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Mongoose: Dark Side of Donald Trump – Border Area as a Hunting Zone, $25 for a Permit, $50 for a Confirmed Kill
07 Other Atrocities, 08 Immigration, Cultural Intelligence
Donald Trump Fails to Fill Alabama Stadium, but Fans’ Zeal Is Undiminished
EXTRACT
“Hopefully, he’s going to sit there and say, ‘When I become elected president, what we’re going to do is we’re going to make the border a vacation spot, it’s going to cost you $25 for a permit, and then you get $50 for every confirmed kill,’ ” said Jim Sherota, 53, who works for a landscaping company. “That’d be one nice thing.”
Sepp Hasslberger: Cannabis Oil Cures Cancer
07 Health
Rick Simpson – the Canadian who cures cancer with cannabis extract…
“Few people know that cannabis had been used for hundreds of years before Jesus Christ as one of the most healing compounds ever. Furthermore, in ancient Persian religious writings, in which, among other things, other most healing plants are written, the first place belongs to cannabis.” –Rick ends his story and says that the biggest reward for him will be to see the world without cancer.
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Mongoose: How Eisenhower Solved Illegal Immigration with 1,075 Border Patrol Agents (Hint: He Castrated Employers of Illegals and Their Political Pals)
08 Immigration, Ethics, GovernmentHow Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico
Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2006
Fifty-three years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America's southern frontier was as porous as a spaghetti sieve. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period of several years for jobs in California, Arizona, Texas, and points beyond.
President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075 United States Border Patrol agents – less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.
Yoda: Book Pages That Clean Water
12 Water
‘Bug-killing book' that cleans up to 100 litres of murky water passes field trials
The ‘drinkable' book has been trialled with promising results in South Africa, Ghana and Bangladesh
The pages contain nano-particles of silver or copper which wipe out dangerous bacteria as they pass through the water.The book could be a revolutionary solution for the estimated 663 million people across the world who are without access to clean drinking water.
CounterPunch: Collapsing US Economy
03 Economy, Corruption, Government
The Collapsing US Economy Paul Craig Roberts
John Williams (shadowstats.com) continues to measure the long-term discouraged with the official methodology of that time, and when these unemployed are included, the US rate of unemployment as of July 2015 is 23%. . . . An unemployment rate of 23% gives economic recovery a new meaning. It has been eighty-five years since the Great Depression, and the US economy is in economic recovery with an unemployment rate close to that of the Great Depression.
JZ Liszkiewicz: L. Hunter Lovins State of the Energy World
05 Energy
The Triumph of Solar in the Energy Race (L. Hunter Lovins)
Fossil fuel just lost the race with renewables…The world is now adding more capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined.
Economy At The Edge (L. Hunter Lovins)
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is manmade and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
