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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it…

Executive Order — Imposing Additional Sanctions with Respect to North Korea  EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – IMPOSING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and … Continue reading

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65% of American children are now dependent on government welfare

Nearly two-thirds of American children now live in households receiving aid from at least one federal agency, according to a recent report from the Census Bureau. This staggering figure is based on data compiled from interviews from the fall of … Continue reading

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Blood and Treasure

I will not discuss our lost treasure today. My outrage is directed to both the pResident and Congress for betraying our sons and daughters for their sacrifice in a war fought over nothing. It was not fought for our national … Continue reading

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The New Health Threats You’ll Be Seeing In 2015

There are the health woes we worry about year after year — think obesity, diabetes, and opioid addiction — and then there are the ones that threaten to catch us off guard. We’re talking about the public health enemies that … Continue reading

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Weaponized Ebola? ISIS Militants Said To Contract Deadly Virus

Forget targeted US airstrikes, ISIS faces a new existential threat. Citing an unnamed source in a Mosul hospital, Iraq’s official pro-government newspaper, al Sabaah, said Ebola arrived in Mosul from “terrorists” who came “from several countries” and Africa. Mashable further … Continue reading

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James Hall: Liberty Resolution

Let us endeavor to always put Liberty First in 2015 and as James Otis, Jr. said, “let consequences be as they may.” Let us be dedicated teachers of truth and students of wisdom. Let us honor those who sacrificed all … Continue reading

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Back to Basics Kickoff Meeting

Back to Basics Meet and Greet Thursday, January 15 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm Brasstown Community Civic Center 255 Settawig Road Brasstown, North Carolina 28902 Join us for our first Back to Basics meeting which will kick off with a potluck … Continue reading

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Vintage Rothbard to Ring In The New Year

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Protesters storm police headquarters in downtown St. Louis; 5 arrests made

What began as a ‘March to the Arch’ quickly changed early Wednesday morning as protesters stormed the front doors of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. Their plan was to occupy the department for four and a half hours. … Continue reading

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Russian Banks Brace For Mass Account Withdrawals

Russia’s banks are under tremendous stress amid a plunging currency and ongoing Western sanctions over Russian involvement in the Ukraine crisis, and they will likely need more government bailouts to survive, according to analysts. Russian banks have responded to the … Continue reading

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Scary Thought Indeed

Why Is The Fed Hiring An “Emergency Preparedness Specialist Familiar With DHS Directives” A few weeks ago, we reported that for some still unexplained reason, the US Treasury is ordering “survival kits” to its employees overseeing the federal banking system. … Continue reading

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What’s Next for World Oil as Lower Prices Extend Into ‘15

The oil price decline of 2014 upended the geopolitical chessboard. Worth watching in 2015 will be who can recover and dominate play — OPEC, Vladimir Putin or U.S. shale drillers. Oil’s international benchmark price dropped as much as 49 percent … Continue reading

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Obama releases five more Gitmo prisoners overnight

President Obama released five more prisoners from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base overnight, Fox News reported. They were held for more than a decade and were sent to resettle in Kazakhstan. … Fox News also reported an expensive school will be … Continue reading

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More non-Mexicans were apprehended by the Border Patrol in 2014 than Mexicans

More non-Mexicans were apprehended by the Border Patrol in 2014 than Mexicans, according to a new analysis of data by Pew Research Center. Drawing on more than 60 years of Border Patrol data, Pew concluded that apprehensions of Mexicans had … Continue reading

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Possum Drop Will Go On, Without a Live Animal

There will be no live opossum at an Appalachian community’s Possum Drop this New Year’s Eve, after concerns by animal-rights groups spurred an agreement between the festival organizer and a state administrative law judge. The community of Brasstown, population 240, … Continue reading

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