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Date Sent: 2012-04-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, April 18, 2012 PM edition |
U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
A Review of Charles Goyette’s Red and Blue and Broke All Over: Restoring America’s Free Economy -- How The Establishment Wrecked a State Assembly -- TSA grope: 'It left me no doubt about her sexual preference' -- D.C. fires workers in unemployment benefits probe -- 04-18-12 - Erik Voorhees-Zachary Arnold-Matt Whitlock-(Video
& MP3 Loaded) -- Bottom-Bouncing Economy -- Naked man protests TSA
at Portland Airport -- GOP Unveils Plan to Gut Food Stamp Program -- Ron Paul says he'd protect Bradley Manning and other whistleblowers -- Romney and Mormonism's socialist history - how might faith-based guilt for his success guide him -- Global military machine: Rise of Russia and China -- EU may reject anti-piracy ACTA -- Citigroup shareholders vote
against top executives’ pay packages at annual meeting -- YPF oil: Spain
threatens retaliation against Argentina -- Ron Paul: 'My ultimate goal remains to repeal the 16th Amendment' -- Australian PM Announces Early Afghan Exit -- House Intel Chair: Google Secretly Backs CISPA -- NATO Talks Major US Offensive in Afghan Capital --
Both Sides Claim Violations, But Syria Ceasefire Mostly Intact -- 25
Signs That Middle Class Families Have Been Targeted For Extinction -- Video-Black Military Helicopters Conduct Covert Exercises Over Chicago -- Bitcoin: The Libertarian Introduction - by Erik Voorhees
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
04-18-2012
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Los Angeles Times
The 82nd Airborne Division soldiers arrived in Afghanistan's Zabol province. The paratroopers posed for photos next to Afghan police, grinning while some held " and others squatted beside " the corpse's severed legs.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Big Brother America: Government Preparing for the End of the Federal Reserve Charter in 2013
04-18-2012
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Occupy Corporatism dot com via e-mail
In December of 2013, the Federal Reserve Charter will come to an end. The monetary enslavement created by Woodrow Wilson and the Central Bankers will come to a close.
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Reported by:
Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economics: Austrian
A Review of Charles Goyette’s Red and Blue and Broke All Over: Restoring America’s Free Economy
04-18-2012
Tim Kelly is graduate of George Mason University. He is a political cartoonist, a policy advisor and columnist for the Future of Freedom Foundation and a producer/correspondent for Radio America’s Special Investigator.
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Reported by:
Charles Goyette
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
How The Establishment Wrecked a State Assembly
04-18-2012
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https://GreenDragonTavern.com
The backroom dealings of the El Paso county Colorado establishment almost (and possibly might) wreck the results of Colorado's 2012 State Assembly.
This is a long and complicated trail that started years ago. I won't go into all the hist
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Tres Melton
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
'Skyfall': On The Set Of The James Bond Movie With Daniel Craig
04-18-2012
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news.moviefone.com
The "Skyfall" set is enormous -" not only has it taken over the standard 007 stage, named in honor of the late "Dr. No" producer Cubby Broccoli, but it's extended right around the block and into a life-size replica of an abandoned Japanese city
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
'It left me no doubt about her sexual preference':
04-18-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Israel supermodel, Bar Refaeli, felt violated after airport pat down by female security guard
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
D.C. fires workers in unemployment benefits probe
04-18-2012
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Washington Post
Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s administration has fired 61 city employees for collecting unemployment benefits while working for the District government, city officials said. [making them finally eligible?]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bottom-Bouncing Economy
04-18-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Greg Hunter
“Bottom-bouncing” is the term John Williams of Shadowstats.com uses consistently to describe the true state of the economy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Police: Naked man protests TSA at Portland Airport
04-18-2012
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http://www.kptv.com, By FOX 12 Staff
Port of Portland police say a traveler at PDX took off far more than his shoes and belt while going through airport security.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Tax Hike: American Tax Hell Forces Civilians to Leave in Droves
04-18-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
The U.S. Army could be 30,000 troops lighter if a new law allowing the IRS to suspend travel rights of Americans
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
GOP Unveils Plan to Gut Food Stamp Program
04-18-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
House Republicans have passed their budget that includes slashing food stamps in an effort to save billions in cuts to the Pentagon.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's Atomic Solyndra
04-18-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org,by Harvey Wasserman
The future of nuclear power now hangs on a single decision by President Obama---and us.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Have a spare $50k? Romney is already selling seats for inauguration event
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
Election Day is still nine months away, but Mitt Romney wants his supporters to know that all of their hard work and thousands of dollars worth of donations won’t be forgotten.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
UC Boulder loses some buds: School to shut down over pro-pot rally
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
The University of Colorado will be on lockdown this Friday, complete with campus police conducting checkpoints and demanding proper ID from everyone in sight.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul says he'd protect Bradley Manning and other whistleblowers
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
As Bradley Manning awaits his next appearance in court, the pool of presidential candidates have been slow to comment on the prosecution against the US Army private accused of providing government secrets to WikiLeaks. Except for Ron Paul, that is.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Socialism
Romney and Mormonism's socialist history - how might faith-based guilt for his success guide him
04-18-2012
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Salon.com
The Nephite nation and Samuel the Lamanite,...an ontological dilemma facing every millionaire Mormon. Perhaps this explains the socialism Romney has practiced thus far as Governor of Massachusetts?
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • World News
Global military machine: Rise of Russia and China
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
Worldwide military spending held strong at $1.7 trillion dollars in 2011, despite the lingering global financial crisis. With US arms spending on the slide, Russia and China are on the rise.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Spectacular solar eruption captured by scientists (VIDEO)
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
The sun has erupted in a spectacular flare, sending an outburst of heated plasma far into space.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
EU may reject ACTA
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
The controversial pan-global anti-piracy agreement, ACTA, may soon be dead in the water.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Fracking hell: UK government set to green light risky gas drilling?
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
A controversial gas extraction method caused two earthquakes in the UK last year, a government panel of experts reported.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
N. Korea: We are no longer bound by nuclear test moratorium
04-18-2012
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http://rt.com
Pyongyang says it is “no longer bound to” its deal with the US, which provided a nuclear and missile test moratorium in return for food aid.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Citigroup shareholders vote against top executives’ pay packages at annual meeting
04-18-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
Citigroup has become the first Wall Street bank to get a thumbs-down from shareholders over outsized executive pay.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
FOREX-Euro dips vs dlr, investors still wary on Spain
04-18-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Nia Williams
euro fell against the dollar on Wednesday after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a strong euro hurt exporters.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
YPF oil: Spain threatens retaliation against Argentina
04-18-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk
Spain has threatened retaliation against Argentina over the forced nationalisation of oil firm YPF, raising the prospects of a trade war between the nations.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul: 'My ultimate goal remains to repeal the 16th Amendment'
04-18-2012
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http://www.digitaljournal.com, By Andrew Moran
Texas Congressman Ron Paul stated on Tax Freedom Day that his goal is to repeal the 16th Amendment and end the "tyranny" of the IRS.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul to Hold Campaign Rally on Independence Mall in Philadelphia
04-18-2012
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http://www.marketwatch.com,
Congressman and top-tier presidential candidate to share platform of constitutionally-limited government at birthplace of our modern Republic
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai: US Must Pay at Least $2 Billion Per Year to Stay
04-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
US Says They'll Spend That Much, But Don't Want It in Writing
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
‘Human Rights Crisis’ in US Client Bahrain, Despite Reform Pledge
04-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Torture and excessive violence on protesters persists, as does Washington's support
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Australian PM Announces Early Afghan Exit
04-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Trying to counter perceptions that allies are ducking out early, US officials claim no plans have changed
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
NATO Talks Major US Offensive in Afghan Capital
04-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Publicly Cheering About War, But Privately Officials Concerned About Dwindling Security
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
House Intel Chair: Google Secretly Backs CISPA
04-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Google Declines Official Comment on Controversial Bill
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Both Sides Claim Violations, But Syria Ceasefire Mostly Intact
04-18-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
UN Observers Tour Southern City of Daraa
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Greece Is Using A Bartering System In Lieu Of The Euro
04-18-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Mark Lowen
As Greece wonders whether its debt crisis will eventually spell its exit from the euro, one town, Volos, has formed an alternative local currency.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
25 Signs That Middle Class Families Have Been Targeted For Extinction
04-18-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Economic Collapse
The middle class in America is being systematically wiped out, and most people don’t even realize what is happening.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
The Future Of Food,Edible Packaging Is The Next Big Thing
04-18-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Sue Quinn
Pouring your milk then eating the bottle sounds less than tempting, but edible packaging is beingtouted as food technology’s next Big Thing.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Video-Black Military Helicopters Conduct Covert Exercises Over Chicago
04-18-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Steve Watson
In a repeat of events in LA three months ago, black military helicopters buzzed skyscrapers and high rise buildings in downtown Chicago Monday night, in what has been described as an urban training exercise.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
The Republicans Who Want Ignorance to Get Equal Time in Schools
04-18-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Diane Roberts
Education is the new Republican enemy. No more free thinking and empirical evidence, just the Bible, rumour and Fox News
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science
Evolution Plays the Queen of Spades
04-18-2012
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arclein
"A common assumption about evolution is that it is directed toward increasing complexity," said Erik Zinser, associate professor of microbiology. "But we know from analysis of microbial genomes that some lineages trend toward decreasing complexit
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Multi Core Computer Architecture
04-18-2012
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arclein
wants cores to communicate the same way computers hooked to the Internet do: by bundling the information they transmit into "packets." Each core would have its own router, which could send a packet down any of several paths, depending on the condi
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robert klein
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News Link • American History
America is in Decline With Conrad Black
04-18-2012
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arclein
The unipolar era has not been a success for America. The great irony of these 20-something post-Cold War years has been that while the United States was the indispensable country in the triumph of capitalist democracy " its preservation from 1917 to
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robert klein
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Romney's Luck
04-18-2012
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arclein
Romney promises not only to restore Reagan’s top income tax rate of 28% but also to eliminate for most Americans all taxes on capital gains, interest and dividends. He promises to reduce the size of government to 20% of GDP " less than it was under
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robert klein
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News Link • Drug War
CU Hopes To Snuff Out 4/20 Pot Event
04-17-2012
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CBS News
The University of Colorado in Boulder hopes sealing off the campus will help it snuff out the popular pot smoking event called 4/20.
Last April 20 approximately 10,000 people attended the annual smoke fest.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Tax time pushes some Americans to give up citizenship
04-17-2012
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Reuters
A year ago, in Action Comics, Superman declared plans to renounce his U.S. citizenship.
"'Truth, justice, and the American way' - it's not enough anymore," the comic book superhero said, after both the Iranian and American governments criticized h
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Secret Service detains reporter who asked Gingrich about Fox News
04-17-2012
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Rawstory
The United States Secret Service detained a North Carolina reporter over the weekend after he asked Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich about recent comments that were critical of Fox News.
During a private campaign event at Wesley Col
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
DOJ review of flawed FBI forensics processes lacked transparency
04-17-2012
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Washington Post
Frederic Whitehurst, a chemist and lawyer who worked in the FBI’s crime lab, testified he was told by his superiors to ignore findings that did not support the prosecution’s theory of the bombing. “There was a great deal of pressure put upon me to bi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
All transactions to be conducted in the presence of a tax collector
04-17-2012
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www.sovereignman.com
The tax ‘reforms’ of Emperor Diocletian in the 3rd century were so rigid and unwavering that many people were driven to starvation and bankruptcy. The state went so far as to chase around widows and children to collect taxes owed.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
Undercover TSA on Houston TX buses
04-17-12
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Paul Joseph Watson
A new program in Houston will place undercover TSA agents and police officers on buses whose job it will be to perform bag searches, watch for “suspicious activity” and interrogate passengers in order to ‘curb crime and terrorism’.
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Christopher Campbell
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News Link • Gold and Silver
As Italy's value implodes, those with gold send it out of the country to Switzerland.
04-17-2012
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The Telegraph
Italy exported a total of 120 tonnes of gold to Switzerland last year. The solid gold bars are now Italy's fastest growing export.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Inventions
100 miles per gallon car with a 5 star crash rating!
You can get one for $25,000
04-17-12
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http://www.wikispeed.com/NotableFacts
Wikispeed Car
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Agorist Alma
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