LSD party favors: MKULTRA It was Wednesday August 3‚ 1977; the CIA went to court for being accused of forming a mind control research project called MKULTRA. The United States government started the MKULTRA project to teach CIA agents how to avoid the use of mind control in other countries. “Convinced that German scientists could help America’s postwar efforts‚ President Harry Truman agreed in September 1946 to authorize “Project Paperclip‚” a program to bring selected German scientists to
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From watching the movie‚ I’m even more upset with our current government system‚ because it shows that the government doesn’t care about us at all. They are only focused on the money that they can get from different companies and corporations. I found it repulsive that Nestlé secretly came into town and took the people’s water‚ without them even knowing about it. I believe that there should be no secrets kept from the people‚ because if this truly was a democracy‚ everyone would have a say in what
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Should the Australian Government privatise Medibank Private? Since the 1990s the Commonwealth and State governments of Australia has privatised a sizeable portion of the public sector (Reserve Bank of Australia 1997). The prospect of privatising Medibank has been a controversial matter since its proposal by the Howard government in 2006‚ although the former government failed to do so‚ the Abott government announced on March 26th‚ 2014 that the company will be sold off through an initial public
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This is because everyone is for themselves and will do whatever it takes to make it to the top. Attorneys Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom have stated‚ “If each of us recognized a moral responsibility to come to the aid of others we would all gain the benefits of a stronger community.” In their article If Decency Doesn’t‚ Law Should Make Us Good Samaritans they advocate for this idea. Allred and Bloom’s statement is legitimate because it stands for the idea of building stronger communities and building
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when America was becoming more industrialized‚ the U.S was seen as the land of opportunity to many people in Europe and Asia. During the mid to late 1800s‚ “Old immigrants” from Western Europe had originally come to America to dig in the goldfields and help build the transcontinental railroads in the West. After them‚ came the “new immigrants”‚ from Southern and Eastern Europe. Although both were very culturally different‚ they had the same intents when coming to America and got the same negative responses
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There is controversy over to what extent the government may monitor internet content. The federal government may not monitor internet content however‚ the state government and local governments may monitor internet content only for the safety of the user. However‚ charging citizens for internet crimes are usually ruled unconstitutional. In addition‚ monitoring internet content violates Amendment IV and previous precedents. Ultimately‚ the state government has the responsibility to monitor internet
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Should the American Government Bring Back Flogging? In his article “Bring Back Flogging‚” Jeff Jacoby advocates flogging as an excellent means of corporal punishment. Even though flogging has been “out of fashion for at least 150 years” he insists that flogging should be brought back to replace the more conventional method of imprisonment (193). In addition‚ Jacoby is convinced that flogging offenders after their first conviction can deter them from going into a professional criminal career
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the Govenrment’s The government has noticed that many Americans are obese. Many politicians are coming up with legislations to try and solve the problem. But they are trying to fix it by making laws against things‚ or banning them. They want to regulate what we eat. Is that against our amendment rights? The government wants to tell us how we should do things‚ but is that fair? It’s our lives‚ shouldn’t we be the ones who decide what we eat? If the government wants to get involved‚ they
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Introduction The US Balance of Payments (BOP) deficit is largely attributable to its massive current account deficit. The US has had a massive current account deficit since 1991‚ hitting an all time high of US$800 billion in 2005. "Never in the history of modern economics has a large industrial country run persistent current account deficits of the magnitude posted by the United States since 2000" (Edwards‚ 2005‚ p. 260). Accumulating consistent current account deficits mean that foreign countries
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Michael Mott Cramer PS 205 Nov. 21. 2012 Should the United States use a Preemptive strike on Iran? Iran has been trying to develop a nuclear program for some time now‚ and the United States has repeatedly told Iran that they cannot do that. If Iran refuses to comply with the United States‚ should the United States use a Preemptive strike on Iran? There are three options for the US‚ a preemptive strike on Iran‚ living with a nuclear Iran‚ or negotiate a deal so they can have a nuclear
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