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WB Corners Academy receives Donation

Post author By Falcon
Post date December 5, 2018

Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington High School’s ‘Corners Academy at SCC’ receives an $800 donation for the program Wednesday from the Community Foundation of Des Moines County. Front row (l-r): Teresa Garcia, Matt Rinker, WBAHS Principal Bruce Snodgrass, WB English Instructor Vern Reed, Jerry Jochims. Back row (l-r): Mike Shinn, Jerry Parks, Amy O’Brien, and Dennis Wilson.

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Census confirms 63% of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare

Post author By Falcon
Post date December 3, 2018

Click here: A Census Bureau finding shows 63% of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70% for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it.

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GM should repay U.S. taxpayers for bailout

Post author By Falcon
Post date December 2, 2018

Click here: $11.2 billion in taxpayer money lost saving the company

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Error upends major ocean warming study

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 15, 2018

Click here: Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University had to walk back their findings published last month that mistakenly showed oceans have been heating up dramatically faster than previously thought as a result of climate change.

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Video shows migrant caravan is ‘organized, well-funded’ and 95% adult males.

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 14, 2018

Ami Horowitz traveled to Mexico for a firsthand look at the migrant caravan from Central America. Horowitz shows the reality of the caravan in this short 4-minute video.

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Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 14, 2018

Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations that hurt their competition. John Stossel explains in this short 6-minute video.

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Hamilton: The Man Who Invented America?

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 8, 2018

Alexander Hamilton: You know the name, but what do you know about the man? Joseph Tartakovsky, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, details how Hamilton took a country with no past and envisioned its future. This short 5-minute video was made in partnership with the American Battlefield Trust.