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Date Sent: 2011-03-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, March 3, 2011 AM edition |
US: 22 new charges against WikiLeaks soldier -- Supreme Court: Raucous funeral picketers allowed
Court hears argument over post-9/11 arrest -- Sen. Dodd to be chief lobbyist for motion pictures group -- $5 Gasoline Would be One Ingredient of a Toxic Brew -- 97% of All U.S. Mortgages are Backed by the Government --
China "Attacks Dollar" - Moves To Further Cement Renminbi Reserve
Currency Status -- Dangerous New Organism Found and Linked to GMOs! -- College student
files lawsuit claiming FBI's GPS tracking of his car violated his civil
rights -- Replacement execution drug ample, but has issues -- ACLU Challenges Courthouse Ban on
Protected Speech -- Doug Casey on Labor Unions -- Prosecution of Ray McGovern is Dropped -- How Safe Is Your Physical
Gold? -- Indiana Judge Forces Newspapers to Rat Out Anonymous
Posters -- Ron Paul vs. Hillary Clinton on
Supporting Dictators -- Update: $1436.10 an ounce: Gold hits record
$1,432.57 an ounce -- By Tuning a Laser to Pull Rather Than Push,
Researchers Design a Working Tractor Beam -- Cornell
Fabrication Lab Makes Edible Objects With 3-D Printer -- Middle
East Conflict and an Internet Tipping Point
AZ: AGORA I/O Viewing Event! March
25, 2011, Phoenix, AZ
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News Link • Whistleblowers
U.S. files 22 new charges against WikiLeaks soldier
03-02-2011
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Reuters
The U.S. military said it has brought 22 new charges against a soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents that were later published by the website WikiLeaks.
Bradley Manning, a former intelligence analy
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News Link • Activism
Supreme Court: Raucous funeral picketers allowed
03-02-2011
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AP
The court "made it clear that someone saying your feelings are hurt cannot trump the right for anybody be in the public debate," Phelps said. The ruling sounds the "death knell to almost all the laws the states have passed" restricting the church's f
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Court hears argument over post-9/11 arrest
03-02-2011
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AP
The Supreme Court considered whether to allow former Attorney General John Ashcroft to be sued for an American Muslim's post-Sept. 11 arrest and detention using a law intended to make sure witnesses testify in criminal proceedings, a move a couple of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Dodd to be chief lobbyist for motion pictures group
03-02-2011
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Rawstory
Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) will be the next CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. Dodd, 66, will replace current MPAA CEO Dan Glickman as chief of the leading lobbying and trade group for the movies and television industry.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Propaganda
The Protocols of the Learned Elders of OPEC
03-02-2011
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AntiWar.com / Justin Raimondo
So, you thought the economic crisis we are currently experiencing was caused by loose monetary policy, loose economic regulation, or just plain loose morals by the likes of Goldman Sachs and associated plutocrats? Wrong!
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Energy
$5 Gasoline Would be One Ingredient of a Toxic Brew
03-02-2011
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CNBC.com
The shock from higher oil prices can have some near term impacts but it also works with a lag of about a year. For instance, he points out that the personal saving rate typically declines as consumers respond to gasoline price spikes.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
97% of All U.S. Mortgages are Backed by the Government
03-02-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
The invidious cowards who inhabit Washington are unwilling to restructure the largest banks and GSEs. The reluctance comes partly from what truths restructuring will reveal. As a result, these same large zombie banks and the U.S. economy will...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Admin to Concoct Phony ePeople for Propaganda
03-02-2011
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fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/
According to an article in Computerworld, the Obama administration has contracted for the development of software that could create multiple fake social media profiles to manipulate and sway public opinion on controversial issues.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
China "Attacks Dollar" - Moves To Further Cement Renminbi Reserve Currency Status
03-02-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Obviously, a reserve currency would be not only extremely useful, but quite critical in achieving the goal of China's conversion to an inwardly focused, middle-class reliant society.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Dangerous New Organism Found and Linked to GMOs!
03-02-2011
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Farm Wars
Genetically modified genes can jump species via wounds, yes horizontal gene transfer happens, and at high frequencies; it is the greatest, most underestimated hazard from GMOs released into the environment. (Dr. Mae-Wan Ho)
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
College student files lawsuit claiming FBI's GPS tracking of his car violated his civil rights
03-02-2011
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AP
A community college student who says he's never done anything that should attract the interest of federal law enforcement officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the FBI for secretly putting a GPS tracking device on his car.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Death Penalty
Replacement execution drug ample, but has issues
03-02-2011
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AP
On paper, the drug that states are increasingly counting on to replace a sedative used in executions shares several drawbacks with the one that's no longer readily available.
Both were intended for other uses. Each was or is made by only one compa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Socialism
Kowloon Walled City Start in Caracas
03-02-2011
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New York Times
Squatters, who live on 28 stories, have created order within the skyscraper. Sentries with walkie-talkies guard entrances. Each inhabited floor has electricity, jury-rigged to the grid, and water is transported from the ground floor.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Free Speech
ACLU Challenges Courthouse Ban on Protected Speech
03-02-2011
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ACLU of Florida
The ACLU of Florida today filed a legal challenge to an Administrative Order entered by Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr. of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. The Order bans protected speech on the Orange County and Osceola County Courthouse complexes. The ACL
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Media: Radio
USDA’s National Organics Program In the Crosshairs!
03-02-2011
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Farm Wars
The USDA’s National Organics Program (NOP) is designed so that GMOs can enter USDA Certified Organics.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Samsung creates full-color quantum dot display
03-02-2011
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Terrence Aym
The next generation of full-color displays has arrived. The researchers at Samsung Electronics have managed to create quantum dots for a breakthrough display that pushes the envelope of the technology and promises less energy usage while providing a
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Terrence Aym
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Opinion • Police State
Ray McGovern: My Take
Prosecution of Ray McGovern is Dropped
03-02-2011
Ray McGovern
He stood silently with his back turned to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she delivered her address on Feb. 15 at George Washington University, in which she insisted other governments around the world not stifle free expression.
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
How Safe Is Your Physical Gold?
Jeff Clark
One of my best friends recently discovered, to his shock and dismay, that five one-ounce gold coins had been stolen from his home. I feel especially bad because I had encouraged him to buy some physical metal, giving him some tips and pointing him to
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Indiana Judge Forces Newspapers to Rat Out Anonymous Posters
03-02-2011
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maximumpc.com
Marion County's Superior Court Judge S.K. Reid set what could become a precedent by being the first Indiana judge to rule on whether or not media outlets are forced to disclose names and/or other personal information of anonymous posters on their we
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The Unwinding Of Many American's Cherished Delusions
03-02-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
They cling with frantic energy to their delusions, and are ready to uncork anger to express their fear of a future stripped of quasi-religious promises. By that I mean Americans' faith in their Savior State is near-religious: most cannot grasp...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Gun Rights
Public Sector Unions: Not as Advertised
03-02-2011
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Pajamas Media
Some public employee unions have a hidden agenda: promoting gun control.
Since justifiable homicides occur “during the commission of a felony,” armed citizens reduce the need for prison space " and additional staff " by eliminating criminals who may
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
Door To Door Atheism
09-02-2009
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youtube
Tired of religious proselytizers waking him up EARLY on Saturday mornings, this man goes to Salt Lake City to wake Mormons up early on Saturday mornings and preach Atheism - with white shirts, black ties, and bicycles.
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G Cone
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News Link • World News
Scott Horton on Fox Business Channel
03-02-2011
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Antiwar.com
Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton appeared tonight (02/28) on Fox Business Channel’s Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano. The topic is Libya. Freedom Watch airs at 8pm ET and 11pm ET, Monday through Friday.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Update: $1436.10 an ounce: Gold hits record $1,432.57 an ounce
03-02-2011
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RawStory.com
Update: $1436.10 an ounce: Gold struck a new record at $1,432.57 an ounce Tuesday as worries spread that the surging price of oil could fuel inflation and dampen economic growth.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
By Tuning a Laser to Pull Rather Than Push, Researchers Design a Working Tractor Beam
03-02-2011
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popsci.com
There’s no escaping it: though the tractor beam is a staple of sci-fi space-faring scenarios, it’s also extremely counter-intuitive.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
An Amazing Pic of Discovery Docking with the ISS, Taken from Earth
03-02-2011
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popsci.com
This is an image of the Space Shuttle Discovery taken from the ground, no easy feat in itself. But it wasn’t taken by an observatory or a massive scientific instrument.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Lenovo Demonstrates Eye-Tracking Laptop for Stare-Controlled Computing
03-02-2011
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popsci.com
Lenovo and Swedish eye-control company Tobii have teamed up for a laptop prototype that uses eye-tracking tech to trigger certain actions on the computer.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Cornell Fabrication Lab Makes Edible Objects With 3-D Printer
03-02-2011
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popsci.com
Here at PopSci we often write about emerging technologies like 3-D printing, perhaps almost as often as we write about space launches and rocket ships. And every now and then the use of high-tech gadgetry in the kitchen gives us reason to write about
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News Link • Energy
Add Just a Bit of Water To Tiny Canisters And Power Fuel Cells on the Go
03-02-2011
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popsci.com
Think of it as fuel for a fuel cell; just add water.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Middle East Conflict and an Internet Tipping Point
03-02-2011
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technologyreview.com
Social media sites have played a huge role in the prodemocracy surge"but states have also been very good at using technology to suppress their people.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A One-Hour Cancer Detector
03-02-2011
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technologyreview.com
A device that plugs into a smart phone lets clinicians diagnose cancer from the bedside.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Google: We’re Working to Help Good Sites Caught by Spam Cleanup
03-02-2011
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wired.com
When Google updated its algorithm late last week to weed out low-quality content factories from the top of search results, the changes didn’t sit well with all.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Free Speech
STUNNER: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Baptist Church Hate Mongers
03-02-2011
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http://drscoundrels.com
Supreme Court hands down a ruling that defies any sense of civility, common sense or compassion. It is not the American way.
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James Hyde
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News Link • Food
30% of Oklahoma Children Now Participate In Food Stamp Program
03-02-2011
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tulsaworld.com
During fiscal 2010, almost 800,000 Oklahomans received food stamps - a record-breaking year. DHS distributed $865 million in food benefits, a 46 percent increase over the previous year and double the amount distributed five years ago.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
House passes two-week budget extension, averting gov’t shutdown for now
03-02-2011
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RawStory.com
In a 335 to 91 vote, the House on Tuesday approved a package of legislation that would reduce spending by $8 billion and still provide funding for Congress through March 18.
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News Link • Energy
Celente: Great 21 century war looming, Egypt & Libya just brush fires
03-02-2011
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prisonplanet.com
The Middle East protests have fueled more than just a change in Democracy; it looks like these political outbursts will affect the gas pump as well.
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News Link • Military
14 Potential Justifications For An Invasion Of Libya
03-02-2011
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prisonplanet.com
14 Potential Justifications For An Invasion Of Libya By The U.S. Military That Are Currently Being Floated In The Mainstream Media
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News Link • Military
Russian Military Claims Libya Air Strikes Did Not Happen
03-02-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Images from space suggest attack was contrived to create pretext for “humanitarian” military intervention
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News Link • Future Predictions
Rolling Stone Magazine Profile On Alex Jones: “Most Paranoid Man In America”
03-02-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Rolling Stone’s profile of Alex Jones is a largely positive and accurate exploration of Jones’ personal history and the factors that continue to drive and motivate his work today.
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News Link • Government
The New Geometry and the New Math
03-02-2011
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lewrockwell.com
For a number of years, I have been writing and speaking about the decentralizing forces that are bringing about the collapse of our highly-structured, institutionalized society.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope: Jews Are Not Responsible For The Death Of Jesus
03-02-2011
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RawStory.com
In the second book in his series Jesus of Nazareth, set for release on March 10, Pope Benedict XVI says that the Jews are not collectively responsible for the death of Jesus Christ, reports the Associated Press.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks, ‘the Internet’ among record number of Nobel Peace Price nominees
03-02-2011
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RawStory.com
Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, the Internet and a Russian human rights activist are among a record 241 nominations for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
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News Link • Internet
Ask Google Translate “Who are the Terrorists?”
03-02-2011
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jaraad.wordpress.com
If you used Google translate to translate from English to Arabic or vice versa you know how bad the translation is, especially when you translate an entire paragraph or article.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
An important ruling on foreign financial accounts
03-02-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
US tax code and offshore regulations are great examples. Current law requires US taxpayers to report ownership interest and signature authority over foreign financial accounts (“FFAs”) if the total value of those FFAs exceeds $10,000.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Richard Russell: Dead Nation Walking
03-02-2011
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321gold.com
The cover of the magazine reads, "Would You Invest In a Company that lost $2 trillion last year, and has a net worth of a negative $44 trillion?"
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Precious Metals
Morgan Opens Gold Window
03-02-2011
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dailybell.com
Earlier this month, J.P. Morgan made an important announcement that received scant coverage in the media: the bank would now accept gold as collateral for loans.
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News Link • Religion: Non-Believers - Atheists
No True Scotsman
03-02-2011
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youtube.com
A response to the critics who commented on my recent videos " 'atheism as congruence' and 'transition to atheism' " that, because I am now an atheist, I was never the christian child I claimed to be.
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News Link • Activism
Musicians 4 Freedom Submits THEY LIVE Satire to Infowars Contest
03-02-2011
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Sharlene Holt, Musicians for Freedom
In our video satire of John Carpenter's cult conspiracy classic movie, They Live, we portray the world that the bankstering cartel has built in black and white; the real world, in color, is viewed only when the audience wears sunglasses!
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News Link • Events: Arizona
AGORA I/O Viewing Event! March 25, 2011 -- Phoenix, AZ
03-02-2011
Agora I/O is a new un-conference where you’ll find the greatest people, ideas and tools for advancing liberty. Agora I/O happens online, so anyone can participate! http://agora.io
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Atlas Shrugged Movie
03-01-2011
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www.atlasshruggedpart1.com
Atlas Shrugged is only playing in select locations, but if you demand it they might show it in your area. Get Involved to have it show in your area.
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