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Date Sent: 2012-11-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, November 3, 2012 |
Iowa detectives framed Neb. men imprisoned for 25 years in retired officer's death
Looming Tax Hike Motivates Owners to Sell -- The smoking gun of the Benghazi cover-up - by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Albright raps 'disgusting Serbs' in Prague book signing -- Homeland Security worker charged with soliciting kids on Facebook -- Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road -- Ya Gotta Vote! - sung by Larkin Rose -- Federal Relief Costs Likely to Be Big, and Contested -- Israel pushing ahead in medical marijuana industry -- Military to Deliver Fuel to Storm-Ravaged Region -- Virginia voter fraud case expands to focus on GOP firm -- I'm Not Voting -- NYC MARATHON CANCELED -- Solar panel breaks "third of a sun" efficiency barrier -- HondaJet enters production -- Lonely Asian Elephant Learns To Speak 5 Words In Korean -- U.S. Commandos Were Too Late to Stop Libya Attack (But Might Avenge It) -- How Victoria’s Secret Saved the National Guard From Hurricane Sandy -- Elon Musk’s Mission to Mars -- The States with the Riskiest Voting Technology -- BP Plant Cancellation Darkens Cellulosic Ethanol’s Future -- Guest Column: Prop. 121 offers a far superior way to handle primary elections -- Arizona Maricopa County Attorney Debate -- Wider Probe on GM Foods
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club TODAY; Election
Night Party - Hancock's - Libertarian Candidates & Activists
Invited - 6:30-11 p.m. next Tuesday
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine November, 2012 Edition
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Iowa detectives framed Neb. men imprisoned for 25 years in retired officer's death
11-02-2012
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Lawyers for two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a retired white Iowa police officer told jurors in a civil trial Thursday that investigators coerced witnesses into fabricating testimony.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Guest Column: Prop. 121 offers a far superior way to handle primary elections
11-02-2012
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http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/
Deep discontent is driving the "yes" vote for Proposition 121, which would create a top-two primary. Its two-step process, long used by Arizona voters in local nonpartisan elections, lets all voters, regardless of party, vote in a single primary elec
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Election Night Party - Hancock's - Libertarian Candidates & Activists Invited - 6:30-11 p.m.
10-26-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Nov 6, 2012 - Libertarian Candidates Attending: Marc J Victor - U.S. Senate; Powell Gammill - Congress, District 9; Michael Kielsky - Maricopa County Attorney; We will have the returns playing on several T.V.'s/Computers inside and out (not that we r
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News Link • Libya
The smoking gun of the Benghazi cover-up - by Patrick J. Buchanan
11-02-2012
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WND
“When that occurred,” says Lt. Col. Andrew Wood, who headed the military security team in Tripoli, “we were the last flag flying in Benghazi; we were the last thing on their target list to remove.”
On Aug. 15, at the U.S. compound in Benghazi, an
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News Link • New World Order
Albright raps 'disgusting Serbs' in Prague book signing
11-02-2012
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Washington Examiner
Clinton-era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, confronted by pro-Serbian protesters who called her a war criminal during a recent book signing in her native Prague, pushed them aside as "disgusting Serbs" in a confrontation going viral on the int
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News Link • Homeland Security
Homeland Security worker charged with soliciting kids on Facebook
11-02-2012
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Washington Examiner
A 43-year-old Department of Homeland Security worker allegedly used Facebook to solicit more than 70 area children for sexual acts. Charged with 5 counts of using a computer to solicit a child under the age of 15, after a school resource officer
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News Link • Syria
Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road
11-02-2012
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Reuters
The Syrian army abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital. But in a political setback to forces battling to topple
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Ya Gotta Vote! - sung by Larkin Rose
11-02-2012
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There should be a video for this soon, but I wanted to post the song quickly, since the important day is almost upon us! (Gack.)
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News Link • Government
Federal Relief Costs Likely to Be Big, and Contested
11-02-2012
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New York Times
The first trickle of federal funds has started to go out after Hurricane Sandy " $29 million to rebuild highways, $30 million to hire temporary workers to help with the cleanup. But lawmakers are just beginning to tally what is certain to be a multib
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News Link • Drug War
Israel pushing ahead in medical marijuana industry
11-02-2012
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AP
Moshe Rute survived the Holocaust by hiding in a barn full of chickens. He nearly lost the use of his hands after a stroke two years ago. He became debilitated by recurring nightmares of his childhood following his wife's death last year.
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News Link • Military
Military to Deliver Fuel to Storm-Ravaged Region
11-02-2012
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New York Times
As long lines persisted at gas stations in the New York metropolitan area, federal authorities moved to restore supplies, instructing the Defense Dept to send 24 million gallons of fuel to the region and lifting restrictions on deliveries by foreign-
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Virginia voter fraud case expands to focus on GOP firm
11-02-2012
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Washington Post
The investigation into the arrest of a man on charges of dumping voter registration forms has widened, with state officials probing whether a company tied to top Republican leaders had engaged in voter registration fraud in the key battleground state
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News Link • Voting and Elections
I'm Not Voting
11-02-2012
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David Gordon is a senior fellow at Mises Inst.
Why not support Gary Johnson instead? I do not think he has broken sufficiently with the dominant statist assumptions of contemporary politics, though to his credit he has taken steps in this direction.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Heat unsure game at Knicks should be played
11-02-2012
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http://www.nba.com, NEW YORK (AP)
"If we're in a car and we're in traffic for three hours, what are other people who are really affected by this, what are they doing? How are they getting around, how are they moving, et cetera?" Wade said after the Heat's morning shootaround at Madis
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News Link • Energy
Solar panel breaks "third of a sun" efficiency barrier
11-02-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By James Holloway
Amonix solar panels break through the 33-percent efficiency barrier
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
KOLOS: the world's first iPad racing wheel
11-02-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Jonathan Fincher
The KOLOS attaches to an iPad and turns it into a steering wheel for racing games, complete with a detachable base that attaches to most surfaces
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News Link • Libya
U.S. Commandos Were Too Late to Stop Libya Attack (But Might Avenge It)
11-02-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Spencer Ackerman
A day after the CIA released a new timeline of its reaction to the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Pentagon added some detail to its recap of events as well, confirming that it had two elite military units that mobilized just slightly
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News Link • Natural Disasters
How Victoria’s Secret Saved the National Guard From Hurricane Sandy
11-02-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Noah Shachtman
On Monday night, Hurricane Sandy hit the armory of the New York Army National Guard’s 69th Infantry Regiment, leaving the soldiers without power, hot water, or anything but the most rudimentary means of communicating with the outside world.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Elon Musk’s Mission to Mars
11-02-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Chris Anderson
When a man tells you about the time he planned to put a vegetable garden on Mars, you worry about his mental state. But if that same man has since launched multiple rockets that are actually capable of reaching Mars"sending them into orbit, Bond-styl
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
The States with the Riskiest Voting Technology
11-02-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Mike Orcutt
Some states"including swing states"are more vulnerable to glitches that could tip the election. But the lack of a paper backup means such errors can go undetected.
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News Link • Energy
BP Plant Cancellation Darkens Cellulosic Ethanol’s Future
11-02-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
The plant would have been one of the industry’s first commercial-scale facilities.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney
11-02-2012
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http://www.youtube.com
This is my four year old daughter, Abigael, after hearing one too many mentions of the election.
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Arizona Maricopa County Attorney Debate
11-02-2012
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http://kielsky.com/w/resources/media-and-other-men
Michael Kielsky (Libertarian) vs. Bill Montgomery (Republican) Debate for Arizona Maricopa County Attorney
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Feature Article • Syria
Caught in the Act
Stephen Lendman
Washington wages direct and proxy wars dirty. Favored allies are cold-blooded killers. Cutthroats are America's favorites. The more vicious the better. America's so-called responsibility to protect (R2P) is a license to brutalize and kill.
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News Link • Science
Earth Moon Spin Theory
11-02-2012
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arclein
The new research potentially plugs a big hole in the giant impact theory, long the leading explanation for the moon's formation. Previous versions of the theory held that the moon formed primarily from pieces of a mysterious Mars-size body that slam
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News Link • Agriculture
Wider Probe on GM Foods
11-02-2012
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arclein
"In this context, the government reaffirms its determination to maintain France's moratorium on GM crops" authorised for cultivation in the EU, it said.
The storm was unleashed in September by researchers led by Gilles-Eric Seralini at the Univ
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News Link • Agriculture
Vitamin D Enriched Eggs
11-02-2012
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arclein
The vitamin D content of eggs can be raised as high as 600 IU, according to Vanderkooi’s feed testing.
There is considerable interest in vitamin D among scientists. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with some cancers, bone density disorders, mult
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Disney And Lucasfilms Unite
11-02-2012
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arclein
"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm, in a statement. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars
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News Link • Government
Anticipating the Devolution of Big Government
11-01-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
Expect destructive feedback loops
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Big Sis Loaning Out Military Style Drones To Sheriffs Departments: Privacy Group Sues
11-01-2012
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Prison Planet
DHS secretly flying surveillance missions for other law enforcement agencies
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News Link • Police State
Police State: Growth Rate of Cops Exceeds Population Growth
11-01-2012
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Prison Planet
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a report demonstrating the growth of police in the United States.
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News Link • European Union
Greece Running Out of Cash; Government Under Threat
11-01-2012
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http://www.cnbc.com, By: Catherine Boyle
Greece’s downward spiral has come to the top of the euro zone agenda again, with economists and analysts warning that it is closer than ever to running out of cash, and that the survival of a coalition government brought in just five months ago is un
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghanistan 'will be unable to run military bases post Nato withdrawal'
11-01-2012
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Ben Farmer
Afghanistan will probably be unable to keep running the military bases its international backers have spent billions building after Nato troops leave, a US Congressional report has said.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Looming Tax Hike Motivates Owners to Sell
11-01-2012
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http://online.wsj.com, By JOHN D. MCKINNON
A looming increase in the capital-gains tax rate next year is fueling sales of some privately-held businesses.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Ex-Penn State president charged in Sandusky sex abuse case
11-01-2012
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Reuters
Former Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier was charged with perjury and obstruction as part of a "conspiracy of silence" in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Government to pay New Jersey emergency power costs: senators
11-01-2012
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Reuters
The federal government will cover 100 percent of emergency power and public transportation costs until just past the election in 8 New Jersey counties that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, according to their two U.S. senators
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
New York state asks Washington to cover all storm costs
11-01-2012
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By Edith Honan and Susan Cornwell
New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City.
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News Link • Transportation
Houston Bus Riders Have Enough of TSA Security Theater
11-01-2012
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http://ericpetersautos.com, By eric
Dozens of outraged residents attended a Houston METRO board meeting yesterday to express their disgust at how TSA workers were used to interrogate passengers on buses during a so-called “anti-terror” exercise last week.
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News Link • European Union
The Depressing Truth About Europe's Youth Unemployment Nightmare
11-01-2012
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Matthew Boesler and Mamta Badkar
Youth unemployment is rising steadily in the EU as the economic crisis in Europe deepens.
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Libertarian Marc Victor, Targeted in Arizona Senate Race by Wealthy Super PAC
11-01-2012
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New Times
One of the biggest "Super PACs" in the nation is focusing part of its cash on the U.S. Senate Race that will undoubtedly be won by Democrat Richard Carmona or Republican Jeff Flake.
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News Link • Activism
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested in Texas
11-01-2012
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www.rt.com
Jill Stein, a presidential candidate from the Green Party, has been arrested in Texas while attempting to resupply protesters camping out in trees to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, according to anti-pipeline activists.
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News Link • Surveillance
Court OKs warrantless use of hidden surveillance cameras on private property
11-01-2012
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www.news.cnet.com
In latest case to test how technological developments alter Americans' privacy, federal court sides with Justice Department on police use of concealed surveillance cameras on private property.
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News Link • Libya
Update: Facebook Reverses, Allows SEALs' Post Critical of Obama
11-01-2012
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www.breitbart.com
Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi.
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News Link • World News
Classified cable warned consulate couldn't withstand 'coordinated attack'
11-01-2012
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www.foxnews.com
“RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound,” the
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Attack on Iran Could Inconvenience US Attack on Iran, Military Warns
11-01-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Strike Will Only Make Iran Angrier, Officials Say
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News Link • Drug War
Mexico Study: Legalizing Marijuana Would Cut Cartel Income by 30 Percent
11-01-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
The draconian prohibitionist policies in the US have contributed to record drug profits on the part of the cartels
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Iowa to poll-watchers: Back off
11-01-2012
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www.politico.com
Iowa has joined Texas in warning international election observers of possible criminal prosecution if they violate state laws and get near polling places on Election Day.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Chicago's Cook County drops bullet tax, keeps gun levy
11-01-2012
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www.ca.news.yahoo.com
"It is very important to us to tax guns because we know that guns are the sources of the incredible violence we have in our neighborhoods," Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle told a news conference. She said 29 percent of guns used in crime
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News Link • Natural Disasters
How Will the Fed React to Sandy?
11-01-2012
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www.cnbc.com
There’s already talk on Wall Street about the possibility of the Federal Reserve providing further monetary accommodation in response to the damage wrought by Sandy.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Obama and Romney: brothers of the same imperial lodge
11-01-2012
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Glen Ford, Press TV
Debate? What debate? What we witnessed Monday night [October 22] was the total hegemony of imperial corporate ideology, served up in chocolate and vanilla flavors. On every point of substance, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are indistinguishable - not
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Police allowed to install cameras on private property without warrant
10-31-2012
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ARS Technica
A federal judge has ruled that police officers in Wisconsin did not violate the Fourth Amendment when they secretly installed cameras on private property without judicial approval. The officers installed the cameras in an open field where they suspec
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News Link • Government
Bloomberg Issues Minimum Passenger Edict For Cars Entering Manhattan
10-31-2012
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CBS News
With New York City’s mass transit in the early stages of coming back on-line due to the overwhelming amount of damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg is taking a proactive approach to keeping street traffic in Manhattan at a manageable le
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News Link • Government
Adios to Buckyballs
10-31-2012
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The Sideshow
Buckyballs, the popular magnetic desktop toy (for grown-ups!), are being discontinued by Maxfield & Oberton, who released a snarky statement explaining why. "Due to baseless and relentless legal badgering by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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News Link • Death
Russell Means: Renegade, Patriot, Freedom Fighter
10-31-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Confined to a barren prison camp in Washington, the displaced Paiute Indians were dying. The Interior Department had promised to send rations, but they never arrived. After being exposed to the elements during the winter of 1880, 58 of them had died.
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News Link • Food
New Yorkers search for food, water and electricity
10-31-2012
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AP
The people gathered around the side of a building on 3rd Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. Instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been offered to charge cellphones.
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News Link • Economy - International
Why Germany Wants to See its US Gold
10-31-2012
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany
For decades, almost half of Germany's gold has been stored deep below the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Now, with the euro crisis swirling, German politicians are asking their central bankers to take stock of the reserves. Some even say that the
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