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The Bitch, Bad Vibes, and a Bird! A UK News Review
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Well Darlings,
It appears we've all survived the dreaded 6th day of the 6th month of the 6th year of this century unscathed, and that includes (so far, I believe) the 6lb 6oz baby boy born in the 6th hour of that day and named Damien after the devil child in the The Omen - he who was born on 6/6/66. You will h...
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Oil - Americans Should Rely on Their Own
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 In an article entitled Defend America, Buy More Iranian Oil, author Shikha Dalmia proposes that the United States can improve national security buy continuing to buy Iranian oil. Published at Reason.org (5/6/2006), Dalmia proposes that trade fosters partnerships between countries and t...
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Forget Iran, Why Iraq must be solved soon.
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 Copyright 2006 Socrates Olympio
The misadventure of the 'coalition of the willing' into Iraq poses probably the greatest danger to everybody in ways both determined and undetermined. The most obvious global implications are currently the hike in oil prices (which in many respects is a...
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Whistleblower's and Democracies
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 "Many journalists come here to the American Colony, from CNN and NY Times. They all want to cover my story, but their EDITORS say no." -Mordechai Vanunu @ the American Colony March 26, 2006 to WAWA Reporter + Editor
Israel's nuclear weapons whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu's current...
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In the footsteps of D Company 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry D-Day, 6 June 1944
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On the morning of 5 June 1944 the men of D Coy 2 OBLI started their final preparations and at noon Maj Howard learned that the invasion was on. He ordered the men to rest and when the evening meal was over they boarded the trucks to go to their gliders. As they climbed into their gliders he shook hands with th...
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The Awful Truth About Television: TV Corrodes Community and Democracy
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Americans are watching more TV and doing less in their communities
Americans watch TV 4.5 hours per day on average. TV takes up so much time that citizens are becoming less active socially and politically. They are more informed about the TV show "The Simpsons," than they are about the First Amendm...
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Declining Detroit and Its Solution
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Detroit has been on the decline for over four decades with little left to spur it back into shape. Detroit started as a trading and commerce area between French Europeans and Native Americans. A fort was built to protect the strong area and access restricted to traders. In 1760 Detroit ownership went...
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Guns and Kids
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Let me be controversial for a moment. Guns will hold no mystery to my children. In this world of nay-sayers, gun banners, and non-informed gun haters, such a statement is bound to raise questions as to my values and questions as my ability to properly raise my children. For those who automatic...
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Vietnam Was the Result of Many Policies
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Our military presence in Vietnam was not the result of a single policy or objective by any person or administration, but rather an outcome of political involvement spanning over many administrations and ideals.
Before we were ever involved in Vietnam, it was a victim to French imperialism. The F...
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The Decision to Drop the Nuclear Bomb
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The decision to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan at the end of World War II has been the subject of much debate ever since its occurrence. President Truman and his advisors were faced with the dilemma of determining the fate of hundreds of thousands of lives, both American and Japanese. In t...
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