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  • State Laws Can Help Restore Gold and Silver as Legal Tender

    03/14/2018 4:05:03 PM PDT · by i_robot73 · 13 replies
    A growing number of Americans understand that the reckless creation of fiat currency by the Federal Reserve System is causing many of our economic problems. They want to abolish the Fed and return to the gold-backed currency that brought America and the world unprecedented prosperity throughout the 19th century. But that will not happen overnight. Big banks and other special interests reap enormous profits from the present system, while many Americans are accustomed to paper money and do not grasp the deep connection between sound money and lasting prosperity.
  • VANITY: Looking for opinions for a hunting rifle

    02/24/2018 11:08:44 AM PST · by i_robot73 · 129 replies
    First, excuse if I posted incorrectly, I don't do so very often... Non-hunter here, looking for some opinion(s) on acquiring my first hunting rifle; FIL been hounding last year or two to go out. Least from my own research, taking into account cost of gun and of training ($/bullet), it seems to come down to two: - .308 - 30.-06 I'd like to get some other's thoughts as well as any helpful suggestions on make/model, additions (scope, ??), etc. Appreciate.
  • Gov't theory, slightly corrected

    03/10/2015 5:53:10 AM PDT · by i_robot73 · 2 replies
    http://liberallogic101.com/ ^ | 03/10/2015 | liberallogic101.com
    I found the original funny, but still incorrect. Enjoy the personal 'corrections'. Not too many posts, so excuse me if I didn't get it 100%. ********** A Democrat, Republican and Libertarian were walking down a path. "Help! Help!" shouted the man from the bottom of a 20-ft hole. "What's the problem?" asked the three atop who heard his pleas. "I dug this deep hole and now, I'm stuck at the bottom." "Here," roared the Democrat, "I'll help.", 'invested' $100 he taxed from the Libertarian, gave his buddy, the ladder maker, $25 pocketed $50 got a 'deal' on a 3-ft step...
  • Bad News For Woman Who Decided To Leave Home And Join ISIS

    01/18/2015 3:30:20 PM PST · by i_robot73 · 17 replies
    Opposing Views ^ | January 18, 2015 | Kathryn Schroeder
    A woman who left her home with her toddler son to join ISIS has been detained in Turkey after fleeing the terrorist organization. She may now be sent back to Syria.
  • Cleveland police chase and shooting portrayed as chaotic scene by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine

    02/06/2013 5:53:52 AM PST · by i_robot73 · 30 replies
    Cleveland.com ^ | 02/05/2013 | Rachel Dissell
    CLEVELAND, Ohio — A November car chase ended in a "full blown-out" firefight, with glass and bullets flying, according to Cleveland police officers who described for investigators the chaotic scene at the end of the deadly 25-minute pursuit. But when the smoky haze -- caused by rapid fire of nearly 140 bullets in less than 30 seconds -- dissipated, it soon became clear that more than a dozen officers had been firing at one another across a middle school parking lot in East Cleveland. Soon after the shooting stopped, one officer rushed to check the two occupants of the 1979...