… as some physicians say every animal body brings into the world among its original stamina the seeds of that disease that shall finally produce its dissolution, so the political body of a … government contains those convulsive principles that will at length destroy it. - Benjamin Franklin, “Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation...
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It is right, politically, for a man who has great influence to use it, as well as a man who has no influence to use his. From henceforth I will maintain all the influence I can get. - Joseph Smith Jr. First President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Within three months after giving birth for the first time, 1 out of 1,000 women suffered from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression or another psychotic condition severe enough that she was hospitalized, Danish researchers found by examining hundreds of thousands of health records.
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On the Extreme Wisdom radio show, Bruno Behrend and I briefly discussed some implications of a murder at a Burger King in Lake County. It turns out that the murder suspect had a prior criminal record which leaves local residents wondering why background checks weren’t done. There is, of course, a lawsuit because Burger...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP It didn’t take long before the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. John Conyers started making noises on how they can further undermine efforts to protect Americans from terrorist attacks. Speaker-elect Pelosi (D-CA) is co-sponsoring the “End Racial Profiling...
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The Internet has become a favored propaganda tool for Islamists, terrorists and al-Qaeda types the world over. It is used to distribute their videos, release their fatwa’s, troll for recruits, shore up their base, coordinate their activities and influence the mainstream media. It has also given birth to a whole class of ‘anti-jihadists’ who...
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Did you guys know that Barack Obama is a cigarette smoker? If I heard this before, I’d forgotten. We could be about to see the true level of committment of certain liberals to their pet candidate. Smoking? Oh my God! It probably won’t be too bad, though. Hell, a good Democrat can even kill...
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By Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks The OJ Simpson 1994-1995 double murder trial and the recent controversy over Simpson’s book mean different things to different people. For some, they are a symbol of America’s racial divide. For others, they reflect the problems in our judicial system. Yet the most important and enduring aspect...
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A 12-year-old South Carolina boy got an unexpected stocking stuffer  a pair of handcuffs  after he snuck into his Christmas gifts a few weeks early.
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A dad tries to raise cash to pay child support by auctioning off his head as advertising space. Price: $ 5,000.
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New moms face increased risks for a variety of mental problems, not just postpartum depression, according to one of the largest studies of psychiatric illness after childbirth.
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The United States faces a “grave and deteriorating” situation after nearly four years of war in Iraq, a high-level commission warned bluntly on Wednesday, prodding President Bush to launch a diplomatic offensive to stabilize the country and allow withdrawal of most combat troops by early 2008.
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“Whether or not they had a romantic relationship is not the point. If you threaten to harm someone’s reputation unless they pay you off is the essence of extortion.”
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Fire officials report a minimum of 30 injured in an explosion at the Falk plant that has caused a complete collapse of a building and four-alarm fire, according to fire Lt. Lawrence Jenkins.
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Australia legalized the cloning of human embryos for stem cell research with a vote by the House of Representatives Wednesday that lifted a four-year-old ban on the procedure.
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The only malt whiskey distillery in the Muslim world is preparing to launch its newest product  a 21-year single malt that it claims will rival the best Scotch whisky.
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Catholic Church leaders were warned more than a decade ago about a former Chicago nun who was charged Monday with sexually abusing two Milwaukee boys, the president of Chicago’s Sisters of Mercy community said Tuesday.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who flaunts his ideological fervour, has been accused of undermining Iran’s Islamic revolution after television footage appeared to show him watching a female song and dance show.
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Dramatic new photographs of Mars have revealed the possible existence of water on its surface.
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There is reportedly a total building collapse in the area. There has been an interruption in power and telephone service.
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