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POPSLongest Serving Monach-In-Waiting Turns 60 There were media reports of an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, now Charles' second wife. And then the tragic death of Diana in a car accident in Paris. Now, at 60, he seems happily remarried and is clearly proud of his two grown sons, both popular royals in their own right. During six decades he has carved a niche as one of Britain's leading charity patrons, raising around $150 million a year for 20 charities. "People do pay attention," said Fitzwilliams. "There are jokes about his talking to plants, but he has earned the right to be taken seriously." Prince Charles, asked in a recent BBC interview how he defined his role as prince, said, "I didn't. I made it as I went along as you have probably seen."
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POPSTraumatised Veterans get no CARE - just platitudes. This proves the lie that Labour cares for veterans. With 1 in 5 prisoners being former servicemen, there has to be some reason for this. What changes caring warriors into mindless thugs? Insults, neglect and total indifference. I charge all the major charities be they Royal British Legion, Soldiers,Sailors , Airmens Family Association to come up to the mark and put your money where your mouths are, and stop overpaying former generals and territorial officers for doing what volunteer carers do for nothing...care for the needy former soldier.
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POPSConservatives Give More to Charity It is a pet talking point of liberals to portray conservatives as heartless--but conservatives give more to charities than liberals--regardless of income! While liberals lambast, conservatives quietly give to the needy...
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POPSAyers and Obama
The fact that they are now calling Obama a terrorist because of this is outrageous, even given all the facts. Assume that Obama knew Ayers history, so what? Are you going to resign in protest from a charitable board, or refuse to be recruited because 30 years ago the guy recruiting you was a bomber protesting the Vietnam War, gave himself up to the FBI, who (shock and dismay) blew the intelligence so they had no case. That makes you a terrorist? I must be a hardened criminal because I worked on a loading dock once with a guy who I knew was a loan shark. John McCain consorted with financial criminals who stole money from poor retirees who lost everything in the S&L crisis, he must be a criminal too and a thief and someone who would let retirees pensions disappear on purpose. Actually he's also a racist because he accepted an endorsement from a pastor who was know as a racist. No wait, he's a rampant liberal because he consorted and even sposored legislation with Ted Kennedy.
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POPSSocialVibe Helps You Make a Difference With Sponsored Social Giving Network SocialVibe is doing a good job of driving money to its causes. Over the last six months they have generated over $120,000 for the charities they support. The best part of this is that SocialVibe users don’t donate the money or spam their friends. They just put a passive widget on their networks and the click-throughs generate the sponsored donations via SocialVibe and its family of corporate sponsors. They have everything from the NBA and UFC to Apple and Adobe in their sponsor lineup.
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POPSTrickle Down The economic woes work their way down to local charities, as food pantries fight rising prices as they try to keep their shelves stocked.
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POPSWhat I Like About Palin by David Warren The Ottawa Citizen I cannot think of better illustrations of the way women and blacks are reduced to stereotype by the American media, and all the other institutions of "political correctness." We see the same thing up here in Canada, with respect to women and our "visible minorities." They must not deviate from a script in which every female role model is a feminist and abortion enthusiast, every "visible" the heroic victim of oppression, demanding societal compensation. How better to cripple the individual aspirations of women and minorities? To them, the stark facts of Ms. Palin's reaction to a Down's syndrome pregnancy, and to her daughter's unseasonable one, shines as day to night against Mr. Obama's, "If my daughter makes a mistake, I don't want her punished with a baby." But there is good news, which comes through Sarah Palin herself, who, from what I can see, is ready for the trial-by-ordeal.
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POPSAnother veteran being ignored For all those who accept verbatim, the meaningless drivel from worthy charities, perhaps should take heed of what charity workers are saying. High powered executive with their enormous salaries and mammoth pensions, and comfortable offices in London, are completely out of touch with the realities of modern Britain and the strains on disabled veterans. Eddie Rawlinson is a honorary member of Blackpool Royal Marines Association and I can lay ever pfennig I ever had that not a single person from that Charity has been in touch with his family. So much for being a CHARITY. I bet their secretary does not miss a photo call on his way to becoming another toothless member of parliament.
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POPSPalin Supports and Promotes Freemasonry Her recent declaration, April 2008, encourages, supports, and promotes various Masonic secret societies which are anti-Christian in their secret oaths, rites, symbolism, and ceremonies that push a philosophical and spiritual global agenda behind their outward charities. Even the anti-Christian Deist Thomas Paine wrote that freemasonry can be traced back to Druidism . Freemasonry teaches Deism and rejects the authority of scripture (while they hypocritically swear upon it), and takes a Deistic interpretation of the Bible. Again, the "christian conservatives" should take note of what "their candidate" is really all about instead of being naive. (Bush is a member, like Kerry too, of Skull & Bones).
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POPSBowling Alone Because the Team Got Downsized The first study to look at the long-term impact of job displacement on social participation, the research found that workers who had experienced just one involuntary disruption in their employment status were 35% less likely to be involved in their communities than their counterparts who had never experienced a job loss due to layoff, downsizing or restructuring, or a business closing or relocating. Moreover, the exodus from community involvement continued not just through the spate of involuntary unemployment, but for the rest of the workers' lives. Via Mark Thoma
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POPSTime is money :) Next time when a close partner asks for some quality time... do know what it means.... ;-)
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POPSSaudi Arabia wins 9/11 court battle I am still wondering about the Saudi / Bush connection. The Bin Laden family were supposedly staying with old Bush when the attacks happened. They were then flown out when the sky was off limits to all but the air force. And now this remarkable bit of politics.
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