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Date Sent: 2012-07-01
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, July 1, 2012 |
Russia, West agree on transition government for Syria -- Iranian submarines navigate Caspian Sea
Mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremony -- President Morsi hails 'new Egypt' but faces challenges to authority -- Libyan tribal clashes: 47 dead in three days -- Japan restarts first nuclear plant amid mass protests (PHOTOS, VIDEO) -- Chief Justice Roberts fends off speculation about his health-care ruling -- Dentists Now Using RFID -- Alcohol-Sensing Technology Could Become Standard In All Cars -- Tennessee Bans Hugging -- Smart Meter = Smart Surveillance -- Obama Planning More War -- Spurious Terrorism Indictments -- Arpaio's PD arrests 6 year old without legal ID -- Saturday, June 30, 2012 - Art Cashin (Publisher Recommended) --
Nanocable for Energy Storage -- 110 Million Barrel Per Day by 2020 -- Lawrenceville Direct Fusion Breaking Through -- Greeks launch ‘Everything is OK’ website amid economic crisis -- Sri Lankan police shut down opposition news sites for ‘false and vulgar reports’ -- Moyers to Americans: Read the Declaration of Independence this July 4
AZ: Jackalope Freedom Festival in
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Freedom Festival!; Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday
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News Link • Syria
Annan: Russia, West agree on transition government for Syria
07-01-2012
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http://www.rt.com
The Syrian crisis is to be resolved by a transition government consisting of the current authorities and opposition leaders. The proposal was announced by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan after talks in Geneva.
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News Link • Iran
Iranian submarines to navigate Caspian Sea " report
07-01-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Tehran plans to deploy “light submarines” to the Caspian Sea, Iranian Navy top brass has told Fars news agency.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremony
07-01-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Jennifer Dobner
A group of about 150 Mormons quit their church in a mass resignation ceremony in Salt Lake City on Saturday in a rare display of defiance ending decades of disagreement for some over issues ranging from polygamy to gay marriage.
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News Link • Egypt
President Morsi hails 'new Egypt' but faces challenges to authority
07-01-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Egypt’s newly sworn-in President Mohammed Morsi reaffirmed his Islamist beliefs in his inauguration speech, but promised the country would not swerve from a moderate course in its international policies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Libyan tribal clashes: 47 dead in three days
07-01-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Tribal warfare continues for the fifth day straight in Libya, with 47 killed in the last three days alone and over 100 reportedly wounded.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan restarts first nuclear plant amid mass protests (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
07-01-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Company has restarted a reactor at its Ohi nuclear power plant after a 15 month break.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Chief Justice Roberts fends off speculation about his health-care ruling
07-01-2012
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rawstory.com, The Christian Science Monitor
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts jokes that he’s headed for an "impregnable island fortress" to avoid questions about the startling health-care decision he wrote.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor (http://s.tt/1grO3)
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Dentists Now Using RFID
07-01-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Claire Swedberg
Many dentists are transitioning from traditional X-ray film images of patients’ teeth to reusable phosphor plates or digital photos, eliminating the need for X-ray film, chemicals and film-processing machines.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Alcohol-Sensing Technology Could Become Standard In All Cars
07-01-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Larry Copeland
The long-term transportation funding bill just approved by Congress includes funds for researching alcohol-detection technology that could eventually be standard equipment in all new cars.
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News Link • Energy
Smart Meter = Smart Surveillance
07-01-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Michael LeMieux
We have all heard a lot of discussion lately on the energy department’s move toward a “smart grid” and the use of “smart meters” fueled by the stimulus funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Kids
Arpaio's PD arrests 6 year old without legal ID
06-30-2012
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BeatTheChip
A 6 year old girl was arrested and now sits in an Arizona ICE detention facility in accordance with SB 1070 rulings.
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News Link • Surveillance
Darrell Issa Puts Details of Secret Wiretap Applications in Congressional Record
06-30-2012
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www.rollcall.com
In the midst of a fiery floor debate over contempt proceedings for Attorney General Eric Holder, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) quietly dropped a bombshell letter into the Congressional Record.
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News Link • Economy - International
Saturday, June 30, 2012 - Art Cashin (Publisher Recommended)
06-30-2012
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www.kingworldnews.com
Art Cashin: Director of Floor Operations for UBS Financial Services. Art has over 50 years of Wall Street experience, which gives him the ability to offer valuable insights to investors and traders. (Understanding the EU and the Future of USA)
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News Link • Energy
Researchers develop a promising new technology for grid-scale energy storage
06-30-2012
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www.nanowerk.com
However, this technology is unique in that it uses a flowable slurry of capacitive particles suspended in a liquid electrolyte carrier fluid. Uncharged slurry is pumped through a flow cell, where energy is stored capacitively within the solid particl
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News Link • Energy
Kaco New Energy Announces Powador-gridsave with Panasonic Batteries
06-30-2012
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www.solarnovus.com
The compact-size system combines inverter, battery charging unit, storage and an intelligent management system in one case, including all DC- and AC-wiring.
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News Link • Energy
Nanocable for Energy Storage
06-30-2012
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www.overclockersclub.com/news
More and more the world is looking to capacitors to replace batteries. The reasons for wanting such a change include faster charging times and safety precautions, as capacitors do not need dangerous chemicals.
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News Link • Archaeology
Ice Age Pottery
06-30-2012
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arclein
Bar-Yosef thinks the shards are the remains of crude pots and bowls, probably about 20 centimetres across. "They were poorly fired and easily breakable," he says. Their outer surfaces carry scorch marks and small amounts of soot, so Bar-Yosef think
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News Link • Energy
110 Million Barrel Per Day by 2020
06-30-2012
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arclein
able to that of the Bakken Shale. Most of U.S. shale and tight oil are profitable at a price of oil (WTI) ranging from $50 to $65 per barrel, thus making them sufficiently resilient to a significant downturn of oil prices.
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News Link • Science
Lawrenceville Direct Fusion Breaking Through
06-30-2012
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arclein
1) The “teeth that chew the sheath” tungsten crown to regularize the filaments - 10-100x yield
2) Full power output of Capacitors and to ‘Imitate’ the heavier mixture of pB11 by using Deuterium/Nitrogen.
3) Shorter Electrodes, slower run down, more
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News Link • Bailouts
Greeks launch ‘Everything is OK’ website amid economic crisis
06-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Greeks fed up with stories of austerity and gloom can now turn to a new website aptly named Everything is OK (ola kala, OK in Greek) which aims to bring only happy news stories to the population.
Describing itself as an “online health wellbeing po
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News Link • Surveillance
Sri Lankan police shut down opposition news sites for ‘false and vulgar reports’
06-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Sri Lankan police Friday shut down opposition news websites, accusing them of carrying “false and vulgar reports”, months after imposing censorship on news alerts issued by mobile phone companies.
Seven media organisations, including the Sri Lanka
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Baltic Update
06-30-2012
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arclein
Hefty trajectory: The Swedish diving team noted a 985-foot flattened out 'runway' leading up to the object, implying that it skidded along the path before stopping but no true answers are clear
Diver Peter Lindberg said: 'We have experienced th
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News Link • Declaration of Independence
Moyers to Americans: Read the Declaration of Independence this July 4
06-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
This week on “Moyers and Company,” host Bill Moyers reminded us that July 4 is approaching and asked Americans to take the time this year to read one of our nation’s founding documents.
The moment Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence,
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News Link • Media: Radio
2012-06-29 Liberty Underground Radio Show
06-30-2012
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Liberty Underground
We dig into the ObamaCare SCOTUS ruling, the Eric Holder Contempt of Congress Charge, and the Audit the Fed bill. Plus, we cover the series of events involving NATO, Turkey, Syria, and Iran which could quickly lead to a global war. Brandon from TheGl
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News Link • Constitution
Health Bill is UNLAWFUL!
6-30-12
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Fox19 News
Congress NEVER passed the bill as a TAX... The Supreme Court can NOT pass taxes! It is as clear as day and EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN NEEDS TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BRING THIS TO THE PUBLIC...
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News Link • Economy - International
Eric Sprott - Central planners are lying to us
06-30-2012
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King World News
Just as it was easy for me, back in 2007, to say GM, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Citigroup are broke, you just take a look at the balance sheet. You’re beyond a Minsky moment, and most countries are in that situation today.
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt's next leader vows to work to free sheik in N.Y. bomb plot
06-30-2012
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New York Times
President-elect Mohammed Morsi's rousing tribute to Egyptian sovereignty included a promise to work for the release of the Egyptian-born Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, jailed for plotting a series of New York City bombings.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge gives Nilan harassment protection from Valenti, orders him to redact blog
06-30-2012
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A judge granted Meredith Nilan a harassment prevention order against local blogger Dan Valenti, and ordered him to remove any references to her from his website, Planet Valenti. Nilan faced criminal charges related to a car accident
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Disturbing e-mails could spell more trouble for Penn State officials
06-30-2012
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CNN (video)
With convicted serial child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky behind bars, new questions are surfacing about what Penn State officials knew about the coach's encounter with a boy in the shower -- and whether they covered it up.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Holder? Prosecuted? White House says forget it
06-30-2012
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The Ticket
The Department of Justice will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder after the Republican-led House of Representatives voted to hold him in contempt of Congress, the White House said .
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
House could arrest Holder with inherent contempt power
06-30-2012
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Washington Times
Despite voting to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, there’s little House Republicans can do in the short term to compel him to turn over documents " unless it wanted to revisit a long-dormant power and arrest him.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Oldest sound recording resurrected (VIDEO)
06-30-2012
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Reuters
Modern technology may have resurrected the oldest sound recording in the world from an image in a German magazine from 1890. The recording is the muffled voice of the father of the gramophone, Emile Berliner he recites Friedrich Schiller's ballad ''D
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Judge gives a win to Wall Street in Alabama county bankruptcy
06-30-2012
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Reuters
The judge in the landmark bankruptcy of Alabama's Jefferson County sided with Wall Street creditors on Friday and sharply limited how the cash-strapped local government can use funds generated by its sewer system.
The ruling, in a months-long cour
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News Link • Police State
“No Refusal” blood tests for DUI arrests in Knox Co., TN
06-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
New “Blood draw warrants” allow authorities to take blood samples with or without your permission. As reported on various local news sources such as WBIR, WATE, WVLT and even on Yahoo News, refusal is no longer an option, as a search warrant can no
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
The Sharp, Sudden Decline of America's Middle Class
06-30-2012
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http://www.rollingstone.com, by Jeff Tietz
They had good, stable jobs - until the recession hit. Now they're living out of their cars in parking lots.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Reality Check: If Healthcare Law Is A Tax Is It Now Invalid?
06-30-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by northstar
Ben Swann Reality Check breaks down the Affordable Care Act ruling by the Supreme Court and looks at why the determination that the law is a tax may make it invalid
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
Department of Defense Caught Lying About Use Of Domestic Spy Drones
06-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Offices of two US Senators contradict statements of Special Operations Command
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News Link • Obama Administration
Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision hands federal government unlimited power
06-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mike Adams
Regardless of whether you agree with the fundamentals of Obamacare, the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled the federal government has the power to tax Americans into mandatory purchases of private industry products means an end to economi
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
B612 Sentinel: The First Privately-Funded Deep Space Mission
06-30-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
The B612 Foundation will use its deep-space craft to map the orbit of every potentially Earth-smashing asteroid for the next hundred years
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Pedestrian thrown in jail for 12 hours for holding up sign warning drivers about police speed trap
06-30-2012
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Daily Mail Reporter
woman in Houston, Texas, was arrested and jailed for 12 hours after she held up a make-shift sign to warn drivers about a speed trap.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama campaign: It's a penalty, not a tax
06-30-2012
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http://www.politico.com, By BYRON TAU
A top surrogate for President Obama insisted Friday that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act was not a tax " despite the fact that the Supreme Court narrowly preserved the law on those grounds.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Darrell Issa Puts Details of Secret Wiretap Applications in Congressional Record
06-30-2012
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http://www.rollcall.com, By Jonathan Strong
In the midst of a fiery floor debate over contempt proceedings for Attorney General Eric Holder, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) quietly dropped a bombshell letter into the Congressional Record.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News--
July 1, 2012 Edition
06-29-2012
John Semmens
President Says Obamacare Decision a Victory for Freedom
President Barack Obama hailed the US Supreme Court's narrow 5-4 decision to uphold his signature Affordable Care Act as “a victory for freedom.”
“By affirming the legality of our health ca
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Opinion • Iran
Ray McGovern: My Take
How Iran Might See the Threats
06-29-2012
Ray McGovern
With half of 2012 behind us and the U.S. presidential election looming in just four months, I will try to be candid and blunt about what I see as the dangers facing the Islamic Republic in the coming months.
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News Link • Libertopia
Libertopia Early Bird Special Ends Soon
06-29-2012
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Libertopia
Annual membership gives you access to all speeches, panels, concerts, exhibitors’ areas, parties, and networking activities, and also includes discounts on Libertopia merchandise. Early bird special of $225 ends on July 11,
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News Link • Economy - International
Germany caves in over bond buying, bank aid after Italy and Spain threaten to block 'everything*
06-29-2012
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www.telegraph.co.uk
Germany has today caved into demands made by Italy and Spain for immediate eurozone aid to bring down their soaring borrowing costs, sending the euro and markets higher.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Celente Launches 2nd American Revolution: Puts His Money Where His Heart Is
06-28-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Gerald Celente
Gerald Celente’s forecast is clear " The 2nd American Revolution is on the horizon. And this American Patriot has done more than just sign up to join the fight, he’s established its headquarters.
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fukushima Radiation at Record High
06-29-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Levels of radiation at Fukushima's reactor number 1 were at record levels on Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reports.
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News Link • Internet
Indiana police SWAT wrong home over open wifi network
06-29-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Stephen C. Webster
An unsecured wifi network triggered a SWAT team raid on the wrong home in Evansville, Indiana last week after officers began investigating specific threats made in an online forum.
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News Link • China
U.S. exempts China, Singapore from Iran sanctions
06-29-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, Agence France-Presse
The United States exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies were united in pressuring Tehran.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About The Second Half Of 2012
06-29-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, The Economic Collapse
What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now?
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News Link • Healthcare
Dr. Joel Wallach: IRS to Garnish Wages from Medical Tax Violators
06-29-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
How the IRS will come after Americans under Obamacare.
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News Link • Government
More People Killed By Bees, Drowning In Bath Than From Terrorism
06-29-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Independent review of terrorism legislation points to government exaggeration of threat for political gain
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News Link • Syria
Leaked: Shock footage allegedly shows Syrian family slain by rebels (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
06-29-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Footage showing the results of an alleged massacre in the Syrian city of Hama in April has been obtained by RT. Sources say that opposition rebels committed the atrocity.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
It's Official: Stockton. CA Declares Bankruptcy
06-28-2012
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Reuters
Stockton, California, became the largest city to file for bankruptcy in U.S. history after years of fiscal mismanagement and a housing market crash left it unable to pay its workers, pensioners and bondholders. The city of 300,000 people
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
United Technologies acknowledges coverup of sale of military software to China
06-28-2012
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New York Times
United Technologies, a major defense contractor, and 2 of its subsidiaries acknowledged covering up the illicit sale of sensitive military software to China " technology the country used to develop its first attack helicopter.
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News Link • Internet
Megaupload warrants ruled illegal by New Zealand court
06-28-2012
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Washington Post
A court in New Zealand has ruled that the search warrants used by New Zealand police when they raided the home of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom were invalid.
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News Link • Economy - International
Greatest Financial Collapse The World Has Ever Seen
06-28-2012
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King World News
Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management: the globe faces three crises, any one of which is capable of bringing down the world economy. Together, it is a guarantee.
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News Link • Healthcare
Uber-Nanny: Bloomberg Administration Now Moves Against Popcorn and Milk
06-28-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Despite the overwhelming criticism of the soda ban, his health board appears emboldened rather than chagrined by the controversy. It is now moving to ban certain sizes of popcorn and milk.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Help Bring Jordan Page to the Jackalope Freedom Festival!
06-28-2012
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http://www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com
If you are looking for information on the Jackalope Freedom Festival, please visit www.jackalopefreedomfestival.com If you would like to see Jordan Page preform, please help by donating: http://jordanpagemusic.chipin.com/bring-jordan-page-to-az
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News Link • Politics
Colorado Springs is Burning and the President Wants a Photo-Op?
06-28-2012
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Tres Melton for Green Dragon Tavern
Colorado Springs is in dire straits. The President, as many do in times of crisis, wants to tour the 'disaster' for himself. Avoiding all the Photo-op claims, for the moment, I wish to examine what that really means for the city of Colorado Sprin
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Clerk reprimanded for refusing welfare card to pay for cigarettes
06-28-2012
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“I made the statement, ‘do you think myself, that lady and that gentlemen should pay for your cigarettes?’ and he responded ‘yes,’ ” Whiton said.
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News Link • TAXES: Local
Houston's Strip Clubs Hit by New 'Pole Tax'
06-28-2012
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Wall Street Journal
The city of Houston is turning to an unusual source to help fund rape investigations: strip clubs.
The City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that requires strip clubs to pay a $5-per-visitor fee to help pay for the analysis of biological evid
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