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Date Sent: 2013-09-02
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, September 2, 2013 |
Was A Rogue Syrian Officer Responsible For Chemical Weapons Attack?
Ron Paul: Will Congress Endorse Obama's War Plans? Does it Matter? -- Why Military Action Against Syria Shouldn’t Even Be Considered -- Massachusetts reeling from drug lab scandal a year later -- Say What? Lobbyists Are Getting Public Pensions in Some States -- Another Foreclosure Bungled: West Virginia this time -- Saudi Arabia backs US military intervention in Syria -- Jabhat al-Nusra Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack -- Israelis fear U.S. debate on Syria foreshadows weakness on Iran -- Government agencies at all levels selling personal data to marketers -- Fukushima situation worsening with discovery of water storage tank leaking -- Keep Israel Out of It -- France will not attack Syria alone, PM to meet parliament leaders -- Saudi Prince Bandar behind chemical attack in Syria: Report -- South American countries gripped by snow: thousands of people in several countries are affected -- US State Terror Targets Syria -- Feds Support Nullification of Cannabis Laws
CA: Libertopia Historic meeting of the minds Sept. 2, 2013, San Diego
Please sign petition to the Obama administration to: NO TO WAR
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News Link • Syria
Was A Rogue Syrian Officer Responsible For Chemical Weapons Attack?
09-01-2013
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Jonathan Turley
That intelligence consisted of captured phone call between an official of the Syrian Ministry of Defense and the leader of a chemical weapons unit. The phone calls were described as panicky with the official demanding answers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Will Congress Endorse Obama's War Plans? Does it Matter?
09-01-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
The president made it clear Congressional authorization is superfluous, asserting falsely he has the authority to act on his own without Congress. That Congress allows itself to be treated as window dressing by the imperial president is
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
I Believe I Can Fly
09-01-2013
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Simple Justice
It had been understood Americans had a constitutional right to travel their nation freely without hindrance, but as the government argued, that didn’t mean Americans were entitled to use whatever mode of transportation they wanted.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Why Military Action Against Syria Shouldn’t Even Be Considered
09-01-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
It is another libertarian simple solution to a problem that liberals, conservatives, progressives, moderates, Republicans, and Democrats make complex: No matter what the government of country x does to its citizens, the USA should not intervene
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Mass. reeling from drug lab scandal a year later
09-01-2013
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AP
Dookhan stands accused of faking test results, tampering with evidence and routinely ignoring testing protocols. With thousands of challenges making their way through the court system, many believe it will be years before the cases are cleared.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Blue Light Special
09-01-2013
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Simple Justice
Which means that in some lower trial court there was a judge " a fully-grown adult who I assume is mentally competent to do things like feeding himself without injury and using toilet facilities without soiling his clothes " who actually ruled
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Say What? Lobbyists Are Getting Public Pensions in Some States
09-01-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Stephen Acquario is a lobbyist who spends his time in New York’s State House. He is the executive director and counsel of the New York State Association of Counties. He earns $204,000 a year. Even though he is NOT a government employee
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Another Foreclosure Bungled: West Virginia this time
09-01-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Schoolteacher Nikki Bailey came home from visiting a sick friend in the hospital, only to find a work crew removing the last few pieces of her belongings from her house. The workers told her they were sent by a bank to clean out her house for foreclo
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Volvo unveils retro-cool Concept Coupe
09-01-2013
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Mother Nature Network.com
The Swedish carmaker gets away from boxy with a very slick two-door plug-in hybrid showstopper that evokes the 1960s and 1970s. Our car blogger is drooling.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Government
Government agencies at all levels selling personal data to marketers
09-01-2013
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naturalnews.com
How many times have you gone to your mailbox and found it stuffed with useless junk mail? If you're like most Americans, you find that happens a lot.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fukushima situation worsening with discovery of water storage tank leaking .....
09-01-2013
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naturalnews.com
Following recent reports about some of the plant's water filters being taken offline due to major corrosion problems, the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan is now experiencing considerable issues .....
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Discover a device that eliminates pathogens to support alternative cancer therapies
09-01-2013
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naturalnews.com
There is an electrical device that mimics and amplifies the immune system. It is capable of killing off all pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Environment
Some scientists say that without cutting meat consumption in half, the planet is.......
09-01-2013
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naturalnews.com
It isn't often that people are willing to take dietary advice from someone whose field of specialty isn't found in the health sciences.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Syria
Keep Israel Out of It
09-01-2013
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FresnoZionism.org Weblog
Oh, please. Don’t drag Israel ... into this!
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Syria
France will not attack Syria alone, PM to meet parliament leaders
09-01-2013
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Reuters
France will not launch an assault on Syria alone and will wait for U.S. Congress to decide on whether to punish President Assad's government for a gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said as pressure mounted
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Saudi Prince Bandar behind chemical attack in Syria: Report
09-01-2013
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Press TV
The article co-authored by a veteran AP reporter, said interviews with doctors, residents, anti-government forces and their families in Ghouta suggest the terrorists in question received chemical weapons via Saudi spymaster Saudi Arabia's intelligenc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
South American countries gripped by snow: thousands of people in several countries are affected
08-30-2013
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BBC
The cold spell has killed at least seven people in Peru, four in Bolivia and two in Paraguay. In the latter, the authorities blamed the weather for the death of more than 5,000 cattle too. Thousands of llamas and alpacas have died in the cold weather
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Drug War
Feds Support Nullification of Cannabis Laws
9-1-2013
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Free Press Publications
Voters in Colorado and Washington approved measures last November that would tax and regulate cannabis. On August 29, the Department of Justice announced, “Based on assurances that those states will impose an appropriately strict regulatory system, t
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Inside the Postal Startup That Wants to Stick It to the (Mail) Man
08-30-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Marcus Wohlsen
Evan Baehr was called to the postal service equivalent of the principal’s office.
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News Link • Syria
Syria News Recap: All The Latest Developments
08-30-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
Summarizing the latest updates in the rapidly changing Syria story.
From Bloomberg
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold, Silver, and the Status Quo
08-30-2013
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by G.E. Christenson
Gold and silver will survive as a store of value and wealth.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Neil deGrasse Tyson Doesn't Think Elon Musk's SpaceX Will Put People On Mars
08-30-2013
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Business Insider
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to put humans on Mars in the next 10 to 15 years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
TREASURY AND IRS: All Gay Marriages Will Be Recognized For Federal Tax Purposes
08-30-2013
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Business Insider
The Treasury Department and IRS announced Thursday that all same-sex marriages will be recognized for federal tax purposes regardless of state residence, allowing gay couples in all states to file joint tax returns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • States' Rights
HUGE: Federal Government Won't Challenge Colorado's Marijuana Legalization
08-30-2013
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Business Insider
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that the legalization of cannabis in both Washington and Colorado will be uninhibited by federal interference, a massive overturn of decades of U.S. drug war policy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Elite Israeli Soldiers Disciplined After Joining Palestinian Dance Party During 'Gangnam Style**
08-30-2013
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Business Insider
On Monday a group of elite Israeli soldiers entered a Palestinian dance party while on patrol in the West Bank, according to Israeli media.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
'Shadow' banks face 2015 deadline to comply with first global rules
08-29-2013
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Reuters
National regulators must also be equipped with a set of tools to allow imposition of capital and liquidity requirements or temporary limits on how much cash clients can pull out to avoid the destabilizing "runs" on money market funds seen
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. allows states to legalize recreational marijuana within limits
08-29-2013
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Reuters
In a move marijuana advocates hailed as an historic shift, the Obama administration began giving states wide leeway to experiment with pot legalization and started by letting Colorado and Washington carry out new laws permitting recreational use.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
North Carolina Cop Suspended " Without Pay " for Arresting Man Video Recording him
08-29-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Here is something you don’t see everyday, a police officer getting caught on camera violating a citizen’s right to record in public and actually get disciplined for it.
In this case, a 28-day suspension without pay.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
New Study Finds That State Crime Labs Are Paid Per Conviction
08-29-2013
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by Radley Balko (Huffington Post)
Funding crime labs through court-assessed fees creates another channel for bias to enter crime lab analyses. In jurisdictions with this practice the crime lab receives a sum of money for each conviction of a given type.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Argentina debt ruling could set bad precedent - Brazil
08-29-2013
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Reuters
A U.S. court ruling for Argentina to repay creditors who rejected the restructuring of its defaulted debt could set a bad precedent for other countries, Brazilian central bank chief Alexandre Tombini said on Thursday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
6th Circuit to Dr. Michael LaPaglia: No More Rectal Love For You
08-29-2013
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Simple Justice
Where there’s a forced digital rectal insertion, Michael LaPaglia seems to be close at hand, along with a couple of cops smiling at the mere thought of Vaseline and latex reminding a perp they can do anything they want, including the warrantless
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News Link • WAR: About that War
English Parliament Balks At Obama’s Latest Demand For Military Intervention
08-29-2013
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Jonathan Turley
While President Obama continues to maintain that only he decides what constitutes a war and requires consultation (let alone a declaration) from Congress, there remains a modicum of democratic process in England.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
US spy network’s successes, failures and objectives leaked in ‘black budget’ summary
08-29-2013
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Washington Post
US spy agencies built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but remain unable to provide critical information to the president on a range of national security threats, according to the government’s top-secret budget.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
25 Quotes About The Coming War With Syria That Every American Should See
08-29-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If Barack Obama is going to attack Syria, he is going to do it without the support of the American people, without the approval of Congress, without the approval of the United Nations, and without the help of the British. Now that the British Parlia
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Corruption Hits Red Light Camera Company Bottom Line
08-29-2013
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The Newspaper
Redflex Traffic Systems announced its after-tax profit plunged 51.6% over the year. The Australian firm continues to reel from revelations top management set up a $2 million scheme to bribe the Chicago,official responsible for the camera contract.
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News Link • MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
The Fed's millionaires
08-29-2013
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http://www.money.cnn.com/2013/08/28/news/economy/f
There are an awful lot of millionaires at the Federal Reserve.
Financial disclosure forms released Tuesday show that all seven current members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors have assets worth more than $1 million.
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Environment
Peru Declares State of Emergency in Puno as Temperatures Drop
08-28-2013
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Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES
Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in parts of the southern Andean region of Puno that have been hit with the coldest temperatures in a decade, daily El Comercio reported.
President Ollanta Humala, visiting the area this week, ann
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Drug War
Attorney For Freedom Show - Norm Stamper of LEAP
08-29-2013
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Attorney For Freedom Show
We continue with our two part series with LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) on The Attorney For Freedom Show with special guest Norm Stamper of LEAP.
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Time to Tell these Crooks they’re Fired - Karen Hudes
08-28-2013
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http://usawatchdog.com/
Former World Bank attorney Karen Hudes says she is one of a group of global whistleblowers. Hudes contends, “We’re running out of time. It’s time to tell these thugs and crooks that they’re fired.” Hudes goes on to say, “We don’t have to wait for a
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Jack Spratt
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama Offers New Gun Control Steps
08-29-2013
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AP
The Obama administration announced new steps on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Victoria Bloch from 'The Rawesome Three' opens up about her unlawful arrest over raw milk
08-29-2013
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naturalnews.com
More than a year after being unlawfully arrested as part of a malicious raw milk sting initiated by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Victoria Bloch, one of "The Rawesome Three," has come out with more sordid details about her
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