Background Check

According to statistic, about 30% of private properties were bought by foreigners, this is definitely the main reason cause properties price to increase. The Government instead of go to the root cause of the problem, are making thing more difficult for the local to buy a property, such as maximun loan become 70% for second home. This definitely only affect the local, as most foreigners are buying by cash. Is the government sane or they just prone the foreigners??

As Singaporeans, we have to justify for what we want for our country and future. If it’s positive and achievements attained by our Government, definitely it’s applaudable. Voicing your dissent positively is patriotic and your duty as Citizens of Singapore. If your views are not heard, then what is a consensus? Therefore, I feel it is still good to give your opinions and comments so long it can be heard and pondered over by our Government. If it is constructive, that adds to further improvements and if destructive, then take it with a punch of sale and look at it from a critical appreciation angle.

Hope all of us look at all comments and postings as the voice of One United Nation.

Please pardon my drifting away from the main topic as I wish to draw attention to those who debates over unnecessary issues and starts "attacking" our own fellow Singaporeans.

Anyway, the property market is not going to cool off at all. Instead, the new restrictions will make it more difficult for Singaporeans and their next generations to come. Many private property developers are even forecasting that prices would not come down for the next few years. As for HDB flats (so-called public housing), when was the last time it really becomes affordable after ruling to include private banks to offer loans for HDB units and pushed up mortgages and overall prices?

To certain extent, building 22,000 more units, an increase from previously 16,000 units as reported, will help. Question is what type of housing will be built and catering for which division of Singaporeans? The rich, middle or lower income? Affordability? Or this increase will benefit PRs and foreigners because after re-sale units prices are down due to this additional supply.

All these remains to be seen and explained. This year’s National Day Rally is not much different from any other years. It still gives you hope, aspirations and dreams. The thing is whether you, as a Singaporean, dares to aspire, dream or hope.

Take Action. Visit http://www.bankruptingamerica.org/take-action/ to send this video to your Congressman and tell them to reform Washington’s wasteful spending now.
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How do we tell Washington how we feel? We show them. We sifted through the top public opinion polls, compiled the results most representative of the nation, prettied them up, and set them to compelling music. Lawmakers must be shown what the nation thinks of them and their many years of policies that are bankrupting America.
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“6 out of 10 Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction — Reuters, July 2010″

“43% have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. 36% for the Republican Party. — Gallup, May 2010″

“Congress’s approval rating has been under 29% consistently for since 2005. Gallup, 2005-2010″

“The same as OJ Simpson’s approval rating a year after his trial. — Gallup, 1995″

“Congress’s approval rating today – 19%. Gallup, Aug 2010″

“Nearly half of likely voters think a random selection of people from the phone book would do better than Congress. — Rasmussen, January 2010″

“86% of Americans say the system of government is broken. — CNN/Opinion Research Corp, February 2010″

“The two most important issues to Americans are: jobs [and] the budget deficit – Pew and the National Journal, July 2010″

“Unemployment has nearly doubled since the end of 2007. – Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010″

“53% think we’d be better off without the stimulus. – Time, July 2010″

“67% oppose a new stimulus. – Time, July 2010″

“66% believe government wastes “a lot” of our tax dollars. – Center for American Progress, August 2010″

“A majority believes we should [cut spending to stimulate the economy]. – Democracy Corps, June 2010″

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Time was when American media wore their biases on their sleeves. The history of media ethics shows this system of honesty in media bias, so common in the nineteenth century, giving way to the doctrine of “objectivity” early in the twentieth century. Media historians chart the zenith of objectivity’s prominence occurring around the 1950’s. However, over the last fifty years objectivity has succumbed to a state of confusion.

The huge American media conglomerates have not admitted this seismic cultural shift towards accepting the reality of media bias (although understood as a fact by most of their consumers). They still march under the false advertising of “objectivity” and “neutrality”. Wouldn’t it be better for our nation if newspapers, not to mention other forms of media, simply displayed openly their prejudices and points of view? Imagine: “The New York Democrat Times”, “The Los Angeles Liberal Times”, “The Washington Post and Democrat”, “Boston Liberal Democrat Globe”.
As Charles Griffin Ross turns in his grave, and the American Mainstream Media harbors a warm spot for yellow journalism, It is time to pull the mask of “objectivity” off these malignant cultural tumors we call “journalists”.

Video excerpts of the anti-war rally are from across the web, and are used for commentary under the “fair use” statute.

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The US government does not want to have public 9/11 trials in a civilian court. Officials are doing their best to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed to military tribunal. Manny Badillo had an uncle who was murdered by the 9/11 terrorist attack and now works for we are change. Badillo believes that the trial should be public because he says it is the only way to get the evidence out there for the public to see.

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Graphic footage of the first ever elephant birth filmed in Bali, Indonesia. Commentary by Elephant Safari Park founder, Nigel Mason.

Message from Nigel: IN ANSWER TO YOUR MANY QUESTIONS

The surface of the sick bay where Riski was born is sandstone and is especially designed to be sterile and poses no threat to the mother and calf during or after the birth. The floor is sloped for run off to wash down and sterilize the area quickly. The Sumatran elephant is the smallest elephant in the world and the slight fall is less than one meter. The baby always comes out feet first, unlike a human baby. This breaks the fall as does the embryonic sack, filled with fluid. To my knowledge, there has never been an injury to a baby by this fall. Otherwise the mother would either squat or lie down for the birth, which is never the case.

You may notice that we are actually washing down the area of blood while the baby is still not completely standing. The alternative is to remove the baby and separate it from its mother. This is dangerous as it can often lead to the baby being rejected by its mother. A dirt, straw or other easily contaminated surface is not hygienic and might lead to later infection and anyway, straw laid on any surface would serve little purpose to cushion the fall. Our babies are too precious to take any risk that might harm them, so hygiene is essential.

All of our babies were born this way and we have a 100 percent success rate for raising healthy calfs. Elephants in the wild do not choose a soft surface, as they tend to birth wherever they happen to be standing at the time, on dirt, rock, or sometimes in the forest with dangerous sticks that could injure the baby. Remember, that the mother kicked the baby in the head and the ribs very severely, but this in fact brought the baby to life. Maybe she knows better what the baby can handle than we do. This is the first time that one of our babies was born dead. Usually they are alert and up on their feet within minutes. This birth was extremely unusual.

The baby has difficulty standing, not only because of a slippery surface, but because its legs are weak and its never stood before. She was weak due to the fact that her birth was so dramatic, (she wasnt breathing). Her mother unfortunately did not take this into account and forced her to stand immediately before she was strong enough. This is an instinctive reaction against predators in the wild. Once standing she had no problem with the surface of the floor. Forty eight hours later they both joined the other mothers and babies in our nursery area, which is grassy and has shady trees. She is extremely healthy and has developed very quickly since her birth.

As elephant carers we would do nothing that could cause harm to the baby. Unlike human babies an elephant calf is not fragile, as it has spent almost two years developing inside its mother to give it the extra strength needed to survive the birth and immediately after. Its skeleton is strong and the head is able to withstand far more than a human infant. Never does the surface, whatever it is, make any difference to it standing up within a very short time.

This is 18 year old Nickis first baby, she being one of the group of nine elephants that we first rescued from the island of Sumatra in 1997. She was then a four year old orphan who is now part our herd of 30 elephants. Nicki is a very caring and protective mother and plays and swims four times a day with the other babies and their mothers at one of our two park lakes.

To answer the question, were we going to help the mother the answer is of course yes. But under the situation it was best to let nature take its course first, as often unnecessary interference can cause the mother to reject the baby. I had allowed for three minutes for Nicki to sort it out before we intervened. However she brought the baby to life in just under 2½ minutes herself.

Riski lives at the Elephant Safari Park at Taro near Ubud in central Bali which was created in 1997 and is a full elephant experience. Visitors can learn about Sumatran elephants and can hand feed, touch and even ride the elephants and watch daily elephant talent shows. Here guests can get up close and personal with elephants, unlike zoos where you can only view elephants from a distance. The park also includes many facilities for guests and elephants alike. There are two lakes set in botanical gardens, shade houses, breeding and nursery areas and a laboratory with other elephant facilities. For guests there is an elephant museum, restaurant, shop, arena and 25 room 5 star lodge for overnight stays. Guests can visit in the daytime or for a Night Safari ride with dinner. For more information please go to our website www.elephantsafariparklodge.com.

Nigel Mason
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Big XII officials bone Texas Tech. Alan Voskuil gets arm-barred and tossed to the ground, and called for the foul to boot. Coach Knight didn’t like that, and got a standing ovation for his justified outburst.

Video taped off of ESPN’s Sportscenter.

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I guess they are trying desperately to prevent any bank runs, or a general panic.

Note that while David Prosser is normally a financial markets writer, Ben Russell is a general staff writer, and may not have been “thinking clearly” when he wrote this piece. Nevertheless, once published is it right for it to be removed? Or should an amended, less controversial version been published?

I do hope neither of these gentlemen are sacked for this.

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British banks are ‘technically insolvent’
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British banks are ‘technically insolvent’

By Ben Russell and David Prosser
Saturday, 17 January 2009

Britains biggest banks are “technically insolvent”, Royal Bank of Scotland said yesterday, as the global banking industry was rocked by another day of turmoil, including the announcement of $23bn (£16bn) of new losses from Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, the giant US institutions.

Analysts working for RBS, one of several British banks to have received emergency funding from the UK Government last year, told the City that “the domestic UK banks are technically insolvent on a fully marked-to-market basis”.

The warning does not mean British banks are about to go bust, because the assessment is purely theoretical, and RBS said the position was “not unusual at this stage in the economic cycle”.

However, it will add to pressure on the Government to provide more support for the country’s banks. Treasury officials are now set to spend this weekend in talks about a fresh round of measures, which could be unveiled as early as next week, to free up lending to households and major corporations hit by the credit crunch.

The value of Barclays fell by a quarter in stock market trading yesterday, amid a series of wild rumours about its finances, although the bank said it saw no need to comment on the drop. Its board said in a statement last night that it knew “no justification for the fall”.

The statement said next month the bank expected to report that profits before tax for 2008 were “well ahead” of the £5.3 billion forecast by analysts.

City analysts said the bank had been targeted by traders after regulators lifted a ban yesterday on the short selling of financial stocks. Barclays’ share price, along with the value of other British banks, was also hit by dismal news from the international markets, including the announcement on Thursday night that the Irish government was nationalising Allied Irish Banks. In the US, Bank of America announced yesterday that it was taking a $20bn injection of emergency funding from the US government, subsequently revealing that Merrill Lynch, the investment bank it rescued last year, had lost more than £15bn in the final three months of last year.

Citigroup, once the world’s largest bank, announced more than $8bn of losses for the final quarter of last year, and revealed plans to split itself in two.

Treasury officials were still discussing plans to help British banks last night but the proposals are likely to include up to £100bn of new guarantees for the wholesale markets that underpin mortgage and other loans.

Other possible measures being considered include state support to help Britain’s largest companies raise their own funds. Another option is to launch a “bad bank” to remove tainted assets from the banks’ balance sheets, though while this policy is under consideration, it is thought to remain some way off.

Other proposals include ring-fencing the toxic assets within bank balance sheets. Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has also talked of easing the terms of the Government’s £37bn bank bailout in order to kickstart lending. Downing Street made it clear yesterday that the government remained committed to doing “whatever is necessary to help British businesses and families get through this global financial recession”.

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