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Gallup: Americans’ Perceptions of U.S. World Image Best Since 2003

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Post date February 25, 2019

Click here: Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe the U.S. rates “very” or “somewhat favorably” in the world’s eyes. Americans’ Perceptions of U.S. World Image Best Since 2003, says Gallup.

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Is Harvard Racist?

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Post date February 25, 2019

Harvard University’s admissions policy is proof that one can remember negative history, write about it in great and vivid detail, and still be doomed to repeat it. In the name of “affirmative action” and “diversity,” Harvard is doing to Asian-American applicants exactly what it once did to Jewish applicants: discriminate. Lee Cheng explains in this short 5-minute video.

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Mayor Arrested After Shooting At SWAT Team

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Post date February 21, 2019

Click here: Mayor a ‘known drug user’ with history of violence, says Sheriff.

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In 2005, about 200 people ate ‘zombie’ deer meat. Here’s what happened

Post author By Falcon
Post date February 21, 2019

Click here: On March 13, 2005 a fire department in New York fed the meat of a deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease to about 200 to 250 people. They didn’t know the meat was from a diseased deer at the time. Here’s what happened.

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What Made George Washington Great?

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Post date February 18, 2019

There would have never been a United States of America without George Washington. John Rhodehamel, author of “George Washington: The Wonder of the Age,” details in this short 5-minute video how Washington successfully guided the budding nation through war and nurtured her in peace.

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U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166 Billion

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Post date February 18, 2019

Click here: Student-loan delinquencies, with the percentage delinquent at least 90 days or in default, surged last year hitting consecutive records of $166.3 billion in the third quarter and $166.4 billion in the fourth.

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‘Zombie’ deer disease is in 24 states and thousands of infected deer are eaten each year, expert warns

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Post date February 17, 2019

Click here: For humans, eating infected deer meat would be the most likely way for it to spread to people, the CDC says. Estimates show that 7,000 to 15,000 animals infected with Chronic Wasting Disease are eaten each year and that number could rise by 20 percent annually, according to the the Alliance for Public Wildlife.

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Men Who Can Do More Than 40 Push-Ups Far Less Likely To Develop Heart Disease

Post author By Falcon
Post date February 16, 2019

Click here: Harvard study finds that middle-aged men who can log more than 40 push-ups in a single try have a 96% reduced risk of developing heart disease and other related ailments compared to those who can complete no more than 10 push-ups.

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Former Iowa sports talk radio host charged in $1.5M scam

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Post date February 14, 2019

Click here: Martin “Marty” Tirrell, a former Des Moines, Iowa, sports radio host, is accused of defrauding people out of more than $1 million has been indicted on federal charges. One count Tirrell is facing is mail fraud for allegedly sending four faulty checks totaling $355,522 to Burlington in November 2016.

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VIDEO: Most students loved Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’…until finding out what’s in it.

Post author By Falcon
Post date February 12, 2019

Students loved the idea of the Green New Deal… But they changed their mind after hearing what was actually in it. Watch this short 4-minute video to find why.