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Date Sent: 2014-02-24
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Monday, February 24, 2014 |
Anti-drone Activist Kidnapped Just Before Due to Give Testimony - Intelligence Agencies Accused
Did Susan Rice Just Threaten Russia With War? -- Obama violated his own rules with Yemen drone strike -- Austin police chief says jaywalkers should be happy they’re not sexually assaulted by cops -- The Deep State -- New Jersey man escapes 5 year sentence after dash cam footage clears him, indicts cops -- The Broken Constitution (video) -- Sophie and Hans Scholl, and Christopher Probst, RIP -- Adrian Thomas Wins, But What Of The Rest Of Us? -- The Boundless U.S. Natural Gas Boom: Exclusive Interview with EIA Chief -- Freedom Summit Pictures... -- Banks Are Obsolete: The Entire Parasitic Sector Can Be Eliminated -- RE: Ukraine anti-corruption protests there alleging people were paid protesters -- A Stick in Your Eye or Beans up Your Nose? -- Six Californias initiative begins a new secession debate -- "Living Conditions" At FEMA Camps Spelled Out -- WhatsApp With That?
-- Diplomacy, Not Empty Threats, are Needed in Ukraine -- DHS wants
to track you everywhere you drive, but we can stop it -- Ukrainian
parliament votes to oust president, sets early elections -- Ukraine
crisis: Opposition asserts authority in Kiev -- Young Libertarians
Aim to Be Players in 2014 Elections -- U.S. Air Force reveals
‘neighborhood watch' spy satellite program -- Are the robots about
to rise? Google's new director of engineering thinks so… -- Mikulski
Says Cellphone ‘Kill Switch’ Fears Baseless, ‘Conspiratorial’ -- Justice Dept. revises media rules -- Man Wearing Pro-Gun T-shirt
Thrown Out of Voting Booth -- Richard Branson insists he will be
aboard first Virgin Galactic space flight -- Baltimore's people of
the woods... -- Banks Are Obsolete: The Entire Parasitic Sector Can
Be Eliminated
Larken Rose needs help getting home. If you can help,
please do...
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News Link • Drones
Anti-drone Activist Kidnapped Just Before Due to Give Testimony - Intelligence Agencies Accused
02-23-2014
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On February 10th journalist and anti-drone activist Kareem Khan was kidnapped from his home in Rawalpindi. He was due to testify before the European parliament about the U.S. drone program the following Saturday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Did Susan Rice Just Threaten Russia With War?
02-23-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The US and EU got its regime change in Ukraine (for now). The legal government has been overthrown by an armed mob in the streets. As in Egypt, where the military overthrow of the democratically-elected Morsi government was called
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drones
Obama violated his own rules with Yemen drone strike
02-23-2014
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
President Obama violated his own rules for the use of drone strikes in a December 2013 strike on a wedding procession in Yemen, a new report from Human Rights Watch says. The US military initially claimed that the procession
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Austin police chief says jaywalkers should be happy they’re not sexually assaulted by cops
02-23-2014
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Rawstory
The arrest of an Austin jogger on jaywalking charges " dragged screaming to a cop car after apparently failing to present ID " has become viral after Austin’s chief of police tells the public they should be glad his cops aren’t treating people worse.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • New World Order
The Deep State
02-23-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Mike Lofgren is a former congressional staffer who served on both the House and Senate budget committees. As a bacterium within the bloated belly of the DC beast he has seen firsthand the rise of the insidious and extra constitutional Deep State
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New Jersey man escapes 5 year sentence after dash cam footage clears him, indicts cops
02-23-2014
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Rawstory
Evidence from a dashboard camera on a police cruiser ended a nightmare for a New Jersey man facing false charges of eluding police, resisting arrest and assault. Prosecutors dismissed all the criminal charges against Marcus Jeter, 30, of Bloomfield,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
The Broken Constitution (video)
02-23-2014
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The International Libertarian
This is the speech I gave at the 2nd Amendment Awareness Rally & Open Carry March! .223 2014!
My message that the constitution has failed went over better than I thought it would. It says a lot about this crowd that we can have differences of opini
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Activism
Sophie and Hans Scholl, and Christopher Probst, RIP
02-23-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
71 years ago today, 3 young persons " in their early twenties " were guillotined by the Nazi regime following a hurry-up trial for “high treason.” Their offense was distributing leaflets informing the German people of the criminal acts " particularly
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Adrian Thomas Wins, But What Of The Rest Of Us?
02-23-2014
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Simple Justice
The initial reaction to a huge win is always the same: Elation. It doesn’t happen often, and it means one more innocent life is snatched from the belly of the beast. And so the Court of Appeals decision in People v. Adrian Thomas, suppressing
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Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Freedom Summit Pictures...
Donna Hancock
Pictures from the Freedom Summit 2014 in Phoenix, AZ - Patrick Byrne, Larken Rose, Will Grigg, Anthony Gregory, Tim Frey, Meghan Kellison, Davi Barker, John Buttrick, Charles Goyette, Paul Rosenberg,Tarrin Lupo, Cody Wilson, John Bush, Catherine Blei
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banks Are Obsolete: The Entire Parasitic Sector Can Be Eliminated
02-23-2014
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OfTwoMinds.Com
Technology has leapfrogged the banking sector, rendering it as obsolete as buggy whips. So why are we devoting 9% of our economy to an obsolete parasite?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Secession
Six Californias initiative begins a new secession debate
02-23-2014
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Free Press Publications
Voters in California may be asked to vote on a proposal to split the state into six Californias. The plan, called “Six Californias” by Tom Draper, the venture capitalist behind the idea, must first obtain signatures from over 800,000 registered voter
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Internet
WhatsApp With That?
02-23-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Peter Schiff
Two pieces of business news announced this week provide a convenient frame through which to view our dysfunctional and distorted economy.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Activism
Diplomacy, Not Empty Threats, are Needed in Ukraine
02-23-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com,
American diplomacy in the Ukraine crisis was summed up earlier this month by State Department senior official Victoria Neuland, a leading neocon: “F….k Europe.”
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS wants to track you everywhere you drive, but we can stop it
02-23-2014
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http://privacysos.org, by sosadmin
Immigrations, Customs Enforcement wants to firm up its relationship with Vigilant Solutions, the most dominant actor in the increasingly powerful license plate reader industry, to enable agents to more efficiently track down people they want to depor
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News Link • Activism
Ukrainian parliament votes to oust president, sets early elections
02-23-2014
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http://www.foxnews.com
The Ukrainian parliament voted to set early elections for May 25 after declaring President Viktor Yanukovych unable to carry out constitutional duties.
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News Link • Activism
Ukraine crisis: Opposition asserts authority in Kiev
02-23-2014
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http://www.bbc.co
Ukraine's opposition has asserted its authority over Kiev and parliament in a day of fast-paced events.
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News Link • Surveillance
U.S. Air Force reveals ‘neighborhood watch' spy satellite program
02-23-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, By Irene Klotz
The United States plans to launch a pair of satellites to keep tabs on spacecraft from other countries orbiting 22,300 miles above the planet, as well as to track space debris, the head of Air Force Space Command said.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Are the robots about to rise? Google's new director of engineering thinks so…
02-23-2014
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http://www.theguardian.com, Carole Cadwalladr
Ray Kurzweil popularised the Teminator-like moment he called the 'singularity', when artificial intelligence overtakes human thinking. But now the man who hopes to be immortal is involved in the very same quest " on behalf of the tech behemoth
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News Link • Communications
Mikulski Says Cellphone ‘Kill Switch’ Fears Baseless, ‘Conspiratorial’
02-23-2014
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http://www.usnews.com, By Steven Nelson
‘Reasons are being invented’ to stop new technology mandate, senator says.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Justice Dept. revises media rules
02-23-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, By PETE YOST
The Justice Department announced Friday it is revising its rules for obtaining records from the news media in leak investigations, promising that in most instances the government will notify news organizations beforehand of its intention to do so.
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News Link • Housing
Baltimore's people of the woods...
02-23-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co, By Daily Mail Reporter
Baltimore's people of the woods: Inside the hidden homeless camps made of milk crates, wooden doors and tarps on the outskirts of town
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Banks Are Obsolete: The Entire Parasitic Sector Can Be Eliminated
02-23-2014
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http://www.oftwominds.com,
What else can we do with the $1.25 trillion we'll save by eliminating these obsolete financial middleman parasites? A lot.
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Feature Article • How to Help
UPDATE FROM LARKEN ROSE
Donna Hancock
While traveling from PA to Missouri, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and
North Carolina and back again, Larken Rose ran into car troubles and could really use help getting home to his family. He is still on the road and still has a long way to go...
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
"House Of Cards"' Top 3 Lessons For A Naive Voting Public
02-21-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Unlike so many television shows, House of Cards shows how politicians use their power to help themselves and their friends - not the people who elected them.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Public Schools Are Preparing America’s Children For Life In A Police State
02-21-2014
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Michael Snyder
Our children are the future of America, and our public schools are systematically training them to become accustomed to living in a “Big Brother” police state.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Infowars Announces the Finalists of “We Will Resist TSA & NSA Tyranny” 10K Film Contest
02-21-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
“You are also reminded that any ‘inappropriate’ remarks or jokes concerning security may result in your arrest.” " TSA public announcement at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
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News Link • Police State
Attorney: Cop Kills Teen Who Answered Door While Holding Nintendo Controller
02-21-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kit Daniels
A 17-year-old was killed by police knocking on his door after he opened it while holding a Nintendo controller, according to the attorney of the late teen’s family.
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News Link • Surveillance
Seattle Police To Use DHS-Funded Facial Recognition Program
02-21-2014
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http://www.infowars.com, By Mikael Thalen
The Seattle Police Department is preparing to purchase a new facial recognition software program with a federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Dead Banksters
02-21-2014
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http://thecommonsenseshow.com, Dave Hodges
At the risk of sounding elitist, there is something so big coming, so profound, that it could change the course of history, either for the better or for the worse, and most of our countrymen do not possess the knowledge or intellectual capacity to gr
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
On the UK’s Equating of Journalism With Terrorism
02-21-2014
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firstlook.org
As my colleague Ryan Devereaux reports, a lower UK court this morning, as long expected, upheld the legality of the nine-hour detention of my partner, David Miranda, at Heathrow Airport last August, even as it acknowledged that the detention was “an
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death
Financial Death Toll Rises to 6, as JP Morgan Employee Jumps from Asian HQ
02-21-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Russia Today
A third JP Morgan employee has died under mysterious circumstances in a matter of few weeks.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Coming Soon: Free Internet From Space
02-21-2014
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nationaljournal.com
Outernet wants to use tiny satellites to take the whole world online"even in countries where dictators wish they wouldn’t.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Amerikan Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face
02-21-2014
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www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Roberts
American sheeple stick heads in the sand, pretend to be ostriches
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Record U.S. Gun Production as Obama ‘Demonized’ on Issue
02-21-2014
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bloomberg.com
U.S. gun makers led by Sturm Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC) churned out a record number of firearms in 2012, government data show, continuing a trend of robust production during Democratic presidencies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: State
Governor: Colorado pot market exceeds tax hopes
02-21-2014
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ap.org
Colorado's legal marijuana market is far exceeding tax expectations, according to a budget proposal released Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper that gives the first official estimate of how much the state expects to make from pot taxes.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Report: Farmers’ Almanac more accurate than government climate scientists
02-21-2014
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dailycaller.com
This exceptionally cold and snowy winter has shown that government climate scientists were dead wrong when it came to predicting just how cold this winter would be, while the 197-year old Farmers’ Almanac predicted this winter would be “bitterly cold
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News Link • States' Rights
Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures
02-21-2014
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sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Supporters of a plan to divide California into six sates can begin collecting signatures to get the proposal on the ballot.
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Robert Lee
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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 • 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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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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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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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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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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