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Wall-Mart holding cell's ??????
so I'm going thru Facebook during my lunch break and somebody posted a video of some paranoid,fame seeking wana be news reporter talking about wall-mart closing 5 stores with onlya few hours notice to employees and the citys (from calif to florida) and this guy believes that these stores my be used for holding areas during…
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Flat Tax comeback ? what do you think ?
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/239303-flat-tax-makes-2016-comeback Godfather.
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Ice - Is.......
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/islamic-state-files-show-structure-of-islamist-terror-group-a-1029274.html
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Mods, please delete this thread.
Classy lady, right there. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/us/espn-reporter-britt-mchenry-tirade/
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Help Reunite a Young Girl With Her Family
Hello everyone! Please consider adding your name to the petition below. I believe Pearl Jam fans are a force to be reckoned with and we can make a difference. A missionary, Larry Cox, that has dedicated his life to helping others had his adopted daughter, who suffers from epilepsy and other disabilities, taken from him…
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Where would you like to be in 20 years ?
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover." - Mark Twain. Personally I never had a plan...until 11 years ago, I just worked and lived…
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - LAWS (Killer Robots)
Killer robots coming soon to a war near you Killer robots is a dreadful name, don't you think? It reminds you of the killing machines in the Terminator series and the Battle Droids of Star Wars. Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems is a much classier name, and the acronym is even better: LAWS. So the international conference…
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Why does the power of wealth always trump doing what makes sense?
The rich and powerful have always controlled the world, at least since the advent of agriculture (it has been argued that per-agricultural humans were mostly very peaceful). Until recent history it could be argued that, as wrong as this may be, this was true partly because the wealthy had nothing to lose by exerting their…
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Tulsa cop shoots man, thought he had his taser
Just saw on CNN footage of a policemans body cam chasing as suspect. He tackles the suspect and tries to cuff the guy. He is fighting the cop. The cop says "I'm going to use my teaser." Then you hear a gun shot. I don't know what to think of this. It looks like another mistake that cost another life. Moral of the story:…
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Alright, who watched it? Frightening stuff. I never knew of the tactics they used to become recognized as a non-profit. These people essentially strong armed the IRS. http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6939318
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“It's a big bad scary world out there!” Are you sure North America?
An interesting perspective from an outsider. http://www.fluentin3months.com/fear/Edit: I wasn’t expecting this post to cause so much debate, but like the one linked just below, the reason I wrote it isn’t to be “anti-American” as far too many crybabies are claiming, but because you guys need to read a different perspective…
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So the Co-Pilot...
Intentionally brought down that plane? Its a sick world we live in.
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What next? Will they ban the moon??
The idea of "banning talking about climate change" cracks me up. Hahaha! What next? Ban the moon? Well shoot, it's not a moon anyway. It's a lamp in the sky. "Swear ta God, Martha, somebody put a big old friggin lamp up in the sky!" Hahaha! People are funny!…
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Abbott in bid to return Iranian Detainees
This is quite interesting about the Australian Prime Minister. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-confirms-bid-to-return-iranian-asylum-seekers-to-iran-20150411-1miz3f.html Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed that Australia will try to strike a deal with Iran to take back Iranian asylum…
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31 dead, most of them children.
http://news.yahoo.com/head-collision-truck-bus-kills-31-morocco-094332558.html this is unacceptable, such an unnecessary avoidable tragedy. we really gotta do whatever it takes to do something about this, if it saves even one life it's worth it. we have to change the attitude that dead people, dead animals, pollution, and…
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Paid Sick Day bill gains support
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/05/paid-sick-days_n_6999830.html?utm_content=20150406_bo_paid-sick-leave_families_2&utm_campaign=socnet_fb_ECON_20150406_bo_paid-sick-leave_families_2&utm_source=fb&awesm=ofa.bo_d4Hc&utm_medium=socnet&source=socnet_fb_ECON_20150406_bo_paid-sick-leave_families_2
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Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry?
A perfect storm engenders online rudeness, including virtual anonymity and thus a lack of accountability, physical distance and the medium of writing With a presidential campaign, health care and the gun control debate in the news these days, one can't help getting sucked into the flame wars that are Internet comment…
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10 George Orwell Quotes That Perfectly Predicted Life In Modern America
Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, as an English novelist, journalist, essayist and a noted critic. Many of his writings induced awareness of injustice, totalitarianism, and socialism. Among his many great novels are 1984 and Animal Farm. He also wrote non-fiction works like The Road to Wigan Pier, where he…
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California has lost its mind
A California judge has ordered the tax payers pay for a sex change operation for a convicted 2nd degree murderer. I'm all about treating inmates, but I think this is a slap in the face to the tax payers in California. This inmate has gotten therapy for years, there is no reason the tax payers should have to pay for this.…
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The morons at SAE at OU
Before all of you free speech guys jump aboard, these guys should be and are being expelled from Oklahoma University. And for a good reason. These guys have every right to say the n word all day. The university also has every right to not have these kids represent their university by expelling them. The first amendment…
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Indiana Religious Liberties law....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/03/26/gay-rights-groups-criticize-indiana-religious-liberties-law/ Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed a religious liberties bill into law Thursday that has been criticized by gay rights groups as a “license to discriminate.” The Religious Freedom Restoration Act will…
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if it's not newsworthy, don't report it
i was watching a lot of news programs last night because of the alleged terror plot in the uk. anyways, i guess an air canada airliner had to make an emergency landing because of a "suspicious" package aboard the plane. all of the passengers(who were prolly shitting in their pants) had to get off the plane. it turns out…
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China Appears to Attack GitHub by Diverting Web Traffic
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/technology/china-appears-to-attack-github-by-diverting-web-traffic.html?_r=0 I may not be well versed in all things computer but it certainly appears that there is a lot of censorship going on in China. I hope GreatFire and The New York Times keep up the good fight.
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Vaping; fact and fiction
this was cool read, if anybody else vapes on the train its worth a read. Godfather. 24 Mar, 2015 3 comments Yesterday the California Department of Public Health started a new public relations campaign focused on discouraging the use of electronic cigarettes and vapor products. While we’ve all seen the media frenzy and…
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speech to joint "meeting" of congress.
Anyone hear this speech given by the Afghan President? Heard it today. He was well spoken. Want to hear what you guys have to say before I really comment. On my phone so not going to do decent search for the text or audio but here is an article about it http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6942204
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Four shots in the back
MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician and former deputy prime minister, has been shot dead in central Moscow, the Interior Ministry said early on Saturday. Nemtsov, 55, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, had been due to take part on Sunday in the first big opposition…
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I really wish this guy......
Would get hit in the head by an asteroid, and just disappear.…
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Nebraska senator.........would shoot a cop
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/25/nebraska-senator-compares-police-to-isis-suggests-hed-shoot-cop/?intcmp=latestnews Godfather.