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Obama refers to self 199-times in speech vowing to Go It Alone

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 12, 2014

Click here: ‘I,’ ‘Me,’ ‘My’—Obama Uses First Person Singular 199 Times in Speech Vowing Unilateral Action

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Poll: 42% of Millennials say they prefer Socialism

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 11, 2014

Click here: Millennials have no first-hand memories of the Soviet Union or the Cold War. Forty-two percent say they prefer socialism as a means of organizing society but only 16% can define the term properly as government ownership of the means of production.

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38 journalism groups slam Obama’s ‘politically-driven suppression of news’

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 9, 2014

Click here: 38 journalism groups slam Obama’s ‘politically-driven suppression of news’

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Marc Faber: The asset bubble has begun to burst

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 8, 2014

“I think it’s a colossal bubble in all asset prices, and eventually it will burst, and maybe it has begun to burst already,” Faber said Tuesday on CNBC.

Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries this week

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 7, 2014

Dorothy Ann Helmick, 68, Fairfield died Thursday, July 3, 2014

Wesley Dale Dunlap, 70, Burlington died Monday, July 7, 2014

Alma Stottmeister, 95, rural West Burlington died Saturday, July 5, 2014

Donald Guy Woods, 87, Burlington, died Monday, July 7, 2014

Sharon Kay Schoenewe, 66, Burlington, died Monday, July 7, 2014

Edward McDade, 85, Burlington, died Saturday, July 5, 2014

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Mississippi River Floods … Again

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 6, 2014

Photo by Dan Hockett It’s an all too common occurrence; the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront. — Photo by Dan Hockett
It’s an all too common occurrence; the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront.

Photo by Dan Hockett Steam Engine 3003 is an island at Division St. & Main St. as the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront. — Photo by Dan Hockett
Steam Engine 3003 is an island at Division St. & Main St. as the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront.

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Global warming computer models confounded as Antarctic sea ice hits new record high

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 6, 2014

Click here: Global warming computer models confounded as Antarctic sea ice hits new record high with 2.1million square miles more than is usual for time of year

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So that’s what it’s like to Fly through Fireworks. Drone Captures Fireworks.

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 5, 2014

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W.B. July 4th Celebration 2014

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 5, 2014

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

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

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U.S. Overtakes Saudi Arabia as World’s Largest Oil Producer

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 5, 2014

Click here: The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery.