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We The People July 4, 2009

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 1:28am. Political

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Carbon tax and the global warming fraud

Submitted by Admin on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 1:38pm. Grand Theft Economics

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Community associations can be easy targets for con artists

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 9:59pm. Living The HOA Way

Daniel Vasquez, Consumer columnist

Community associations - and their budgets - can be ripe targets for con artists.

Associations are run by unpaid volunteers, some with little more financial experience than balancing a personal checkbook.
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Neighborhood seeks to secede from homeowners association

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 6:11pm. Living The HOA Way

By HALLE STOCKTON

MANATEE COUNTY - Mary Scott says she cannot sit by idly as the dues in her East Manatee homeowner association have continued to rise and she sees no benefit from them.

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Pirates of the Mediterranean

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 6:07pm. Political

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the “Spirit of Humanity,” kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire, and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children’s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The “Spirit of Humanity,” along with the kidnapped 21 persons, is being towed to Israel as I write.

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Those unsure of own ideas more resistant to views of others

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:17am. General

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We swim in a sea of information, but filter out most of what we see and hear. A new analysis of data from dozens of studies sheds new light on how we choose what we do and do not hear. The study found that while people tend to avoid information that contradicts what they already think or believe, certain factors can cause them to seek out, or at least consider, other points of view.

The analysis, reported this month in Psychological Bulletin, published by the American Psychological Association, was led by researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida, and included data from 91 studies involving nearly 8,000 participants.
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