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Miley Cyrus Joins the Boys’ Club 27 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Miley Cyrus acted like a male pop star at the VMAs. But she'll get criticized like a female one. It’s hard being a living doll. Ask Miley Cyrus. The singer’s slightly bizarre, teddy-bear twerking pe...
The More a Society Coerces Its People, the Greater the Chance of Mental Illness 27 Aug 2013 | 01:58 am
Miserable marriages, unhappy families and severe emotional and behavioral problems all have a root cause. Throughout history, societies have existed with far less coercion than ours. While these soci...
How Depraved Money Hungry Media Is Distorting What We See, and Messing with the Country 27 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
Three recent stories that drive home the sorry state of the media. Money, they say, is the mother’s milk of politics. Also of news, sports and the rest of the entertainment industry. Three recent s...
Our Banks Own Airports, Control Power Plants and Much More -- How Can We Stop Them from Controlling the Lifelines of the Economy? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
Aren’t there rules against that? And where are the banks getting the money? Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; control power plants; and store and hoard vast quanti...
Chemical Hypocrisy: U.S. Aided Iraqi Nerve Attacks Decades Before Outrage At Syria Attack 26 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
CIA documents show that the U.S. was complicit in chemical weapons attacks launched by the Iraqi military in the 1980s. Picture this: an Arab country uses chemical weapons in an indiscriminate manner...
U.S. Prepares to Attack Syria -- 60% of Americans Are Against It, Obama Has No UN Approval, and No Proof of Who Was Behind Gas Attacks 26 Aug 2013 | 07:27 pm
Any moves to bomb Syria risk further American involvement in a brutal civil war that has spiraled out of control. The U.S. is giving all signs of preparing for a unilateral military strike on Syria a...
Mother Claims She Called Sheriffs to Split Up Fight Between Her Daughter and Son-in-Law -- Officers Instead Shoot Them Both to Death 26 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
Another sad tale of too much firepower and excessive use of force. NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A mother who called Louisiana sheriff's officers because her daughter and son-in-law were fighting saw the office...
Inferno: Yosemite Fire Heading Toward Source of San Francisco's Water and Energy -- Gov Declares State of Emergency 26 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
Massive blaze burning in the vicinity of two ancient sequoia groves while thousands of rural homes also under threat. Firefighters braced for strong winds that could push a raging wildfire further in...
6 Filthy Facts About the Rich 26 Aug 2013 | 06:28 am
The filthiest fact is that Congress wants to cut the food benefit to hungry Americans, almost half of them children, so that money can keep flowing to the top. First of all, who are they? Mostly the ...
The Republican Party's 'Defund Obamacare' Disorder 26 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am
In denial of political reality thanks to its Tea Party fringe, the GOP is revving up for a debt ceiling showdown it can only lose. The Republican party is not in a good place right now. They are hist...
