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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED (PRE 9-11 PAGE) The Oklahoma Bombing The government insists that Timothy McVegh acted alone in blowing up the Murrah Federal Building with a truck full of fertilizer. But seismic data, CNN reports, eyewitnesses, sound recordings, and even the Army's weapons lab all confirm that there had to be additional "cutter" charges involved. Nobody has yet explained why a second Ryder truck was hidden in a secret military base near Oklahoma City just weeks before the bombing. Starting in the 60s and continuing to the present, the FBI has engaged in operations to sabotage legitimate dissent, disrupt political opposition, and stifle the free expression of thoughts and idea critical of the government.

Exposed by a leak during the 70s, the FBI's operation COINTELPRO reveals that the FBI routinely lies, steals, and commits other crimes against the general public, for the purpose of denying them their basic Constitutional rights. Think we have a free press? The Bill of Rights (including the Preamble to the Bill of Rights. Presidents in Their Young Age | Old, Years, Most, B. Barack Obama, 3 Years Old, With Grandfather, 1965 Photos of some of the most famous US presidents when they were just kids. There is nothing special about them and there is no way to know, just by looking, that these boys would grow up to become the leader of the most powerful country in the free world. More images after the break... George W. Bush, 9 Years Old, With His Mother and Father, 1955 Bill Clinton, 5 Years Old, 1952 George H.W. Ronald Reagan, 12 Years Old, 1923 Jimmy Carter, 12 Years Old, With Dog Bozo, 1937 Gerald Ford, 6 Years Old, With His Half-Brother, Tom, 1920 Richard Millhouse Nixon, 4 Years Old, 1917 Lyndon Johnson, 6 Months Old, 1909 John F.

Dwight D. Harry S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 3 Years Old, 1885 Abraham Lincoln, Age Unknown. 20 Historic Photos of New York City | 1776. Maps of War ::: Visual History of War, Religion, and Government. 10 countries you probably never heard about » This Blog Rules | You really have to be a geography freak to know about these countries from the list. It’s irrelevant to us how recognized they are as countries but they surely look at themselves like that. Of course a special thanks to Wikipedia for the article’s research. 10. Vanuatu, 90% of Vanuatu people household and consume fish, and 80% are living in rural, isolated villages with their own gardens and food supplies. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements. See the data: bit.ly/snakeoilsupps. See the static versionSee the old flash version Check the evidence for so-called Superfoods visualized. Note: You might see multiple bubbles for certain supplements. These is because some supps affect a range of conditions, but the evidence quality varies from condition to condition. For example, there’s strong evidence that garlic can lower blood pressure.

But studies on whether it can prevent colds have produced inconclusive results. In these cases, we give a supp another bubble. This visualisation generates itself from this Google Doc. As ever, we welcome your thoughts, crits, comments, corrections, compliments, tweaks, new evidence, missing supps, and general feedback. » Purchase: Amazon US or Barnes & Noble | UK or Waterstones » Download: Apple iBook | Kindle (UK & US) » See inside For more graphics, visualisations and data-journalism: