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Age-Related

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Age-related memory loss strikes everyone, and up until now you had few options.

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Agony

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Don’t just sit there and wring your hands while they suffer the agony of hip fracture…

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All the Kings’s

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All the King’s Horses and all the Kings Men Couldn’t Put the Economy Back Together Again.

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Bedridden

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Doctors just shook their heads about Bert, bedridden with 4 torn disks …

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Bring to its Knees

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Washington is about to bring Wall Street to its KNEES …

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Continue to Decline

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The current supply of refined petroleum products will continue to decline in the foreseeable future!

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Destabilizes

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Every one of these attacks on oil supplies, further destabilizes the global oil market … and pushes oil prices higher.

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Dog on a leash

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They want you to be like a dog on a leash. The minute the dog starts to think for themselves and do some exploring the leash gets jerked back.

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Falling for it

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The saddest fact of all is the medical profession is falling for it, allowing itself to be manipulated into acting as an accessory to this crime.

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Fried

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You just know that for every high profile case like this, a thousand SMALLER FISH are getting fried.

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Full Tilt

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Oil refineries are already running at FULL TILT.

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Fool’s Game

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It’s a fool’s game. A game nobody can win.

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Getting Old

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Sorry Marge, you’re getting old …

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Ground Planes

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But don’t worry, the FAA has a back-up plan. Namely, to ground planes until the repairs are made.

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Helpless

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You can stand by helplessly as they gut your savings …

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Homeless

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You can’t imagine how horrible life on the street is for a homeless kid…

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Cry

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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…

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Inevitable

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Why these seven inevitable crises virtually GUARANTEE you’ll be 50% POORER by next New Year’s Day: You’re only hope – take action NOW!

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Dwindling

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Because ground oil supplies are rapidly dwindling …

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Floundering

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Even as Winstar was floundering, Grubman never seemed to notice.

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Fundamental Forces

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Because the bankruptcy crisis is being driven by powerful fundamental forces that the authorities do not control.

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Impaired

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They tested this compound on people with brain circulation so impaired, many were already suffering mini-strokes…

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Locked In

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But they are largely oblivious to these locked-in trends, and the investments that will soar are selling cheap.

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Maxed-Out

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Oil transportation capacity is maxed-out!

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Mental Decline

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Loved ones need not suffer mental decline! NOT ANYMORE!

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Naïve

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These poor naïve souls trusted Saloman and Grubman.

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No additional supply

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OPEC states, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL SUPPLY.

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Nothing

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Oil Minister Chakib Khelil stated that the OPEC can do nothing regarding oil prices…

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Numb

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If your feet get colder more easily, your head is probably growing numb too…

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Overpowering

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And overpowering prostate cancer with Melatonin?

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Paralyzed

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And he was renowned for his work with “hopelessly” paralyzed children…

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Placed Their Faith

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Thousands of men with prostate cancer placed their faith in this product…

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Pressured

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I don’t EVER want you to be pressured into having a bypass operation or…

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Punch-drunk prizefighter

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The economic world was already staggering like a punch-drunk prizefighter …

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Resigned

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For years, they quietly resigned themselves to miseries just like yours.

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Run out of juice

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Your neurons run out of juice… Yes! Just like a car battery.

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Sacrificed

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Your retirement is being systematically sacrificed on the altar of economic expediency.

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Severe Shortage

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… the shortage of refined products is destined to become even more severe for years to come.

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Shutdown

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Russian oil giant, Yukos, shut down 60% of its oil production and prices surged.

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Side-Effects

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Now those side-effects are beginning to strike … and, the doctor has run out of new drugs!

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Sleepwalking

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Sleepwalking Toward Bankruptcy!

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Slump

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Gary’s sex life and career were in a slump.

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Spreading like wildfire

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Look around you: it’s already spreading like wildfire. We are also witnessing a surge in business failures.

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Surrender

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You can surrender to those who have vowed to destroy your wealth …

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Throw in the towel

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So frustrated … you were tempted to throw in the towel.

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Trouble-making intestines

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… unpredictable stomach and troublemaking intestines, every day.

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Uphill Battle

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Most investors are destined to fight an uphill battle just to stay even with where they are right now.

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Unexplained

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Unexplained – “I strongly recommend Probiotic Advantage if you have unexplained GI discomfort.

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Unstoppable

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Please remember: This tidal wave of personal bankruptcies is absolutely unstoppable.

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Unsuspecting

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Meanwhile, millions of unsuspecting investors, blissfully ignorant of how corrupt Washington’s budget numbers are …

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Unwary

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You are now the target of what will be the bloodiest slaughter of unwary of investors ever.

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Unwitting

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Enron’s massive accounting fraud essentially killed the company and cost unwitting investors billions – up to 99.9% of their invested wealth.

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War

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There won’t be a war going on inside your body that makes you sit in a chair for an hour after dinner and wait for the Battle of the Belly to be over.

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Weak and Tired

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Too many meatless meals can leave your mind feeling weak and tired …

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When Pigs Fly

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When Pigs Fly … so, unless pigs grow wings, you can pretty much count on gas prices soaring.

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