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Date Sent: 2012-08-01
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, August 1, 2012 AM edition |
ICE agents warn Americans "to brace themselves for what's coming"
Saudi Minister Says Detained Shiite Cleric Mentally Imbalanced -- Add it up: The prediction models look dismal for Obama. Can he still win? -- Russian Prosecutors Charge Protest Movement Leader -- 2 Poker Sites Will Forfeit $731 Million -- Teenager arrested over 'abusive' tweets to losing Olympic swimmer -- No government shutdown battle before Election Day -- What’s Trending on Twitter? Itself, After an Ill-Thought-Out Suspension -- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac won’t be allowed to reduce loan balances for troubled borrowers -- Jeb Bush OK with tax hike in debt deal -- Tanks from Saudi Arabia vs. Half-Naked Unarmed Man in Bahrain -- Som Sabadell flashmob -- Supporting Free Trade in Style: Fr33 Aid Branded Silver Dime Cards -- Second Gas Mask Found At Far Corner: It's worse than I suspected -- Cowardly House Republicans Refuse To Defund ObamaCare -- Secret Service won't pay Newport Beach for police at Obama event -- Phantom IEDs to Finish Off Posse Comitatus -- Why Are Republicans Calling To Disarm The American People? -- Talking Zionism -- Robert Fisk: Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy -- Have You Overlooked Comprehending This Piece of the US Economic Puzzle? -- Psychopaths - How you fight back
Jackalope Freedom Festival - Detailed Directions &
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News Link • Immigration
ICE agents warn Americans "to brace themselves for what's coming"
07-31-2012
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http://www.examiner.com, By: Dave Gibson
In the wake of the recent memo from the Obama administration which announced “prosecutorial discretion” in dealing with illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the country have been speaking out what many of them are calling
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News Link • World News
Saudi Minister Says Detained Shiite Cleric Mentally Imbalanced
07-31-2012
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AFP
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Aziz described prominent Shiite cleric Nimr Nimr, detained in the kingdom's Eastern Province, as mentally ill. "Nimr Nimr stirs sedition.. The way he speaks reflects a mental deficiency and imbalance,"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Add it up: The prediction models look dismal for Obama. Can he still win?
07-31-2012
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Yahoo! News blog
If President Barack Obama is to win, he is going to have to overcome a set of numbers that no incumbent President, or incumbent party, has ever managed to surmount.
The jobless rate has been stuck at just above 8 per cent for months; you have to g
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Russian Prosecutors Charge Protest Movement Leader
07-31-2012
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New York Times
Accelerating the Kremlin’s campaign against the country’s fledgling opposition, Russian investigators charged the blogger and anticorruption activist Aleksei Navalny with embezzlement, that carries a sentence of up to 10 years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
2 Poker Sites Will Forfeit $731 Million
07-31-2012
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New York Times
The US attorney for the District of NY reached an agreement with 2 of the world’s largest poker companies in which they will forfeit a total of $731 million dollars, some of it to be used to reimburse players who gambled online.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Teenager arrested over 'abusive' tweets to Tom Daley
07-31-2012
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Daily Telegraph
A 17-year-old has been arrested after allegedly malicious tweets were sent to Olympic diver Tom Daley accusing him of letting his late father down.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
No government shutdown battle before Election Day
07-31-2012
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The Ticket
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he has reached an agreement with the White House and Republican leaders in the House to ensure there is no government shutdown battle before Election Day in November.
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News Link • Internet
What’s Trending on Twitter? Itself, After an Ill-Thought-Out Suspension
07-31-2012
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New York Times
The company found itself at the center of a firestorm when it suspended the account of Guy Adams, a British newspaper reporter for The Independent, after he posted complaints about NBC’s tape-delayed Olympics coverage.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac won’t be allowed to reduce loan balances for troubled borrowers
07-31-2012
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Washington Post
The federal regulator for government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said he will not allow the firms to reduce loan balances of struggling homeowners, frustrating the Obama admin as it looks for ways to
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Jeb Bush OK with tax hike in debt deal
07-31-2012
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The Hill
Bush told a House panel he could get behind a plan that combined 10 dollars in spending cuts for every dollar of new revenue, and also noted that he did not sign the anti-tax pledge administered by Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform when he r
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News Link • Activism
Tanks from Saudi Arabia vs. Half-Naked Unarmed Man in Bahrain
07-31-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Tanks rolling toward a Bahrain protester: Which side was the US on in Bahrain? The US picks its sides according to power plays that have nothing to do with the fanciful pap about freedom, democracy, morality, obligation, and duty provided for public
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News Link • Activism
Som Sabadell flashmob
07-31-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
On the 130th anniversary of the founding of Banco Sabadell we wanted to pay homage to our city by means of the campaign "Som Sabadell" (We are Sabadell) . This is the flashmob that we arranged as a final culmination with the participation
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News Link • Wallet Voting
Supporting Free Trade in Style: Fr33 Aid Branded Silver Dime Cards
07-31-2012
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http://fr33aid.com
Fr33 Aid recently began offering branded silver dime cards as thank you gifts for donations of $10 or more. We decided to guarantee the value of our silver dime cards at $10 in order to support free trade and help us raise the funds we need to fulfil
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Drew
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News Link • Obama Administration
Cowardly House Republicans Refuse To Defund ObamaCare
07-31-2012
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http://www.westernjournalism.com, By Doug Book
House Speaker John Boehner, Majority leader Eric Cantor and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy have decided that the Party will do NOTHING to defund ObamaCare when current, federal funding legislation expires on September 30th.
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Secret Service won't pay Newport Beach for police at Obama event
07-31-2012
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http://www.latimes.com, By Mike Reicher
Newport Beach billed President Obama's campaign for police security at a fundraiser. The Secret Service says that security is its job, not the campaign's, but that it can't reimburse the city.
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News Link • Police State
Phantom IEDs to Finish Off Posse Comitatus
07-31-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
The remnants of Posse Comitatus stand between the Pentagon and the globalist dream of a police state in the United States.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Why Are Republicans Calling To Disarm The American People?
07-31-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
While the federal government is arming itself to the teeth against conservatives
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News Link • General Opinion
Talking Zionism
07-31-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Uri Avnery
“He talks Zionism” used to be a very derogatory comment when I was young. It meant that some elderly functionary had come to waste our time with a boring speech consisting largely of empty phrases.
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News Link • Syria
Robert Fisk: Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy
07-31-2012
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http://www.independent.co, Robert Fisk
The West's real target here is not Assad's brutal regime but his ally, Iran, and its chemical weapons
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
07-31-12 -- Richard Grove - (Video & MP3 LOADED)
Richard Grove (TragedyAndHope.Com) talks with Ernest about the Omnibus Trade Competitive Act of 1988 (which is what started Ernest down the rabbit hole of truth) - (Sarah Sandy will be on the show Wed, Aug 1st, 2012)
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News Link • Drug War
Truck owner wants DEA to pay up after botched sting
07-30-2012
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Houston Chronicle
The truck had been everywhere but in the repair shop.. Commandeered by one of his drivers, who was secretly working with federal agents, the truck had been hauling marijuana from the border as part of an undercover operation.
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News Link • Food
Drought spurs ethanol push-back; World Bank watchful
07-30-2012
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Reuters
The debate over using crops for fuel burst back onto the political stage on Monday as U.S. ranchers and poultry producers sought "a little help" from the government by waiving its ethanol mandate in the face of a dire drought.
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News Link • Gun Rights
5 ATF Officials Singled Out in GOP Report
07-30-2012
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AP
After an 18-month investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, a Republican congressional draft report concludes that five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives share much of the blame for what went wrong with the gun
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News Link • Corruption
Trickle of Libor lawsuits from rate-fixing scandal likely to become deluge
07-30-2012
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Washington Post
Lawsuits are mounting against some of the world’s biggest banks over the manipulation of the global interest rate known as Libor as smaller lenders, municipalities and investors take stock of losses tied to the widening scandal.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
As ‘fiscal cliff’ looms, debate over pre-Election Day layoff notices heats up
07-30-2012
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Washington Post
The deep federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect at the start of next year may trigger dismissal notices for tens of thousands of employees of government contractors, companies and the warnings may start going out before the election.
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News Link • Syria
War Under Table: Ex-Blackwater mercs in Syria 'backed by US'
07-30-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
The opposition fighters in Syria might be getting help from a different source - in the form of training from the US private security firm, formerly known as the notorious Blackwater group. Security circles reportedly confirmed the information which
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News Link • Gun Rights
Keep the Guns; Abolish the Police
07-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Anderson " who saw enough to recognize that a robbery was underway " had spied a uniformed officer in a marked police car The cop replied he was off duty and said to call 911. He then rolled up his window and drove away.
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News Link • New World Order
Agenda 21 EXPLAINED, full version
07-30-2012
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www.youtube.com
Here is a detailed presentation on what is really in Agenda 21 and the sustainable development movement as defined by the UN. How it will ultimately compromise your property rights..
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
This Cute Chat Site Could Save Your Life and Help Overthrow Your Government
07-30-2012
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Wired
21-year-old student Nadim Kobeissi is the creator of Cryptocat, a project “to combine my love of cryptography and cats,” he explained to an overflowing audience of hackers at the HOPE conference on Saturday, July 14.
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News Link • Drug War
Chicago steals cars if passenger has drugs
07-30-2012
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An Illinois appellate court rejected Ivy Jackson’s challenge to Chicago Municipal Code which provides the owner of a vehicle found to contain controlled substances or cannabis is liable for the taking of their vehicle.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
GM Ramps Up Risky Subprime Auto Loans To Drive Sales
07-30-2012
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By DAVID HOGBERG INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
President Obama has touted General Motors (GM) as a successful example of his administration's policies. Yet GM's recovery is built, at least in part, on the increasing use of subprime loans.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars ~ Future Libertarians?
07-30-2012
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dailypaul.com
I believe when people reach this point... of losing everything... like I did... they are ready to clear away all the nonsense and get down to business... they are inclined to living free, prosperous and in service to their fellow man.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Mexican Official: CIA 'Manages' Drug Trade
07-30-2012
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dailypaul.com Al Jazeera
The US Central Intelligence Agency and other international security forces "don't fight drug traffickers", a spokesman for the Chihuahua state government in northern Mexico has told Al Jazeera, instead "they try to manage the drug trade".
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Letter from Former Maine State Director for Ron Paul Campaign
07-30-2012
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Daily Paul.com
As you may have heard today, Jan Staples---the Maine Republican National Committeewoman who was defeated for re-election at the 2012 Maine Republican Convention---is striking back.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA 'Manages' Drug Trade, Mexican Official Says
07-30-2012
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by Alex Newman The New American
The Central Intelligence Agency’s involvement in drug trafficking is back in the media spotlight after a spokesman for the violence-plagued Mexican state of Chihuahua became the latest high-profile individual to accuse the CIA.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul supporters photobomb Mitt Romney’s visit to Poland
07-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Mitt Romney was greeted by Polish supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul as his motorcade passed through Gdansk on Monday. Volunteers from the Romney campaign struggled in vain to use umbrellas to block a large Ron Paul banner from sight, Bonney Kapp of C
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Environment
Koch-funded climate scientist: I was wrong, humans are to blame
07-30-2012
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By Jonathan Terbush rawstory.com
The founder and director of a climate change study project funded heavily by the Koch brothers, who last year reversed course and said he believed global warming was real.
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News Link • Homeland Security
U.S. Army Purchases Riot Gear As Fears Over Civil Unrest Grow
07-30-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com
It’s not just the Department of Homeland Security that is gearing up for the prospect of civil unrest in America. The U.S. Army also recently purchased a stock of riot gear including batons, face masks and body shields.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Why Are Republicans Calling To Disarm The American People?
07-30-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson
The recent deluge of attacks against the second amendment were completely predictable in the aftermath of the Colorado massacre, but what perhaps wasn’t so expected was the fact that a lot of them have come from so-called Republicans.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
At Defcon, hackers get their own private cell network: Ninja Tel
07-30-2012
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by Dan Goodin
The WiFi at the annual Defcon hacker conference has long been inhabited by a battery of live and automated mischief makers that sniff packets, scan ports, and exploit whatever weaknesses can be found.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
'Operation Anaheim' Targets Anaheim Police Chief
07-30-2012
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www.occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com
Anonymous kicked off their "Operation Anaheim" Thursday by publishing online the home address of Anaheim Police Chief John Welters. It seems that Welters' MySpace page was turned into something rather embarrassing, as well.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
Refusing To Put A Normal Child On Psych Drugs Results In Swat Teams and a TANK.
07-30-2012
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youtube.com
This is in America!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Scalia: Guns May be Regulated
07-30-2012
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By John Aloysius Farrell
Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the Supreme Court's most vocal and conservative justices, said on Sunday that the Second Amendment leaves room for U.S. legislatures to regulate guns, including menacing hand-held weapons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
A Tale Of Two Busts
07-30-2012
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Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger
To deflect attention away from the Romney fiasco that his trip to England has become, Charles Krauthammer resurrected an old story:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Media Covering Up Gun Self-Defense Stories
07-30-2012
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byPhilip Hodges
I was talking to a friend recently about the whole Colorado theater massacre. We were lamenting about how our culture is so obsessed with these psychopathic murderers and that we never hear about the heroes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Propaganda
Do Banksters Kill Millions Of People?
07-30-2012
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by Bob Livingston
In the public’s mind, the war trials following World War II demonstrated that evil must be vanquished and punished.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
NJ Terrorist Hideout Turns Out to Be NYPD Spy Operation
07-30-2012
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by Tim Brown
A building superintendent for an apartment complex just off the Rugers University campus called the New Brunswick Police 911 line to inform them that he had discovered suspicious activity
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
In the Long Run, Is the GOP Dead?
07-30-2012
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by Patrick J. Buchanan
Since 1928, only Dwight Eisenhower and George W. Bush have won the presidency while capturing both houses of Congress for the GOP.
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News Link • Healthcare
New Arizona abortion law complicates fetal-defect cases
07-30-2012
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Arizona Republic
Under a new Arizona abortion law that takes effect Thursday, more babies with fatal fetal defects are expected to be carried to term, even though they will die within minutes, hours or days.
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Islamists: Unmarried couple in Mali is stoned to death as Islamists impose Shariah law
07-29-2012
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The Washington Post
A spokesman for the radical Islamic group controlling northern Mali says a couple who had an adulterous relationship was stoned to death this weekend in the town of Aguelhok.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Pro-Ron Paul delegates challenged in Maine
07-29-2012
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Boston Herald
Peter Cianchette, a prominent Republican leader, and Janet Martens Staples, a Maine representative on the Republican National Committee, filed the challenge to 14 pro-Paul delegates and alternates, the last day they could be challenged.
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News Link • Activism
On Courage and Cowardice - by L. Neil Smith
07-29-2012
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
Almost immediately, however, a few participants began to object to the name and to the logo that went with it. It was "too edgy", someone said. It looked too "aggressive" (believe me, the posture involved is one of pure self-defense).
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Louisiana GOP certifies convention delegation, sans Ron Paul supporters
07-29-2012
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NOLA
The Louisiana GOP certified with the Republican National Committee its slate of delegates to the party's national convention in Tampa, filling slots that backers of Ron Paul won in the caucuses with supporters of Mitt Romney.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Wall Street Week Ahead: Rolling out red carpet for central bankers
07-29-2012
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Reuters
Stocks took off at the end of the week, drawn by the allure of a helping hand from the world's two most powerful central banks. The US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank meet to stimulate economic growth and, in the case of the ECB, tackl
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Seattle reaches police reform deal with government
07-29-2012
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Reuters
The settlement, which grew out of a federal investigation of the city's police department, will allow the city to avoid a civil rights lawsuit that U.S. officials threatened to bring over complaints of excessive force by officers.
Such a lawsuit w
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
FBI says it may probe Anaheim police following shootings
07-29-2012
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Reuters
The FBI said on Friday it will consider investigating police in the city of Anaheim, following several high profile shootings by officers that have led to protests and civil unrest in the southern California city.
The announcement came the same da
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