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www.UnansweredQuestions.org
The trouble with thinking 9/11 was an inside job staged by George W. Bush & Co. is that it defies belief any U.S. president might be capable of such an iniquitous crime against his own people.
William Fisher
In the face of multiple legal and legislative challenges, President George W. Bush this week issued an executive order
to allow cases against prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to move forward to trials by military tribunals.
Dean Baker
Is there anything as beautiful as the sound of surprised economists in the springtime? I haven't had this much fun
since the NASDAQ started to deflate seven years ago.
US State Department
We face a complex, interconnected set of four crises in the Middle East: the need to achieve a stable and democratic
Iraq, to strengthen the democratically elected government of Lebanon, to block Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions,
and to establish ...
No Right Turn
How would you feel if the government deducted $300 from your bank account to give to its mates? Because that's what
National is planning to do with carbon credits. At a meeting in Christchurch yesterday, National Party leader John Key
announced ...
Anne Else
I didn’t want to write this column, but it can’t be avoided. It’s been obvious for a few years now that women are being
more and more insistently defined (and often successfully urged to join the fun and define themselves) in terms of how
“hot” ...
New Zealand Government
The announcement today by John Key and Nick Smith that National would give foresters carbon credits dating back to 1990
show’s his political naivety by making up uncosted, unaffordable and unfair policy on the hoof," said Forestry Minister
Jim Anderton.
New Zealand Government
A poster that suggests a career in New Zealand Police is a way to hear "great rape stories" is an appalling slur on
thousands of "good and honest" New Zealanders who police New Zealand with integrity and respect every day, says Police
Minister Annette ...
US State Department
On-The-Record Briefiing on the State Department's 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
The Kyoto Forestry Association
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) has welcomed comments on carbon credit ownership made by Opposition Climate Change
Spokesman Nick Smith today when he, National Leader John Key and Agriculture Spokesman David Carter attended MAF’s
land-use consultation ...
The Professionals
Rising New Zealand house prices may make property less affordable, but real estate salespeople say that with an
innovative approach and hard work, it's still possible to reach that first rung on the property ladder.
The Kyoto Forestry Association
Forestry Minister Jim Anderton’s strategy of continual personal attacks on the forestry industry does not obscure the
political and deforestation crises his policies and approach to the job have caused, the Kyoto Forestry Association
(KFA) said today.
Statistics New Zealand
Internet broadband (non-analog) subscriber numbers continue to increase, and are up nearly 30 percent in the six months
to 30 September 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. The total number of Internet subscribers in New Zealand is now
almost ...
New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton's hysterical response to National over carbon credits isn't surprising from someone seeking to distract
attention from Labour's carbon credits fiasco, says National Party Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith.
Carolyn Baker
All-too frequently I encounter activists who don’t like to talk about money. While they crusade loudly for “economic
justice”, they resist talking about their own relationship with money as if it were somehow an X-rated topic on par with
sexuality ...
New Zealand Government
National's co-leaders are once again divided over fiscal policy, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
www.UnansweredQuestions.org
I am an agnostic on the question of what happened on 9/11. I’m convinced that there are huge holes in the official story
and contradictions that suggest that we do not know the whole story.
New Zealand Government
National leader John Key is again pandering to a vocal minority and showing little ability to deal with a serious
economic issue, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
Green Party
The Green Party has congratulated Mighty River Power for dumping its controversial plan to convert the Marsden B power
station to coal, describing it as a victory for campaigners, the local community and climate change. Co-Leader Jeanette
Fitzsimons ...
Department Of Labour
More older Kiwi workers are staying on the job, with New Zealand recording one of the highest workforce participation
rates in the OECD for the 50-64 year age group, Department of Labour Group Manager for Workforce Policy Lesley Haines
said.
Jamie Melbourne-Hayward
Jamie Melbourne-Hayward sent these images from the Sydney Mardi Gras. Jamie was marching behind a the parade float of an
HIV/Aids NGO, ACON. The NGO also supports Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island issues.
Bernard Weiner
HardRight conservatives tend to downplay how the U.S. got into the Iraq War. Why dive back into all that?, they say, our
troops are there so let's just finish the job.
www.UnansweredQuestions.org
Although the official 9/11 Commission Report(CR) said Vice President Richard Cheney did not arrive at the Presidential
Emergency Operations Center(PEOC) under the White House until "shortly before 10 a.m." that tragic day, Transportation
Secretary Norman ...
NZ Champions Of Cheese
Crescent Dairy Goats Old Gold was named Saint Clair Champion of Champions Cheese at the Cuisine NZ Champion Cheese
Awards gala dinner held in Auckland this evening (March 6).
Scoop Link
Washington - Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was convicted Tuesday of obstruction, perjury and lying
to the FBI in an investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity to reporters.
New Zealand Government
The independent report on walking access provides a blueprint for the way forward on an extremely complex and
longstanding issue, Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor says.
New Zealand Government
Speech Notes Economic transformation 2007 and beyond Speech notes for North Shore Business Excellence Network breakfast,
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
New Zealand National Party
National’s Agriculture spokesman, David Carter, is annoyed that public consultation on the Government’s climate change
proposals won’t be extended. Mr Carter attended a forum yesterday, where he says around 300 angry farmers and foresters
were told ...
Sherwood Ross
"I believe in the universality of freedom," George Bush told the audience at the American Enterprise Institute in
Washington recently, "and I believe that this country, this grand country of ours, has an obligation to help people
realize the blessings ...
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There are about 50 to 60 million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million and there are only about 1
thousand pest species - already over 50% of these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous,
synthetic ...
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