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The Federal Reserve:

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Pentagon says “no” to purple heart for mental scars

The Pentagon today announced that it would not recognize traumatic stress as a qualification for awarding the purple heart (and therefore not honor those who suffered mental trauma while in the line of duty.)  They argued that the purple heart should only recognize “physical” injuries.   I would argue that with the right kind of brain [...]

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Who you calling a “free” market, Willis!?

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- More on Bill Moyer’s Journal
Is it just me or are we witnessing socialized banking? And this is different from socialized medicine, how exactly?

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A view of the new police state from the RNC

From today’s RNC convention:

And let’s not forget the fascists at the DNC (arrested for taking pictures of democratic senators and their donors):

More about the Asa Eslocker arrest:

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2011 – Our President’s “horizon” for Iraq

According to CBS News, CNN, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald, IslamOnline.net, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, our “stay the course” president has up-and-decided that we should hand our enemies a “timetable for withdrawal.”  Now tell me this isn’t theater…
What happened to all of this rhetoric?  Or this?  Could this have something [...]

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