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Why negative thinking makes the world a better place

Writers brush with positive thinking program illustrates how focusing on a positive outlook can hurt in the long run. come to think of it, positive thinking started out as a busineess ploy, didnt it? A ploy by already powerful and rich white men to

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Fort Hood shooter used as excuse to scapegoat Muslims, Arabs

As soon as the name of the shooter at Fort Hood who killed 13 people and wounded 38—Nidal Malik Hasan—was known, reporters and bloggers began jumping to conclusions about his heritage and his motive. Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith said “the name

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[Video] Guide to cognitive behavioural therapy

Authoritative information from the British Medical Journal on CBT, a psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Focusing on Ft. Hood Killer's Beliefs Are an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre

Fort Hood and its vicinity have have a lot of problems with killings and low morale. The fact that Hasan did not act until the day before he was to be deployed shows his actions were more about being denied his right to avoid war than because of his

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Question: How many countries do you have to be at war with to be disqualified from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize?

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The Fire Sale of America

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Middle East Peace Process, interview with Michael Oren, Worldview

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New book tells how Right Wing and business push mainstream news media into a right wing bias.

Calls liberal bias of news media and urban legend and shows how the right forces news media to back up their own propaganda. Hat tip Twitter colleagues, probably either @maafa or @mparent77772

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Stalled Out All Over the World by Leslie H. Gelb

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Chomsky Confronted on 9/11: Admits LIHOP is "Conceivable"

A 9/11 activist recently confronted Noam Chomsky on his previous, well-publicized disparaging remarks about 9/11 truth. After spending several minutes repeating his tired arguments about the impossibility of 9/11 as an inside job, Chomsky then conced

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Jake Tapper Interviews Roland Hedley Jr. On Twitter

Over his new book based on his Twitter posts. (Has to be a first.) The Insufferably sufferable journalist opens up to the ABcs Political Punch columnist, or not. Now I know what I want for Christmas.

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