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Post by moabiter on Jun 11, 2010 8:14:20 GMT -8
Friday, June 8, 2001. The Liberal MP who presented Wednesday's motion, John McCallum, said Anders called Mandela a former "Communist and a terrorist." "He's the politically correct kind of 'lib' left poster-boy of today," Anders told CBC Newsworld. "I would say that 30 years from now Nelson Mandela will not be lionized as much as he is today." The Alliance MP admitted that one of the reasons he refused to back the motion is because the Liberals blocked his party's attempt to honour the 50th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/06/07/mandela_mp010607.html#ixzz0qYsNthWK
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Post by moabiter on Jun 11, 2010 8:15:37 GMT -8
World Cup, South Africa, June 11 - July 11 2010
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Post by moabiter on Jun 11, 2010 8:22:12 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Jul 8, 2010 8:09:19 GMT -8
When Tory MP Rob Anders Was A Paid Political Heckler buckdogpolitics.blogspot.com/2008/04/when-tory-mp-rob-anders-was-paid.htmlThe Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada has ensured that his pal, Rob Anders has a nice safe seat to run in in Calgary. Rob Anders has been a Reform Member of Parliament, then an Alliance MP and finally a Conservative MP. Anders graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Before being elected he had worked in the United States for the Republican Party for the 1994 senate campaign of Jim Inhofe in Oklahoma as a professional heckler. In this video link, Anders is the one at the microphone who puts on the 'pinocchio' nose. This earned him the label of "a foreign political saboteur" from CNN. This video is a 'must see'! On his MP website, he brags that, "he has been supportive of a variety of organizations including: The Fraser Institute, the Alberta Taxpayers Association, the Progressive Group for Independent Business, Canadian Property Rights Research Institute, the National Firearms Association, Responsible Firearms Owners of Alberta, Focus on the Family, Canada Family Action Coalition, St Andrew- Caledonian Society, the Alberta Debate and Speech Association, Parliamentary friends of Tibet, and the Sir Winston Churchill Society." Video here too - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmOA0PlkVOg
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Post by moabiter on Jul 10, 2010 8:01:17 GMT -8
Total solar eclipse will happen during World Cup Final (Netherlands/Spain). It lasts four and a half minutes, first time in 1400 years on Easter Island, Chile. 11 Jul 11:30am (PT) The island is still recovering from the Chile earthquake that struck on February 27, but local authorities want to show tourists that they are still there and that Easter Island is a great place to visit.www.nowpublic.com/environment/easter-island-solar-eclipse-july-11-first-1-400-years-map-2638859.htmlThe eclipse will be visible over much of the southern Pacific Ocean, touching several small islands including Tuamotu in French Polynesia and Easter Island, as well as the southern tips of Argentina and Chile in South America.[2]
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Post by moabiter on Jul 11, 2010 8:18:36 GMT -8
Both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia determined it to be genocide. - Lawrence Cannon, July 10, 2010 *********** Letter to Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Honourable Mr. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, we challenge you to tell the whole world why you deny that genocide happened in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina... As you are aware Honourable Prime Minister Mr. Stephen Harper, you and your Conservative party will only vote for Motion M-416 if the word “genocide” is taken out. Why would you ask us to remove the word genocide when genocide is exactly what happened in July of 1995 in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, a town which was declared a “safe haven” by the United Nations? How can you deny what happened in Srebrenica was genocide when the United Nations, the Hague Court and the ICTY have all declared the massacres that took place as genocide... Three political parties in the Parliament of Canada support the original motion, M – 416. Only the Conservatives, led by you, deny that what happened was genocide. Honourable Prime Minister Mr. Stephen Harper, please tell us why you deny that genocide was perpetrated in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where more than 8000 Bosniak civilians were murdered by Serbian forces and more than 25,000 civilians were displaced... We ask that by July 11th, 2010, when we commemorate 15 years since the greatest crime against humanity (in Europe) since the Second World War, Motion M – 416 is accepted in its original text. If this motion is not passed by this date, we expect you to explain, before the eyes of the world, the reasons behind your decision. www.instituteforgenocide.ca/letter-to-stephen-harper-prime-minister-of-canada/*********** Bosnian Party decorates ex-leader Karadzic, genocide suspect, as massacre anniversary looms
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Post by moabiter on Jul 11, 2010 9:57:39 GMT -8
About 15 minutes to go {total solar eclipse} The eclipse starts at *1815 GMT* about 700km (440 miles) south-east of Tonga. It will follow an 11,000km path but mostly over the Pacific - the longest time of eclipse, five minutes and 20 seconds, will be over sea. The eclipse will only be visible from a small section of land, ending over southern parts of Chile and Argentina. Night will be day.
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Post by moabiter on Jul 23, 2010 22:13:17 GMT -8
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_NorthProsecutions Resulting from Iran-Contra Affair After Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh’s appointment in December 1986, 14 persons were charged with criminal offenses. Eleven persons were convicted, but two convictions were overturned on appeal. Two persons were pardoned before trial and one case was dismissed when the Bush Administration declined to declassify information necessary for trial. On December 24, 1992, President Bush pardoned Caspar W. Weinberger, Duane R. Clarridge, Clair E. George, Elliott Abrams, Alan D. Fiers, Jr., and Robert C. McFarlane. Completed Trials and Pleas Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state — Pleaded guilty October 7, 1991, to two misdemeanor charges of withholding information from Congress about secret government efforts to support the Nicaraguan contra rebels during a ban on such aid. U.S. District Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., sentenced Abrams November 15, 1991, to two years probation and 100 hours community service. Abrams was pardoned by President Georhe H.W. Bush on December 24, 1992. Carl R. Channell, principal contractor for the OPD (now-defunct Office for Public Diplomacy)—Pleaded guilty April 29, 1987, to one felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. U.S. District Judge Stanley S. Harris sentenced Channell on July 7, 1989, to two years probation. (Channell died in 1990 at age 44). Thomas G. Clines, Central Intelligence Agency agent—Indicted February 22, 1990, on four felony counts of underreporting his earnings to the IRS in the 1985 and 1986 tax years; and falsely stating on his 1985 and 1986 tax returns that he had no foreign financial accounts. On September 18, 1990, Clines was found guilty of all charges. U.S. District Judge Norman P. Ramsey in Baltimore, Md., on December 13, 1990, sentenced Clines to 16 months in prison and $40,000 in fines. He was ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution. The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., on February 27, 1992, upheld the convictions. Clines served his prison sentence. Alan D. Fiers, Jr. , Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's Central American Task Force during the Reagan administration—Pleaded guilty July 9, 1991, to two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress about secret efforts to aid the Nicaraguan contras. U.S. District Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., sentenced Fiers January 31, 1992, to one year probation and 100 hours community service. Fiers was pardoned December 24, 1992. Clair E. George, Deputy Director for CIA Operations —Indicted September 6, 1991, on 10 counts of perjury, false statements and obstruction in connection with congressional and Grand Jury investigations. George’s trial on nine counts ended in a mistrial on August 26, 1992. Following a second trial on seven counts, George was found guilty December 9, 1992, of two felony charges of false statements and perjury before Congress. The maximum penalty for each count was five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth set sentencing for February 18, 1993. George was pardoned on December 24, 1992, before sentencing occurred. Albert Hakim, Iranian-born American citizen and businessman—Pleaded guilty November 21, 1989, to a misdemeanor of supplementing the salary of Oliver L. North. Lake Resources Inc., in which Hakim was the principal shareholder, pleaded guilty to a corporate felony of theft of government property in diverting Iran arms sales proceeds to the Nicaraguan contras and other activities. Hakim was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell on February 1, 1990, to two years probation and a $5,000 fine; Lake Resources was ordered dissolved. Robert C. McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan from 1983 to late 1985 —Pleaded guilty March 11, 1988, to four misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress. U.S. District Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., sentenced McFarlane on March 3, 1989, to two years probation, $20,000 in fines and 200 hours community service. McFarlane was pardoned December 24, 1992. Richard R. Miller, right-wing fund-raiser—Pleaded guilty May 6, 1987, to one felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. U.S. District Judge Stanley S. Harris sentenced Miller on July 6, 1989, to two years probation and 120 hours of community service. Oliver L. North, National Security Council staffer in the Reagan administration and point man in the Iran-Contra scandal—Indicted March 16, 1988, on 16 felony counts. After standing trial on 12, North was convicted May 4, 1989 of three charges: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell on July 5, 1989, to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. A three-judge appeals panel on July 20, 1990, vacated North’s conviction for further proceedings to determine whether his immunized testimony influenced witnesses in the trial. The Supreme Court declined to review the case. Judge Gesell dismissed the case September 16, 1991, after hearings on the immunity issue, on the motion of Independent Counsel. John M. Poindexter, Deputy National Security Advisor and National Security Advisor for the Reagan administration —Indicted March 16, 1988, on seven felony charges. After standing trial on five charges, Poindexter was found guilty April 7, 1990, on all counts: conspiracy (obstruction of inquiries and proceedings, false statements, falsification, destruction and removal of documents); two counts of obstruction of Congress and two counts of false statements. U.S. District Judge Harold H. Greene sentenced Poindexter June 11, 1990, to six months in prison on each count, to be served concurrently. A three-judge appeals panel on November 15, 1991, reversed the convictions on the ground that Poindexter’s immunized testimony may have influenced the trial testimony of witnesses. The Supreme Court on December 7, 1992, declined to review the case. In 1993, the indictment was dismissed on the motion of Independent Counsel. middleeast.about.com/od/usmideastpolicy/a/me081109f.htm
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Post by moabiter on Jul 23, 2010 23:42:49 GMT -8
Spain wins. Paul the predictive octopus.
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Post by moabiter on Aug 2, 2010 9:30:38 GMT -8
1976: African countries boycott Olympics The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal has been marred by the withdrawal of 25 African countries. They are all protesting at New Zealand's sporting links with South Africa. The International Olympic Committee's refusal to ban New Zealand, whose rugby team is currently touring South Africa, has resulted in the boycott. South Africa has been banned from the Olympics since 1964 for its refusal to condemn apartheid. 'Illogical' A spokesperson for the New Zealand Olympic Committee said the All Blacks tour of South Africa had been arranged by the New Zealand Rugby Union which was an autonomous body and nothing to do with the Olympics. He said it was illogical to single out New Zealand as it was one of 26 countries to have played sport in South Africa during the past year. More than 300 competitors will now not take part in the Games which will mean many events will have to be cancelled or re-scheduled. Athletics events will be particularly affected by the absence of Filbert Bayi from Tanzania, who holds the world record in the 1500m and John Akii-Bua of Uganda, world record-holder in the 400 metres hurdles. The latest country to announce its withdrawal was Kenya. In a statement issued just hours before the opening ceremony, the country's foreign minister James Osogo said: "The government and the people of Kenya hold the view that principles are more precious than medals." He said the decision by the IOC not to ban New Zealand would give "comfort and respectability to the South African racist regime and encourage it to continue to defy world opinion." The IOC will now have to decide what sanctions should be imposed on the boycotting countries, who risk being expelled from the Olympic movement. Approximately 20 of the 26 countries who have withdrawn from the competition had already travelled to Montreal but will now return home. The list of those boycotting the Olympics is: Libya, Iraq, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, Gambia, Sudan, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Algeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Gabon, Chad, Togo, Niger, Congo, Mauritius, Upper Volta and Malawi. Egypt did not take part in today's opening ceremony but has not yet formally announced its withdrawal. Taiwan withdrew on the grounds that the Canadian government refused to allow her to compete under the name of the Republic of China. There are already fears the Commonwealth Games due to be held in Edmonton, Canada in two years time will be affected by the African boycott. news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_3555000/3555450.stm
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Post by moabiter on Aug 2, 2010 9:34:47 GMT -8
1980: The 1980 Olympics Boycott Over the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan In 1980, the United States led a 61-nation boycott of the summer Olympics held in Moscow that year. U.S. President Jimmy Carter called for the boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. But well before the invasion of Afghanistan, before the Iranian hostage crisis involving 52 American hostages, before the oil shock that sent oil prices to historic highs in 1979-80, Carter’s presidency was in shambles. Background to Boycott: Carter Presidency in Crisis“Effective control over the conduct of foreign affairs is slipping away from Jimmy Carter, and that is sad to see,” wrote Theodore Sorensen, former special counsel to President John F. Kennedy, in a New York Times Op-Ed on Sept. 21, 1979. “The need is not for more belligerence in President Carter’s policy or more bombast in his speeches, not for a strong warning to Congress unmatched by action. What’s needed is presidential leadership.” By then Carter had achieved impressive goals. He’d brokered the first effective Arab-Israeli peace treaty—the Camp David agreement between Egypt and Israel, which went into effect in April 1979. He wrapped up a treaty on the Panama Canal and restored the nation’s moral stature by giving human rights a place in the conduct of foreign policy. But events soon overtook his presidency. Chronology of Setbacks * On Feb. 14, 1979, Muslim extremists kidnapped Adolph “Spike” Dubs, the American ambassador to Afghanistan and took him to a hotel in Kabul, where he was killed in a gunfight between the kidnappers and Afghan police. * In early October in 1979, the Syrian president, Hafez el Assad, was in Moscow, speaking to “the need for the Soviet Union’s participation in a Middle East settlement at all stages.” On Oct. 25, the Soviet Union signed a 20-year friendship treaty with South Yemen, in the Southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula, thus opening the way for a Soviet naval base in the Yemeni port city of Aden. (South Yemen had been receiving Soviet military aid since 1967, when it won independence from Britain.) * On Nov. 4, 1979, militant Shiite students organized by Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, then an engineering student, seized the American embassy in Teheran and took its personnel hostage to protest the Carter administration’s decision to let the Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment. George H.W. Bush, who was challenging Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination for president, was talking about developing a “paramilitary plan” to free the hostages in Iran. Carter, unfortunately, listened. A dismal military rescue attempt in April 1980 ended in the death of eight American soldiers in the Iranian desert. The crisis, involving 52 American hostages, was to last 444 days, ending the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated president on Jan. 20, 1981. * On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan. Ineffective ResponseIn a press conference on Dec. 28, 1979, Carter said put the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in these terms: “Such gross interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan is in blatant violation of accepted international rules of behavior. [...] The Soviet action is a major matter of concern to the entire international community.” That would be almost as far as he would go, until grumbles from across the Atlantic began to call for more—though not much more. How the Boycott of the Olympics Came to BeNeville Trotter, an extreme right-wing conservative in Britain’s Parliament, asked Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to lead a worldwide boycott of the Moscow Olympics. “Another venue should be found,” he said, “and if necessary the games should be postponed for a year. This is the one lever we have to show outrage at this naked aggression by Russia. We should do all we can to reduce the Moscow Olympics to a shambles.” In fact, Saudi Arabia was first to pull out, in protest over Soviet aggression on Islamic land. On Jan. 17, 1980, the Muhammad Ali Amateur Sports Club, funded and supported by Muhammad Ali, announced that its 32 member boxers and athletes—several of whom were favored to win medals—would boycott the games.In his State of the Union message on Jan. 23, Carter announced the boycott: “I have notified the Olympic Committee that with Soviet invading forces in Afghanistan, neither the American people nor I will support sending an Olympic team to Moscow.” The next day, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 386-12 to support Carter’s call. Among those opposed to the boycott were Phil Gramm of Texas and John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. What NBC LostNBC had paid $85 million for the rights to broadcast the games—including $61 million it paid to the Russians—and was planning on broadcasting 152.5 hours of coverage for American viewers. By January 1980, it had sold 98 percent of commercial spots set aside for the event, at $165,000 a minute (or $450,000 in 2008 dollars). The network was banking on a $25 million profit ($66 million in 2008 dollars). The network didn’t quite have to forgo it all. NBC had also paid $4 million to Lloyds of London to buy insurance against such eventualities. It would make up close to 90% of the money it invested in the games. The Boycotting Nations In all, 61 nations boycotted the Moscow summer Olympics — but less than half the nations of the Middle East did. The nations that boycotted are as follows: * Albania * Antigua and Barbuda * Argentina * Bahamas * Bahrain * Bangladesh * Barbados * Belize * Bermuda * Bolivia * Canada * Cayman Islands * Central African Republic * Chad * Chile * People's Republic of China[4] [5] * Côte d'Ivoire * Egypt * El Salvador * Fiji * Gabon * Gambia * West Germany * Ghana * Haiti * Honduras * Hong Kong * Indonesia * Israel * Japan * Kenya * South Korea * Liberia * Liechtenstein * Malawi * Malaysia * Mauritania * Monaco * Morocco * Netherlands Antilles * Niger * Norway * Pakistan * Panama * Papua New Guinea * Paraguay * Philippines * Saudi Arabia * Singapore * Somalia * Sudan * Swaziland * Thailand * Togo * Tunisia * Turkey * United Arab Emirates * United States * Uruguay * U.S. Virgin Islands * Zaire Related Articles * Afghanistan at 2008 Beijing Olympics – Guide to Afghanistan’s a... * War in Afghanistan - A Chronological Guide to the War in Afghanistan * History of the Olympics - 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow * United and American Airlines Announce New Non-Stop Service to Afghanistan * November 29 in Middle East History - This Day November 29 in Middle Eastern... middleeast.about.com/od/afghanistan/a/me080803.htm
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Post by moabiter on Aug 20, 2010 6:46:46 GMT -8
MORE MEDIEVAL SLIPPAGE BY FRED FLINTSTONE OR IS IT THE BISHOP OF CANTERBURY OR MAYBE THE WHO IS THAT OTHER BROTHERHOOD WITH BISHOPS? : Harper: Money to fix up Bluenose well spent PM sneaks in shot at Moore, Liberal sponsorship scandal during speech Thu, Aug 19 - 5:23 AM It started with a question: Why should taxpayers cover the entire cost of fixing Bluenose II when there’s $1 million sitting in a Bluenose trust fund created for that purpose? This was the prime minister’s answer: “About the dark days of some years ago, things related to the sponsorship scandal and, you know, quite frankly as much as we regret some of those decisions and I hope our predecessors regret them, we have to move forward. www.thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9017592.html
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Post by moabiter on Aug 20, 2010 6:49:15 GMT -8
Cornwall Public Inquiry Cornwall sex-abuse scandal spawns hearings, healing Last Updated: Thursday, December 24, 2009 The four hefty volumes — the thickest and heaviest more than 1,600 pages long — examined in detail how public institutions like police, the local Catholic diocese and Children's Aid Society dealt with widespread allegations of sexual against priests, probation officers, lawyers and other men in positions of power and trust in the community. www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/14/cornwall-public-inquiry-backgrounder.html
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Post by moabiter on Aug 20, 2010 6:53:21 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on Aug 20, 2010 7:06:25 GMT -8
income trusts disruption, manual DND computers, social 'networking' fixed election dates nuclear, industry, firing - privatitize who knows justice - UN Louise Arbour idiot comments - listeria science minister and dinosaurs scare mongering (crime! immigrants! homosexuals! Arabs! Muslims! Adscam! etc) early kkk/Northern Foundation affiliations Rob Anders and republicans support for Iraq war fighter jets - bad deal/too many/wrong plane hiding Afghanistan info pretending it's okay idiot comments - the other sexy cancer isotopes idiot comments - stockwell day using census to back up pro-more-prison scrapping the census - no debate prorogue 1-2- bacon-saver {2/ $130,407,733}elected senate transparency - access to info decrease MEP - message of the day like a fuhrer's notes of the day (kinda Goebbeling) personal photos entourage, royal court portraits pro-oil - threw away tar sands report/ waste of money, uninterested in alternati no foresight with GST reduction/ stupid election hustling smug, secretive, hiding wanting to deregulate banks breaking the deal with David Orchard/ low brow/ mackay social engineering - no election platform/ we are creationists now SPP - Israel, UK MP, Gaza blockade - illegal to talk policy not dealing with Omar Khadr domestically ethnic newspapers/ community newspapers anti-press - media's fault! Mulroney's stuffed envelopes Rahim Jaffir's $500 fine for impaired driving/ cocaine possession Helen Gurgis - wingnut airport tantrum Olympic party of canada 2010 water bottles/log/MP school kids manitoba 'branding the north' - Ken Boessenkool jim prentice's mp budget did i say, rob anders? ? yes attack ads, attack internet posters, attack, attack hockey paul mcartney - helpy frendzy late for photo shoots paid personal groomer PMO - executive privileges lol canada's best president ever!! 'go hockey team harper!' parks canada uniforms in 100th year selling cn tower, public assets Kelowna Accord sell out jails, maybe private, who knows US army deserters/ conscientious objectors (criminals) air space to US Homeland Security john baird - ndp intercepted phone call, re vote of non-confidence, autumn 2008 official portraits - is the photographer(s) on staff who knows fixed election dates __________________________ Scott A. Ross: The cost of prorogation — $130,407,733Posted: January 22, 2010, 10:30 AM by NP Editor The bill with a few mints is placed at your table. Turning the carbon copy over in your hand, you read: One order to prorogue parliament — $130 million. Or, more precisely: $130,407,733. Voters, I hope you brought your wallets. Government isn’t free. Every action, every bill, every particle of dust on a government bureau has a price, and we as Canadian taxpayers are stuck with the tab. Usually, we get something to show for it, whether it be legislation or just an entertaining Question Period; but in the recent case of our Prime Minister proroguing Parliament, we’re still paying the exorbitant salaries of MPs and Senators, only this time were getting nothing out of the deal. network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/22/scott-a-ross-the-cost-of-prorogation-130-407-733.aspx
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