Comedian Lewis Black discusses many issues in his popular stage act, but one area in which he makes a particularly relevant point is the economy. While he humorously dissects the seeming senselessness of the issue, he clearly points out that no one really knows what is going on.
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From sea to shining sea, lenders struggle with costly mortgage fraud. Although, the fraud itself is not new, a recent FBI report reveals that the numbers are mounting and the methods used by scammers are becoming more, well, creative.
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Water suppliers are under an increased threat of terrorism. Documents captured in Afghanistan after the 911 attack show that Al Qaeda was very interested in United States water supply systems. These systems are still very vulnerable in several ways.
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The economy is in a downward trend. The housing boom that gave rise to about a thousand buy-and-flip-this-real-estate television shows and created little mini-investors all over the country has become more of a whisper than a boom. You know that when even that gorgeous house that underwent an extreme home makeover hits foreclosure, the market is crazy, right? Actually, that is not really true, as when the real estate industry suffers, it is often the higher-end homes and the lower-end homes that take the biggest financial hit.
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Crime is becoming rampant due to drug usage. Drug usage is becoming rampant due to those wanting to escape from responsibility. Escape from responsibility is becoming rampant because of the tyranny of the law and legal system in our country. The legal system and the laws and lawyers are becoming more active and domineering because of crime. It is a self-feeding system and as all self-feeding systems it needs to have a brake put on it at some point.
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Stories in the news–such as Ted Haggart's, his fall from grace and subsequent redemption through Christian therapy that made him "100% heterosexual," make us ask, "What causes homosexuality anyway, and can it be changed?" For helpful insight into this question, I thank Carol Lynn Pearson, author of the new book, "No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons Around Our Gay Loved Ones."
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With the ever-increasing fashion for size zero, it has become apparent that more and more women are relying on chauffeur car hire to get them from A to B.
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The Treasury's Office of International Affairs (OIA) is in place to set a standard of good economic security by negotiating with foreign interests to obtain a better trading environment among the world's nations.
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The purpose of civil rights defense is to ensure adherence to the US Constitution. The question of civil rights application is an ongoing one; with each new rights infringement brought to light and investigated.
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A team of researchers from the Michigan Technology Researchers was awarded a $1.5 million grant for developing flex-fuel hybrid vehicles. The lead investigator of the team is Jeff Naber, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the director of the university's Advanced Power Systems Research Center. The funding for the grant was provided by the university, General Motors, Sensors Inc. of Saline, and the Transportation Technology R&D Center of the Argonne National Laboratory.
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