Friday, 29 October 2010 10:56 'Local councils are to get extra funding if they give the go-ahead to new wind farms, under plans to stop local communities sabotaging renewable energy projects. Ministers are worried at the vast number of wind farm projects that are being turned down by councillors in the face of local opposition. The Independent revealed yesterday that the number of planning approvals for onshore wind farms is at an all time low, with only one in three applications getting to go-ahead. Michael Hird, from the Campaign Against Wind farms, said it the payment amounted to “a bribe”. “This is nothing short of a bribe to get local councils to agree to wind farms. They should be spending money on good green energy and not this".' Read more: UK Government Offers Councils Bribes to Pass Wind Farm Applications Friday, 29 October 2010 10:29 'Highways and Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday said it would be mandatory for all vehicles to have a prepaid chip for toll payments within eighteen months. Nath, while addressing the annual conference of Economic Editors in national capital New Delhi, said the prepaid Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards are like mobile phone chips, which would be installed in every vehicle. "In around 18 months it will be implemented. We will make it mandatory for all the vehicles that the RFID card would be installed at the time of manufacturing. This would cost around 70 rupees. It is not a very big expense. So, we are talking terms with all the manufacturers," said Nath. He added that it is safe, and would be made mandatory for old vehicles as well.' Read more: Smart Cards for Highway Tolls Mandatory for All Vehicles in India: Nath Friday, 29 October 2010 10:14 'When you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. Idiot Harry Reid maintains that paying income tax is voluntary in the U.S.. Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate. He's obviously not very bright. But then again... he is a politician. Interviewer Jan Helfeld does a great job of trying to nail him down but... well, you'll see.' Friday, 29 October 2010 10:03 'With riots in the streets and poll ratings in the basement, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is under pressure from both home and abroad to delay delivery of a refitted jet that will cost the taxpayer £151million. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those who have apparently told the luxury loving Sarkozy that now might not be the best time to take charge of the aircraft that is said to be dripping with 'bling'. German sources say she advised Sarkozy earlier this week, at a meeting where the pair cut a controversial deal aimed at protecting the euro, to 'hold back' on taking deliver of the aircraft currently undergoing a series of final test flights over the Indian Ocean and South Pacific French administered islands.' Read more: Nicolas Sarkozy Warned by German Chancellor Not to Unveil £150m 'Bling' Presidential Jet Friday, 29 October 2010 09:53 'A world first trial of a personal carbon trading scheme that will also target obesity, is to be conducted by Southern Cross University on Norfolk Island. The three-year project will involve giving everyone on the island a card loaded with carbon units, according to the man leading it, Garry Egger. “Then every time they go and pay for their petrol or their power – and from the second year their food – it will not only be paid for in money but it will also come off the carbon units they are given for free at the start of the program,” Professor Egger said. If people are thrifty and don’t buy a lot of petrol or power or fatty foods, they will have units to spare, which they can cash in at a bank.' Read more: Norfolk Island Residents to be Guinea Pigs for Carbon Credit Ponzi Scheme Friday, 29 October 2010 09:38 'French activists call for a Europe-wide and joint account termination on 7 December 2010. "Everyone should get his money from the account." What does this protest? In France the last few weeks has been enough protest. Since demonstrating in the street have brought us nothing we understand that the real power lies in the hands of international banks and corporations. All citizens of the country resolve your accounts in cash. The activists suggest, one can first put the money in a suitcase or invest it in a social bank. So far 7000 people have signed up.' Read more: French Protesters Call for Bank Run on December 7 2010 - Goes Viral on EU-Webs Friday, 29 October 2010 09:26 'Foul drinking water is killing Haitians in the first epidemic of cholera on the island in over a century. Behind the TV images on German television of the misery lies a tale of international corruption and malfeasance that goes directly to former US President Bill Clinton and leading families of the so-called Haitian Oligarchy. According to Haitian civic organizations donations that could have provided permanent clean water are not being used to do so. Instead, the money is part of a racket by so-called “poverty aid” NGOs to earn huge financial gain off the outpouring of international contributions to the victims of the January devastating earthquake.' Read more: Cholera Epidemic: Toxic Drinking Water Killing Haitians - Real Aid is Blocked Friday, 29 October 2010 09:22 'It only took him a second to sign each foreclosure document. That's how good Tam Doan got at his job in Bank of America's pre-sale foreclosure department in Southern California. Of course, he didn't have time to actually read the paperwork he was signing, he said, and in some cases, he didn't even know what documents he was putting his pen to. "I had no idea what I was signing," said Doan. "Either you were in or you were out".'
Paying Income Tax in America is Voluntary
Nicolas Sarkozy Warned by German Chancellor Not to Unveil £150m 'Bling' Presidential Jet
French Protesters Call for Bank Run on December 7 2010 - Goes Viral on EU-Webs
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