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[page is torn] increase in violence around the country comes at a perilous time for many as the country teeters on the brink of a civil war.

Between advocates for civil liberties, religious groups, medical and science groups and a depressed nation with almost 30% unemployment and nothing to lose, things around here seem to be getting worse by the minute.