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Fact-checking the Department

PsalmOneCares @everwonderwhy (7355) 14 Aug 22

I've been hearing news about scammers scamming people of thousands of their savings and 401k retirement. This is unfortunate. My mom, 86 years old, had an experience. Scammers presented themselves, "Supreme Court Review Team"....

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scamming tax payers

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The Teapot Dome Scandal

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 27 Apr 17

Teapot Dome, Wyoming was named for a particular rock formation that looks like a teapot. The scandal had to do with the government-controlled oil fields there. The story is that these oil fields were set aside for emergency...

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Another news of death because of eroded mountains in the Philippines

marisriel @marisriel (1156) • Philippines 24 Nov 08

I am not fond of watching the news really. Just this evening, I just heard the news that there are deaths again because of drowning on some provinces because of flood. And these floods are all because our forests have no trees at...

depressing state

eroded mountains

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hope for the future

how can president arroyo sleep at night?

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 13 Nov 08

i really wonder how? i just think that sometimes when i hurt someone, like saying a bad thing, it is difficult for me to sleep at night. i feel so bad. but do we really have a president without a conscience? what do you...

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truth will not come out if pres arroyo is still president

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 13 Nov 08

Many filipinos say that the truth will not come out about the fertilizer scam if Pres. Arroyo is still president. Former Agriculture Undersecretary and the now infamous Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante has already been grilled by the...

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jocjoc bolante is a good friend?

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 12 Nov 08

if jocjoc will come clean and also protect those in the upper echelons of the government, then he is a good friend. why is he risking everything to protect the mastermind of the scam? is he afraid of his family? or is he just a...

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will jocjoc bolante really tell the truth?

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 12 Nov 08

do you really think that jocjoc bolante will really tell the truth? will he come clean and push the blame to other people? will he really tell the people of the philippines who the mastermind of this scam is? God bless the...

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joc-joc bolante--a fall guy

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 12 Nov 08

Former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-joc" Bolante will be at the senate today. He is to answer the Senate's inquiry on the fertilizer scam. But people are asking, was Bolante really the mastermind or was someone...

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What do you all think about this

angiemac4444 @angemac23 (2003) • Canada 3 May 08

Here, in Canada, the government is trying to pass a new bill that I, and many others, think is absolutely absurd!! It is so stupid that when I first heard it, I thought it was a joke!! They want to ban the sale of 70% of herbs,...

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Does Marshall Law effect you?

saralee1 @saralee1 (1982) • United States 2 Jul 07

this is something a friend sent to me from another site for reposting. It is disturbing, yes! the fact that every American citizen is in danger, is also noteworthy. source:...

government corruption

government greed

veterans administration

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