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I signed up here because I think you would know something about this, In my business, I travel a lot to small towns throughout the US. For the last couple of weeks I was touring Eastern North Carolina, and I noticed something strange. In every town I went to -- and almost all had no more than 1-10 thousand residents-- there was a Mason lodge. Some had two or even more! This is scary. Is Eastern North Carolina the secret headquarters of the illuminati?

Non-violent protestors will plan to try and blockade the TransAmerica Pyramid, the Pacific Exchange and other 'war making' corporate and federal headquarters in San Francisco the first day after a prospective United States attack on Iraq.Nobody-not police nor activists who have participated in planning sessions for weeks-know how many people will show up.Still, mindful of the ability of free form groups as the Critical Mass bicyclists to tie up downtown-and of the protests in San Francisco after the start of the 1991 Gulf War that resulted in 1,000 arrests-police and some of the events intended targets are preparing for some...

Protesters settled in front of Democratic United States Senator John Edwards Raleigh office awaiting arrest for their efforts to make a statement that the Senator has not gone far enough to oppose a war with Iraq.But despite the fact that the protestors were breaking the law by blocking an entrance into a public building, the police on site chose not to intervene. Three participating University of North Carolina students Anna Carson Dewitt and Sascha Bollag, both freshman and senior Scott O' Day said they were disappointed when the police refused to arrest them. All three have prior arrest for civil...