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Date Sent: 2012-12-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, December 27, 2012 PM edition |
Documents Show Mass FBI Infiltration Of OWS, Movement Treated As Criminal, Terrorist Threat
Why The US Should Force People To Buy Insurance If They Want Guns -- OBAMA: A 'main incentive' to run: 'So we can have men with guns around at all times' -- Russia’s Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals -- 12-27-12 -- Roger Ver and 'Tuxavant' - Jonathan Logan - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Why States May Want to Fall off the 'Cliff' -- St.
Paul shop caught with smoking gum -- Hollywood studio IP
addresses caught pirating rivals’ films -- Social Security
Ran $47.8B Deficit in FY 2012; Disabled Workers Hit New Record -- Cops
Shoot, Kill Dog in its Fenced Backyard During Search For Fugitive -- Loaded Guns, Loaded Kids - What is the root cause of mass
shootings? -- Prosecution as Persecution: The Carol Asher Case - by William
Grigg -- Professor: Don't Be Surprised If There's A War
Between Japan And China In The Next Year -- Ammo Suppliers
Everywhere Are Reporting Shortages From A Huge Surge In Demand -- My Travails in Buying Rifles, Magazines, and Ammo -- NeVer
Trust Anyone Who Attempts To Disarm You! -- More Fox lies about
Ron Paul -- Ron Paul's Final Question: Is There Any
Explanation For It All? -- I Think It's Official, The Sandy Hook
Hoax Has Backfired -- Obama a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, says
Oliver Stone -- Something Wicked Comes This Way -- A First-Hand
Account Of The Beginning Of A Military Coup In Mali --
Instagram Faces Class-Action Lawsuit From Users Over Privacy -- Clarkson: ‘It took us 40 years to get rid
of him’ -- Netanyahu/Lieberman Coalition -- I am Adam Lanza’s Doctor
– Rima E. Laibow, MD
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Documents Show Mass FBI Infiltration Of OWS, Movement Treated As Criminal, Terrorist Threat
12-27-2012
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http://www.mintpress.net, Lisa Barron
MintPress " The FBI is once again conducting itself with no regard for American citizens’ constitutional rights.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Why The US Should Force People To Buy Insurance If They Want Guns
12-27-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com,The Economist
NOURIEL ROUBINI, a guy who knows a lot about risk, tweets in favour of mandatory liability insurance for gun owners
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News Link • Gun Rights
OBAMA: A 'main incentive' to run: 'So we can have men with guns around at all times'
12-27-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
'One of the main incentives of running was continued Secret Service protection so we can have men with guns around at all times,' the father of two joked.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Icelandic Recovery
12-27-2012
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arclein
In the duration of five months, the main bank of Iceland was nationalized, government officials were forced to resign, the old government was liquidated, and a new government was put in its place. By March 2010, Iceland’s people voted to deny payment
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
DARPA Foam Blocks Internal Bleeding
12-27-2012
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arclein
developed a foam-based product that can control hemorrhaging in a patient’s intact abdominal cavity for at least one hour, based on swine injury model data. The foam is designed to be administered on the battlefield by a combat medic, and is easily r
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Cancer Communication Breakthgrough
12-27-2012
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arclein
tumour cells appear to co-opt normal cells around them, in effect “talking” them into helping the cancer set up shop in other parts of the body.
The process, called metastasis, is what often makes malignancies so challenging to treat " and typica
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News Link • Government
Russia’s Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals
07-23-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Noah Shachtman
A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the previous night’s tequila and file into a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. At the front of the room, a giant screen shows a globe targeted by
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News Link • TAXES: State
Why States May Want to Fall off the 'Cliff'
12-27-2012
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Reuters
Falling off the "fiscal cliff" is a bad thing, right? Not necessarily for some state governments that could begin collecting more in estate taxes on wealth left to heirs if the United States goes over the "cliff," allowing sharp tax increases and fed
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
St. Paul shop caught with smoking gum
12-27-2012
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A back-in-the-day soda shop in St. Paul has been busted for selling cigarettes -- made of candy. It's illegal!
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Property Rights
Hollywood studio IP addresses caught pirating rivals’ films
12-27-2012
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Rawstory
Internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with several major Hollywood studios were recently logged using bittorrent networks to share films created by rival studios, according to a report on peer-to-peer blog TorrentFreak.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Social Security
Social Security Ran $47.8B Deficit in FY 2012; Disabled Workers Hit New Record
12-27-2012
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CNS News
The Social Security program ran a $47.8 billion deficit in fiscal 2012 as the program brought in $725.429 billion in cash and paid $773.247 for benefits and overhead expenses, according to official data published by Social Security Administration.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Shoot, Kill Dog in its Fenced Backyard During Search For Fugitive
12-27-2012
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CBS News (video)
She said she’d just put Kobi in her closed, fenced-in yard at about 6:50 a.m. on Christmas Eve. She said, 5 minutes later, Hazel Crest police showed up at her door. “One of the officers said, ‘Ma’am, your dog is dead.’ Heartless,” Weaver said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecution as Persecution: The Carol Asher Case
12-27-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
"Mr. Wasden, .... several years ago you tried to put a 66-year-old retired nun named Carol Asher in prison for fourteen years because she acted as a conscientious juror. Have you ever apologized to her for that abuse of discretion?"
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News Link • China
Professor: Don't Be Surprised If There's A War Between Japan And China In The Next Year
12-27-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob Wile
Chinese planes flew near Japanese airspace Monday to assert its claims to Japan's Senkaku islands (China calls them the Diaoyu islands).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Ammo Suppliers Everywhere Are Reporting Shortages From A Huge Surge In Demand
12-27-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiurato
The threat of the possibility of new regulation and gun control laws has sent customers scrambling for guns, ammunition and accessories in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Letter Re: My Travails in Buying Rifles, Magazines, and Ammo
12-27-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com,
Mr. Rawles,
I wanted to write to you about my recent experience with the US shortage of semi-automatic rifles, full-capacity magazines, and .223 ammo.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
NeVer Trust Anyone Who Attempts To Disarm You!
12-27-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, dailypauler
GUN CONTROL: Seeking effective debate techniques that utterly obliterate the anti-gun argument.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul's Final Question: Is There Any Explanation For It All?
12-27-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, MarcMadness
We here at Lions Of Liberty are a fairly passionate bunch.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
I Think It's Official, The Sandy Hook Hoax Has Backfired
12-27-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, zooamerica
Are we all experiencing the, "shift in consciousness," as I type?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, says Oliver Stone
12-27-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Diamond Dog
Abby Martin sits down with Academy Award Winning Director, Oliver Stone, and Historian Peter Kuznick, to talk about US foreign policy and the Obama administration's disregard for the rule of law.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Something Wicked Comes This Way
12-27-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com,
If the smartest people in the world were simply allowed to organize it properly, we'd all live in a Nirvana and never have to make any decisions on our own.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
A First-Hand Account Of The Beginning Of A Military Coup In Mali
12-27-2012
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http://www.mintpress.net, Joseph Odhiambo
I summoned courage to finally draw back the curtains and leaned cautiously through my open window into the warm night
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Instagram Faces Class-Action Lawsuit From Users Over Privacy
12-27-2012
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http://www.mintpress.net, Alexander Besant
Instagram is facing a class-action lawsuit in a San Francisco court over privacy concerns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Television
Clarkson: ‘It took us 40 years to get rid of him’
12-27-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Clarkson: ‘It took us 40 years to get rid of him’
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
I am Adam Lanza’s Doctor " Rima E. Laibow, MD
12-26-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
I have worked with Autistic people of all ages, the Asberger’s Syndrome people, Schrizophrenic people, BiPolar people, Multiple Personality Disorder people, OCD, ADD, ADHD, and pretty much every other type of labeled person in my 42+ year career sinc
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Chris Menke
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Feature Article • Wallet Voting
Love You Like A Bitcoin (parody song)
Drew
Bitcoin lyrics written by Tuxavant and sung to Selena Gomez's "I love you like a love song". Performed by Kryptina, DefconKids MVH 2012 and bitcoin miner since 2010. Featuring James Brown Jr.
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
Doug Casey on the Morality of Money
Doug Casey
As we approach the end of the year " a time when people often reflect on their progress or lack thereof over the past year across all areas of life " this February 2011 interview of Doug Casey by Louis James on the morality of money seems especially
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Karatbars " Protect Your Assets With Gold
12-26-2012
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Sherry Peel Jackson
I don’t have to tell you that our nation, along with the dollar, is on a slippery slide downward. I have been trying to figure out how to protect my family, do what it takes to get unshackled from debt and then acquire REAL assets.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Libya
State Depart official who 'resigned' after Libya findings never left...
12-26-2012
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New York Post
Benghazi penalties are bogus
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News Link • Gun Rights
DC Police Investigating NBC's Gregory for Brandishing Illegal Magazine
12-26-2012
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www.breitbart.com
Washington D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has confirmed that the department is looking into allegations that NBC's David Gregory violated D.C.'s gun banning laws during a recent taping of Meet the Press.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Thousands sign US petition to deport Piers Morgan
12-26-2012
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Associated Press
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
Egypt Constitution Passes, Economic Crunch Looms
12-25-2012
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New York Times
The official approval of Egypt's disputed, Islamist-backed constitution held out little hope of stabilizing the country after 2 years of turmoil and Islamist President Morsi may now face a more immediate crisis with the economy falling deeper into di
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News Link • Gun Rights
Legal Curbs Said to Hamper A.T.F. in Gun Inquiries
12-25-2012
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New York Times
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms' ability to thwart gun violence is hamstrung by legislative restrictions and by loopholes in federal gun laws, many law enforcement officials and advocates of tighter gun regulations say.
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News Link • Military
When U.S. drones kill civilians, Yemen’s government tries to conceal it
12-25-2012
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Washington Post
A rickety Toyota truck packed with 14 people rumbled down a desert road from the town of Radda, which al-Qaeda militants once controlled. Suddenly a missile hurtled from the sky and flipped the vehicle over.
Chaos. Flames. Corpses. Then, a second
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News Link • China
Halloween decorations carry haunting message of forced labor
12-25-2012
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"If you occasionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization. Thousands people here who are under the persicution of the Chinese Communist Party Government will thank and remember you forever."
The
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News Link • Gun Rights
School Obama's Daughters Attend Has 11 Armed Guards
12-25-2012
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Breitbart
Some interesting news has broken in the wake of the latest push for gun control by President Obama and Senate Democrats: Obama sends his kids to a school where armed guards are used as a matter of fact.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Ex-TSA Screener: Officers “Laughing” At Your Naked Image
12-25-2012
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InfoWars
A former TSA screener turned blogger who is now causing embarrassment for the federal agency has revealed that TSA officers routinely laugh at and make fun of passengers’ nude body scanner images in back rooms.
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News Link • Government
No Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Cause Jails To Release Inmates
12-25-2012
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CBS News
A scenario that police in western Oregon feared came true in the thick of holiday season after two dozen inmates were freed from a county jail that could no longer afford to hold them.
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News Link • Government
Dakota Indians mark hangings of 1862 with trek on horseback
12-25-2012
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Reuters
The day after Christmas will be sombre for Dakota Indians marking what they consider a travesty of justice 150 years ago, when 38 of their ancestors were executed in the biggest mass hanging in U.S. history.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Philadelphia high schools to welcome students back with free condom dispensers
12-25-2012
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The Daily Caller
The Philadelphia Health Department will install clear plastic dispensers brimming with free condoms at 22 of Philadelphia’s public high schools over winter break.
The schools chosen for the pilot program have the highest rates of students infected
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Radiation worries curtail kids’ exercise time in Fukushima
12-25-2012
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The RawStory.com
Children in Fukushima are getting fatter as outdoor activities have been cut in the area due to radiation fears after last year’s nuclear disaster, a Japanese government report said Tuesday.
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News Link • Government
George H.W. Bush still hospitalized after health ‘setbacks’
12-25-2012
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The RawStory.com
Former US president George H.W. Bush celebrated Christmas in a Texas hospital with his family Tuesday after a series of health setbacks that have delayed his release, his spokesman said.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Christian Growth Momentum
12-25-2012
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arclein
In contrast, Islam under the Ottomans, as under the Arabs before them, advanced largely through conquest, plunder and often-brutal taxation of its subjects. Half a millennium ago, the Islamic Ottoman Empire stagnated and then steadily sank, its final
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Ben Stein on religion and the breakdown of society!
12-25-2012
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The Political Commentator
Ben Stein talks about how society has come to forbid God and religion from being brought into the mainstream while at the same time allowing things that are either immoral or irrelevant to become woven in!
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