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Date Sent: 2013-01-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, January 21, 2013 AM edition |
Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann: Accountability for Prosecutorial Abuse
Senator demands answers on Swartz prosecution from Obama’s top lawyer -- Ohio Man Arrested After Photographing and Posting Photo of Undercover Cop -- 01-21-13 -- Larry Pratt ( Gun Owner's of America) - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day today -- But For Video: The Chair in the Boulder County Jail -- Ron Paul: Follow the Founders' Advice, 1/18/13 -- re: Violence Academy Warns About Violence -- Boy trades old cell phone given to him for Porsche Boxster -- Windy City Cops Claim Another -- The Germans show us how to peaceably deal with the Police State -- Taxes Just Facts -- Chomsky on Civil Liberties, Obama and the Future
of Progressive Politics -- The Criminal and the Gun -- X Date: The
New Fiscal Cliff -- All War is Civil War -- Aid Groups Fight
Anti-Prostitution ‘Oath’ on Free Speech Grounds -- eBay to Let
Buyers Keep Their Addresses Private? -- We Already Have a Way to
Cut Gun Deaths -- Mohamed El-Erian's 'New Normal' Is Ending — WARREN BUFFETT: 'The Debt Itself Is Not A Problem' -- 1.6
Billion People In The World Don't Have Electricity -- Montgomery
County, PA Gun Appreciation and Anti-United Nations Rally (video) -- To Live Like A Middle Class Citizen In NYC, You Have To Make
At Least $80,000 -- Phoenix News 12 Video Actually Includes Ernest
Hancock Saying Something Truthful! -- Put Not Your Trust In
Federalized Sheriffs - by William Grigg -- Facebook's
Real Challenge Is Sharing, Not Searching -- What Wall Street Traders
Are Reading This Weekend -- Jim Cramer Got The Ultimate Vindication
This Week -- Why Paul Krugman Called The Debt Ceiling Wrong --
America Will Be Shocked When This Deficit Chart Comes True -- Joyce
Riley Interviews Mike Powers 1-16-13 The Power Hour Sandy Hook
Special Investigation -- Brands to boycott: Naked juice owned by
PepsiCo, Odwalla owned by Coca-Cola -- Burn, burn - Africa's
Afghanistan -- Case Dismissed! Texas Ends 15-Year Fight Against
Cancer Doctor Burzynski -- The Institutionalization of
Tyranny -- Welcome Americans to West Africa’s
Mysteries -- The CIA and Other Government Agencies Dominate
Movies and Television -- Targeting Mali -- Navi Pillay
Targets Syria
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann: Accountability for Prosecutorial Abuse
01-20-2013
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LewRockwell.Com/GlennGreenwald
Imposing real consequences on these federal prosecutors in the Aaron Swartz case is vital for both justice and reform
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News Link • Death
Senator demands answers on Swartz prosecution from Obama’s top lawyer
01-20-2013
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ARS Technica
Another lawmaker is demanding information about the prosecution"a lot more information. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, suggesting the case against Swartz may have been retaliation for prior investigations of Sw
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ohio Man Arrested After Photographing and Posting Photo of Undercover Cop
01-20-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An Ohio man who photographed an undercover cop walking through a hallway, then posted the photo online along with the officer’s name, was arrested. And a Constitutional professor believes his First Amendment rights were not violated.
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News Link • History
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 21
01-20-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Having read the notion that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day has something to do with national service, which seems far off the mark, I asked a representative 62-year old black woman, namely, Mrs. Dorothy Rozeff, what this day meant in her view.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
But For Video: The Chair in the Boulder County Jail
01-20-2013
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Simple Justice
The thing is, inmates don’t always go peacefully into “the chair.”
And when they don’t, deputies are authorized to use what at first glance might be seen as violent methods to force compliance.
In official police reports, those
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Follow the Founders' Advice, 1/18/13
01-20-2013
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
C4L Chairman Ron Paul appeared on Fox News' "Your World w/Neil Cavuto" to discuss foreign policy, blowback, and the situation in Algeria.
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News Link • Military
re: Violence Academy Warns About Violence
01-20-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Lew, the West Point professor who is teaching the cadets there that believers in the traditional American Jeffersonian/ Madisonian philosophy of federalism and limited constitutional government are potential terrorists is one Arie Perliger.
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News Link • Economics: Agorism
Boy trades old cell phone given to him for Porsche Boxster
01-20-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Starting with an old cell phone that was given to him for free by a friend, Steven [Ortiz] used the "barter" section of Craigslist to move up to a better phone. He then traded the phone for an iPod Touch, the iPod Touch for a dirtbike
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Windy City Cops Claim Another
01-20-2013
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Simple Justice
Eilman was arrested and held overnight after she was found behaving strangely at Midway Airport. She was having a bipolar meltdown. She continued to display obvious signs of mental illness when the police simply released
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
The Germans show us how to peaceably deal with the Police State
01-20-2013
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youtube
Security cameras everywhere and so much paint.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Taxes Just Facts
01-20-2013
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.justfacts.com
This research contains detailed facts about taxes. For basic facts, click here.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Chomsky on Civil Liberties, Obama and the Future of Progressive Politics
01-20-2013
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counterpunch.org
Linguistics professor Noam Chomsky has been America’s premier political dissident since the Vietnam War. As a vocal critic of US foreign policy, the self-described “libertarian socialist” has been beloved by generations of students and activists.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
The Criminal and the Gun
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
Although the NRA seems to be fairly capable of looking out for its own interests, from time to time it seems to overlook a stone in the legislative landscape (filled with constitutionally protected guns) that needs to be overturned.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
X Date: The New Fiscal Cliff
1-20-2013
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Free Press Publications
ZeroHedge.com reports X date is approaching, that is “the day past which the US government will no longer be able to rely on 'extraordinary measures' to delay the day of reckoning, and will be unable to pay all its bills without recourse to additio
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News Link • Activism
Making Green A Threat Again
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
“The climate movement needs to have one hell of a comeback.”
"Naomi Klein
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
All War is Civil War
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
Everyone has a stake in issues like the prevention of nuclear war, and indeed of conventional war, like the potential war between Israel and Iran or the U.S. and Iran.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Free Speech
Aid Groups Fight Anti-Prostitution ‘Oath’ on Free Speech Grounds
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
One of the few bright spots in the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been PEPFAR, the United States government’s program to fund treatment and prevention for vulnerable populations across the Global South.
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News Link • Precious Metals
eBay to Let Buyers Keep Their Addresses Private?
1/17/2013
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ecommercebytes.com
What if you could buy something on eBay, but not reveal your address to the seller? And as a seller, how would you feel about sending a package to a hidden address?
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just published eBay patent a
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Gun Rights
We Already Have a Way to Cut Gun Deaths…
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
In a recent column responding to the shootings in Newtown Connecticut, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof asked, “Why can’t we regulate guns as seriously as we do cars?”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
I Am Getting Ready for I-Day
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
“There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.”
-Daniel Berrigan
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Move to Amend: Citizens United is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
01-20-2013
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Common Dreams
It’s been three years since the Supreme Court issued it’s outrageous decision in Citizens United vs. FEC, overturning the flimsy campaign finance protections afforded under McCain-Feingold law.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Maybe Facebook Wants To Make Every Phone A 'Facebook Phone'
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
Facebook rolled out a new feature for the Messenger app on iPhone that lets you make free phone calls to your friends using a WiFi or cellular data connection.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Mohamed El-Erian's 'New Normal' Is Ending " America's Watershed Moment Is Near
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
In 2009, Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO " the world's biggest bond fund manager " coined the term "new normal" to describe the period of economic malaise the U.S. would experience in the wake of the biggest recession of a generation.
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News Link • History
Check Out The Bizarre, Upside-Down World Of Vintage Cigarette, Weight Gain, And Gun Ads
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
It is an extreme understatement to say times have changed in the U.S. over the last 50 years.
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News Link • Energy
1.6 Billion People In The World Don't Have Electricity --
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
1.6 billion people in the world don't have access to electricity, says the founder of a company called "MPOWERD".
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News Link • Gun Rights
Montgomery County, PA Gun Appreciation and Anti-United Nations Rally (video)
01-19-2013
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The International Libertarian
Since it was planned before the national and state rallies were we went ahead with our local one. About thirty people came out to support liberty and stand up for our rights.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Energy
Oil Guru Destroys All Of The Hype About America's Energy Boom
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
Not everyone believes the U.S. is capable of becoming energy independent thanks to its shale oil and gas reserves, as the International Energy Association suggested recently.
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News Link • Humor
8 Of The Best, Totally Wrong Answers Kids Have Given On Tests
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
British author Richard Benson and his publisher, Chronicle Books, asked teachers to share their favorite (real) answers kids have given on tests.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Phoenix News 12 Video Actually Includes Ernest Hancock Saying Something Truthful!
01-20-2013
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azcentral.com
Taken from yesterdays Gun Rights Rally at the State Capital. (Ok Ernie, how much did you pay someone for this?)
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News Link • Gun Rights
Put Not Your Trust In Federalized Sheriffs
01-20-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
“I will not enforce an unconstitutional law against any citizen of Smith County,” insisted Sheriff Larry Smith. The sheriff wants his constituents to believe that he would refuse to participate in a federally mandated gun grab, but . . . .
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
America Will Be Shocked When This Deficit Chart Comes True
01-20-2013
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Business Insider
When it comes to projecting the deficit (or anything, really) forecasters have a tendency to overweight what's happening right at the time they're making the forecast.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
12 easy ways to remove acid build-up from your body, alkalize your pH and beat disease
01-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
Most of us over the age of five were brought up to believe life is very complicated and our bodies are a jumble of parts, each with a different name and a corresponding ailment;
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Robert Lee
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Joyce Riley Interviews Mike Powers 1-16-13 The Power Hour Sandy Hook Special Investigation
01-20-2013
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www.youtube.com
Former US Naval Law Enforcement Veteran and US Army Infantry/Reconnaissance Military Veteran MIKE POWERS has found glaring inconsistencies regarding the Sandy Hook shooting and will be breaking it down for us
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Brands to boycott: Naked juice owned by PepsiCo, Odwalla owned by Coca-Cola
01-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
Pepsi and Coke both sell "natural" food smoothies and other products under the brands Naked and Odwalla, respectively.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Burn, burn - Africa's Afghanistan
01-20-2013
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Asia Times - Pepe Escobar
One's got to love the sound of a Frenchman's Mirage 2000 fighter jet in the morning. Smells like... a delicious neo-colonial breakfast in Hollandaise sauce. Make it quagmire sauce.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Case Dismissed! Texas Ends 15-Year Fight Against Cancer Doctor Burzynski
01-20-2013
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www.rumormillnews.com
After a grueling 15-year long battle, the Texas Medical Board has officially ended its crusade to revoke Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski's medical license in an effort to end his use of Antineoplastons, as well as his combination gene-targeted therapy for ca
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News Link • Police State
The Institutionalization of Tyranny
01-20-2013
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www.prisonplanet.com
Republicans and conservative Americans are still fighting Big Government in its welfare state form. Apparently, they have never heard of the militarized police state form of Big Government, or, if they have, they are comfortable with it and have no o
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Welcome Americans to West Africa’s Mysteries
01-20-2013
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lewrockwell.com/Eric Margolis
Confused over the surging violence in Mali and now Algeria? Trying to find Mali on the map?
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News Link • Propaganda
The CIA and Other Government Agencies Dominate Movies and Television
01-16-2013
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WashingtonsBlog
Of course, the CIA and other government agencies have long directed the mainstream media as well. No wonder the mainstream media is always pro-war, and happily trumpets disinformation about supposed enemies to drum up support for new wars.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
America Should Declare Bankruptcy: Doug Casey
01-18-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
“Bernanke is quite correct, it is theatrics,” Doug Casey tells The Daily Ticker. “The problem is the amount of debt itself. The problem is so big at this point, I think it’s very questionable whether this can be solved at all.”
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Newest WMD for Pint-Sized Terrorists: Bubbles
01-18-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
We find the heartbreaking saga of a 5-year-old girl, playing with her friends while awaiting transport to the gulag--sorry, the big ole yellow bus. Our anonymous child brandished her "pink bubble gun" and announced to her fellow internees-sorry, stud
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Conviction Tossed Out in ’89 Killing in Brooklyn
01-18-2013
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New York Times
A federal judge tossed out the conviction of a man who has spent 23 years in prison ... ruling the trial prosecutor was “overzealous and deceitful,” the man’s lawyers were “indolent and ill prepared,” and the decisions of the trial judge were “incomp
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD Cop Handcuffs Photojournalist and Deletes Video Footage of Stop-and-Frisk Detainment
01-18-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A New York City police officer handcuffed a photojournalist before deleting his footage Wednesday, forcing the photographer to view the NYPD in a new light. “I’ve always been very pro-cop, never been anti-cop,” Shimon Gifter said
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News Link • Welfare: Political
Pork-Barrel Spending: The History of Lipsticking Pigs - by Wendy McElroy
01-18-2013
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Future of Freedom Foundation
A December 15, 2012, headline in the New York Post declared, “Obama Sandy Aid Bill Filled with Holiday Goodies Unrelated to Storm Damage.” The announced purpose of the $60.4 billion bill was to provide disaster aid to East Coast individuals and commu
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Colorado theater shooting judge orders Fox reporter to testify
01-18-2013
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Reuters
A Colorado judge ordered a Fox News reporter on Friday to testify in the case of accused theater gunman James Holmes and shed light on her anonymous sources for a story about a notebook connected to Holmes.
Arapahoe County District Judge William
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News Link • China
As Dispute Over Islands Escalates, Japan and China Send Fighter Jets to the Scene
01-18-2013
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New York Times
Last week, the Chinese government sent a civilian surveillance plane, a twin propeller aircraft, to fly near the uninhabited islands at the heart of a growing feud between China and Japan. Tokyo, in response, ordered F-15 fighter jets to take a look
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News Link • Religion: Believers
German Priests Carried Out Sexual Abuse for Years
01-18-2013
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New York Times
The church’s credibility regarding its commitment to an impartial investigation suffered when bishops canceled an independent study into the abuse scandal amid allegations by the independent investigator, that the church was censoring information.
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News Link • Corruption
Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin charged with taking bribes, travel perks from city contractors
01-18-2013
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AP
More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Friday, he was indicted on charges he lined his pockets with bribe money, payoffs and gratuities
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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 • Conspiracies
Why is Adam Lanza’s Documentary History Missing?
01-18-2013
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http://minutemennews.com
We can speculate about his mental health or his medications or his video games or his mother, but we have no solid evidence of anything; just changing stories,... Adam Lanza is the perfect propaganda tool for demonizing guns.
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News Link • Military
The Pentagon Wants To Scatter Weapons Under The World's Oceans To Activate On Demand
01-18-2013
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Business Insider
The U.S. Navy is attempting to develop a stealth underwater system capable of providing worldwide "operational support and situational awareness," according to a Jan. 11 release from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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News Link • Gun Rights
Judge Napolitano Reacts to NY Times Criticism "Either We Have a 2nd Amendment or We Don't**
01-18-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Judge Napolitano Reacts to NY Times Criticism "Either We Have a 2nd Amendment or We Don't"
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