There’s something about a David and Goliath fight that resonates with everyone.  Deep down, most of us feel that we are the David in some of the stories in our lives.  So when an underdog takes up arms against an oppressive power, we take note and it perks up our spirits.  It is a quintessentially [...]

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Spoiler alert for the last few folks who take Alan Greenspan seriously– don’t read chapter two of Douglas Rushkoff’s new book Life, Inc. The scene where Greenspan addresses attendees of the 2008 Wealth Expo in New York City via satellite is pure twisted comedy. The Expo, a yearly wing ding of wishful thinking and pyramid [...]

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Here is what we know about him: Von Brunn was known to the FBI as “as an anti-Semite and a white supremacist who had established websites that inspired hatred against African-Americans, Jews and others,” Persichini added…. Von Brunn has written books on Adolf Hitler as well as on his conspiracy theories and views on white [...]

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I have not yet read the book that this movie is based off of, although I do have it on my bookshelf.  It sits with other books I haven’t read yet, the biography of Che Guevara, most of the works of J.D. Salinger, most of the works of Ayn Rand and The Grapes Of Wrath.  [...]

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After eight long years, Kyle Nevin is finally out of prison. One of three men who basically controlled Boston before he wound up in prison the last eight years was hard. But, unlike others faced with long stretches of prison time, he never talked about anyone else. This South Boston Irish mobster kept silent about [...]

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Tomorrow is the day. No more Rabbit ears TV reception without a funky digital box. It is a serious move. Some reports put the number of families that will be without TV tomorrow at 2 million. Actually I view that as a low ball number. There are many households that have a TV set or [...]

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Actually it is quite refreshing to write a story that does not involves the ambulance chasing attorney Jose Baez and his merry band of unpaid specialists. I just wish I had the ability to work for free! Alas I am cut from a different cloth, I do have to pay my rent, I do have [...]

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The human mind and spirit cannot endure for very long the chaotic vacillation of such lawlessness before the individual eventually cries out for answers to the extremes of licentiousness and total control.  Throughout much of the Modern Era, the Christian apologist could appeal to a shared respect for historic and scientific fact common to both [...]

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With so many of the “Prey” series novels written, it isn’t surprising that John Sandford  has been focusing more on family in each book and less on his signature character Lucas Davenport. Beyond the fact that Lucas has been married for many novels now with children, there is his work family of the folks at [...]

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By Alfred and John Donovan of royaldutchshellplc.com The Irish Times has today published the dramatic news of the sinking of an Irish fishing vessel allegedly by armed mercenaries who boarded and scuttled the Iona Isle owned by Pat O’Donnell, a local fisherman with over thirty years experience in the waters off the coast of Ireland. [...]

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Sidra Smart has finally received what she wanted—her private investigator license. Approved and fully licensed by the state of Texas, she is now free to investigate anything she wants at anytime and without supervision. The last part is especially important to her as she continues to move on from her former life as a pastor’s [...]

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The federal government has been petitioned by attorneys that are working on behalf of a client who claims that his home was contaminated with asbestos. The petition asks the government to release information with regards to the presence of asbestos at the VA Medical Centre in Marion, Illinois. The petition was filed last week in [...]

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Heal Traumatic Stress NOW Complete Recovery With Thought Field Therapy When it comes to the subject of physical healing I have to admit that I have some real reservations about alternative medicine. While some may indeed have healing properties it is an arena laden with snake oil and quackery. That said, I will also say [...]

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Victoria is at the hospital being tested. JT is pacing the floor worrying and blaming himself. When Nikki arrives he tells her what happened but Nikki wants to know what Victoria was doing in the alley this time of night. Amber fusses with Daniel for getting himself in this position while Kevin has to wonder [...]

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One might say the future is here — and we might want to send it back for a refund. Having waited years and wondering at times whether mankind would even survive to see the day, the world now finds itself on the other side of a new millennium. In some ways, it is everything optimistic [...]

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A Memoir Of Chaos, Spirituality, And Hope  I was talking to an author friend a few weeks back, and he made the observation that everyone has a book inside them, they merely have to find it. In my mind this is a very true statement. However many people shy away from the writing process by [...]

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According to officials from a federal agency, asbestos contamination at a beach in Illinois does not pose any threat. It has been reported that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has stated that the asbestos contamination that was discovered at the Adeline Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park is not dangerous. The officials [...]

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Congressman John Dingell of Michigan has been recognized by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Commission for his decades of contributions to waterfowl conservation. Dingell received the International Canvasback Award on June 10 during a meeting of the commission. “For me, this work protecting our planet is truly a labor of love. Conservationists have been [...]

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Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano If there were a “criminal hall of fame,” with an award bestowed on the “coolest” criminal, it would have to be a pickpocket. Pickpockets are sneaky, devilish creatures who function exactly one degree below the radar. Pickpockets whisper through society, undetected and undeterred. They are subtle and brazen at the [...]

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From the desk of Charlie Churchill’s Parrot  “Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution” – St. Thomas Aquinas. Words matter to the extent they accurately represent the concept for which they were originally intended.  When you wish to make a piece of toast, for example, you request a “toaster” not a “philodendron.”  Surely some [...]

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