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Winter power cuts feared as
Britain runs out of energy
Daily Express [UK], by John Ingham
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 10/6/2012 8:25:57 AM
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| Britain faces power cuts by the winter of 2015 as ageing power plants are shut down, a shocking report warned yesterday. Energy regulator Ofgem also said consumers face massive rises in electricity bills as generators are forced to rely on expensive gas to fuel power stations. The battle to keep the lights on is also being compromised by EU anti-pollution laws which are forcing the early shutdown of coal-fired power stations. At the same time Britain’s nuclear plants are also closing. The shutdowns will lead to a 30 per cent cut in the UK’s electricity generating capacity.
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Notice that we are treading a very similar path but nobody is yet telling us what percentage we'll be short by 2015. If Obama stays in power, that is, or if we can't outnumber the Democrats in both the House and Senate.
ABO, for our own sakes!
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rotten In Denmark, 10/6/2012 8:38:39 AM (No. 8913787)
Whatever happened to the Churchill type Brit? These are poorer rules/laws for poorer member countries.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rotten In Denmark, 10/6/2012 8:39:22 AM (No. 8913790)
Poofer not poorer.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Coy860, 10/6/2012 9:09:44 AM (No. 8913865)
The people in the Northeast are sure gonna suffer.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Seething Citizen, 10/6/2012 9:23:52 AM (No. 8913888)
It's a shame the former "Great" Britain is long gone! Why, oh why, do the Brits obey their purported masters at the EU?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BuckeyeRon, 10/6/2012 9:31:00 AM (No. 8913907)
Excellent get, OP...this must read captures a consequence of green radicalism Ryan should drive home in the debate with Biden...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
southernboy, 10/6/2012 9:35:29 AM (No. 8913918)
Just like the U.S……sitting on vast supplies of energy and allowing their whole economy to be shut down by idiots.
Where is the courage to stand up and say 'the h*ll with you people and your policies! We aren't going to destroy our nation for absolutely no reason! We are going to run our power plants on our own coal…we'll operate our nuclear plants as we see fit. This country will put it's citizens well-being at the forefront!'
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 10/6/2012 9:42:20 AM (No. 8913932)
204 coal-fired plants shut down by Zippy and Lisa Jackson (so far). Do not think for a minute that a president Romney is going to flip the switch back on Nov 7th.It will take years to overhaul or replace these. Those who would vote for Obama should pray for sunny , windy and nightless days .
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
craige, 10/6/2012 10:14:22 AM (No. 8913985)
The Green Revolution has given governments more tools of oppression. And Fools still vote oppressors into office.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
javaboy, 10/6/2012 10:14:48 AM (No. 8913988)
We need to remember this when the EPA shuts down 30% or more of the power here. Deaths and misery will almost certainly be blamed on the "evil capitalist" energy producers, but this is the real cause.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Robinsolana, 10/6/2012 11:56:11 AM (No. 8914195)
The Poodle Gore scam is consuming the British economy.
Same delusions are crippling California.
Obama wants high energy prices and is getting them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 10/6/2012 2:01:18 PM (No. 8914445)
Britain, once Great, has let Labor open border policies and U.N. scientists determine the future. Labor built that.
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Second university sounds alarm over
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Leicester University voiced concern after photographs emerged showing hand-written signs directing male and female students to sit in separate sections at a public talk on the existence of God organised by the university’s Islamic Society. The meeting was addressed by Hamza Tzortzis, an Islamic speaker who tours university campuses, who was at the centre of controversy over segregation at University College London (UCL) last month. UCL announced that it was banning his organisation, the Islamic Education & Research Academy (IERA), from its campus after a debate he was addressing descended into farce over the issue of segregation.
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court left in doubt Monday whether gun owners have a 2nd Amendment right to carry a firearm in public. Without a comment or dissent, the justices turned down a gun-rights challenge to a New York law that strictly limits who can legally carry a weapon when they are on the streets. To obtain a "concealed carry" permit, New Yorkers must convince a county official that they have a "special need for protection" that goes beyond living or working in a high-crime area. Only about one-tenth of 1% of New Yorkers have concealed-carry permits, compared to more than 6%
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US Senate strangely silent
over Margaret Thatcher
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Spectator [UK], by Steerpike
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/16/2013 4:31:59 AM
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In deference to Lady Thatcher’s immense popularity across the Pond, the US House of Representatives paid tribute to her. But the US Senate has been oddly reluctant to follow suit. Sources in Washington tell Mr Steerpike that a Republican resolution is ‘on hold’ because Democrat majority leader Harry Reid, with the help of a Senator Schumer, is blocking the move. [Snip] US senators were slow to authorise President Reagan’s attack on the late and unlamented ‘Mad Dog’ of the Middle East. But the Gipper wasn’t worried because the Iron Lady allowed the assault to be launched from these shores.
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Boston Marathon bombing: live
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Latest 23.23 (18.23) The first editions of tomorrow´s British newspaper front pages have all been published. Every single paper splashes on the marathon tragedy: [Snip] 23.16 (18.16) In his terse statement tonight, Mr Obama vowed to hold whoever is responsible for today´s explosions accountable. The President did not use the word "terrorism" in his statement to the nation just now, saying it was still not known "who did this or why". "We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable," he vowed, adding: "The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight."
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Afghan farmers return to
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In light of the explosions that have rocked Boston on Patriots’ Day, during the city’s annual marathon, NBC reporter Luke Russert took to Twitter to speculate that today’s horrific events could possibly be related to the 1993 government siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas — an incident often attached to conversations about “right-wing terrorism” and anti-government violence. “I was at Fenway Park w my dad and @mikebarnicle during Waco which was on Patriots Day in 1993. Speculating on possible link,” Russert tweeted following the explosions.
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Two veteran TV actresses may join the cast of Fox´s Glee after their upcoming appearance as a kindly lesbian couple. Meredith Baxter, known for being the All-American Mom on Family Ties, and Patty Duke who soared to fame in her self-titled series, will offer guidance to a gay character considering popping the question to his partner. According to a Friday report at E!, Oscar winner Patty Duke and longtime television star Meredith Baxter will play a lesbian couple. Not only that, regular character Blaine played by Darren Criss will propose to
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Obama: "Unimaginable" That
Congress Would "Defy" Americans
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Real Clear Politics, by Staff
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/16/2013 5:59:35 PM
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"I think we’ve got a good chance of seeing it pass if members of Congress are listening to the American people," President Obama said in an interview on NBC´s "Today Show" that aired on Tuesday. "The notion that Congress would defy the overwhelming instinct of the American people after what we saw happen in Newtown, I think, is unimaginable." Obama was then asked by Savannah Guthrie how he could expect Democrats in red states to vote on this bill when he, as a Senator, didn´t have to himself.
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