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Insanity is lurking on the other side…

Rock Band Bills Pentagon for Use of Music as Torture Just a couple of hours after uploading my recent

February 27, 2014
Shackled During Childbirth

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Off the Charts Blog: Revisiting the Medicare Part D Myth

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Is Everything in the Mainstream Media Fake? – 6 Examples of Media

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Ukraine: Klitschko speech booed by Maidan crowd

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Ukraine to go nuclear? New govt rep threatens rearmament, US silent

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Making Fun of the Supreme Court in a Supreme Court Brief

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UN Special Rapporteur releases final report on drone strikes

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Issue #139 of Lifeboat News

Read issue #139 of Lifeboat News!

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