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Date Sent: 2014-02-04
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, February 4, 2014 |
Gibson Guitar’s new line is a middle finger to Holder’s unjust Justice Department
California: Lawsuit Filed Over License Plate Reader Secrecy -- DA: Suffolk officer targeted Latinos and stole from them -- Pharmacy mistake leads to year-long criminal case for Burlington man, 82 -- 36 U.S. Cities in 20 States "Abandon" the Dollar -- Iceland Lets Banks Fail; Now 2% Unemployment In Sight -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Allow Post Office to Offer Small Loans -- Students Sign Petition To Have Gun Owners Executed In Concentration Camps -- Military Requests No More Porn Be Sent to Kuwait -- The Privileged Poacher on the Police Payroll -- Baltic Dry Index down to 1,110 points -- A Rash of Deaths and a
Missing Reporter – With Ties to Wall Street Investigations -- Germany preparing third financial rescue for Greece -- Skousen: Why North Korea is The Trigger -- Donations To Karl Rove's
Groups Drop 98% After Targeting Tea Party -- MARKETS ARE CRATERING AFTER
UGLY MANUFACTURING DATA -- The Money World Is Losing Faith In The
Illusion Of Control
AZ: Memorial for Jack McLamb, Saturday February
22nd, 2014, 2-4 p.m. (MST) - Phoenix, AZ; Freedom Summit 2014
Meetup
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News Link • Activism
Gibson Guitar’s new line is a middle finger to Holder’s unjust Justice Department
02-03-2014
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Prison Planet
The Gibson Guitar company is fighting the “powers that be” " making “Government Series” guitars for sale out of wood confiscated in a Justice Department raid but eventually returned to the company.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bill of Rights
"Stop hitting yourself!"
02-03-2014
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"Resisting arrest" isn't wrong- especially when you are being kidnapped under a counterfeit "law". Never stop resisting. If you find yourself under attack, kill your attacker if you have to, whoever it may be. There needs to be a high price for bei
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
California: Lawsuit Filed Over License Plate Reader Secrecy
02-03-2014
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The Newspaper
Police in Los Angeles do not want the public to know how the department uses automated license plate readers. Privacy advocates filed a lawsuit to force the city government to reveal how this technology is being used to track motorists.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New laser-printed material is lighter than water, as strong as steel
02-03-2014
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ars technica
The 21st century has been referred to as the molecular age, a time when scientists are beginning to manipulate materials at the atomic level to create new substances with astounding properties. Developed a bone-like material that is less dense
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
DA: Suffolk officer targeted Latinos and stole from them
02-03-2014
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A Suffolk County police sergeant accused of "targeting" Latinos in traffic stops and stealing cash from them is facing official misconduct and petty larceny charges. Sixth Precinct Sgt. Scott A. Greene was arrested during a sting operation
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Pharmacy mistake leads to year-long criminal case for Burlington man, 82
02-03-2014
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What started with a pharmacy mistakenly giving a customer a prescription it shouldn’t have has turned into an almost year-long odyssey through the criminal justice system for an elderly Burlington couple. Retired Army veteran Robert Cirpinski, 82,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Currencies
36 U.S. Cities in 20 States "Abandon" the Dollar
02-03-2014
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With the U.S. dollar losing 38.5% of its value since 2002, Buffett's concerns are unfortunately justified. 36 cities in 20 states have taken aggressive measures to abandon the U.S. dollar.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Iceland Lets Banks Fail; Now 2% Unemployment In Sight
02-03-2014
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Over half a decade later and Iceland’s economy has bounced back. Questions about what to do with the unemployed " common in the U.S. " are not heard in Iceland. Iceland has managed to drop unemployment to around 4 percent, but even that
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Allow Post Office to Offer Small Loans
02-03-2014
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Breitbart
In November, the U.S. Postal Service reported it had a $5 billion loss for Fiscal Year 2013, its seventh consecutive year with loss. At the time, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe blamed Congress for the loss, citing an “inflexible business model.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Students Sign Petition To Have Gun Owners Executed In Concentration Camps
02-03-2014
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Infowars
Media analyst Mark Dice has once again documented how many young Americans are completely disconnected from reality, capturing California college students signing a fake petition to imprison all legal gun owners in concentration camps and
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Military Requests No More Porn Be Sent to Kuwait
02-03-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Also forbidden is bow and arrow-type devices that includes slingshots, knives with a blade length over six inches, brass knuckles, numchucks, throwing stars, shurikins, throwing spikes, samurai swords, blackjacks, slappers, saps, riot clubs,....
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Privileged Poacher on the Police Payroll
02-03-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
More frequently they can be found in pursuit of cash and other property that can be seized through “asset forfeiture.” Law enforcement agencies have found this practice to be very lucrative in sparsely populated northern Idaho.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Baltic Dry Index down to 1,110 points
02-03-2014
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www.blackseagrain.net
BDI is a number issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. Not restricted to Baltic Sea countries, the index provides "an assessment of the price of moving the major raw materials by sea.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Duke’s metamaterial superlens could finally allow for long-range wireless charging
02-03-2014
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mobile.extremetech.com
Duke’s metamaterial superlens could finally allow for long-range wireless charging.....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death
A Rash of Deaths and a Missing Reporter " With Ties to Wall Street Investigations
02-03-2014
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wallstreetonparade.com
In a span of four days last week, two current executives and one recently retired top ranking executive of major financial firms were found dead.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Germany preparing third financial rescue for Greece
02-03-2014
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theguardian.com
New loan, outlined in a German finance ministry position paper, would be worth €10bn-€20bn, says Der Spiegel magazine
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Skousen: Why North Korea is The Trigger
02-03-2014
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Prison Planet
Joel Skousen breaks down why Iran is being allowed to continue on its nuclear quest.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Tea Party
Donations To Karl Rove's Groups Drop 98% After Targeting Tea Party
02-03-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Allegory
After wasting nearly $325 million during the 2012 election cycle with nothing to show for it and then declaring war on the Tea Party, donations to Karl Rove's three Crossroads groups decreased by 98% last year.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
MARKETS ARE CRATERING AFTER UGLY MANUFACTURING DATA
02-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matthew Boesler
U.S. stocks are sliding and yields are plummeting as Treasuries surge following the release of much worse than expected manufacturing survey data from the Institute of Supply Management.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Apple's Stunning New Commercial Was Shot Only On iPhones And Produced In One Day
02-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan Love
Apple blew up the advertising world with its famous Mac commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl.
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News Link • Drug War
Overdose death of Hoffman underscores urgent need to decriminalize and regulate recreational drugs
02-03-2014
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Prison Planet
Street heroin is devastating America today.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Meet The Real Life Castaway Who Drifted 8,000 Miles And Survived 16 Months At Sea
02-03-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Giff Johnson
Sporting a bushy beard and clutching a can of Coke, a castaway who says he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro on Monday.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Money World Is Losing Faith In The Illusion Of Control
02-03-2014
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Zero Hedge
The rot moves from the margins to the center, but the disease moves from the center to the margins.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Key Events And Issues In The Coming Week
02-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The key events this week are have non-farm payrolls (consensus 181K) and unemployment rate (consensus 6.7%). There is also going to be a number of speeches given by Fed policymakers. Production surveys from the US (ISM) and other parts of the world
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
ISM Has Biggest Miss On Record, New Orders Plunge Most Since 1980
02-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The downward revision to last month's recent record high appears to have been the warning flag but this is a disaster.
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News Link • Economy - International
Dow Down 1000 Points From Highs, Nikkei Nuked
02-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
It's not just Japanese stocks that are in trouble. The Dow Industrials futures just lost 15,500 - the lowest level since the debt-ceiling lows mid-November and down over 1000 points from 2013's closing highs. The terrible ISM print triggerd wholesale
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News Link • Economy - International
Yen Breaks 102 Focal Point
02-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
As we already noted earlier today in our overnight recap "Alarms Going Off As 102 Dollar-Yen Support Breached", all eyes are glued on the USDJPY 102, which moments ago decisively breached the 102 support level. We said that "if support below the USDJ
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News Link • Economy - International
One-Chart Update Of Global Manufacturing
02-03-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Following today's crash in the US Manufacturing ISM, we now have the following snapshot of global manufacturing: only three countries are currently in contraction (sub 50 PMI) mode: Australia, Russia and France. Look for many more to join them if tod
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Emerging Market FX Hits Fresh 5-Year Low - Contagion Unfixed
02-03-2014
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Zero Hedge
It was only a few days ago that Emerging Market FX was rallying on the back of a Turkish Central Bank rate hike that "fixed" everything.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • New World Order
Big Brother: A Neighborhood Demands Answers
02-03-2014
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BloodWillow.com
On the morning of January 27th, 2014, a quiet, residential street was invaded by the obtrusive eye of big brother. An unknown agency contracted with Arizona Public Service (APS) decided the collective opinion and concern of its customers right of pri
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Xander Holman
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News Link • Police State
Video shows Arizona police shooting man with hands over his head
02-01-2014
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World Socialist Website
Last week a local news station in Eloy, Arizona ran footage of police shooting an unarmed man, Manuel Orosco Longoria, in the back while he had his hands in the air, contradicting police claims that he was attempting to draw a weapon.
The video was
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Police State
STATE CRIME LABS ARE INCENTIVIZED TO GET FALSE CONVICTIONS
01-31-2014
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Blacklisted News
A recent study found that crime labs across the country are literally being incentivized to turn out results that will be favorable to prosecutors in getting criminal convictions. Some say that this introduces a point of compromise in a process tha
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
(No) Honor Among Thugs
02-01-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By William Norman Grig
Like countless other people, Los Angeles resident Sergio Arreola was the victim of criminal violence by the police, and forced to defend himself in court because his assailants were encouraged to lie and allowed to do so without punishment.
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News Link • World News
Venezuela And Argentina: The Party Is Over
02-01-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, The Economist
WHEN the euro crisis was at its height it became commonplace for struggling European economies to insist that they were not outliers like Greece. Whatever their woes, they declared, Greece’s were in a class of their own. In Latin America, by contrast
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police officer hacks off woman’s hair, gets fired (with video)
02-01-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
Paul Misukewicz, Gregory’s attorney, told WXYZ that the officer then did something bizarre, “[Najor] took it upon herself to get the scissors. And for whatever reason, decided that she was going to butcher my client.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
11-Year-Old Girl BANNED From Selling Cupcakes By Control Freak Government Bureaucrats
02-01-2014
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By Michael Snyder
America is being suffocated to death by red tape. You are about to read about an 11-year-old girl in Illinois that had her cupcake business brutally shut down by government bureaucrats.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Third Banker, Former Fed Member, "Found Dead" Inside A Week
02-01-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
If the stock market were already crashing then it would be simple to blame the dismally sad rash of dead bankers in the last week on that - certainly that was reflected in 1929.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Bankruptcy In The USSA: Detroit Bondholders About To Be GM'ed In Favor Of Pensioners
02-01-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
First, the Obama administration showed during the course of the GM and Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings, that when it comes to Most Preferred Voter classes, some unsecured creditors - namely labor unions, and the millions of votes they bring - are mor
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Roadside violation: Drivers, passengers say police searched inside underpants
02-01-2014
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http://www.wsbtv.com, By Jodie Fleischer
Officers are supposed to pull drivers over for traffic violations, but a Channel 2 Action News investigation found traffic stops leading to a violation of another kind.
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Family seeking $75 million after woman shot dead by federal agents
02-01-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by JO4RP
Media reports claimed Carey tried to ram a White House gate or barrier with her car, but the initial police report did not mention an attempt to ram anything;
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Obama Announces MyRA - Are Pension Fund Conversions to U.S. Treasuries Coming?
02-01-2014
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by Smaulgld.com
That’s why, tomorrow, I will direct the Treasury to create a new way for working Americans to start their own retirement savings: MyRA... MyRA guarantees a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in . President Obama - State of the Union Ad
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Google Patent Seeks to Transmit Your Cellphone Videos to Law Enforcement
02-01-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
System could have nightmare implications for privacy, freedom of assembly
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Footage released of Guardian editors destroying Snowden hard drives
02-01-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Luke Harding
New video footage has been released for the first time of the moment Guardian editors destroyed computers used to store top-secret documents leaked by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Washington State Edges Closer to Taxing Drivers by the Mile
02-01-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Adan Salazar
Transportation Dept. ludicrously claims tax-per-mile needed to offset prevalence of fuel-efficient cars
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bernanke Leaves Fed with Record Balance Sheet of $4,102,138,000,000
02-01-2014
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http://www.cnsnews.com, By Ali Meyer
Retiring Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who was replaced by Janet Yellen as of today, is leaving the Federal Reserve with an unprecedented $4,102,138,000,000 in total assets on its balance sheet, up 391 percent from the $834,663,000,000 in to
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