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Date Sent: 2013-01-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, January 20, 2013 |
Raid ends Algeria siege -- France Launches War in Mali to Secure Resources, Stamp Out Rights
Additions to be made to gun laws for law enforcement -- Photos from the AZ State Capital at the 'March on State Capitals' in support of the 2nd Amendment -- Militarizing Latin America -- Colombia Land Issues Caps Govt-FARC -EP Dialogue -- New Proposal Will Force Gun Owners To Store Assault Weapons At Government Authorized Storage Depots -- Sandy Hook Mystery Man Identified -- Rock solid proof of alien life? Scientists claim fossilized algae inside meteorite -- 5 New Reasons China And Japan May Really Go To War Over Disputed Islands -- Aaron Swartz and the Two Faces of Power -- Facebook democracy: Israelis ‘share’ votes with Palestinians -- Forget the Placebo Effect: It’s the ‘Care Effect’ That Matters -- Ron Paul: 'They Will Come With Guns To Take Our Guns'
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News Link • World News
Reports: Raid ends Algeria gas plant siege
01-19-2013
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upi.com
At least 23 hostages and 32 captors are dead after a siege at an Algerian natural-gas plant that ended with Saturday's raid by Algerian forces, officials said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
France Launches War in Mali in Bid to Secure Resources, Stamp Out National Rights Struggles
01-19-2013
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Global Research
France, the former slave power of west Africa, has poured into Mali with a vengeance in a military attack launched on January 11.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Additions to be made to gun laws for law enforcement
01-19-2013
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ABC
The ban on having high-capacity magazines, as it's written, would also include law enforcement officers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Normal, Non-Geeky People Are Running Rampant On A New Dating App, Tinder
01-19-2013
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Business Insider
Today, one of our "normal" colleagues approached us about a new app all of her college-age friends and roommates use. It's called Tinder.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Militarizing Latin America
01-19-2013
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counterpunch.org
This past December marked the 190th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy declaration by President James Monroe that essentially made Latin America the exclusive reserve of the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Apple Contractor Claims New iMac Production Delayed Over Silver Shortages
01-19-2013
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govtslaves.info
Silver expert Ted Butler has long predicted and awaited an eventual industrial shortage of physical silver, and a resulting panic silver buying that terminates the bullion bank cartel’s manipulation of the silver market.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Naked eBay seller's photo goes viral
01-19-2013
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upi.com
A 21-year-old accidentally uploaded a photo of her half naked self on an eBay post.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Brazil Worries about Dengue Increase
01-19-2013
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plenglish.com
At least 77 Brazilian municipalities have high incidence rates of infection by the mosquito Aedes Aegypti, which causes dengue, a study of the health ministry revealed
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Relations with Central America are Positive, says EU
01-19-2013
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.plenglish.com
The European Union defined as positive the political and commercial relations it has had with Central America, an item on its agenda for next week''s EU-Celac Summit in Santiago de Chile.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Colombia Land Issues Caps Govt-FARC -EP Dialogue
01-19-2013
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plenglish.com
The talks between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) proceed in Cuba after three-week recess with special attention to agribusiness and the right on the land, an issue they consider key.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Ecuador govt to set up centre for textile development
01-19-2013
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fibre2fashion.com
The Government of Ecuador will be investing US$ 2.6 million to set up a Centre for Development of Textiles and Apparels at Atuntaqui, 110 km north of the country’s capital Quito.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Book reviews: HHhH | Alys Always
01-19-2013
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scotsman.com
William Leith reviews the week’s paperbacks
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Book Review Podcast: Inside Scientology
01-19-2013
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artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
This week in The New York Times Book Review, Michael Kinsley reviews “Going Clear,” Lawrence Wright’s new book about Scientology. Mr. Kinsley writes:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Florida's python update: 21 caught so far in Everglades hunt
01-19-2013
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latimes.com
They slither through the Florida Everglades, wreaking havoc on the ecosystem. They can grow to more than 17 feet in length.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA sends Mona Lisa to the moon " is deep space technology here?
01-19-2013
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thespacereporter.com
NASA has reportedly successfully sent the world famous Mona Lisa to the moon, part of a test aimed at developing the next generation of deep space technology.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Panasonic reduces size and price of “Ene-Farm” home fuel cell
01-19-2013
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gizmag.com
Chemical reaction, Oxygen meets hydrogen, for the reaction to occur the reaction must occur above the critical reaction temperature....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
New Proposal Will Force Gun Owners To Store Assault Weapons At Government Authorized Storage Depots
01-19-2013
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govtslaves.info
Because you can never have too many laws, regulations and mandates, Massachusetts State Representative David Linsky has filed a new bill that would, among other things, force gun owners to undergo mental health background checks...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
Sandy Hook Mystery Man Identified;
01-19-2013
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beforeitsnews.com
Why Did This Off Duty SWAT Officer Armed With A Gun Run Off Into The Woods Instead Of Helping The Students?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fish with radiation over 2,500 times safe levels found near Fukushima plant
01-19-2013
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RT.com
A fish containing over 2,500 times Japan's legal limit for radiation in seafood has been caught in the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the facility's operator reported.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Rock solid proof of alien life? Scientists claim fossilized algae inside meteorite
01-19-2013
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RT.com
Fossilized algae recently discovered inside a Sri Lankan meteorite could finally prove the existence of extra-terrestrial life, claim the authors of the new paper.
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News Link • Energy
Belgium to build 'battery island' to store wind farm energy
01-19-2013
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RT.com
Belgium plans to build a horseshoe-shaped artificial island off its North Sea coast to store energy generated by its wind farms. The project will also double as attraction for sea birds (and possibly flocks of tourists).
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News Link • Technology: Software
Data-Visualization Firm’s New Software Autonomously Finds Abstract Connections
01-19-2013
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Wired.com
Ayasdi, a company that has developed data visualization software it says uses big data to answer the questions you never thought to ask, has launched in Palo Alto with $10.25 million in funding.
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News Link • Geology
Super Earthquake Hot Spots
01-19-2013
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arclein
87% of the 15 largest (8.6 magnitude or higher) and half of the 50 largest (8.4 magnitude or higher) earthquakes of the past century are associated with intersection regions between oceanic fracture zones and subduction zones," says Dietmar Muller,
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News Link • Food
Apple as Superfood
01-19-2013
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arclein
Liver Cancer: apple juice, apple pectin and apple peel has been experimentally confirmed to kill liver cancer,[iv]
Breast Cancer: apples have been found to both prevent and to suppress mammary cancers in the animal model.[v]
Multi-Drug Resistant
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News Link • Climate Change
The Geological Relationship Between CO2 Concentrations and Sea Level
01-19-2013
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arclein
ead author Dr Gavin Foster, from Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton which is based at the centre, said, "A specific case of interest is one in which CO2 levels are kept at 400 to 450 parts per million, because that is the requi
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Creature Stalking Dogs in Missouri Town
01-19-2013
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arclein
So far, whatever creature is to blame has not yet been seen, and the local game commission has stated that they won’t step in until visual evidence of the beast is presented to them, believing that the animal in question could be a coyote. Residents,
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News Link • China
5 New Reasons China And Japan May Really Go To War Over Disputed Islands
01-19-2013
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Business Insider
The back-and-forth between China, Japan, and the U.S. over disputed islands in the East China Sea this week continued ratcheting up, exposing policies that could prevent any diplomatic solution.
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News Link • Activism
Aaron Swartz and the Two Faces of Power
01-19-2013
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Wired.com
Aaron Swartz called me in early May 2011 " I was an editor at Wired then covering privacy, crime, and security " asking if he could give me some information under embargo.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Forget the Placebo Effect: It’s the ‘Care Effect’ That Matters
01-19-2013
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Wired.com
Americans spend $34 billion a year on so-called alternative medicine " botanical pills, acupuncture, energy healing, and the like " despite the fact that few of these techniques are backed by any science.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Our Cultural Rehabilitation Ritual Won’t Work for Lance Armstrong
01-19-2013
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Wired.com
We are prepared to endow celebrities with fame and glory beyond the hopes of ordinary mortals, but the moment we are done with them, we are done with them.
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News Link • Internet
Become the Ashton Kutcher of Subscription Swag, Before He Does
01-19-2013
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Wired.com
If you’ve always wanted to create your own monthly subscription box, social commerce startup The Fancy will now do the hard work for you. And here’s the beauty part: They pay you a chunk of every sale.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
You’ve Got to See This Curved OLED TV
01-19-2013
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Wired.com
I’d love to have this curved OLED TV from Samsung in my living room. No, I haven’t reversed myself. Samsung says this TV “won’t be available to the American market in the near future.”
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News Link • Internet
Google’s Alternative to the Password
01-19-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Life would be more secure if we used USB sticks, or even jewelry, to log into computer accounts, suggest Google engineers
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News Link • Activism
Facebook democracy: Israelis ‘share’ votes with Palestinians
01-19-2013
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RT.com
In a move of high-tech civil disobedience, thousands of Israeli citizens are donating their right to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections to their Palestinian neighbors via Facebook.
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News Link • Currencies
Banknote bungle: Maple leaf on Canada's new $20 bill is ...Norwegian?
01-19-2013
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RT.com
The Bank of Canada has found itself in the center of a leafy controversy after botanists claimed it placed the ‘wrong’ maple leaf on its new polymer bills " not the Canadian sugar maple leaf represented on the national flag.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
US school boots student who refused to wear 'Mark of the Beast' tracking device
01-19-2013
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RT.com
A Texas high school banned a second-year student from classes after she refused to wear an ID badge containing an RFID chip.
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News Link • Gun Rights
'They Will Come With Guns To Take Our Guns'
01-19-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Ron Paul on what's ahead, if the DC gangsters get their way
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News Link • Police State
5 Year Old, Brandishing A Hello Kitty Gun Suspended For Making A Terroristic Threat;
01-19-2013
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govtslaves.info
A 5-year-old kindergartner who told classmates she was going to shoot them, and then herself, with her pink bubble gun, was grilled for three hours by Mount Carmel school officials without her mother’s knowledge, then suspended, a family attorney sai
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The Trillion Dollar Coin: A Debt Solution for the People
01-19-2013
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Common Dreams
Far from being a gimmick, having the U.S. Treasury mint high-denomination coins is a solution that cuts to the root of America’s financial problems. And Benjamin Franklin would have liked it, too.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, January 20, 2013 Edition
01-18-2013
John Semmens
Attorney General Says Requiring DOJ to Comply with Law “Too Risky”
Attorney General Eric Holder is asking a federal court to absolve the Department of Justice (DOJ) from complying with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) because “not to do so wo
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News Link • Gun Rights
Taxpayers to Receive Credit For Surrendering Guns to Government
01-18-2013
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Prison Planet
On January 13, 2013, H.R. 226 was introduced in the House of Representatives by Connecticut Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro. The bill will amend the 1986 IRS code and allow a credit if taxpayers “surrender” their guns to the government.
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News Link • Gun Rights
“Join Us! Tell Everyone Your House Is Completely Unprotected!” (Video)
01-18-2013
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Prison Planet
The group visits a host of key anti-gun proponents including the publishing team at theJournal News, which recently posted a public map of homeowners with registered weapons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
To the Patriots: Arm Yourselves, for the Hammer’s Crashing Down
01-18-2013
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oathkeepers.org
In this dark hour, when liberty is under such relentless assault, it is necessary for you to steel yourselves, and arm yourselves, spiritually, mentally, and physically.
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News Link • Police State
Woman hogtied by officers gets $250,000
01-18-2013
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upi.com
A pregnant woman who was hogtied after California Highway Patrol officers pulled her over for talking on her cell phone won $250,000 in damages.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Leonid Razvozzhayev, Russian activist, faces new criminal case
01-18-2013
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upi.com
Investigators opened a new criminal case against Russian opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev Friday while denying reports of his disappearance.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Piers Morgan Loses ANOTHER Gun Control Debate, Gets Angry & 'Throws' His Notes
01-18-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I can only imagine the shock of this guest after being invited onto a CNN prime time show only to have the host lose it and start throwing things in her direction.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Mayor Predicts “Waco-Style Standoff” In Response to Obama Gun Confiscation
01-18-2013
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Prison Planet
“It’s not going to end well”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
With Cash and Commandos, U.S. Escalates Its Battle Against the Mexican Cartels
01-18-2013
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Wired.com
The U.S. military is getting ready to send its elite troops to help in the fight against Mexico’s drug lords.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
The Relationship Between Liberty, Power, and Guns (video)
01-16-2013
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The Relationship Between Liberty, Power, and Guns
At the Citizens for Liberty meeting on January 16, 2013 Darren Wolfe talked about how the loss of liberty has created an unstable society.
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