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The following articles by various authors are of significant interest. They cover many important topics including current events, historical documentation, commentaries, subjects in law, natural rights, and more. Take the time to educate yourself and form your own opinions. You will find it to be time well spent.

Wall Street banks prepare for multibillion-dollar losses!

NEW YORK - February 19, 2008 - Wall Street banks are bracing for another wave of multibillion-dollar losses as the crisis that began with subprime mortgages spreads through the credit markets.

In recent weeks one part of the debt market after another has buckled. High-risk loans used to finance corporate buyouts have plummeted in value. Securities backed by commercial real estate

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U.S. banks quietly borrow massive amounts from Federal Reserve!

NEW YORK - February 19, 2008 - Banks in the United States have been quietly borrowing "massive amounts" from the U.S. Federal Reserve in recent weeks, using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch, according to a report on the web site of The Financial Times.

The newspaper said the use of the Fed's Term Auction Facility (TAF), w

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An open letter to Hillary Clinton from a college alumna!

February 3, 2008

Dear Hillary:

By polling logic, I should be your supporter - Democrat, older woman, white, liberal. I was even in a dorm with you in college. I have pulled for you for years. But something this past summer fundamentally changed my responsibility to my children and grandchildren. In the time I have left in my life to protect them and others, I need to sp

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Commentary: Our Differences - Muslims and the West

by Patricia Santos

August 26, 2007 - It never ceases to amaze me how people all over the world ‘fear' what they do not know, yet make no effort to actually learn about what they so readily point the finger at. The major finger pointing being done in the 21st century is at Muslims. Again, it's people's ignorance that leads them to such childish behavior. The

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Gold price soars on South African power cuts!

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - January 25, 2008 - Gold and platinum prices hit record highs after South Africa’s main precious metals mines were forced to close on Friday for lack of power as the government said the country faced a “national electricity emergency.”

The halt in operations came as South Africa’s government had to take the drastic step of rat

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The Social Security beneficiary is a ward of the State!

The holder of a Social Security Number/Account is in effect, or in the nature of a Ward of the State.

The law of Wards of the State provides that he who is incapable of caring for himself (whether young or old, crippled, insane, infant feeble or otherwise incapacitated), his TOTAL ESTATE escheats to the State in liquidation of the costs of that care and ward.

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Gold price soars on South Africa power cuts!

January 25, 2008 - Gold and platinum prices surged to new records on Friday on deteriorating electricity shortages in South Africa, a top producer of the precious metals, increased the supply demand.

An ounce of gold for February delivery spiked to $924.30, a fresh record, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange during the days trading before cl