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Date Sent: 2014-05-07
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Wednesday, May 7, 2014 |
Cop Block Co-Founder Ademo Prepares for Wiretapping Retrial Despite Served Sentence
Drone ban at Yosemite appears legally questionable -- Ken Paxton’s business list has surged since he entered Legislature --
Police chief pleased with how officers handled May Day events -- FCC
commissioner says FCC “invented” new authority to regulate Internet -- Supremes Rule for Prayer in Government Meetings --
Shocking cop overreach: Racial profiling, quotas, secret conviction
bonuses -- Militants Seize Over 200 Girls . . . Nigerian First Lady
Orders Arrest Of Woman Leading Protests -- California Assembly Moves To Ban Sale Or Display Of Confederate Flag -- Who Are the Men Behind the Masks in Eastern Ukraine? -- GMOs: Labeling the 2% -- It all depends on who wants the guns
(plus an update on the Showdown at Bundy Ranch) -- Ford's
Venezuela Operations Are Paralyzed Because Of Currency -- DuckDuckGo, The Search Engine That Doesn't Track You Like Google
Does -- Israeli Archaeologist Says He Has Found King David's
Legendary Citadel -- Russian Planes Fly Near California And Guam
In Possible Show Of Force -- The Number Of Working Age
Americans Without A Job Has Risen By 27 MILLION... -- Martial
Law, Detention Camps and Kangaroo Courts: Are We Recreating the
Third Reich? -- SpaceX Reusable Rocket Prototype Flies 4X
Higher In Latest Test | Video -- As Globalists Centralize,
Secession Fever Grows Worldwide -- Ukraine’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’
Reality -- Dallas Ends 5 Decades of Water Fluoridation: Saves $1
Million Annually in the Process -- The Drone War's Secrets and
Lies -- America’s Staggering Hypocrisy -- Massachusetts ditches RomneyCare health exchange -- Woman
Celebrates Her “Cool” Abortion on YouTube -- IRS to Expand
Financial Surveillance With Crackdown On Offshore Accounts --
Will Detroit Be The First Major Chinese City In The United States?
Sign the petition to Balance the Budget (Tempe, AZ) ~ by Matt
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Cop Block Co-Founder Prepares for Wiretapping Retrial Despite Served Sentence
05-06-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
“Wow, I can’t believe this is happening again.”
That was Adam “Ademo Freeman” Mueller’s first thought when he learned last month that he was being retried on wiretapping charges stemming from an attempt to hold New Hampshire public officials accou
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News Link • Drones
Drone ban at Yosemite appears legally questionable
05-06-2014
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ars technica
The National Park Service announced it was barring drones from Yosemite, citing as reasons everything from wilderness protection to climbers' safety. But the cited legal basis for the regulation doesn't even apply to drones.
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News Link • Corruption
Ken Paxton’s business list has surged since he entered Legislature
05-06-2014
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Ken Paxton was a small-town lawyer with no other business interests or sources of income before he was elected to the Legislature. But since he joined the House Paxton has started or become part of 28 business ventures, state records show.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police chief pleased with how officers handled May Day events
05-06-2014
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When questioned by reporters about why officers allowed protesters to trek back and forth from Capitol Hill to downtown for hours, Bailey and Assistant Chief Paul McDonagh said that allowing protesters to exercise their First Amendment rights,
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News Link • Internet
FCC commissioner says FCC “invented” new authority to regulate Internet
05-06-2014
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ars technica
The FCC's Michael O’Rielly, one of two Republican commissioners since being sworn into office last November, today warned against the commission using what he called "newly invented authority to regulate the Internet."
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Supremes Rule on Prayer in Government Meetings
05-06-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Christian prayers can be said amongst government officials and public attendees of local governmental legislative meetings, such as city councils or town hall meetings, etc.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Shocking cop overreach: Racial profiling, quotas, secret conviction bonuses
05-06-2014
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Salon
Recently revealed evidence indicates the federally funded program included an illegal system of secret payments law enforcement made to witnesses who delivered successful drug prosecutions " another sign the city’s policing has flown off the rails.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Militants Seize Over 200 Girls . . . Nigerian First Lady Orders Arrest Of Woman Leading Protests
05-06-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Nigerians are complaining the government is not working particularly hard to free the girls. President Jonathan's wife ordered the arrest of Naomi Mutah, a representative of the Chibok community where the girls were seized from their school
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
California Assembly Moves To Ban Sale Or Display Of Confederate Flag
05-06-2014
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Jonathan Turley
The California state assembly has passed a new law that will be prohibit the selling or displaying items with an image of the Confederate flag. We have previously discussed the disciplining of students and others over the display of this flag
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Who Are the Men Behind the Masks in Eastern Ukraine?
05-06-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The members of the militia are not terrorists or militants or even rebels " as a group. As a group, they do not want to take over the Kiev government, although some may want this. The modal goal is probably a substantial degree of local autonomy
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News Link • Activism
GMOs " Labeling the 2%
05-06-2014
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Farm Wars
Good news! A portion of roughly 2% of the GMOs that are grown will most likely require labeling in Vermont. Hopefully. Just make sure to read between the lines for those oh, so pesky exemptions...
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
05-06-2014
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http://www.ted.com
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way.
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News Link • Gun Rights
It all depends on who wants the guns (plus an update on the Showdown at Bundy Ranch)
05-06-2014
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http://www.vinsuprynowicz.com
A month after a deranged mother-murderer shot up that elementary school in Connecticut in 2012, California state Sen. Leland Yee, 65, described by the Los Angeles Times as “a hero of gun regulators,” helped introduce what was seen as one of the tough
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News Link • Economy - International
Ford's Venezuela Operations Are Paralyzed Because Of Currency
05-06-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Eyanir Chinea
U.S. automaker Ford has halted operations in Venezuela on Monday due to a lack of foreign currency to import parts for assembly, workers at its plant said.
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News Link • Inventions
Here Are Facebook's 5 Biggest Advertisers
05-06-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim Edwards
In San Francisco last week, I met up with an old Facebook source, and we got to talking about who the social network's biggest ad clients are.
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News Link • Internet
DuckDuckGo, The Search Engine That Doesn't Track You Like Google Does...
05-06-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Megan Rose Dickey
DuckDuckGo, The Search Engine That Doesn't Track You Like Google Does, Just Got A Lot Better
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News Link • Archaeology
Israeli Archaeologist Says He Has Found King David's Legendary Citadel
05-06-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Daniel Estrin
An Israeli archaeologist says he has found the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem, rekindling a longstanding debate about using the Bible as a field guide to identifying ancient ruins.
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News Link • World News
Russian Planes Fly Near California And Guam In Possible Show Of Force
05-06-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, David Brunnstrom
Russia has increased its air activity over the Pacific Ocean since the start of the Ukraine crisis, including flights near the California coast and the U.S. Pacific island of Guam, the head of U.S. air forces in the Pacific said on Monday.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New antibacterial fabric kills infectious bacteria within 10 minutes
05-06-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick Lavars
With a well established ability to kill off bacteria, silver has come to play a significant role in the development of antimicrobial materials.
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News Link • Transportation
Saroléa's exquisite all-carbon SP7 electric superbike
05-06-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Loz Blain
Resurrecting the name of Belgium's first home-grown motorcycle company, Saroléa racing is gearing up for this year's TT Zero electric motorcycle race at the Isle of Man.
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News Link • Police State
Martial Law, Detention Camps and Kangaroo Courts: Are We Recreating the Third Reich?
05-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out"Because I was not a Socialist.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Cree aims to make fluorescent tubes obsolete with LED T8 series
05-06-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By David Szondy
Fluorescent lights aren't on the top of many people’s favorites list. Ever since they were introduced at the New York World’s Fair in 1939, they've been notorious for their cold, bluish light that is the definition of “uncomplimentary” and accompanie
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
Isn’t This Pathetic! Creepy Crony Capitalist Bruce Berkowitz Lurking Behind Save ...
05-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
The attached headline from an industry publication called HousingWire sounds par for the course.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
SpaceX Reusable Rocket Prototype Flies 4X Higher In Latest Test | Video
05-06-2014
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http://www.space.com,
SpaceX has pushed its new reusable rocket prototype to record heights, just a few short weeks after the vehicle's maiden flight.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Secession
As Globalists Centralize, Secession Fever Grows Worldwide
05-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Much has been written about the ongoing efforts by globalists and the international establishment to centralize political and economic power.
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News Link • World News
Ukraine’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Reality
05-06-2014
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http://consortiumnews.com, By Robert Parry
The horrendous fire in Odessa, killing dozens of ethnic Russians protesting against the U.S.-backed coup regime in Kiev, has lurched the country closer to full-scale civil war and disrupted the American media’s efforts to deny the existence of pro-re
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
Dallas Ends 5 Decades of Water Fluoridation: Saves $1 Million Annually in the Process
05-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
It is taking effect in cities across the nation. Anti-fluoridation activists and knowledgeable consumers have finally tipped the scale, and now Dallas will cease poisoning its water supply with sodium fluoride, saving taxpayers a million dollars annu
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Drone War's Secrets and Lies
05-06-2014
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http://reason.com, Steve Chapman
If our government thinks it is justified in killing people, it shouldn't act like it has something to hide.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
America’s Staggering Hypocrisy
05-06-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Since World War II " and extending well into the Twenty-first Century " the United States has invaded or otherwise intervened in so many countries that it would be challenging to compile a complete list.
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Inside the Strange New World of DIY Brain Stimulation
05-06-2014
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Wired.com
When Brent Williams got to RadioShack that day in the spring of 2012, he knew exactly what he was looking for: a variable resistor, a current regulator, a circuit board, and a 9-volt battery.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Massachusetts ditches RomneyCare health exchange
05-06-2014
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politico.com
RomneyCare’s pioneering health insurance exchange is headed for the scrap heap.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Woman Celebrates Her “Cool” Abortion on YouTube
05-06-2014
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Prison Planet
Abortion clinic advisor wanted to treasure “special memory”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS to Expand Financial Surveillance With Crackdown On Offshore Accounts
05-06-2014
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Prison Planet
Crackdown will completely destroy financial privacy
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News Link • Immigration
Will Detroit Be The First Major Chinese City In The United States?
05-06-2014
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Is Detroit destined to become a Chinese city?
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Opinion • Inspiration
Could You Do This for Just One Day?
05-05-2014
Paul Rosenberg
A point I’ve made several times in our subscription newsletter is that most people give their attention to the negative things in the world and pass right over the good things. If you think about that for just a moment, it’s easy to understand why pe
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Candidate Kicked Out of Press Meeting After Scolding Reporter for Writing "Blah Blah Blah"
05-05-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by TruthSeeker1982
Oregon Liberty Republican candidate Mark Callahan was kicked out of an endorsement interview meeting shortly after calling out a reporter for writing "Blah blah blah" when another candidate was speaking.
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News Link • Chemtrails
Chemtrails Discredit Our Movement
05-05-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by sleightofhand80
I have yet to see ANY proof or espouse any legitimate data regarding chemtrails. And no, the fact that a plane's jet trail lingers in the atmosphere for a few minutes is not proof. This ridiculous conspiracy discredits the Libertarian movement.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Open Carry Demonstrators Scare Restaurant Employees
05-05-2014
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http://www.nbcdfw.com, By Ken Kalthoff
Open carry firearm demonstrators are complaining that police treated them like criminals Thursday night as the group staged a protest with their guns.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Sign the petition to Balance the Budget (Tempe, AZ) ~ by Matt Papke
05-05-2014
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Free Tempe - Matt Papke
It is time to start holding our elected public servants accountable for their actions and inactions. Toying with our futures by mortgaging them at every opportunity is not responsible leadership. Join me and call upon the city of Tempe to put forth a
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul Charles Goyette #07 " Ron Paul vs The IRS
05-05-2014
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Money and Markets
Campaign for Liberty, the political action group founded by Ron Paul, led the fight to audit the Federal Reserve. Now the IRS is demanding information about its donors. But no one receives a tax deduction for donations to Campaign for Liberty and the
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News Link • World News
Despite the Crisis Over Ukraine, America Will Likely Need Russia Soon
05-05-2014
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Huffington Post
Although President Obama insisted during his trip to four East Asian countries worried about China's rapid rise (while not visiting China) that, "We're not interested in containing China," some experts nevertheless were correctly calling it the "cont
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News Link • Architecture
Right to farm being stripped from Americans
05-05-2014
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Natural News
Michigan to criminalize small family farms with chickens, goats, honey bees and more
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Arms Cache Most Likely Kept in Texas by the C.I.A.
05-05-2014
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New York Times
“I have worried about the extent to which the U.S. has spread small arms around over the decades to various parties it supported,” he said. “Such weapons are pretty durable and, after the cause du jour passed, where did they go? To be a little dramat
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Spy Plane Fries Air Traffic Control Computers, Shuts Down LAX
05-04-2014
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NBC News
Though the exact technical causes are not known, the spy plane’s altitude and route apparently overloaded a computer system called ERAM, which generates display data for air-traffic controllers. Back-up computer systems also failed.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Death threats stop gun store from selling 'smart' gun. Why?
05-04-2014
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Christian Science Monitor
Andy Raymond, a Rockland, Md., firearms dealer, found out how much people who love guns and the 2nd Amendment really hate some guns, causing the owner of Engage Armament o reverse his plan to sell the Armatix iP1, the first “smart” gun.
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News Link • NeoCons
CIA, FBI agents 'advising Ukraine government': report
05-04-2014
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AFP
Dozens of specialists from the CIA and FBI are advising the Ukrainian government to end the rebellion in the east of Ukraine and set up a functioning security structure.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
The Arizona Solar Tax and Who Benefits From It
05-04-2014
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Jonathan Turley
"A new interpretation of state law in Arizona could force customers to pay property taxes on leased solar panels. In a state with an estimated 20,000 solar customers and 85 percent of new solar installations being leased systems, the implications of
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Terrorism case defense wants surveillance records
05-04-2014
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AP
"The district court ... misjudged the damage to national security that could result from disclosing the FISA applications and orders," the appeal said. "Disclosure may lead to an unacceptable risk of compromising the intelligence-gathering process an
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News Link • Free Speech
Gov Web Bots To Scour Internet for Hate Speech: "Criminalize Thoughts and Expressions"
05-04-2014
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Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) is proposing a new bill that would send government web bots across the internet looking for hate speech or material allegedly determined to be advocating or encouraging “violent acts.” Once identified, the Congressman wants r
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
More Crazy Martial Law S.W.A.T. Drills
05-04-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The martial law droolers held the “largest security drill in Boston’s history,” involving a simulated active school shooter drill at a school in Brookline, a hostage-taking simulation and rescue at Boston City Hall, and some other scenarios.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
More Bullying from Buffalo Police Emerging on Video as FBI Steps in to Investigate
05-04-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The viral video showing Buffalo police beating a handcuffed man after a traffic infraction would not have survived had it not been for the quick thinking of the man who recorded it, which explains why the video inexplicably ends after 80 seconds,
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News Link • Police State
"You Might Get Hit by a Car" On Secret Tape, FBI Threatens American Muslim Refusing to be
05-04-2014
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New details have emerged about the FBI’s efforts to turn Muslim Americans living abroad into government informants. An exposé in Mother Jones magazine chronicles the story of an American named named Naji Mansour who was living in Kenya. After he refu
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop Beats Up Young Man with Down Syndrome for Packing…a Colostomy Bag
05-04-2014
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After Powell was finally handcuffed and questioned, the officers realized he was “mentally challenged, was not capable of understanding our commands, and that the bulge in his waistband was a colostomy bag,” the report said.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Marijuana Banking Scheme Passes First Test In Colorado
05-04-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Keith Coffman
Colorado lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that if enacted would lead to the first marijuana financial system in the United States, potentially granting legal cannabis businesses access to the Federal Reserve's money transaction system.
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News Link • World News
Ukraine instates military conscription
05-04-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Smudge Pot
Multiple sources reported yesterday that Ukraine has reinstated military conscription.
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