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[Latest News from Ekklesia] The announcement that the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has accepted the Competition Commissions recommendation for a body to enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) has been warmly welcomed by the Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Rev Michael Langrish, and the Chairman of the Church of England's Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), John Reynolds.
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[Church of England News] Church proposes independent ombudsman to stop supermarkets ...: “As bishops of a church which is a major investor in the retail food industry and which is also the landlord to many tenant farmers, we have a duty to consider the relationship between these two areas of business,” said Bishop Michael. “In particular we have to ask whether this relationship is fair and whether it operates within what we consider to be the principles of Fair Trade. Are human beings treated with dignity and respect, or is there some exploitation of one group of people for the unfair gain of another?
[Entertainment Daily] Hindus and Jews denounce Church of England for blessing hedge funds: Rajan Zed and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich pointed out that Church of England was member of Church Investors Group, an ecumenical gathering of 37 investors connected with the Churches of Britain and Ireland launched in 1973, which encouraged members to “formulate policies relating to investment that are based on Christian ethical principles” and which sought to “reflect the moral stance and teachings of our faith in our investment portfolios”.
[Watts Up With That?] TV Network Tells Kids How Long Their Carbon Footprint Should Allow ...: needs to invest more in “ethical investments.” You can pick the least eco-friendly choices and as long as you invest enough in “ethical investments,”
[Nonprofit News and Comment] MAJOR STORIES (July 27 - August 2, 2009) « Nonprofit News and Comment: For the past 10 years, during late weekends in July, the fairgrounds in Wise, West Virginia have been transformed into a mobile and makeshift field hospital providing free care for those in need under the auspices of the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Expedition. The organizers paid about $250,000 out of pocket to run the event, and they provided an estimated $1.5 million worth of care to some 2,700 patients.
[PULSE] Motion to boycott Israel passed at University of Manchester ...: Even right throughout the war Israel continued to keep supplies getting into Gaza as thay have done on a daily basis for months except when Hamas targets the crossing points The UN and Jordan have both stopped sending food because Hamas, who the students of Manchester choose to side with, has been stealing the aid, as it has stolen millions of dollars of foreign aid to fund terror and corfruption. that money could have given the people of Gaza a decent quality of live and permanent homes instead of them being forced to live in refugee camps by their leadership.
[The Spectator.co.uk Melanie Phillips Blog] A drift of misunderstanding in Londonistan | The Spectator: Lawyer Wachtel's statement of admiration for Hezbollah (one of several groups that have the declared objective of bringing down not just Israel, but also the western democracies, including Britain) is a clear indication of what Rabbi Ken Spiro terms, in his admirable 'Crash Course in Jewish History', "classic anti-Semitism" i.e. "I don't care if my own country goes down, as long as the Jews go down too !"
[News] How do we put some lead in the Christian pencil? - Telegraph Blogs: A major battle ground between Islam and christianity lies in Nigeria where the 12 northern Muslim states have unilaterally adopted the shariah law as their moral code whilst the southern parts are christian and conduct most of the business in the country.The north is impoverished and young children are taken into madrassas to begin the brainwashing process so religious conflict claims many lives especially in the border towns.Citizen Quinlan – there are too many cases in our world where the same pattern is obvious and whilst we each must respect the others beliefs etc those not of a muslim persuasion are feeling the heat of Islam as it continues its policy to convert the world to its Koranic precepts and doesnt demonstrate much tolerance to those not interested in its message.
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[The Spectator.co.uk Melanie Phillips Blog] The Archbishop's speech | The Spectator: Otoh, the Archbishop is echoing and channeling the apparent ethos of the Prince of Wales - along with masses of popular opinion - albeit in a manner that reflects investments in casuistries, sophistical phrasings and barely coherent intellections rather than anything more coherent or cogent - largely to disguise the lack of backbone and depth on evidence. In sum, first and foremost a capitulation to the multi-culti regent, but in effect a capitulation to Islamicist interests;
[Business 360] Business 360: Get to grips with the issues affecting world ...: The tipping point for the recession has come and gone months ago, what the G20 is doing now is trying to stop is the depression. The big bailaout for the financial sector stabalized the banks balance sheets but did nothing to get the real economy moving, just as another bailout for consumers will fail for the same reason, and that is that every person or company wants to be standing when the perfect storm passes.
[First Drafts - The Prospect magazine blog] Mission accomplished? « Prospect Magazine: The conflict with the modern world, in the European context, helped reform Christianity, as BA Bishop pointed out. Today, in Iraq, the modern world is in conflict with Islam.
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