the [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 13:20:33

Ads that I like #73

Sometimes things work out in ways outside of our expectations. Today’s advertisement is a good case in point ... that he approved plans to construct, with U.S. help, twenty-three nuclear power stations by the year 2000 ... fuel cycle'. For all you fun fact fans playing at home, the White House Chief of Staff in 1976 “Bang [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:00:00

Latin America’s struggle for integration and independence

Dandelion Salad Posted with permission by Green Left Weekly by Federico Fuentes, Caracas Green Left Weekly 26 July 2008 Commenting on how much the two had in common — same age, three children, similar music tastes — Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said to Mexican President Felipe Calderon on April 11 that “perhaps we represent the new [more...]

Date: 2008-07-27 13:39:58

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