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A matter of perspective

By distantdark On September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Every day more babies are killed in the U.S. than the number of people who died in 911. Number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million (1996) [1]  Number of abortions per day: Approximately 3,700 [1] Total number killed in 911 attacks: 2,819 [2] [1]http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html  [2]http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

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Turn stock losses into gold

By distantdark On September 4, 2011 · 1 Comment

Here’s one of the many ways the rich avoid paying taxes. Sell two losing stocks, double up with the proceeds on two other loser stocks. Wait 31 days and buy the old stocks back. Write off the difference. You are no further ahead or behind with the stocks but now you have thousands of [...]

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Student loan payments after tax

By distantdark On August 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Just a thought: student loans should be payable before taxes. Why should people pay taxes on the money and then pay student loans? Don’t we care about educating our young? Are the youth not our future?

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The Debt Crisis in Europe

By distantdark On August 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

One issue that will be instrumental in the pending double-dip recession is the debt crisis in Europe. What set up this problem was the attitude that Greece wasn’t a special case. The European financial stability fund (EFSF) gave Greece preferential treatment in their July 2011 European Council meeting. Greece’s debt for the next 10 years will [...]

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Artificial medicine shortage

By distantdark On August 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

See: Market manipulation, price fixing, corporate welfare. Why on earth would there be medicine shortages when the ingredients are readily available? Artificial shortages mean more $$$ for big pharma. The government wants to stock pile medicine because of this “shortage” and redistribute it. Your tax dollars at work again.

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The Dow Down 512 Points

By distantdark On August 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Where is this heading? A global depression

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Important developments

By distantdark On July 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Austerity coming to America

Facebook worth a trillion?

New tech bubble

Portugal’s “junk” debt rating

 

 

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When are drone attacks ethical? When deployed are they an act of war?

By distantdark On July 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A sixth war/conflict was started last week in Somalia with almost no mainstream press. There are many ethical questions that should be asked but this subject seems to be less interesting than Casey Anthony and Lindsay Lohan.

When are drone attacks ethical? When deployed are they an act of war? Can America AFFORD [...]

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posted from phone

By distantdark On June 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Cool tech to be able to post from my blackberry!

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Practice what you preach!

By distantdark On June 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Rock group U2 has long spoken out against poverty. But in 2006, the group moved it’s corporate base to the Netherlands to avoid paying taxes in Ireland. Recognizing that taxes actually help the poor in Ireland, the anti-capitalist group Art Uncut protested the group at England’s Glastonbury festival. Intent on disrupting television cameras, the group inflated a [...]

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