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Date Sent: 2013-10-27
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Sunday, October 27, 2013 |
Cop hits girl with motorcycle, then shoots angry father dead
Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as
Evidence -- NSA Washington: March against surveillance and a call from Edward
Snowden (+photos) -- Macy's joins Barneys in NYC 'shop-and-frisk'
scandal -- Saudi women break driving ban, defying warnings - campaigners
-- Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that
built Obamacare website -- Ed Schultz asks Democrats and Tea Partiers:
Unite against ‘NAFTA on steroids’ -- Wisconsin jails pregnant woman and
gives her fetus – but not her – a lawyer -- Manchester police find
3D-printed gun parts during gang raid -- ACLU: Government ‘fundamentally
destroyed’ secure email service Lavabit -- Missouri man serving life
without parole for ‘3 strike’ marijuana offenses seeks clemency -- The
Economics Of Spying And The Prisoners Dilemma -- As Europe Erupts Over US Spying, NSA Chief Says
Government Must Stop Media -- US telling foreign governments
that Snowden could expose their co-operation with US -- False and
Designing Men -- Consumers Abandoning Healthcare.gov -- Treasuries Market Concerns -- The EPA Controls All Water, Food Production and Property Rights --
Interview: Ernest Hancock (FreedomsPhoenix.com, Declare Your Independence Radio Show) -- Sarah Palin taunts Piers Morgan with picture of bear she shot dead
and posted on Facebook -- A superpower at risk of slippage -- First
public auction for solar energy rights on federal lands draws no
bids -- Pentagon agency creating digital map of the world -- Massive
Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility -- Gunboats
Seen Patrolling in Eden Isles, Louisiana -- Voting With
Our Feet And With Our Wallets; Standing on Principle -- Dear Recently Graduated Millennials: Prepare To
Work Until You Are 73 -- JPM Could Lose Its Charter for Criminal Responsibility
in Madoff PONZI Scheme - by Neil Garfield -- NSA Spying on World
Leaders -- Merkel in NSA's Crosshairs
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop hits girl with motorcycle, then shoots angry father dead
10-27-2013
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Rawstory
4-year-old Taniyah Middleton and her cousin were crossing a street in Maywood, a suburb west of Chicago, as an 8-year veteran off-duty Chicago police officer was driving his motorcycle...but the bike struck her anyway. She survived.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence
10-27-2013
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New York Times
The Justice Department for the first time has notified a criminal defendant that evidence being used against him came from a warrantless wiretap, a move that is expected to set up a Supreme Court test of whether such eavesdropping is constitutional.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
NSA Washington: March against surveillance and a call from Edward Snowden (+photos)
10-27-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
The event was organized by a coalition known as "Stop Watching Us" of some 100 public advocacy groups and companies, including the ACLU, privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation, Occupy Wall Street NYC and the Libertarian Party.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Macy's joins Barneys in NYC 'shop-and-frisk' scandal
10-27-2013
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Reuters
New York civil rights leaders on Saturday decried the city's brewing "shop-and-frisk" scandal, in which major retailers Barneys and Macy's are accused of profiling black shoppers who say they were detained by police after buying luxury items.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Saudi women break driving ban, defying warnings - campaigners
10-27-2013
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Reuters
A few women filmed themselves driving in Saudi cities on Saturday, defying government warnings of arrest and prosecution to take part in a campaign against men-only road rules, activists said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website
10-27-2013
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The Daily Caller
Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is senior vice president at CGI Federal, which earned the no-bid contract to build the $678 million Obamacare enrollment website at Healthcare.gov. CGI Federal is the U.S. arm of a Canadian company.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Trade
Ed Schultz asks Democrats and Tea Partiers: Unite against ‘NAFTA on steroids’
10-27-2013
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Rawstory
Ed Schultz exhorted Democrats to put aside their feelings toward Tea Party Republicans and team up with them in the name of stopping President Obama from carrying out his plan for the U.S. to enter the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Wisconsin jails pregnant woman and gives her fetus " but not her " a lawyer
10-27-2013
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Rawstory
[this is wow!] A Wisconsin mother-to-be is challenging her state’s fetal protection law after she was arrested following a prenatal visit where she admitted taking a drug used to treat painkiller dependency.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Manchester police find 3D-printed gun parts during gang raid
10-27-2013
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AFP
“In theory, the technology essentially allows offenders to produce their own guns in the privacy of their own home, which they can then supply to the criminal gangs who are causing such misery in our communities,” he said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
ACLU: Government ‘fundamentally destroyed’ secure email service Lavabit
10-27-2013
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The Guardian
The government’s “unreasonably burdensome” demands “fundamentally destroyed the company as a whole... no company could possible tell its clients that it offers a secure service if its keys have been handed over to the government,”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Missouri man serving life without parole for ‘3 strike’ marijuana offenses seeks clemency
10-27-2013
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Rawstory
Mizanskey has been in a Missouri prison for 20+ years for violating the state’s “prior and persistent drug offender” statute, which resembles the “3 strike” laws with a notable exception: it doesn’t require any of the offenses be of a violent nature.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
The Economics Of Spying And The Prisoners Dilemma
10-26-2013
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Patrick Rishe, Forbes
Prisoners Dilemma demonstrates the logic behind why two or more individuals, firms, or nations might not cooperate, even if it appears that it is in their best interests to do so.
" it would seem rational for allied countries to ‘cooperate’ and not
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
NSA Website Attacked, Knocked Offline
10-26-2013
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David Holmes, Sci-Tech
Friday's attack on the NSA is likely retribution for recent spying scandals. The NSA has come under fire for its electronic eavesdropping on millions of Americans, as well as citizens and even politicians of foreign countries. The latest scandal was
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Police State
As Europe Erupts Over US Spying, NSA Chief Says Government Must Stop Media
10-25-2013
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Glenn Greenwald
With General Alexander calling for NSA reporting to be halted, US and UK credibility as guardians of press freedom is crushed.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Whistleblowers
AP sources: US telling foreign governments that Snowden could expose their co-operation with US
10-25-2013
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Kimberly Dozier, The Associated Press
.. documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden might expose the intelligence operations of their respective countries and their level of co-operation with the U.S.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • False Flag Operations
False and Designing Men
10/27/2013
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JoePlummer.com
The term “false flag” usually describes a deadly or immoral act that is planned and carried out by one group, but is made to appear as if it was planned and carried out by another. Adolf Hitler’s Operation Himmler provides a good example. It consiste
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Joe Plummer
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Breast Cancer Treatment Via Nipple Injection
10-26-2013
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arclein
n order to better communicate their procedure, Silva and her colleagues decided to publish with JoVE. “Because the reader can actually watch the process and see how reagents, instruments, and animals are physically handled over time, the likelihood o
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Quantum Computers a Bit Closer
10-26-2013
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arclein
In the bizarre realm of quantum physics, the particles that make up everything can behave in strange ways. For instance, a particle can apparently exist in two or more places at once, and two or more particles can get linked so they stay in sync inst
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Treasuries Market Concerns
10-26-2013
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arclein
China is concerned with its US treasury holdings worth up to $1.2 trillion after Washington’s spectacle earlier this month over its fiscal policies that pushed the world’s economy into a crises. “The move, along with other agreements on financial co
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robert klein
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Ernest Hancock (FreedomsPhoenix.com, Declare Your Independence
10-26-2013
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youtube
He joined the program at Libertopia 2013 to discuss ways to boycott the state & corporate-state system by opting out.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Seriously?
Sarah Palin taunts Piers Morgan with picture of bear she shot dead and posted on Facebook
10-26-2013
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dailymail
Former governor refuses invite to go on 'shambolic' Piers Morgan Live show
Spat started after Morgan sent joke tweet claiming the former Alaska governor believed Jesus celebrated Easter
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
A superpower at risk of slippage
10-26-2013
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ft.com
The dollar still reigns but underlying confidence is shaken
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
First public auction for solar energy rights on federal lands draws no bids
10-26-2013
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Fox News
Federal officials are trying to figure out why the Bureau of Land Management's first-ever auction of public land for solar-energy development failed to attract any bids.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Pentagon agency creating digital map of the world
10-26-2013
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usatoday.com
Future military operations may use a constantly updated digital "image skin" for a comprehensive map of the world under development by the Pentagon's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Massive Barge On San Francisco Bay Likely Secret Google Facility
10-26-2013
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sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
The U.S. Navy had its share of secrets on Treasure Island, but few were better kept than what’s taking place on a mysterious barge just off the island.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Gunboats Seen Patrolling in Eden Isles, Louisiana
10-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Spot Report: Gunboats, unmarked, fully equipped patrolling in Eden Isles or doing maneuvers?
This is taking place in the canals around Slidell, Louisiana. These are military gun boats. No one has seen this in this area before.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
Letter Re: Voting With Our Feet And With Our Wallets--Standing on Principle
10-26-2013
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Survivalblog.com
Jim:
[I recently saw an announcement from a company that caught my attention.] This alone would seem to me to make a company at least worthy of consideration for future business:
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Europe's Freak-Out About Gypsy Families With Blonde Kids Looks Even Darker After New Revelation
10-26-2013
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Business Insider
DNA tests have confirmed that a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl named "Maria" found living with a Roma family in Greece is the child of Bulgarian couple Sasha Ruseva and Atanas Rusev, the BBC reports.
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News Link • Military
Air Force Academy No Longer Requires 'So Help Me God' In Cadet Oath
10-26-2013
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Business Insider
Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy now have the option as to whether to say "so help me God," when they take their oaths, according to a new report by Air Force Times.
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News Link • Food
This Potent New Beer From Scotland Has A 67.5% Alcohol Content
10-26-2013
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Business Insider
After debuting the world's strongest beer at 65% ABV one year ago, Scottish brewery Brewmeister has released an even stronger version.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
This Weekend on LewRockwell.com - October 26th 2013
10-26-2013
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LewRockwell.com
The Killing of JFK / The brutal US empire spies on everyone everywhere to intimidate and control. Article by Eric Margolis / Break Up With the Public Schools / As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap, Paul Craig Roberts on the future / Global Wealth Confiscation
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
JPM Could Lose Its Charter for Criminal Responsibility in Madoff PONZI Scheme
by Neil Garfield
10-26-2013
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http://livinglies.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/jpm-cou
JPM’s Madoff entanglement could prompt review of bank charter
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has reportedly told the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that a criminal money laundering conviction of JPMorgan (JPM) for turnin
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Mike Brosnahan
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Reference Link • WAR: About that War
They Are Coming for Our Water
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
What happens when government begins to sell off its infrastructure to pay down their staggering debts? What happens to the people? The short answer is that there is hell to pay.
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Dave Hodges
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News Link • Eminent Domain
Seattle uses eminent domain to turn a parking lot into a parking lot
10-25-2013
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watchdog.org
Seattle’s city council voted unanimously Monday to use eminent domain to take private property.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Surveillance
Snowden rebuts Feinstein’s statement that NSA spying “is not surveillance”
10-24-2013
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ars technica
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden went into a relatively long silent period after being charged with espionage and fleeing to Russia. But it seems that he is becoming more comfortable about speaking out.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
Not the quiet car! Ex-NSA chief spills secrets while riding Amtrak?
10-24-2013
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Yahoo! News blog
Tom Matzzie, former Washington director of MoveOn.org sat near retired Gen. Michael Hayden. Matzzie's tweets suggest Hayden took calls from reporters digging into the ongoing NSA spy scandal and CIA secret prisons overseas.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
US official handed over 35 foreign leaders’ phone numbers to NSA
10-24-2013
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The Guardian
The National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after being given the numbers by an official in another US agency, according to a classified document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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News Link • Gun Rights
A “Fearful” Police Mindset Leads to a Dead Child
10-24-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
The youngster, who was about 20 to 30 feet away from the officers, turned around to face the deputies " and was immediately shot. The entire encounter " from the time the deputies called for backup, to the fatal shooting " to just a few seconds.
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News Link • TAXES: State
California To Start Electronic License Plate Pilot Program
10-24-2013
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The Newspaper
The electronic plate uses a wireless communications link to the Department of Motor Vehicles to confirm a valid registration. If the database says a car's registration is in order, the device will show the license plate number. If not, it will displa
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News Link • Military
Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats
10-24-2013
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New York Post
Thanks to a plan by President Obama to create a “unisex” look for the Corps, officials are swapping out the Marines’ iconic caps " known as “covers” " with a new version that some have derided as so “girly” that they would make the French blush.
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News Link • Healthcare
Insurance cancellation notices are snowballing
10-24-2013
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Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have and forcing others to buy more costly policies. …
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News Link • Racism
Barneys busted student for ‘shopping while black’
10-24-2013
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New York Post
But as soon as he exited the luxury department store, undercover officers grabbed Christian and asked “how a young black man such as himself could afford to purchase such an expensive belt,” according to the suit, filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme C
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News Link • Government
Agenda 21: EPA Redefining ‘Water’ in Unprecedented Power Grab - Judge Nap Discusses
10-24-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Veritas Aequitas
EPA Want To Control All Water Even Puddles In Your Yard & If You Violate Their Regulation Could Be Fine $37,500 A Day.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Unintended Consequences
Obamacare Side Effect " Doctors Abandon The Health Care Insurance System Altogether
10-24-2013
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zerohedge.com
Many medical practitioners have apparently simply had enough.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Stossel does entire show on the Federal Reserve and interviews Ron Paul
10-24-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, ron paul is awesome
TheFed can destroy your savings, and your future. Fed Up? I’ll try to explain the Fed tonight at 9 on @FoxBusiness.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Government Informants Were All Around Silk Road
10-24-2013
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economicpolicyjournal.com
A major Silk Road drug dealer was flipped by the government just months before Silk Road was shutdown and Ross Ulbricht was arrested.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Russell Brand May Have Started a Revolution Last Night
10-24-2013
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www.dailypaul.com
This interviewer Jeremy Paxman is even a more apathetic a-hole than Piers Morgan. - The revolution itself may not be televised, but on last night's edition of the BBC's Newsnight, viewers may have witnessed the start of one.
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