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Sci-fi author Steve Bellinger dropped by to discuss his book "The Chronocar - An Urban Adventure In Time".

Mr. Bellinger takes us back to 1919 Chicago, using a device first invented by the son of a former slave in the 19th Century. This compelling book has a sequel entitled "Time Waits For No One - The Chronocar Chronicles"

Mr. Bellinger and his wife, Dr. Donna Smith Bellinger, have authored many books of different genres.

To learn more about The Chronocar Chronicles, please visit Bellinger Books or the soon to be active Steve Bellinger

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Good friend of the podcast, John McDonald, dropped in to discuss his new venture as a stand-up comedian.  We know John to be a naturally funny man and to have the gift of organization, which he employs in this new journey.  We also acknowledge the courage it would take to stand up in front of an audience and try and make them laugh with nothing between he and they but a microphone.

If you happen to be in the Hudson Valley, NY area, look for John at these upcoming events:

July 24th - Georgie O's in Hyde Park, NY 

October 3rd - Eleven 11 Grill in Fishkill, NY

October 11th - Comedy Night fundraiser at the Millbrook Fire Department, Millbrook, NY

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The Declaration of Independence read by William Sadler

To introduce a new YouTube channel @AmericanHedgemaster

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

 Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

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Award-winning Sci-fi author Debbie Bishop stopped by to discuss her newest book Pillywiggin Awakening: The Complete Story Arc Books 1 &2. Look for it from June 26th onward. This engaging sci-fi book is best described as fae hide among humans, boys are on the verge of becoming dragon food, and survival depends on one powerful truth: no one is coming to save you - you must become your own hero!

Look for this and other works from Debbie at https://www.debbiebishop.com/

Debbie is also the host of a creative writers podcast on Youtube @by.storytellers

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Frank S. Joseph is the author of the award winning The Chicago Trilogy. Set in three separate eras, he draws on his own experiences growing up in Chicago.  

Mr. Joseph was a reporter for the Associated Press, covering the riots during the Democratic Convention in 1968. Later, he served as an editor for the Washington Post during the Watergate era.

The Chicago Trilogy focuses on the unlikely friendships formed in Chicago among children of different races and religions.  To learn more about the books in the trilogy, please visit FrankJoseph.com

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After 45 years as a well-sought after Dog Groomer, Nancy Butterfield proves that talent to be an expressive art form. She stopped by to describe the ups and downs of her business, the breeds she likes the most, and the attachments that grew between herself and her customers over her career.

She also discussed her latest career promoting art events in Westchester, NY and recycling and reinventing vintage clothing as The Hippie Chick.

To learn more about her work, visit her page on Instagram @hippie_chick_vintage_ny/

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Peter Ticktin is the  Senior Partner at The Ticktin Law Group in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where he practices across multiple areas, including family law, business litigation, personal injury, foreclosure defense, and employment law.

Mr. Ticktin is also a longtime friend of President Donald Trump, having attended New York Military Academy with the President. He is the author of the book What Makes Trump Tick: My Years with Donald Trump from New York Military Academy To the Present

Mr. Ticktin started out fighting for justice for AIDS patients in the 1980's to his current fight for free and fair elections today, including the current case to free Tina Peters, who recently received clemency in Colorado.

Mr. Ticktin has thrown his hat in the ring for the post of Attorney General.

To learn more about Peter Ticktin visit LegalBrains.com

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In his immersive fantasy trilogy "The City Of Magicians", author Peter Gribble has created a world that pits a society based on pacifism and reliance on magic with outside forces bent on conquering that society.

Broken down into three separate books; Threat, Within, and Quickening, Mr. Gribble challenges whether the old adage "the pen is mightier than the sword" can hold true against outside forces bent on violence.

In  this episode, Mr. Gribble hints at more of the story to come. To learn more about this award-winning trilogy, please visit www.PeterGribble.com

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Dr. Amy Butterfield Tozzo came by to discuss her approach to dealing with autism with her son, Leo.  Her career in education spans over 20 years, with an emphasis in special education and as a specialist for the learning disabled.

With her youngest son on the spectrum, she has worked with him on an exciting new project making custom candles and soaps, enabling him to find fulfillment in a potential career, as well as a means to develop his social skills.  To learn more about this fantastic business, please visit A Leo Creation.

In addition to her work with the learning disabled, Dr. Tozzo works with her husband Dr. William Tozzo and Dr. Yeap Ban Har on a course which helps teachers and aspiring teachers hone their skills in teaching Mathematics. To learn more about their project, please visit 3R Teacher Training

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Best selling author William Bernhardt stopped by to discuss his upcoming new release "The Superman Wars: The Battle For Truth, Justice, And An American Icon".

Releasing this April 28th, the book sheds light on the decades long fight by Jerry Siegel, the co-creator of the Superman character, to reclaim the credit and justice taken by corporations as they built a multi-billion dollar industry around his creation.

William Bernhardt is the best selling author of over 60 books and is a former attorney, which offers the reader a unique perspective on the legal and human stakes behind one of pop culture’s most iconic figures.

You can read more about, and pre-order, the book HERE

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