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Date Sent: 2013-09-26
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
Sophisticated U.S. Arms Flowing to Jihadists
Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen falsified -- BitcoinNotBombs has raised the coin to give out 100+ Hoodies to the homeless of San Francisco -- U.S. Agents Already Sifting Rubble of Kenya Mall Attack -- What the hell’s the matter with Maryland? -- Obamacare's average monthly cost across U.S.: $328 -- 09-26-13 -- Ginger Taylor - John Whitehead - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EDT) -- "#Hashtag" with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake --Michigan Deputies Accused of Deleting Footage After Citizen Recovers Footage Through Software -- When A Sociopath Prattles to Psychopaths -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio institutes cost-saving, vegetarian meals for inmates -- Zeitgeist Versus the Market - Peter Joseph Debates Stefan Molyneux -- The Canary Party's New Viral Video: Do Vaccines Cause Autism? --
Google Begs Court to Reconsider Ruling That Wi-Fi Sniffing Is
Wiretapping -- Karen De Coster: Anarchism in Action -- Internet
Sales Tax Could Crush Small Businesses -- Chemistry's Biggest Loser:
Official Atomic Weights Change For 19 Elements -- US Leaker Snowden 'Wears Disguise, in Danger': Lawyer -- The Kenyan Massacre’s Roots in America’s Somalia Policy -- Iran's Rouhani tells UN: we pose no threat to the world -- Obama: America ‘Exceptional’ Because of All the Wars -- Photos: New York Cop Steals Resident’s Pro-Second Amendment Signs -- 09-25-13 -- Greg Peterson (UrbanFarm.Org) MP3 & VIDEO LOADED) -- Nation Sick Of Looming Stuff -- Terrorist Attack on Kenyan Shopping Mall Should Cause Americans to Pause -- Shipping Container Buildings ‘Popping Up’ Around San Francisco
AZ: Freedom Summit 2014 Announcement; Freedom Under the
Stars! Jordan Page playing in Tempe, AZ - Oct 18th, 2013
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News Link • TERRORISM
Sophisticated U.S. Arms Flowing to Jihadists
09-25-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Fox News is reporting a stunning theft of US arms by jihadist salafists in Libya. This news item will be made much of by critics of Obama on the right. However, military and government blunders, cost overruns, unneeded weapons systems, and general
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Freedom Under the Stars! Jordan Page playing in Tempe, AZ - Oct 18th, 2013
09-24-2013
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Free Tempe
My friends, I am thrilled to announce that the one and only Mr. Jordan Page is on his way to Tempe Arizona to help my campaign! (Matt Papke, Candidate for Tempe City Council)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen falsified
09-25-2013
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Reuters
Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the US Office of Personnel Management, illustrating what some lawmakers call systemic
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
U.S. Agents Already Sifting Rubble of Kenya Mall Attack
09-25-2013
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ABC News
U.S. federal agents have joined a team of international investigators to sift through the still smoking rubble of the Kenyan shopping mall that was the site of a four-day terrorist rampage, beginning the painstaking process of looking for clues about
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News Link • Surveillance
What the hell’s the matter with Maryland?
09-25-2013
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The Daily Caller
There’s really no question by now that entirely too many school administrators across America are crazy, drooling morons. However, school administrators in Maryland possess a special, possibly bionic blend of stupidity and lunacy.
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News Link • Healthcare
Obamacare's average monthly cost across U.S.: $328
09-25-2013
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Reuters
Americans will pay an average premium of $328 monthly for a mid-tier health insurance plan when the Obamacare health exchanges open for enrollment, and most will qualify for government subsidies to lower that price, the federal government said
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
09-26-13 -- Ginger Taylor - John Whitehead (MP3 LOADED)
Ginger Taylor (Vice President of The Canary Party) talks about the link between vaccines and autism - John Whitehead (Attorney and Founder of the Rutherford Institute) provides an update on our civil liberties
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News Link • Just For Fun!
"#Hashtag" with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake
09-25-2013
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YouTube.Com
Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake show you what a Twitter conversation sounds like in real life.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Michigan Deputies Accused of Deleting Footage After Citizen Recovers Footage Through Software
09-25-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Michigan deputies are accused of forcing a woman to delete her video footage after she recorded them handcuffing her husband for legally carrying an unloaded shotgun on their property.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • NeoCons
When A Sociopath Prattles to Psychopaths
09-25-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Gen. Keith Alexander ought to give even criminally insane narcissists like Obummer pause. This is the maniac who wasted our taxes on duplicating the Star Ship Enterprise " I kid you not " as his office (easy to do when you can bury whatever
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sheriff Joe Arpaio institutes cost-saving, vegetarian meals for inmates
09-25-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
Get sent to jail in Arizona’s Maricopa County and you’ll be experiencing some serious life changes. And for those who eat meat, that includes going vegetarian.
County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is no stranger to controversy. Over the years, he has made se
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News Link • Bitcoin
Gyft - (Bitcoin Gift Cards... check out the companies)
09-25-2013
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www.gyft.com
Tired of getting plastic gift cards and losing them, forgetting about them, or cramming them into your wallet? With Gyft, get rid of those plastic gift cards and upgrade your life " and your wallet space " by downloading a single app.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
And the winner of the 2013 Google Science Fair is...
09-25-2013
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googleblog.blogspot.com
Do you have an idea to change the world? That’s what we asked the 2013 Google Science Fair participants back in January, and students ages 13-18 from around the world met our challenge.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
The Canary Party's New Viral Video: Do Vaccines Cause Autism?
09-25-2013
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canaryparty.net
For many years now, families of vaccine injured children have had difficult time trying to explain to the uninitiated why the vaccine program is so problematic. Vaccine interests constantly push the sound bite, "vaccines are safe, vaccines save live
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News Link • Media: Internet
Could a “Respect” Button Help Squash Internet Trolls?
09-25-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Liz Stinson
Two years ago, Talia Stroud published a book called Niche News: The Politics of News Choice.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Mad Max meets Martha Stewart in These Open Source Appliances
09-25-2013
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Wired.com
When designer Jesse Howard accidentally cracked open his coffee maker, he was surprised to see a simple heating mechanism encased in the complex, injection molded shell.
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Trying On Russia’s AR Moto Helmet With Fighter-Jet Specs
09-25-2013
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Wired.com
Andrew Artishchev has the overtly persistent personality you’d expect of a young entrepreneur from Russia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Mad Max meets Martha Stewart in These Open Source Appliances
09-25-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Joseph Flaherty
When designer Jesse Howard accidentally cracked open his coffee maker, he was surprised to see a simple heating mechanism encased in the complex, injection molded shell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Google Begs Court to Reconsider Ruling That Wi-Fi Sniffing Is Wiretapping
09-25-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
Google is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a recent ruling finding Google potentially liable for wiretapping when it secretly intercepted data on open Wi-Fi routers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
These Magnetic Nanobots Could Carry Drugs Into Your Brain
09-25-2013
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http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsy Atherton
The robots are coming from INSIDE the blood! It's like a magic elevator for medicine.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Internet
Internet Sales Tax Could Crush Small Businesses
09-25-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
One unique aspect of my homeschool curriculum is that students can start and manage their own online business.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
New Electric Skateboard Whips Along At 18 MPH
09-25-2013
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earthtechling.com
Last year we told you about ZBoard, a wonder of an electric skateboard that can hit 17 miles per hour and reportedly gets the carbon footprint equivalent of up to 1500 miles/gallon.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
US Leaker Snowden 'Wears Disguise, in Danger': Lawyer
09-25-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden is in such danger that he cannot even visit or talk to his family members, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena says.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
You’ve Been Warned: Why You Need to Be Ready for Total Grid Failure
09-25-2013
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theorganicprepper.ca
If you haven’t been in a bubble cut off from all forms of media lately, it would be impossible to have missed all of the warnings being issued about the impending loss of our electrical grid
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
The Kenyan Massacre’s Roots in America’s Somalia Policy
09-25-2013
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http://fff.org, by Sheldon Richman
Last weekend’s hostage-taking " and the murder of at least 61 people " at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has its roots in the U.S. government’s intervention in Somalia, which began in the 1990s.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
The First Carbon Nanotube Computer
09-25-2013
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Technologyreview.com
A carbon nanotube computer processor is comparable to a chip from the early 1970s, and may be the first step beyond silicon electronics.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran's Rouhani tells UN: we pose no threat to the world
09-25-2013
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theguardian.com, Julian Borger and Ed Pilkington
Iranian president addresses UN general assembly and says the world is 'tired of war' and US should not threaten force in Syria
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Smart Car & Camper Combined To Create Super Efficient RV
09-25-2013
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earthtechling.com
As a former full-time RVer, I can tell you that when living on the road, it’s difficult to balance efficiency and convenience.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: America ‘Exceptional’ Because of All the Wars
09-25-2013
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Demands UN Resolution Calling for Syria Attack
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
After Comeback for the Ages, a Last Dash for America’s Cup
09-25-2013
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http://www.nytimes.com, CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
The America’s Cup has produced no shortage of strange scenes in its 162 years. There have been capsizings, shattered masts and shattered spirits, but it has never produced a reversal of fortune quite like this year.
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News Link • Police State
Photos: New York Cop Steals Resident’s Pro-Second Amendment Signs
09-25-2013
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http://www.infowars.com, Adan Salazar
After a Somers, New York, resident discovered someone was coming on to his private property and repeatedly stealing his pro-Second Amendment signs, he thought up a brilliant plan to catch the perpetrator.
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News Link • Humor
Nation Sick Of Looming Stuff
09-25-2013
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theonion.com
Noting the ceaseless onslaught of issues constantly nearing the eleventh hour, Americans across the country told reporters Tuesday they are sick and tired of all this looming stuff.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
Stewart Slams Republicans For Attempts to Scare Everyone About 'Obamacare'
09-25-2013
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liveleak.com
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, like many of us, would rather see the
United States move to a single-payer health care plan, as he briefly
expressed during this segment.
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News Link • Drones
No, Drones Are Not 'Useless' In Most Wars
09-25-2013
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popsci.com
Air Force Gen. Mike Hostage says drones are worthless in contested airspace. They are, but here's why that doesn't matter.
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Feature Article • World News
Russia Bashing Is a Dead End
Ivan Eland
What did Vladimir Putin get from the United States for saving President Obama from himself during the Syrian chemical weapons "crisis"? Only criticism and ridicule from a reflexive anti-Russian American news media.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama’s Justice Department: Trumpeting a New Victory in War on Freedom of the Press
09-24-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Norman Solomon
There’s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists, then claim to be reassessing such policies after an avalanche of criticism"and then proceed, a
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News Link • TERRORISM
Shebab threaten new attacks if Kenya stays in Somalia
09-24-2013
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AFP
Somalia's Shebab insurgents warned Tuesday they would follow the ongoing siege in Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall with further attacks if Kenyan troops did not pull out of Somalia immediately.
"If not, know that this is just a taste of what we wi
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News Link • Israel
Israel delegation to snub Iran president's UN speech
09-24-2013
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AFP
"When Iran's leaders stop denying the Holocaust of the Jewish people, and stop calling for the destruction of the Jewish state and recognize Israel's right to exist, the Israeli delegation will attend their addresses at the General Assembly."
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
US Drone Strikes in Pakistan: “Naming the Dead”
09-24-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Rachel Oldroyd
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has launched an ambitious new project aiming to identify as many as possible of those killed by CIA drones in Pakistan.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Senators demand independent review of surveillance programs exposed by Snowden
09-24-2013
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http://rt.com
A bi-partisan group of senators has sent a letter to the inspector general of the United States intelligence community in hopes of having a federal auditor review the surveillance operations carried out by the government.
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Running for Public Office & Civil Servant Positions- The Fastest & Surest Path from Rags to Riches.
00-24-2013
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http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2013/09/24/running
I know everyone is now talking about publicly-funded, aka government-funded, healthcare benefits. But I believe we have a far more urgent public health need " a very specific one. We need major publicly-funded medical operations for our majority- spi
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
For Guantanamo Inmates Who 'Forced World to Listen,' Struggle Not Over
09-24-2013
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Common Dreams
At least 18 inmates continue to refuse food; advocates declare injustice, torture, unlawful detention remain
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
Outsourcing America: Sodexo Food Service Contractor Siphons Cash ......
09-24-2013
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Common Dreams
Since the 2008 financial crisis, cash strapped states have accelerated the outsourcing of America in hopes of delivering the same services more cheaply. "Desperate government is our best customer," said one executive specializing in infrastructure pu
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News Link • Politics
Official Arizona GOP Body Passes Formal Rebuke of John McCain
09-24-2013
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Breitbart.Com
The Legislative District 26 Republican Party in Arizona has passed a formal rebuke of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for abdicating GOP principles in helping Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) secure votes to approve several of President Barack O
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Lockup Quotas and “Low-Crime Taxes” Helping to Make Money for the Private Prison Industry
09-24-2013
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Jonathan Turley
“the prevalence of prison occupancy guarantee provisions in prison privatization contracts.” 65% of the contracts contained occupancy requirements that ranged between 80% and 100%"with 90% being the most frequent quota guarantee.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Jesus Said You're Going to Hell if You Don't Support Food Stamps, Social Security
09-24-2013
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liveleak.com
."Anyone who is familiar with the Bible," Rangel said, should know that
"Jesus said you're going to Hell if you don't treat the lesser of his
brothers and sisters" with compassion. Republican believers, he
explained, ....
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News Link • Gun Rights
Off-duty SAS commando at Nairobi mall saved over 100 lives with his illegally carried weapon
09-24-2013
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www.dailymail.co.uk
The SAS soldier is said to have returned to the building on a dozen occasions, despite intense gunfire. He was having coffee with friends when it happened. ‘He went back in 12 times and saved 100 people. Imagine going back in when you knew what was g
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Jacksonville Man Sues After Arrest For “Walking On Wrong Side Of The Street”
09-23-2013
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Jonathan Turley
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office clearly has a lot of crime to address when its officers are arresting people for “walking on the wrong side of the road.” That is what Bobby Wingate says happened to him. He says that the officer punched him and thr
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