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Money in Politics -- See Who's Giving & Who's Getting. How to Flex Your Rights During Police Encounters. 33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True, What Every Person Should Know… After reading the article released by Cracked.com, I decided to update and revise their work. the article gave me a chuckle because it lacked many famous and much larger conspiracy theories that became known. Their article had only listed seven. I can name 33 and I am about to release a revised list soon with 75. The article I read at cracked can be viewed here , but don’t waste your time, all of that is in this article and more.

M ost people can’t resist getting the details on the latest conspiracy theories, no matter how far-fetched they may seem. At the same time, many people quickly denounce any conspiracy theory as untrue … and sometimes as unpatriotic or just plain ridiculous. Lets not forget all of the thousands of conspiracies out of Wall Street like Bernie Madoff and many others to commit fraud and extortion, among many crimes of conspiracy. Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. 1. 2. 3. Court Decisions (by Chapter)

Freedom Vaults : Guidelines for Saying No to Police Searches. One of the main powers that law enforcement officers carry is the power to intimidate citizens into voluntarily giving up their rights. Police are trained to believe in their authority and trained to perform their interactions with private citizens with confidence. It is their job to deal with problems and they learn to manage uncomfortable situations through strength. Most people, when confronted by police get a mild panic reaction, become anxious, and try to do whatever they can to minimize the time spent with the officer.

Because of the imbalance of power between citizen and officer, when a law enforcement officer makes a strongly worded request, most people consent without realizing that they are giving up constitutional protections against improper meddling by the State in the private affairs of citizens. A common situation is that of the traffic stop. Unfortunately police will often try to push citizens to accept a search, to the point of ignoring when you say "no". The Terry v. List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. Countries by number of active soldiers (2009) Guide to the list[edit] The list consists of columns which can be sorted by clicking on the appropriate title: The names of the states, accompanied by their respective national flags.The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full-time in their military capacity.The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary.The number of personnel in paramilitary forces, armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces.The total number of military and paramilitary personnel, and the ratio per thousand inhabitants.

These numbers are approximations as military forces around the world are constantly changing in size. The list[edit] Not included in the list are the militaries of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus and San Marino. See also[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit] Bibliography[edit] U.S. Senate. Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank. USC : Table of Contents. National Constitution Center: Interactive Constitution. Bills and Resolutions - Digital Collections & Programs. Historic Newspapers Enhanced access to America's historic newspapers through the Chronicling America project. Historic Sound Recordings The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925.

Performing Arts Collections, articles and special presentations on music, theater and dance materials from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Prints and Photographs Catalog of about half of the Library's pictorial holdings with over 1 million digital images. Veterans History Project Experience first-person stories of wartime service through personal artifacts, audio and video interviews.