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Think taking ‘Selfies’ is new? Checkout the 1950s Polaroid Commercial

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 12, 2015

Here’s a live commercial from THE PERRY COMO SHOW in 1950 for the complete line of Polaroid cameras featuring spokesperson Don Ameche touting the merits of “instant photography.”

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Counselling services at college have doubled because millennials are having ’emotional crises over everyday life’

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 12, 2015

Click here: Counselling services at college have doubled because millennials are having ’emotional crises over everyday life’, psychologist says.

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Falcons Clip West Liberty, 45-42

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 11, 2015

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Receiver Jacob Smith (11) hauls in a tipped pass over West Liberty’s Roberto Lopez (3) in the first quarter of the Falcon’s Homecoming game in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42. — Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington – Notre Dame Receiver Jacob Smith (11) hauls in a tipped pass over West Liberty’s Roberto Lopez (3) in the first quarter of the Falcon’s Homecoming game in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42.

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Xavier Williams (1) reaches for the goal line for a touchdown in the first quarter of the Falcon’s Homecoming game in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42. — Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Xavier Williams (1) reaches for the goal line for a touchdown in the first quarter of the Falcon’s Homecoming game in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42.

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Shakel Brown catches a pass then runs for a first down against West Liberty Friday night in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42. — Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Shakel Brown catches a pass then runs for a first down against West Liberty Friday night in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42.

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington Marching Band Field Commander Kristen Vedder directs the band at halftime of the West Burlington – Notre Dame / West Liberty football game Friday night in West Burlington. — Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington Marching Band Field Commander Kristen Vedder directs the band at halftime of the West Burlington – Notre Dame / West Liberty football game Friday night in West Burlington.

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington Band plays at halftime of the West Burlington – Notre Dame / West Liberty football game Friday night in West Burlington. — Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington Band plays at halftime of the West Burlington – Notre Dame / West Liberty football game Friday night in West Burlington.

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington – Notre Dame Receiver Tate Snodgrass (5) heads for the end zone on a 53-yard pass completion against West Liberty Friday night in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42. — Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington – Notre Dame Receiver Tate Snodgrass (5) heads for the end zone on a 53-yard pass completion against West Liberty Friday night in West Burlington. West Burlington – Notre Dame defeated West Liberty, 45-42.

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Iowa Doctor Calls for an End to Gun Free Zones

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 11, 2015

Click here: This simple but profound truth has been proven time after time. “Gun free zones” have become “Hunting preserves for psychopathic murders”. It is time for the killing to stop. End “gun free zones”.

Gun Free Zone Except Bad Guys

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WB Homecoming Parade 2015

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 11, 2015

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

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Nearly 1,000 People Move From Blue States to Red States Every Day. Here’s Why.

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 11, 2015

Click here: “Progressives” love to talk about how their policies will create a worker’s paradise, but then why is it that day after day, month after month, year after year, people are fleeing liberal blue states for conservative red states?

I’ve never met a Democrat who could come up with even a semi-plausible explanation for why families and businesses are hightailing it out of blue states. They are leaving states with high minimum wages, pro-union work rules, high taxes on the rich, generous welfare benefits, expansive regulations to “help” workers, green energy policies, etc. People are voting with their feet against these liberal policies.

The underlying trend is unmistakable: Liberal blue states are economic dinosaurs. Will they change their ways before they go the way of Detroit and become extinct?

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Armed guards protect Senate Democrats as they demand new gun-control laws

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 8, 2015

Click here: Senate Democrats gathered on the steps of the Capitol Thursday surrounded by a dozen armed guards to announce a new push for tougher gun-control laws.

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Toyota trucks are popular with terrorists — here’s why

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 8, 2015

Click here: These Toyota trucks are popular with terrorists — here’s why

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Whole Milk is Better for You After All

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 8, 2015

Click here: Scientists who studied diet and health records for several thousand patients over ten years found people who consumed more milk fat had lower incidence of heart disease.

“What we have learned over the last decade is that certain foods that are high in fat seem to be beneficial.”

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The Tragedy of Gun Free Zones

Post author By Falcon
Post date October 7, 2015

Click here: “Schools became popular targets for young mass murderers in the mid 1990s, around the time that the Gun Free School Zones act of 1994 was enacted. This law and similar local laws were targeted at gang related violence, but had the unfortunate consequence of making schools a more attractive target for disturbed teens who wanted to end their own lives with a dramatic killing spree. “

In 1999, John Lott and William Landes published an extensive statistical study of multiple shooting incidents. They showed that mass shootings occur less often in areas where responsible citizens are allowed permits to carry weapons discretely.

Have you ever heard of a mass shooting in a police station, at a pistol range, or at a gun show? Suicidal mass murderers may be insane, but they are not necessarily stupid. They always select a soft target for their final acts of violence. This principle also
applies to many other types of crime.

Expecting a deranged, suicidal individual to honor a law prohibiting guns is sheer utopian fantasy. Creating and publicizing a gun free zone will, in fact, increase the chances of the kind of tragedy we seek to prevent.”