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Date Sent: 2014-05-21
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
Ron Paul: CIA Using Drug War To Fund Covert Ops -- CIA: Torture Report for Public Not Ready
When the Elite Lose Control of the Info Wars, Genocide Typically Follows! -- Bradley County eyes crackdown on vaping, e-cigarettes -- Woman files suit over sex toy law -- Feds May Cut Off Water For Legal Marijuana Crops -- Teen faces life in prison over hash brownies -- GOP Pushes Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals -- Federal Court Holds Hearing On Potential Sanctions In World Bank Protest Case -- Prisoner Convicted Of Copyright Infringement Shown Pirated Movies In Prison -- Eeek! An Armed Citizen! -- Finance is a Power Game -- NATO False Flags in ciaUkraine -- Family Seeks Help with Schizophrenic Family Member, Police Arrive and Tase, Shoot Him -- The Belgian Connection -- CIA Directive: No More Fake Vaccination Programs -- Russia, China Plan to Expand Payments in National Currencies -- Who are Hunter Biden's Ukrainian bosses? -- The First & Largest Bitcoin Lending Network -- Libyan Military Splinters as Rivals Prepare for Civil War -- The Original NSA Whistleblower -- Harvard and MIT Students Launch ‘NSA-Proof’ Email Service: ProtonMail -- Shadowstats: The future is here today. "We are on the brink of disaster" -- Ron Paul: CIA Using The Drug War To Fund Covert Ops -- Salon: Libertarians don't know history or reality -- Greenwald: Liberals & Progressives Cheered Everything I Was Doing... -- Shock FedGov Court Ruling: Police Can Kick In Your Door and Seize Guns... -- The Plan to Kill the Internet Uncovered -- More on the Belgium Treasury Purchase
AZ: [Tempe] March Against Monsanto: GMO Free Tempe Block Party May 24, 9am; Open Carry Picnic, Saturday, noon, May 24, 2014Â Phoenix
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Torture Report for Public Isn’t Ready, CIA Says
05-20-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, LORRAINE BAILEY
On the hook to release a redacted version of the so-called torture report, the CIA has asked a federal judge for more time to review the study by the Senate Intelligence Committee that harshly criticizes its interrogation techniques.
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News Link • Drug War
Bradley County eyes crackdown on vaping, e-cigarettes
05-20-2014
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"We don't know all the health effects of e-cigarette vapor yet, but we don't need to wait to address this issue," she said. "I know I don't want to have to breathe all those chemicals, and I don't think the public should either."
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Woman files suit over sex toy law
05-20-2014
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First businesses, now customers are suing the city of Sandy Springs over an ordinance that requires people to have a prescription, or a medical or scientific reason, to buy a sexual device.
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News Link • Drug War
Feds May Cut Off Water For Legal Marijuana Crops
05-20-2014
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Huffington Post
Some cannabis growers may soon find themselves with a lot less irrigation water if the U.S. government decides to block the use of federal water for state-legal marijuana cultivation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Teen faces life in prison over hash brownies
05-20-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
A Texas teen is facing 5 years to life in prison for allegedly baking and selling pot brownies. Jacob Lavoro, a 19-year-old was charged with a first degree felony because he used hash oil instead of marijuana, allowing the state
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News Link • Environment
GOP Pushes Bill to Jail Anyone Who Discloses Fracking Chemicals
05-20-2014
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As hydraulic fracturing ramps up around the country, so do concerns about its health impacts. These concerns have led 20 states to require the disclosure of industrial chemicals used in the fracking process.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Invoice
05-20-2014
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Andrew -Weev- Auernheimer
"An open letter to members of the New Jersey District Court, FBI, and DOJ consisting of an invoice for services rendered."
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Federal Court Holds Hearing On Potential Sanctions In World Bank Protest Case
05-20-2014
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Jonathan Turley
A United States District Court Judge held a hearing in the Chang litigation over the mass arrests during the World Bank/IMF protests to specifically explore the possible sanctions to be imposed against the District of Columbia
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prisoner Convicted Of Copyright Infringement Shown Pirated Movies In Prison
05-20-2014
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Jonathan Turley
Richard Humphrey was sentenced to 29 months in prison for selling pirated copies of movies. Once in prison, Humphrey was a bit surprised when he sat with other prisoners watching clearly pirated movies shown by the state.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Eeek! An Armed Citizen!
05-20-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
The presence of a single, non-violent citizen openly carrying a firearm is sufficient to cause panic in people habituated to the evil idea that only state functionaries should be armed. So acutely alarmed do such people become
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Nor Feelings of Machismo
05-20-2014
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Simple Justice
“I was offended by it…” said Allegheny Township police Assistant Chief L.J. Berg who took Brubaker's flag down and charged him with desecration and insults to the American flag. “I removed it from the building, folded it properly and seized it as evi
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News Link • Books
Finance is a Power Game
05-20-2014
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lewrockwell.com
LS: Hi Nomi, Let’s talk about your new book. What was the motivation to write the book and what is the main idea behind it?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Militarist Bunkum
05-20-2014
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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
Did you know that 85 to 90 percent of war’s casualties are non-combatant civilians?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
27 Huge Red Flags For The U.S. Economy
05-20-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If you believe that the U.S. economy is heading in the right direction, you really need to read this article. As we look toward the second half of 2014, there are economic red flags all over the place. Industrial production is down. Home sales are
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News Link • False Flag Operations
NATO False Flags in Ukraine
05-20-2014
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lewrockwell.com
US intel source claims Ukraine part of NATO secret campaign Gladio; psychopathy tests for our leaders; and a mainstream host storms out the studio after a vicious exchange on false flags.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Family Seeks Help with Schizophrenic Family Member, Police Arrive and Tase, Shoot Him
05-20-2014
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lewrockwell.com
"My son did not deserve 11 shots to his head."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Belgian Connection
05-20-2014
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http://www.europac.net, By, Peter Schiff
One of the biggest questions at the end of 2013 was how the Treasury market would react to the reduction of bond buying that would result from the Federal Reserve’s tapering campaign.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Books
Preface
05-20-2014
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lewrockwell.com
I am delighted to see a Portuguese translation of my Democracy: The God That Failed in print.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Insane Time-Lapse Footage Shows Monstrous Storm Cloud Forming
05-20-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Adam Mann
Supercell storms are among the rarest and most beautiful weather events on Earth.
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News Link • Transportation
Too fast, too strong, too scary: Electric Lightning LS-218 will be the fastest production bike...
05-20-2014
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gizmag.com
No road vehicle needs a 218 mph (350 km/h) top speed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A Quantum Random-Number Generator On Your Phone
05-20-2014
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http://www.popsci.com, Douglas Main
Truly random numbers are surprisingly hard to generate, and are necessary for everyday digital security.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Gulfstream introduces the new G650ER " the world's longest range business jet
05-20-2014
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gizmag.com
In a further enhancement to its largest and fastest business jet, the G650,
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
New "dual carbon" battery charges 20 times faster than Li-ion
05-20-2014
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gizmag.com
Japanese company Power Japan Plus has announced the development and planned mass-production of "Ryden," a disruptive carbon battery that can be charged 20 times faster than an ordinary lithium-ion cell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Russia, China Plan to Expand Payments in National Currencies
05-20-2014
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en.ria.ru/russi
Russia and China are planning to increase the volume of direct payments in mutual trade in their national currencies, according to a joint statement on a new stage of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation signed during high-level talks
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News Link • World News
Who are Hunter Biden's Ukrainian bosses?
05-20-2014
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http://www.dw.de,
The appointment of Joe Biden's son to the board of Ukrainian gas firm Burisma has raised eyebrows the world over. The names of the company's actual owners are being protected like state secrets.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
The First & Largest Bitcoin Lending Network
05-20-2014
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btcjam.com
Invest your Bitcoins and Earn Now
19.3%
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Libyan Military Splinters as Rivals Prepare for Civil War
05-20-2014
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Govt Courts Islamist Militias as Last Chance to Retain Power
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
The Original NSA Whistleblower
05-20-2014
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http://reason.com, Nick Gillespie
Intelligence analyst William Binney's revelations preceded Edward Snowden's by more than decade. Why didn't anyone listen?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Communications
Harvard and MIT Students Launch ‘NSA-Proof’ Email Service: ProtonMail
05-20-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Michael Nystrom
A group of Harvard and MIT students have created an email service they insist is completely NSA-proof.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Salon: Libertarians don't know history or reality
05-20-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by silentboom
It has long been customary to divide the Republican Party into three “camps”: big business or “Wall Street” Republicans, the religious right and neoconservatives or “national security” Republicans.
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News Link • Government
Greenwald: Liberals & Progressives Cheered Everything I Was Doing...
05-20-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Diamond Dog
Greenwald: Liberals & Progressives Cheered Everything I Was Doing Before Obama
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News Link • Government
Shock FedGov Court Ruling: Police Can Kick In Your Door and Seize Guns...
05-20-2014
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https://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
Shock FedGov Court Ruling: Police Can Kick In Your Door and Seize Guns Without Warrant or Charges
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News Link • Economy - International
More on the Belgium Treasury Purchase
05-20-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
In response to our account of the mysterious large rise in Belgium’s Treasury purchases http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/05/12/fed-great-deceiver-paul-craig-roberts/ , it was suggested that the transaction would show up on the Fed’s balance sheet
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Environment
Mass Fish Deaths: Millions Have Been Found Dead All Over The World In The Past Month
05-20-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Millions of fish are suddenly dying all over the planet. In fact, there have been dozens of mass fish death events reported in the past month alone. So why is this happening? Why are fish dying in unprecedented numbers all over the world? When mo
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Todashev Killer: No Wonder His Identity Was Secret
05-20-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Christian Stork
Doubts about the already controversial shooting of Boston Bombing figure Ibragim Todashev in Florida last year are sure to grow with new revelations about the FBI agent who shot him.
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Feature Article • Events: Arizona
Open Carry Picnic
Powell Gammill
Food & Drink provided by the Maricopa Co. Libertarian Party. Openly carrying firearms encouraged. Meet some of their 2014 candidates. Saturday, May 24 at noon, at the Steele Indian School Park Acacia Ramada
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News Link • Conspiracies
The Plots to Destroy America
05-19-2014
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newsweek.com
In Baldwin County, Alabama, an award-winning plan to provide guidance for private-sector developers was spiked"it was, constituents complained, part of a United Nations plot to end property rights, impose communism and force locals onto rail cars hea
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News Link • Police State
Video: Border Patrol Attempt To Seize Phone From Libertarian Filming Inland Checkpoint Stop
05-19-2014
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Prison Planet
Agent: “I don’t know if it’s a weapon”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
‘High risk’ label from feds puts gun sellers in banks’ crosshairs, hurts business
05-19-2014
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washingtontimes.com
Gun retailers say the Obama administration is trying to put them out of business with regulations and investigations that bypass Congress and choke off their lines of credit, freeze their assets and prohibit online sales.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What “Low-Flation”? Beef Up 6%; Chicken 12%; Pork 13%; Shrimp 61%"-And More To Come
05-19-2014
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As the price of meat continues to skyrocket, will it soon be considered a “luxury item” for most American families? This week we learned that the price of meat in the United States rose at the fastest pace in more than 10 years last month.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Ukraine and International Law: The Double Standard at the New York Times Editorial Page
05-19-2014
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commondreams.org
“A dirty dog will not have justice by the court.”
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Is The Mainstream Media Dying?
05-19-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Ratings at CNN, MSNBC and Fox News have all been plummeting in recent years, and newspaper ad revenues are about a third of what they were back in the year 2000. So is the mainstream media dying? Despite what you may have heard, the mainstream medi
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News Link • Surveillance
Everyone should know just how much the government lied to defend the NSA
05-18-2014
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The Guardian
The supreme court ruled, 5-4, the case is dismissed because the plaintiffs didn't have "standing" " the ACLU's couldn't prove their clients, including journalists and human rights advocates, were targets of surveillance,
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News Link • Events: Arizona
[Tempe] March Against Monsanto: GMO Free Tempe Block Party May 24th, 2014
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March Against Monsanto
We will be having our GMO FREE BLOCK PARTY starting @ 8:00 a.m. There will be speakers at the rally. SOME vendors will trade - so bring something to trade or alternative currencies, or homemade things! We will have music, emergency water (BYO water!!
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Aspiring Cop left Brain-Damaged after Calling 911 on Buffalo Cops (Updated)
05-18-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Minutes after an aspiring police officer placed a call to 911 complaining he was being harassed by off-duty Buffalo cops he was beaten into unconsciousness before getting thrown down the stairs, then handcuffed
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News Link • Libya
Gunmen loyal to ex-general storm Libyan parliament, demand suspension
05-18-2014
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Reuters
Heavily armed gunmen stormed Libya's parliament on Sunday demanding its suspension and claiming loyalty to a renegade army general who has vowed to purge the country of Islamist militants.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
High-speed solar winds increase lightning strikes on Earth
05-18-2014
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Scientists have discovered new evidence to suggest that lightning on Earth is triggered not only by cosmic rays from space, but also by energetic particles from the Sun. A link between increased thunderstorm activity
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News Link • Surveillance
More Government Snoop Dogs
05-18-2014
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Lawmakers want to monitor and control speech on radio, television and the Internet for “hate” and material that government snoops deem to be encouraging “violent acts.” The Act does not specify what constitutes “hate”
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News Link • Police State
Martial Law, Detention Camps and Kangaroo Courts: Are We Recreating the Third Reich?
05-18-2014
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Despite what some may think, the Constitution is no magical incantation against government wrongdoing. Indeed, it’s only as effective as those who abide by it. However, without courts willing to uphold the Constitution
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Freak frequency from outside the Milky Way baffles astronomers
05-18-2014
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Daily Mail
The mystery stems from the fact it is not known what could produce such a short and sharp burst.
This has led some to speculate they could be anything from stars colliding to artificially created messages.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
PINAC Visits Site of one of Many Controversial Police Shootings in Albuquerque
05-18-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The DOJs recent issuance of a scathing report concluding the APD has a history and pattern of excessive use of force and of deadly force " and concluded more than half of the 20 deadly shootings investigated 2009 - 2012
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News Link • Archaeology
‘World’s biggest dinosaur’ discovered in Argentina
05-18-2014
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Yahoo! News blog
Paleontologists in Argentina recently discovered fossils belonging to the largest dinosaur on record. During its lifetime, the new species of titanosaur stood 65-feet-tall, 130-feet-long, and weighed 77 tons
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria with Sanctions in 2013 for Fighting Boko Haram
05-18-2014
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Soon after John Kerry took over as Secretary of State, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence P. McCulley, accused the Nigerian government of butchery during a confrontation with Boko Haram terrorists
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