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Date Sent: 2012-12-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Merry Christmas Edition |
Merry Christmas: Pentagon Announces Troop Deployment in 35 African Nations
Colorado county bans commercial marijuana operations -- Four
firefighters shot, two killed after responding to house fire in
Webster, NY -- Pope Benedict XVI hits back at critics in Christmas
Eve mass -- Three years after the quake, Haitian refugees fight
Christmas misery -- NHL lockout hits 100th day with no end in sight
-- ‘Bad Pharma’ says we’re all victims of drug industry -- Israeli
PM aims to deport tens of thousands of Africans -- Inside China's
Secret Arsenal -- Celebrities Call to Ban
Guns From Government (VIDEO) -- Austin Cops Arrest Santa For Being
Nice and Chalking 'Peace' on Sidewalk -- Gérard Depardieu's tax move to
Belgium divides France -- Ex-ATF official's gun ends up at Mexican
cartel shootout that killed beauty queen -- She survived Hitler and
wants to warn America -- The Greatest Gift For All -- Christmas
Lights Gone Wild -- Loaded Guns, Loaded Kids - What is the root
cause of mass shootings? -- Q+A: Cody Wilson Of The Wiki Weapon
Project On The 3-D Printed Future of Firearms -- The Economist Calls
For Repealing Second Amendment -- Why they Want America Disarmed --
Review: Django Unchained Is a Love Story That Ranks Among
Tarantino’s Best -- Army Goes Goth With ‘Super-Black’ Materials --
The Plan of Action for the 21st Century - They Plan to Steal Your
Freedom Completely -- Map: Where are the gun permits in your
neighborhood? -- American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals
-- Poll: Boehner now less popular than Pelosi -- How to Print Your
Own Gun -- Connecting The Dots On Syria: Fooling Enough Of The
People Enough Of The Time -- Libertarianism Is A Fundamentally
Flawed Ideology -- Britain's Government Is On The Brink Of Collapse
-- Guns may kill 12,000 per year, but Hospitals kill 195,000 -- Ron
Paul's Texas Straight Talk 12/24/2012 -- How The Rothschilds Created
Modern Finance And A Vast Fortune That Has Lasted For Centuries --
86% of Hawaii murders committed w/ hands, fists, feet and knives
& other stats not reported by media
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News Link • Military
Pentagon Announces Troop Deployment in 35 African Nations
12-24-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
Following a decision last week by the United Nations Security Council to send thousands of soldiers into Mali to combat “Islamist” and “Qaeda” extremists, the Pentagon has announced it will dispatch “small teams” to more than 35 African nations next
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun sales soar as owners fear new regulations
12-24-2012
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The RawStory.com
US firearm sales have sky-rocketed since the Newtown school massacre, as debate over gun control rages and enthusiasts fear certain assault weapons and high-capacity magazines could be banned.
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Amazon spider discovered making decoys of itself to ward off predators
12-24-2012
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Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.com
A unique spider in the Amazon rainforest was recently spotted using bits of leaves and dead insects to create larger-scale decoy spider shapes in its web, which it uses to ward off predators.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Activist: Georgia’s GOP caucus pushing for looser gun restrictions
12-24-2012
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David Ferguson via The RawStory.com
Georgia Republican state legislator Rep. Charles Gregory (R-Kennesaw), has introduced four new bills for the 2012 legislative year, all of which loosen current restrictions on guns.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Colorado county bans commercial marijuana operations
12-24-2012
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Samantha Kimmey via The RawStory.com
While the state of Colorado recently voted in favor of the ballot initiative Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana, a few counties don’t want the resulting plant growing operations in their backyards, reported the Denver Post.
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News Link • Police State
Four firefighters shot, two killed after responding to house fire in Webster, NY
12-24-2012
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Megan Carpentier via The RawStory.com
The Webster firefighters who responded to a structure fire in Lake Road early this morning found themselves fired upon by an as-yet-unknown assailant.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope Benedict XVI hits back at critics in Christmas Eve mass
12-24-2012
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The RawStory.com
Pope Benedict XVI said in his Christmas Eve mass on Monday that religion can be corrupted, leading to violence and wars, but refuted critics who claim that denying God’s existence would lead to peace.
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News Link • World News
Three years after the quake, Haitian refugees fight Christmas misery
12-24-2012
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The RawStory.com
While people around the world celebrate the arrival of Christmas, residents of a refugee camp in Haiti say hunger and want will mark the holiday, like every other day of the year.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
‘Bad Pharma’ says we’re all victims of drug industry
12-24-2012
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Stephen Curry, The Guardian via The RawStory.com
Bad Pharma is the story of the ways in which the pharmaceutical industry, with the help of regulators, doctors and academics, seeks to pervert and obfuscate the research done to test new medicines.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli PM aims to deport tens of thousands of Africans
12-24-2012
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The RawStory.com
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he aims to repatriate tens of thousands of African illegal migrants and that the inflow into Israel from the Sinai peninsula has been brought to a halt.
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News Link • Military
Inside China's Secret Arsenal
12-24-2012
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Peter W. Singer via PopSci.com
The Chinese government is rapidly building a bigger, more sophisticated military. Here’s what they have, what they want, and what it means for the U.S.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Celebrities Call to Ban Guns From Government (VIDEO)
12-24-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
I can watch this version (and laugh!!!!) Watch it before it is pulled---I already downloaded it.
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News Link • Activism
Austin Cops Arrest Santa For Being Nice and Chalking 'Peace' on Sidewalk
12-24-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org
Occupy Austin held a rally for "acclaimed Arctic peace activist Kris Kringle" after he was arrested by Texas state troopers for chalking incendiary words like ‘Community,’ ‘Peace,’ ‘Grace’ and 'Friendship' on the sidewalk with children who had gather
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News Link • World News
Gérard Depardieu's tax move to Belgium divides France
12-24-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Kim Willsher
Wealthy taxpayers' desire to flee tough fiscal policy has sparked a debate about patriotism and personal gain
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News Link • Mexico
Ex-ATF official's gun ends up at Mexican cartel shootout that killed beauty queen
12-24-2012
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http://www.foxnews.com, By William La Jeunesse
How did a gun belonging to a former assistant special agent in charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives end up at a crime scene in Mexico where five died, including a Mexican beauty queen?
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News Link • History
She survived Hitler and wants to warn America
12-24-2012
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http://blog.beliefnet.com, by Rob Kerby
“I am a witness to history. “I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. “We voted him in.”
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News Link • History
The Greatest Gift For All
12-24-2012
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
Christmas is a time of traditions. If you have found time in the rush before Christmas to decorate a tree, you are sharing in a relatively new tradition. Although the Christmas tree has ancient roots, at the beginning of the 20th century only 1 in 5
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News Link • Self-Defense
Q+A: Cody Wilson Of The Wiki Weapon Project On The 3-D Printed Future of Firearms
12-24-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
While many call for tighter firearm restrictions in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the Wiki Weapon project believes technology is about to make such regulation irrelevant--and that that's a good thing.
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News Link • Constitution
The Economist Calls For Repealing Second Amendment
12-24-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Banker-owned publication tells Americans “If you want to be safer, change the constitution”
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News Link • Government
Why they Want America Disarmed
12-24-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, realman2020
If you ever watch a TV show or movie when there is a bank robbery.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Review: Django Unchained Is a Love Story That Ranks Among Tarantino’s Best
12-24-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Angela Watercutter
With all of the hullabaloo surrounding the hyper-real depiction of slavery in Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained, most people have probably not heard about what’s actually most shocking about the director’s latest " fantastic " movie: I
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News Link • Military
Army Goes Goth With ‘Super-Black’ Materials
12-24-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Robert Beckhusen
Get ready to break out the eyeliner and the candelabras, because the Army is going goth.
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News Link • New World Order
The Plan of Action for the 21st Century - They Plan to Steal Your Freedom Completely
12-24-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, clynbrit
Please take a few moments and watch the video. Listen and watch long enough to see the maps of future America! This is how they plan to do it.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Map: Where are the gun permits in your neighborhood?
12-24-2012
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http://www.lohud.com,
The map indicates the addresses of all pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals
12-24-2012
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http://www.bloomberg.com, By Elliot Blair Smith
After being dismissed from her job as a Midtown Manhattan securities attorney in October 2009, Christina Tretter-Herriger hitched a used horse trailer to her Dodge Ram pickup and drove 1,628 miles to Texas.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Poll: Boehner now less popular than Pelosi
12-24-2012
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http://thehill.com, By Justin Sink
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) now ranks as the least-liked congressional leader, with just 31 percent of voters holding a positive opinion of the Republican leader and more than half " 51 percent " saying they view the Ohio congressman unfavorably.
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News Link • Gun Rights
How to Print Your Own Gun
12-24-2012
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http://www.wealthwire.com, Brittany Stepniak
With the increase of school shootings and the latest movie theater shooting occuring in Colorado earlier this summer, gun control is a pretty hot-topic right now. But perhaps another phenomenon should be at the forefront of the issue: 3D printing tec
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
What kind of Libertarian are you?
12-24-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by TruBlu54
Came across this little ditty on the Tube. The narrator in this video disects the different strands of libertarianism and how Ron Paul brings them together.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun enthusiasts pack shows to buy assault weapons
12-24-2012
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reuters.com, By Dave Warner Kevin Murphy
Gun enthusiasts thronged to shows around the country on Saturday to buy assault weapons they fear will soon be outlawed after a massacre of school children in Connecticut prompted calls for tighter controls on firearms.
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News Link • Syria
Connecting The Dots On Syria: Fooling Enough Of The People Enough Of The Time
12-24-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by kevink
There once was a country where the leaders enjoyed playing tricks on the public, and could always count on its friends in the “media” to play along. The joke was to tell the public the same old lie again and again, and see if anyone ever stood up to
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Libertarianism Is A Fundamentally Flawed Ideology
12-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Eric Zuesse
Two recent studies in evolutionary biology (discussed in Scientific American) concern the problem of why not all individuals cheat: “A key problem when trying to understand the evolution of cooperation has been the issue of cheaters.”
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News Link • Constitution
Wall Street Journal columnist explains on Twitter how to deport Piers Morgan
12-24-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by emalvini
Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto Saturday night joined in the chorus of American voices suggesting that British-born CNN host Piers Morgan could legally be deported from this country for his televised attacks on the Second Amendment
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News Link • Gun Rights
AMERICAN GUN STORE: Before And After Sandy Hook Massacre [PHOTOS]
12-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Henry Blodget
In the days following the massacre of 27 adults and children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, there have been many reports of skyrocketing gun sales.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns may kill 12,000 per year, but Hospitals kill 195,000.
12-24-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by JoshArizona
If 12,000 gun deaths a year is reason enough to ban guns, then what about 195,000 medical malpractice deaths a year?
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News Link • Inventions
Voltitude fold-up pedal-assist electric bike rolls into production
12-24-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
The Voltitude V1 has been dubbed the 'Swiss Army Bike'
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Rheinmetall's 50kW high-energy laser weapon successfully passes tests
12-24-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy
Practical high-energy laser weapons came a step closer to reality in November as Rheinmetall tested its new 50 kW high-energy weapon laser demonstrator.
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News Link • Transportation
The extraordinary Rolls Royce Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe may rise again
12-24-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Vincent Rice
One of the highlights of the Windsor Concurs d’Elegance that we featured here a few months ago was the extraordinary 1924/35 Rolls Royce Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe, now owned by the Petersen Museum in California.
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News Link • Inventions
New Zealand's W2 presents Romotow " the fold-out Swiss Army Caravan
12-24-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Loz Blain
New Zealand architectural and interior design firm W2 has never designed a caravan before " and it shows. The Romotow fold-out luxury caravan is unlike anything we've come across before.
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News Link • World News
The Most Read Wall Street Journal Article Of 2012
12-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Linette Lopez
The Wall Street Journal put together a list of its top 10 articles of 2012.
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News Link • History
How The Rothschilds Created Modern Finance And A Vast Fortune That Has Lasted For Centuries
12-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Lucas Kawa
The Rothschild dynasty is, without a doubt, the pioneer of international finance.
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News Link • Economy - International
Britain's Government Is On The Brink Of Collapse
12-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Goldfarb
Sometimes prediction is easy. As 2011 bled into 2012, there was panic everywhere about the euro: It was doomed and it was going to take the global economy with it.
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News Link • Syria
Video: Syrian rebels after allegedly inhaling toxic gas!
12-24-2012
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The Political Commentator
Does this video from Al-Jazeera actually show that the Assad regime in Syria has used chemical weapons against the rebel forces thereby crossing Barack Obama's red-line? Or, was it created in an attempt to provoke an outside military response?
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News Link • Constitution
THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS IN AMERICA:
12-24-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, The Economist
Only drastic gun control could make a big difference. Small measures can help a bit.
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News Link • Economy - International
Land Choke in India
12-24-2012
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arclein
Despite the huge scarcity of real estate, thousands of owners hoard properties and are reluctant to sell because they expect prices to rise in the near future.
The combination of a demand-supply mismatch and speculative urge provides op
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News Link • Anthropology
Debunking the Hunter Gatherer Workout
12-24-2012
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arclein
hey looked at the Hadza from northern Tanzania, a group pretty much untouched by the West, which is very rare in the modern world. And they found that the Hadza didn’t burn more calories than we do.1
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News Link • Economy - International
Scottish Public Banking Explored
12-24-2012
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arclein
The limitation of a public loan fund is that the money can be lent only to one borrower at a time. Invested as capital in a bank, on the other hand, public funds can be leveraged into nearly ten times that sum in loans. Liquidity to cover the loans
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fiscal Cliff: Let's Call Their Bluff with Ellen Brown
12-24-2012
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arclein
The problem is that no deal is going to be satisfactory. If we go over the cliff, taxes will be raised on everyone, and GDP is predicted to drop by 3%. If a deal is reached, taxes will be raised on some people, and some services will be cut. But t
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News Link • Religion: Believers
"After the Tribulation" - Full Movie now on YouTube. Film exposes the New World Order'
12-24-2012
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http://www.afterthetribulation.com
The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Fraud Exposed
Satan is working behind the scenes to set up a one world government and one world religion in preparation for the Antichrist. He has also deceived modern evangelical Christians into believing that they wil
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News Link • Energy
Photonic Crystals Reinvent Tungsten Light Bulbs
12-23-2012
Photonic crystals of tungsten emit visible light but without the same wasteful emission of infrared, say researchers aiming to reinvent the light bulb
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Reference Link • Healthcare Industry
Ban the Pills, Not the Guns
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The correlation between psychiatric drugs and random acts of violence and homicide is well documented as the Food and Drug Administration requires black box warnings on the inserts of psychotropic drugs with regard to their relationship to violent be
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