In 2014, Police Killed Nearly Twice as Many Americans than Mass Shooters Combined Since 1982

image: http://bit.ly/1CpKlLo (TFTP) — As Karl Rove calls for repealing the second amendment, this behind the scenes Republican puppet master epitomizes what those in favor of gun control really want — only the government can have guns. Every time a lunatic, who is usually on some form mind altering pharmaceutical, goes on a shooting rampage, the do-gooders in Washington, with the aid of their citizen flocks, take to the TV and the internet...

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Emails Show Jonathan Gruber Played Bigger Role with Obama Administration on Healthcare Than Previously Admitted

Jonathan Gruber, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist whose comments about the health-care law touched off a political furor, worked more closely than previously known with the White House and top federal officials to shape the law, previously unreleased emails show. The emails show frequent consultations between Mr. Gruber and top Obama administration staffers and advisers in the White House and the Department of Health and...

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Goldman's "Conspiracy Theory" Stunner: A Greek Default Is Precisely What The ECB Wants

Last week, we showed a curious thesis by Goldman, which asked if there is a new and "ominous" development in European currency swings, namely the emergence of what may be a "under the table" fight between the ECB and the Bundesbank on which bonds to monetize. This is what Goldman said then: the average maturity of ECB bond buying is around 8.0 years, in line with what Executive Board member Coeure said in his May 18 speech. However,...

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Dad Calls Cops On Son To Teach Him A Lesson, Cops Shoot Son Dead

James Comstock just wanted to let his son know that taking his truck without asking was serious business. He wanted to give his son a good “scare” so he called the police, to ask them to talk some sense into him, and let him know that he could get in real trouble for doing somethinglike that. “He took off with my truck. I call the police, and they kill him. It was over a damn pack of cigarettes. I wouldn’t buy him...

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FDA & FTC mull homeopathy's future

Both the UK and Australian governments have issued reports describing homeopathy as bunk, and now the US Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission are holding hearings on the regulation of high-priced sugar-pills. In the USA, homeopathy benefits from a unique regulatory regime that allows its "remedies" to be marketed as having health benefits without the normal testing regimes other alleged medicines must face before they are...

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'Huge' explosions and gunfire outside Afghan parliament

A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, wounding around 25 people and sending a plume of black smoke across Kabul, as a second district in two days fell to the Islamist group in the north.  The attack on the symbolic centre of power, one of the most brazen in years, along with a series of Taliban gains elsewhere, raise questions about the Nato-trained Afghan security forces' ability to cope. Afghan...

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