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Gregory Patin is a free-lance writer residing in Madison, WI. He earned a BA in political science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a MS in IT management from Colorado Tech. He is politically independent and not affiliated with either the Democrat or Republican party.

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(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 2, 2013
Who really used chemical weapons in Syria? While seemingly rushing to war, the U.S. government and corporate media is omitting some key pieces of evidence regarding who is responsible for releasing chemical weapons in Syria.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 8, 2013
NSA spying on Verizon phone records is nothing new The "revelation" of the US government requiring phone records from Verizon is nothing new. It has been done for years.
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(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 25, 2013
Benghazi, IRS, AP stories: A shameful double standard The three "scandals" that the White House is facing reveal a double standard that is overlooked by both congress and the media.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Boston Marathon bombing: Failure of the police state The failure of authorities to prevent the Boston bombings highlights one of the many failures of the police state that has been created since 9/11.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 8, 2013
Closing corporate tax havens: The solution to the sequester The mainstream media reporting from Washington D.C. about cutting spending and/or raising revenue is almost void of one simple fact. American companies and the wealthiest 1% avoid paying their fair share of taxes by utilizing tax havens to shelter their assets and profits. If these tax loopholes can be closed, sequester and austerity will be words Americans would never have to hear again.
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(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 23, 2012
Psychotropic medications and school shootings: Preventing another Sandy Hook While stricter gun laws may be part of the solution to preventing school shootings, legislators need to take a closer at the link between gun violence, mental illness and the medications commonly used to treat it. Here are some common sense solutions.
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(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 17, 2012
School shooting in CT: Stricter gun control laws are not the solution The horrible shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut will reignite the debate over stricter gun control laws, but there are more things that Americans need to consider if tragedies like that are to be prevented.
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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 10, 2012
7.7% unemployment inaccurately depicts true jobless rate As usual, the Bureau of Labor Statistics failed to depict the true jobless rate in the U.S. Even modest adjustments put it far higher then 7.7 percent.
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 10, 2012
"Fiscal cliff" debates and defense bill reveal lawmaker's priorities The impending fiscal cliff debate in congress will show what our lawmakers real priorities are.
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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 6, 2012
National insider threat memorandum: What is the threat? A little over two weeks after winning the election, President Obama quietly wrote a memorandum regarding insider threats. Since legislation is already in place for that, many question what are the nature of these threats.
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 24, 2012
Cease fire agreement in Gaza announced, but will it hold? Another cease fire was brokered between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. If history repeats itself, it is unlikely that it will hold.
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(17 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 16, 2012
A few questions for secessionists With all the serious issues to be dealt with now that the election is over, I cannot believe this nonsense. So, I thought I'd have some fun with it. Here's my OpEd for secessionists.
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(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 12, 2012
The Ron Paul factor in the GOP's defeat No one in either party seems to want to mention that what the GOP did to Ron Paul and his supporters may have had huge impact on the election.
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(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 24, 2012
FBI creating terrorist plots to scare Americans The latest terrorist plot thwarted by the FBI is yet another example of how the agency creates terrorism in order to take credit for stopping it, and scares the American people into supporting expenditures on wars and homeland security that are unnecessary and forfeiting liberties for security that is not under threat.
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SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Fusion centers: Invading your privacy at your expense Under the guise of fighting terrorism, the U.S. government has spent millions of dollars since 2003 to create fusion centers. A recent Senate investigation determined that the centers are worthless in the "war on terror" and by implication, are designed to spy on the American people.
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SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 9, 2012
U.S. casualties in Afghanistan September 2012: A closer look A closer look at last month's deaths in Afghanistan.
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SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 1, 2012
U.N. summit: What the U.S. media fails to report about Iran While Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad sparred in speeches at U.N. summit, the U.S. media was again napping on the lap of the military-industrial complex and promoting more wars.
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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 28, 2012
9/11 official story doubts becoming more mainstream After 11 years and a constant drip of information from a myriad of sources, more people in the U.S. are questioning the events of 9/11.
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(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 16, 2012
Embassy attack, protests: Are they really about a movie? The U.S. government and corporate media would like Americans to believe that the embassy attack that took place in Libya and the global protests that are taking place now are the result of an anti-Islam movie. There is much more to it than that.
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SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Chicago teachers strike and the war on teachers Chicago teachers are fighting back against is becoming a national trend: Slashing teacher salaries and busting their unions.

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