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The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

NYC Reverend Declares ‘End of Days!’ (World Depression’s a Doozy?)

If skepticism is a defense mechanism – I am one heck of a sceptic when it comes to prophetic ‘End of Days’ / apocalyptic / doomsday stories often pressed into circulation as ‘and finally‘ news items footnoted into an already crappy news broadcast.
So when ‘Famed‘ Reverend David Wilkerson, an American Christian evangelist – (who’s substantial [...]

1922 Flash Back | AP Story “Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt.”

Associated Press story published in the Washington Post, November 2, 1922. [page 2]
Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt.
The Arctic ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consul Ifft, at [...]

A Frigid Chicago and a Virgin’s Solution to Global Warming

Nothing is more aggravating than a condescending network news anchor scoffing at the latest global warming news story as a piped-in bimbo ‘meteorologist’ stands on location, waist deep in snow, with a bloody silly grin on her face. That just bugs the hell out of me.
I live in Chicago, where this February has had the [...]

Global Warming, ‘Established Scientific Fact’ & Jacques Chirac

Famed author and scientist – Michael Crichton – defines global warming as “… the theory that increased levels of carbon dioxide and certain other gases are causing an increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere because of the so-called ‘greenhouse effect.’”
It is very difficult to miss the growing debate that is ‘global warming’ [...]

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