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The Bookie’s Daughter Free Kindle Ebook Dowloads for 24 hours only.

UPDATE: FREE Kindle ebook downloads for taboojive readers! For 48 hours only, taboojive readers can download Atlanta author Heather Abraham’s “The Bookie’s Daughter: A Memoir of Growing Up in a Crazy, Crime-Ridden Family” recently rated #1 on Amazon’s “Top Rated Memoir & Biographies of Criminals.” The Bookie’s Daughter is…

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November 2, 2012

Country / Culture / Current Events / Government / Politics / Rachel Hockett - Articles / Society

Until November 6, Repeat After Me

I am chanting a new mantra between now and Tuesday, Election Day. I first heard it from my son on September 9 (on a quick trip to New York—that’s how I remember the date), when I voiced my concern about the Republican candidate. He said, “C’mon, Mom. Romney is…

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November 1, 2012

Art / Book reviews / Corporate Elite Put us on this Path of Doom / Dysfunctional family dynamics / Entertainment / Relationships / The Pen Prostitute

The Bookie’s Daughter Free Kindle Ebook Downloads for 48 hours only

The child of two incredibly miss matched parents, Heather's father was known as 'Big Al' - a towering force and mathematical genius who would become Jeannette's local bookie and notorious for making a deal with the Federal Government.

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November 1, 2012

Body / Parenting / Relationships / Society / Women's issues

Why We Shouldn’t Overturn Roe v. Wade (yet): A Pro-lifer’s Point of View

I was never really good at picking sides. When my friends would argue and then ask me to weigh in, more often than not I told them I was on my side, not anyone else’s, and promptly invoked Switzerland status. The reasoning behind this is that I usually agreed…

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October 31, 2012

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Mitt Romney: No Future For Our Children

In 2006, Romney’s administration refused to let an anti-bullying guide be published because it contained the words “bisexual” and “transgender”.

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October 30, 2012

Culture / Current Events / Editorials / Education / Psychology

It’s Lizard Brain versus Critical Thinking

Those who consume news about the Taliban’s war on female education, like the shooting of Malala Yousufzai, perhaps don’t realize it’s a more widespread attack on education, considering the frequent destruction of school buildings in Pakistan and Afghanistan. At least 600,000 children in northwestern Pakistan alone have missed a…

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October 29, 2012

Culture / Dysfunctional family dynamics / Media / Politics / Relationships / Society

To un-friend, or not to un-friend…is there really a question?

Do you just remove them from your social media life entirely, even if you still love and respect them in general?

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October 26, 2012

Current Events / Editorials / Politics

A Pugnacious Tagg Romney

Tagg Romney, Mitt Romney’s eldest son, has reason to wax pugnacious against President Obama, and it’s not likely that it’s just Mitt’s honor that Tagg is defending. Apart from defending a campaign strategy he reportedly forged in the last two weeks, Tagg and investors in Tagg Romney’s firm, Solamere…

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October 25, 2012

Country / Culture / Current Events / Fiction / Gender / Government / Politics / Rachel Hockett - Articles / Relationships / Sexuality / Society

A Cautionary Tale

This is a work of fiction--but not a fantasy--based on a possible outcome of the November 6 U.S. election.

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October 25, 2012

Alternative Healing/ Holistic Medicine / Paranormal / Physics / Spirituality

Practice Safe Spiritualism (use protection): Part 1

Mother Earth has given us an enormous tool box to work with. And it’s up to us to learn about the different options given, and how they can help us in our journey.

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October 20, 2012