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A hidden world, growing beyond control
By Escape The Illusion on July 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
By Dana Priest and William M. Arkin. The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exact... -
fossil record – crossbreeding origins of man ca...
origins of man http://www.aulis.com/twothirds2.htm The Inter-Breeding of Ancient Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon … the Outrageous Implications for Modern Society excerpt: ” … when Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon interbred. Now we can understand why our culture has so many establishe... -
FAA under pressure to open US skies to drones
By AnotherSon on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) – Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure’s on to allow them in the skies over the United States. Full Story ... -
Lexington GOP Censures Knott For “Raghead”...
By Escape The Illusion on June 14, 2010 | 7 Comments
Chalk another one up for the good ole boys of the South Carolina GOP. Every time I read something about this group it feels like a slow, deep slide back to 1865. The Lexington County Republicans censured State Senator Jake Knotts Friday night for his nasty racist remarks about “ragheads.”... -
Gulf spill helps revive left-for-dead energy legislat...
By Escape The Illusion on June 13, 2010 | 4 Comments
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau. Reporting from Washington — Passing a major energy bill seemed virtually impossible a few weeks ago, but Democrats, bolstered by public anger over the gulf oil spill, are pushing for legislation with renewed hope of success. A new energy bill could be sh... -
China says it will keep blocking online content
By Escape The Illusion on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to “national unity.” The “white paper” statement of government policy was released three months after a public dispute over censorship pr... -
Helen Thomas ends White House career amid uproar
By Escape The Illusion on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, the opinionated White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 presidents and often exasperate them, lost her storied perch Monday in a flap over calling on Israelis to get “out of Palestine.” Thomas, 89, who made her nam... -
Troops, inmates try to protect coast as executives fa...
By Escape The Illusion on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
By Steve Gorman and Timothy Gardner. Troops using helicopters and bulldozers, helped by prison inmates, rushed to shore up Louisiana’s coast against a huge oil slick on Tuesday as oil company executives traded blame in Washington over what could be the worst spill in U.S. history. For the comp... -
Rejected: Obamacare’s ‘high-risk’ p...
By Escape The Illusion on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
Multiple guvs tell Washington to run its own program for ‘uninsurable’. One of the key parts of “Obamacare,” the Democrat plan that essentially nationalized health-care management, is facing bumpy seas as multiple states are telling Washington to run its own high-risk health ... -
Angst rises as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer mulls immigrat...
By Escape The Illusion on April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
The nation’s battle over immigration reform this week landed squarely on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s office steps. And with four days left to decide what she’ll do about one of the state’s most divisive issues in the midst of an election year, the pressure is mounting. The Ariz...











































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