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    Murder: 3300 B.C. Otzi the Iceman

    Murder and intrigue dated 5300 years ago. Does the human story ever change? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/iceman/hall-text http://www.iceman.it/en/node/226 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA3AiNup7fY
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    AIDS in the city: US urban black women at particular risk.

    30 years on, the disease continues to destroy American lives. HIV Rates in Black Urban Women 5 Times Higher Than Previously Thought - ABC News
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    Christmas cheer

    Rhema Marvanne "O Holy Night! " video: O Holy Night - Incredible child singer 7 yrs old - plz "Share" - YouTube
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    Captain John Smith "He who shall not work, shall not eat."

    400 years ago, in the early settlement of Jamestown, Virginia Capt John Smith declared those who refused to work would not eat. Would any American politician take such a clear stand today?
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    Obama administration determined to stop Petraeus testimony on Benghazi attack.

    David Petraeus has resigned his position as Director of the CIA just days before he was scheduled to testify before Congress. Petraeus was to testify concerning his knowledge about the terrorist attack in Benghazi which resulted in our US ambassador and 3 other Americans being killed. At the...
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    Two Americas. Living in the political twilight zone.

    Here in Kentucky, Obama carried just 4 of 120 counties. In the entire Commonwealth, Obama won only one county( Jefferson) by a margin greater than 1%. Can any other state claim such widespread repudiation of Obama's reign of economic terror? If we remember that Obama won 8 of 120 Kentucky...
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    another young singer from the Appalachian coalfields- Celeste Turner

    This young lady is just 12 years old??? I have clothes older than that. The buzz in Eastern Kentucky is Ms. Turner has been catching a lot of attention from talent scouts in Nashville. Who knows? Give her some time to mature. video: I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt (Cover by...
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    US student loan debt tops $1 Trillion dollars.

    America's well-educated chickens are coming home to roost. U.S. Student-Loan Debt Swells - Businessweek
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    EO's doomsday preppers... what is the best advice?

    There seems to be a general consensus that end times are near. Based on what is read here on EO, disasterous economic collapse is coming which would result in a rapid breakdown in law and order. "Stocking up on ammo" seems to be the most popular advice. Surely, no one here on EO intends...
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    Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln

    Steven Spielberg's new movie "Lincoln" features Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and several other familiar names in a cinematic retelling of Lincoln's last four months in office prior to assassination. Movie trailer: ‘Lincoln’ Trailer: Steven Spielberg’s Next...
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    War games or military build-up?

    The Persian Gulf is attracting lots of watercraft. Armada of British naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike - Telegraph
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    God gets snubbed by DNC

    The DNC in its infinite wisdom decided no reference to God would appear in the party platform this year. Another break from time-honored tradition.
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    DNC video says " Government is the only thing we all belong to."

    No one belongs to the government. Not yet, anyway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gLa9Te8Blw
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    Water sports on the Russell Fork

    The Russell Fork tributary is a popular whitewater stream flowing through Dickenson County, Virginia and Pike County, Kentucky. The wilds of Appalachia have many such streams, but this one is my favorite as I grew up about 10-15 miles away Elkhorn City, Kentucky. As a teenager, my friends and...
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    NJ Governor Chris Christie.... good news/bad news

    Bad news first, looks like Christie will be delivering the keynote address at the GOP nominating convention next month. Good news, if true that Christie gives keynote address, then he will not be the VP nominee.
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    When and where did political correctness begin?

    Growing up in the 1960's and 70's, people were allowed and expected to speak plainly on important issues of the day. Speaking one's mind today comes with a heavy price for many. Liberals have nearly completed a coup in the struggle for acceptable speech in American society. On one level...
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    Will the Boy Scouts be Obama's next target for destruction?

    Liberals are howling with fury today after the Boy Scouts of America "emphatically reaffirmed" its earlier decision to ban homosexuals from participation in their organization. After review, Boy Scouts reaffirm ban on gays | Fox News It will be interesting to see how Obama addresses this...
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    Turning twang into gold

    Appalachians live with ridicule. We talk funny. Sound funny. A peculiar people, geographically isolated by mountains and imbued with a leeriness of outsiders. This isolation has preserved a distinctive dialect often heard in song. Particularly, mountain music as heard in Bluegrass venues...
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    A Musical Garden With Roots In Kentucky

    Central City, Kentucky bills itself as the Everly Brothers hometown, although the younger sibling was born in Chicago. The annual Everly Brothers Homecoming Festival can be caught each summer in Muhlenburg County, KY. Pretty amazing talent. "All I have To Do Is Dream" + "Cathy's Clown"...
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    Revenge of the nerds.

    In all likelihood, the US Supreme Court will announce this week that Obamacare, in part or whole, is unconstitutional. It would be nice to think Obama faces defeat in November, but the same groups which elected him four years ago are still in place. If 3 or 4% of his supporters have grown sour...
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