http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21583702-generals-killing-spree-reckless-denial-lessons-arab-spring-battle/print

http://prospect.org/article/six-charts-explain-why-our-prison-system-so-insane

http://www.alternet.org/print/economy/did-you-know-deficit-shrinking-most-americans-dont-thanks-shameless-deficit-hawk-propaganda

http://iceagenow.info/2013/08/obama-warned-impending-ice-age/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-obama-regimes-fabricated-terror-conspiracy-in-defense-of-the-police-state/5345808?print=1

http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/murdering_the_wretched_of_the_earth_20130814/

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/15/elites_ruin_everything/?source=newsletter

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21583680-eric-holders-ideas-locking-up-fewer-americans-are-welcome-do-not-go-far-enough-one/print

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=your-thoughts-can-release-abilities-beyond-normal-limits

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