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As someone who has dealt with the back end of trafficking, namely the people who make it to the United States and are able to somehow find a lawyer to help them seek asylum and protection, I can confirm that many of the scenes depicted in “Sound of Freedom” echo what people have told me in the past about how they made their way to the U.S. So many of these people, both old clients and acquaintances, have talked about the subterfuge used to lure people into the sex trades, the random violence and brutality of the human traffickers, and...

The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving Did you know that the first [Plymouth Colony Pilgrim's] Thanksgiving was a celebration of the triumph of private property and individual initiative?William Bradford was the governor of the original Pilgrim colony, founded at Plymouth in 1621. The colony was first organized on a communal basis, as their financiers required. Land was owned in common. The Pilgrims farmed communally, too, following the "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" precept.The results were disastrous. Communism didn't work any better 400 years ago than it does today. By 1623, the colony had suffered...

Two Internet radio stations are making Orthodox programming readily available The Rev. Tom Soroka, pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKees Rocks, reaches the Orthodox throughout the country and the world through an Internet radio station called Ancient Faith Radio. While most Americans slept, Orthodox Christians gathered outside their churches last night carrying icons and candles for a midnight procession in which they would restore light to the darkened interiors, celebrating Jesus' Resurrection from death. Easter -- Pascha in Orthodox parlance -- is the joyous highlight of their liturgical year. But most of their neighbors are oblivious to it...

Please sign this petition. The A$$holes in the mainstream media have already tried and convicted these soldiers who should be innocent until proven guilty. Funny how they defended John Kerry's innocence about weather he shot a fleeing unarmed Vietnamese boy wearing a loin cloth in the back, WTF!

NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected consumer confidence data lifted hopes about holiday spending, while a rise in orders for the largest manufactured goods boosted industrial stocks, including aircraft maker Boeing Inc. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Also, the Standard & Poor's index of steel makers was up 4.6 percent, and shares in U.S. Steel Corp. (X.N: Quote, Profile, Research) rose 7.9 percent to $45.83 on the New York Stock Exchange after J.P. Morgan placed the steel maker's stock on its focus list, saying it was undervalued. [ID:nN29193412] Boeing shares gained 1.4 percent to...