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Date Sent: 2012-04-27
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, April 27, 2012 PM edition |
Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill
Spain's Collapse is No Little Thing -- Judge considers adjusting Zimmerman's bond upward -- 04-27-12--Davi Barker-Megan Duffield-David Fitzgerald (MP3 & Video Loaded) -- Top 5 Figures Influencing Renewable Energy in the U.S. -- Chile Worries About Potential Argentine Military Provocations -- Portland Pounces On Groupon -- Dutch judge upholds ban on shops selling pot to tourists -- MTA: Subway Crime Soars; NYPD Releases Stunning Statistics -- Obama officials: Annan plan 'failing' -- Man clad as Afghan soldier kills U.S. coalition member -- Judge Declares State Worker Drug Testing Order Unconstitutional --
Like baboons, our elected leaders are literally addicted to power --
Ron Paul Draws 6,000 in Austin at U. of Texas -- U.S. Military Wanted to
Provoke War With Cuba - The Joint Chiefs Go Rogue -- U.S. anti-cocaine push embitters Peru chocolate makers -- The Next US President Will Be…. -- The Future of Democracy -- US Economy Grows at Tepid 2.2% Pace; Misses Estimates -- Wrong turn on US street leads to prison for Norwegian man -- Ron Paul on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto 4-26-12 -- Labor Dept.
withdraws farm child labor rule after Daily Caller report goes viral -- TSA Potbellied Pedophiles Still Grabbing Little Kids -- Media Disinformation and the Use of "Words" -- MARKET DISTORTIONS AND PROFIT DRIVEN FINANCIAL INSTABILITY -- The 9/11 Attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC): Unspoken Financial Bonanza --
Thousands of Canadian students protest fee hike: 85 arrested (PHOTOS,
VIDEO) -- Tracking Your Every Step, Indoor Positioning Service -- Buying Prisons Is Big Business For Corporate Slave Traders -- Smartphone App Files Official TSA Complaints In Real-Time -- South Carolina Prepares For United Nations Takeover -- Government Planning To Evacuate Chicago
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Unpopular Government, Passes Even More Unpopular CISPA Bill
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, David Kravets
The House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
04-27-2012
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www.techdirt.com
Up until this afternoon, the final vote on CISPA was supposed to be tomorrow. Then, abruptly, it was moved up today"and the House voted in favor of its passage with a vote of 248-168. But that's not even the worst part.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge considers adjusting Zimmerman's bond
04-27-2012
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AP
A judge is considering whether to raise or revoke the bond for George Zimmerman after his lawyer told the judge a website raised $200,000 for the defense.
Mark O'Mara told the judge Friday that Zimmerman's family hadn't told him about the money be
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Top 5 Figures Influencing Renewable Energy in the U.S.
04-27-2012
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Oilprice.com
As Oilprice.com embarks on its Top 5 series, we thought it expedient to begin with our take on the key figures shaping and influencing U.S. renewable energy efforts, not least because the issue of energy security is being prioritized
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Staffoilpricedotcom Erik
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News Link • Police State
State Threatens to Shut Down Nutrition Blogger
04-27-2012
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Carolina Journal Online
The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle. Chapter 90, Article 25 of the North Carolina General Statute
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Jean Carbonneau
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News Link • World News
Chile Worries About Potential Argentine Military Provocations
04-27-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
Protesters in a remote region of Chile have triggered controversy by asking Argentina to "adopt" them because they feel forgotten by Chile's government (Publisher: "I wish my government would forget about me")
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Dutch judge upholds ban on shops selling pot to tourists
04-27-2012
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http://www.ctv.ca, The Associated Press
Long famous for "coffee shops" where joints and cappuchinos share the menu, the Netherlands' famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
MTA: Subway Crime Soars; NYPD Releases Stunning Statistics
04-27-2012
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com,
Transit Board Wants Gov To Appoint Special Prosecutor For Subway Crimes
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama officials: Annan plan 'failing'
04-27-2012
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http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com, By Josh Rogin
Two top Obama administration officials said today that the diplomatic initiative to end the violence in Syria, led by U.N. Special Envoy Kofi Annan, "is failing."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Man clad as Afghan soldier kills U.S. coalition member
04-27-2012
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http://edition.cnn.com, CNN Wire Staff
A man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform killed a U.S. coalition service member, the U.S. military said Thursday. It was the latest in a string of such attacks.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Events: America
Government Secretly Prepares To Evacuate Chicago During NATO Summit
04-27-2012
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prisonplanet.com,Steve Watson & Paul Joseph Watson
Government Secretly Prepares To Evacuate Chicago During NATO Summit
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Declares State Worker Drug Testing Order Unconstitutional
04-27-2012
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http://www.nbcmiami.com, Associated Press
A federal judge declared Gov. Rick Scott's order requiring drug testing for some 85,000 state workers unconstitutional Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Like baboons, our elected leaders are literally addicted to power
04-27-2012
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Dr Ian Robertson
Political power has a similar effect on the brain to cocaine - and it's not surprising that, as the Leveson Inquiry shows, our political leaders are hooked on it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul Draws 6,000 in Austin at U. of Texas
04-27-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Thousands of chanting, cheering supporters flooded the University of Texas campus to show Ron Paul some love Thursday night, undaunted by the prospect that the Texas congressman is a long shot for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba - The Joint Chiefs Go Rogue
05-01-2001
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ABC News
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
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Max Schofield
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News Link • Foreign Policy
U.S. anti-cocaine push embitters Peru chocolate makers
04-25-2012
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Caroline Stauffer, Reuters
Connoisseurs who take chocolate as seriously as sommeliers study wine are challenging the widespread use of an inferior cocoa pushed by the U.S. government in its war against drugs in Peru, considered by many to be the birthplace of cocoa.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • New World Order
The Next US President Will Be….
04-27-2012
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www.blacklistednews.com
President George Bush, President Barack Obama, and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney all work for the exact same handful of corporate-financier interests.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
The Future of Democracy
04-27-2012
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Pietro Speroni di Fenizio, Ethical Technology
What is the best democratic system for the 21st century? For a world where communication is instantaneous, travel is fast, and search is efficient? A world where people are all connected, are able to read and write and can look up information themsel
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Economy Grows at Tepid 2.2% Pace; Misses Estimates
04-27-2012
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CNBC
U.S. economic growth cooled in the first quarter as businesses cut back on investment and restocked shelves at a moderate pace, but stronger demand for automobiles softened the blow.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Winslow wrong turn leads to prison for Norwegian man
04-27-2012
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Arizona Republic
John Kristoffer Larsgard, 33, faces 7 1/2 years in an Arizona prison, largely as a result of some erratic driving that frightened and angered people at the Winslow street festival. Prosecutors said Larsgard turned his car into a weapon, hitting one w
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul on Fox Business with Neil Cavuto 4-26-12
04-27-2012
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www.youtube.com
Dr. Ron Paul on why government cuts should focus on the military and overseas spending.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Racism
Zimmerman versus Martin
04/16/2012
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Dr. Ignatius Piazza
An individual who resembles Hal Uhrig (one of Zimmerman's former attorneys) and who seems to have access to information that only his attorney would have gives a 6-minute statement regarding the incident. The article is dated 4/16, but the statemen
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Dennis Treybil
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News Link • Obama Administration
Labor Dept. withdraws farm child labor rule after Daily Caller report goes viral
04-27-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Conner
Under pressure from farming advocates in rural communities, and following a report by The Daily Caller, the Obama administration withdrew a proposed rule Thursday that would have applied child labor laws to family farms.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Potbellied Pedophiles Still Grabbing Little Kids
04-27-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
Two notable incidents this week indicate that despite a “change in policy” last year, the TSA is still conducting enhanced patdowns on children as young as four years old.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Media Disinformation and the Use of "Words"
04-27-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, Ross Ruthenberg
The mainstream media utilize many words and phrases in reporting that have been specifically chosen, either by the media or a source, to misrepresent or distort the contexts to which they are applied.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
MARKET DISTORTIONS AND PROFIT DRIVEN FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
04-27-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, Washington's Blo
Given The Dominance of The Machines, Do Flesh-and-Blood Traders Have a Chance?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
The 9/11 Attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC): Unspoken Financial Bonanza
04-27-2012
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www.globalresearch.ca, Prof Michel Chossudovsky
This article was first published by Global Research on 12 March 2004 under the title "Financial Bonanza behind the 9/11 Tragedy: Who are the Financial Actors behind the WTC?"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
04-27-2012
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www.globalresearch.ca, Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
40,000 protest Breivik crime with song he hates (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
04-27-2012
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http://rt.com
Forty thousand Norwegians flooded the streets of Oslo in the pouring rain to defy mass murderer Anders Breivik after he derided the popular children's song “Children of the Rainbow” as a Marxist tool to brainwash children.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Egypt approves presidential runners, voters perplexed
04-27-2012
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http://rt.com
Egypt's election commission has announced 13 candidates are eligible to run in the forthcoming presidential election.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Thousands of Canadian students protest fee hike: 85 arrested (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
04-27-2012
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http://rt.com/news
Week-long demonstrations over a proposed rise in university tuition fees have erupted into violence in Quebec.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Markets Make Big Comeback After Spanish Downgrade
04-27-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
It's not a total disaster, but it's a fairly ugly scene in Europe this morning.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Bankrupt U.S. Gov’t Want To Set Up More Spy Agencies
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Julian Borger
The Pentagon is to create a new spy service to focus on global strategic threats and the challenges posed by countries including Iran, North Korea and China.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Tracking Your Every Step,Indoor Positioning Service
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Gadgetbox
Many of us rely on GPS to get around unfamiliar cities and neighborhoods, but a new type of location service could be giving you directions from the dairy section to the frozen foods aisle at the grocery store, and tracking every step you take.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Smartphone App Files Official TSA Complaints In Real-Time
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Stephen C. Webster
A smartphone application set to debut next week looks to bring real-time complaint reporting to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Buying Prisons Is Big Business For Corporate Slave Traders
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Glen Ford
The nation’s largest private prison company, the Corrections Corporation of America, is on a buying spree.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
Government Planning To Evacuate Chicago
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Off Grid Survival
A couple weeks ago we told you about the Urban Warfare training that was going on in Downtown Chicago.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
South Carolina Prepares For United Nations Takeover
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Brandon Turbeville
In an example of just how deep the roots of Agenda 21 can reach, it is now obvious that the UN-generated guidelines are making their way through state legislatures as well as the federal branch.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Free Speech
North Carolina Man Threatened With Arrest For Not Taking His Health Blog Down
04-27-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Mike Adams
Internet free speech is under assault in America, and a dangerous new trend has surfaced that threatens to throw nutritional bloggers in jail for advocating healthy diets on their blogs or websites.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Events: America
Freedom Fest 2012, July 11-14, 2012, Bally's Las Vegas
04-26-2012
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FreedomFest.Com
FreedomFest is an annual festival where free minds meet to celebrate “great books, great ideas, and great thinkers” in an open-minded society. It is independent, non-partisan, and not affiliated with any organization or think tank.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
5 New Lies That The Federal Reserve Is Telling The American People
04-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, The Economic Collapse
The Federal Reserve says that everything is going to be okay. The Fed says that unemployment is going to go down, inflation is going to remain low and economic growth is going to steadily increase.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Trials Without Crimes Or Evidence
04-26-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
Andy Worthington is a superb reporter who has specialized in providing the facts of the US government’s illegal abuse of “detainees,” against whom no evidence exists.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Domestic Policy
CIVIL LIBERTIES, REMOTE SPYING AND THE DRONE LOBBY: Opening US Domestic Airspace to Unmanned Drones
04-26-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
The repercussions of the drone lobby’s success in forcing opening US domestic airspace to unmanned drones by 2015 are beginning to be felt across the US as civil liberties groups and politicians wake up to the implications for safety and privacy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
ECHELON: Exposing the Global Surveillance System
04-26-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Nicky Hagar
This important article was published more than 15 years ago (February 1997) in Covert Action Quarterly
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
US 'expands Yemen drone strikes policy'
04-26-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com,
CIA and Pentagon given right to launch attacks even when identity of those in harm's way is not known, reports say.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Blast in Syria's Hama kills many
04-26-2012
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http://www.aljazeera.com,
An explosion has destroyed a building in Syria's central city of Hama, reportedly killing up to 69 people, many of them children.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Ben Bernanke’s Paper Dollar Embodies Systemic Risk
04-26-2012
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http://dailyreckoning.com, By Charles Kadlec
The paper dollar is now the single most important source of systemic risk to the financial system, the world economy, and the security of the American people.
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News Link • Death Penalty
Connecticut abolishes the death penalty
04-26-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, Agence France-Presse
Connecticut abolished the death penalty on Wednesday, but the repeal will not affect 11 people still on death row, including two men convicted over a gruesome 2007 “home invasion” attack.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
New Hampshire House approves medical marijuana bill
04-26-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
The Republican-led New Hampshire House on Wednesday passed legislation that would allow seriously ill patients to use marijuana.
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