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It seems constant throughout all the Zeitgeist films that I enthusiastically agree with almost exactly half of Peter Joseph's message, and could not disagree with the other half more vociferously. This new installment is no different it seems.

SETI will listen to newly discovered "Earthlike Planet"

A Colorado university just 16 miles away from the site of Friday morning’s deadly ‘Batman’ massacre staged an identical exercise the very same day in which students were trained how to react to a gunman firing at people in a movie theater.

If you believe in 'private property', how on Earth can you support the State imposed restrictions on that 'property' that make up 'immigration' law? This is an issue where frankly I have significant trouble understanding the rational of the vociferous, and far too often bellicose, opponents of an “open border”, from the standpoint of philosophic principles. The media has largely, as is its wont, couched the debate in the bizarrely false “left-right” dichotomy that we are all all too familiar with. Yet, as is so often the case, that couch has wobbly legs.

This series is one of the most fascinating series I have watched since Carl Sagan's Cosmos. This is a series of lectures from Joseph John Campbell's (a professor, mythologist, writer and lecturer) analysis of modern human evolution through comparative mythology and comparative religion.

I don't agree with some or part of his conclusions but I learned quite a bit from it and highly recommend anyone interested in history, mythology and self-knowledge to watch it.

In Auburn, New York, the city is threatening to invoke eminent domain to seize private property for a private hotel conference center, saying the public good outweighs the private property rights of some citizens.

North Dakota voters resoundingly defeated an attempt to abolish the state’s property taxes Tuesday and were set to allow the University of North Dakota to rename its controversial mascot, which critics say denigrates Native Americans. More than 70% of voters rejected a grass-roots effort to eliminate state property taxes, according to unofficial returns, even though North Dakota has a budget surplus that exceeds $1 billion, in part due to an oil boom. More than 27,000 residents had signed a petition to get the measure on Tuesday’s ballot.

Your Money in Transition

A series of 1934 $100,000 gold certificate. This is the highest-denomination note ever issued by the United States. These notes were only used in transactions between Federal Reserve banks up until the early 1960s. The largest notes ever to circulate publicly were $10,000 gold certificates and Federal Reserve notes.

"part of a growing movement of Americans who have come to realize that no matter how much or how long they pay on their homes, all it takes to lose it to the state is failing one time to pay annual property taxes. Unlike a sales tax, which is a one-time charge, property taxes come up every year, meaning the levy is like a recurring lien on your home and land. And as long as it's around, you will always live under the threat of having your property confiscated."