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Date Sent: 2014-07-12
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, July 12, 2014 |
'More than 10' politicians on list held by police investigating 'pedophile ring'
Illegal Parking App Refuses to Stop Doing Business in San Francisco -- Australian Police: 10% of firearms seized are homemade --
Accountant admits cigarette tax conspiracy -- Forget Farm Owners, EPA
Drafting Rule To Claim Control Over Local Waterways, Ditches -- John Wayne's Estate Sues Over Right To Use "Duke" After Duke U. Claims Ownership
-- Police beating of woman goes viral, rekindles images of Rodney King
-- Lyft reverses under legal pressure, cancels Friday night New York
launch -- Manassas Police Refuse To Execute Warrant To Photograph Teen's Erect Penis -- New anti-patent-troll bill advances, but some say it hurts more than helps -- Pentagon to destroy $1B in ammunition -- Governments from Around
the World ADMIT They Carry Out False Flag Terror -- Pro-Israel Media Bias: It's As Easy As ABC -- Kurds Boycott
Cabinet After Maliki Blocks Cargo Flights -- Amid the rubble
and body parts, Gazans helpless beneath Israeli onslaught -- NYPD
Flew Helicopter At Drone, Not Vice Versa, Recording Confirms
-- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 13, 2014 Edition -- XM25
Prototypes in testing – 500% lethality increase over existing
weapon systems -- Amazon Is Asking the FAA to Bend the Law for
Their Drone Program -- China's yuan 'a growing
force in global finance' -- The 'Snowden Effect' Continues
As China Claims Apple's iPhone A Threat To National Security
-- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu: World pressure won't stop offensive
-- 07-11-14 -- Tone Vays - Peter Mathews - Sheldon Richman (MP3
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News Link • Corruption
'More than 10' politicians on list held by police investigating Westminster 'pedophile r
07-11-2014
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The Telegraph
Whistleblower who prompted Operation Fernbridge says up to 40 Ministers of Parliament and peers knew about or took part in child abuse
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Illegal Parking App Refuses to Stop Doing Business in San Francisco
07-11-2014
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Silicon Valley's "sharing economy" startups are known for skirting the law, but now they're blatantly violating it. Days after San Francisco's City Attorney asked Apple to ban 3 "predatory" parking apps from the App Store, MonkeyParking is refusing t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Australian Police: 10% of firearms seized are homemade
07-11-2014
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The new boss of the Firearms and Organized Crime Squad revealed 10% of firearms seized by police are homemade. ".... evidence that outlaw motorcycle gangs were targeting people who have the skills to make weapons.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Accountant admits cigarette tax conspiracy
07-11-2014
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A Pawtucket accountant has pleaded guilty of conspiring to bring $1.2 million worth of contraband cigarettes to Rhode Island from Virginia, where the cigarette tax is low.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Environment
Forget Farm Owners, EPA Drafting Rule To Claim Control Over Local Waterways, Ditches
07-11-2014
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The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to expand its jurisdiction over the nation's waterways under the Clean Water Act to include ditches, small streams, ponds, and other purely local waterways.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Property Rights
John Wayne's Estate Sues Over Right To Use "Duke" After Duke U. Claims Ownership
07-11-2014
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Jonathan Turley
John Wayne's descendants have had to go to court to seek the right to continue to use the legendary actor's nickname, "Duke," over the objections of Duke University which now claims to own the word "Duke."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police beating of woman goes viral, rekindles images of Rodney King
07-11-2014
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ars technica
"This is not just jabs, they are hooks. Those are lights-out punches. Those aren't like taps. You see it, you heard it. It was like 'thump, thump, thump' and then you see her head bouncing 'bam, bam' on the concrete. Then you hear her screaming,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Lyft reverses under legal pressure, cancels Friday night New York launch
07-11-2014
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ars technica
Facing the weight of the New York Attorney General, Lyft now says it will delay its planned Friday evening launch in the Big Apple. Earlier in the day, the Empire State's prosecutor asked the New York Supreme Court to grant a temporary restraining or
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Manassas Police Refuse To Execute Warrant To Photograph Teen's Erect Penis
07-11-2014
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Jonathan Turley
In a clear victory for both the public and basic notions of decency, the Manassas City Police announced they will not execute the abusive warrant to force a 17-year-old boy to be photographed with an erect penis
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
New anti-patent-troll bill advances, but some say it hurts more than helps
07-11-2014
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ars technica
Less than two months after Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) killed a comprehensive anti-patent-troll bill which had been passed by the House of Representatives, a much more modest bill taking aim at trolls has passed through a key subcommittee.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Report: Pentagon to destroy $1B in ammunition
07-11-2014
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stripes.com
The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth of ammunition although some of those bullets and missiles could still be used by troops, according to the Pentagon and congressional sources.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Governments from Around the World â€" Including Western, Islamic, Asian and African Nations â€"
07-11-2014
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washingtonsblog.com
ADMIT They Carry Out False Flag Terror
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Kurds Boycott Cabinet After Maliki Blocks Cargo Flights
07-11-2014
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antiwar.com
Kurdish Officials Want 'Hysterical' Maliki Ousted
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Amid the rubble and body parts, Gazans helpless beneath Israeli onslaught
07-11-2014
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thenational.ae
KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA // When he went to bed, Tawfiq Al Halaby's wife, Nidaa, was five-months pregnant and his neighbours, the Hajjs, were still a family.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
NYPD Flew Helicopter At Drone, Not Vice Versa, Recording Confirms
07-11-2014
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popsci.com
Poor judgment all around
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 13, 2014 Edition
07-11-2014
John Semmens
Administration Requests Budget Increase for Immigrant Bedding
Asserting that "it would be inhumane for us to force these innocent immigrant children to sleep on substandard beds," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has requested an
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
This Game Brings Post-Apocalypse To The Present
07-11-2014
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popsci.com
Viridis asks: With survival on the line, will people cooperate or compete?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Waiting for Dark (Humanity Marches On... and leaves governments behind)
07-11-2014
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Wired.com
Amir Taaki and Cody Wilson are cruising north through Texas on Interstate 35 in the 4:30 am predawn darkness. (Publisher: I talked to Cody and he'll share updates with us this coming week on Radio Show... Galactic Shifts)
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
XM25 Prototypes in testing â€" 500% lethality increase over existing weapon systems
07-11-2014
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gizmag.com
May 27, 2005 The XM25 Advanced Airburst Weapon System is an entirely new class of weapon that takes the concept of a grenade launcher and adds some smarts, thereby increasing the probability of hit-to-kill performance by up to 500 percent over existi
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Amazon Is Asking the FAA to Bend the Law for Their Drone Program
07-11-2014
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betabeat.com
They want permission to run tests near their Seattle headquarters.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Box Office: 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Sees Strong Friday for $65M-Plus Debut -
07-11-2014
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hollywoodreporter.com
UPDATED: The sequel is pacing well ahead of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," which debuted to $54.8 million in August 2011; Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" soars at the specialty box office.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China's yuan 'a growing force in global finance'
07-11-2014
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yahoo.com
China's yuan is a growing force in global finance, more than doubling in use over the past year, according to a new study from the Institute of International Finance Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
The Global Revolt
07-11-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
Almost every day now there is at least one major new act of revolt against the U.S. Global Empire by a major nation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Gold Videocast: Gold's 2014 Half-Time Report
07-11-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
In the first edition of the new Gold Videocast, Peter delivers his verdict on the gold market for the first half of 2014, analyzes Janet Yellen's performance so far as Fed Chair, and makes some contrarian forecasts for the rest of the year.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
The 'Snowden Effect' Continues As China Claims Apple's iPhone A Threat To National Secur
07-11-2014
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forbes.com
The security and control of personal data is a big concern for many these days and literally it's becoming a global epidemic.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu: World pressure won't stop offensive
07-11-2014
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cbc.ca
"We have received deeply disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes," said Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Art
Unbelievable Pictures Of Wildlife From The BBC's Photographer...
07-11-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Unbelievable Pictures Of Wildlife From The BBC's Photographer Of The Year Competition
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Humor
100 ways to attack the groin
07-11-2014
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Enter The Dojo (Youtube)
Cuz you needs to know,....
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Technology: Software
Microsoft's Virtual Assistant Cortana Sounds Like It's Going To Be Amazing
07-11-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
With its latest update to Windows Phone, Microsoft added what Apple and Google have been offering for quite some timeâ€"a virtual assistant.
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News Link • How To
The Right Way To Pack A Suitcase
07-11-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
Packing well is an art: Frequent travelers know how to pack as little as possible while still toting everything they'll need.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Tomato Season ~ Veggie List 7/12/14 ~ Egg Sale ~ Fresh Roasted Chili Peppers
07-11-2014
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Tonopah Rob
Tomatoes!! Oh my golly! Y'all need to come to the farm stand and get tomatoes. All kinds of colors, flavors and textures. And the Cherry Tomatoes, boy howdy do they pack a punch of sweetness. The little yellow cherry's are sinfully delicious. Goo
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Media: Television
New Advanced Scientific Models Say We're F**ked... Unless
07-10-2014
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http://youtu.be/AiD9lyrqWTA
Naomi Klein reported on a new advanced scientific model that says "we're fucked." But there is only one thing that could stop this. Watch the video to learn what that one thing is.
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Bitcoin
TorCoin: Making Anonymity Pay
07-10-2014
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CryptoCoinsNews
TorCoin aims to solve the Tor network shortage of nodes problem by allowing the relay node to mine coins which can then be sold on the free market. It uses a proof of bandwidth concept, instead of proof of work.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Hamas engages in nuclear terrorism as media yawns
07-10-2014
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Elder of Ziyon
Compare how the media covered these two stories that broke yesterday.
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News Link • Climate Change
Greenpeace Co-Founder Dr. Patrick Moore: 'I fear a global cooling'....
07-10-2014
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climatedepot.com
Moore: 'President Obama seems to say it is sufficient to say the 'science is settled'. It is hollow statement with no content.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russia test launches first new space rocket since Soviet era
07-10-2014
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yahoo.com
Russia launched its first new design of space rocket since the Soviet era from the northern military space port of Plesetsk on Wednesday, aiming to break its reliance on foreign suppliers as well as the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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News Link • Environment
Lake Mead water levels falling to lowest since 1937
07-10-2014
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mynews3.com
Lake Mead, the valley's primary source of drinking water, continues to shrink under the crippling drought.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Coin Validation - US Regulatory Compliance
07-10-2014
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Coin Validation
Coin Validation was founded with the sole intent of addressing the question, "How do Bitcoin businesses achieve regulatory compliance within the United States?" Coin Validation is not an attempt to police Bitcoin. Coin Validation does not intend to c
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq VP to U.S.: Stay Out of Our Civil War
07-10-2014
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thedailybeast.com
The world may be focused on the terrorist group ISIS, but inside Iraq the group is only one part of a larger revolt that has been years in the making.
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News Link • Economy - International
Impact of IMF SDRs for Commercial Trade
07-10-2014
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BATR
The global corporatist economy works differently from business transactions at your neighborhood convenience store. Ostensibly, the International Monetary Fund was set up to allow the G20 nations to umpire the ground rules to play nice in macro trade
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Over 50 Bodies Found South of Baghdad
07-09-2014
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Next News Network
A total of 53 bodies have recently been discovered, lying south of Baghdad. Many of the corpses were found blindfolded, with their hands tied behind their backs. The dead were uncovered in a rural area, in a Shiite area just outside the capital city.
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Surveillance
LEAKED: NSA Spied on Muslim Americans
07-09-2014
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Next News Network
Documents newly released by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden reveals the United States spied on Muslims in the country, not suspected in crimes. The agency spent years spying on prominent Islamic leaders. For six years, emails sent and received by o
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Gaza… Again, Operation Protective Edge
07-09-2014
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Robert J. Avrech
I think it was at this moment that brought to me the realization that I wanted war, but I had no right to admit it. Not war for the excitement of it, not even war for victory's sake, but war as a solution to a situation that was unbearable. Not war
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News Link • Homeland Security
Customs agency under fire for sweeping scans of employees' personal data
07-09-2014
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McClatchy News Service
In one program, the agency's internal affairs division shared employees' Social Security numbers with the FBI, looking for possible criminal leads. The program is no longer operating
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News Link • Obama Administration
School mocks Michelle O's bake sale restrictions: Can't fundraise 'selling carrot sticks
07-09-2014
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he Tennessee State Board of Education has passed sweeping new restrictions on student bake sales in order to be compliant with federal rules on school snacks, and a lot of people are unhappy about it.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Only 1 U.S. bank among world's top 10
07-09-2014
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Chicago Tribune
A list of the world's 100 largest banks is out, and the United States has only one representative in the top 10.
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News Link • Drug War
Washington Pot Stores Open, But Some Activists Aren't Celebrating
07-09-2014
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US News & World Report
"There's no way they are going to eliminate the black market with something that's totally unresponsive to a market at all," Hiatt says. "You're going to see very quickly the problems when you try to do things Soviet style. When you're
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News Link • Gun Rights
After watching his grandfather, 84, shoot his dad, NC 11-year-old kills gramps with a shotgun
07-09-2014
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Rawstory
A family argument lead Lloyd Woodlief to shoot his 49-year-old son with a .22 caliber pistol. His 11-year-old grandson then shot his grandfather with a shotgun. The 11-year-old was taken into custody. "A juvenile petition has been taken out
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Deteriorating Economic Outlook
07-09-2014
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unz.com/proberts
The third and final estimate (until the annual GDP revisions) of first quarter 2014 real GDP growth released June 25 by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis was a 2.9% ......
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