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Date Sent: 2014-07-17
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
Detroit police chief gives credit to armed citizens for drop in crime
Why Does Nashville Police Officer Michael Pyle Hate Babies? -- How To Flex Your Rights at an OVI Checkpoint - Lima Ohio -- Good News: Jury Nullification is Interfering With Marijuana Convictions -- U.S. Navy nurse won't force-feed Guantanamo detainees -- An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I Took a Picture of This -- Aaron Swartz and 21st-Century Martyrdom -- Are U.S. elections rigged? More Americans than ever say yes -- Here's One Way to Land on NSA's Watch List -- They're Coming for Your Accounts -- Coup du Jour: The Militarization of Daily Life -- Swedish Court to Julian Assange: You're Not Going Anywhere -- Call the Cops - Rob Hustle ft. Liv (Publisher Recommended) -- Does Uncle Sam Have a God Complex? -- Neocons Go Undercover -- Syria Crisis: Isis Marches Further Into Syria Tipping the Balance of Power in the Civil War -- Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees -- Netanyahu Fires Deputy DM as Near-Truce Fuels Internal Tensions -- Hamas, Islamic Jihad offer 10-year truce -- Boston Dynamics's Robot Dogs Are Already Training With The US Marine Corps -- ISIS Militants Captured 52 American-Made Artillery Weapons That Cost $500,000 Each --
When you see this happen, you'll know it's game over for the dollar. I
give it 2-3 years. -- Housetrike three-wheeled camper shelters homeless
nomads -- How Saudi Arabia Helped Isis Take Over the North of Iraq
THERE WILL BE NO ARIZONA BREAKFAST CLUB SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND, 2014
AZ: Come see the R3VOLUTION's movie debut "ALONGSIDE NIGHT" July
24th, 7:30 p; Jackalope Freedom Festival Special
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News Link • Gun Rights
Detroit police chief gives credit to armed citizens for drop in crime
07-16-2014
Fed up with crime, some armed Detroiters have developed itchy trigger-fingers â€" and Police Chief James Craig said lawbreakers are getting the message. In the latest incident an 88-year-old was beaten and robbed inside his home
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Why Does Nashville Police Officer Michael Pyle Hate Babies?
07-16-2014
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Simple Justice
An 8-day-old infant was inadvertently locked in a car on the way out of the pediatrician's office. The firefighters couldn't get the door unlocked, so the doctor, Stacey Williams, got a hammer from her office to break the car window
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
How To Flex Your Rights at an OVI Checkpoint - Lima Ohio
07-16-2014
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Flex your rights without all the small talk!
Go here; http://assert-your-rights.com/cop-id/
To get your own card.
The police MUST have, and be able to articulate, a reasonable suspicion of a crime committed to even stop an individual, an
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Good News: Jury Nullification is Interfering With Marijuana Convictions
07-16-2014
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Courts around the country are having more trouble prosecuting marijuana cases because of increasing awareness of a constitutional doctrine called jury nullification.
Under the Bill of Rights, jurors have the power to find a defendant not guilty if
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
U.S. Navy nurse won't force-feed Guantanamo detainees
07-16-2014
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CNN
"Before we came here, we were told a different story. The story we were told was completely the opposite of what I saw.' Once he saw what he was told was contrary to what was actually taking place he could not do it anymore."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I Took a Picture of This
07-16-2014
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ACLU
A few months later, I found a business card on the front door of my home in Sacramento from Agent A. Ayaz of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, asking me to call him. One of my neighbors, an elderly woman, told me 2 men wearing suits had come
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Aaron Swartz and 21st-Century Martyrdom
07-16-2014
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Another 26-year-old genius who started and sold a tech company, Aaron Swartz, was effectively killed by the United States government for engaging in political advocacy. Swartz's death was not that different from the deaths of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Voting - Election Integrity
Are U.S. elections rigged? More Americans than ever say yes
07-16-2014
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68% said members of Congress get re-elected because the election process is rigged to benefit incumbents. Only 9% said members of Congress win another term because they've done a good job. 23% are unsure.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Here's One Way to Land on NSA's Watch List
07-16-2014
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The NSA has a program to collect information about people who use privacy-protecting services, including popular anonymizing software called Tor. But it's not clear how many users have been affected.
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Day of Reckoning
They're Coming for Your Accounts
07-16-2014
Paul Rosenberg
Nearly all of us grew up thinking that we registered ourselves to prove that we were safe and responsible. We advertised our services as "registered" or "licensed," and we never thought about it beyond that point. After all, that was the way things w
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Swedish Court to Julian Assange: You're Not Going Anywhere
07-16-2014
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http://www.wired.com, Kim Zetter
The Stockholm District Court in Sweden today upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, rejecting a motion that might have allowed him to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been holed up for two years to avoid ex
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News Link • Technology: Software
Inside the Artificial Brain That's Remaking the Google Empire
07-16-2014
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http://www.wired.com, Robert McMillan
It was one of the most tedious jobs on the internet. A team of Googlers would spend day after day staring at computer screens, scrutinizing tiny snippets of street photographs, asking themselves the same question over and over again: "Am I looking at
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News Link • Surveillance
Does Uncle Sam Have a God Complex?
07-16-2014
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antiwar.com
As a matter of faith, some people believe that God can see and hear everything.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
US Marines demonstrate Ultra Heavy-lift Amphibious Connector prototype
07-16-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, Colin Jeffrey
The US Marines have demonstrated a half-scale version of their proposed amphibious vehicle during maritime warfare exercises.
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News Link • Syria
Syria Crisis: Isis Marches Further Into Syria Tipping the Balance of Power in the Civil War
07-16-2014
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unz.com
While international attention has been focused on the situation in Gaza, the self-styled caliphate has been spreading deeper into the country armed with tanks and artillery seized in Iraq
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees
07-16-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Supriya Kurane
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is planning its biggest round of job cuts in five years as the software maker looks to integrate Nokia Oyj's handset unit, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans.
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News Link • Israel
Netanyahu Fires Deputy DM as Near-Truce Fuels Internal Tensions
07-16-2014
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antiwar.com
Lieberman Lashes Efforts to Ceasefire, Calls for Escalation
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Google Found A Partner To Make Its Futuristic Contact Lenses
07-16-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has struck an agreement with Google to develop "smart" contact lenses that would help diabetics track their blood glucose levels or restore the eye's ability to focus.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Report: Hamas, Islamic Jihad offer 10-year truce
07-16-2014
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maannews.net
Hamas and Islamic Jihad have submitted a list of 10 demands to Egypt to establish a 10-year truce with Israel, the Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported Wednesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Richard Linklater on Boyhood, the Before Movies, and Cinematic Storytelling
07-16-2014
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slate.com
In her review of Boyhood, Slate film critic Dana Stevens calls the movie a "gradually unfolding miracle."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
Dubai Plans to Build the World's First Temperature-Controlled City
07-16-2014
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slate.com
This month Dubai announced grandiose plans to build "the world's first temperature-controlled city, Mall of the World" in the Al Sufouh district.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Boston Dynamics's Robot Dogs Are Already Training With The US Marine Corps
07-16-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan Love
Robotics company, military contractor, and recent Google acquisition Boston Dynamics is most likely best known for its dog-like machines that can traverse rough terrain while carrying a heavy load.
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News Link • Military
ISIS Militants Captured 52 American-Made Artillery Weapons That Cost $500,000 Each
07-16-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jeremy Bender
ISIS militants may be in a position to pummel other cities in Iraqi army control after capturing American-made weapons the group seized from the Iraqi military, Mitchell Prothero reports for McClatchy DC.
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News Link • Immigration
America: No longer 1 nation, 1 people
07-16-2014
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wnd.com
Pat Buchanan cites ways 'diversity' has harmed United States
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Box Puts End to 'Storage Wars' With Unlimited Storage Space
07-16-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Eugene Kim
Box CEO Aaron Levie declared the "end of the storage wars" today, as he rolled out unlimited storage space to its Business customers.
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News Link • Dollar Meltdown The
When you see this happen, you'll know it's game over for the dollar. I give it 2-3 years.
07-16-2014
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Daily Paul.com
Edit: I say accumulate the CHINA YUAN (CNY) methodically, every month and reap the windfall. It's 6.21 to one USD right now.
1 Chinese Yuan equals 0.16 US Dollar
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
X-Products Confirms Can Cannon is In Development
07-16-2014
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thefirearmblog.com
As a direct results of the positive response from the prototype, X-Products has confirmed on their Facebook page that the Can Cannon will be headed to production. Posted on July 4th, X-Products stated that they are needing ATF approval and will have
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News Link • Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
Housetrike three-wheeled camper shelters homeless nomads
07-16-2014
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gizmag.com
While not nearly as popular or diverse as motor vehicle camping trailers, pedal-powered campers like the Midget Bushtrekka provide another form of mobile shelter.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
How Saudi Arabia Helped Isis Take Over the North of Iraq
07-16-2014
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http://www.unz.com, Patrick Cockburn
A speech by an ex-MI6 boss hints at a plan going back over a decade.
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Reference Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Captains of Enslavement
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The way to control the people is through the control of food, water and retail, which all eventually overlap. The control of these resources are increasingly falling under the control of Wal-Mart who has even offered their stores for FEMA camps.
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News Link • Surveillance
The Senate is giving more power to the NSA, in secret. Everyone should fight it
07-16-2014
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http://www.theguardian.com, Trevor Timm
Politicians are still trying to hand over your data behind closed doors, under the guise of 'cybersecurity' reform. Have we learned nothing?
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News Link • Surveillance
Americans Swept Up in NSA Spying - Wayne Madsen Interview
07-15-2014
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Next News Network
New documents reveal that many Americans have been swept up in spying conducted by the National Security Agency.
Files released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden show innocent Americans make up the majority of those targeted by the spy agency.
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News Link • Politics
Stockman Calls for Arrest of Lois Lerner
07-14-2014
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Next News Network
Lois Lerner, the woman behind the IRS political scandal, could be arrested, according to Texas Representative Steve Stockman. The Republican lawmaker has stated that not even speaker of the House John Boehner can stop the process.
Stockman announ
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News Link • How to Help
Is your iPad giving you a rash? Nickel in tablet case linked to uncomfortable skin inflammations
07-16-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
Unexplained rash? Check your iPad. It turns out the popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-inducing metals.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Closure of prostitution website costly for sex workers
07-16-2014
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"The behavior remains illegal," said Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Casey Bates, who heads the office's human exploitation and trafficking unit. "When people say it's a victimless crime, that's not true."
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Jury Declines to Imprison Man Who Survived a Cop's Murder Attempt
07-16-2014
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Lew Rockwell blog
As the deadlocked jury was dismissed in the trial of Delaware resident Michael Rogers, at least half of them favored the defendant with a smile. Perhaps the prosecution hadn't been sufficiently diligent in efforts to purge the jury pool
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News Link • Drug War
L.A. city attorney seeks court order to halt cannabis farmers market
07-16-2014
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles city attorney is seeking an injunction to stop what's being dubbed as the city's first-ever cannabis-centric farmers market, which opened for business over the Fourth of July weekend.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Free Shaneen Allen!
07-16-2014
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Philadelphia resident Shaneen Allen is a 27-year-old single mother who works 2 jobs to provide for her 2 children. She bought a gun, took a gun safety course, and obtained official permission to exercise her innate right to self-defense.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
LI police departments boost coffers through asset forfeiture
07-16-2014
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Long Island's 2 county police depts ended last year with more than $31 million in their coffers from cash and property stolen through the use of asset forfeiture -- a legal practice that departments have used for a wide range of expenses,
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News Link • Immigration
Journalist, activist detained by US Border Patrol
07-15-2014
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Associated Press
Prominent immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has lived and worked in the U.S. without legal documentation for years, was detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents at a South Texas airport.
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News Link • Emmigration
Dad makes daughter a princess, claims 'no man's land' in Africa
07-15-2014
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"I am an inquisitive person, and I searched for free land that was not claimed by any man," Heaton said.
He discovered the term terra nullius, Latin for "no man's land," while researching possible areas, and found the eastern African region of Bir
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News Link • Police State
Connecticut man arrested after stabbing watermelon
07/15/2014
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godlikeproductions.com
A 49-year-old Connecticut man faces threatening charges after a woman told police he stabbed a watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner.
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News Link • Israel
Stop pretending the US is an uninvolved, helpless party in the Israeli assault on Gaza
07-15-2014
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http://www.theguardian.com, Glenn Greenwald
The Obama administration's unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict
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News Link • Israel
"Justified Vengeance", The Pretext for Bombing Gaza...
07-15-2014
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Prof Michel Chossudovsky
"Justified Vengeance", The Pretext for Bombing Gaza: Was the Netanyahu Government behind the Killings of the Three Israeli Teenagers?
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX¡¯s Falcon 9 finally launches Orbcomm OG2 mission
07-15-2014
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http://www.nasaspaceflight.com,
SpaceX made a fourth ¨C and successful ¨C attempt to launch its Falcon 9 v1.1 ¨C tasked with orbiting six OG2 satellites for Orbcomm¡¯s second generation constellation ¨C on Monday.
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News Link • Healthcare
Smart Meter Hell in Sedona
07-15-2014
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YouTube.Com
Within hours after smart meters were installed in the 6 properties surrounding Marianne Hartsong's property, she began to experience strange phenomenon. Her bees swarmed and then suddenly died, her chicken's egg laying pattern changed, she can't get
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