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America's Decadence Signals End of an Empire Please discuss and let worry and panic ensue at once. :cold:

I put this in the history forum because it's not exactly a current event. Just wanted to stimulate a conversation about what we can really do, or what we should do if anything about gangs. Gang violence in general terrorizing neighborhoods. I don't know if this story is gang related but it's...

'Forgotten' inmate gets $15.5 million settlement from N.M. county - CNN.com What are we, a 3rd Word country?

Was a good run, Enterprise.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/business/energy-environment/report-sees-us-as-top-oil-producer-in-5-years.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 Thoughts?

I just read this interesting article about how in election years, people actually buy more RED and BLUE cars. This year, more people have bought red cars, so people are predicting that Romney will win. It's on the Web2Carz website. its very strange. I'm curious if it is possible for the...

I watched a documentary about this case on TV last night. It was very moving but part of it made me extremely annoyed. A disabled man visited Tony at home and made the argument against any form of assisted suicide. He arrived in his own car which he is able to drive and spoke freely about...

Nuclear Cold fusion: 23 Years Later Some of you are probably not too young to remember what happened nearly 23 years ago, on March 23, 1989. It was a dramatic announcement of the discovery of the so called Cold Fusion. Some people think that this was the greatest fiasco of the last century...

Some good news for once and something that is easily overlooked with all the information and news we get: while war news/info has increased on average for people, the number of war deaths has actually decreased with this last decade being the most peaceful of the century in terms of deaths. I...

The Treasury has extended a capless credit line for three years to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the large government-sponsored mortgage giants. The news was delivered after the markets closed today. Story from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BN2ZI20091224 Talk about a moral...

There is currently a court case on the go in Utrecht Holland where a 13-year old girl, Laura Dekker, is trying to obtain permission for 2 years away from school, to sail in a yacht around the world. She would like to break the record for the youngest to have ever have achieved that. Her...

So many things that were major issues at the time have faded away into historical oblivion. At one time one of the major issues being discussed in the US was whether the communion wafer is actually the body of Christ or whether it symbolizes the body of Christ. This issue was hotly debated...