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Date Sent: 2012-02-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, February 7, 2012 AM edition |
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners -- Bradley Manning to Face All Charges in Court-Martial
Obama says U.S. working ‘in lockstep’ with Israel on Iran -- Arizona State University unblocks Change.org after outcry --
Red-light cameras boost coffers, rile drivers -- Miami-Dade Cop Who
Arrested Me Is A Media Spokesperson -- Muslim man: My workplace quip made me a terror suspect -- Hacked E-Mails "Reveal Meeting" Between Nick Griffin and Ron Paul --
Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic
glacier -- Rational Defense in a World Gone Mad - by L. Neil Smith -- Judge sets trial date in Loudoun school-tardiness case -- D.C. workers face firing for unemployment fraud -- Guns and Self-Defense -- Major Obama Donors Tied to Fugitive Who Fled to Mexico -- Autonomous Quadrotors Fly Amazing Formations -- Ron Paul's Nevada Economic Press Conference - VIDEO -- A Survivalist Plan of Action and a Survivalist Mindset -- MAULDIN:
The US Still Faces Huge Problems, And In Just 3 Years We'll Be Italy -- The Gigantic Conspiracy To Inflate Jobs Numbers In America -- The Soviets Had Big Plans For This Enormous Nuclear Equipped
Ekranoplane -- WHAT NEXT? The Incredible History Of Secretive Swiss
Banking -- This 13-Acre Island Right Next To New York City Has Been
Abandoned Since 1963 -- The Drones Are Coming Home
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners
02-06-2012
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by Glenn Greenwald (Salon)
The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals. Just days after President Obama claimed that the drone campaign in Pakistan was a “targeted, focused effort” that “ha
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning to Face All Charges in Court-Martial
02-06-2012
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www.wired.com
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning is headed for a general court-martial, according to the commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington in an announcement released late Friday.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Obama says U.S. working ‘in lockstep’ with Israel on Iran
02-06-2012
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AFP
President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans over the threat posed by Iran, saying the United States was working “in lockstep” with Israel to bring Tehran to heel over its suspect nuclear program.
Obama said the Islamic republic was “feelin
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Arizona State University unblocks Change.org after outcry
02-06-2012
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Rawstory
Arizona State University announced Saturday that it would no longer block the popular online petition website Change.org after receiving a flood of complaints from students and others.
“The university acknowledges and understands the expression of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Red-light cameras boost coffers, rile drivers
02-06-2012
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San Francisco Chronicle
Anyone in California snapped violating a red light pays a fine of $480, and according to the traffic-watch site TheNewspaper.com, no other jurisdiction anywhere has a tab that high. The second-highest fine in the United States is $250, and it is usua
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Miami-Dade Cop Who Arrested Me Is A Media Spokesperson
02-06-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The Miami-Dade police officer who had me arrested as I was covering the Occupy Miami eviction is a public information officer, meaning it is her job to deal with the media. You would think Major Nancy Perez would have known better than to single out
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Muslim man: My workplace quip made me a terror suspect
02-06-2012
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A casual text message to work colleagues encouraging them to ''blow away'' the competition at a trade show allegedly plunged a Muslim man into a terrorism probe. Telecommunications sales manager Saad Allami says the innocent message, aimed at pumping
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hacked E-Mails "Reveal Meeting" Between Nick Griffin and Ron Paul (COMMENTS)
02-06-2012
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Political Scrapbook
Anonymous hackers infiltrated the website of the racist American Third Position Party (A3P) and an affiliated message board, WhiteNewsNow. The data dump which followed suggests Paul’s campaign team and A3P share more members than he’d like to admit.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic glacier
02-06-2012
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Washington Post
Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never-before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica. “Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lak
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Rational Defense in a World Gone Mad - by L. Neil Smith
02-06-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Always attack in perpendicular fashion, from an unconventional and unexpected (but relevant!) direction. The enemy will be unprepared; you can strike him with your full strength while he finds nothing to attack effectively.
"L. Neil Smith
So
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Wicked Game: Pawns and Passion
02-06-2012
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Sharlene Holt, Musicians 4 Freedom
Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl was full of Illuminati symbolism. Have you investigated the significance of the checkered floor, the black and white checkered pattern you see on the new IRS building in Maryland?
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Sharlene Holt
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Judge sets trial date in Loudoun school-tardiness case
02-06-2012
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Washington Post
Amy and Mark Denicore are headed to a full-blown trial to defend themselves against charges that they violated Virginia law by making their kids late to elementary school too often. The Loudoun County couple was arraigned in juvenile and domestic rel
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
When it comes to tardiness, shouldn’t the punishment fit the crime?
02-06-2012
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Washington Post
I was late delivering the carpool kids to school. I was late filing this column. And no matter how hard I try, I will likely be late to my parent-teacher conference. I am perpetually fighting the tardy gene. But I’ve never been hauled into criminal c
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
D.C. workers face firing for unemployment fraud
02-06-2012
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Washington Post
Nearly 90 District government employees were placed on [paid vacation] in a prelude to their potential firing and prosecution after officials determined they had received fraudulent unemployment benefits while holding their city jobs. Another 60 or s
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Guns and Self-Defense
02-06-2012
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The Agitator
A new Cato study finds 5,000 incidents from 2003-2008 in which a gun was used in self defense. But the authors point out that even that figure likely low-balls the real number.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Major Obama Donors Tied to Fugitive Who Fled to Mexico
02-06-2012
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New York Times
Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama’s re-election campaign.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Welcome to the O.D.D. People Club - by Neale Osborn
02-06-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Oppositional Defiance Disorder. A wonderful new disease. Now, if you oppose eauthority figures for philosophical reasons, and will not compromise your standards, you are mentally ill. If you oppose certain government programs, such as TSA sexual assa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
The Pseudo-Courage of Chris Kyle
02-06-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
That kind of courage, which is conspicuous in danger and enterprise, if devoid of justice, is absolutely undeserving of the name of valor. It should rather be considered as a brutal fierceness outraging every principle of humanity. "
Cicero, The
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Autonomous Quadrotors Fly Amazing Formations
02-06-2012
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www.wired.com
Roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP are able to get as many as 20 of their autonomous microcopters to fly in formation and perform complex maneuvers flawlessly.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Geography
10 Breathtaking Viewing Platforms Worldwide
02.06.2012
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THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY
It is exhilarating to stand on top of the world admiring the natural beauty of our planet spread beneath us. Bone-chilling ravines, steep cliffs, thundering waterfalls, snow-clad peaks or serene rivers, nature has been very kind to us. You need not b
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Bosko Mastilovic
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News Link • Food
Monsanto Closing Operations in Britain Due to Opposition to GMO Food
02-06-2012
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earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
Monsanto made its decision public shortly before the British government’s final announcement on the prospects for GM food, and after research in Britain found GM farming would have long-term negative impacts.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Was Just A Warm Up Act For The Economic Horror Show That Is Coming
02-06-2012
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www.theeconomiccollapseblog.com
The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
400 Chernobyls: Solar Flares, EMP, and Nuclear Armageddon
02-06-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
There are nearly 450 nuclear reactors in the world, with hundreds more either under construction or in the planning stages. There are 104 of these reactors in the USA and 195 in Europe.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Book Release! Armageddon Medicine Now Available
02-06-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
Quite importantly, Dr. Koelker discusses some topics not found in mainstream texts. For example, she describes in detail how to obtain alternative antibiotics during situations where access to pharmacies is limited or non-existent.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Video Update: Ron Paul Interview & Minnesota Speech from CNN
02-06-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Ron Paul is delieving a great speech in Minnesota.....on CNN with no commercials and I bet it's gonna be an hour long.....
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Precinct 1677 Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada
02-06-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
There weren't enough volunteers to chair the 31 separate precincts at Silverado High Schol, so I took it upon myself to go to the 20 precinct meetings without a caucus chair to get someoneone to volunteer, and then train them on how to run a meeting.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul's Nevada Economic Press Conference - VIDEO
02-06-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Great Video. Ron Paul discusses in more detail his economic plans, especially how it relates to the specific problems facing Nevada.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Prepping for Less and for the First Time Prepper
02-06-2012
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Survivalblog.com
There are several things that many of my non-prepper, and less well-to-do friends, say that prevents them from prepping.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
A Survivalist Plan of Action and a Survivalist Mindset
02-06-2012
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Survivalblog.com
In this paper I will discuss some planning considerations for establishing a Survival Plan of Action (SPA) and the survivalist mind set. Your skills and abilities are tools in the tool box (your mind).
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Inventions
14 Incredible Women To Watch In Silicon Valley
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Last week we revealed our annual Silicon Valley 100 list of people doing the coolest things in tech.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Mark Zuckerberg's Dentist Dad May Be Worth ~ $60,000,000
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Edward, a dentist in Dobbs Ferry New York, loaned his son the money. In return, he was granted 2,000,000 shares of Facebook.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
MAULDIN: The US Still Faces Huge Problems, And In Just 3 Years We'll Be Italy
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Things not only must change, they will change. Either we will make the difficult choices or those changes will be forced by the market. And the longer we put off the difficult choices, the more painful the consequences.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
The Gigantic Conspiracy To Inflate Jobs Numbers In America
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
After that strong jobs report on Friday, radio host Rush Limbaugh blasted the "corrupt" data, which he claimed were a total lie.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
A Bunch Of Cool Things I Just Learned About The Commercialization Of Space...
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Virgin Galactic, Space Adventures, etc., are opening space to normal people. Or, at least, to normal people with $200,000 to blow on a brief trip to sub-space (Virgin Galactic) or $50 million to blow on an actual space trip (Space Adventures.)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • World News
The Soviets Had Big Plans For This Enormous Nuclear Equipped Ekranoplane
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
In the thick of the Cold War, the Soviet Union built an immense vessel to carry their troops across the seas and into Western Europe.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
WHAT NEXT? The Incredible History Of Secretive Swiss Banking
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Thanks to movies and television shows, swiss banking has become virtually synonamous with secrecy and shady dealings.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
This 13-Acre Island Right Next To New York City Has Been Abandoned Since 1963
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Ian Ference, a photographer and historian living in New York, has spent nearly four years documenting the remains of North Brother Island, a 13-acre piece of land sandwiched between Riker's Island and the Bronx in the East River that's been abandoned
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
The Drones Are Coming Home
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
The past decade has seen unprecedented growth in the number of U.S. drones flying the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan. With unfettered access to the air space and rapidly advancing technology, the American UAV fleet has swelled beyond what was imagin
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
A Complete Breakdown Of The 2012 Mayan Apocalypse
02-06-2012
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www.businessinsider.com
Did the Mayans predict the end of the world? That belief is very much in dispute. The Mayan "long count" calendar progresses using a cycle of approximately 394 years known as a baktun; the calendar ends after the 13th baktun, which closes on Dec. 21
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP Vice Chair Orders Centralized Re-Count For Vegas/Clark County.
02-05-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Clark County GOP vice chairman Woody Stroupe told The Associated Press late Saturday that party officials were recounting every ballot cast in Nevada’s most populous county to ensure the accuracy of the tally.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
U.S. and Israel Set Stage for False Flag and Iran Attack
02-05-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Events over the last several days reveal that the United States and Israel plan to conduct a false flag terror event to be blamed on Iran. The event will likely occur within the next six months and will result in an attack on Iran prior to the Novemb
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Indiana GOP Secretary of State guilty of voter fraud
02-05-2012
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www.rawstory.com
Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R) was convicted of six felony charges Saturday morning, including three counts of voter fraud, according to The Indianapolis Star.
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