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Date Sent: 2018-12-26
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, December 26, 2018 |
Collapse In US Home Sales Confirms 'Peak Unaffordability'
Jordan B. Peterson's free speech fight: Author plans to ditch Patreon as censorship battle rages -- 12-26-18 -- Tone Vays = Bitcoin and the Future of Crypto -- Target Liberty: Stone's Demand To Release His Testimony Wants Public To Learn The Truth -- The Necessity of Being a Well-Rounded Person… and How to Pull It Off -- Donald Trump / Rand Paul 2020 -- Does Trump Have The Authority To Fire Fed Chair Powell?...Does It Even Matter? -- The Blockchain Technology Revolution Is About To Remake The Stock Market -- Scared? You Are Not Alone: Wall Street Pros Explain The Fear And Loathing Gripping Markets -- Patreon Justifies Sargon Of Akkad Ban For Off-Site "Hate Speech" -- Patreon Changes Policies in Response to Backlash Over Banning Lauren Southern -- Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia? -- Trump, Tariffs, the Constitution, and the Congress -- NYT Pseudo-Journalist Urges Anti-Trump Coup -- Christmas in Venezuela: What It's Like After Socialism Destroyed the Country -- Why Aren't Humans Allowed to Use "Free Energy"? -- Syria Withdrawal Enrages the Chickenhawks -- Patreon speaks out against the protests over its banning Sargon of Akkad for violating its rules -- Keep the Government Closed Until Hell Freezes Over -- Investigating Trump's Claim of Using Tariffs to Pay Down $21 Trillion in Debt --
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News Link • United States
Collapse In US Home Sales Confirms 'Peak Unaffordability'
12-26-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com
Though some signs of softness are beginning to emerge in the US housing market as home sales slump and prices in the hottest, most high-end markets have fallen - a reaction to just how unaffordable home prices across America have become - in most mar
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Censorship
Jordan B. Peterson's free speech fight: Author plans to ditch Patreon as censorship battle rages
12-26-2018
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Washington Times - By Douglas Ernst
'Sargon of Akkad' banning speeds up plans for new platform - "12 Rules for Life" author Jordan B. Peterson is fed up with the questionable practices of tech giants when it comes to honoring the idea of free speech.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • FBI
Target Liberty: Stone's Demand To Release His Testimony
Wants Public To Learn The Truth
12-26-2018
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https://stonecoldtruth.com
Target Liberty has exclusively obtained the letter, sent by Roger Stone's attorney, Grant J. Smith, to Chairman Devin Nunes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, demanding the release of the transcript of Stone's testimony bef
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Trump Administration
Donald Trump / Rand Paul 2020
12-26-2018
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We Are Change - Luke Rudkowski - YouTube.Com
In this video, we give you the latest breaking news on the possibility of a Rand Paul Donald Trump ticket in 2020 for the President and Vice-President!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Does Trump Have The Authority To Fire Fed Chair Powell?...Does It Even Matter?
12-26-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
There's no such thing as a good central planner. No one can successfully manipulate the economy and be a good Fed Chairman. The problem with the economy is the existence of the Federal Reserve itself. Ron Paul discusses on today's Liberty Report!
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News Link • Blockchain
The Blockchain Technology Revolution Is About To Remake The Stock Market
12-26-2018
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Investors.Com
Blockchain technology was one of this year's hottest buzzwords among stock market investors. Early in 2019, that technology could begin to reshape the stock market itself.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Wall Street
Scared? You Are Not Alone: Wall Street Pros Explain The Fear And Loathing Gripping Markets
12-26-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com
To those traders who are watching today's modest rebound in stocks - after a recent historic rout which saw the S&P suffer its worst December rout since the Great Depression - with excess skepticism and are unable to muster the confidence to pull the
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News Link • Censorship
Patreon Justifies Sargon Of Akkad Ban For Off-Site "Hate Speech"
12-26-2018
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One Angry Gamer
They issued a short post over on the PatreonHQ on December 18th, 2018, with Jacqueline Hart explaining how Patreon came to the decision it did to ban Sargon of Akkad.
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Patreon Changes Policies in Response to Backlash Over Banning Lauren Southern
12-26-2018
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Bit League Politics
The CEO of Patreon took to YouTube and vowed to change their policies after facing a massive wave of backlash for permanently banning independent journalist Lauren Southern -- alleging that her work could lead to death.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?
12-26-2018
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https://phys.org
We may remember 2018 as the year when technology's dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook's role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Sili
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Trump Administration
Trump, Tariffs, the Constitution, and the Congress
12-26-2018
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LewRockwell.Com - Laurence Vance
Donald Trump's ignorance and incoherence on trade were on full display during his presidential campaign, but it was not until this year that he acted on those impulses--to the detriment of the American people.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Venezuela
Christmas in Venezuela: What It's Like After Socialism Destroyed the Country
12-25-2018
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The Organic Prepper
As we get ready for the holidays here in America, with our usual spending frenzies and feasts, Christmas in Venezuela is looking a lot different than it did a mere decade ago. Maybe some of the young people who think socialism is the answer to all ou
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Why Aren't Humans Allowed to Use "Free Energy"?
12-26-2018
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https://www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Why aren't humans allowed to have free energy. Free energy could liberate everyone from the clutches of the globalists. Find out why you and me are not allowed to unlock and use the secrets behind free energy.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Syria
Syria Withdrawal Enrages the Chickenhawks
12-26-2018
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https://www.lewrockwell.com
President Donald Trump's order to withdraw from Syria has been greeted, predictably, with an avalanche of condemnation culminating in last Thursday's resignation by Defense Secretary James Mattis. The Mattis resignation letter focused on the betr
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Censorship
Patreon speaks out against the protests over its banning Sargon of Akkad for violating its rules
12-26-2018
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Packt
...on hate speech
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • General Opinion
Keep the Government Closed Until Hell Freezes Over
12-26-2018
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https://www.thecommonsenseshow.com
Should I stay or should I go? If you are being funded by George Soros and his Democratic-Socialist operatives, then you "go north young man". You put some women and children at the front of the line and claim "humanitarian need", and then "
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • United States
Investigating Trump's Claim of Using Tariffs to Pay Down $21 Trillion in Debt
12-26-2018
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https://moneymaven.io
Trump said that trade wars are good and easy to win. He also proposed using tariffs to pay down debt. Let's investigate.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Germany
Germany To Trump: Don't Even Think About Stationing Nuclear Missiles In Europe After INF Withdra
12-26-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com
Washington's decision to drop out of the INF has fueled speculation about the return of a full-blown, Cold-War style nuclear arms race, as Russia has reflexively threatened to build up its tactical defenses along Europe's periphery in the face of wha
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Syria
Syrians Broadly Welcome US Withdrawal
12-26-2018
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Antiwar.com - Jason Ditz
While US media coverage of the withdrawal from Syria has been presented as sending the entire world into a tizzy about what will happen next, with the Syrians presented as viewing the pullout as an "American betrayal."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Do you really have to go to work?
12-26-2018
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https://www.thedailybell.com
Monday through Friday, 9-5, are work days. You commute to the office every day. And then you have the weekend off.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Troops Out of Syria and Afghanistan? That's a Good Start!
12-26-2018
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Ron Paul Institute - Ron Paul
We all had a big shock this week when, seemingly out of the blue, President Trump announced that he was removing US troops from Syria and would draw down half of the remaining US troops in Afghanistan.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
High Profile Terrorist Arrest Made In Phoenix-No MSM Coverage!
12-26-2018
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https://www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The CIA sponsored ISIS/MS-13 fifth column gangsters are coming to your neighborhood armed with IED's, anti-tank weapons, automatic weapons and WMD's courtesy of first, the 2014 immigration crisis and now the present immigration crisis. Recently,
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • General Opinion
D.C. vs. the Wide Open West
12-26-2018
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https://reason.com
One of the great ironies of life in mountain and desert states is that many of the people you meet are either escapees or descendants of the East Coast--but they ended up in a place where Washington, D.C., has an enormous presence.
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News Link • California
Californians Want to Make Community College Free
12-26-2018
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https://reason.com
A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California finds that 53 percent of Golden State adults believe that tuition-free community college should be a priority for the next governor. With the state reporting major cash surpluses, the incoming
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News Link • Holidays
Holiday Sales Strongest In Years As Consumers Binge On Debt
12-26-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com
After several years of disappointing holiday sales, retail analysts told any and all financial media who would listen that this year would be different. With wages finally accelerating at their fastest pace since the financial crisis, and early indic
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Bitcoin
Something Big Is Happening on Bitcoin Cash - Bitcoin Cash News Merry Bitmas Edition
12-26-2018
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Bitcoin.Com Official Channel - Roger Ver
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Donna Hancock
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Opinion • Racism
Staggering stats on black v. white teen crime
12-26-2018
Menckens Ghost
The Trump administration is rescinding the Obama policy of using racial differences in school discipline and suspension as prima facia proof of discrimination. The article below cites statistics on the huge difference in crime rates between black an
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Opinion • Religon: Jews/Judaism
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel
12-26-2018
Menckens Ghost
Now that Christmas has passed, it's safe to talk about religious zealots. The article below describes the problems caused by ultra-orthodox Jews moving to a tourist town in Israel and the growing numbers of the ultra-orthodox in Israel, where they l
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News Link • Russia
Russian Nuclear Sub Drone Starts Underwater Pilot Test
12-26-2018
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https://www.zerohedge.com
The Russian Navy has started underwater trials of the Poseidon nuclear-capable unmanned underwater vehicle developed by the Russian Federation that can deliver conventional and nuclear warheads, reported TASS News Agency.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • United States
Americans Just Blew $850 Billion on Christmas But Here's Why That May Not Actually be a Good Sig
12-26-2018
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https://www.theorganicprepper.com
(Dec. 26, 2018) The preliminary numbers are in and it appears that Americans exceeded last year's shopping frenzy with an even more extravagant one this year. Mastercard says that spending was up 5.1% over last Christmas, which brings us to an astr
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Avalanche Consensus Simply Explained
12-26-2018
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https://www.youtube.com
A video describing how Avalanche consensus works. This is a lead up video before covering Avalanche preconsensus on Bitcoin Cash.
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Vitamin D can STOP the development of liver problems, researchers find
12-26-2018
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https://www.naturalnews.com
(Natural News) Many health-conscious people worry about maintaining a healthy weight and keeping their blood pressure or cholesterol under control, but few people give much thought to their liver â€" until something goes wrong. Unfortunately, that'
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • United Kingdom
KID DISEASE FEARS Rare polio-like illness leaving children with 'weak and floppy limbs' hits
12-26-2018
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https://www.thesun.co.uk
after sweeping across America...Acute flaccid paralysis affects the central nervous system but is hard for doctors to diagnose
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Gina Kynast
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Are Strongest in Years, Early Data Show
12-26-2018
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https://www.wsj.com
Sales excluding autos rose 5.1% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year earlier, according to Mastercard
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Broccoli Can Stimulate Brain Regeneration, New Research Suggests
12-26-2018
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arclein
But an accumulating body of research now reveals that common foods such as broccoli contain compounds capable of stimulating the repair and renewal of neural tissue.
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robert klein
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News Link • Environment
How clever chemistry is making plastic fantastic again
12-26-2018
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arclein
s. BASF's Sicopal and Lumogen blacks do, however, and can now be incorporated into these plastics. These colourings are food safe and can withstand heating in both traditional and microwave ovens. And the cost will drop as manufacturing scales.
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robert klein
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News Link • Spirituality
The Puzzle of Near-Death Experiences
12-26-2018
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arclein
However, even if this is plausible, there would still be the problem of explaining how a very low degree of brain activity (so low that it is undetectable) could give rise to an experience of such complexity and intensity. In near-death experiences,
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
One Gene Error Linked to early onset Dementia.
12-26-2018
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arclein
Each compound alone was not effective, but when given together they boosted the activity of a catalyst that helps prevent the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain. This suggests the combination of EHT and caffeine may be able to slow or sto
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robert klein
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News Link • Holidays
Migrants stuck in Tijuana dream of US as they celebrate uncertain Christmas
12-25-2018
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The Guardian
Volunteers try to bring some cheer to Central Americans with traditional food and gifts but fear and anxiety haunt the holiday
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Space Travel Shorter Time Period than Thought
12-25-2018
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arclein
Hill states, "I hope I have made it clear that there is an important distinction to be made between the time experienced by the space traveler and the time which passes meanwhile on the home planet and on the planetary destination. The tremendous a
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
CochasquÃ
12-25-2018
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arclein
Most of the pyramids are left overgrown to protect the environmentally sensitive cangagua blocks. However, the largest pyramid, pyramid 9, has a wide gap in the middle where previous landowners of the site sent a channel of water through in search of
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robert klein
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News Link • Venezuela
Venezuela's Crisis: What's Oil Got to Do with It?
12-25-2018
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arclein
First of all, it is merely an impression that Venezuela was indeed prosperous in a healthy way at some point in the past. The large-scale exploitation of its rich oil reserves, first discovered before the Spanish conquest, began only in 1910. Before,
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robert klein
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News Link • Trump Administration
Military Intervention Meme
12-25-2018
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arclein
The British Empire was acquired almost accidentally by independent actions of adventurers who all quickly sought protection from the crown and the navy. The crown then had to make it all pay and manage it somehow. Formalization evolved. The only r
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robert klein
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News Link • History
Hidden History - Bright Insight on YouTube (Publisher Recommended)
12-21-2018
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https://www.youtube.com - Bright Insight
What wasn't taught in school,... rediscovered. With almost 800,000 Subscribers. But he's starting to venture into areas that will get him banned by They/Them/Those issues.
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