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Trucking Firm Closes Three Days Before Christmas (Update)

December 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Arrow Trucking Company suspended operations yesterday, leaving hundreds of drivers across the country out of work three days before Christmas.  [See important updates below!]
The decision by officials at the 61-year-old company, once considered one of the country’s largest and most financially-sound flatbed motor carriers, came as a shock to many.
“The drivers had no clue [...]

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Is Establishment of One World Religion in Works?

November 15th, 2008 · 7 Comments

“The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony,” said religious scholar Karen Armstrong, quoted in an AFP report published Friday.

Based on Armstrong’s comment above, I’m inclined to wonder whether the project in which she is involved is really focused [...]

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The Myth of Human-Caused Global Warming

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Earlier today, I shared news about food rationing in the United States. Upon discovery of that news, I began researching the issues of food supplies and shortages further. While I found several articles offering glimpses into the growing worldwide food crisis, only one pointed to the root cause: The myth of man-made global [...]

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UN Report Blames Cows and People Who Eat Them

February 20th, 2007 · No Comments

A Christian Science Monitor article today cites a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that makes, among other things, two claims:

Livestock are responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions as measured in carbon dioxide equivalent; and

American meat eaters are responsible for 1.5 more tons of carbon dioxide per person [...]

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