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The Five Cent War

A foreign friend once asked me why Canadians seemed so apathetic ... Why do so few of us care that our country is sliding down a steep slope past mediocrity and into a realm of pity reserved for third world countries? Perhaps it all started in 1947 with the 5 cent war that led to our nations children being betrayed by the people they trusted most.

11 comments    children war canada
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Twitter SOPA PIPA ACTA Bridging Censorship of Free Speech

This blog informs the twitterverse and the global society about recent privacy and censorship issues. Twitter announces news about limiting and restricting certain tweets. Sopa and Pipa temporarily in a holding or revision stage, while ACTA acts up.

16 comments    twitter social networking action
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Unity makes Strength

Be silent don’t speak a word That’s what they want You watch and listen helplessly as you don’t have the courage to speak up You fear that if you protest you may have to pay a heavy price your blood boils but you keep calm You...

6 comments    courage protest silent
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My Sister's Crazy Catholic Convent School Experiences with the Mad Nuns that Ran it.

During the 1970's my older Sister attended a Catholic Convent School that literally made her life hell on earth. The Nuns were completely crazy, and anything but religious. As promised on another Hub I have spoken to my Sister and asked her for some of the stories, both funny and serious, of the kind of things that happened at this school during her years there.

61 comments    education religion catholic
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Escondido Checkpoints: Why We Protest

Escondido's checkpoints are run much differently than other city's checkpoints. Start times are earlier, locations are in Hispanic neighborhoods, and the city is making about a million dollars a year.

1 comment    police department escondido checkpoint
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Occupy Providence Leads Success In Occupy Wall Street Movement: People Are Not Sleeping Overnight in Rhode Island

This article highlights the agreement between Occupy Providence protesters and the City of Providence, RI to open a Homeless Shelter in exchange for no overnight sleep-ins. The Occupy Wall Street Movement is also discussed.

23 comments    occupy wall street
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Domestic Violence and Fundamentalist Christianity

Domestic violence is the hidden tragedy: those tears and terrors are silenced, even more effectively by the Fundamentalist Christian philosphy of male domination in the households.

90 comments    discipline domestic violence
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Nigeria 2012 Fuel Subsidy Removal Crisis - Prophecy

Nigeria 2012 Fuel Subsidy Removal Crisis - Prophecy Great Nigerians. This is the prophecy of the Most High God to his people, concerning the Fuel Subsidy Removal Strike and Crisis which started in the country on the 9th day of January, 2012. ...

0 comments    god how people
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A Tribute to Bob Dylan

This is my tribute to Bob Dylan, who is one of the most influential and most loved singers, songwriters and poets of my generation.

27 comments    entertainment poetry music
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"Enuf is Enuf!": Should we Simplify the English Language?

Picture from spellingsociety.org. I’m a self-proclaimed linguistic snob, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I probably judge you if you repetitively use “your” instead of “you’re”. I cringe a little when you use an adjective where an...

35 comments    humor protest english language
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