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Twitter is news King! McChrystal interview with Rolling Stone and Toronto earthquake

Twice this week Twitter had the news faster than other media – McChrystal interview with Rolling Stone and Ottawa earthquake

Twitter is now the fastest and most up-to-date source for news from any source. This week the military career of General McChrystal went down in flames in three

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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Blackburn does not deny Veterans Affairs downsizing in Charlottetown

Blackburn does not deny Veterans Affairs downsizing in Charlottetown Rumors and reality will mean VA is much smaller in 5 years

Jean Pierre Blackburn gave his best non-denial, denial of the rumors about downsizing Veterans Affairs in Charlottetown.
“We heard rumours from time to time about maybe this headquarters would be closing,’’

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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Why PEI government invested your money in a zombie company?

 Announcement of investment in penny stock probably money thrown into the wind

PEI and the Federal government announced a tiny investment, by their standards, in a company that has been living off similar investments for more than 14 years.
  Ask why would a company move across

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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Pump and dump stock schemes

Pump and Dump stock schemes are as old as time itself. More recently pump and dump came into the public view again in the “Jaffer Affair“. 
  The scam works by taking a penny stock that has lots of stock in the market float but little demand. Or it might be an initial public

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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How the United Kingdom will balance its budget

How the United Kingdom will balance its budgetYesterday in the United Kingdom, the coalition government of Prime Minister David Cameron released its emergency Budget. One item that caught my eye in this time of HST implementation was the change to the UK's Value Added Tax (VAT). On January 4th, 2010, the tax will increase from its current

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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Unity Of Sudan Not Possible At This Late Hour

"It is important to recall that Southern Sudanese were unionist on day one of independence of Sudan in 1956. What happened later on is the responsibility of the northern elite who in their greed for power and gross insensitivity..."

It may be convenient to assert from the outset that I

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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Only 11% of Canadians support G8 and G20 Summit Costs

The latest poll demonstrates just how badly the government is suffering on the G8/G20 summit cost issue. In fact, it is a rarity to see such an overwhelming one sided opinion.

The poll finds nobody really sees much use for the Summit. Worse still:
Are the summit expenditures

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2012 00:29

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