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Date Sent: 2014-06-05
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
Britain Offers 1,000 Troops, 25 Tanks in 'Show of Force' Against Russia
UK May Home Prices Surge By Most Since 2002 -- Have Questions About The ECB's Unprecedented Negative Deposit Rate? Call This Guy --
End of the War Against Marijuana? with Robert Platshorn -- China calls
Facebook, Google, Pawns of U.S. Spying Programs -- 06-05-14 -- Dr. Phranq Tamburri In Studio (MP3 LOADED) -- Bodies of 800 Babies Found in Septic Tank in Ireland -- The Tiananmen Vigil In
Hong Kong Is Staggering -- US Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq
This Week... -- ECB imposes negative interest rate -- What
We Should Really Be Talking About With the Bowe Bergdahl
Controversy -- For Obama and Kerry, "Daylight" Starts Peeking
Out on Israel -- What Excuse Remains for Obama's Failure to
Close GITMO? -- Germany Opens Criminal Probe Into NSA Tapping
of Merkel's Phone -- Brad Pitt: "I'm a Farmer Now" --
For the First Time a U.S. Ambassador Was Sworn in on a Kindle --
McDaniel rep, others found inside courthouse with ballots
-- Jackley: Violations by Bosworth and Walker were 'serious,
deliberate' -- Obama Admin to Stop pursuing Islamic Terrorists -
New Task Force Targets Racist Anti-Gov Americans -- Video of
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl reveals more than just a handover
Global Freedom Summit 2014 - Access The Live Streamed Event This
Monday-Saturday Only! -- Syrians Vote
AZ: AZ Breakfast Club this Sat June 7th, 2014, 8-10 a.m. @
Coco's (Paradise Valley Mall location); Pool party at the
Hancock's Saturday June 14th, 2014 from 2 p.m. til ??
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine, May 2014 Edition RELEASED
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News Link • NATO
Britain Offers 1,000 Troops, 25 Tanks in 'Show of Force' Against Russia
06-05-2014
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antiwar.com
NATO Plans Massive 'Joint Exercise' in Poland
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
UK May Home Prices Surge By Most Since 2002
06-05-2014
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zerohedge.com
Two weeks ago we asked, rhetorically, "Whose Housing Bubble Is Bigger?" and showed the April home price increases in the UK and China:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Have Questions About The ECB's Unprecedented Negative Deposit Rate? Call This Guy
06-05-2014
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zerohedge.com
Here is the press release from the ECB on its historic, unprecedented and experimental negative deposit rates.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Responses to Critics of my Call for Interplanetary Welfare: Sharing Moons
06-05-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Walter E. Block
Previously, I published this article in which I revealed a New Source of Inequality: the fact that some planets have more moons than others.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
End of the War Against Marijuana? with Robert Platshorn
06-04-2014
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Next News Network
The House of Representatives in Washington recently moved to cut off funding for raids on medical marijuana dispensaries.
The amendment to a spending bill was sponsored by California representatives Sam Farr, a Democrat, and Republican Dana Rohra
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Surveillance
China calls Facebook, Google, Pawns of U.S. Spying Programs
06-04-2014
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Next News Network
The government of China is calling for harsh penalties for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and other corporations it claims are spying for the United States. Officials in Beijing are labeling the technology giants as "pawns" for the federal government.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
06-05-14 -- Dr. Phranq Tamburri In Studio (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Dr. Phranq Tamburri, NMD (Longevity Medical Center) on Natural Medicine, Obamacare, and how socialized medicine is not going to produce an optimal healthcare system - Dr. Tamburri brings with him 3 senior medical students
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Extensive Cell Phone Use Linked to Triple Brain Cancer Risk
06-05-2014
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arclein
French scientists are now reporting on a new cohort study showing how extensive cell phone use can increase one's risk of brain cancer. The study, included in the newest issue of the British journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found tha
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News Link • Archaeology
Prehistoric Girl's Bones in Underwater Cave Helps Link ancient and Native Americans
06-05-2014
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arclein
Chatters, the first scientist to study the prehistoric skeleton known as Kennewick Man that was found in Washington state in 1996, described Hoyo Negro as being like a miniature of California's La Brea tar pits, "only without the tar and with consi
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News Link • Agriculture
How Crop Rotation Can Replace GMO Poisons to Grow Better Food
06-05-2014
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arclein
When we grow the same crop in the same soil repeatedly for years on end, it depletes the natural minerals that exist in the soil that make our food so nutrient dense. As evidenced by the obesity rates in America, we don't need excessive processed foo
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robert klein
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight On Fire Heading for Arabian Sea
06-05-2014
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arclein
Katherine Tee was traveling across the Indian Ocean with husband Marc Horn when she saw what she believed was a plane on fire crossing the night sky, trailing a plume of black smoke behind it.
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robert klein
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News Link • Death
Bodies of 800 Babies Found in Septic Tank in Ireland
06-04-2014
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Next News Network
The bodies of 800 babies have been discovered buried in a septic tank in Ireland.
The grisly discovery was made at at a home for unwed mothers in Yuam, located in Galway County. Saint Mary's Mother and Baby Home was operated by Bon Secours nuns b
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Death
The Most Common Ways People Die In Every State
06-05-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
Two months ago, I wrote about the fun and the pitfalls of viral maps, a feature that included 88 simple maps of my own creation.
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News Link • China
The Tiananmen Vigil In Hong Kong Is Staggering
06-05-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
More than 180,000 people gathered in Hong Kong's Victoria Park for a candlelit vigil tonight to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown that killed between 300 and 2,600 peaceful protesters.
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News Link • Iraq
US Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq This Week...
06-05-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
US Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq This Week, A Decade After It Wiped Out Iraq's Air Force
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News Link • Inventions
Google shows off the first fashionable frames for Glass
06-05-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFadden
There are many realms in which Google excels. From search results to smiley-faced self-driving cars, the tech giant has quite a few markets cornered.
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News Link • Inventions
Hologram technology coming to a smartphone near you soon
06-05-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Raymond Wong
To see the future of technology, all you have to do is pay close attention to sci-fi movies. Tablets, video conferencing, air gestures â€" these are all technologies that were predicted by films. So where are our holograms?
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News Link • Inventions
Valve shows off the newest version of its Oculus-killing VR headset
06-05-2014
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http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFadden
We already know that Valve has been developing a VR headset, and the company has been fairly forthcoming in sharing its Oculus-crushing vision for the thing.
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News Link • Media: Internet
Announcing WIRED by Design, a Live Magazine
06-05-2014
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Wired.com
Today, we're thrilled to announce a project we've been working on for some time: WIRED by Design, a live magazine that will bring together some of the world's most creative minds, on September 29th-October 1st.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
ECB imposes negative interest rate
06-05-2014
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bbc.co.uk
The European Central Bank (ECB) has lowered its benchmark interest rate to 0.15% from 0.25% in an effort to stimulate economic growth and avoid deflation in the eurozone.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
What We Should Really Be Talking About With the Bowe Bergdahl Controversy
06-05-2014
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policymic.com
After many months in the media doldrums, Guantánamo Bay is back in the news, but not for good reasons.
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News Link • Obama Administration
For Obama and Kerry, "Daylight" Starts Peeking Out on Israel
06-05-2014
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theamericanconservative.com
It's conniption time on Capitol Hill, as the Obama administration is demonstrating quietly there will be at least some consequences for stonewalling the administration's effort actually to forge,....
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
What Excuse Remains for Obama's Failure to Close GITMO?
06-05-2014
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firstlook.org
The excuse-making on behalf of President Obama has always found its most extreme form when it came time to explain why he failed to fulfill his oft-stated 2008 election promise to close Guantanamo.
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News Link • Surveillance
Germany Opens Criminal Probe Into NSA Tapping of Merkel's Phone
06-05-2014
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antiwar.com
Prosecutor: Espionage a Crime Even If It's an Ally
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Brad Pitt: "I'm a Farmer Now"
06-05-2014
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slate.com
When Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie released the first vintage of rosé from their $60 million estate in Provence last year, major wine publications like Wine Spectator and Decanter gave it rave reviews.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
McDaniel rep, others locked in courthouse
06-05-2014
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An official investigation has been opened into 3 people who were found locked in a Courthouse hours after it was closed by election officials Tuesday after returns had been counted in the Republican primary for US Senate.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Jackley: Violations by Bosworth and Walker were 'serious, deliberate'
06-05-2014
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Tuesday night, Annette Bosworth lost the US Senate race she spent a year seeking. 12 hours later, she was arrested. Now Bosworth faces 12 felony charges that she lied on her petitions to get on the US Senate ballot.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Video of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl reveals more than just a handover
06-05-2014
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ABC News
The video of the Taliban handing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl over to the US military is one of the most fascinating pieces of footage the world has ever seen. But take another look. There's a lot more to the tape than meets the eye,
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News Link • Afghanistan
Taliban release video of US soldier's handover
06-04-2014
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Reuters
They are greeted by 3 men who shake their hands and lead Sergeant Bergdahl by the arm to the helicopter. The aircraft takes off and the message in English flashes up: "Don' come back to Afghanistan"
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Clients Are The Most Net Short Treasuries Since 2006, JPMorgan Warns
06-04-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
We have shown the surge in short positioning that CFTC exposes via its Commitment of Traders data that has begun to see some covering;
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News Link • World News
Two Ukraine Helicopters Shot Down: Watch As Gunship Engages Eastern Militia...
06-04-2014
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Earlier today, we read reports out of Russian Itar-Tass stating that east Ukraine militia had shot down a Ukraine gunship and a Su-25 fighter jet, as well as four APC.
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News Link • Government
Teen Confronts Nancy Pelosi on NSA Spying
06-04-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Nancy Pelosi was caught in an embarrassing moment and forced to bumble a response when confronted by teenage activist Andrew Demeter about the NSA's mass surveillance program.
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News Link • Events: America
Global Freedom Summit 2014 - Access The Live Streamed Event This Monday-Saturday Only!
05-29-2014
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FreedomSummit2014.Com
Welcome to the single greatest Freedom event of the year! Given the current state of affairs in America the Global Freedom Summit 2014 presents an opportunity for all interested patriotic individuals to participate in receiving a vast amount of knowl
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Shames California City, City Dumps Red Light Cameras
06-03-2014
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The Newspaper
"The city's practice of having officers sign the notice to appear without reviewing a photograph of the registered owner is arguably a routine practice of perjury by the officers."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
U.S. revives federal task force to fight homegrown extremists: officials
06-03-2014
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Reuters
The United States is re-establishing a law enforcement group to fight those it designates as domestic terrorists, with an announcement expected on Tuesday, Department of Justice officials said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Judge, defense attorneys increasingly at odds in theater shooting case
06-03-2014
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When the judge overseeing the Aurora movie theater shooting case issued a string of orders rebuffing defense criticism of his work, the rulings landed in prosecutors' inboxes, the public case file and the court's website.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Federal Judge Stops Expulsion Of Duke Student Over Lack of Basic Due Process
06-03-2014
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Jonathan Turley
I have previously written about my concerns over the elimination of basic rights of due process at universities for students accused of sexual assault or harassment under pressure from the Obama Administration. That pressure continues to build this y
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge tells defense attorney, 'I'll beat your ass,' then does (video)
06-03-2014
Court deputies had to break up a physical fight between a Brevard County judge and a public defender after an argument during a hearing on Monday. Judge John Murphy is accused of punching veteran public defender
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News Link • Immigration
Handy Guide Tells You What Rights Border Patrol Is Violating When They Pound on You
06-03-2014
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Reason Magazine
Given the wide range of surliness and abuse meted out by these uniformed guardians of the dotted line on the map and roadbocks elsewhere, just how are we supposed to know just what rights they're violating?
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News Link • Property Rights
'Come and Take It!' Texas family fights to save treehouse from city
06-03-2014
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Glen Ridge Drive is the site of an unlikely mini rebellion. A flag made famous by the Battle of Gonzales, the birthplace of the Texas revolution, waves proudly from a treehouse that the city of Austin is trying to take down.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
The Supreme Court: Gutless Wonders and Regime Rubber-Stampers
06-03-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
The spineless weasels of the U.S. Supreme Court have declined to hear reporter James Risen's case expressing his right to protect a confidential source. The Obama DOJ wants to force Risen to reveal sources for his 2006 book
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News Link • Gun Rights
Mental Health Screening a Good Way to Decrease Liberty, Poor Way to Increase Security
06-03-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Last week Americans were shocked and saddened by another mass killing, this one near a college campus in California. We all feel deep sympathy for the families of the victims.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
The Guerrilla War Against the U.S.-Kiev
06-03-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
About three weeks ago Russian America TV news had a video report from one of the major cities of about a million people in New Russia [formerly eastern Ukraine].
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News Link • Military
The consequences of the U.S. war on terrorism in Africa
06-03-2014
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http://america.aljazeera.com, by Ken Opalo
The American military's expansion to the continent poses significant challenges to democratization and domestic security
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News Link • TERRORISM
The War on Terrorism Is One Fine Scam
06-03-2014
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http://fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
Throughout the Cold War, the proponents of the national-security state assured us that the only reason the United States needed to adopt this totalitarian-like apparatus was because of the international communist conspiracy emanating from the Soviet
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News Link • Police State
Just Shoot: The Mindset Responsible for Turning Search Warrants into Death Warrants..
06-03-2014
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rutherford.org
"A government which will turn its tanks upon its people, for any reason, is a government with a taste of blood and a thirst for power and must either be smartly rebuked, or blindly obeyed in deadly fear."â€"John Salter
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
UCSB Mass Shooter Elliot Rodger's Dependence On Xanax Made Him...
06-03-2014
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http://radaronline.com, By Jen Heger
UCSB Mass Shooter Elliot Rodger's Dependence On Xanax Made Him 'More Withdrawn, Lonely, Isolated & Anxious' Says Insider
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News Link • Surveillance
Secret Service Software Will 'Detect Sarcasm' in Social Media Users
06-03-2014
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http://www.nextgov.com,
The Secret Service is purchasing software to watch users of social networks in real time, according to contract documents.
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