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Tropical Hurricane Gordon Not the Type of Storm You Want to Mess WithWell it does look like this is a big Hurricane Season after all and the weathermen and women were correct. We are already on the; G's and we are not even near the middle of the Hurricane Season yet. Will this 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season be like that of the 2005 record breaking Hurricane Season?

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The Awful Truth About Television: Fake News and Other Reasons Not to Watch TV NewsPart of "The Awful Truth About Television" series, this article looks at the impact of the TV media and fake news segmants, or Video News Releases, on viewers' ability to become informed about world affairs.

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IRS Proposal Allows Income Tax Info To Be SoldAccording to IRS Commissioner, Mark Everson, the proposed changes actually improve the safeguards of taxpayer information and are "not significant." But upon closer examination, they increase the chances of identity theft and fraud not only throughout the U.S. but across the globe.

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The Awful Truth About Television: TV Corrodes Community and DemocracyPart of "The Awful Truth About Television" series, this article looks at the effects of TV on communites and our democratic institutions. Pundits lament the corrosion of communities in modern times. TV may be part of the reason.

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Is New York City Rigging Their Parking Meters?Parking Expert and author Erik Feder investigates claims that NYC parking meters are rigged to detect when a driver has left their car at a meter without paying.

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The Day a "Tidal Wave" Hit ChicagoAn eyewitness account of when a deadly seiche struck Chicago's coastline from Indiana to the North Shore. An explaination of why this occured and how it is different from a Tsunami.

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Iran Threatens Western Civilization With Global Terror?Am I missing something here or is Iran headed off to war with more rhetoric than brains? We know that Iranian leadership is nuts and they are just crazy enough to do what they say. Currently they are funding Hamas and Hezbollah, both known international terrorist organizations.

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Hurricane Florence is No Friend of MineIt seems in the last five years that our Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Seasons have been getting more intense and costing US Taxpayers more billions of dollars than ever before. Indeed already this 2006 Tropical Hurricane Season is somewhat of a problematic situation.

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Support Legal Immigration Not Illegal ImmigrationRecently many of the illegal immigration marches have indeed been called immigration marches, which in itself is deceptive. Additionally if you support immigration to this nation, then why support it carrying a foreign flag?

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Like it or Not Tropical Storm Ernesto is ComingIt should be readily apparent to all those who follow the Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Seasons that we know we make it down to at least the; E and this year E stands for Ernesto. That is right Tropical Depression and Tropical Storm Ernesto is coming and it very well could make it to Hurricane States on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.

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No Attacks in the US Since 9-11; Why?Why have there not been any attacks in the United States since 9-11? I believe the reason we have not had any attacks is because when you play hardball offense the other side has to play defense if not you score too many goals. And we have in talking out the Taliban, most all of them only stragglers left now and they say it is the most dangerous job in the world now to be a Tally Band Member.

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Covert (Subtle) Sexual Child AbuseCovert sexual abuse is more insidious than blatant sexual abuse. Thus, identifying it is more difficult because the sexual nature of the action is disguised. The sex offender acts as if she/he is doing something non-sexual, when in fact she/he is being sexual. The betrayal then becomes two-fold.

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Free at Last: Jill Carroll ReturnsJill Carroll is free! The courageous journalist is home with her twin sister, Katie, and her loving parents. This is a family that we can all be proud of.

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Gifts for Left Handed People - I'll buy that!Written especially for the left-hander, a glance at the goods and equipment now available exclusively to them, highlighting some intriguing gift ideas.

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Superstitions or Just Old Wives Tales?details of how superstitions affect people in many different ways, in particular those that apparently bring good or bad luck, and those that are simply old wives tales.

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Tropical Depression, Storm and Hurricane ErnestoApparently this year we have plenty of Hispanic Hurricane Names. Which makes sense because Mexico and Central America due to flooding caused by Hurricanes killed more people there then in the United States with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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Iran Has Threatened Full Scale War Against The United StatesIran has threatened to take out the United States if the US and its allies make military strikes against Iran's nuclear sites, nuclear enrichment program or nuclear weapons research facilities. Iran has said it will respond with global attacks using its sleeper cells and intelligence operatives and Hezbollah Teams.

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Japan Considers China a Military ThreatIt is interesting that Japan is calling China a military threat now, because if you think about it, although they are a trading partner with the United States, perhaps we ought to be looking at the fact that the are buying nuclear submarines

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The War with Iran is InevitableThere is no way now to stop a war with Iran as they have supported insurgents in Iraq and continue to fund the International Terrorist Party of Hamas. Additionally in threatening to blow Israel off the map

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Iran's Military Bluffing Themselves Into A WarIran has stated recently that it has test fired Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles which cannot be seen by radar because they are stealth? Interesting because no one else heard or saw the test either. It was invisible and what a weapon indeed that must be? Very impressive test from the Iranian Propaganda Division.

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Debbie Does Devastation - Not DallasWell everyone predicted that this would be the Hurricane Season, which could rock the Gulf Coast, as if last year was not enough. The Eastern Coastline of the United States is also expected to get its share of Hurricanes this year as well. There was so much destruction

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Tropical Hurricane DebbieHurricane Debbie threatens to destabilize and destroy as she plots her destiny with a devastating disaster. The tropical depression did not look so delightful, but once Debbie became a tropical storm everyone took notice of her shape and size. Debbie

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Hurricane Chris the Ultimate Party CrasherWell I hate to rain on your parade but here comes Chris, normally a very nice guy to invite to any party, unfortunately lately well he has been acting like kind of a hot head. In fact Tropical Storm Chris

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Bad Hair Day Beryl Coming Our WayYes indeed a bad hair day is definitely on its way. And it would have been bad enough as a Tropical Depression or a Tropical Storm but not big bad Beryl is causing some to batten down the boardrooms as businesses and boutiques board up.

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Tropical Hurricane ChrisWhere will Chris strike? Will Chris crash into the war torn and weary Gulf Coast as ravished residents re-build? Or will Chris cut across the continuous sand bar we call Florida to cause catastrophic catastrophes?

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Narrow Frequency Bands and Killer Bee Insect ControlIs it possible to control or steer killer bee insect swarms with narrow frequency band directional sound beams? Some think it is and are willing to experiment to find out. In one discussion on the subject a soundman in an online think tank stated

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Less Than 1 Month To 2006 Tropical Hurricane SeasonWell officially Hurricane Season starts in June, but officially Mother Nature could care less about official schedules, as she is on her own time table. In fact if you will recall she rang in the New Year with a Hurricane too.

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2006 Tropical Hurricane Season is About to StartWell most weather experts predicted this, an early start to the 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season. Which cities will get the bullet this year? Know one knows yet or at least if they do they are not telling. Although certainly on the list is the Gulf Coast, Florida and the Eastern Seaboard.

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Relics From The Bounty -- Where Are They?The HMS Bounty, which left Plymouth England bound for Tahiti, carried a cargo of trinkets for trade that included 100 pounds of glass beads, 2808 axes, 168 mirrors, 72 shirts, 576 cheap knives, 1,000 pounds of nails, and several boxes of saws, drills and files.

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Media Consistently Distorts the Facts Regarding Sexual Child AbuseThe media’s reference to the teenage girl Buttafuoco sexually abused as ‘his teenage girlfriend’ is a total distortion of the truth. Joey Buttafuoco was a 36-year-old married man, who like many other married men, used 16-year-old Amy Fisher as his sex-toy.

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