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Kidnapping and holding for ransom is a practice that is continued by modern-day Barbary Pirates. A few weeks ago, I had a link to an article about Al Qaeda kidnapping Europeans for ransom becoming a big business, bankrolling its operations across the globe, with a photo of an Al Qaeda terrorist holding up his big head-cutting-off sword. Where is Thomas Jefferson when we need him?
From 2014: Modern-Day Barbary Pirates

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The author tells her granddaughter how Halloween used to be when she was a little girl. The homemade costumes, the parties, bobbing for apples, and of course, trick and treating, when candy bars were full-sized, costing the giver a nickel. Great memories. More

On Halloween morning, 1938, Orson Welles awoke to find himself the most talked about man in America. The night before, Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air had performed a radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, converting a 40-year-old novel into fake news bulletins describing a Martian invasion of New Jersey. Some listeners mistook those bulletins for the real thing, and called police, newspapers, and radio stations, convincing many journalists the show caused nationwide hysteria.
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The Star Chamber was a court with ancient roots, flourishing under the English Tudor and Stuart monarchs. It operated in secrecy, and was not bothered by picky evidentiary rules that emerged in other courts. In the 1983 movie, frustrated judges, seeing murderers and rapists walk free because the arresting cop forgot to read them their rights, decide to do something about it. More

This website delves into a curated list of 20 significant historical events that transpired on this day, presented in chronological order. From pivotal political changes and groundbreaking scientific achievements to noteworthy cultural milestones, each event is explored in detail.

Harry Houdini died on Halloween, adding to the interest in his death, and seances to contact him on that night continue to this day.

Contrary to what you hear from do-gooders, no child has ever died from poison candy 'trick or treating' on Halloween.

The ideological views of most low-information voters tend to be more moderate than those of high-information voters. Low-information voters are less likely to vote and when they do they generally vote for a candidate they find personally appealing, regardless of whether the candidate is qualified for the job or not, but he or she has such a nice smile.

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