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Date Sent: 2014-02-21
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, February 21, 2014 |
Georgia Cop Executes Christopher Roupe; 17, “Armed” With Nintendo Controller
Report: US Drone May Have Killed Dozen Civilians -- Why Does Ukraine Seem So Much Like Syria? -- Bank of Montreal shuts down bitcoin-related business accounts in Canada -- Chicago police develop real ‘Minority Report’ computer to predict crimes -- China Starts To Make A Power Move Against The U.S. Dollar -- FBI “Terror Plot” Claims Continue to Unravel -- WATCH: Edward Snowden says Chelsea Manning performed ‘extraordinary act of public service’ -- DHS Contracted to Purchase 704 Million Rounds of Ammo: 2,500 Rounds Per Officer -- Is Ukraine Drifting Toward Civil War And Great Power Confrontation? -- Support Your Local Slave Patrol - by William Grigg -- City of Phoenix owed no legal duty -- Poll shows unemployment still
main US problem -- East German Stasi vs NSA Data Collection
-- The Trans-Pacific Partnership Achilles Heel? -- Must Big Money
Remain the Key Decider of Public Policy? -- New documents show
COINTELPRO operations aganst WikiLeaks -- Worst: A new study ranks Bush near
the very bottom in history. . . -- China
manufacturing index hits seven-month low: HSBC -- The Secret Battles
Between US Forces and Chechen Terrorists -- Obama wants US troops in
Syrian war -- 02-20-14 -- Pete Eyre In Studio 3 Hours -- LISTEN LIVE
on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Voters Sue Keene School District --
North Korea Abuses Human Rights: Tell Us Something We Don't Already
Know -- Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Moves Offices As Angry Customers
Protest Outside -- A 3-Year-Old In Arizona Has A 160 IQ And Just Got
Admitted To A Global Society For Geniuses -- The Winklevoss Twins
Are Creating A New Bitcoin Price Index Called The 'Winkdex' -- Nasdaq Winning Streak Snaps As Fed Fans
Flames Of Confusion -- President Obama Warns Ukraine Against
"Crossing The Line" -- The gun didn't fire!
-- New Jersey Police Chief Speaks Out Against Town Council Over
Corruption – Gets Relieved of Duties -- Learning from
Quartzite -- What Lies Beneath the Bodies of Dead Bankers? -- Two Ways the Bitcoin “Crackdown” Could End -- The 10 Most
Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World -- Peace Activist Nun
Imprisoned -- Destabilizing Venezuela Continues
AZ: Memorial for Jack McLamb,
Tomorrow, February 22nd, 2014, 2-4 p.m. (MST) - Phoenix, AZ; MOVIE NIGHT IS BACK....THIS SATURDAY!!!
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Georgia Cop Executes Christopher Roupe; 17, “Armed” With Nintendo Controller
02-20-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by garnet
A 17-year-old young man set to graduate high school in a few months and join the Marines, is now dead because a cop felt a Nintendo Wii controller was threatening.
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News Link • Philosophy: Communism
Génesis Carmona shot in the head amid anti-government protests
02-20-2014
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UK Daily Mail
A Venezuelan beauty queen was shot to death during an anti-government demonstration as the oil-rich nation descends further into chaos.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Intellectual Property Rights: Securing the Values of the Mind
02-20-2014
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Phoenix Objectivists
For their last February meeting taking place next Thursday, the 27th Phoenix Objectivists will take up the issue of intellecutal property by listening to a pre-recorded speech by Professor Adam Mossoff.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Drones
Report: US Drone May Have Killed Dozen Civilians
02-20-2014
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Military.com
A US military drone strike in Yemen last December may have killed up to a dozen civilians on their way to a wedding and injured others, including the bride, a human rights group says. U.S. officials say only members of al-Qaida were killed, but
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News Link • Syria
Why Does Ukraine Seem So Much Like Syria?
02-20-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
In Ukraine, US-backed rebels seize weapons from a military depot and begin firing on police " killing at least ten. The rebel groups occupy and torch government buildings, trade union headquarters, the central post office, and political party headqua
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bank of Montreal shuts down bitcoin-related business accounts in Canada
02-20-2014
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“We were informed this morning by our bank that the last remaining Bitcoin-friendly charter bank, Bank of Montreal, is closing all Bitcoin-related business accounts across Canada,” said Szczesny
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Chicago police develop real ‘Minority Report’ computer to predict crimes
02-20-2014
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The Daily Caller
Chicago is leading the way in developing the most advanced predictive analytical system yet, which uses advanced algorithms to compile a list of individuals most likely to commit a crime. “This [program] will become a national best practice,”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
China Starts To Make A Power Move Against The U.S. Dollar
02-20-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In order for our current level of debt-fueled prosperity to continue, the rest of the world must continue to use our dollars to trade with one another and must continue to buy our debt at ridiculously low interest rates. Of course the number one for
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI “Terror Plot” Claims Continue to Unravel
02-20-2014
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copblock
It’s no secret that FBI employees excel at foiling plots of their own creation, which is why it’s important for any thinking person to question whatever “official” line is touted as fact, not just point out the dubious use of resources but to help to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WATCH: Edward Snowden says Chelsea Manning performed ‘extraordinary act of public service’
02-20-2014
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AFP
Former US security contractor Edward Snowden spoke out about the use of state secrecy privileges as he presented an Oxford University's Sam Adams award for integrity and intelligence to fellow intelligence leaker Chelsea Manning.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
DHS Contracted to Purchase 704 Million Rounds of Ammo: 2,500 Rounds Per Officer
02-20-2014
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CNS News
The Department of Homeland Security is contracted to purchase 704,390,250 rounds of ammunition over the next 4 years, equal to 2,500 rounds per agent per year, according to a report entitled "Ammunition Purchases Have Declined Since 2009"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Is Ukraine Drifting Toward Civil War And Great Power Confrontation?
02-20-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
People ask for solutions, but no solutions are possible in a disinformed world. Populations almost everywhere are dissatisfied, but few have any comprehension of the real situation. Before there can be solutions, people must know the truth about the
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Support Your Local Slave Patrol
02-20-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
That conviction was upheld by the Arizona Court of Appeals, which ruled that although the arrest was unwarranted and illegal, Bear had engaged in an illegal act of “self-help” by refusing to submit to abduction with appropriate meekness.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Marc Victor
City of Phoenix owed no legal duty
02-20-2014
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www.AttorneyForFreedom.net
The judge in the Baseline Killer civil case ruled yesterday that the City of Phoenix owed no legal duty to process the DNA evidence in its crime lab because both the victims and the perpetrator were then unknown to the City.
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Poll shows unemployment still main US problem
02-18-2014
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NEXT NEWS
NATION | A new poll shows unemployment is now the top problem of Americans. The survey was conducted by Gallup, as part of a regular series of research into the top concerns facing people of the country. Unemployment has been the greatest concern of
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • 3D Printing
3D Printers Becoming Child's Play?
02-17-2014
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NEXT NEWS
Hasbro announces an agreement with designer 3D Systems which could revolutionize the toy market for children. Both companies are remaining quiet about the partnership. The agreement may cover manufacture of Hasbro products, or could lead to the first
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Do We Need More Political Parties?
02-17-2014
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NEXT NEWS
WASHINGTON DC | Possible presidential candidate Rand Paul can't seem to stay out of the news lately. The Kentucky senator's latest issue is that he sees a gloomy future for the Republican Party. In a recent interview with neo-conservative radio hos
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
East German Stasi vs NSA Data Collection
02-17-2014
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NEXT NEWS
WASHINGTON DC | Has the Land of the Free become the Land behind the digital Berlin Wall? The government of East Germany collected information on its citizens, as part of maintaining control over the population. Today, the National Security Agency is
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Foreign Policy
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Achilles Heel?
02-19-2014
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NEXT NEWS
WASHINGTON DC | President Obama's pledge to forge huge free trade deals may conflict with his party loyalties. Furthermore, the way these trade deals work virtually guarantees that the president will negotiate them without Congressional oversight. T
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Government
Must Big Money Remain the Key Decider of Public Policy?
02-19-2014
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NEXT NEWS
WASHINGTON DC | California billionaire Tom Steyer is headed to Washington. And the $100 million stashed in his back pocket is for sending others to Washington. Steyer and those he plans to support want ensure that the federal government does everythi
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Military
New documents show COINTELPRO operations aganst WikiLeaks
02-19-2014
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NEXT NEWS
New top-secret documents show the FBI is targeting Wikileaks, as well as other activist groups. The program was revealed through papers obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden. They reveal the FBI created a broad campaign that included foreign agenc
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Obama Administration
Oliver Stone: Obama is SPINELESS PANTYWASTE!
02-19-2014
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NEXT NEWS
Filmmaker Oliver Stone has some harsh words for Barack Obama. The director of JFK and Natural Born killers described the President as "spineless" and called him a "jellyfish." In addition, Stone called the chief executive a "pantywaist."
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News Link • Bush Administration
worst: A new study ranks Bush near the very bottom in history. . .
02-20-2014
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Robert Merry, Salon
A new study ranks Bush near the very bottom in history, due to delusional wars, reckless spending and inflexibility. . . Wilentz’s Rolling Stone 2006 piece, with Bush still in office, posed a question: Was this president the worst ever?
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Leon Felkins
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
02-20-14 -- Pete Eyre In Studio 3 Hours (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Pete Eyre (CopBlock.Org,) on his way thru Phoenix for the Freedom Summit, stops by the Freedom's Phoenix 'Farm' for a few days. Ernest and Pete talk about a range of topics such as prepping, Bitcoin, future predictions, the police state, and much mor
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News Link • History
Hitchcock 1945 Holocaust Documentary
02-20-2014
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arclein
According to the Independent, Hitchcock’s documentary on the Holocaust was mothballed to the Imperial War Museum, much like the fictional Ark of the Covenant was at the conclusion of Steven Spielberg’s, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Upon discovering Hitc
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
02-20-2014
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arclein
This is all part of a quest by computer companies, Hollywood and video game makers to move entertainment closer to reality " or at least a computer-generated version of reality. Rather than simply watch movies, the thinking goes, we could become part
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Kaimanawa Wall - New Zealand
02-20-2014
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arclein
The conclusion made by the commissioned Geologists was that the wall is an outcrop of a large ignimbrite, a natural formation, created about 330,000 years ago.
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robert klein
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News Link • China
China manufacturing index hits seven-month low: HSBC
02-20-2014
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AFP
The British banking giant's preliminary reading for its purchasing managers' index for China, which tracks manufacturing activity in factories and the final reading of 49.5 in January, when the figure showed contraction for the first time in 6 months
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
The Secret Battles Between US Forces and Chechen Terrorists
02-20-2014
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ABC News
For the last 12 years, US Special Operations forces have repeatedly engaged in fierce combat in Afghanistan against ruthless Taliban allies from Chechnya, who have the same pedigree as their terrorist brethren threatening to disrupt the Winter Olympi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Obama wants US troops in Syrian war
02-20-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
How would voters respond to narrowly tailored attacks targeting Islamist fighters who may be looking to use that country’s lawless warzones as a staging ground for potential attacks on U.S. allies, U.S. interests, and possibly the United States itsel
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News Link • Activism
Voters Sue Keene School District
02-20-2014
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Free Keene - Ian Freeman
The voters claim the modifications made to the petitioned warrant articles at the 2014 deliberative session were illegal. Before the Deliberative Session, voter Conan Salada collected signatures on seven warrant articles to be placed on the official
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Moves Offices As Angry Customers Protest Outside
02-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob Wile
We told you how a London programmer had trekked across the world to Tokyo to demand his money back from MtGox, where Bitcoin withdrawals remain halted.
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News Link • Testing
A 3-Year-Old In Arizona Has A 160 IQ And Just Got Admitted To A Global Society For Geniuses
02-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
She's not even in kindergarten yet, but a 3-year-old Arizona girl has been accepted into an exclusive global society known for its brain power.
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News Link • Bitcoin
The Winklevoss Twins Are Creating A New Bitcoin Price Index Called The 'Winkdex'
02-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob Wile
The Winklevoss twins want to dominate the Bitcoin world.
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News Link • History
The Soviets Had Big Plans For This Enormous Nuclear-Equipped Ekranoplane
02-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
In the thick of the Cold War, the Soviet Union built a revolutionary transport vessel that was bigger than any plane and faster than any ship. It was also capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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News Link • Transportation
TESLA GOES BONKERS
02-20-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar
Tesla shares are up a whopping 16% after hours to $224.44. This comes after the company beat Q4 earnings and on its 2014 forecast.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nasdaq Winning Streak Snaps As Fed Fans Flames Of Confusion
02-20-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The last week or two appeared to be dominated by hope that the transitory weakness in data was weather-related, the recovery was all good, and that the Fed would un-taper to give it a helping hand just in case...
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News Link • Obama Administration
President Obama Warns Ukraine Against "Crossing The Line"
02-20-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
The US is adding its $0.02 to the international condemnation of the actions under way in Ukraine - desparate to re-write Victoria Nuland's narrative of "f##k the EUR" and political manipulation. President Obama, having not learned his lesson the last
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News Link • Death
The gun didn't fire!
02-20-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by mingeem
I must have been sitting in the bathtub for hours. Condensation was building on the barrel of the Ruger .45 automatic that is shoved in my mouth. A trash bag is placed over my head with my arms through the drawstrings so my brains do not splatter aga
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News Link • Corruption
New Jersey Police Chief Speaks Out Against Town Council Over Corruption " Gets Relieved of Duties
02-20-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Joshua Cook
“No one owns the Chief position. It’s not for sale,” said acting Bloomfield Police Chief James Behre.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Learning from Quartzite
02-20-2014
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Sonoran News
Sonoran News devotes this space to Jennifer Jones due to the timeliness and crucial nature of her submission. With the recall underway, we must all be vigilant in reaching a truthful understanding of our vital role as voting citizens.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Two Ways the Bitcoin “Crackdown” Could End
02-19-2014
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http://www.freemansperspective.com
I read a story recently about a group of dandies who want to “help regulate Bitcoin, for its own good.” The thing about these guys is that they don’t really care about Bitcoin as a beautiful, disruptive technology or even for the great benefit it bri
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP congressman caught on tape blasting leadership as ‘directed by billionaires’
02-19-2014
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Rawstory
A conservative Republican congressman was caught on tape in an interview charging that billionaires direct GOP immigration policies " a striking and rare attack by a sitting Republican of corporate money coming to play in the direction of legislation
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News Link • Police State
U.K. authorities grill Edward Snowden’s lawyer at Heathrow Airport
02-19-2014
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TechDirt
One of the most chilling moments so far in the Snowden saga was when Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda was held and interrogated for 9 hours at London's Heathrow airport by the UK authorities, in a series worthy of a tinpot dictatorship.
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News Link • Corruption
NJ Port Authority probing whether officer drove Chris Christie ally through Bridgegate area
02-19-2014
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Reports of Michaels, a 15-year veteran of the department and a member of its GWB unit, chauffeured former Port Authority official David Wildstein through Fort Lee's traffic-congested streets on the first of four days of closures.
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News Link • Conspiracies
10 Prison Security Techniques Being Implemented on the American People
02-18-2014
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As I got closer to retiring from the Federal Bureau of Prisons it began to dawn on me that the security practices we used in the prison system were being implemented outside those walls. “Free worlders” is prison slang for the non-incarcerated
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Another Grim Reminder Why It Is Always Dangerous to Call the Cops
02-18-2014
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Reason Magazine
It's about how when Peretz Partensky called 911 when he stumbled across an injured biker on a San Francisco street, it led to him being shoved, tackled, kneed in the temple, having an existing elbow injury exacerbated, cuffed face down
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News Link • Politics
Pat Caddell: The Establishment GOP wants the IRS to go after Tea Party
02-18-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Caddell says that’s why the issue is not being pressed by House leadership. My gut tells me that he’s right. The consulting crew in Washington (which hires each other for gigs for top top dollar) fear the Tea Party because they know that they are to
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News Link • Military
Ex-Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Family Dies
02-18-2014
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AP
A former soldier convicted in 2009 of raping and killing a teenage Iraqi girl and using a shotgun to gun down her family died in an Arizona prison over the weekend in what officials suspect was a suicide.
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News Link • Military
Nun gets nearly 3 years in prison for nuke protest
02-18-2014
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AP
An 84-year-old nun was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for breaking into a nuclear weapons complex and defacing a bunker holding bomb-grade uranium, a demonstration that exposed serious security flaws at the Tennessee plant.
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS has plans for a national data base for vehicle license plates numbers
02-18-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by fonzdrew
The Department of Homeland Security is now seeking a vendor to build and operate a smartphone-based national database of vehicle license plate information that would be shared with law enforcement.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
We’re Going to be Hit with a Tsunami of Inflation-Peter Schiff
02-18-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Money manager Peter Schiff has a read on gold short sellers. Schiff says, “Of course the short sellers never had the gold to begin with.
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