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Date Sent: 2013-03-21
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
Cypriot Banks May Not Reopen -- West stalls Syria chemical attack probe in U.N.: Russia
Why The Banking System Would Make Lenin Proud -- CVS asks workers to submit to medical screening or face $600 annual fee -- 2 Men Arrested For Refusing To Open Up The Door Of His Own Home -- Drumbeat Grows Louder in Congress for Obama to Act on Syria -- Should the U.S. send ground troops after Syria's chemical weapons? --
Republicans warn ethanol mandate could drive surge in gasoline --
College Campuses Are Going Crazy Over This App That Shares Your Secrets
Anonymously -- Media Totally Blows News About Voyager 1 Leaving The
Solar System -- Is a leader from Texas a good fit for the Syrian opposition? -- Redflex Execs in Phoenix Resign Over Corruption Investigation -- Fed
holds steady on printing money, rates -- U.S., Karzai agree on Wardak
withdrawal -- Pentagon Taking Over Drones Magnifies The CIA's Free Rein -- An Evil Story? -- We Were Right About UK Phone Hacking Scandal After All -- Obama: If Syrian regime used chemical weapons, ‘red line’ crossed -- One step from meltdown: Rat may have caused dangerous outage at Fukushima NPP -- US plan for Iran 'pinpoint strike' ready - report --
Thing and a prayer: NASA chief says Earth defenseless in asteroid
strike -- FDA Ready to Approve Frankenfish Despite Fishy Science --
Black Death" Could Return, Study Warns -- Know Your Cop -- Michael Moore: Reid would betray 2nd Amendment if his grand children were killed -- North Korea’s Kim supervises “drone attack” drill -- Congressman
Fights To Stop “Flying Robots Endlessly Watching Americans” -- Ron Paul: This is Price Fixing at Its Worst - Fox Business 3/20/2013 -- Hugo Chávez Is Gone, but His Oil Legacy Lives On -- Israel Has 300+ Nukes! -- Denver Launches Homeowner Assistance Program" - what crash in 08'? -- MinusIQ | The pill to lower your IQ permanently -- "I'm Going To Prison For Arithmetic" Andrew Auernheimer aka Weev (VIDEO) -- Obama Sarcastically Asks How Israel Afforded Such A Great Missile Defense System -- Dying Iraq War Veteran Pens 'Last Letter' To Bush, Cheney On War's 10th Anniversary -- “Solution” to the Economic Crisis? The Military Industrial Complex Stimulus Package -- Arizona Senator Bob Worsley's Central Plan
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News Link • Economy - International
Cypriot Banks May Not Reopen
03-20-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
The government-bankster combine continues to hold for ransom 100% of the people's savings, because Cypriot banks, like all banks, are inherently bankrupt thanks to fractional reserves.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
West stalls Syria chemical attack probe in U.N.: Russia
03-20-2013
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Reuters
Russia clashed with Britain and France at the U.N. Security Council over the scope of an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, accusing Western powers of trying to torpedo a potential U.N. probe.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why The Banking System Would Make Lenin Proud
03-20-2013
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The modern state must possess an apparatus of big banks, Lenin wrote, for it is banks which perform most accounting and financial recording. In socialism, banks must be expanded, made more comprehensive and reach worldwide.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
CVS asks workers to submit to medical screening or face $600 annual fee
03-19-2013
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NBC
BOSTON (WHDH) -- CVS Pharmacy is reportedly asking workers to submit to a medical screening, or pay more for their health insurance.
CVS is giving its 200,000 employees an ultimatum: submit your Body Mass Index, your weight and other important healt
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • WAR: About that War
A Month of Mournful Anniversaries
03-17-2013
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John Glaser, AntiWar.com
This month is chock-full of mournful anniversaries.
The initiation of the Bush administration’s bombing campaign and invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Two year anniversary of the NATO bombing of Libya
1999 United States and NATO begin 78 days of bombing o
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Drumbeat Grows Louder in Congress for Obama to Act on Syria
03-19-2013
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Dana Hughes, ABC
As the Syrian regime and opposition trade accusations over the use of chemical weapons, the drumbeat in Washington for the United States to get more directly involved in the two-year old conflict is growing louder.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Syria
Should the U.S. send ground troops after Syria's chemical weapons?
03-20-2013
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With Syria in chaos, Sen. Lindsey Graham says the Obama administration should do whatever it takes to secure the Assad regime's WMD stockpile
Following unconfirmed reports of a chemical weapon attack in Syria, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is calli
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Energy
Republicans warn ethanol mandate could drive surge in gasoline
03-20-2013
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Reuters
2 senior Republican senators joined the oil industry in warning the ethanol mandate could push up gasoline prices for consumers ahead of the summer driving season. The ethanol mandate requires increasing volumes of biofuels to be blended
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Is a leader from Texas a good fit for the Syrian opposition?
03-20-2013
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Christian Science Monitor
A former information technology executive who spent decades living in the US has taken the helm of the Syrian opposition. Although Syrians may be skeptical of Ghassan Hitto because of his long absence from the country, his potential to bring
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Redflex Execs in Phoenix Resign Over Corruption Investigation
03-20-2013
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Phoenix New Times
Redflex supplies and manages controversial red-light and speed-photo-enforcement systems used by communities around the world, including Phoenix, Chandler, and El Mirage. Phoenix officials are aware of bribery scandal and are taking
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed holds steady on printing money, rates
03-20-2013
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Washington Post
Federal Reserve officials voted Wednesday to continue pumping money into the economy and keep interest rates near zero amid fresh signs that their massive stimulus effort is gaining traction.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
U.S., Karzai agree on Wardak withdrawal
03-20-2013
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Washington Post
After weeks of lambasting the United States for its willfulness in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai reached an agreement with U.S. forces Wednesday over their withdrawal from Wardak province, on the western outskirts of Kabul.
Karzai and Gen. J
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Pentagon Taking Over Drones Magnifies The CIA's Free Rein
03-20-2013
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Business Insider
Recently divulged plans to shift the drone program away from the CIA and solely into the hands of the Defense Department (DoD) highlights a huge issue about targeted killings by the CIA
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
We Were Right About UK Phone Hacking Scandal After All
03-20-2013
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The Daily Bell
Internet sites targeted by MPs for first time 'in chilling threat to free speech'... but could bloggers also face huge damages in Press crackdown? ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Obama: If Syrian regime used chemical weapons, ‘red line’ crossed
03-20-2013
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RT.com
President Barack Obama said that the US is looking into reports that chemical weapons were used in Aleppo on Tuesday, killing two dozen people.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
US plan for Iran 'pinpoint strike' ready - report
03-20-2013
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RT.com
The US is taking plans for a possible military operation against Iran “very seriously,” a senior Israeli security official, who is said to be in the know about aspects of the American plan, has told Haaretz daily.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Thing and a prayer: NASA chief says Earth defenseless in asteroid strike
03-20-2013
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RT.com
If an unknown large meteor or asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, NASA chief Charles Bolden told a US House of Representatives Science Committee hearing Tuesday, then praying is all America or anyone else could do.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Utah Has Earth Day Poster Contest to Praise Fossil Fuels
03-20-2013
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Common Dreams
"We are trying to promote saving the Earth, not using up our natural resources," criticized one educator
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
FDA Ready to Approve Frankenfish Despite Fishy Science
03-20-2013
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Common Dreams
Some day soon, you might tuck into a plate of salmon without knowing that the fish you are eating was genetically engineered.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Black Death" Could Return, Study Warns
03-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
The recurring plagues known as the “Black Death,” which decimated medieval peoples, could return in modern times as antibiotic-resistant forms of of the virus have emerged, a study warns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Know Your Cop
03-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Traffic cops are becoming ever more dangerous to our wallets " and all-too-often, our persons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Michael Moore: Reid would betray 2nd Amendment if his grand children were killed
03-20-2013
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Prison Planet
Appearing on Piers Morgan’s CNN show on Tuesday night, filmmaker Michael Moore argued that because 200 million Americans have decided not to own firearms, ......
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
North Korea’s Kim supervises “drone attack” drill
03-20-2013
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Prison Planet
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a drone attack on a simulated South Korean target on Wednesday, Pyongyang’s KCNA news agency reported, and the armed forces shot down a target mimicking a cruise missile.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Under the skin’ microchip blood-testing device developed
03-20-2013
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Prison Planet
Scientists say they have developed a tiny blood-testing device that sits under the skin and gives instant results via a mobile phone.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Congressman Fights To Stop “Flying Robots Endlessly Watching Americans”
03-20-2013
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Prison Planet
Rep. introduces privacy bill aimed at government spy drones
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: This is Price Fixing at Its Worst - Fox Business 3/20/2013
03-20-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Former Rep. Ron Paul, (R-Texas), on Federal Reserve policy's impact on the economy on Fox Business Network's After the Bell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel Has 300+ Nukes!
03-20-2013
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Daily Paul.com
With Obama's visit to Israel, the "start a new war" rhetoric on TV is off the charts. All the talk currently about chemical weapons and them hitting Israel, but no talk about Israel could counterstrike any country with a small tactical nuke anytime.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
Denver Launches Homeowner Assistance Program" - what crash in 08'?
03-20-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Right back where we started, as though 08'-09' never happened. Any other cities pulling this stunt again ??!!!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
"I'm Going To Prison For Arithmetic" Andrew Auernheimer aka Weev (VIDEO)
3/19/2013
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Before entering the New Jersey courthouse to face his sentencing on March 18, 2013, Andrew Auernheimer (Weev) gave a short speech to the press and to his friends. Auernheimer was sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by three years supervised rel
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Humor
Obama Sarcastically Asks How Israel Afforded Such A Great Missile Defense System
03-20-2013
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Daily Paul.com
While touring Israel’s “Iron Dome” all-weather missile defense system Wednesday, President Barack Obama sarcastically asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where he got all the money to build such technologically advanced equipment.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Dying Iraq War Veteran Pens 'Last Letter' To Bush, Cheney On War's 10th Anniversary
03-20-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Here is an excerpt from dying Irag War veteran Tomas Young to the war criminals Bush and Cheney.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
“Solution” to the Economic Crisis? The Military Industrial Complex Stimulus Package
03-20-2013
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Danny Schechter, Global Research
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the projected defense budget will still go from $593 billion in fiscal year 2014 to $702 billion in 2023, even if this sequester is allowed to stand.
Even with these “evil” and “scary” cuts factored in,
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Arizona Laws and Arizona Founding Documents
Arizona Senator Bob Worsley's Central Plan
03-20-2013
"AZ became inhabitable (otherwise just a desert) with Gov $$$", "Legislatures make the “highway” upon which capitalism moves!", "Need “one version of the truth”", "Restore AZ as wellness capital of world" - "Lower weight of all Arizonans by 25%"
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Tom Westbrook
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News Link • Iraq
What We Learned in Iraq
03-19-2013
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reason.com
Ten years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept: "catastrophic success."
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Iraq
18 Killed, 37 in Fresh Iraq Attacks
03-19-2013
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Antiwar.com
At least 18 Iraqis were killed and 37 more were killed in attacks focused mostly near Baghdad.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Gun Rights
Dad: This Picture of My Son Holding a Gun Triggered a Visit from NJ Police, Family Services
03-19-2013
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www.theblaze.com
On Friday night, March 15th, two representatives from the state’s social services office (along with four local police officers) came to the Moore home and demanded to see the family’s firearms.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
German Bankers Generously Offer Cypriots Helping Hand If They Transfer Deposits
03-19-2013
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www.zerohedge.com
For a mere 0.95% handling fee, the friendly German bankers are offering Cypriot depositors the opportunity to "take fast action and secure their deposits"
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Cyprus Parliament Rejects European Bailout Proposal: Calls Germany's Bluff
03-19-2013
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www.zerohedge.com
Just as we predicted yesterday, the Cyprus bailout vote has not passed parliament in a move that was merely there to force Germany's bluff.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe's Final Gambit: 20%-30% Haircut For Oligarchs To Force A Russian Bailout
03-19-2013
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www.zerohedge.com
...the ongoing discussion in Cyprus' government will see a "no" vote as the WSJ is reporting a rather stunning gamble by the Cypriots (and by Cypriots we mean European leaders) to force the Russians to bear the brunt of the cost of the bailout.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
New Zealand planning Cyprus-style looting of bank accounts
03-19-2013
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The National Government are pushing a Cyprus-style solution to bank failure in New Zealand which will see small depositors lose some of their savings to fund big bank bailouts, the Green Party said. Open Bank Resolution is the favored option
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
DHS insider update: “It has begun”
03-18-2013
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By Douglas J. Hagmann
Our current financial situation was not bred out of incompetence, but by design.
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Terry Major
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News Link • China
Confronting Drone Swarms
03-19-2013
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arclein
Chinese military drones have already entered the frontlines of China's territorial disputes with neighboring countries such as Japan by flying maritime patrols over disputed areas. The Project 2049 Institute report warned that China could be tempted
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - International
Cyprus Haircut
03-19-2013
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arclein
According to multiple reports, Germany basically said to Cyprus: Tax your depositors, or you can leave the Eurozone. We're not just writing going to write a big check this time, because you're too small to really matter.
On the one hand you migh
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robert klein
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News Link • Syria
Syria: regime accuses rebels of killing 25 in chemical weapons attack
03-19-2013
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Daily Telegraph
Residents of an area that has been reportedly targeted with chemical weapons in Syria were said to be showing symptoms including breathing difficulties in an incident that could cross US "red lines" on intervention in the conflict.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
'Jesus loves nukes': US Air Force taught the Christian Just War Theory
03-19-2013
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www.telegraph.co.uk
To the men and women burdened with the ultimate responsibility of launching America’s nuclear missiles it was known as the “Jesus loves nukes” lesson.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Military
The defence of freedom begins in the military
03-19-2013
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Al Jazeera
The United States Air Force Academy has been pushing its Dominionist Christian beliefs onto its personnel
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Autonomous Cars Patrol Israeli Border
03-19-2013
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Douglas Main
Along Israel's borders, a small number of automobiles patrol the area for signs of intruders. But unlike most vehicles, these cars have no drivers, and " for the most part "drive themselves.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Cyprus deal shock sends shares tumbling, gold up
03-19-2013
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http://finance.yahoo.com, By Marc Jones
The surprise decision by euro zone leaders to part-fund a bailout of Cyprus by taxing bank deposits sent shockwaves through financial markets on Monday, with shares and the bonds of struggling euro zone governments tumbling.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Banking Chief Calls For 15% Looting of Italians’ Savings
03-19-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Is the financial rape of Cyprus another IMF riot waiting to happen?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Anti-Drone Devices for Sale: Military Contractor Claims To Have Counter-UAV Technology
03-19-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, Russia Today
Domestic drones will soon be soaring through the sky left and right, but a company in Oregon with ties to the US military is marketing a service that they say will make sure private property is safe from surveillance.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Taking Money From Ordinary Cyprus Savers Is Sheer Madness " Euro Chiefs Will Rue This Outrage
03-19-2013
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Simon Watkins
The eurozone staggers from crisis to crisis and bailout to bailout. But this time the finance ministers of the single currency nations have crossed the Rubicon.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
MEREDITH WHITNEY: I Have Not Been This Bullish On The US And Equities In My Career
03-19-2013
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Business Insider
Meredith Whitney was just on CNBC's Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and the normally skeptical bank analyst came out as a super-bull for the U.S. economy and equities.
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