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June 14, 2014

Map of Middle East showing Sunni and Shia regions

Looking at this map you can see why it was so easy for ISIS to get all the way to the outskirts of Bagdad. Things get a lot tougher now for them.

You can blow the map up bigger here: http://www.internationalrelations.com/2012/01/25/the-sunni-shiite-divide/



June 14, 2014

WATCH: This Ex-Officer's Haunting, Powerful Words About Suicide Could Save Someone's Life




Updated: 06/13/2014 1:59 pm EDT


If you saw someone on the verge of suicide, would you know what to say? As a patrolman on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Kevin Briggs helped bring many people back from the brink. In this moving talk, he gives a powerful piece of advice to those with loved ones who might be thinking of taking their own lives.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tedtalks/kevin-briggs-ted-suicide_b_5491939.html
June 10, 2014

45 Failed Alex Jones Predictions

The reason I am putting this up is for lurking wacko's who think Alex Jones is God and could end up killing cops or Gov. officials like this Las Vegas killer "Joker" because they get caught up in his fake conspiracy crap.

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