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All Cars to have Black Boxes by 2014

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 21, 2013

Click here: A Black Box for Car Crashes

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Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother database

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 20, 2013

Click here: Would you trust thousands of low-level Federal bureaucrats and contractors with one-touch access to your private financial and medical information? Under Obamacare you won’t have any choice.

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Rand Paul Brings Black, Hispanic Leaders Together with RNC In Iowa

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 19, 2013

Click here: Rand Paul Brings Black, Hispanic Leaders Together with RNC In Iowa

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Detroit files largest municipal bankruptcy case in history

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 18, 2013

Click here: Detroit files largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history

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36 Municipal Bankruptcies Since 2010

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 18, 2013

Click here: Bankrupt Cities, Municipalities List and Map

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Study: Devout Catholics Have Better Sex

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 17, 2013

Click here: Data shows those who go to church weekly have most frequent, enjoyable sex

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Government Tracking All Cars

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 17, 2013

Click here: Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything wrong.

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74% of small businesses will fire workers, cut hours under Obamacare

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 16, 2013

Click here: Under Obamacare, just 30 hours — not the nationally recognized 40 hours — is considered full-time. Companies with 50 full-time workers or more are required to provide health care, or pay a fine.

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U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 14, 2013

Click here: For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened?

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50 Science Misconceptions

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 14, 2013

A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, Hank Green discusses 50 common science misconceptions about topics such as bats, dog years, and dinosaurs.