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Date Sent: 2013-12-06
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, December 6, 2013 |
America in Worse Fiscal Shape than Detroit -- Global-warming ‘proof’ is evaporating
Operation Vampire Killer 2000 - Download Digital Book - link to OVK 2012 on Amazon -- It's Becoming Clear That The NSA's Nightmare Has Just Begun -- 12-06-13 -- James Babb - Julian Heicklen - Adam Kokesh - Bob Anderson (MP3) -- Microsoft Calls Government Spying an ‘Advanced Persistent Threat’ -- Navy Doubles Down on Versatile ‘Blackjack’ Drone -- Most Americans think US should 'mind its own business' abroad, survey finds -- Anti-Drone Protests Halt US Military Convoys at Pakistan Border -- Commercial Space Race Revolutionizing Business Off Planet Earth -- Man Explains to WFTV News
Why He Loves the Orlando Police Department -- Iran's
Presidential Cabinet Has A Ridiculous Number Of PhD Holders --
Update On "Josie the Outlaw" website: WOW! -- Navy Launches a Drone
from a Submerged Submarine -- Programmer
Robert McNally Put Together An Awesome Presentation On What Bitcoin
Really Is -- How To Make Your Very
Own Legal Drug [Video] -- Libyan Leaders Give McCain Award, Vote
in Sharia Law -- Decoding the Summer of Snowden --
Palestinians Lose Again -- Does smoking pot cause man boobs? --
A Cheney Vet Takes Aim for the Next War -- Secular Syria Rebels Mull
Rejoining Govt to Fight al-Qaeda -- Forgotten Rebellion: Black
Seminoles and the Largest Slave Revolt -- Is Katniss a
Modern-Day Spartacus? | LearnLiberty -- Promiscuity Is Pragmatic --
Honoring Lynne Stewart -- Obama's Rogue Agenda -- Chinese Banks
Say No to Bitcoin: And Nobody Cares -- Planned Parenthood
Behind Massive Obamacare Push (Video) -- The Chinese Want To
Spend Billions Constructing A 600 Acre “China City” In New York
State
AZ: AZ Breakfast Club tomorrow,
December 7th @ Bill Johnson's Big Apple 19th Ave/Bell (FIJA
Billboard) -- Boston T
Party @ The Hancock's TOMORROW ; Christmas Party
@ the Hancock's - Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
NV: Passport to Freedom - Las
Vegas, NV - January 23-25, 2014
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
America in Worse Fiscal Shape than Detroit-Professor Laurence Kotlikoff
12-06-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Boston University Economics Professor, Laurence Kotlikoff, says, “The country is in worse fiscal shape by many miles than Detroit. So, the country is essentially bankrupt.”
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Boston T Party @ The Hancock's Saturday Dec 7th, 2013 5:30 p.m. til ??
12-02-2013
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www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
Boston T Party will be in Phoenix for the Crossroads of the West Gun Show, and the Hancock's will be hosting a party while he is here. Boston's webpage is JavelinPress.Com
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Another Batch of Wall Street Villains Freed on Technicality
By Matt Taibbi
12-06-2013
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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblo
"Of course, you won't hear about the recent financial corruption case, United States of America v. Carollo, Goldberg and Grimm, called anything like that . . . But this just completed trial in downtown New York . . . allowed federal prosecutors to
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Banks Sending Out Satisfactions of Mortgage to Cover Up Crimes
12-06-2013
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http://livinglies.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/banks-s
Darline Spencer hit the bulls-eye once again. Here she talks about how one loan was multiplied into many loans all of which were sold to investors, but resulted in accounting anomalies that had to be covered up. Here is what she says:
Confusing b
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News Link • New World Order
Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty and the “Good Discussion” They’re Still Having
12-06-2013
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http://andrewgavinmarshall.com/2013/12/05/global-p
The Group of Thirty (or G-30) describes itself as “a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia,” which “aims to deepen understanding of international economic and fin
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
More Lawsuits, Still No Real Progress and No Coverage by Media
12-06-2013
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http://livinglies.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/more-la
Jon Stewart committed his entire show to the mortgage crisis last Wednesday night. Go watch it. It wasn’t funny although they added some comedic aspects. The bottom line is the question “why aren’t these people in jail?” And the media was scorched wi
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News Link • Whistleblowers
It's Becoming Clear That The NSA's Nightmare Has Just Begun
12-05-2013
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Michael Kelley, Seattle PI
The National Security Agency and its allies face a long, painful drip of classified documents relating to their intelligence operations.
The quantity and range of leaks facilitated by Edward Snowden have become clear in recent news stories.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Surveillance
Microsoft Calls Government Spying an ‘Advanced Persistent Threat’
12-06-2013
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David Gilbert, IBT
Microsoft announces it will encrypt all data all content travelling between data centres following revelations of persistent spying from governments.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Drones
Navy Doubles Down on Versatile ‘Blackjack’ Drone
12-06-2013
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Wired.com
After more tests completed last month, the Navy and Marines have decided that the RQ-21A Blackjack drone is worth the gamble. They’re putting money on the program that could provide them with a dedicated multi-intelligence drone in a matter of months
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Most Americans think US should 'mind its own business' abroad, survey finds
12-06-2013
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theguardian.com
• First time this specific sentiment recorded in four decades
• Most Americans also believe China is stronger economic power
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News Link • Activism
Anti-Drone Protests Halt US Military Convoys at Pakistan Border
12-06-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
The Pentagon has put the brakes on military cargo shipments traveling from Afghanistan to Pakistan, citing anti-drone protests that threatened truck drivers, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Olive Leaf " Great Immune Support
12-06-2013
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naturalcowgirl.wordpress.com
Olive Leaf is one of my favorite herbs for this time of year. I use olive leaf for immune enhancement so that I do not get the flu. However, olive leaf is more than just a great anti-viral.
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News Link • Energy
SolarCity, Using Tesla Batteries, Aims to Bring Solar Power to the Masses
12-06-2013
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Technologyreview.com
SolarCity’s new battery system might help solar become a significant source of electricity.
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News Link • Architecture
Hivehaus flat-packed honeycomb home could be the bee's knees
12-06-2013
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gizmag.com
Similar to other micro-homes we have looked at, the Hivehaus comes flat-packed, is self-contained and appears relatively easy to build.
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
"Real guns, real pain” " Patient Zero live action zombie shooter game prepares for next install
12-06-2013
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gizmag.com
IRLShooter is quickly becoming my favorite company to visit. In terms of sheer glee per square meter, the offices of IRLShooter must rank somewhere between “roller coaster designer” and “Top Gear.” Every time I pop in, Dave Leadbetter, Drew Hobbs and
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Commercial Space Race Revolutionizing Business Off Planet Earth
12-06-2013
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http://www.space.com
For decades, the space race was seen as being mostly about national pride. Getting there first mattered most, whereas pushing the frontiers of science and technology took a close second.
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News Link • Activism
Man Explains to WFTV News Why He Loves the Orlando Police Department
12-06-2013
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yaliberty.org
On Wednesday July 6th, activists, concerned citizens and local media gathered at Lake Eola to witness the ongoing battle between Food Not Bombs and a City of Orlando Ordinance criminalizing charity in public parks.
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News Link • Iran
Iran's Presidential Cabinet Has A Ridiculous Number Of PhD Holders
12-06-2013
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Business Insider
Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, has more cabinet members with Ph.D. degrees from U.S. universities than Barack Obama does.
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News Link • Activism
Update On "Josie the Outlaw" website: WOW!
12-06-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Three days ago, I sent out a message about what we hoped the new
"Josie the Outlaw" web site and videos would accomplish, and what
we hoped the response would be. Well, after 72 hours, it's time for
a little update on the response so far.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Watch This Amazing 'Star Wars' Parody Of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
12-06-2013
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
At long last, there’s a Star Wars parody of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It was filmed by the Digital video students in UAT who apparently had nothing better to do than (they are in Tempe, Arizona, after all).
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News Link • Military
Navy Launches a Drone from a Submerged Submarine
12-06-2013
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cdn.defenseone.com
The Naval Research Lab just launched a drone from a submerged submarine " giving a huge edge to the future of special operations.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Stunning Chart: Today’s Stock Market is Eerily Reminiscent of 1929…
12-06-2013
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shtfplan.com
With the Holiday shopping season off to a slow start according to preliminary retail sales numbers and with the stock market sitting near all time highs, one can’t help but wonder what will happen when investors realize .....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
This Is, Quite Simply, The Biggest Endorsement That Bitcoin Has Ever Received
12-06-2013
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Business Insider
"We believe Bitcoin can become a major means of payment for e-commerce and may emerge as a serious competitor to traditional money transfer providers. As a medium of exchange, Bitcoin has clear
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
Experimental Website Lets You Download Amazing House Blueprints for Free
12-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Liz Stinson
Paperhouses is a platform that allows people to download open source blueprints from architects, like this house from Tatiana Bilbao.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Programmer Robert McNally Put Together An Awesome Presentation On What Bitcoin Really Is
12-06-2013
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Business Insider
Is Bitcoin the new gold?
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News Link • Transportation
Ford Finally Brings the Mustang Into the 21st Century
12-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Damon Lavrinc
The muscle car has finally " finally " evolved for the 21st century. And it starts with the 2015 Ford Mustang.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Why Won’t Big Automakers Build the Car of the Future?
12-06-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Jason Fagone
At car shows and in TV commercials, automakers like to brag about their “radical engineering.” But there’s nothing radical about the automotive business.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
How To Make Your Very Own Legal Drug [Video]
12-06-2013
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http://www.popsci.com, By Collin Lecher
Mike Power, author of Drugs 2.0, explains how simple it was to create a legal high.
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News Link • Libya
Libyan Leaders Give McCain Award, Vote in Sharia Law
12-06-2013
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http://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Daniel McAdams
Senator John McCain is in Libya, where he was "honored" to receive an award from the Libyan military Chief of Staff.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Decoding the Summer of Snowden
12-06-2013
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http://www.cato.org, By Julian Sanchez
early 40 years ago, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Americans got an unprecedented look behind the cloak of secrecy shielding government surveillance " and what they saw was chilling.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Does smoking pot cause man boobs?
12-06-2013
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http://edition.cnn.com, By Dr. Anthony Youn
A young man in his 20s -- let's call him George -- sits across from me in the exam room.
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News Link • Iran
A Cheney Vet Takes Aim for the Next War
12-06-2013
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theamericanconservative.com, Scott McConnell
John Hannah here argues that Saudi fear and loathing of Iran destroys the case for negotiating with Tehran.
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News Link • Syria
Secular Syria Rebels Mull Rejoining Govt to Fight al-Qaeda
12-06-2013
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
FSA Commander Drops Demand for Assad to Resign
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News Link • History
Forgotten Rebellion: Black Seminoles and the Largest Slave Revolt...
12-06-2013
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http://www.youtube.com, Learn Liberty
The story of John Horse and the Black Seminoles has been largely untold, but they deserve to be remembered for a number of reasons:
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News Link • History
Is Katniss a Modern-Day Spartacus? | LearnLiberty
12-06-2013
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http://www.youtube.com, Learn Liberty
Literature and legend often reflect their culture.
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Promiscuity Is Pragmatic
12-06-2013
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http://www.slate.com, Eric Michael Johnson
Why women and other female primates seek out multiple partners.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Chinese Banks Say No to Bitcoin: And Nobody Cares
12-05-2013
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The Local Voluntary
Decentralized cryptocurrencies render banks completely obsolete. They deliver the control of the financial system back to the people.
Bankers are smart enough to know this and today, in China, the banks ‘decreed’ that Bitcoin may not be used as cu
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News Link • Healthcare
Planned Parenthood Behind Massive Obamacare Push (Video)
12-05-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
About: Knock, knock, who’s there? Obamacare! This is no joke. Very soon your dinner may be interrupted by a representative from a new outreach campaign educating the public about the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it’s commonly known.
“Commu
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News Link • China
The Chinese Want To Spend Billions Constructing A 600 Acre “China City” In New York State
12-05-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Chinese have made trillions of dollars flooding our shores with super cheap products, and now they are using some of that money to buy land and property all over America. For example, there is now a proposal to construct a multibillion dollar “C
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Christmas Party @ the Hancock's - Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
11-18-2013
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www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and it's time to set aside the time for the annual Christmas Party - Please 'SAVE THE DATE': Saturday December 14th, 2013 from 5 p.m. til?? @ the Hancock's
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Feature Article • Afghanistan
Call Hamid Karzai's Bluff
Ivan Eland
The ever-mercurial Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, recently called a council of the nation's tribal elders (a loya jirga) to ratify a bilateral security agreement reached with the United States governing the up to 12,000 U.S. forces that would be
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases, Locking Countless Innocent Americans in Prison
12-05-2013
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filmingcops.com
In a maddening scandal that is rocking the state of Massachusetts, a government crime lab chemist has been caught intentionally forging signatures and tampering with evidence in as many as 40,000 cases, destroying the lives of countless innocent Amer
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Boehner signs up for Obamacare, with government support
12-04-2013
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CNN
The top Republican leading the charge against Obamacare is now signed up for it and will take thousands of dollars in government support to help with its costs, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner confirmed to CNN.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Hit Dog Hollers
12-04-2013
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Simple Justice
When a judge rails against the evils of crime, the reaction ranges from applause to re-election. When a judge rails against the evils of prosecutorial misconduct, there is a very different reaction.
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News Link • Drones
Obama war chiefs widen drone kill box
12-04-2013
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Washington Times
The Pentagon has loosened its guidelines on avoiding civilian casualties during drone strikes, modifying instructions from requiring military personnel to “ensure” civilians are not targeted to encouraging service members to “avoid targeting” civilia
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
New Orleans Scandal Gives Credence to ‘Epidemic of Prosecutor Misconduct’ Charge
12-04-2013
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Wendy McElroy
In comedy, it’s said that ‘timing is everything.’ Apparently it is in scandal, too.
On the very day the Center for Prosecutor Integrity reported prosecutor misconduct to be at ‘epidemic’ levels, a federal judge vacated the sentences of 5 cops
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News Link • Government
Arizona Agency Fined in Deaths of Firefighters
12-04-2013
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New York Times
A state safety agency recommended fines totaling $559,000 against the state’s Forestry Division, saying they put “structures and pastureland” ahead of the safety of firefighters battling a wildfire, including 19 who died while trapped by the flames
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA tracking 5 BILLION cellphone calls a day
12-04-2013
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Washington Post
The NSA is gathering 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to documents enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals, and map their relationships in ways previously unimaginable.
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News Link • Government
U.S. Aims to Blunt Terrorist Recruiting of English Speakers
12-04-2013
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New York Times
The center’s postings will be clearly identified as products of the State Department and will in some cases carry the agency’s logo, agency officials said. The postings are aimed at foreign websites, though Americans, obviously, can visit the sites.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Officer not so Friendly
12-04-2013
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lewrockwell.com
A reader sent me a note about his recent experience with Officer Not So Friendly, following an unexpected early morning encounter with a moose.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Bail-Ins And Deposit Confiscation Coming Noonan Confirms At ‘Future of Banking in Europe’ Conference
12-04-2013
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lewrockwell.com
A major conference on the future of banking yesterday heard contributions on a European banking union which is being negotiated by Eurozone finance ministers.
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