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http://zerogov.com, by Bill Buppert

Publisher's Note: 29 July was the death day for one of the inspirations for this site, William Wilberforce, who graces the masthead of this blog for many reasons.

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http://www.veteranstoday.com, By Jonas E. Alexis

You be the judge: did Churchill really save Britain? Britain was still paying its World War II loans in 2006--and keep in mind that the war was over in 1945

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http://www.bloomberg.com

On July 29, 2015, Microsoft released its newest operating system: Windows 10. Bloomberg takes you on a trip down memory lane, showing off some of the best, and worst, of Windows. (Video by David Yim, Amy Marino, Ashlee Vance) (Source: Bloomberg)

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arclein

The woman, it turns out, was of Iraqi Jewish ancestry. The building was the iconic United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, astride the East River. The event was in a hall routinely used by the UN Security Council. The day was June 1, 2015. The occa

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unz.com

All humans love to kiss, so kissing must go back to early hominids and even chimps and bonobos. This is how ethologists and evolutionary psychologists think when they write about the subject.

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http://www.popularliberty.com, johncarter44

Twelve-term US Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul reveals an intensely personal side as he reflects on growing up during World War II.

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http://www.freemansperspective.com

These words (which I picked up from Abraham Joshua Heschel) are true, even if it doesn't seem like it. Humanity may be blind – willingly blind – for sickening lengths of time, but mankind is not always blind.

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https://en.wikipedia.org

White Stream (also known as the Georgia-Ukraine-EU gas pipeline) was a proposed pipeline project to transport natural gas from the Caspian region to Romania and Ukraine with further supplies to Central Europe.

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Lewrockwell.com

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In some cases, that might actually be an understatement. The following are some of the most iconic images ever, permanently ingrained in our culture, and they have a few interesting stories to tell.

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