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Saturday, April 9, 2011

maple syrup

Amplify’d from www.dailymail.co.uk

Maple syrup joins the ranks of broccoli and blueberries as new 'one-stop shop' superfood

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Video Sharing

video sharing is growing among the masses - how soon before it replaces broadcasting


Friday, April 8, 2011

IRS hunts for U.S. tax evaders at HSBC I

The war against ex-pats continues. http://burndownthefreakingmission.com

Amplify’d from www.usatoday.com

Escalating the U.S. attack on off-shore tax evasion, federal investigators Thursday sought approval for a court summons aimed at forcing banking giant HSBC to turn over account data for wealthy American clients suspected of using the bank’s India division to hide assets.

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Pre-Employment Credit Check

At most call centers, these credit checks are just used to check for prior credit card fraud. Bad credit would disqualify about 80% of the agents. The credit bureaus are full of it. They earn millions and millions off the checks. That's the reason for the nonsense below. http://burndownthefreakingmission.com

Amplify’d from www.usatoday.com

Giant credit bureaus Experian and Trans-Union also oppose the bills. Employers want to know whether a job applicant “acted prudently while (previously) employed,” says TransUnion spokeswoman Colleen Tunney-Ryan. “A pre-employment (credit) report is one tool that helps them assess that.”

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Do You Really Believe

do you really believe that the economy is turning around - http://burndownthefreakingmission.com

Amplify’d from www.lewrockwell.com
The following
are 27 depressing statistics about the U.S. economy that are almost
too crazy to believe....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Convicting the Innocent

Lawyers and Hollywood have know this forever. Juries are now coming around. http://burndownthefreakingmission.com

Amplify’d from www.lewrockwell.com

Petro lays
out what he says are the myths about the system, and they are:


Myth 1:
Everyone in prison claims innocence.


Myth 2:
Our system almost never convicts an innocent person.


Myth 3:
Only the guilty confess.


Myth 4:
Wrongful conviction is the result of innocent human error.


Myth 5:
An eyewitness is the best testimony.


Myth 6:
Conviction errors get corrected on appeal.


Myth 7:
It dishonors a victim to question a conviction.


Myth 8:
If the justice system has problems, the pros will fix them.

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