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Mass Shootings Tend To Be Contagious due to Media Publicity, Research Shows

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Post date August 7, 2019

Click here: Back-to-back shootings are no surprise, say scientists who study mass shootings. Research shows that these incidents usually occur in clusters and tend to be contagious. Intensive media coverage seems to drive the contagion, the researchers say.

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Perkins & Marie Callender’s files for bankruptcy

Post author By Falcon
Post date August 6, 2019

Click here: Perkins and Marie Callender’s, L.L.C. has filed for bankruptcy protection, announcing plans to sell its Perkins’ business and a segment of its Foxtail bakery business. The announcement marks the second Chapter 11 filing for the company in eight years.

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The Charlottesville Lie

Post author By Falcon
Post date August 5, 2019

Did President Trump call neo-Nazis “very fine people” during a famous press conference following the Charlottesville riots of August 2017? The major media reported that he did. But what if their reporting is wrong? Worse, what if their reporting is wrong and they know it’s wrong? A straight exploration of the facts should reveal the truth. That’s what CNN political analyst Steve Cortes does in this critically important video.

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Record 157,288,000 Employed in July

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Post date August 2, 2019

Click here: The number of people employed in the United States hit a record 157,288,000 in July, according to the employment report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Allowance forever? Almost half of millennials still taking money from parents

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 31, 2019

About 46 percent of millennials admitted their parents help them with basic costs like their cell phone bill, their groceries, and their rent.

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Free Stuff 2020. Presidential candidates promise expensive new programs. We added up the cost.

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 31, 2019

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Iowa High School baseball star shatters national records

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 30, 2019

Click here: This Iowa high school player is the nation’s all-time leader in hits and runs. He also holds the Iowa state record for hits, runs scored, stolen bases and doubles.

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28% of Delivery Drivers have eaten some of your food

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 29, 2019

Click here: Study shows 28 percent of delivery drivers have taken food from a customer’s order.

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What’s the Deal with the Green New Deal?

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 29, 2019

There’s been a lot of talk about The Green New Deal. Beyond the headlines, what is it really? Given our energy needs, is it practical? Can we have an abundance of energy and a clean planet? Alex Epstein, the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, considers these questions and has thought-provoking answers in this short video.

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Was Jesus a Socialist?

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 24, 2019

Did Jesus support socialism? Do the teachings of Jesus Christ condemn the accumulation of wealth while pushing for the equal distribution of resources? Lawrence Reed, president of the Foundation for Economic Education, explains, in this short video, the misconceptions surrounding one of history’s greatest figures.