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I was reading an article in Forbes magazine today about the decline in bank robberies during the current recession. The reason: Wal-mart-sytle greetings: Since 1979 the average number of bank robberies in the U.S. has been a dismaying 11 per 100 commercial bank branches. But in the past year, ...
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I wasn't going to get one this year. I am in my forties and started getting mammograms in my thirties, thanks to a family history of cancer. But it's been awhile and I was going to put it off this year but I figure with all that is going on in the healthcare debate, mammograms might be rationed ...
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Amy Alkon, author of I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society, has an op-ed out in the LA Times about screaming kids on planes : More and more, we're all victims of these many small muggings every day. Our perp doesn't wear a ski mask or carry a gun; ...
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I was just reading about Black Friday on CNBC and it seems that many people have less interest in shopping that day: A survey by Persuadable Research for online shopping guide dealnews.com, however, found just 46 percent of respondents plan to “definitely” shop on Black Friday this year, a 12 ...
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drhelen.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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This is interesting: Data from Rasmussen Reports national
telephone surveys shows that 15.0% of Democrats in the...
workforce are currently unemployed and looking for a job. Among adults not affiliated with either major party, that number is 15.6% ...
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"Democrats and Unaffiliateds More Likely To Be ...
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This story is an important one: It seems unthinkable, but ChildLine says calls from boys abused by women have doubled in a year. This deeply disturbing investigation reveals the terrible impact of a crime that society has never dared to confront. The psychology of men is so much more complex ...
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Bud Day
Today, I talk with Policy Analyst Jessica Custer who is North Carolina State Chair of the Network of Enlightened Women (NeW), a group that is standing up to anti-male bias and anti-conservative messages that are rampant on college campuses across the US. This group of conservative women ...
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I read this poll over at Rasmussen and wasn't surprised: Twenty-six percent (26%) of employed adults say they have seriously thought that someone in their workplace was capable of mass violence, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Most working adults (64%), ...
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drhelen.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
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I came across an article in Time magazine
entitled, "Spendthrift Spouses Could Hurt Holiday Shopping" that looked...
kind of interesting: What might be the driving factor that lowers holiday retail sales and stalls a much-anticipated economic recovery? ...
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Even the dog gets better treatment.....
Advice Columnist Amy Alkon has a new book coming out soon, I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society, which is terrific. She is featured in a New York Times article on people fighting back against rudeness: Ms. Alkon, the advice columnist, shares this ...
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MSNBC: Teacher shortage has given way to teacher glut ( via Newsalert ): Since last fall, school systems, state education agencies, technical schools and colleges have shed about 125,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, many teachers who had planned to ...
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Why is it so easy to fire this man for saying something politically incorrect and so hard to even investigate this man who writes emails to the enemy, readily discusses his leanings toward faith-inspired violence at work and in seminars and encourages patients to convert to Islam?
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drhelen.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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Drudge linked to a story at NPR entitled,
"Answers Sought On Fort Hood Suspect's Link To Imam."...
Within the story was this: The officials also dismissed the significance of reports that Hasan's colleagues complained about his religious and political ...
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"They said Hasan also once tried to convert a patient to ...
Glenn and I went to Asheville, N.C. this week where I held the camera and he interviewed grassroots activists for PJTV from all over the country who had gathered for a conference of the free market, state-focused think tank community (SPN). You can watch here.
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Do you or someone you know have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and don't know where to turn for help? A good place to start is with the book, Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. This self-help book is written by Jeffrey Schwartz, a psychiatrist at UCLA School of ...
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drhelen.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
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I read this line from a Johnny Rotten
(the Sex Pistols) song on Gateway Pundit from a...
commenter (comment #62) in response to the passing of the Democrat's Healthcare bill last night. The commenters at Gateway Pundit are debating whether or not there ...
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"Anger is an energy"
drhelen.blogspot.com - 18 days ago
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A reader (thanks!) sent me a WSJ article
entitled, "The Lost Boys" written by Richard Whitmire, author...
of a forthcoming book, Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind. The article discusses universities ...
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Affirmative action for men?
drhelen.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
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After reading about the horrific Ft. Hood shootings,
I was rather puzzled when I read the following:...
Federal law enforcement officials told the Associated Press that Hasan had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet ...
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Why wasn't Hasan Investigated?
