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Date Sent: 2012-12-14
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 14, 2012 PM edition |
TSA Calls Bomb Specialist On Wheelchair Bound 12-Year-Old Girl With Bone Disorder
12-14-12 -- James Babb, Josh Harvey - Derek Williams (Amendment II/RynoHide) (MP3 & Video Loaded) -- At Least 26 Dead, Including 18 Children, In Elementary School Shooting -- Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China -- Gov Haslam Begs Congress To Allow Internet Sales Tax! -- On The Controlled Media Matrix and Collateral Damage -- Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey -- Plunder under the fiction of the rule of law -- Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act, a Warrantless Spying Bill -- Samsung TVs Can Be Hacked to Spy on Viewers -- Native Americans and
Northern Europeans Paleolithic Cousins -- NKorea rocket launch shows
young leader as gambler -- Egyptian protesters clash over draft charter
-- How the Food
Movement Is Gaining Strength -- Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill --
Elite Neo-Nazis ... Is Russia Today (RT) Part of the Controlled
Media Matrix -- The Attorney For Freedom Show #2 -- On The
Controlled Media Matrix and Collateral Damage -- The Citizens for Liberty
Health Care Town Hall (video) -- Canadian Supreme Court to rule on definition
of terrorism -- Clashes erupt in Argentina over verdict in sex slave
trial -- US Providing Training to Syrian Rebels in Jordan --
Propaganda War on Syria Rages -- Waging War on US Workers -- 4409:
Up Close and Personal with Photo Radar
AZ: America's First Monument to the Bill of Rights - Arizona Dedication Ceremony, tomorrow December
15th 10:00 am; 2012 Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast
& Fundraiser tomorrow December
15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm; 2012 Doomsday/End of the World
Party, Friday, 21st
PA: East Coast Bitcoin Summit: Philadelphia, Dec. 15,
12:30 - 6PM
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Calls Bomb Specialist On Wheelchair Bound 12-Year-Old Girl With Bone Disorder
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
The TSA continues to keep Americans safe from terrorists, once again thwarting a dangerous threat, this time from a wheelchair bound twelve-year-old girl with a genetic bone disorder.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
At Least 26 Dead, Including 18 Children, In Elementary School Shooting
12-14-2012
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com
Officials say the gunman is dead and two guns have been recovered. A second suspect is in police custody, CBS News reported.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China
12-14-2012
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http://www.courant.com
BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Gov Haslam Begs Congress To Allow Internet Sales Tax!
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gov. Bill Haslam and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire have sent a letter to two U.S. Senate Finance Committee leaders urging action before the end of the year on legislation allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet sales. The bill is known as
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Chris Menke
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
On The Controlled Media Matrix and Collateral Damage
12-14-2012
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The Daily Bell
You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
12-14-2012
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Associated Press
The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act, a Warrantless Spying Bill
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
We could be celebrating the New Year by ripping out the fiber optic cables that are sending copies of all our emails to the National Security Agency.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Samsung TVs Can Be Hacked to Spy on Viewers
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
Security firm exposes dangers of so-called “smart” products
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Lignin Based Thermoplastics
12-14-2012
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arclein
Researchers accomplished this by reconstructing larger lignin molecules either through a chemical reaction with formaldehyde or by washing with methanol. Through these simple chemical processes, they created a crosslinked rubber-like material that ca
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News Link • Science
New Lion Species Recognized
12-14-2012
Consequently, the researchers have declared the lions to be a distinct species. They are urging immediate conservation management actions, including a captive breeding program. The researchers also note that their examination of the genetic diversity
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Native Americans and Northern Europeans Paleolithic Cousins
12-14-2012
that Northern European populations"including British, Scandinavians, French, and some Eastern Europeans"descend from a mixture of two very different ancestral populations, and one of these populations is related to Native Americans. This discovery h
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News Link • Economy - International
The Next Twenty Years
12-14-2012
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arclein
"The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today," the report concludes. "By 2030, no country -- whether the U.S., China, or any other large country -- will be a hegemonic power."
The report also finds that the empowerment o
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robert klein
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News Link • World News
NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler
12-14-2012
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Associated Press
A triumphant North Korea staged a mass rally of soldiers and civilians Friday to glorify the country's young ruler, who took a big gamble this week in sending a satellite into orbit in defiance of international warnings.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Egypt
Egyptian protesters clash over draft charter
12-14-2012
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Associated Press
Egyptian Islamists brandishing swords clashed with opponents of a draft constitution Friday in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria as tensions rose on the eve of a referendum.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
How the Food Movement Is Gaining Strength
12-14-2012
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Common Dreams
More and more people are realizing that our food chain is in crisis.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill
12-14-2012
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Common Dreams
“The Farmers Assurance Provision” is the title of a rider, Section 733, inserted into the House of Representatives 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Elite Neo-Nazis ... Is Russia Today (RT) Part of the Controlled Media Matrix
12-14-2012
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The Daily Bell
This is perhaps the biggest Trojan Horse-oriented story I may ever write.
I use the term "I" advisedly because much of what goes on here at The Daily Bell is a team effort. But it's my mug that goes on these editorials. And I stand behind them.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Marc Victor
The Attorney For Freedom Show #2
12-14-2012
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KQCK Radio
The Attorney For Freedom Show 12-13-12 on KQCK Live Radio with special guests Ernest Hancock and Butler Shaffer.
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • World News
Solving the riddle of the sands: Peru's Nazca lines is a 'labyrinth path to spiritual enligh
12-13-2012
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Charles Walford, Mail Online
Prof Ruggles believes some of the Nazca Lines were in fact not created to be seen at all, but to be walked in single file as part of a spiritual ritual.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Healthcare
The Citizens for Liberty Health Care Town Hall (video)
12-12-2012
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The International Libertarian
What is the solution to the health care crisis? That was the subject of the Citizens for Liberty Health Care Town Hall. Special guest Speakers were Katy Weber Abram from Americans for Prosperity(http://americansforprosperity.org/), Dr Nick Pandelidis
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • TERRORISM
Canadian Supreme Court to rule on definition of terrorism
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Long-awaited decisions weigh anti-terrorism law against freedom of expression and religion
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Clashes erupt in Argentina over verdict in sex slave trial
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Protesters have clashed with police in Buenos Aires after the acquittal of 13 people in a high-profile sex-slavery case that sparked public outrage across the country.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Providing Training to Syrian Rebels in Jordan
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The US has been providing training to Syrian rebel fighters on the use of sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons in neighboring Jordan, as news of the US’s formal recognition of the Syrian Opposition Coalition.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Ray McGovern interviewed on DemocracyNow regarding Susan Rice
12-13-2012
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DemocracyNow.Org
Beyond Benghazi: Partisan Rift over Susan Rice Ignores Hawkish Record on War, Africa and Keystone XL
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Donna Hancock
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Opinion • Obama Administration
Ray McGovern: My Take
Growing Doubts About Susan Rice
12-13-2012
Ray McGovern
Republicans have blasted U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice for her TV comments about the fatal attack in Benghazi, Libya, but her real unfitness to be Secretary of State rests in her excessive careerism and insufficient compassion, says ex-CIA ana
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News Link • Homeland Security
California bill, AB 17, introduces RFID drivers license for border crossing
12-12-2012
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UT San Diego
San Diego Assemblyman Ben Hueso is carrying a bill to launch an “enhanced driver’s license” program claiming it will boost California's ailing economy with trade.
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Police State
VIDEO: Woman Brutally Tased By Police For Trying To Buy iPhones
12-12-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
50,000 volt shock for not obeying orders she could not understand
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Sociophysicists Discover Universal Pattern of Voting Behaviour
12-12-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, The Physics arXiv
The same voting patterns crop up in every country that shares a particular type of electoral system, say sociophysicists
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News Link • History
Abraham Lincoln, Stepfather of Our Country
12-12-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
“Anyone who embarks on a study of Abraham Lincoln … must first come to terms with the Lincoln myth.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Obdurate Washington
12-12-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
With its power declining, Washington was not able any longer to keep Russia out of the World Trade Organization.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
Response to Questions on Libertarianism
12-12-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
From time to time I receive challenging questions, objections, having to do with speeches I have given, articles or books I have published, previous columns on LewRockwell.com.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Constitution
The Constitution’s Fatal Flaw
12-12-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
Advocates for individual liberty and freedom have rightly found several flaws with the US Constitution, on philosophical and moral grounds as well as on practical grounds.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Tiny, Convenient Terahertz Microchips Can See Inside Objects
12-12-2012
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popsci.com
Caltech scientists build the world's first integrated terahertz scanners, the size of a fingertip.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
These Terrifying Handcuffs Can Shock And Drug Prisoners
12-12-2012
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popsci.com
An Arizona-based company recently filed a patent for high-tech futuristic handcuffs that are, in a word, terrifying.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Why Not Push the Pentagon off the Fiscal Cliff?
12-12-2012
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theatlantic.com
The Pentagon is bracing for the fiscal cliff.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Ron Paul Joins Dennis Kucinich to Demand Obama Drone Documents
12-12-2012
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news.yahoo.com
Libertarian minded Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, would seem like an odd pair on any issue.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Taliban popular where US fought biggest battle
12-12-2012
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news.yahoo.com
Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan,
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US Dutifully Offers to Replace Israeli Munitions Spent on Gaza
12-12-2012
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antiwar.com
US to sell Israel $647 million worth of bombs and munitions to renew stock after Operation Pillar of Defense
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Putin rejects foreign advice on democracy
12-12-2012
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Associated Press
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday angrily rejected what he described as attempts to enforce foreign patterns of democracy on Russia and vowed to preserve the nation's identity against interference from abroad.
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News Link • Drug War
Bar Owner Tells Pot Smokers to Light Up
12-12-2012
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cnbc.com
Thanks to a successful ballot initiative last month, Washington state residents can legally smoke marijuana in the privacy of their living rooms as of Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve to spend $45B a month to buy bonds, links rate hike to 6.5 pct. unemployment
12-12-2012
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Washington Post
The Federal Reserve sent its clearest signal to date Wednesday that it will keep interest rates super-low to boost the U.S. economy even after the job market has improved significantly.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The New Panama Canal Could Change Everything For US Imports
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Simone Foxman
The near-total closure of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which ended Wednesday after a week-long strike, could have crippled the flow of goods into the US. But it could be the start of new battles ahead for major US ports.
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News Link • Afghanistan
New Afghan Peace Plan Would Cede Southeast to Taliban
12-12-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Taliban Would Be Given Political Leadership in Provinces for End to Insurgency
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Report: Tribune to seek sale of newspapers
12-12-2012
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http://www.politico.com, By DYLAN BYERS
Bloomberg's Edmund Lee & Serena Saitto breaks news that the Tribune Company intends to seek sale of its newspaper holdings as it exits bankruptcy.
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News Link • Internet
How The Internet Has Spread Around The World [Infographic]
12-12-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Emily Elert
The World Wide Web is really starting to look like, well, a world wide web.
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News Link • Military
The Pentagon Hopes To Arm Drones With Laser Weapons Inside Five Years
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley
General Atomics is developing a powerful laser that can be fitted to an unmanned drone, Mark Thompson of Time reports.
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News Link • Emmigration
Why China's Super-Rich Are Packing Up And Moving Abroad
12-12-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Hua Ti
According to the 2011 Private Wealth Report, 27% of Chinese entrepreneurs worth more than 100 million RMB ($15.9 million) have already emigrated, while another 47% say they are considering doing so.
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