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Heartland Institute Responds to Publishing of False and Stolen Documents

February 15, 2012
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Heartland Institute Responds to Publishing of False and Stolen Documents

(Yesterday, documents purporting to be confidential strategy memos from The Heartland Institute, a national think tank and major player in the controversy over claims of an impending anthropogenic global warming (now climate change) crisis, were published by The Huffington Post and throughout much of the progressive-left blogosphere. The following is Heartland's statement about the stolen and fraudulent documents.)

Yesterday afternoon, two advocacy groups posted online several documents they claimed were The Heartland Institute’s 2012 budget, fundraising, and strategy plans. Some of these documents were stolen from Heartland, at least one is a fake, and some may have been altered. . . .

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Can “The World’s Richest Useful Idiot” End Poverty Worldwide?

February 9, 2012
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Can “The World’s Richest Useful Idiot” End Poverty Worldwide?

"Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary." — Julius Rosenwald

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A New Wrinkle: “Muslim-friendly Bibles”

January 31, 2012
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A New Wrinkle: “Muslim-friendly Bibles”

"...cleanse them by water in the name of Allah, his Messiah and his Holy Spirit.” - Matthew 28:19, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Arabic version.

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“Mathematics Can Be Applied to All Areas of Life” — Not So, Says Murray Rothbard

January 31, 2012
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“Mathematics Can Be Applied to All Areas of Life” — Not So, Says Murray Rothbard

"...the crucial point is that mathematics cannot contribute to economic knowledge." - Murray Rothbard

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A Megadownload

January 21, 2012
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A Megadownload

"Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." — Mark Twain

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Unintended Consequences Abundantly Flow from the 16th Amendment

January 20, 2012
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Unintended Consequences Abundantly Flow from the 16th Amendment

"What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin." — Mark Twain

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Simon Cowell for President!

January 19, 2012
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Simon Cowell for President!

OK, that's a tongue-in-cheek suggestion. For one thing, he’s not a U.S. citizen. But attorney and legal and constitutional analyst Maureen Martin is convinced we need a presidential candidate with the “X Factor” Simon Cowell promotes and embodies.

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The Cultural Value of Reading

January 19, 2012
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The Cultural Value of Reading

“The ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.” - Malcolm X

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President Invents New Kind of Job

January 17, 2012
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President Invents New Kind of Job

Gone with the wind.

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Dim Bulbs

January 13, 2012
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Dim Bulbs

The best and the brightest? Not so bright, after all.

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Would You Push the Red Button?

January 2, 2012
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Would You Push the Red Button?

When morality and profit are in conflict, which one will win?

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A ‘Titanic’ Auction

December 29, 2011
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A ‘Titanic’ Auction

Unconfirmed history has it that someone said about the Titanic, "God himself could not sink this ship." Whatever the case, confirmed history records that she did sink - and in the process scattered treasures across the ocean's floor.

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