By Daniel Brouse International Economics 101 What do you think of when you hear the term “trade war”? The costs and benefits to society are very similar to traditional warfare. 1) Financial Cost. A war is expensive. In a trade war, huge tariffs are placed on the purchase of imports. A tariff is a sales […]
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Trade War! What Is It Good For?
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Kid Discovers Lost Mayan City
A teenager from Canada has discovered a Mayan City. William Gadoury, a 15-year-old from Saint-Jean-de-Matha in Canada, used images from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japanese Space Agency to connect the position of the stars in constellations to the position of Mayan cities. “Geometric shapes, such as squares or rectangles, appeared on these […]
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Disappearing Islands (Climate Change Refugees)
By Daniel Brouse THE MARSHALL ISLANDS — If your home is going underwater, you have no doubt about human induced climate change. This is the case for Bikini islanders. In the 1940’s, Bikini island was used for atomic bomb tests. The United States conducted at least 23 nuclear tests including the Bravo hydrogen bomb (the […]
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The Truth About 9/11
The truth is obvious if you were a witness… as I was (Recorded on-the-fly: Noon, Sept. 11, 2001) — Horrified As I?: Terrorists attack the US, New York City, Washington DC, Hijack planes and use… A free music video about the attacks on New York City and Washington DC in DivX, MPEG4, MPEG2, Real Player […]
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Black Minquas
The Black Minquas were a Native American tribe that had a village in Chinklacamoose. Learn more about the Black Minquas. Pictures: Clearfield-Park (1).jpg Clearfield-Park (10).jpg Clearfield-Park (2).jpg Clearfield-Park (3).jpg Clearfield-Park (4).jpg Clearfield-Park (5).jpg Clearfield-Park (6).jpg Clearfield-Park (7).jpg Clearfield-Park (8).jpg Clearfield-Park (9).jpg
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Tagged American Indian Tribes, Black Minquas, Chinklacamoose, Clearfield, Customs, Indigenous People, Native Americans, PA, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Indian Tribes, Rituals
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Bombing Of Tokyo
On March 10, 1945, the United States sent 334 B-29 bombers to raid Japan with 279 of the planes dropping 1,665 tons of bombs on Tokyo. Approximately 15.8 square miles of the city was destroyed and some 100,000 people are estimated to have died. Operation Meetinghouse — “The bombs were mostly the 500-pound E-46 cluster […]
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Santa Claus Is Real
Did you know that Santa Claus is based on a real person from Turkey? Saint Nicholas of Myra was a Greek Christian bishop of Myra (now known as Turkey.) Around 500 AD, Nicholas became known for his saintly acts. One story has him giving gifts to those in need. A poor family did not have […]
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Landing On A Comet
The European Space Agency has successfully landed a spaceship on a comet. The Rosetta mission started 10 years ago when Philae was launched into space. An ESA spokesman said, “We are the first to have done that, and that will stay forever.”
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Jesus Married With Kids
According to a press release in The Sunday Times of the United Kingdom, Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children: ‘Married’ Jesus found in British Library — A new book claims Jesus married Mary Magdalene, a theory that is also touched upon in the film The Last Temptation of Christ IT SOUNDS like The Da […]
King Richard III
The BBC reports on King Richard III: Richard was born in 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire His coronation took place in Westminster Abbey in 1483 Richard had one of the shortest reigns in British history – 26 months He was the last English king to die in battle, killed at Bosworth in 1485 King […]
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