“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes…

Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”

- Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815

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Acid reflux is an extremely common health problem. So common in fact, it affects one out of two of you watching this video. Other terms used for this condition are gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD), or peptic ulcer disease. Typically, acid reflux is thought to be caused by having too much acid in your stomach.

This is a serious medical mistake that affects hundreds of millions of people.

Read more on Acid Reflux

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A state lawmaker from San Francisco has introduced legislation to decriminalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol.

It has been endorsed by a retired Orange County judge who used to be a federal prosecutor.

Jim Gray is a Vietnam combat veteran who spent 25 years on Orange County’s ‘bench’. He’s riled a lot of anti-drug crusaders with his critiques of America’s war on narcotics.

In his view, it’s ‘high time’ — so to speak — for another approach to marijuana.

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If you want to run a normal house in town off of solar, you’re in for a investment of tens of thousands of dollars, thanks to a house that’s almost certainly full of power-wasting, inefficient lights and appliances.

But if you can start from scratch…that’s a different story!

Check out this awesome little 7-sided log cabin

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A Malaysian woman gathering fruit in a tree was shot by her neighbor after he thought she was a monkey.
A little monkey business going on, maybe?

State police said the volunteer Security Corps member came home and saw rustling in one of his trees and fired at what he thought was a monkey.

It was only after the woman started screaming that he realized it was his neighbor gathering fruit from the tree.

Man shoots neighbor

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