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Date Sent: 2012-05-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 PM edition |
Mistaken Identity? 10 Contested Death Penalty Cases -- Federal Workers' Salary Data Exposed Online
In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire' -- U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran agree - to talk more -- France's Hollande in diplomatic test with Obama -- Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case -- Gay couples can't bank Obama's blessings yet -- Illegal immigrants sue US Senate over filibuster -- New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity -- Dinosaur-Era Insects Frozen in Time During Oldest Pollination -- Injured vet’s guns stolen by D.C. -- More Than 8 Million Americans Sleepwalk, Surprising Scientists -- Popular Surveillance Cameras Open to Hackers, Researcher Says -- Blogger Shines Light on U.S. Shadow War in East Africa --
The Man Who Makes the Future: Wired Icon Marc Andreessen -- The oldest
farming village in the Mediterranean islands is discovered in Cyprus -- Mystery gene reveals new mechanism for anxiety disorders -- Mock Mars Rover Takes Desert Test Drive -- 2,000 Apply for Jobs Building Asteroid-Mining Robots -- 05-15-12 -- Garret LoPorto - Sen. Karen Johnson (inside the AZ GOP Conv. - MP3 & Video LOADED) -- AIPAC Resolution Demanding War With Iran On House Floor Today -- Two Explosive Devices Found in Glendale -- US/Israeli Special Relationship - by Stephen Lendman -- Arizona governor vetoes law demanding return of federal lands
Sunday: Solar Eclipse Visible from National Parks
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Mistaken Identity? 10 Contested Death Penalty Cases
05-15-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie Pappas
A death penalty case long surrounded by questions has been brought to the surface again, with a new report suggesting that the 1989 execution of Carlos DeLuna killed an innocent man. DeLuna's is not the first case to raise such red flags.
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News Link • Drones
Federal Workers' 2011 Salary Data Exposed Online
05-15-2012
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CBS News
Your paycheck information, or that of your neighbor's, is likely on a new database that went public Tuesday morning. It opens the curtain on the personal payroll of over one million federal workers.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Facebook Buys Lightbox Android Photo App
05-15-2012
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http://www.pcmag.com, By Mark Hachman
Facebook moved quickly - again - to address concerns that it wasn't doing enough to satisfy mobile users, buying the developers of the Lightbox Android photo app.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire'
05-15-2012
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google.com,By THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press
Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent
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News Link • United Nations
U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran agree - to talk more
05-15-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Fredrik Dahl
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog and Iran will meet again next week after a "good exchange of views" during two days of talks on the Islamic state's atomic program, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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News Link • NATO
France's Hollande in diplomatic test with Obama
05-15-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By John Irish
President Francois Hollande faces a diplomatic test three days into his term when he discusses an early exit for French troops in Afghanistan with U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO allies in his first outing on the world stage.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case
05-15-2012
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nytimes.com, By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, was formally charged on Tuesday, along with her husband and four others, of perverting the course of justice in the hacki
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News Link • Obama Administration
Gay couples can't bank Obama's blessings yet
05-15-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Mark Miller
When President Obama embraced same-sex marriage last week, he tried to frame it as an issue for the states to resolve. But federal laws and policies are very much front and center in the battle for a level financial playing field for lesbian, gay, bi
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News Link • Inventions
Electrical Engineer Can Feel Magnetic Fields Through Magnets Implanted in His Fingertips
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
And he's answering your questions on Reddit
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News Link • Immigration
Dream Act students sue to stop Senate filibuster
05-15-2012
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Washington Times
Illegal immigrant students and members of the House sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber’s filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote supermajority requirement violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation s
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Computer Interface Monitors Your Overworked Brain and Takes Over Tasks For You
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Your office mates, whether they’re people or pets, can probably tell when you’re feeling stretched too thin " heavy sighs, hand-wringing and general signs of stress are fairly easy to spot.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Engineer Details Plans to Build a Real, Burj-Dubai-Sized Starship Enterprise in 20 Years
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
The year 2245 is just too distant " we should build and commission a real USS Enterprise right now, cracking the champagne across her hull within 20 years, according to an enterprising engineer.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
New Finger-Tap Power Generator Uses Viruses to Make Electricity
05-15-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Piezoelectric devices promise to draw power from your footsteps or heartbeat, change the channel on your TV, and complete all sorts of helpful tasks " but they generally work in the nano-mechanical realm, requiring synthetic materials to function.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Dinosaur-Era Insects Frozen in Time During Oldest Pollination
05-15-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Jeanna Bryner
With massive dinosaurs towering above, tiny female insects called thrips had just dusted themselves with hundreds of pollen grains from a gingko tree more than 100 million years ago when they perished, only to be preserved in tree resin called amber.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Injured vet’s guns stolen by D.C
05-15-2012
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Washington Times
After being injured on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, Lt. Augustine Kim spent the night in a D.C. jail for possessing unregistered guns. Mr. Kim was transporting his firearms from his parents’ house in New Jersey to South Carolina when he st
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
More Than 8 Million Americans Sleepwalk, Surprising Scientists
05-15-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie Pappas
Adult sleepwalkers are more common than previously realized, with upward of 8 million American adults prone to nighttime ambulation, a new study finds.
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News Link • Environment
Island Imperiled by Rising Seas Battles Nature and Humans
05-15-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Charles Choi
The island nation of Kiribati is one of the countries most threatened by rising sea levels. However, many of the floods it has seen may be due to a mix of natural variability and human activities, complicating the picture of how rising sea levels are
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News Link • History
May 15, 1930: The Skies Get a Little Bit Friendlier
05-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Tony Long
1930: Ellen Church becomes the world’s first airline stewardess, working a Boeing Air Transport flight from Oakland, California, to Chicago. The flight takes 20 hours and involves 13 stops along the way.
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News Link • Surveillance
Popular Surveillance Cameras Open to Hackers, Researcher Says
05-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Kim Zetter
In a world where security cameras are nearly as ubiquitous as light fixtures, someone is always watching you.
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News Link • Israel
A Modest Foreign Policy Proposal
05-15-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Try as I might, I can't think of a single thing this "ally" has ever done for me, or any other American citizen, in my 57 years. Isn't an alliance a two-way street? Isn't it supposed to be mutually beneficial? Wadda I know.
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Blogger Shines Light on U.S. Shadow War in East Africa
05-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David Axe
An innocuous-seeming U.S. Air Force press release. A serendipitous satellite image in Google Earth. Snapshots from a photographer on assignment at a Spanish air base. The crash of an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bomber in the United Arab Emir
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News Link • Communications
The Man Who Makes the Future: Wired Icon Marc Andreessen
05-15-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Chris Anderson
He’s not a household name like Gates, Jobs, or Zuckerberg. His face isn’t known to millions.
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Bugging Out About Bugs
05-15-2012
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http://survivalblog.com, by A.D.
After a few camping trips where I learned the hard way about preparing for local wildlife I started thinking about the bugs in my bug out plan and I'm not talking about technical flaws.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
New inflammation hormone link may pave way to study new drugs for Type 2 diabetes
05-15-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Shantell M. Kirkendol
A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Deadline to Become a PC is May 30th
05-15-2012
Become a Precinct Committeeman before the deadline May 30th and be a part of history as the power is transferred from the Neocon agenda to the Liberty agenda.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Steroid Nasal Sprays Show Small Benefit for Sinusitis: Study
05-15-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, By Alan Mozes
Corticosteroid nasal sprays apparently are not a silver bullet when it comes to symptom relief for acute sinusitis patients, a new review suggests.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Mice with big brains provide insight into brain regeneration and developmental disorders
05-15-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Jennifer Ganton
Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have discovered that mice that lack a gene called Snf2l have brains that are 35 per cent larger than normal.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Wearing a Computer Is Good for You
05-15-2012
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technologyreview.com,By Courtney Humphries
Fitness trends and health-care problems are creating demand for tiny computers we won't even notice we're carrying.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A Computer Interface that Takes a Load Off Your Mind
05-15-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Kate Greene
A wearable brain scanner could give computers insight into how hard you're thinking.
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News Link • Anthropology
The oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands is discovered in Cyprus
05-15-2012
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http://phys.org, by CNRS
The oldest agricultural settlement ever found on a Mediterranean island has been discovered in Cyprus by a team of French archaeologists involving CNRS, the National Museum of Natural History, INRAP, EHESS and the University of Toulouse.
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News Link • Environment
Scientists sound acid alarm for plankton
05-15-2012
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http://phys.org, By Tom Marshall
The microscopic organisms on which almost all life in the oceans depends could be even more vulnerable to increasingly acidic waters than scientists realised, according to a new study.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Ultrasensitive biosensor promising for medical diagnostics
05-15-2012
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http://phys.org, by Emil Venere
Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individual patients.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Mystery gene reveals new mechanism for anxiety disorders
05-15-2012
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by University of Chicago Medical Center
A novel mechanism for anxiety behaviors, including a previously unrecognized inhibitory brain signal, may inspire new strategies for treating psychiatric disorders, University of Chicago researchers report.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
New Astronaut Crew Launches Toward Space Station
05-15-2012
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http://www.space.com, by Mike Wall
A Russian rocket launched three astronauts toward the International Space Station late Monday night (May 14), kicking off a two-day journey to the huge orbiting lab.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Mock Mars Rover Takes Desert Test Drive
05-15-2012
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http://www.space.com, Staff
NASA's newest Mars rover won't touch down on the Red Planet until August, but scientists are already testing out the vehicle's desert driving skills.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Sunday Solar Eclipse Visible from National Parks
05-15-2012
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http://www.space.com, Nola Taylor Redd
When the sun vanishes behind the moon for the first time over the United States in this century, what better place to enjoy the view than from one of the 154 national parks that stand in its path?
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Vitamin D Blood Levels Confirmed
05-15-2012
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arclein
Over about an 11-year follow-up, researchers looked at the association between each individual's 25(OH)D test results and the time that a first defining medical event occurred. Among the participants, 1,018 had such an event. There were 137 hip frac
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Sun Tanning Lowers Cancer Risk
05-15-2012
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arclein
A total of 75,000 participants In the study contracted cancer. The study found that 12 types of cancer were reduced in those subjects exposed to more sunlight. These included cancers of the lungs, prostate, pancreas, colon, thyroid and many other typ
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
HIFiRE Scram-Jet Advances
05-15-2012
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arclein
"This is the first time we have flight tested a hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet accelerating from Mach 6 to Mach 8," said NASA Hypersonics Project Scientist Ken Rock, based at NASA'S Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. "At Mach 6 the inlet compre
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News Link • Science
Bear Dog Country
05-15-2012
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arclein
In the Nahanni National Park of Northwest Canada lies the Nahanni River. The area is only accessible by boat or plane and is home to many natural wonders, such as sinkholes, geysers and a waterfallalmost double the size of Niagara Falls. Lord Tweeds
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop
05-15-2012
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www.youtube.com
This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Two Explosive Devices Found in Glendale
05-15-2012
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www.arizonashooting.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. " In the past 24 hrs the Glendale Police Department has responded to two separate detonated improvised explosive devices in Glendale. Both explosive devices were housed in a standard 6 volt yellow handheld flashlight
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News Link • Iran
AIPAC Resolution Demanding War With Iran On House Floor Today
05-15-2012
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www.mjrosenberg.com
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives is slated to vote on a resolution designed to tie the president’s hands on Iran policy. The resolution, which is coming up under an expedited House procedure, was the centerpiece of AIPAC’s recent conference.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona governor vetoes law demanding return of federal lands
05-15-2012
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Reuters
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a bill demanding the U.S. government turn over millions of acres of its property to the state, dealing a surprise blow to the "sagebrush revolt" against federal control over vast tracts of land in the West.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: JPMorgan Is 'One of the Best-Managed Banks'
05-14-2012
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ABC News (video)
"JPMorgan is one of the best managed banks there is. Jamie Dimon, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we got and they still lost $2 billion and counting," the president said. ".... this is why we passed Wall Street reform."
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
'More Invasive Searches' at Airports, I Kid You Not
05-14-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Ah, but there’s a message for us in Di’s prattle: “Consequently the flying public is going to have to tolerate more invasive searches, she said.” More invasive? Really, Di? Just how much more invasive can they be? “‘The American public has not been t
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Another Highway Robbery
05-14-2012
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The Agitator
For more than a year, NewsChannel 5 Investigates has been shining a light on a practice that some call “policing for profit.”
In this latest case, a Monterey police officer took $22,000 off the driver " even though he had committed no crime.
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel to build a city on the sea ("utopian floating business hub")
05-14-2012
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Yahoo
Imagine living on a serene, man-made floating city where you can live and work with other like-minded individuals from all over the globe, without direct influence from any government entity.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
'Devil's Breath' chemical from Colombia can block free will, wipe memory
05-14-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Stories surrounding the drug are the stuff of urban legends, with some telling horror stories of how people were raped, forced to empty their bank accounts, and even coerced into giving up an organ.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Drastic cuts planned as California state government announces huge deficit increase
05-14-2012
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http://wsws.org, By David Brown
This weekend, Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown announced that the predicted state budget deficit has ballooned from $9.2 billion to $16 billion, in the space of just four months.
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News Link • Surveillance
How To Hide From Face-Detection Technology
05-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, John D. Sutter
If you take Adam Harvey’s advice, here’s what you might wanna wear to a party this weekend.
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies
05-14-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk,
Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped by a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico.
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News Link • Events: America
Sources Inside Bilderberg Spill Cabal’s Secret Plans
05-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Alex Jones has developed two sources within the Bilderberg Group who have confirmed that the secretive cabal is meeting at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles hotel in Chantilly, Virginia from May 31st to June 3rd.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Why Is The Obama Administration Allowing The Chinese Government To Buy Up U.S. Oil And Gas Deposits?
05-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Synder
If we are trying to become independent of foreign oil, then why is the Obama administration allowing the Chinese government to buy up U.S. oil and gas deposits worth billions of dollars?
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News Link • Afghanistan
We expect western assistance and support in future - Karzai
05-14-2012
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http://rt.com
Western neglect of Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal brought about a growth of terror in the country
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News Link • Military
US military officers taught to target civilians and wage ‘total war’ on Islam
05-13-2012
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Over the past decade, fringe ideas about Muslims and Islam have seeped into law enforcement agencies across the country. Now we know the details about what some members of the US military have been learning about Muslims. It’s not pretty.
Wired’s
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