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COMS

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    Comment #6824749

    It's the same justification that a corrupt government official uses, an African warlord or someone abusing the welfare system. It's one of the worst aspect of human culture and any…

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    Comment #6804761

    The teenagers I know want both an iPhone and cable TV. And one study in 2012 stated that teenagers watch nearly four hours of TV a day up from three hours in 2004 (study from Sanfo…

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    Comment #6797373

    How does Somalia represent classical liberalism? (If you assume that libertarianism is a subset of classical liberalism.) Also, how does saying that the federal government doesn't …

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    Comment #6794333

    He was involved with Crown Bar and Winston's, two "trendy" expensive LA bars that were popular many years ago. From his website (KAGLEW.COM), about trademarks- http://ale811.wix.co…

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    Comment #6790073

    As my critical thinking book says, most people walk carefully on ice.

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    Comment #6781109

    The Last Transaction column is not correct.

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    Comment #6764104

    My Samsung TV wonderfully plays videos from the USB port. All I had to do was change the internal settings of the TV to a different model which causes it to randomly turn off/on on…

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    Comment #6757959

    I hate to be cynical but after he realized his career was gone, why not take the $500,000 and buy a house nearby San Marino. And then both him and his wife get any job possible, ev…

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    Comment #6757879

    After that experience, why wouldn't he just lie on his next application? Have a friend give him a former job reference if they even bothered to check. Sure it's slightly immoral bu…

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    Comment #6743953

    For the skeptics who say Stratfor is just a news organization, consider basic human psychology. These guys consider themselves to be private spies and they have the highest level c…

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    Comment #6743731

    Reva's pretty hot. I see why the CEO told her to exploit an Israeli intelligence source by "financial, sexual or psychological control to the point where he would reveal his sourci…

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    Comment #6743678

    On the ground human intelligence is power. And Barron's called Stratfor "the shadow CIA". I have limited experience in this but I've seen some egregious things with current intelli…

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    Comment #6743663

    To be fair, the guy joking about India attacking Pakistan and Israel having an excuse to go back into Gaza is the FOUNDER and CHAIRMAN of Stratfor. He ended the email with, "We are…

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    Comment #6741058

    Except liberty is in the national motto of France. Those words are certainly used for manipulation but they also reflect the positive transformative nature of classical liberalism.…