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Sun Nov 2, 2014, 07:46 AM Nov 2014

Planet of the Living Dead (Halloween 2014) | Mickey Z.


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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

Oct. 23, 2014

"The only thing we have to fear…”

- the guy who signed Executive Order 9066


Halloween is an odd holiday. The ostensible concept -- as it has evolved to become -- is to shock, startle, frighten, petrify, horrify, and/or terrify... all while consuming enough high fructose corn syrup to keep the American Dental Association content for another century or two.

Step away from the candy corn…

Every year, as Oct. 31 nears, loyal consumers squander a small fortune to adorn their soon-to-be-foreclosed-upon abodes with Made-in-China images of tombstones, skulls, ghouls, goblins, monsters, zombies, and even the occasional bloody severed limb or two. But let's face it, none of these cardboard depictions remotely compare to the real-life horrors we passively accept as normal.

Who needs Dracula when we've got ruling-class vampires sucking us dry -- stealing not only our blood but also our jobs, homes, health, and future?

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