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Date Sent: 2012-04-24
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, April 24, 2012 PM edition |
National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance
Planetary Resources (private) for Asteroid Mining -- Report Finds that
Fracking Causes Earthquakes, but doesn’t Recommend a Ban -- Gingrich Hints He May Drop From Race This Week : ) --
"What's 'Really' Wrong with Entitlements" -- 04-24-12--NO LIVE SHOW -
Pastor Lindsey Williams and Marc J. Victor will be re-broadcast -- Asteroid Mining Venture Unveiled -- "We Don’t Live in a Free Country": -- Spineless Texas?? - by Larken Rose -- Space X launch to International Space Station delayed -- Global crime generates $2.1 trillion a year, says UN Office on Drugs and Crime chief Yury Fedotov -- Will Sanity Prevail on CBS? -- Who Needs the White Working Class? --
Labor Action and Inaction in Colombia Free Trade Deal -- Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan -- Target: Tar Sands -- Say Hello to Your New Master: Environmental
Dictatorship -- Democrats plan to force vote on Arizona immigration law
if it’s upheld by court -- Pentagon Announces Another New Military Spy Unit -- Obama Unveils New Sanctions on Syria and Iran -- Preparing For A Future That Includes Aging Parents -- U.S. Military Wages Battle Against Misconduct --
Assange Episode 2: Left & right in 21st century -- Spain drops
London Olympic ticketing into hot water -- Suspected cyber-attack hits
Iran’s oil sector -- Manhattan judge denies motion to stop Twitter subpoena -- War drums beat, but Israel ‘ill equipped’ for threats -- CIA site downed as Anonymous claims attack --
Israel punishes Palestinian hunger strikers by removing rights --
North, South, East, and West: Austerity Revolt Felt Across Europe -- The Iranian threat: Military or political? -- Scavenging on the edge of Venezuelan society -- Egypt bars US-based civil society groups -- California to vote on ending death penalty
AZ: Free CCW Legal Seminar - Marc J. Victor - tomorrow, 4-25, 6-8 pm, Chester's
Harley-Davidson (Mesa)
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Exclusive: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance
04-24-2012
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http://www.democracynow.org
William Binney discusses the NSA’s massive power to spy on Americans and why the FBI raided his home after he became a whistleblower.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Report Finds that Fracking Causes Earthquakes, but doesn’t Recommend a Ban
04-24-2012
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Oilprice.com
Westminster has repeatedly proven that its interests more closely align with those investment bankers in the City of London than those forced to live with the consequences
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Staffoilpricedotcom Erik
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich Hints He May Drop From Race This Week : )
04-24-2012
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MSNBC via Daily Paul
“It is very dangerous for frontrunners to start behaving like they are inevitable because the voters might decide that’s not so true."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Events: Arizona
"What's 'Really' Wrong with Entitlements"
04-24-2012
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Phoenix Objectivists
Phoenix Objectivists will be joined this Friday, April 27th at 7 p.m. by Ayn Rand Institute fellow Don Watkins who will give a talk entitled: "What's 'Really' Wrong with Entitlements."
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Surveillance
"We Don’t Live in a Free Country":
04-24-2012
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http://www.democracynow.org
We speak with Jacob Appelbaum, a computer researcher who has faced a stream of interrogations and electronic surveillance since he volunteered with the whistleblowing website, WikiLeaks.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
World Book Night donates millions of free books
04-24-2012
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http://www.globalpost.com, Jennifer Mattson
2.5 million free books are expected to be donated in thousands of towns and cities including Suzanne Collins’ ”The Hunger Games.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Space X launch to International Space Station delayed
04-24-2012
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http://www.globalpost.com,
Space X wants to send the first privately-owned unmanned cargo vessel to the International Space Station.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Global crime generates $2.1 trillion a year, says UN Office on Drugs and Crime chief Yury Fedotov
04-24-2012
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http://www.globalpost.com, Allison Jackson
UN Office on Drugs and Crime said global crime generates $2.1 trillion a year -- or 3.6% of the world's gross domestic product.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Free Trade
Labor Action and Inaction in Colombia Free Trade Deal
04-24-2012
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http://www.inthesetimes.org, By Michelle Chen
As the media swarmed over the scandal surrounding the Secret Service’s alleged carousing with prostitutes in Colombia, another questionable financial transaction slipped quietly through the backdoor of hemispheric diplomacy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan
04-24-2012
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http://www.inthesetimes.org, BY Terry J. Allen
After decades of military devastation, Afghans are traumatized.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Target: Tar Sands
04-24-2012
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http://www.inthesetimes.org, BY Daniel Hertz
Activists in Texas and a South Dakota reservation are fighting a fast-growing industry.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Say Hello to Your New Master: Environmental Dictatorship
04-24-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
The United Nations plans to use its upcoming UN Conference on “Sustainable Development” (UN CSD or Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro to amass a vast array of unprecedented new powers and literally re-shape civilization, the global economy, and even peoples’
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Arizona Laws and Arizona Founding Documents
Democrats plan to force vote on Arizona immigration law if it’s upheld by court
04-24-2012
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washingtonpost.com,By Rosalind S. Helderman
Senate Democrats are making plans to force a floor vote on legislation that would invalidate Arizona’s controversial immigration statute if the Supreme Court upholds the law this summer.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Pentagon Announces Another New Military Spy Unit
04-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Unveils New Sanctions on Syria and Iran
04-24-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Cites Holocaust in Sanctions Against Technology Development
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Preparing For A Future That Includes Aging Parents
04-24-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Marilyn Geewax
Figuring how to afford care for your confused, elderly father? That one may never cross your mind " at least, not until you need more money to care for him.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
U.S. Military Wages Battle Against Misconduct
04-24-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Tom Bowman
The latest scandal to hit U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan surfaced last week when The Los Angeles Times published photographs showing smiling American soldiers holding up body parts of a Taliban suicide bomber.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Television
Assange Episode 2: Left & right in 21st century
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
Ready for another surprise from Assange? The second episode of The World Tomorrow has it all. This time Assange has two guests with two opposite points of view ready to lock in a fight over some of the hottest issues.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Spain drops London Olympic ticketing into hot water
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
The outrage over the allocation of London 2012 Olympic tickets reignites as ticket-hungry Britons see fresh opportunity to buy slip from their hands.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Suspected cyber-attack hits Iran’s oil sector
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
A virus has been discovered in computers running key parts of Iran's oil sector, forcing authorities to unplug its main oil export terminal from the Internet.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Anonymous
CIA site downed as Anonymous claims attack
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
The CIA website is now back online following a DDoS attack reportedly perpetrated by the hacktivist group Anonymous.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israel punishes Palestinian hunger strikers by removing rights
04-24-2012
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http://rt.com
Israeli authorities are trying new methods to end hunger strikes among Palestinian prisoners. The measures include canceling prisoners' rights to family visits and confiscating of their possessions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
North, South, East, and West: Austerity Revolt Felt Across Europe
04-24-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Europe’s austerity backlash gains steam in challenge to German-driven program
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
The Iranian threat: Military or political?
04-24-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, D. Parvaz
Despite hyperbolic talk over Iran's nuclear programme, it's unlikely the country would deploy potential nuclear weapons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
French show their disapproval of Sarkozy
04-24-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, Yasmine Ryan
The record score for the far-right may be proof that Sarkozy has angered many of those who voted for him five years ago.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Scavenging on the edge of Venezuelan society
04-24-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com, Rhodri Davies
Many indigenous Warao people are unable to find a way out of poverty in both traditional communities and modern cities.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Egypt bars US-based civil society groups
04-24-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
Eight requests for licences to operate rejected because "the groups' activities violated state sovereignty".
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death Penalty
California to vote on ending death penalty
04-24-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com
Question to appear on November ballot after more than 500,000 people signed up to back the proposal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Something is Rotten in America With Harlan Ullman
04-23-2012
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arclein
Today is far different. The Soviet Union is long gone. It will be some time, if ever, for another rival to take its place. While it took more than 15 years to repair the damage Vietnam imposed on the military (which gained redemption in the lightning
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robert klein
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News Link • History
Russian Space Craze of the 1920's
04-23-2012
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arclein
The obsession with space travel was born in this climate, beginning in earnest in 1923 following the publication of an article titled “Is Utopia Really Possible?” in the newspaper Izvestiia. The piece focused on two early pioneers of rocketry " the R
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Technology Max Out over Next Generation We Know About
04-23-2012
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arclein
Larger and more integrated cities, a new wave of robotic automation, robotic driving, terabit broadband and new energy could boost GDP by over three times what they would otherwise be over a twenty year period. Global GDP growth could get into the 12
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robert klein
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News Link • Religion: Believers
End Game For Islam
04-23-2012
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arclein
The internal difficulty that the West and the Rest face is a lack of understanding on how to conduct a war of confrontation which is more cold war than hot. War as a hot war is poor at effecting societal change. The best example of that has been the
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robert klein
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Man who resisted police wins Supreme Court case
04-23-2012
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AP
The Michigan Supreme Court says people can resist police officers who unlawfully enter their homes. In a 5-2 decision, the court ordered that charges be dropped against Angel Moreno Junior, who was accused of obstructing officers at his home in Holla
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
MDPD’s Homeland Security Bureau Was Monitoring My Facebook Page Hours Before My Arrest
04-23-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Carlos Miller is a Miami multimedia journalist who has been arrested twice for taking pictures of law enforcement. He has publicly posted on social networks that he will be taking pictures today in order to document the eviction.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
How to Become a "Stalker" in Oregon: Criticize the Police
04-23-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Apparently, the only guaranteed way to earn the unwanted title of “stalker” in the Beaver State is to criticize the local police and the corrupt municipal cabal it serves. That’s a reasonable inference to draw from the bizarre experience of Sunriver,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
Mexican Immigration Wave Winds Down
04-23-2012
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http://online.wsj.com, By MIRIAM JORDAN
Net migration from Mexico has plummeted to zero thanks to changing demographic and economic conditions on both sides of the border.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
‘Fallujah: A Lost Generation’
04-23-2012
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http://www.truthdig.com
The U.S. government used depleted uranium, a known carcinogen and cause of birth defects, during strikes on Fallujah during the 2003 Iraq War, and generations of Iraqis and the families of American servicemen are living with the devastating consequen
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Lawyer Slams TSA “Counter-Terror” Bus Program
04-23-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Police Chief tries to cover up Fourth Amendment violations
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Slams Internet Control Bill CISPA
04-23-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
“Big Brother writ” will allow feds to use corporate resources for “spying on the American people”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Duty of the Military in a Militarized Empire
04-23-2012
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http://batr.org
Ever since Congress abrogated their lawful war power authority to declare war, the military industrial complex has embarked on a path of global empire.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Racism
Because They're Animals
04-23-2012
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http://blog.simplejustice.us,
If the New York City police department is a festering cesspool of racism, why is it that African American police officers (of which there are many) don't stand up and say something?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Assassination Colombia " What If It Ain’t About Whores?
04-23-2012
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http://www.veteranstoday.com, by Gordon Duff
Was Presidential Detail Penetrated by an Assassin?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Ted Nugent vs. a deluded Jewish congresswoman
04-23-2012
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http://jpfo.org, by Rabbi Dovid Bendory
Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is presently alleging that Nugent threatened the life of President Barack Hussein Obama.
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