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Date Sent: 2012-06-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, June 7, 2012 PM edition |
New surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find ‘pre-crimes’ in San Francisco
GOLD STANDARD NOT REQUIRED -- New Jersey State Police Found To Have Withheld Incriminating Video -- Army “Nutter,” Ray Odierno Goes “Full Stalin+” at CFR -- Gary Johnson qualifies for matching funds, will get $100,000 to start -- Reality Check: Is QE-3 Really About Forcing You To Invest In Risky Stocks? -- Solar Kits -- The Nuclear Weapons Industry's Money Bombs -- Interactive: New York's Roofscape Gets Climate Makeover -- "Where is the Right to Privacy? It Doesn't Exist if You're a Muslim" -- NUCLEAR RADIATION AND THE CHILDREN OF FUKUSHIMA -- Greece and the Euro: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover -- 06-07-12 -- On the road in Salt Lake City, Utah - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Attacking Iran Likely Counter-Productive, Think Tank Warns -- Is Occupy Wall Street Dead? -- Afghan Children Dead After US Air Assault -- War profiteering and campaigns perpetuate the War on Terror -- Blackwater guards finally face manslaughter charges -- Everyone's a suspect: Colorado police handcuff every driver on the road -- Panetta admits that US is at war in Pakistan -- Mitt Romney attended Bilderberg 2012?
R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, author of
"Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles"; Bob Chapman;
International Forecaster has died
AZ: "SICK and SICKER" Screening
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News Link • Surveillance
New surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find ‘pre-crimes’ in San Francisco
06-07-2012
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breakthematrix.com
A new generation of computerised ‘Big Brother’ cameras are able to spot if you are a terrorist or a criminal " before you even commit a crime.
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Reported by:
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Feature Article • Currencies
GOLD STANDARD NOT REQUIRED
John Green
Why do "free marketeers" continue to maintain that some global, standard system of currency is needed? How is that any different from what the IMF or the Fed does? No standard is needed. Privatization of currency is all that is required!
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Opinion • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Obama: The Myth vs. the Man
06-07-2012
Bob Ross
Incendiary terms to describe the president paint a portrait of a superhero or super-villain depending on your political affiliation. However, they stand in that way of a logical critique of his policies and actions, and the truth of who he really is.
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News Link • Humor
"The Wire: The Musical" with Michael Kenneth Williams
06-07-2012
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Funny or Die! (h/t The Agitator)
Michael Kenneth Williams stars alongside Sonja Sohn, & Felicia "Snoop" Pearson from "The Wire" in "The Wire: The Musical" where they will allow you to experience America's failing drug war through the magic of song!
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
New Jersey State Police Found To Have Withheld Incriminating Video
06-07-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Now, a long withheld police video has surfaced that shows troopers severely beating Bayliss who was thrown to the ground and pummeled by multiple officers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Anthropology
Haida, Na-Dene, Inuit Genetically Separate
06-07-2012
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arclein
For many of these populations, this is the first time their genetics have been analyzed on a population scale. One study, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, focuses on the Haida and Tlingit communities of southeastern Alaska.
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robert klein
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News Link • Martial Law
Army “Nutter,” Ray Odierno Goes “Full Stalin+” at CFR
06-07-2012
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www.veteranstoday.com
America’s “Dimwit General” Calls for Martial Law
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Climate Change
Anthropomorphic Global Cooling
06-07-2012
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arclein
Now, a new study reveals that the northern treeline in Rocky Mountains was at a much higher altitude from six to nine thousand years ago, which confirms the extra warm climate was not just limited to the Finland/Siberia areas.
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
Canadian Productivity Gap
06-07-2012
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arclein
It’s not often economists will admit to bafflement, especially on a matter of utmost importance to national economic health.
As the predominant measure of standard of living, productivity of labour in Canada, has fallen notoriously short
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robert klein
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Gary Johnson qualifies for matching funds, will get $100,000 to start
06-07-2012
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New Mexico Watchdog
The Federal Election Commission announced that the Libertarian Party presidential candidate has qualified for federal matching funds and that Johnson’s third-party bid for the nation’s highest office will receive an initial payment of $100,000.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Energy
Enphase Energy
06-07-2012
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www.enphase.com
The Enphase M215 is the world’s most efficient microinverter.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Reality Check: Is QE-3 Really About Forcing You To Invest In Risky Stocks?
06-07-2012
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libertycrier.com
Why would the Fed push for another round of quantitative easing when the first two rounds have failed?
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Donna Hancock
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Opinion • Economy - Economics USA
What if?
06-07-2012
Menckens Ghost
What if a social problem accounted from most of the increase in poverty, most of the increase in school dropouts and academic difficulties, most of the increase in behavioral problems and crime, most of the increase in the income gap between rich and
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
The Nuclear Weapons Industry's Money Bombs
06-07-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By R. Jeffrey Smith
How millions in campaign cash and revolving-door lobbying have kept America's atomic arsenal off the chopping block.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
Interactive: New York's Roofscape Gets Climate Makeover
06-07-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/06/new
Witness the evolution of NYC's billion-square-foot roofscape in the face of climate change.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
"Where is the Right to Privacy? It Doesn't Exist if You're a Muslim"
06-07-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Adam Serwer
Meet the New Jersey Muslims taking on the New York Police Department over its sweeping surveillance program.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Greece and the Euro: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
06-07-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Ellen Brown
Alternatives to an "Ugly Divorce"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Attacking Iran Likely Counter-Productive, Think Tank Warns
06-07-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Jim Lobe
While a nuclear-armed Iran would pose significant new challenges to the United States and Israel, a military attack by either country to prevent Tehran from developing a weapon could well prove counter-productive.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Is Occupy Wall Street Dead?
06-07-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
"Most of the social scientists who are at all like me - unsentimental leftists - ... think this movement is over.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Children Dead After US Air Assault: Report
06-07-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
NATO says only two light injuries to civilians during operation in Logar province, but local official reports at least 17 killed
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
It’s One Person, One Vote, Not 1 Percent, One Vote
06-07-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Amy Goodman
The failed effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is widely seen as a crisis for the labor movement, and a pivotal moment in the 2012 U.S. presidential-election season.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
War profiteering and campaigns perpetuate the War on Terror
06-07-2012
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Kimberly Dvorak, Examiner
Traditionally wartime presidents reap big defense contractor rewards in the form of campaign donations, and by the looks of the pre-election contributions, Obama is poised to be the winner.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Blackwater guards finally face manslaughter charges
06-07-2012
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http://rt.com
The US Supreme Court ruled this week that it will not allow the four private security guards indicted in a 2007 Iraqi massacre to appeal charges related to the slaying.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Everyone's a suspect: Colorado police handcuff every driver on the road
06-07-2012
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http://rt.com
Reports of a bank robbery in Colorado this week prompted the police to make a split decision to try to catch the culprits.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Panetta admits that US is at war in Pakistan
06-07-2012
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http://rt.com/usa/news/panetta-us-war-pakistan-225
Hold the phone, anti-war activists. President Obama says that American troops are done with Operation Iraqi Freedom and their episode in Afghanistan is almost over.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Mitt Romney attended Bilderberg 2012?
06-07-2012
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http://rt.com
The items discussed during last week’s Bilderberg Conference might remain under lock and key, but some eyewitnesses on hand at the elusive meeting of the elite say they might know who was involved in the top-secret talks.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Double Standards on Civilian Deaths
05-30-2012
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John LaForge, Consortiumnews.com
Whenever U.S. forces inflict massive civilian casualties, it’s a “mistake” or the fault of the targets because they were “hiding” in populated areas. Yet, when civilian deaths occur in the country of a “designated enemy,” all ambiguity is swept aside
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Poll: 24 Percent of Americans Believe States Have a Right to Secede
06-06-2012
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CNS News
24% of Americans believe that states have the right to secede, according to Rasmussen Reports -- up 10% in 2 years. Just one of many showing Americans have “serious and growing concern about the federal government,”
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Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Criminal Justice System
Limitless Motions In Limine...
Terry Bressi
What's interesting to note in the Motions in limine filed in this case is that we (the plaintiff) filed a single 4-page motion with the court dealing specifically with exclusion of hearsay testimony & any issues not directly related to the specific i
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
Crop Insurance Proposal Could Cost U.S. Billions
06-06-2012
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New York Times
At the same time that high crop prices are prompting farmers to expand into millions of acres of land once considered unsuitable for farming, Congress is considering expanding a federal insurance program that reimburses farmers for most losses or dro
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Top Fed members say new action to help economy may be needed
06-06-2012
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Washington Post
Three top members of the Federal Reserve said the central bank may have to take a fresh look at additional measures to stimulate economic growth amid a weakening in the U.S. economy and renewed threats from Europe.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
How to grow your own Sneaker - Bio customized shoe patterns
5/4/2012
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you tube
Raymond Ong remixes the beauty & variety of nature into something nature could not have imagined: customized sneakers from genetically programmed stingray leather.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
CBO: Hard choices ahead on debt
06-05-2012
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney
The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday painted a stark picture of the country's fiscal future, which will be determined in part by tough choices lawmakers face in the coming months on the federal budget.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GAME ON: The Best Fed Source In The World Says QEIII Is Now On The Table
06-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
The WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath -- whom Cardiff Garcia has dubbed "Fedwire" -- reports that more Fed action is now officially on the table due to the slew of weak incoming data.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Transportation
SPOTTED: The First Tesla Model S Sedan
06-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Travis Okulski
Tesla's Model S sedan is the second model in Tesla's lineup and has been through a long gestation period.
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News Link • Books
R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
06-06-2012
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io9.com via Twitter
Ray Bradbury " author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics " died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - International
This Is A Fantastic Presentation On Why 'Germany Is Riskier Than You Think'
06-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Simone Foxman
Investors hoping to avoid the turmoil of the euro crisis have been pouring their money into German bunds and assets, expecting nothing but a safe place to store their money.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Surveillance
YIKES: Airtime Takes Photos Of Every User Who Is Using It
06-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Steve Kovach
Airtime, the new video chat service that lets you talk with random Facebook users, uses screen, video, and audio captures to ensure people aren't engaging in naughty activities.
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Opinion • WAR: About that War
Ray McGovern: My Take
Sorting Out the Facts about Iran
06-06-2012
Ray McGovern
Neocons, including the Washington Post’s editors, keep playing games with the facts regarding Iran’s nuclear program. The plan apparently is to guide the U.S. into a military confrontation whether Obama and the American people want one or not.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Twin suicide bombings kill 22 civilians in market in southern Afghanistan
06-06-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market area in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people wounding about 50, authorities said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Human Barcode Could Make Society More Organized
06-06-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Meghan Neal
Would you barcode your baby? Microchip implants have become standard practice for our pets, but have been a tougher sell when it comes to the idea of putting them in people.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Atom Split Into Two And Then Put Back Together Using Quantum Mechanics
06-06-2012
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http://planetsave.com, By Nathan
An atom has been split into halves, separated, and then put back together, in new research from the University of Bonn.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Pressing for OAS changes, leftist governments of 4 Latin American nations quit defense treaty
06-06-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Associated Press
Four Latin American countries announced Tuesday that they’re pulling out of a regional defense treaty while pressing for changes in the Organization of American States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Judge Says He Was Struck by a Police Officer in Queens
06-05-2012
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New York Times
Thomas D. Raffaele, a 69-year-old justice of the New York State Supreme Court, encountered a chaotic scene while walking down a Queens street with a friend: Two uniformed police officers stood over a shirtless man lying facedown on the pavement. The
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
US cozying up to India for military support
06-06-2012
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http://www.rt.com
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is in India to encourage the country to play a more active role in the Afghanistan conflict.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Russia and China pull together to counter US Asia drive
06-06-2012
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http://www.rt.com
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will cement its military alliance with China, including an increase in joint exercises in the Asia-Pacific.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
The Real Obscenity: They Will Call the Police
06-06-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org,
When longtime, prize-winning coal activist Maria Gunnoe went to Washington D.C. to testify to the House Committee on Natural Resources about the horrific water pollution her West Virginia neighbors live with day in and day out, she brought some photo
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel 'super-ready' to attack Iran " Defense Chief
06-06-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Israel is fully prepared to attack Iran if needed, declared Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, saying the military threat is one convincing method of forcing Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
Pot calling kettle black: US officials ‘leak’ more than Manning?
06-06-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Leaking classified data to Wikileaks saw Private Bradley Manning charged with 22 counts including capital offence.
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