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Date Sent: 2014-01-24
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, January 24, 2014 |
Smith & Wesson to End Most CA Sales Due to Microstamping Regulation
Exigency Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does -- A Cop’s “Job”: Kill Without Cause or Consequences -- Don’t want to be hassled by creationist teacher? Give up Buddhism, Louisiana public school says -- Prosecutors won’t charge Ohio trooper who masturbated with boy to teach him about sex -- Cell Phone Video Contradicts Sheriff’s Version of Deputy-Involved Killing -- A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail -- Sham Syrian Peace Talks -- Western Manipulated Violence in Ukraine
-- TigerDirect: Now Accepting Bitcoin -- 01-23-14 -- Ernest Hancock on
the Angel Clark Show (MP3 LOADED) -- Destroying the
Myth That Military Power Equals Freedom -- Transcript from Live Q
& A with Edward Snowden - Jan. 23, 2014 -- "Cooperate" With the Police Or Be Assaulted in Front of Your
Children -- Whatever Happened to Peace Officers? -- The Fed Only Gave Germany Back 5 Tonnes of Gold in Over a
Year -- Xombie
Rocket Diverts Itself To New Landing Pad -- Mini-satellites could form 'space cop' traffic
control system -- Poverty TV: Hit UK show stirs welfare debate --
Gov't As God
(DollarDVDProjectLiberty.com) -- Michigan seeks visas to lure
immigrants to Detroit -- The New Debt Ceiling Deadline Is Going To
Be Earlier Than We Thought -- In South Korea, US Special Ops Train
to Help Overthrow North Korean Regime
AZ: [Phoenix] Showing of "Money For Nothing:
Inside the Federal Reserve" Documentary, Tuesday, Jan 28; Arizona
Breakfast Club Saturday Feb 1st, 2014,
8-10 a.m. @ Coco's (Paradise Valley Mall) with Patrick Wood speaking; Freedom Tech Workshop #1 - Saturday February 1st 2014;
Memorial for Jack McLamb Saturday February 22nd, 2014, 2-4 p.m. (MST) - Phoenix, AZ; Freedom Summit 2014 Meetup
NV: Ernie Hancock at Passport to Freedom 2014, Jan.
23-25, 2014, starts this Thursday
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Smith & Wesson to End Most CA Sales Due to Microstamping Regulation
01-23-2014
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http://www.breitbart.com, by AWR Hawkins
On January 22nd renowned gun maker Smith & Wesson joined Sturm, Ruger, & Co., by announcing it would cease California sales of its semi-automatic pistols due to microstamping requirements that went into effect last year.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Exigency Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does
01-24-2014
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Simple Justice
The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in Navarette v. California, a case that tests the limits of when a police officer can conduct an investigative stop based upon an anonymous tip.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
A Cop’s “Job”: Kill Without Cause or Consequences
01-24-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
“What they decided … was that Officer Randall Kerrick did his job,” summarized his attorney, George Laughrun, after a grand jury in North Carolina refused to indict Kerrick for manslaughter in the death of Jonathan Ferrell. “Regretfully, it cost the
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Don’t want to be hassled by creationist teacher? Give up Buddhism, Louisiana public school says
01-24-2014
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Rawstory
A public school in Louisiana advised a Buddhist family to change their beliefs if they didn’t want their child to face harassment from zealous teachers. The school has “a longstanding custom, policy, and practice of promoting and inculcating
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prosecutors won’t charge Ohio trooper who masturbated with boy to teach him about sex
01-24-2014
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Rawstory
Prosecutors declined to charge an Ohio State Patrol trooper with a history of domestic violence who admitted to a sexual encounter with a boy. State trooper Ricky Vitte Jr. told his wife he had watched a pornographic video and masturbated
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cell Phone Video Contradicts Sheriff’s Version of Deputy-Involved Killing
01-24-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An Arizona deputy shot and killed a man claiming he was reaching for a gun, but a cell phone video shows the man had raised his hands in the air. However, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu insists the man should have been killed much earlier because he
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail
01-24-2014
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CNBC
Get ready for the next era in retail"one that will be characterized by far fewer shops and smaller stores.
On Tuesday, Sears said that it will shutter its flagship store in downtown Chicago in April. It's the latest of about 300 store closures in
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News Link • Media: Print
Anti Zionist Neturei Karta leader beaten by Muslim men in Holland
01-23-2014
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Your Jewish News
A leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Neturei Karta group, which is a fierce anti-Zionist organization, was beaten by a group of Muslim men in Holland.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Cooperate" With the Police -- Or Be Assaulted in Front of Your Children
01-23-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
“See " this is what happens when you don't cooperate with the police!” snarled Neil Uhrig as he pinned Melissa Miller to the floor of her home. It's not clear whether Officer Uhrig was expressing satisfaction at the expense of the traumatized woman,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Illinois Man Sells Drugs To Judge . . . Man Faces 11 Years While Judge Faces 18 Months In Jail
01-23-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook is facing a nightmare after pleading guilty to buying and using heroin while on the bench. He is far better off than his supplier, Sean McGilvery who is looking at a 11 year prison term for the crime
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Your Rights No Longer Matter in the Eyes of Police
01-23-2014
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copblock
Do whatever the cop says or else face arrest. As I’ve said in the past, the days of “protecting and serving” are long gone, replaced with an out of control Police force that seems hell bent on using as much force as possible, as we’ve seen many times
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Islam: What You Need to Know
01-23-2014
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Phoenix Objectivists
For their last meeting of the month taking place next Thursday, January 30th, Phoenix Objectivists will host a lecture by Dr. Carl Goldberg entitled: "Islam: What You Need to Know".
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mysterious Mars Rock Looks Like 'Jelly Donut,' Defies Explanation (Photos)
01-23-2014
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LiveScience
THIS IS JUST CREEPY. A mystery rock on Mars that suddenly appeared in front of NASA's Opportunity rover may look like a tasty donut, but it is like nothing ever seen on the Martian surface before.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
19 Numbers Which Prove That Americans Are Angrier And More Frustrated Than Ever
01-23-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Have you noticed that people are becoming angrier? You can see it everywhere " in our homes, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our television shows, in our movies, and certainly in Washington. In fact, many have said that there is an “epidemic”
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Agriculture
U.S. Cattle Herd Is At A 61 Year Low And Organic Food Shortages Are Being Reported All Over America
01-23-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If the extreme drought in the western half of the country keeps going, the food supply problems that we are experiencing right now are only going to be the tip of the iceberg. As you will see below, the size of the U.S. cattle herd has dropped to a
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Bitcoin
TigerDirect: Now Accepting Bitcoin
01-23-2014
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The Local Voluntary
Today, Tiger Direct made the announcement that they are now accepting Bitcoin as payment.
Tiger Direct is the latest in a host of companies who have recently flocked to the burgeoning Bitcoin economy.
2014 is already being heralded as the “Year
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Michael Baysek
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News Link • Federal Reserve
PHX Showing of "Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve" Documentary - Tues 01-28-14
01-23-2014
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www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
Join other Arizona Liberty activists for 2 showings (Tues Jan 28th, 2014 - 5 pm and 7:30 pm) of the documentary "Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve." which takes a critical look at the Fed. It also won Best Documentary at last summer's Fre
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Transcript from Live Q & A with Edward Snowden - Today, Jan. 23, 2014
01-23-2014
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DailyPaul.Com
Amongst other things, he says: Whistleblower protection laws do not cover national security contractors such as himself. That's interesting; guess none of the people (ie congress people,etc) saying he should have stayed here and then he would be cons
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Has Arrived in Vegas, But It’s Still Far From Mainstream
01-23-2014
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Wired.com
In 1906, it installed the first Las Vegas telephone. In 1959, it served the first Las Vegas shrimp cocktail. And now, the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino is pushing Las Vegas into yet another brave new world: bitcoin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
A Slick Electronics Kit Turns You Into a Hardware Whiz
01-23-2014
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Wired.com
If your knowledge of engineering stops with putting batteries in a TV remote, you might try fiddling around with a littleBits kit for a day.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
"Cooperate" With the Police -- Or Be Assaulted in Front of Your Children
01-23-2014
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freedominourtime.blogspot.com
“See " this is what happens when you don't cooperate with the police!” snarled Neil Uhrig as he pinned Melissa Miller to the floor of her home.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Whatever Happened to Peace Officers?
01-23-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Editor’s Note: The following is a selection from a speech by Mises Institute President Jeff Deist at the Southwest Regional Mises Circle in Houston, “The Police State: Know It When You See It,” on January 18, 2014.
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News Link • Drones
Throwback Thursday: 100 Years Ago, Drone Cameras Soared on Kites 2,000 Feet High
01-23-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Doug Bierend
If you’re a photographer, one sure way to get ooohs and aaahs these days is to strap your camera to a drone and snap some pictures from the air.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed Only Gave Germany Back 5 Tonnes of Gold in Over a Year
01-23-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
On January 16, 2013 Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, said it will ship back home all 374 tonnes it had stored with the Banque de France in Paris, as well as 300 tonnes held in Manhattan by the US Federal Reserve, by 2020.
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News Link • Energy
Startup Thinks Its Battery Will Solve Renewable Energy’s Big Flaw
01-23-2014
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Technologyreview.com
Aquion has started production of a low-cost sodium-ion battery aimed at making renewable energy viable.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
A Teeny House Filled With Clever, Space-Saving Contraptions
01-23-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Joseph Flaherty
Trap doors and secret passages are usually associated with moldy, ancient castles or creaky old money manor houses, but Spanish architecture firm Elii has managed to pack a tiny, 620 square-foot attic loft in Madrid with a bevy of space-saving contra
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News Link • Architecture
OTIS tiny house offers a new take on the American Dream
01-23-2014
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gizmag.com
Students at Vermont's Green Mountain College Renewable Energy and Ecological Design class have produced an off-grid tiny house that's billed as a new take on the American Dream.
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News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto Is Going Organic in a Quest for the Perfect Veggie
01-23-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Ben Paynter
In a windowless basement room decorated with photographs of farmers clutching freshly harvested vegetables, three polo-shirt-and-slacks-clad Monsanto executives, all men, wait for a special lunch.
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News Link • Energy
Solar Cooler keeps drinks cold using the sun instead of ice
01-23-2014
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gizmag.com
In the past, we've seen solar ovens that can whip up a hot meal using only the sun's rays, but Solar Cool Technologies has a new product that harvests that same energy to accomplish just the opposite.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Google Rumored to be Pulling its Team From the DARPA Robotics Challenge
01-23-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, Erik Sofge
According to a source who has participated in the Pentagon-funded DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), Google is pulling its team from the competition.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New materials mimic electronic properties of graphene in 3D
01-23-2014
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gizmag.com
Exciting times are ahead in the high-tech industries with the discovery that a new class of materials mimic the special electronic properties of graphene in 3D.
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News Link • Animals and Pets
New River Dolphin Species Found in Brazil, First Since 1918
01-23-2014
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http://www.popsci.com,
True river dolphins are amongst the rarest and most endangered animals.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Xombie Rocket Diverts Itself To New Landing Pad
01-23-2014
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space.com
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested its G-FOLD divert algorithm experimental landing system aboard the Masten rocket in Sept. 2013. This algorithm allows the rocket to autonomously select an alternate landing site.
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News Link • U F O and Other Unidentified Stuff
Ibiza holiday jet in near miss with UFO over Reading
01-23-2014
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Jasper Copping
A Thomas Cook airliner flying holidaymakers home from Ibiza to Manchester passes "within feet" of a UFO
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mini-satellites could form 'space cop' traffic control system
01-23-2014
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http://www.breitbart.com
U.S. scientists say they're working on mini-satellites that could function as "space cops" to help avoid collisions in space of satellites and space debris.
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News Link • Government
Gov't As God (DollarDVDProjectLiberty.com)
01-23-2014
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http://www.youtube.com, Ron theDVDguy
This clip is now available on a DVD for a dollar or two each, titled "Gov't As God." The DVD contains many other Larken Rose videos, as well.
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News Link • Immigration
Michigan seeks visas to lure immigrants to Detroit
01-23-2014
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yahoo.com, By Jeff Karoub and David Eggert
Mich. governor seeks 50,000 work visas over 5 years to entice immigrants to bankrupt Detroit
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
The New Debt Ceiling Deadline Is Going To Be Earlier Than We Thought
01-23-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiurato
The U.S. is likely to exhaust its borrowing authority on the earlier side of what Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had estimated, he said in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Pope Francis, in Social-Media Message, Calls Internet a 'Gift From God'
01-23-2014
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http://www.nationaljournal.com,
The pope takes a stand for Internet optimism, in a time when it is fraught.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to hold Q&A Thursday
01-23-2014
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http://news.cnet.com, by Steven Musil
Former NSA contractor is expected to offer his opinion on NSA reforms President Obama announced last week.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail
01-23-2014
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http://www.cnbc.com,: Krystina Gustafson
Get ready for the next era in retail"one that will be characterized by far fewer shops and smaller stores.
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News Link • Military
In South Korea, US Special Ops Train to Help Overthrow North Korean Regime
01-23-2014
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http://antiwar.com, John Glaser
Today at Al Jazeera America I argue that the U.S. should stop occupying South Korea, not only because they don’t belong there but because the highly militarized alliance between the U.S. and South Korea doesn’t actually weaken North Korea, but helps
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News Link • Israel
Top Israel Lobby Group Loses Battle on Iran, But War Not Over
01-23-2014
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Jim Lobe
Eight years ago, Stephen Rosen, then a top official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and well-known around Washington for his aggressiveness, hawkish views, and political smarts, was asked by Jeffrey Goldberg of the New Yorker
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News Link • Media: Internet
Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
01-23-2014
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https://itunes.apple.com
To listen to an audio podcast, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to download and subscribe to podcasts.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
UPDATE: Florida Teen Expelled For Performing In Porn Allowed Back To School
01-22-2014
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http://tampa.cbslocal.com,
A student who turned to porn to help pay the bills had been kicked out of school.
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News Link • Military
Robots May Replace One-Fourth Of U.S. Combat Soldiers By 2030, Says General
01-22-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey Atherton
Be all the cyberman you can be.
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News Link • Future Predictions
A Comedy Of IMF Forecasting Errors: Global Trade Growth Tumbles More Than 50%...
01-22-2014
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zerohedge.com
The comedy of errors that are IMF forecasts is well known: it was covered most recently in "Hilarious Charts Of The Day: IMF's "Growth Forecasts" Over Time."
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Arizona Introduces SB1096: Gold and Silver as Legal Tender
01-21-2014
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Arizona may become the second state, after Utah, to recognize gold and silver as legal tender authorized for payments of debts and taxes.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts " U.S. Gold Gone (Video)
01-22-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, the Father of Reaganomics, predicts, “I think, this year, you are going to see a further downturn in the economy. The signs are not only that we do not have a recovery, but it’s going to get worse. . . . Christmas sales were v
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Ukraine prosecutors: 2 dead men hit by live ammo
01-22-2014
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AP
2 people were shot to death in anti-government protests in Ukraine, the first fatalities in the increasingly heated clashes with police in the streets of the capital, raising concerns the movement is spiraling into a more dangerous phase
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News Link • Activism
Why is Illinois, Not the US Government, Putting ‘NATO 3′ on Trial for Terror Conspiracy?
01-22-2014
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dissenter.firedoglake.com
Three activists known as the “NATO 3″ are scheduled to go on trial tomorrow in Chicago.
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