oldephartte(in training): 28 Jan

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Social Media Doomed Malheur Militia

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New Deal: 26% off the NES30 Pro Bluetooth Game Controller

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7ev3n Ransomware trashes your PC and then demands 13 Bitcoins

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New Deal: Pay What You Want: Learn to Code 2016 Course Bundle

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Hillary Emails: NATO Destroyed Libya To Prevent Gold-Backed Dinar

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Cancer Curing Doctor Found Shot Dead shortly after Govt. Raid on Clinic

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How Do You Know When Your Society Is In The Midst Of Collapse?

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Police Chopper Harassment

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Hillary Clinton: The Bride Of Frankenfood

by Brandon Turbeville, Activist Post : Although during her tenure in the White House as first lady

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Freedom Rider: Flint, Michigan and Democracy

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Freedom to Invent ‘Information’

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The UK’s Energy Policy Money Pit

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Brian Cox’s Weird Science

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Mathematical Aberration of Conspiracists

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Waiting to Buy

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Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid (78 flags)

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BREAKING: HUGE 8.3 Earthquake Strikes Chile (Updated) (70 flags)

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The Brutally Honest Conspiracy Theory Cartoon that NBC Only Aired Once (48

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Texas Chancellor Warns Faculty of Violating Campus Carry Law

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Michelle Malkin: Why Not Blast Obama for Supporting an Anti-Israeli Scholar

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Catholic New Hampshire University Offers to Pay for Student Loans if

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Syria talks at risk as rival sides fail to agree terms

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Questions remain over American left behind in Iran jail

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Which kidnap victim is more valuable - US or Iraqi?

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Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

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Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

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Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

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Attacking churches in Palestine: An Israeli policy since 1948

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Of Mice and Women: A Dark Side of Oxytocin and Conservation

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Voles Console Friends and Display Oxytocin-Based Empathy

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Vale Bob Carter

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Climate Council: junk science leads to record levels of alarmism

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Coalition infighting will see return to bad old days of Labor – including a

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Japan surprises with negative rate

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Call to allow abortions in Zika cases

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£33m Lotto jackpot winner found

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Oxford college to keep Rhodes statue

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An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense

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Militarizing Santa Claus

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Possible Plymouth Brethren Christian Church Link to Young Britons

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Sunday Times Suggests Lord Bramall Accuser Has “Two Identities”

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Religious Hate: The Shoebat Family Business

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New Project for People Who Hear Positive Voices

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The Future of Mental Health Interview Series

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I am heartbroken and badass, at once

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Get Trump

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Hullo Big Boy

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Chicago Police Have Been Sabotaging Their Dash Cams

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‘Irresponsible drill’: Paris airport workers protest after fake bombs found

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Antidepressants can raise the risk of suicide, biggest ever review finds

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Kialara, The Signature Series

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My Top 10 Favorite Bitcoin Things

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The Observed Man is Seldom Sincere: How the State Makes Us Sick

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Commission Overrules Army Aviation Decisions, Paints Grim Fiscal Picture

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Special Ops Acquisition Official Promises More Openness, Industry Dialogue

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Cybersecurity, Information Technology Industry Headed for Massive Shakeout

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Asia stocks jump, yen weakens as BOJ stuns with negative rates

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares jumped on Friday and the yen swooned after the Bank of Japan

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BOJ stuns markets with negative interest rate surprise

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan unexpectedly cut a benchmark interest rate below zero

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U.S. economy likely hit a speed bump in fourth quarter

U.S. economic growth likely braked sharply in the fourth quarter as businesses doubled down on efforts to

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We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

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A Small Business in the Slave Trade

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American’s Prisons: Factory Farms for Humans

A Different Perspective on our Overblown Prison System I’ve written before about conditions in our
Ongoing Case of the Guantanamo Nurse

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Higher Ed Funding Cuts, State by State

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2016 Appropriations Placed Low Priority on Low-Income Programs; Better

The 2016 appropriations legislation enacted in December included a number of beneficial funding increases,
New Video Shows How Medicaid Expansion Helps States

In just two years, health reform’s Medicaid expansion has helped states make big gains in health coverage,

The ISIS Conspiracy: US-Israeli-Saudi Intrigue (Part 2)

By Brandon Martinez In part 2 of the “ISIS Conspiracy” series, Brandon Martinez of Non
The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

By Brandon Martinez In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the
CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes

Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media

Revisiting James Hanson's 1988 Global Warming Forecast to Congress

(Cross-posted from Climate Skeptic) I want to briefly revisit Hansen's 1998 Congressional forecast.

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A Media Article Actually Highlights the Trouble with A Falling Currency

If you listened to the media and political candidates, you would quickly come to the conclusion that the
The Fight Against Global Warming, in One Picture

Using a helicopter and a large tank of heated water to deice a windmill so it can continue to reduce fossil

Tips and rumours: introducing the ABC’s real friends

We’ve heard of Friends of the ABC, but what about the Real Friends of the ABC? It appears a rival group has

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Tips and rumours: battle of Wills

It’s getting to the pointy end of the Labor preselection for the seat of Wills and all signs point towards

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EU Refugee Crisis: Stop Illegal Wars, Don’t Blame the Victims by Finian

by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from RT, Jan. 27, 2016 January 28

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They Poisoned A City by Dorian Bon

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The Stimulator: Sink the Rich!

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BREAK UP THE BANKS AND BREAK UP THE MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!

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IMPACTS OF THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION

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FBI Releases Uneditied Video of Robert “LaVoy” Finicum

Special Agent in Charge Greg Bretzing hosted a media conference to release details about the shooting death

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Paranormal Escape Hatches: Hoaxes & Delusions

In the first part of the Paranormal Escape Hatches we were bordering on the subject of fakes, frauds, or

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“Corrupt Fresno Cops are Going to try and kill me this Weekend”

Less than a week later, on Wednesday January 20th, Mr. Lang was found by Fresno firefighters inside his

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Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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Einsteinian insanity: momentum grows to bomb Libya again

NATO bombing of Sirte, Libya in 2011 Despite the catastrophic effects of the 2011 military intervention,

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UK drone and air strikes in 2015 – a look at the data

Analysing updates published by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of RAF operations in Iraq and Syria give
A-Z of Drones 2015 – Part Three

Documents released by Edward Snowden brought fresh questions about GCHQ involvement in US drone strikes

Octopuses shed their asocial reputation

Octopuses have generally been viewed as solitary creatures--and their color-changing abilities primarily as

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Bedbugs develop resistance to widely used chemical treatments, rendering

One of the most of the most widely used commercial chemicals to kill bedbugs are not effective because the

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Genome of the flowering plant that returned to the sea

An international consortium of 35 labs led by University of Groningen Professor of Marine Biology Jeanine

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Delta 5 Defendants Acquitted of Major Charges

Washington judge first in the US to hear “necessity defense” for climate-related civil disobedience, later

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Bald Eagles Soar to New Heights

Reintroduction project in Channel Islands National Park has been a success for the iconic raptors
‘I Consider Myself to Be a Fossil Fuel Abolitionist’

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Karl Popper explains how to open the deadlocked climate policy debate

Summary: Many factors have frozen the public policy debate, but none more important than the disinterest of

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Playing The Bubble Game: Investing In The 21st Century

Summary: Investment commentary these days overflows with mentions of bubbles. The concept is vital to
Our future will be Jupiter Ascending, unless we make it Star Trek

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National Whistleblower Center Wins Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge Award

Washington D.C., USA. January 21, 2016—The Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge program, an initiative of the
October – December 2015 SEC Whistleblower Awards List

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower posts Notices of Covered Action where a final judgment or order, by
SEC Awards Company Outsider $700,000

Washington, D.C. January 15, 2016. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a landmark award to an

Late Thursday, after a report in Politico New York, the New York City

Late Thursday, after a report in Politico New York , the New York City Council announced that it will vote

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No One Wants to Talk to Ted Cruz

At the end of tonight’s Trump-less GOP debate , the candidates played the customary “wander around the

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Fired NYPD Cop Who Threw Himself in Front of Subway Train Pleads Not Guilty

On Thursday, a former New York City police officer, Arthur Lomando, pleaded not guilty in the stabbing

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Hiking Guru Shares Perfect Paths

Robert Manning is a hiking guru. At the University of Vermont, he researches and teaches park managment ,&#
Defending The F-Word

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Not Your Grandparents’ Road Trip: 5 Green Reasons to Visit National Parks

Wailing children, crotchety parents, sand and sunscreen in uncomfortable places… you get the idea. If

Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked By British and American Intelligence

A MERICAN AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter

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Hacked Images from Israel’s Drone Fleet

Images: Laura Poitras British and American spies collected live video from Israeli drones as part of a

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Canada Cuts Off Some Intelligence Sharing With U.S. Out of Fear for

Canada’s CBC network reported Thursday that the country is slamming on the brakes when it comes to

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Press Release: Indigenous Delegation Sounds Alarm on Homegrown Radioactive

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, January 23, 2016 Contact: Klee Benally Clean Up The Mines, organizer
O’odham & Supporters Protest Meeting of South Mountain Freeway Bidders

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Diné Confront John McCain in Action to Protect Water and Sacred Sites

(Video published with permission. Credit: Marley Shebala) Window Rock, AZ — On August 14, 2015 dozens

Global Renewable Energy Investments a Win-Win Scenario

The Paris climate change agreement adopted at the end of 2015 has put renewable energy at the heart of

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Energy from All Sources, a Game of Chance in Brazil

An industrial sugar and ethanol plant in Sertãozinho, in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo. The
The Lesson from Davos: No Connection to Reality

Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of

Smoking Mirrors | Good Morning, Good Evening… Good Night.

Dog Poet Transmitting……. Good morning! Good morning! Good Morning! … or afternoon or evening,

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Secret History Revealed — Putin Played Critical Role After The Pre-Planned

Why is the Anglo-American Axis so afraid of Putin and determined to bring him down? No world leader has
Media Silent as US Helps Saudis Starve Half a Million Yemeni Children

ADEN, Yemen — While the media was flooded with images of the starving children of Syria, the thousands of

Cold Revenge

"Meretz is a loyal old party, saying all the right things, unblemished by corruption. Unfortunately it
Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?

"The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for Washington and their western allies in
Men and Women: Their Contributions to the World

"Even in the area of warfare, for which men had been paying price in terms of loss of life and limbs

Haiti : Enough Is Enough, Bring on the Revolution!

By Dady Chery Haiti Chery Ask Haitians on the street why they have put their wiry bodies in the paths of
Social Movements and Progressive Governments

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What Would A Real Discussion on Reparations Look Like?

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Symbiosis in Selwyn

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Upheaval in the Art World

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Grands Crus de Bordeaux

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Google Confirms: PV Rooftop Solar Is Uneconomic

“PV rooftop solar is a bad investment, and a bad use of taxpayer money. Google’s Project Sunroof is

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An Open Request to Resources for the Future (RFF)

Previous posts at MasterResource have documented the lack of open intellectual inquiry at Resources for the
RFF: Going Malthusian in the 1970s (precursor to climate alarmism)

“A review of energy developments in 1976, published in RFF’s Resources magazine (Jan–March 1977, p. 3

"The Guy Scares Me": Holocaust Survivors Warn About The Danger Of

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Right-Wing Media Revive Dubious "Conflict Of Interest"

On January 25, a grand jury assembled by the Harris County District Attorney's office in Texas cleared
Editorial Boards Hail CMP Indictments And Call Out "Incendiary Speech

Major newspaper editorial boards urged politicians to abandon efforts to defund and slander

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

US economy in a bubble, says Trump, "I hope they pop before I become

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the United States economy is in

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Brazil unveils US$ 20bn credit plan to revive economy; 'raid' on

Brazil will release 83 billion reais (US$20.4 billion) in new credit from state-run

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CONMEBOL unanimous support for Infantino; crucial meeting of African

Gianni Infantino the UEFA secretary general on Thursday picked up unanimous support

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Thurston Moore streams new album 'The Best Day' – listen

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More tickets released for Damon Albarn at the Royal Albert Hall – on sale

The shows will take place on November 15 and 16
Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on

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Contamination created controversial ‘acid-induced’ stem cells

Stem cells that were claimed to be created simply by exposing ordinary cells to stress were probably
US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to end a lifetime ban on blood donation for men who

Board approves moratorium on wind applications #MO

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Wind energy loses some of its breezy allure #ID #OR #WA

While the flurry of wind farm creation that occurred across the Pacific Northwest for the better part of

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Wind turbine plans near Lough Derg purgatory #IRL

Plans are in the pipeline to erect two wind turbines in a scenic, remote area of south Donegal, east of

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Launching the International Law of Youth Rights in Geneva

Monday 7th December 2015 in Geneva, I participated on behalf of JEF at the European Youth Forum's Youth
What shall we do about Poland?

The Polish Law and Justice (PiS) party, elected to govern the country in October, has in a short time
Turkey – Istanbul mourns its dead, Erdogan tightens the screw

Istanbul was hit by a bombing perpetrated by a Syrian national, probably a member of ISIS according to

Securing Blockchain.info Users with Tor and SSL

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a marked increase in the number of man-in-the-middle (MITM
FBI seizes fake Tor hosted Jihad funding website as part of Operation

As part of Operation Onymous the FBI seized some 276 Tor hidden services , many of which were clone or scam
Large Number of Tor Hidden Sites Seized by the FBI in Operation Onymous

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Why Teen Who Fended Off Attacker Now Faces Charges Herself

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Carbon Taxes: Real Misery, Imaginary Results

Carbon taxes aren't merely pointless, they're regressive. Politicians earn 'green' cred by

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Bob Carter: Scientist, Mentor, Extraordinary Human Being

A shining beacon of how to lead by example, I am fortunate to have crossed paths with him.
Beware the Green Lobby

Nothing we do to protect the environment will ever be good enough. Like the Nazgûl in The Lord of the Rings

Olfactory Neuroblastoma- Symptoms and Treatment

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Leukemia Vs. Lymphoma

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Common Pancreatic Cancer Myths Debunked

Pancreatic cancer is the cancer of the pancreas and it arises when cells in the pancreas begin to multiply

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"Care for the libraries - care for the metadata - care for the backup.

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Gender of connectors and fasteners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Truth Traveler Radio Show: Erin Dakins host, Marti Oakley is guest

Join us Thursday evening January 28, 2016 at 10:00 pm CST! The Truth Traveler Radio

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Whistleblowers! USDA Forestry: Region 5 a hotbed for sexual harassment

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Is the dreaded Zika virus another giant scam?

Originally posted on Jon Rappoport's Blog : Is the dreaded Zika virus another giant scam? by Jon

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Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out

By John Whitesides and Ginger Gibson DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Donald Trump

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Bloomberg run could boost Trump's bid for White House: poll

A third-party presidential run by Michael Bloomberg would be a long shot for the former New York City mayor

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Trump draws full house at own event as he snubs Fox News debate

By Ginger Gibson DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Donald Trump shunned Thursday night's debate of the

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Researchers link high exposure to air pollution to increased risk of

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Amputations abound at Tyson Foods, OSHA records shed more light on

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Appeals Court rejects coal industry complaints, upholds health protections

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Is the dreaded Zika virus another giant scam?

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Human psychodrama on the world stage

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The Clintons: is the Oregon standoff really about uranium?

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Joe Biden's seduction of Erdoğan

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