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Date Sent: 2015-02-03
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Tuesday, February 3, 2015 |
TSA to Require Secured Identification to Board Flights in 2016
Obama sends record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress -- FBI Places Brother of No-Fly Litigant on Most Wanted Terrorist List -- How Secrecy May Uncover A Reason To Move The Boston Bombing Trial -- How the CIA made Google -- Eager to Imprison Medical Marijuana Users, Prosecutors Hide the Truth From Jurors -- Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to go on trial for 'pimping' -- US weighs arms deliveries to Ukraine -- Europe's Jews ponder: Is it time to flee again? -- Nigeria-based writer trolls 'measles-ravaged country America' on Twitter -- THE CHALLENGE OF "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" -- US Deflation Surges To Level Last Seen In October 2008 -- Four Corners of Fascism -- The Super Bowl Comes to Town -- Super finish: Patriots edge Seahawks 28-24 for NFL title -- The National Security Establishment vs. Defense -- The Pentagon's New Afghanistan Policy--Way More Secrecy -- At least 6,106 Killed in Iraq during January -- YARDSALEWATCH App -- Secession Begins at Home -- Top 6 Ways to Undermine Fascism in America -- Regulated Bitcoin Exchanges Are Coming to America .::. Flipside Bits 17 -- Unauthorized Government Killing by Drones, Bombs, or Other Means Is Still Murder -- Four Trade War Questions; PMI Reports; Currency Manipulation Charges -- Exporting Sherman's March -- Sheriff's Life on the Line -- Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun -- Greece Under Attack -- Pray For Yanis Varoufakis -- Planetary Society's LightSail to make first test flight in May -- New York Cop Pulls Gun on Teens Having Snowball Fight -- Cops Taser Family Man Again and Again, Up to 27 Times Until He Went Limp and Died -- Watch: Socialist Exceptionalism: "Americans Who Look To Government To Save Them… -- Ben Swann on RT America: Gov. Jesse Ventura Re: "American Sniper" -- Total News Blackout In Canada - People vs Central Bank -- Cop Tases Handcuffed Girl Until She Becomes Vegetative, Dies -- The Tide Is Turning: Obama "Expresses Sympathy" For Greece -- When "Rumor Becomes Reality" - This Is The Devastation Across The US Oil Patch -- Chinese Stocks Tumble To Worst 3-Week Slump In A Year As Yuan Plunges To Record Discount -- West Intends More Heavy Weapons for Kiev's Battered Military
AZ: Arizona Sci Tech Gila County Festival - February 26-28, 2015; Heirs of the Republic Constitutional Study Group - Larry Reed Speaker - 03/11/15 - Tucson, AZ; World Liberty Conference Bali 2015 - June 29 - July 3rd, 2015 (ISIL)
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA to Require Secured Identification to Board Flights in 2016
02-02-2015
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CBS News
Security for flying in this country is tightening up. And your driver's license just may be your ticket to boarding airplanes in the future. Sometime in 2016, the TSA will require you to show a security enhanced driver's license called a Real ID card
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Obama sends record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress
02-02-2015
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Associated Press
President Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations and eliminate tight federal spending caps to shower more money on both domestic and military programs.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
FBI Places Brother of No-Fly Litigant on Most Wanted Terrorist List
02-02-2015
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The Intercept
In other words--as has happened many times before to American Muslims--Gulet's own government secretly exiled him with no due process by placing him on a no-fly list while he was traveling overseas.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
How Secrecy May Uncover A Reason To Move The Boston Bombing Trial
02-02-2015
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Who What Why
O'Toole controls the audio-video feed through which all but two pool reporters observe the proceedings. He hasn't been shy about switching it off, nor about sending the pool reporters out of the courtroom. That has a growing chorus complaining
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
How the CIA made Google
02-02-2015
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Medium
Google is a smokescreen behind which lurks the US military-industrial complex. The inside story of Google's rise, revealed here for the first time, opens a can of worms that goes far beyond Google, unexpectedly shining a light on
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Eager to Imprison Medical Marijuana Users, Prosecutors Hide the Truth From Jurors
02-02-2015
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Reason Magazine
Despite repeated assurances that the Justice Department is not interested in targeting medical marijuana users and despite a congressional edict aimed at stopping it from doing so, federal prosecutors are still trying to put five patients in Washingt
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to go on trial for 'pimping'
02-02-2015
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AFP
The sexual proclivities of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn come under the spotlight again Monday when he goes on trial in France for "pimping" four years after a sex scandal cost him a shot at the presidency.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US weighs arms deliveries to Ukraine
02-02-2015
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AFP
President Barack Obama's aides and top commanders are seriously considering providing arms and more military equipment to Ukraine as its army struggles against pro-Russian separatists, officials said Monday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Europe's Jews ponder: Is it time to flee again?
02-02-2015
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McClatchy News
80 years ago, Jael Botsch-Fitterling's parents decided something was very wrong in Germany, the nation they called home. Chancellor Adolf Hitler had just named himself fuhrer, and anti-Semitism was becoming national law.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Nigeria-based writer trolls 'measles-ravaged country America' on Twitter
02-02-2015
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Rawstory
A writer living in Nigeria turned the tables on American's overreaction and fear that travelers from African nations might bring Ebola into the United States, expressing his concern for "the measles-ravaged country America" on Twitter.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Fascism
Four Corners of Fascism
02-02-2015
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http://www.thedailysheeple.com, Rory Hall
In one corner we have the criminal banksters who, in concert with the criminal ruling class, have created policies that allow them to steal as much of our wealth as can be done until enough people cry foul.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Is the NFL moving to London?
02-02-2015
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http://www.globalpost.com, Corinne Purtill
It will be almost Monday morning here when Super Bowl XLIX kicks off this weekend, but thousands of fans around the UK will still be watching in pubs and at home. And the NFL is watching them.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Super finish: Patriots edge Seahawks 28-24 for NFL title
02-02-2015
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http://hosted.ap.org, By HOWARD FENDRICH
The final 125 seconds included a perfect possession by Tom Brady for the go-ahead points, a juggling catch that could have been the play of the year, and a victory-clinching, end-zone interception on a pass - not run - from the 1.
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News Link • Government
The National Security Establishment vs. Defense
02-02-2015
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http://fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger
I have a simple proposal: Why not bring all the troops home from Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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News Link • Iraq
At least 6,106 Killed in Iraq during January
02-02-2015
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret Griffis
January closed out with 293 deaths and 289 wounded. Most of the casualties were among the Islamic State militants. That brought the monthly totals to 6,106 dead and 2,240 wounded.
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News Link • How To
YARDSALEWATCH App
02-02-2015
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Yard Sale Watch
When you see a yard sale, use yard sale watch to pin its location with a click of a button. You can add photos,share on facebook,twitter. Its instant and easy to use. Its user based, meaning, the pins do not pull from websites. This app is about us w
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Secession
Secession Begins at Home
02-02-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Jeff Deist
Presumably everyone in this room, or virtually everyone, is here today because you have some interest in the topic of secession.
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News Link • Bitcoin
Regulated Bitcoin Exchanges Are Coming to America .::. Flipside Bits 17
02-02-2015
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https://www.youtube.com, Flipside Bits
Are regulated Bitcoin exchanges coming to America? DJ Booth tackles the Gemini bitcoin exchange from the Winklevoss twins and Coinbase's new exchange. Did Coinbase launch too early or is Gemini too slow out of the gates?
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
New Raspberry Pi launches with 6x performance boost
02-02-2015
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gizmag.com
The Raspberry Pi has been responsible for kickstarting a small revolution in DIY electronics, giving amateur enthusiasts a cheap but capable mini-computer that can be turned to all kinds of tasks and projects.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Four Trade War Questions; PMI Reports; Currency Manipulation Charges
02-02-2015
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
With the declining yen, Japan's manufacturing PMI has risen eight months. In contrast, China has been wavering near the stagnation line since early 2011.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
Exporting Sherman's March
02-02-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
Sherman statue anchors one southern corner of Central Park (with Columbus on a stick anchoring the other):
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
"An Offender for a Word": Predation and Purgatory in Beaumont
02-02-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
Matthew Cherry was twenty-one years old when he found himself in a police interrogation room.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How to Help
Sheriff's Life on the Line - How to help Sheriff Richard Mack
02-02-2015
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GoFundMe - Richard Mack
We, as local friends, are so grateful for each person stepping forward to participate in fundraising for Sheriff Mack. Many are asking how he is doing, so we thought you would like to hear a word directly from him.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Unintended Consequences
Toddler wounds both parents with 1 shot from handgun
02-02-2015
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myfoxny.com
A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Pete Carroll admired by '9/11 Truth' movement
01-30-2015
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USA Today
"The 9-11 conspiracy theory, if you talk about the science of what happened and the way the towers fell, and the 2,300 architects and engineers that are calling into question the official findings, you're labeled a conspiracy theorist," Cohn said.
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News Link • Art
Michelangelo's bronze panther-riders revealed after 'Renaissance whodunnit'
02-02-2015
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theguardian.com
Sculptures to be displayed at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, thought to be the only surviving bronzes by the Renaissance artist
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
March to Folly in Ukraine
02-02-2015
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unz.com
The United States has just made an exceptionally dangerous, even reckless decision over Ukraine. Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who ended the Cold War, warns it may lead to a nuclear confrontation with Russia.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Precious Metal Verifier Available to Help Determine Genuine Gold & Silver Items.
02-02-2015
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coinweek.com
The flood of counterfeit coins entering the market has prompted new concerns about determining the authenticity.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Greece Under Attack -- Pray For Yanis Varoufakis
02-02-2015
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paulcraigroberts.org
Greece's new Finance Minister is a highly intelligent person. His likes are not to be found in any Western government. As he stands in the way of those who are determined to complete their looting of Greece, the Western looters are out to get him.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Planetary Society's LightSail to make first test flight in May
02-02-2015
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gizmag.com
Though we tend to think of private spaceflight as being in the SpaceX league, it also includes many smaller-scale efforts.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
New York Cop Pulls Gun on Teens Having Snowball Fight
02-02-2015
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Prison Planet
Fearing for his life, a New York cop pulled a gun on a group of teens having a snowball fight.
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Cops Taser Family Man Again and Again, Up to 27 Times Until He Went Limp and Died
02-02-2015
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Prison Planet
A left-behind family of a man killed by cops has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against San Bernardino County for excessive force.
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News Link • Government
Watch: Socialist Exceptionalism: "Americans Who Look To Government To Save Them…
02-02-2015
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shtfplan.com
Fail To Realize It Was Government Who F%*ked Them"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Ben Swann on RT America: Gov. Jesse Ventura Re: "American Sniper"
02-02-2015
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Daily Paul.com
Ben Swann on RT America: Gov. Jesse Ventura Re: "American Sniper"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Total News Blackout In Canada â€" People vs Central Bank
02-02-2015
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Daily Paul.com
We do not have to explain that one of the GREATEST FRAUDS of all time is the central banking hoax.
We the people of Canada own the central Bank but it was stolen in 1974.
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News Link • Police Brutality and Militarization
Cop Tases Handcuffed Girl Until She Becomes Vegetative, Dies
02-02-2015
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Daily Paul.com
A 20-yr-old girl's family has filed a lawsuit against a cop after their daughter was left in a brain-dead, vegetative state until she died.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
The Tide Is Turning: Obama "Expresses Sympathy" For Greece; ....
02-02-2015
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zerohedge.com
The newsflow over the past several days was progressing much as expected: any time Greece demanded a bailout renegotiation (or termination), and an end to the Troika, Germany just said "Nein",....
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
When "Rumor Becomes Reality" - This Is The Devastation Across The US Oil Patch
02-02-2015
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zerohedge.com
"This is going to hurt, no question," fears a landowner in Santa Barbara with a dozen oil wells.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Chinese Stocks Tumble To Worst 3-Week Slump In A Year As Yuan Plunges To Record Discount
02-02-2015
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zerohedge.com
On the heels of worse than expected Manufacturing PMIs (both indicating economic contraction) and the "taking away" of Minsheng Bank's CEO in a clear signal that the corruption probe is refocusing on the banking industry,....
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News Link • Archaeology
Research finds Neanderthals Were More Thoughtful Than we once Imagined
02-02-2015
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arclein
Neanderthals first appeared in Europe and western Asia between 300,000 and 400,000 years ago. They are our closest (extinct) relative, and their species survived until 30,000 to 40,000 years ago, when they vanish from the fossil record, says Svante P
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Here are all the ads that ran during the Super Bowl in order
02-01-2015
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http://www.superbowlcommercial2015.com/2015-advert
Super Bowl XLIX broadcaster NBC declared this year's event as "the biggest day in media" having sold out of all of its $4.5 million advertising slots. ALLOW VIDEO Players to load for a minute
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • World News
Conscription of People, Cars, Businesses in Ukraine for Mindless Slaughter;...
01-31-2015
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Forced military conscription (slavery is a better word) imposed on citizens of Ukraine has reached new heights recently.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Paradox of Inflation/Deflation
01-31-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Martin Armstrong
Ok â€" believe it or not, this really shows how the new younger generation of police are anti-society and just insanely pro-government beyond common sense.
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News Link • Guantanamo Bay
Sen. John McCain is 'low-life scum'
01-31-2015
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thiscantbehappening.net
And NPR Is Not Reporting the News on Cuba Much Differently than the Corporate Media
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News Link • Government
Greek Voters Have Tossed a Grenade into the Banker/Bureaucrat-Controlled European Establishment
01-31-2015
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thiscantbehappening.net
Where's the US 'Syriza' party?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Suppressing the Truth About the Boston Bombings
01-31-2015
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http://www.lewrockwell.com
A transcript of the Lew Rockwell Show episode 375 with Russ Baker.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Secret 'BADASS' Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones
01-31-2015
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firstlook.org/theintercept
British and Canadian spy agencies accumulated sensitive data on smartphone users, including location, app preferences, and unique device identifiers, by piggybacking on ubiquitous software..
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