What sucked up all our money in the mortgage crisis? Policymakers and analysts continue to dispute causes of the 2007-2008 foreclosure crisis, which triggered a much deeper and more serious financial crisis and ultimately an economic recession. Did banks prey on unwitting consumers, or did households overreach and borrow more than they could afford–or was it BOTH? And if the debt on your house in cancelled due to foreclosure, you’ll owe federal taxes on the difference on the amount of debt that’s left when the bank takes control of your house, because they consider it to be INCOME!
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Are criminals are product of their upbringing and environment? Or are they just acting out their genetics? A new finding shows that TALL people earn more money (and thus pay more taxes), and that short, fat people commit more crimes (and they’re more likely to go to jail when they’re tried in court!)

But while genetics remain pretty standard (depending on who’s having babies), social circumstances change. For instance, when economist Gregory N. Price studied 19th century prison records, he found that in those days, being fat was associated with a LOWER risk of committing a crime, which is just the opposite of today’s statistics.
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With the latest Twilight Saga film exploding at the box office and the books racing out of the stores, it’s worth asking the question: what’s going on with vampires, anyway, and Joseph Laycock has the answers! Learn the truth about modern vampirism as you take a journey into the revealing subject with an expert–and led by Whitley Strieber, whose own book, the Hunger, is considered to be among the greatest of all vampire novels.

What was the inspiration for the Hunger? Did Whitley Strieber encounter some of the same vampire societies that Joseph Laycock has uncovered? Go as deep as you can go into this strange and dangerous modern lore, with a leading expert and a leading writer in the field.

Dreamland at its most unique!
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During Marla Frees presentation at the Dreamland Festival, Whitley Strieber had an unexpected and powerful experience of becoming a trance medium for his wife Anne as a deceased member of her family strove to communicate a life-changing message to her.

The Striebers received immediate verification, as Anne explains in her new diary.

Listen now as Whitley describes his experience and Marla explains to us exactly what was happening. This is a truly inspiring example of the power of mediumship, and how startling it can be for people who are not expecting it to happen.
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