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Monday, November 28, 2011

Bernie Fine sex abuse scandal signs were at Syracuse, just like with Jerry Sandusky and Penn State


Paper had Bernie Fine sex abuse story years ago

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Originally Published: Sunday, November 27 2011, 10:24 PM
Updated: Monday, November 28 2011, 8:55 AM

His name is Matt Michael, and he used to be a reporter for The Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper, and he started working in the fall of 2002 on a story about a former Syracuse University ball boy accusing a Syracuse assistant coach, Bernie Fine, of molesting him as far back as 1984.
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Some Great Cooking Tips You Can Use

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

This Thanksgiving, Beware the Sharia Turkey

Beware the Sharia Turkey! (photo: Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Shutterstock)

By Jillian Rayfield, TPMMuckraker

24 November 11

You may think that when you buy a Butterball turkey this Thanksgiving you're as American as apple pie. But, you'd be wrong. In fact, you're the victim of a "stealth halal" conspiracy.
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Homeland Security Issues Turkey Fryer Warning

By Charlie Spiering, The Washington Examiner

23 November 11

The Department of Homeland Security is taking any threat seriously during the Thanksgiving holiday, including the ominous threat to our national security posed by turkey fryers.
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Feelings of Guilt May Be Top Factor in PTSD

An anxious Marine waits to take psychological tests at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, CA, 09/29/09. (photo: Jae C. Hong/AP)

Gregg Zoroya, USA Today
Gregg Zoroya reports: "The idea of 'moral injury' as a cause of PTSD is new to psychiatry. The American Psychiatric Association is only now considering new diagnostic criteria for the disorder that would include feelings of shame and guilt, says David Spiegel, a member of the working group rewriting the PTSD section. Traditionally, PTSD symptoms such as nightmares or numbness to the world have been linked to combat violence, fear of being killed or loss of friends."
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Bisphenol A Spikes 1,200% After Eating Canned Soup


Kerry Sheridan, Agence France-Presse
Sheridan reports: "People who ate canned soup for five days straight saw their urinary levels of the chemical bisphenol A spike 1,200 percent compared to those who ate fresh soup, US researchers said on Tuesday. The randomized study, described as 'one of the first to quantify BPA levels in humans after ingestion of canned foods,' was done by Harvard University researchers and appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association's November 23 issue."
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America Has Become a Fascist Police State

A scene from director Michael Radford's version of Orwell's classic novel - 1984. (photo: MGM Studios Inc.)

By Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News

26 November 11

George Orwell's "1984" wasn't meant to be an instruction manual.

One word that emerged from the novel was the word "doublespeak," where truth is deliberately obfuscated through clever wording. In some cases, the meaning of a word is reversed entirely. Oceania, the totalitarian regime in Orwell's book, used doublespeak as a matter of course. The Ministry of Truth specialized in propaganda. The Ministry of Love was a secretive torture complex.

In the early years of public school, or in public addresses by politicians, America is touted as the Land of the Free, or the Land of Opportunity, or the Greatest Country on Earth. We're taught from near-infancy that this country was founded on the right to say what you want, whenever, wherever, to whomever. We're told we have the freedom to assemble peacefully, to petition our leaders for a redress of grievances. We're taught that if you're apprehended by the law, you have the right to a fair trial and legal representation.
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