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CBC News
November 19, 2008

Deficit may be necessary, securities regulator to increase oversight

The Conservative government introduced a plan Wednesday aimed at protecting Canada from the “extraordinary global economic challenge and uncertainty,” and indicated that the country may have to run a deficit.

The plan, detailed by Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean in the 45-minute speech from the throne on Parliament Hill, calls for “hard decisions” to be made on government spending, and it promises sound budgeting to ensure the country avoids further deficits.

The throne speech, delivered by Jean in the Senate chamber before Prime Minister Stephen Harper, members of the House of Commons and other dignitaries, laid out the broad strokes of the Conservative government’s legislative agenda for Canada’s 40th Parliament.

In a sombre speech invoking the grim realities faced by previous Canadians in the First World War and the Great Depression, Jean said continuing unsustainable deficits “are quite rightly unacceptable to Canadians.”

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The media, as this article and the related links below it, is not necessarily a tool for you to get accurate information. The state’s interest in moulding public opinion trumps that consideration (at least as far as the state is concerned). This is the case, increasingly, not only in Russia but worldwide – and that includes here. Note the links following the article for more backstory and context.

CBC News
November 19, 2008

Mention of ‘collapse’ and ‘crisis’ banned in Russian reporting 

Russia’s prosecutor general ordered all media organizations in the country on Wednesday to exercise caution while reporting on the financial crisis.

In an attempt at curtailing panic, officials said regular inspections will be carried out and organizations not respecting the order may be prosecuted. However, no further details were released.

The new order appears to be the latest attempt by the Kremlin to control how the Russian public perceives the country’s worst economic crisis in a decade.

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IntelCenter, Pentagon contractor, releases another Al-CIAda video.

Paul Joseph Watson, Prisonplanet.com
November 19, 2008

Alleged Al-Qaeda number two pops up again to provide Obama with pretext for bombing more sovereign countries in the name of the war on terror

Al-Qaeda’s alleged number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri has called for new attacks to be launched against “criminal America,” which is somewhat odd considering the fact that he once fought on behalf of the CIA and was granted U.S. residence by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Indeed, Al-Zawahiri has reportedly been captured twice before, so the fact that he is still releasing video tapes via the Pentagon-allied IntelCenter organization and playing the role of boogeyman so Obama can continue bombing sovereign countries in the name of the war on terror strikes us as a little fishy.

“America, the criminal, trespassing crusader, continues to be the same as ever, so we must continue to harm it, in order for it to come to its senses,” Zawahri said, addressing Muslims across the world, reports Reuters. (more…)