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The Golden Laws of Prosperity
posted by
scalefree
on Sep 8, 2011 -
42 comments
A former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son.
Human sacrifice is on the increase in
Uganda
, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. Uganda's Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo believes that "to punish retrospectively would cause a problem... if we can persuade Ugandans to change, that is much better than going back into the past."
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posted by
VikingSword
on Jan 7, 2010 -
91 comments
Ladies And Gentlemen… Dow 25,000!
A few years ago, some financial wizards thought the good times
would go on and on and on
. The
mega-market
could bring
Dow 30,000
or
Dow 36,000
. Maybe
the real estate boom will not bust.
posted by
Yakuman
on Jan 10, 2009 -
52 comments
High salaries and rising property values in Sodom and Gommorah?
There Goes the Neighborhood: How and Why Bohemians, Artists and Gays Effect Regional Housing Values.
posted by
orthogonality
on Jun 23, 2007 -
38 comments
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