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IN-DEPTH [’Hong Kong’ and ‘North Korea’ have separate posts coming up]

Full Title: How Awesome Would the U.S. Economy Be If It Were Set Free from Massive Government Regulations?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213916/posts
IJ Review ^ | October 8, 2014 | Michael Hausman

Imagine if the U.S.’s economy had grown an extra 1% every year since 1949 as a result from less strangulating federal regulation. This is the thesis for a recent Forbes article by Rich Karlgaard, the magazine’s publisher and head writer. Using the concept of compound interest, along with an assertion that runaway federal tinkering and silly regulations have had a massive impact on the country’s economic growth over the decades, he gives a handful of answers to the question: “Where would the... [snip]

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SD Senate seat: Former governor loses ground as Independent Larry Pressler climbs in poll. [Three way race.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213915/posts
[Republican Mike Rounds is up against both a demon-rat AND ...] “Independent Larry Pressler, a former Republican, is within the margin of error with 32 percent, gaining 7 perent from the last SurveyUSA poll. He is followed by Democrat Rick Weiland with 28 percent and the self-proclaimed “conservative” candidate Gordon Howie with just 3 percent.” [snip]

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KMART PAY SYSTEM INFECTED...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102078876

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Washington Post’s election model gives Republicans a 95% chance of winning the Senate.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213914/posts

Why I Oppose Liberalism | John Hawkins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213913/posts

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Special Report: Flaws found in Ukraine’s probe of Maidan massacre
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213904/posts
KIEV (Reuters) - For millions of Ukrainians, it was a crime against humanity. In February, more than 100 protesters were gunned down in the Maidan uprising that toppled the president, Viktor Yanukovich. The victims are now known as “the Heavenly Hundred.” In April, prosecutors arrested three suspects, members of an elite unit within the “Berkut” riot police. Senior among them was Dmytro Sadovnyk, 38, a decorated commander, who was accused of ordering his men to fire on the crowds on the morning of Feb. 20. The three stand accused of massacring 39 unarmed protesters. On Sept. 19, the case took...
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Dear US Navy: The Futuristic X3K Is What Littoral Combat Ships Should Be (Indonesian ship!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213884/posts

[R&D does not wait for the US to recover.]

“The last decade has seen some pretty awesome looking warships hit waters around the globe. On the “blue water” side of things the Star Wars looking Zumwalt Class and the minimalist art-like Lafayette Class were clearly designed with stealth in mind. Yet the “brown water” is where the most exotic vessels roam, and this is precisely where the X3K was born to fight. An Indonesian Combat Trimaran Designed In Sweden The X3K was built by Indonesian-based Swedish boat builder North Sea Boats, and designed in part by renowned exotic boat builder LOMOcean Design LTD...” [snip]

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Cold War Era Spies [C-Span]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3213900/posts
“...spies such as Whittaker Chambers, Morton Sobell, Morris Childs, and Julia Brown as new information has been declassified by the CIA and the FBI...”

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China cult murder trial: Two members sentenced to death
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213899/posts
Shandong province last May. Two members were given death sentences, one was given a life sentence, and two were given 10 and seven-year jail terms. The victim was allegedly killed after she refused to give her phone number to the members, who tried to recruit her. The Church of the Almighty God cult is banned in China. However, it claims to have millions of members. ‘A demon’ Zhang Fan and her father Zhang Lidong were given death sentences by the Yantai... [snip]

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USA Today: Abortion a ‘Right’ With ‘So Many Unnecessary Obstacles’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3213894/posts
[Yes!!! Choose life, you lovers of baby-killing Obama who wants ‘abortion survivers’ killed.]

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Michigan truck driver files coercion charge against UAW union
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213890/posts
[Vigorous skirmishes in the freedom trenches!]
DETROIT (Reuters) - A truck driver in Michigan filed a charge of coercion against the United Auto Workers union for keeping her from exercising her right to quit the union and stop paying dues, according to the National Right to Work Foundation. Michigan became the 24th so-called “right-to-work” U.S. state after a contentious battle in the state’s legislature in December 2012. This means that workers cannot be required to join a union or be forced to pay union dues. [snip]

U.S. Airways attendant refuses to let veteran hang up his medal-filled jacket to stop it creasing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3213895/posts
“... when he asked an attendant to hang up his ‘Dress Blues’ uniform, she reportedly refused, saying the coat closet was for first-class passengers only and he was seated in coach. ‘Her response wasn’t that there’s not space in the coat closet or ...”

[I think it’s a wonderful sign that people are demanding special treatment of our war heroes. Yes, rules are rules. But heroes are HEROES! This might be in part due to knowing that war heroes are now braving Ebola.]

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