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Date Sent: 2015-01-27
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
Obama AG nominee Loretta Lynch quietly dropped $450,000 civil forfeiture case a week before hearings
Police Arrest Man Over Allegedly Threatening Statements and Images Posted -- Games Road Pirates Play -- Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter -- Illinois Schools Now Have Terrifying Access to Kids' Social Media Passwords -- I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure. -- Saudi Arabia's New King Helped Fund Radical Terrorist Groups -- Ex-Marine accuses NY undercover cops of detaining, beating him: 'I thought it was a kidnapping -- Putin's Message to Washington on Ukraine -- US General Hodges gives medals to wounded Ukrainian soldiers -- Small drone crashes at White House complex, origin unclear -- German Court Rules Men Can Urinate While Standing -- New York Times Says Government Should Block ISIS Websites -- Wisconsin deputies snatch residents off streets for jury duty after judge invokes obscure law -- Watch it: Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth tonight -- NY is Closing The Long Island Expressway 3pm Today -- How the European dream is dying, state by state -- Greece To Leave 'Disastrous Austerity' Behind -- $uper Bowl'$ Arizona ho$t may be on the hook for million$ -- Edward Snowden: Apple iPhone with Secret iFeature Allows Government to Spy on You -- Power breakdown plunges Pakistan into darkness -- Journalist who broke news of prosecutor's death flees Argentina -- HARVARD PROF: GOVERNMENT MOSQUITO DRONES WILL EXTRACT YOUR DNA -- First germanium-tin semiconductor laser directly compatible with silicon chips
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama AG nominee Loretta Lynch quietly dropped $450,000 civil forfeiture case a week before hearings
01-26-2015
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Rawstory
Since 2008, police agencies have seized cash and property worth $3 billion, making more than 55,000 seizures. Lynch's office hauled in $113 million in civil forfeiture actions from 123 cases between 2011 and 2013, and
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Police Arrest Man Over Allegedly Threatening Statements and Images Posted
01-26-2015
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Jonathan Turley
Osiris Aristy posted what police consider threatening text and digital cartoon images or emoji on Facebook. He was arrested for terroristic threats as well as criminal possession of a weapon, criminal use of drugs and criminal possession of marijuana
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Games Road Pirates Play
01-26-2015
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
David Conner, a 43-year-old resident of Redding, California, will spend at least three years in a government cage in Idaho because a State Trooper in Oregon spied an open can of Monster energy drink in Conner's rental car.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter
01-26-2015
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Associated Press
Prosecutors acknowledged a lack of direct evidence against Sterling but said the circumstantial evidence against him was overwhelming. Defense lawyers said the evidence showed that Capitol Hill staffers who had been briefed on the operation
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Illinois Schools Now Have Terrifying Access to Kids' Social Media Passwords
01-26-2015
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Reason Magazine
A new law combats cyber-bullying by giving administrators the right to demand access to students' social media accounts--even if the online activities took place outside of school.
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News Link • Homeland Security
I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure.
01-26-2015
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ACLU
5 years ago, the Philadelphia police thought carrying Arabic-language flashcards was enough to warrant the arrest of an innocent traveler. A settlement reached I brought against the police department makes it clear that it is not.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Saudi Arabia's New King Helped Fund Radical Terrorist Groups
01-26-2015
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Free Beacon
King Salman, Saudi Arabia's newly crowned monarch, has a controversial history of helping to fund radical terror groups and has maintained ties with several anti-Semitic Muslim clerics known for advocating radical positions,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Ex-Marine accuses NY undercover cops of detaining, beating him: 'I thought it was a kidnapping&#
01-26-2015
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Rawstory
An ex-Marine is filing notice of a $5 million suit today against the NYPD, claiming two undercover cops beat him up and threw in the back of an unmarked van during an illegal stop-and-search last week
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News Link • Military
US General Hodges gives medals to wounded Ukrainian soldiers
01-26-2015
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rt.com
What is a US General Ben Hodges doing handing out medals to wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the Ukraine. I googled his name and found numerous links to this bizarre story of US military involvement in Ukraine, including Stars & Stripes.
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News Link • Drones
Small drone crashes at White House complex, origin unclear
01-26-2015
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Associated Press
The U.S. Secret Service says a small drone crashed overnight at the White House complex while the president was in India.
An investigation is underway to determine its origin and identify suspects and their motive.
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News Link • TERRORISM
New York Times Says Government Should Block ISIS Websites
01-26-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com-Kurt Nimmo
Lawyer argues U.S. should not tolerate First Amendment for terrorists.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Wisconsin deputies snatch residents off streets for jury duty after judge invokes obscure law
01-26-2015
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Rawstory
The clerk of courts contacted Sheriff Ron Cramer, who dispatched his deputies to approach random passers-by to ask if they were a resident of the county who was at least 18 years old and did not have a prior felony conviction.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth, poses no threat
01-26-2015
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Reuters
A small telescope or binoculars will be needed to see the asteroid, which is known as 2004 BL86. "While it poses no threat to Earth for the foreseeable future, it's a relatively close approach by a relatively large asteroid, so it
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News Link • Economy - International
How the European dream is dying, state by state
01-26-2015
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk-Press Association
As the victory of the anti-austerity Syriza party in Greece shakes financial markets across Europe, find out how the EU project is slowly falling apart in the ten major member states and two cities which form its heart.
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Super Bowl's Arizona host may be on the hook for millions
01-26-2015
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CBS News
Super Bowl host cities can see a major economic boost when the NFL comes to town. But the mayor of Glendale, Arizona - home to Super Bowl XLIX - is questioning the money-making potential of this year's big game,
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News Link • Surveillance
Edward Snowden: Apple iPhone with Secret iFeature Allows Government to Spy on You
01-26-2015
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http://www.techtimes.com- Aaron Mamiit
Edward Snowden, the infamous former contractor for the National Security Agency who leaked thousands of pages of previously classified NSA intelligence documents, reportedly thinks that Apple's iPhone has "special software" that authorities can activ
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Power breakdown plunges Pakistan into darkness
01-26-2015
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http://news.yahoo.com-Guy Faulconbridge
Pakistan was plunged into darkness after a key power transmission line broke down early on Sunday in an incident blamed on a rebel attack, the latest reminder of the country's crippling energy crisis.
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News Link • MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
Journalist who broke news of prosecutor's death flees Argentina
01-26-2015
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The first journalist to report on the death of a Argentine state prosecutor, who was investigating the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, said on Saturday that he had fled Argentina fearing for
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News Link • Drones
HARVARD PROF: GOVERNMENT MOSQUITO DRONES WILL EXTRACT YOUR DNA
01-26-2015
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http://www.infowars.com-PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
"Privacy is dead," academic tells Davos elite.
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News Link • Technology: Software
First germanium-tin semiconductor laser directly compatible with silicon chips
01-26-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com-Colin Jeffrey
Swiss scientists have created the first semiconductor laser consisting solely of elements of main group IV (the carbon group) on the periodic table.
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News Link • Kids
Sbyke scooter-bike-board slaloms the crowds in London
01-26-2015
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http://www.gizmag.com-Stu Robarts
There are all sorts of scooters, bikes and skateboards on which kids (of all ages) can get around. For those who can't decide which they prefer though, the Sbyke combines them all. Gizmag took a closer look at the London Toy Fair.
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News Link • Transportation
Spira4U: electric three wheeler built from foam and honeycomb composite
01-26-2015
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https://www.youtube.com-Gizmag
Automotive XPrize finalist Spira4u has begun pilot production in China of both an electric and a gas-powered version of its distinctive and hyper-economical three-wheeler.
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News Link • NeoCons
Neocon Dream: A Never Ending Orgy of Death
01-24-2015
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informationclearinghouse.info
The PNAC foresees the annihilation of the Middle East, the pocketing of Europe by implanting puppets, and finally the subjugation of Russia & China. The final ascent of a Washington directed One World Order awaits us all.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
North Carolina frees innocent man after spending half his life in jail
01-24-2015
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The Guardian
After DNA testing on the contents of a long-forgotten envelope opened another path to innocence, a 70-year-old African American prisoner who has lived behind bars for more than 36 years was cleared of the double murder which he
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News Link • Free Speech
Rapper Tiny Doo facing long prison sentence over lyrics
01-24-2015
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CNN
San Diego-based rapper Tiny Doo has already spent eight months in prison, and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted under a little-known California statute that makes it illegal to benefit from gang activities.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Cheap, Reliable, CO2-free Thorium Electricity Now.
01-24-2015
ThorCon is a simple molten salt reactor. Unlike all current reactors, the fuel is in liquid form. If the reactor overheats for whatever reason, ThorCon will automatically shut itself down, drain the fuel from the primary loop, and passively handle th
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News Link • Transportation
No F*cks Given: Woman Gets Her BMW Booted And Drives Off Anyway!
01-23-2015
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World Star Hiphop
Park your car. Don't pay the meter. BWM gets the boot. Drive off with parking cop watching in disbelief. FU pal. The crowd cheers!!!!
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News Link • Gun Rights
Finally Obtained: David Gregory Arrest Warrant Affidavit
01-23-2015
This is likely the final chapter in the saga of our two-year long fight to obtain important documents regarding the non-prosecution of David Gregory for possessing on Meet the Press an illegal high-capacity ammunition magazine.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Just Another "Term of Art"
01-23-2015
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Simple Justice
It's not like this wasn't anticipated, but Judge O'Toole decided to plow ahead and the parties have to live with the consequences of his foolishness decision.
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News Link • Police State
France begins jailing people for ironic comments
01-23-2015
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The Iran Project
A 16-year-old high school student was taken into police custody on Thursday and indicted for "defending terrorism." His alleged crime? He posted on Facebook a cartoon "representing a person holding the magazine Charlie Hebdo,
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Aerial Photos Expose the American Prison System's Staggering Scale
01-23-2015
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Wired
There are some 2.2 million people behind bars in the United States. That's more people than there are in all of New Mexico. And there are more jails and prisons than colleges and universities in this country.
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News Link • Healthcare
Miss. doctor: The state wants to revoke my license because I treat the poor out of my car
01-23-2015
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Rawstory
Landrum refused to comply, saying the board is accusing him of incompetency. He also accused officials of investigating him only after discovering that he meets patients in vacant parking lots or drives to see them.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
A Bird In The Hand
01-23-2015
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Simple Justice
John expressed his displeasure at what the officer was doing by reaching his right arm outside the passenger side window and extending his middle finger over the car's roof.
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News Link • Government
EXCLUSIVE: Bronx woman, 67, says she was tossed in jail for calling 311 too much
01-23-2015
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New York Daily News
Arles Cepeda, who lives in Castle Hill Houses, will file a federal lawsuit Friday against the NYPD after she says she was arrested and thrown in a cell for calling 311 to report drug deals and building conditions. She called the city hotline 44 times
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
This is what happens when a civilian kills a cop during a no-knock drug raid
01-23-2015
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alternet
If, on the other hand, Americans shoot narcotics officers during militarized drug raids--perhaps believing that they are being robbed and are acting in self-defense--charges of first-degree murder are likely.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oklahoma Cop Records Himself Shooting and Killing Fleeing Man
01-23-2015
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An Oklahoma cop wearing a body cam recorded himself shooting and killing a man who was running from him after the suspect stopped to pick up an object he had dropped during the pursuit before continuing fleeing.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS/SEMI-SATIRE, January 25, 2015 Edition
01-23-2015
John Semmens
White House Outraged over Boehner Invitation to Netanyahu
The invitation House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) issued to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress has the Obama Administration in a state of apop
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Breaking Research On U.S. Military Actions, 1798 to 2015
01-23-2015
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fas.org
The bottom line is that this nation has been in an almost constant state of war from day one.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Heirs of the Republic Constitutional Study Group - Larry Reed Speaker - 03/11/15 - Tucson, AZ
01-23-2015
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FEE.Org
FEE president Lawrence W. Reed will be speaking on "Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy and Presidents and Poverty: Wisdom from 19th Century American Chief Executives" to the Heirs of the Republic, which is a community education and outreach gro
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Opinion • Religion: Believers
Liberty Church Project Update
01-23-2015
Chuck Baldwin
As faithful readers of this column know, last year, I launched the Liberty Church Project. For several years, patriot Christians around the country had corresponded with me about their frustration with not being able to find a patriot pastor or liber
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News Link • Healthcare
Psychiatry: Authoritarian Security For The Conscious Mind
01-23-2015
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https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/
What we're left with is a phantasm-map of Nowhere Land, a philosophy of limitation. A translation of human problems and suffering into a professional liar's language...
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz on Pedophile Billionaire's Sex Jet
01-23-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Nick Bryant
Bill Clinton took repeated trips on the "Lolita Express"--the private passenger jet owned by billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein...
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News Link • Gun Rights
Video: Man Arrested for Assaulting Licensed Concealed Carry Holder Inside Walmart
01-23-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Adan Salazar
Gun control advocate backs man who made erroneous tackle
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Dire State of Our Nation (What You Won't Hear from the Politicians)
01-23-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By John W. Whitehead
No matter what the politicians say about how great America is and how we, as a people, will always triumph, the fact is that the nation seems to be imploding.
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News Link • Economy - International
WOW Swiss and Chinese Central Banks Cut Deal for Chinese Currency Clearing...
01-23-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Robert Wenzel
WOW Swiss and Chinese Central Banks Cut Deal for Chinese Currency Clearing (A Serious Poke at the Dollar?)
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News Link • Economy - International
Switzerland Wins As Its Central Bank Surrenders
01-23-2015
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http://www.europac.net, By: Peter Schiff
Our weekly commentaries provide Euro Pacific Capital's latest thinking on developments in the global marketplace. Opinions expressed are those of the writer, and may or may not reflect those held by Euro Pacific Capital.
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News Link • Currencies
Jim Rogers: You must own real assets to avoid the dollar collapse
01-23-2015
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http://economiccollapsenews.com, By Andrew Moran
Soon after gloating to the Business Insider about how he was proven right last week when he warned in his 2013 book "Street Smarts" that the Swiss National Bank move would end in a crisis, Jim Rogers spoke with Investment Weekly discussing how
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News Link • Internet
FCC Commissioner Speaks Out Against Federal Regulation of Internet
01-23-2015
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http://www.cnsnews.com, By Rudy Takala
Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Michael O'Rielly criticized recent calls from the White House for the commission to begin federal regulation of Internet services.
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News Link • Internet
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: "The Internet Will Disappear"
01-23-2015
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com, by Georg Szalai
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday predicted the end of the Internet as we know it.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
1st Century Christian Ebionites
The Original Christians?
01-23-2015
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http://www.vexen.co, By Vexen Crabtree
1.The Nazoreans
2.Ebionites1.The First Recognized Christians in Antiquity
2.Ebionite Beliefs
3.Adoptionism....
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