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Date Sent: 2012-06-14
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, June 14, 2012 PM edition |
Russia Denies Sending Helicopters to Syria, Says West Arming Rebels
06-14-12 -- Glenn Jacobs - Broadcast from Davenport, IA - (MP3 Loaded) -- Bernie Sanders releases explosive bailout list -- Agenda 21: How Will It Affect You? -- A Silver Dime Card is an Alternative Currency (HISTORY) -- Executive Order: National Defense Resources Preparedness -- Is Commerce Decent? - by Tibor Machan -- I Just Got A Ride To My Hotel In Athens, And BOY Was It Depressing
-- Peter Thiel Is Paying These 20 Entrepreneurs Who Can't Even Drink Yet
$100,000 To Drop Out... -- Mandated defense cuts could lead to war, top US military official says [with tongue in cheek?] -- How Southwest Keeps Making Money In A Brutal Airline Industry -- Some secret truths about Ron Paul that very few know. -- The US Wastes Tons Of Money Keeping Harmless Old People In Jail -- Carol Paul on Rand's Endorsement -- The Drumbeat For An International War In Syria Is Building -- Northrop Grumman's Revolving Door With Congress -- U.S. targets landlords in fight against medical pot -- 20 Reasons Why America's Next Bank Holiday Will Be a Nightmare -- Foreclosures up for first time in 27 months -- F-22 Fighter Pilots Told to Ditch Pressure Vests; Mystery Problem Unsolved -- It starts: The government’s plan to steal your money -- Paul Festival is on - Tampa, FL - Aug 24-26 - Florida State Fairgrounds -- Bush's Head on a Pike in ‘Game of Thrones’ Sparks Ire -- The Chinese are getting out of Europe -- U.S. military preparing for a war at home -- Greeks withdraw cash ahead of cliffhanger vote -- Mission Accomplished -- NATO chief vows not to abandon Afghanistan -- The Hubris of Meddling in Syria: Exporting Wahabism From Kabul to Damascus -- The Ultimate No-Fly List -- Rachel Maddow, Drift (Book Review) -- Revolt in the Ranks -- Obama's drone wars and the normalization of extrajudicial murder -- Game of drones -- Karzai Demands Full Halt to US Airstrikes on Civilian Homes -- Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills 83 -- What might cause another 9/11? -- Is Legalizing Weed Obama's Secret Weapon? -- Hubris as the Evil Force in History -- Ron Paul Still Isn't Sure If He's Going To His Own Republican Convention Festival -- Exclusive: Bilderberg 1966 Data Dump – The War on Nationalism Exposed -- Olympism Profiteering, Exploitation and Corruption - by Stephen Lendman -- Stepped Up Russia Bashing
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News Link • Syria
Russia Denies Sending Helicopters to Syria, Says West Arming Rebels
06-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
Responding to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the establishment media on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country is not arming the al-Assad regime in Syria with attack helicopters.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bernie Sanders releases explosive bailout list
06-14-2012
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Reader Supported News
"This report reveals the inherent conflicts of interest that exist at the Federal Reserve. At a time when small businesses could not get affordable loans to create jobs, the Fed was providing trillions in secret loans to some of the largest banks an
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • United Nations
Agenda 21: How Will It Affect You?
06-14-2012
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Farm Wars
A clean environment is important, but while the rhetoric took one route, the agenda took another. Explore this topic and discover how Agenda 21 will affect you.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
A Silver Dime Card is an Alternative Currency (HISTORY)
06-14-2012
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wiki.mises.org
Wallet Voting began producing Silver Dime [and Quarter] Cards in 2010[1] to provide a smaller-valued unit to compliment the rise of precious metal barter and to create a convenient educational tool for Austrian School concepts such as...
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Executive Order -- National Defense Resources Preparedness
06-14-2012
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www.whitehouse.gov
Sec. 102. Policy. The United States must have an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense requirements and capable of contributing to the technological superiority of its national defense equipment in peacetime and in t
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Is Commerce Decent? by Tibor Machan
06-14-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
It is not a waste of time to revisit the topic of business bashing, especially in light of President Obama's current attacks on wealth creation. He says he prefers job creation, as if the latter were possible without the former.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
VIDEO: Getting to the Heart of the Lagging Volt
06-14-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
It won nearly every serious automotive award and had a huge carbon-free footprint of positive reviews from critics and consumers alike. So if that's the case, why is the Volt GM's slowest selling product?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • European Union
I Just Got A Ride To My Hotel In Athens, And BOY Was It Depressing
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
After about 20 hours of door-to-door traveling from New York, I've finally arrived at my hotel in Athens, which is about two blocks away from Syntagma Square, the square in the center of the city where you see all the protesting.
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News Link • Economy - International
CHART OF THE DAY: Spain's Gigantic Debt Problem
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ben Duronio
Everyone knows that Europe is in the middle of a major debt crisis. The most immediate problems include Greece and Spain. Other countries that have received bailouts include Portugal and Ireland.
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Peter Thiel Is Paying These 20 Entrepreneurs Who Can't Even Drink Yet $100,000 To Drop Out...
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matt Lynley
Every now and then, you'll find a brilliant entrepreneur under the age of 20 that has, say, already created nuclear fusion.
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News Link • Surveillance
Military drone mistaken for ‘UFO’ along DC highways
06-14-2012
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www.myfoxdc.com
People in the D.C. area are buzzing after pictures began popping up online showing what many believed to be a 'UFO' in transport along the Capitol Beltway.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Housing
5 Compelling Reasons To Flee The Market And Rent Instead
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Emily Co
Rent is higher than ever and rising in many cities. In fact, recent data released by Trulia revealed that rents in May have increased by six percent year over year.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Mandated defense cuts could lead to war, top US military official says [with tongue in cheek?]
06-13-2012
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FoxNews.com
The top U.S. military official suggested Wednesday that scheduled Pentagon budget cuts could lead to war. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before a Senate committee Wednesday alongside Defense Secretary Leon Panet
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Some secret truths about Ron Paul that very few know.
06-14-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
See, he does so much in stealth, its hard to keep up with the man and just what exactly fills his day when he comes home for a long weekend and stays for a few extra days or a week to catch up on things.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The US Wastes Tons Of Money Keeping Harmless Old People In Jail
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley
States could save taxpayers more than $66,000 per year each time they released one of the 246,600 elderly prisoners nationwide, according to a new ACLU report.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
genome compiler - DEMOCRATIZING CREATION - create your own life forms
06-03-2012
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TWIT.TV
Creating tools that enable the design and creation of useful LIVING things, and more.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • General Opinion
These Are The 15 Most Peaceful Nations In The World
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Samuel Blackstone
Yesterday, the Institute for Economics and Peace released their annual Global Peace Index (GPI), ranking 158 nations based on their levels of peacefulness.
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News Link • Syria
The Drumbeat For An International War In Syria Is Building
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dan Murphy
Yesterday afternoon CNN aired a series of heartbreaking images from Syria: Gruesome close-ups of toddlers alleged to have been killed by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
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News Link • Revolving Door
Northrop Grumman's Revolving Door With Congress
06-14-2012
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The Nation
Luckily for Northrop Grumman, which made $2.12 billion in profits last year, the firm essentially has a man on the inside of Congress with wide sway over how the government spends money on national defense.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Agriculture
Food Forest Gardens
06-14-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by Jason T.
As I read through page after page of food items and materials that preppers should stock up on, I have to wonder, “Have people really thought out what is coming?” I believe we are heading for at least a collapse of the US dollar, if not all fiat curr
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. targets landlords in fight against medical pot
06-14-2012
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Reuters
Federal prosecutors are targeting medical marijuana shops in California, seeking forfeiture of the properties in which they do business.
The authorities are pressuring landlords to shut down the shops or face possible loss of the real estate throu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosures up for first time in 27 months
06-14-2012
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Reuters
Foreclosure starts rose year-over-year in May for the first time in more than two years as banks resumed dealing with distressed properties after a mortgage abuse settlement earlier this year, data firm RealtyTrac said on Thursday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
F-22 Fighter Pilots Told to Ditch Pressure Vests; Mystery Problem Unsolved
06-14-2012
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ABC News
Pilots for the F-22 Raptor fighter jets have been ordered to take off a portion of their flying suits, specifically the G-suit vest, during routine training missions as the service continues to investigate a mysterious breathing problem
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • European Union
It starts: the government’s plan to steal your money.
06-14-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
There are consequences to investing any level of confidence in a financial system underpinned by debt and the creation of paper currency.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Paul Festival is on - Tampa, FL - Aug 24-26 - Florida State Fairgrounds
06-14-2012
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communities.washingtontimes.com
Paul Festival will be three days of music, entertainment and activism featuring nationally-known musicians, comedians and other entertainers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bush Administration
Bush's Head on a Pike in ‘Game of Thrones’ Sparks Ire
06-14-2012
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ABC News
Members of the GOP are fuming and HBO has issued an apology after realizing that the creators of “Game of Thrones” used a faux severed replica of former President George W. Bush’s head mounted on a stake in a number of scenes in the hit series.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • European Union
The Chinese are getting out of Europe
06-14-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com
Last week we reported that European hedge fund managers were liquidating their European assets to reduce exposure. Now it appears that the lend-happy Chinese will be doing the same.
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News Link • Police State
U.S. military preparing for a war at home
06-14-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com
One of the greatest indictments to the idea of putting a physical fence along the U.S. border was that not only could it keep trespassers out, but it could also keep citizens in.
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News Link • European Union
Greeks withdraw cash ahead of cliffhanger vote
06-14-2012
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By Dina Kyriakidou and George Georgiopoulos
Greeks pulled their cash out of the banks and stocked up with food ahead of a cliffhanger election on Sunday that many citizens fear will result in the country being forced out of the euro.
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News Link • History
Mission Accomplished.
06-14-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon Black
The concept of what we know today as “America” was alive and well in Venice during the Middle Ages; Venice was a place where, with guts, hard work, and a little bit of luck, you could become very wealthy and live the Venetian Dream.
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Saab saved from bankruptcy to exclusively make electric cars
06-14-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Dan Milmo
Saab is to be reborn as an electric car manufacturer focused on China under rescue plans drawn up by a Chinese-born entrepreneur.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
NATO chief vows not to abandon Afghanistan
06-14-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, Agence France-Presse
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen Wednesday vowed not to abandon Afghanistan as foreign nations plan to transition forces out of the country after a decade of conflict.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
The Canning Jar: Ultra-Versatile Tool of the Modern Kitchen
06-14-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Paul Adams
Half a dozen things you can do with a standard resealable jar
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
The Hubris of Meddling in Syria: Exporting Wahabism From Kabul to Damascus
06-14-2012
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http://www.antiwar.com, John Glaser
The status quo in Syria is that the rebel insurgency and the Assad regime continue to clash
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
The Ultimate No-Fly List
06-14-2012
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antiwar.com, Peter Van Buren and Tom Engelhardt
Last week, touching down in India on his way to Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta described reality as you seldom hear it in the confines of Washington
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Rachel Maddow, Drift (Book Review)
06-06-2012
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Skope
If you don’t have time to read any Chalmers Johnson or Noam Chomsky or Jeremy Scahill’s Blackwater (all of which effectively negate all of Maddow’s naïve solutions), Drift is something you could bring to the beach.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • History
Revolt in the Ranks
06-14-2012
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www.theamericanconservative.com, Chris Bray
Dissent in the armed forces is a patriotic tradition.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's drone wars and the normalisation of extrajudicial murder
06-14-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Michael Boyle
Executive privilege has seduced the president into a reckless 'kill first, ask questions later' policy that explodes the US constitution.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Domestic Policy
Game of drones
06-14-2012
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http://washingtonexaminer.com, Gene Healy
Last week, in its report on the 2013 Defense Authorization bill, the Senate Armed Services Committee called for allowing drones to operate "freely and routinely" in U.S. airspace.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai Demands Full Halt to US Airstrikes on Civilian Homes
06-14-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
US Downplays Significance, Insists Civilian Deaths 'Rare'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills 83
06-14-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Iraq is unstable with a brutal dictatorship and bloody sectarianism
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
What might cause another 9/11?
06-14-2012
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http://www.salon.com, By Glenn Greenwald
It is supporters of Obama's aggression, not its opponents, who are likely to provoke another Terrorist attack
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Is Legalizing Weed Obama's Secret Weapon?
06-14-2012
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http://www.theatlanticwire.com, Elspeth Reeve
In 2004 George W. Bush's re-election campaign worked to put anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives up for vote in several swing states in order to turn out more hard-core conservatives to the polls.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • History
Hubris as the Evil Force in History
06-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Craig Roberts
I have always been intrigued by the Battle of Bull Run, the opening battle of the US Civil War, known to southerners as the War of Northern Aggression.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Still Isn't Sure If He's Going To His Own Republican Convention Festival
06-14-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Grace Wyler
The Republican National Committee finally gave in to Ron Paul's fanatical supporters this week, signing off on a three-day festival that will fête the septuagenarian congressman in the days leading up to the party's national convention in Tampa this
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Robert Lee
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News Link • New World Order
Exclusive: Bilderberg 1966 Data Dump " The War on Nationalism Exposed
06-14-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Aaron Dykes
In the days following coverage of the 2012 Bilderberg meeting in Chantilly, Virginia, Infowars began exposing a series of leaked documents marked “strictly confidential” and “not for publication” exposing details from inside past Bilderberg meetings"
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Feature Article • Activism
We salute you, Dr Paul!
Thomas Costanzo
Adam Kokesh discusses what Ron Paul has done for him in his life. Ron Paul has opened Adams eyes to the idea that you own your life and your body, and how that has made Adam a better man. Myself Included! Ron Paul endorsed Adams Campaign for Congre
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News Link • Economy - International
Iceland's President Explains Why The World Needs To Rethink Its Addiction To Finance
06-13-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam Taylor
Here's the full transcript of our interview with "lafur Ragnar Grímsson, who has been President of Iceland since 1996, and announced last month he would be running for a fifth term.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How to Help
Weapons Maintenance " A Missing Element
06-13-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, Survival Blog
Over the years, as I've been perusing the pages of SurvivalBlog and various other sites, one thing had been missing the whole time, and to my own mind, I completely missed it too.
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