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Date Sent: 2014-08-19
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
Don't Think It Won't Happen Just Because It Hasn't Happened Yet: Loss of Faith in the Fed
The Public Records Circus: Ferguson -- Bleed on a Ferguson police officer? Charged with destruction of public property. -- Did Michael Brown Steal Cigars ... Or Pay For Them? -- Arrest over Twitter parody of mayor wasn't "unreasonable," Peoria says -- Saudi Court Orders Woman Flogged For Insulting Morality Police -- 13% Trust Government as Sirens Sound! -- New Mexico Sheriff Busted Over Brutal Road Rage Traffic Stop -- When Will the Government Stop Trying to Send This Reporter to Jail for Telling the Truth? -- SWAT raid video at center of EPD lawsuit released -- Demand Removal of National Guard in Ferguson -- Pentagon's 1033 Program is Preparing
for War Against the Civil Population -- Hitchhiking robot
charms its way across Canada -- Russia + Peru = Chasqui-1 A ISS
Hand-Launch Satellite -- How Scientists Upgraded Alvin Into a
Superpowered Sub -- What Have We Accomplished in Iraq? --
The Most Wanted Man In The World -- Why Latin American leaders are
standing up to Israel -- A USS Liberty Hero's Passing -- Escalation:
Obama Broadens War Goals -- Brown Vs. Boston -- U.S.
Congress - born of secession from England - refuses support for
Scotland's independence -- Rising Robots: Is it Obvious Robots
Cost Human Jobs? Looking for Someone to Blame? -- Mapping The
Militarization Of America's Police Force Since 2006 -- Why
Were The Police In Ferguson Told Not To Stop The Rampant Looting On
Friday Night? -- This Mom Created An App To Force Her Kids To
Call Her Back -- This John Oliver Clip Shows The Troubling
Effects Of Police Militarization -- Iraq Policy: Washington's Puzzle
Palace Keeps Getting Curiouser -- The Great Writers produced by the Federal Writers' Project -- Here's
how much aid the US wants to send foreign countries in 2015, and
why (INFOGRAPHIC) -- Gunmen Attacked A Saudi Prince's
Motorcade In Paris And Made Off With $335,000 Cash -- UK
Property Prices Suffer 'Largest Decrease Ever' As London Real
Estate Goes Into .... -- A Magna Carta for the web
AZ: Dinesh D'Souza, Jacob Hornberger, and Andrei Cherny are
coming to Yuma!
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Don't Think It Won't Happen Just Because It Hasn't Happened Yet: Loss of Faith in the Fe
08-18-2014
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thedailysheeple.com
Much of the supposedly godlike power of central banks is participants' faith in their powers to control not just finance but the real world that can be leveraged by finance.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Public Records Circus: Ferguson
08-18-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Positions taken by the St. Louis Co. Police Dept regarding requests for the still unreleased "Incident Report" of the shooting of Michael Brown while the "Incident Report" of the alleged robbery before the shooting was widely disseminated
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Bleed on a Ferguson police officer? Charged with destruction of public property.
08-18-2014
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Jonathan Turley
The same law enforcement agency of violating the civil rights of a man who was badly beaten after being wrongly arrested, then later charged with "destruction of property" for bleeding on the uniforms of the cops that injured him.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Did Michael Brown Steal Cigars ? Or Pay For Them?
08-18-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
If Michael Brown committed a felonious strong-arm robbery at a convenience store just minutes before he was shot, why didn't anybody from the store call 911? The report was made by a customer following what appeared to be an altercation between the 6
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News Link • Police State
Arrest over Twitter parody of mayor wasn't "unreasonable," Peoria says
08-18-2014
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The Illinois city that arrested a local man for parodying its mayor on Twitter said Monday that the prankster's detainment wasn't "unreasonable."
The arrest of Jonathan Daniel by Peoria authorities in April made national headlines, and the 29-year
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Saudi Court Orders Woman Flogged For Insulting Morality Police
08-18-2014
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Jonathan Turley
A businesswoman who will receive 50 lashes for merely insulting the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or the Saudi morality police. Of course, the Saudi morality police is widely ridiculed and denounced as a
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
13% Trust Government ? as Sirens Sound!
08-18-2014
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Just 13% of Americans say the government can be trusted to do what is right always or most of the time, with just over three-quarters saying only some of the time and one in 10 saying they never trust the government, according to the poll.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New Mexico Sheriff Busted Over Brutal Road Rage Traffic Stop
08-18-2014
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The Newspaper
Sheriff Rodella allegedly pulled out a revolver, opened Tafoya's car door and began pistol whipping him as the motorist begged not to be shot. The younger Rodella grabbed Tafoya out of the car and threw him onto the ground.
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News Link • Media: Print
When Will the Government Stop Trying to Send This Reporter to Jail for Telling the Truth?
08-18-2014
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Risen recounts the story of a spectacularly botched CIA operation wherein a Russian defector under US government control ends up essentially handing over near complete nuclear bomb blueprints to Iran. Yes, you read that right.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
SWAT raid video at center of EPD lawsuit released
08-18-2014
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NBC News
In the video shot by a helmet cam, you can see officers approaching Milan's home. The storm door is closed, but the front door is open.
Officers bang on the door and announce they are police officers with the third ward as two flash bang grenades
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Own an iphone5? Get the FLIR One case, and have infrared camera capability
08-18-2014
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Rated RR Youtube
FLIR cameras are terribly expensive and bulky,...but as the current generation grows, previous generation systems are being cannibalized and turned into iphone5 cases for just $350
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News Link • Entertainment: Outdoor Recreation
Swimarium: The virtual reality swimming pool
08-18-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu Robarts
If you've ever fancied scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef but can't afford it, this idea from OVA Studio might provide a solution.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Pentagon's 1033 Program is Preparing for War Against the Civil Population
08-18-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
There is a growing awareness that the militarization of domestic police forces is the effective declaration of war against the civilian population in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russia + Peru?Chasqui-1 Set For ISS Hand-Launch (Satellite)
08-18-2014
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http://www.satnews.com,
Oleg Artemyev and Aleksandr Skvortsov, flight engineers of the International Space Station (ISS) crew, will take a spacewalk today and launch a Russo-Peruvian nanosatellite, the Chasqui-1, an official at the Flight Control Center (FCC) outside Mosco
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News Link • Underwater Exploration and Living
How Scientists Upgraded Alvin Into a Superpowered Sub
08-18-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Jeffrey Marlow
Deep-sea explorers and scientists have long relied on the Alvin submersible, based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to visit the abyssal depths.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Here's a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings
08-18-2014
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http://www.wired.com, By Patrick Lin
Do you remember that day when you lost your mind? You aimed your car at five random people down the road. By the time you realized what you were doing, it was too late to brake.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Volvo dives into modular future with SPA
08-18-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Scott Collie
Many of the world's car manufacturers have decided that flexible, modular platforms are the way of the future.
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News Link • Iraq
What Have We Accomplished in Iraq?
08-18-2014
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antiwar.com
We have been at war with Iraq for 24 years, starting with Operations Desert Shield and Storm in 1990.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
The Most Wanted Man In The World
08-18-2014
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http://www.wired.com
The message arrives on my "clean machine," a MacBook Air loaded only with a sophisticated encryption package.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Why Latin American leaders are standing up to Israel
08-18-2014
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aljazeera.com
Since the Israeli offensive against Gaza began, images of Palestinian children murdered in their homes and schools and bombs exploding in neighborhoods have outraged people around the globe.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
A USS Liberty Hero's Passing
08-18-2014
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antiwar.com
Terry Halbardier, who ? as a 23-year-old seaman in 1967 ? thwarted Israeli attempts to sink the USS Liberty, died on Aug. 11 in Visalia, California.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Blacksmith Genesis has 3D-scanning and printing in a spin
08-18-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com,By Richard Moss
3D printing may be one of the few technologies that actually holds a solid claim to the over-used adjectives "disruptive" and "world-changing," but its bulky hardware and complicated operation still largely limits its appeal to a market of enthusiast
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News Link • Police State
Brown Vs. Boston
08-18-2014
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Lewrockwell.com
One of Leviathan's white warriors shoots his gun, and a black man lies dead on the street.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
U.S. Congress - born of secession from England - refuses support for Scotland's independence
08-18-2014
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Huffington Post
Nothing speaks more greatly of how far America has devolved that this cowardly abandonment of our kindred fellows.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Rising Robots: Is it Obvious Robots Cost Human Jobs? Looking for Someone to Blame?
08-18-2014
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Technology Review has an interesting infographic on the Rising Use of Robots, and which sectors show the biggest increase in use.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Mapping The Militarization Of America's Police Force Since 2006
08-18-2014
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zerohedge.com
A few months ago we warned about the SWATification of America, mapping the surplus military gear by state.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Why Were The Police In Ferguson Told Not To Stop The Rampant Looting On Friday Night?
08-18-2014
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
On Friday night, the city of Ferguson, Missouri was absolutely packed with militarized police.
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News Link • Technology: Software
This Mom Created An App To Force Her Kids To Call Her Back
08-18-2014
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Business Insider
Sharon Standifird was tired of her kids ignoring her phone calls. So she did what any worried mother would do: She created an app.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
This John Oliver Clip Shows The Troubling Effects Of Police Militarization
08-18-2014
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Business Insider
Many of the images that have been coming out of Ferguson, Missouri, this past week convey a worrying truth ? America's police are becoming increasingly militarized.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Guest Article: The Very Important Role of CHARCOAL in TEOTWAWKI, by J.W.
08-18-2014
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Survivalblog.com
Okay, the Schumer has hit the fan, and we are in TEOTWAWKI times.
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq Policy: Washington's Puzzle Palace Keeps Getting Curiouser
08-18-2014
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davidstockmanscontracorner.com
Let's count the ways. It goes without saying that Obama is now busily bombing American military equipment. Some of that equipment is pretty high tech gear and especially lethal?not the kind that jihadists ordinarily train with in their desert lairs o
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News Link • Vin Suprynowicz's Columns Archive
The Great Writers produced by the Federal Writers' Project
08-18-2014
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vinsuprynowicz.com
My fellow booksellers in these parts were recently advised to research and stock books created under the auspices of the FDR-era "Federal Writers' Project," a tax-and-spend-and-elect outfit created in 1935 as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Pro
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News Link • Obama Administration
Here's how much aid the US wants to send foreign countries in 2015, and why (INFOGRAPHIC)
08-18-2014
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globalpost.com/
The Obama administration wants to give Israel more than $3 billion. Will it get it?
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News Link • World News
Gunmen Attacked A Saudi Prince's Motorcade In Paris And Made Off With $335,000 Cash
08-18-2014
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Business Insider
Kalashnikov-wielding robbers have attacked the motorcade of a Saudi prince in Paris, making off with 250,000 euros ($335,000) in cash and reportedly stealing "sensitive" documents, French police said Monday.
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News Link • Economy - International
UK Property Prices Suffer 'Largest Decrease Ever' As London Real Estate Goes Into ....
08-18-2014
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Business Insider
Property prices in the U.K. can't go on rising forever ? and now they're not.
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News Link • Internet
A Magna Carta for the web
08-18-2014
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ted.com
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago. So it's worth a listen when he warns us: There's a battle ahead. Eroding net neutrality, filter bubbles and centralizing corporate control all threaten the web's wide-open spaces. It's up
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News Link • Homeland Security
One sentence that explains why local police don't need military weapons
08-17-2014
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Police get all this [military] equipment and, as a condition of the program, need to use it within a year. What they don't get is training.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
West faces tough choices if Russia, Ukraine fight
08-17-2014
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Reuters
If Russia and Ukraine slide into outright war, the United States and allies will face tough choices on how to support a friendly state they have no intention of making a full NATO member.
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News Link • Iraq
U.S. says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul dam
08-17-2014
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Reuters
The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul dam, the U.S. Central Command said.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ukraine foreign minister calls on NATO, EU to give military support
08-17-2014
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Reuters
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin called on NATO and the European Union to provide military support for Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian separatists and said the Western military alliance needed to come up with a new strategy
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News Link • Iraq
UK must use 'military prowess' to help stop Islamic State: PM Cameron
08-17-2014
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Reuters
Britain should use its military prowess to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday, saying they had to be stopped from creating "a terrorist state on the shores of the Mediterranean".
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Ukraine says troops entered rebel-held city
08-17-2014
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Associated Press
Ukraine's government said separatists shot down a Ukrainian fighter plane after army troops entered deep inside a rebel-controlled city in the east in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month long conflict.
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News Link • Police State
Missouri police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew
08-17-2014
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Associated Press
The first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, ended with tear gas and arrests of some protesters, as a team of officers from the Highway Patrol, St. Louis city and county police moved armored vehicles down the street
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Police interfere with person's self-defense, when he is in imminent danger, and watch him killed
08-15-2014
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Washington Post
While the police officers stood between the two groups trying to disperse the crowd, Vaughn returned to the scene in search of his younger brother. Vaughn was carrying a stick to protect himself and joined one of the groups. Upon noticing Vaughn, Off
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Suspect's silence allowed as evidence at trial, court rules
08-15-2014
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After Richard Tom's car slammed into another vehicle at a Redwood City intersection in 2007, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring her sister, he asked police if he could go home, then talked with them in the patrol car.
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News Link • World News
Europe 'shot itself in foot' with Russia sanctions: Hungary PM
08-15-2014
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Reuters
The European Union has harmed itself economically with the sanctions it has imposed on Russia over Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, calling for a rethink..
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News Link • World News
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Staging Gleiwitz-Style False Flag
08-15-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
Moscow suggests Kiev could have killed their own troops in order to portray Russia as aggressor.
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News Link • World News
Ukraine President Claims Russia Invaded Ukraine, and Ukraine Destroyed...
08-15-2014
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Ukraine President Claims Russia Invaded Ukraine, and Ukraine Destroyed Russian Military Convoy.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Baltimore Man Charged With Robbery Despite Being In Jail At Time Of The Crime
08-15-2014
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Jonathan Turley
One can certainly understand Tyree Threatt, 21, being confused. He was charged after a victim picked out his photo as the man who robbed her. However, the robbery occurred while Threatt was in jail on another robbery charge.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Local police involved in 400 killings per year
08-15-2014
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USA Today
Nearly two times a week in the United States, a white police officer killed a black person during a seven-year period ending in 2012, according to the most recent accounts of justifiable homicide reported to the FBI.
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News Link • Corruption
Texas' Gov. Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat
08-15-2014
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Associated Press
Perry said he'd veto the funding if the district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, didn't resign. Lehmberg had recently been convicted of drunken driving. When Lehmberg refused, Perry carried out his veto.
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