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Date Sent: 2012-12-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 7, 2012 PM edition |
Secret Service under investigation over loss of sensitive files on Metro
Defense Contractors Seek Fiscal Cliff Relief, Budget-Busting Tax Breaks At Same Time -- Zimmerman publicizes defamation lawsuit against NBC -- DNA testing frees man who lived on death row for 15 years [chilling read] -- Police Stops in the First World vs. the Third World -- No Child Left Uncontrolled - by Butler Shaffer -- Corporate Media Gives Up on Factchecking -- Majority of Americans to Feds: Let the Weed Smokers Be -- An Invented Crisis Threatens the Forgotten Millions -- US Positions Navy Warships Off North Korea in Advance of Rocket Launch -- UN Nuclear Chief: Alleged Iranian Weapons Testing Site May Not Contain Any Evidence -- Venezuela's Chavez returns from Cuba after treatment -- Hamas leader ends long exile, visits Gaza Strip -- Rebels circle Damascus airport; Russia, U.S. downbeat -- Protesters surge around Egypt's presidential palace -- 12-07-12 -- George Donnelly - Gary Franchi - Will Grigg (Video Loaded) -- Time Lapse of America's first Bill of Rights Monument being installed -- Doug Casey on Identity Politics and Political Correctness -- Natural Remedy For Bed Bugs -- Middle East on the Boil -- Netanyahu's Israel -- Belarus ruler introduces forced employment -- Lining Pockets or Voting Booths? - Gary Franchi Responds to Bloomberg
AZ: Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday
Dec 8th, 2012, 6:30 p.m. til ???; America's First Monument
to the Bill of Rights - Arizona Dedication Ceremony, Saturday
December 15th 10:00 am; 2012 Arizona Activist Awards,
Patriot Roast & Fundraiser Saturday December 15th 6:00 pm -
10:00 pm
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine December 7th, 2012 Edition - RELEASES TONIGHT BY MIDNIGHT!
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News Link • Homeland Security
Secret Service under investigation over loss of sensitive files on Metro
12-07-2012
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FOX News
The Secret Service is being investigated for an "immense breach" involving the loss of backup computer tapes that contained sensitive personal information about ALL agency employees, contacts and overseas informants,
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012 6:30 p.m. til ???
11-27-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
It's that time of year again for a holiday party - it has been a very busy year for all of us, so come and share in the fun and relaxation we all need - We will be raffling off a brand new Kindle Fire ($5/ticket) - Bring extra lawn chairs if you have
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Defense Contractors Seek Fiscal Cliff Relief, Budget-Busting Tax Breaks At Same Time
12-07-2012
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Huffington Post
There's probably no group of companies more alarmed about going over the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect next month than defense contractors.
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News Link • Media: Television
Zimmerman publicizes defamation lawsuit against NBC
12-07-2012
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Rawstory
Murder suspect George Zimmerman on Thursday filed a defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal Media as well as three current and former NBC reporters for allegedly portraying him as racist to increase ratings.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
DNA testing frees man who lived on death row for 15 years [chilling read]
12-07-2012
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The Guardian
He walked out as the 300th prisoner in the US to be freed as a result of DNA testing and one of 18 exonerated from death row. He has been proved innocent of a crime for which the state of Louisiana spent 15 years trying to kill him.
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News Link • Climate Change
As climate warms, Arctic spawns massive ice islands
12-07-2012
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edition.cnn.com
In mid-July this year, a roar echoed around one of the most remote inlets of northern Greenland -- and an island was born.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Stops in the First World vs. the Third World
12-07-2012
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I have been stopped by the police for minor infractions and for no legitimate reason on numerous occasions in the USSA, the Balkans, and Mexico. Perspective is vital when doing a cost/benefit analysis of police encounters.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
No Child Left Uncontrolled - by Butler Shaffer
12-07-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Children who grew up in an environment in which they have negotiated and be compensated for the terms of their relations with others, enjoy a sense of self-control that is troublesome for institutional interests that prefer to treat people as
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Misinformation
Corporate Media Gives Up on Factchecking
12-07-2012
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Common Dreams
How even a Time magazine cover story on factchecking can't find a way to tell the truth
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Majority of Americans to Feds: Let the Weed Smokers Be
12-07-2012
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Common Dreams
As the government weighs their options, polls show that Americans are light on marijuana
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
An Invented Crisis Threatens the Forgotten Millions
12-07-2012
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Common Dreams
Let’s get one thing straight: America is not facing a fiscal crisis. It is, however, still very much experiencing a job crisis.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
US Positions Navy Warships Off North Korea in Advance of Rocket Launch
12-07-2012
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Common Dreams
Government claims rocket will launch satellite by Dec. 22
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Climate Justice Advocates Slam Doha's Emerging 'Sham of a Deal'
12-07-2012
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Common Dreams
'Sluggish' climate talks missing essential ingredient"Urgency"as COP18 climate summit in Doha nears end.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
UN Nuclear Chief: Alleged Iranian Weapons Testing Site May Not Contain Any Evidence
12-07-2012
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antiwar.com
Yukiya Amano claims Iran may have cleaned up alleged evidence of weapons development at Parchin
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Venezuela's Chavez returns from Cuba after treatment
12-07-2012
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Reuters
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez made a theatrical return home on Friday after medical treatment in Cuba, walking and joking in a first public appearance for three weeks that quashed rumors he may have been at death's door.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Hamas leader ends long exile, visits Gaza Strip
12-07-2012
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Reuters
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal ended decades of exile on Friday with a triumphal first ever visit to the Gaza Strip that underscored the Islamist group's growing confidence following its latest conflict with Israel.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Rebels circle Damascus airport; Russia, U.S. downbeat
12-07-2012
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Reuters
Rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared Damascus International Airport a battle zone on Friday, while Moscow and Washington both sounded downbeat about the prospects of a diplomatic push to end the conflict.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Protesters surge around Egypt's presidential palace
12-07-2012
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Reuters
Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Friday after breaking through barbed wire barricades and climbing onto army tanks guarding the premises.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Time Lapse of America's first Bill of Rights Monument being installed
12-07-2012
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www.youtube.com
Time lapse of the Amendment monoliths for America's 1st Bill of Rights Monument being craned on to their pedastels in advance of the monument's Bill of Rights Day (December 15) dedication at the Arizona Capitol.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science
Natural Remedy For Bed Bugs
12-07-2012
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arclein
It appears that a natural fungus called Beauveria bassiana, which causes disease in insects, is devastating to bed bugs.
Beauveria bassiana is a fungus that kills pests when its spores attach to the insect's skin. The fungus germinates and penetr
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Induction Heating for Home Cooking
12-07-2012
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arclein
Under the cooktop’s smooth glass surface are copper coils. An alternating current passes through the coils, creating a magnetic field that moves current through your pots and pans, heating them up but ignoring the glass cooktop, your fingers, and any
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robert klein
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News Link • Food
Japanese Support for Whaling at Only 26.8%
12-07-2012
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arclein
Japan's Fisheries Agency is to sell whale meat by mail order, the Mainichi Shimbun reported earlier this month. It said the move is aimed at boosting consumption after demand fell as prices rose.
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Lions of Delos?
12-07-2012
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arclein
Are these in fact, lions? If they are lions, they are surely “stylized lions” because their proportions are incorrect. Their front legs are too long. They have three fingers paws. Their bodies are too long. This from a culture that provides us many
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robert klein
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News Link • Internet
Next News Network
12-07-2012
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Next New Network
A new 24 hour news network is rising up to replace the old media, a network dedicated to broadcasting a liberty-based message. Watch this exclusive message to get insider information about the progress of the Next Network and how you can be a part of
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Natural cure: Scientists create stem cell contact lens
12-07-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Researchers have found a better and a cheaper way to restore human sight by implanting a contact lens containing stem cells that will repair the human cornea.
Scientists from the University of Sheffield hope that the biodegradable implant disc’s
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Government
Belarus ruler introduces forced employment
12-07-2012
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AP (h/t Rational Review)
Belarus' authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has decided to stem an exodus of qualified workers to Russia, starting by banning those who work in wood-processing industries from quitting.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Misinformation
Lining Pockets or Voting Booths? - Franchi Responds to Bloomberg
12/6/2012
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Reality Report
Did Bloomberg news get the facts straight, did Raw story report on damning information about me? Did Trevor Lyman's Liberty Crier embellish a headline to drive traffic to his site? Did PolicyMic accurately report on the story? Did I pay out a millio
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On The Way Back To The US After Its Afghanistan Mission
12-06-2012
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Business Insider
It's been far too long since we've checked in with our friend David Cenciotti at The Aviationist and we're never disappointed with what his readers send his way.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Rand Paul Votes in Favor of $631 Billion U.S. 'Defense' Legislation
12-06-2012
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http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com
Rand Paul's To Do List before officially running for president:
Visit is Israel (scheduled for January)
Make sure Military-Industrial Compex is funded (Check)
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
Chemical hype behind Patriot games on Syria border
12-06-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by RussiaToday
NATO foreign ministers have approved the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Secret Service demands ebay remove all Norfed Liberty dollars as counterfeit currency
12-06-2012
Now that they are pretty much "banned", their collector value is increased and secured. So get yours now!
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Police State
DARPA & DoD Concerned About Worldwide Dependence on Digital Technology
12-06-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Last month, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) unveiled Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware (VET) program. This endeavor is designed to indicate “backdoors and other hidden malicious functionality in commercial information de
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - International
If Peter Thiel And Garry Kasparov Are Right About The Innovation Crisis, Then We're In Trouble
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
As one year of sluggish growth spills into the next, there is growing debate about what to expect over the coming decades. (VIDEO of Oxford Debate)
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News Link • Corruption
Is Just Label It Controlled Opposition?
12-05-2012
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Farm Wars
Nobody is waiting in the wings to save us. The calvary isn’t coming. The calvary is here. If you’re still looking for your hero, check the mirror.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Sex Predators in Uniform
12-05-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Orlando, Florida Police Officer Roderick Johnson allegedly did exactly the same thing that Justice, Illinois PD Officer Carmen Scardine was confirmed to have done: He is accused of taking a woman into custody and forcing himself on her sexually.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. reducing plans for large CIA/Merc force in post-2014 Afghanistan
12-05-2012
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Washington Post
The Obama administration has ordered significant cutbacks in initial plans for a robust U.S. civilian presence in Afghanistan after U.S. combat troops withdraw two years from now, according to U.S. officials.
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News Link • Syria
Weapons Sent to Libyan Rebels With U.S. Approval Fell Into Islamist Hands
12-05-2012
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New York Times
The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the weapons over to Islamic militants,
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News Link • Surveillance
Sheriff’s ‘Crowd Control’ Spy Drone Suspended After Privacy Uproar
12-05-2012
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InfoWars
“…the Sheriff’s Office was asking the supervisors on Tuesday to approve a $31,646 grant to help pay for a drone, indicating that the department was far closer to acquisition than they had led the public to believe.” the newspaper reports.
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News Link • Surveillance
'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower
12-05-2012
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Russia Today
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone.
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News Link • TAXES: Local
New York City Hits Sandy Victims With ‘Failure To Maintain’ Property Citation
12-05-2012
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CBS News
Residents in one Queens neighborhood are crying foul after they were written up for failing to clean up the city’s own mess. It is yet another new complication in life after Superstorm Sandy.
Rosanne and Joe Cavaliere are still trying to clean up
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News Link • Economy - International
Greece Downgraded to 'Selective Default' by S&P
12-05-2012
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Reuters
Standard & Poor's cut Greece's sovereign long-term foreign currency credit rating to "selective default" from an already low "CCC" rating.
Last week Greece and its international lenders reached a deal to lower the country's debt burden, which incl
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News Link • Economy - International
S&P downgrades world's oldest bank to junk status
12-05-2012
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AFP
Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating for troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena -- the world's oldest surviving lender -- to speculative-grade status of BB+ from BBB-. The ratings agency said it was also placing the bank on negative outlo
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News Link • Syria
Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order
12-05-2012
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NBC News
The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Michael Reichert and the Road Pirates of Collinsville, Illinois
12-05-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Michael Reichert is a professional liar and, therefore, a decorated police officer with the Collinsville, Illinois Police Department. Thanks to a video of a recent deposition, Reichert may become Collinsville’s unofficial goodwill ambassador, and the
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Officer’s Lawsuit Over Quotas Is Reinstated
12-02-2012
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New York Times
A federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit filed by a New York City police officer who accused his superiors of violating his First Amendment rights by punishing him for reporting the existence of an illegal arrest-quota system.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bureaucrat Says it is Wrong to Advise Citizens to Arm Themselves in Self-Defense
12-05-2012
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Prison Planet
San Bernardino City Attorney James Penman had to clarify comments he made about firearms and self-defense to members of the city council who found his remarks “inappropriate,” according to the Huffington Post.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Golden Showers As Goldman Tells Clients To Sell Gold
12-05-2012
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Prison Planet
It’s around that time of day again " when precious metals are sold hard for whatever reason you care to come up with (collateral requirements, margin calls, alchemy perfected).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
‘Stupid and criminal’: Lawyer for Bradley Manning speaks out
12-05-2012
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RT.com
The lawyer representing Bradley Manning, the US Army private accused of leaking classified information to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, has issued a damning indictment of his client’s “criminal” treatment in solitary confinement.
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