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Date Sent: 2013-07-06
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, July 6, 2013 |
Police Commandeer Homes By Force, Get Sued -- Breaking News: Today’s Job Report
US Sec. of State Kerry Goes Yachting During Egyptian Coup and Lies About It -- Business As Usual in Egypt -- Targeting Foreign Leaders: Longstanding US Policy -- Government to Judge: It Sucks To Be The Defense -- From Brotherhood To Bombs: Ominous Signs Grow Of Potential Civil War -- Man Challenges Classification Of Pet Ducks As Prohibited Poultry -- Questions For Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board -- VIDEO Leaked Document: Military Internment Camps in US to be Used for Political Dissidents -- Extremely Powerful Video: Happy 4th of July from a Police State Checkpoint -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 7, 2013 Edition --
Terrifying Video Shows Southern California Fireworks Going Completely
Awry — 28 Injured -- The Bitcoin Collapse Continues -- James Clapper, EU Play-Acting, and Political Priorities -- Orwell’s Big Brother: Merely Fiction? -- Karzai Fears Taliban Peace Talks Will Sideline Him -- ... 'The World is in Danger With Our Tyranny' -- Bolivia Threatens To Close US Embassy After Edward Snowden Plane Incident --
FINALLY! There Is Now 4G Mobile Coverage On The Summit Of Mount Everest
-- Startup Androidly Bets That Smartwatches Will Kill The Entire
Smartphone Market -- The NSA Trained Edward Snowden To Be An Elite
Hacker -- Using a Smartphone’s Eyes and Ears to Log Your Every Move -- NASA Space Shuttle Runway Gets New Life as Commercial Spaceport
AZ: AZ Breakfast Club TODAY, July 6th - NEW LOCATION!!
- Bill Johnson's Big Apple 19th Ave/Bell
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine July 5th, 2013
Edition NOW AVAILABLE
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News Link • Police State
Police Commandeer Homes, Get Sued
07/03/2013
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Courthouse News Service - By MEGAN GALLEGOS
LAS VEGAS (CN) - Henderson police arrested a family for refusing to let officers use their homes as lookouts for a domestic violence investigation of their neighbors, the family claims in court.
Anthony Mitchell and his parents Michael and Linda
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Breaking News"Today’s Job Report
07-05-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Do you remember the promise of the New Economy that was going to replace the lost “dirty fingernail” manufacturing jobs with innovative highly paid New Economy jobs? Well, the promise was just another deception from the elites who have stolen America
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Egypt
US Sec. of State Kerry Goes Yachting During Egyptian Coup and Lies About It
07-06-2013
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CBS News
As regime change was unfolding in Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry spent time on his boat Wednesday afternoon in Nantucket Sound, the State Department acknowledged after repeatedly denying that Kerry was aboard any boat.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Government to Judge: It Sucks To Be The Defense
07-05-2013
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Simple Justice
Prosecutors say defense ignored their requests to turn over the interviews in advance of an August hearing on the appeals.The government was not made aware of the defense motion nor was it given the opportunity to respond to the request.
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News Link • Egypt
From Brotherhood To Bombs: Ominous Signs Grow Of Potential Civil War
07-05-2013
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Jonathan Turley
This video of pro-Morsi demonstrators captures the dangerous undercurrent in Egyptian politics. The ease with which these individuals talk of turning to terrorism is unnerving.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Man Challenges Classification Of Pet Ducks As Prohibited Poultry
07-05-2013
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Jonathan Turley
James Kistler is in the midst of an expensive row with the city of Delmont over his pets Larry, Moe, Curly and Fred. In May, the city sent Kistler a notice that he was in violation of the city ordinance on domestic pets and that he could not keep duc
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Questions For Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
07-05-2013
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by Radley Balko (Huffington Post)
Now we have the 911 audio from one of Daly's friends who was in the car at the time. You can hear the panic and fear in the women's voices. And all in response to actions taken by the government thugs who are supposed to protect them.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • NeoCons
America: In Memoriam
07-05-2013
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Dollar Vigilante
The recognition of individual rights derived from natural law, including the right of revolution. Amazingly, this discussion in the Declaration accounts for a fairly small portion of the document " because late 18th-century Americans readily accepted
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News Link • Police State
VIDEO Leaked Document: Military Internment Camps in US to be Used for Political Dissidents
07-05-2013
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The document outlines military procedures for internment and resettlement of civilians and it describes the layout and administration of interment camps. It clearly states it applies within U.S. territory and specifically addresses the detainment of
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News Link • Police State
Extremely Powerful Video: Happy 4th of July from a Police State Checkpoint
07-05-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The following is a very powerful video taped yesterday when a simple citizen had the nerve to assert his constitutional rights in front of a power hungry storm trooper in the state of Tennessee. Minute five is particularly telling when the officer s
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 7, 2013 Edition
07-05-2013
John Semmens
Obamacare Fiasco Blamed on GOP
This past week the Obama Administration unilaterally decreed a postponement in the legislated deadline for implementation of the employer compliance component of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). While many have q
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
The 22 Maps That Define America
07-05-2013
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Walter Hickey
NFL loyalties are some of the most significant national divides.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Events: America
Terrifying Video Shows Southern California Fireworks Going Completely Awry " 28 Injured
07-05-2013
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
According to the LA Times, 28 people were injured in Simi Valley, when their fireworks show went horribly awry.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Collapse Continues
07-05-2013
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
Drip, drip, drip...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
James Clapper, EU Play-Acting, and Political Priorities
07-05-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Glenn Greenwald
Fixations on denouncing Edward Snowden distract, by design, from the serious transgressions of those who are far more powerful
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News Link • Surveillance
Orwell’s Big Brother: Merely Fiction?
07-05-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Murray N. Rothbard
In recent years, many writers have given us their vision of the coming collectivist future. At the turn of the century, neither Edward Bellamy nor H. G. Wells suspected that the collectivist societies of their dreams were so close at hand.
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News Link • General Opinion
... 'The World is in Danger With Our Tyranny'
07-05-2013
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/07
Oliver Stone Tells European Audience on Fourth of July 'The World is in Danger With Our Tyranny'
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bolivia Threatens To Close US Embassy After Edward Snowden Plane Incident
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
President Evo Morales has warned that he could close the US Embassy in Bolivia as South America's leftist leaders rallied to support him after his presidential plane was re-routed amid suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
But For Video: Former Cop Rory Bruce Acquitted Edition
07-05-2013
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http://blog.simplejustice.us, Josh Bo
Does it bring a tear to your eye, knowing what we put these cops through when they're just trying to do a tough job under near-impossible conditions?
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News Link • Energy
The Evolution Of America's Energy Sources Since 1776 [CHART]
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
The Energy Information Administration offers this interesting historical chart showing how energy sources have evolved in the United States.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Communications
FINALLY! There Is Now 4G Mobile Coverage On The Summit Of Mount Everest
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
Mount Everest now has 4G coverage at 5,200 metres above sea level, thanks to Huawei and China Mobile.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Startup Androidly Bets That Smartwatches Will Kill The Entire Smartphone Market
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
Four-person startup Androidly has set out to create a smarter smartwatch.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How To
The best paper plane that works in all conditions...
07-05-2013
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https://www.youtube.com, senko808
The best paper plane that works in all conditions (indoor, outdoor, wind, rain, snow, tornado)
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
The Craziest Point Of Wimbledon Ends With Andy Murray Running All Over The Place
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
Here's the best point from this afternoon's Wimbledon semifinals between Andy Murray and Fernando Verdasco.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employee and Employer Relations
This Memory-Linking Technique Can Help You Remember Anyone's Name
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
The most effective leaders are the ones who make you feel like they're really listening. Most importantly, they always remember names.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
The NSA Trained Edward Snowden To Be An Elite Hacker
07-05-2013
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Business Insider
In 2010 the National Security Agency (NSA) taught Edward Snowden how to turn the world's largest spy agency inside out.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Using a Smartphone’s Eyes and Ears to Log Your Every Move
07-05-2013
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Technologyreview.com
New tricks will enable a life-logging app called Saga to figure out not only where you are, but what you’re doing.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
3D Printing Paves Way for Custom Car Designs
07-05-2013
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http://www.technewsdaily.com, Elizabeth Palermo
Cars, robots and 3D printers: Ford is combining all three of these cool toys into one high-tech car manufacturing process. Called Ford Freeform Fabrication Technology (F3T), it may pave the way for more innovative car designs and even let drivers cho
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA Space Shuttle Runway Gets New Life as Commercial Spaceport
07-05-2013
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space.com
The famous seaside space shuttle runway here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center may have a second life soon as a launch and landing spot for a whole new type of space mission: tourist flights.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Michigan’s Gone Hog Wild: Update on Mark Baker’s Case Against the DNR.
07-04-2013
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Real Food Law
After the Michigan DNR, prompted by BigAg, outlawed heritage hog breeds by administrative fiat in late 2011, a handful of Michigan farmers fought back against the DNR’s attempt to destroy their livelihood. An important hearing in Mark Baker’s case wi
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News Link • Justice and Judges
100 Days Ago Mark Schmidter Was Jailed for THIS?
07-04-2013
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According to the “We Are Mark Schmidter” Facebook page, Mark will be released from jail tomorrow after serving 104 days of his 141-day sentence.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Finds Cop Not Guilty of Assault after Refusing to Watch Video of Assault
07-04-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
When Bruce stepped in front of the judge to be tried this week, the judge refused to watch the video that came from a surveillance camera from the back of a police transport vehicle. As a result, Judge Theresa Counts Burke found him not guilty.
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News Link • Afghanistan
I.M.F. and Pakistan Agree to a $5.3 Billion Bailout
07-04-2013
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New York Times
The International Monetary Fund and Pakistan reached a provisional agreement on Thursday on a $5.3 billion bailout package that aims to bolster Pakistan’s flagging economy and its perilously low foreign exchange reserves.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police investigate gun-rights activist’s video shot in District
07-04-2013
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Washington Post
US Park Police and the DC police are investigating the authenticity of a video that surfaced that appears to show activist Adam Kokesh loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza and describing himself as part of the “final American Revolution.”
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Common Core: In pursuit of the new Soviet man
07-04-2013
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Daily Caller
Common Core proponents seem more interested in producing what Russian communists called “New Soviet Men” " people who are selfless, moderately educated, and stripped of all nationalist sentiment " than they are in delivering the next Thomas Jefferson
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News Link • Surveillance
Wisconsin Students Drill NSA Recruiters " OUCH! (Video)
07-04-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
These NSA recruiters were given hell by Wisconsin students! July 2, 2013
H/T Sherrie Questioning All
Click here to read the Rough Transcript found on mobandmultitude.com
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Food
Farmer Hershberger Seeks Full Vindication in Raw Milk Case
07-04-2013
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Farm Wars
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Files Appeal in Wisconsin Raw Milk Case.
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News Link • Activism
Open Carry March on DC a Success
07-04-2013
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YouTube.Com
Can you count the felonies committed in this video? No, you can't possibly count them all.
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News Link • Drones
Customs & Border Protection Considered Weaponizing Drones
07-04-2013
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EFF
A Customs & Border Protection (CPB) report, released in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the agency, shows CBP has considered adding weapons to its domestic Predator drones.
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News Link • Marc Victor
Attorney For Freedom Show: Special "Faux of July" edition.
07-04-2013
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Mike Wasdin
Mike Wasdin hosts the Attorney for Freedom Show while Marc is away with co-host 4409 and special guest Ernie Hancock of Freedom's Phoenix. Special "Faux of July" edition.
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News Link • Economy - International
EU Finds Top Banks Doctored the Derivatives Trading Market
07-04-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The European Commission (EC) has identified 13 major financial institutions as having blocked exchanges’’ access to ensure lucrative returns on the credit derivatives market.
As an investigation gets underway, those technocratic corporations suspe
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News Link • Privacy Rights
The U.S. Postal Service Is Monitoring Your Snail Mail
07-04-2013
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www.prisonplanet.com
The U.S. government is not content to monitor your phone calls and your Internet activity, it’s now reading your snail mail, too.
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt: 'This is the celebration of the end of democracy'
07-04-2013
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youtube
Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports from Tahrir Square as President Morsi is ousted by the military.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
How Military Counterinsurgency Software Is Being Adapted To Tackle Gang Violence in Mainland USA
07-04-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Analysts believe that insurgents in Afghanistan form similar networks to street gangs in the US. So the software for analysing these networks abroad ought to work just as well at home, say military researchers
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks claims victory as credit card donations flow again
07-03-2013
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Reuters
One of WikiLeaks' most important sources of funding - donations made from Visa and MasterCard users around the globe - was cut off in 2010 when the firms stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks' only direct credit card payment line
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News Link • Government
More taxpayer funded GSA parody videos
07-03-2013
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Politico
Newly uncovered videos which show senior GSA officials and staff participating in the spoofs and spinoffs complete with costumes and music. Another sign of outrageous spending habits on seemingly unnecessary activities.
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News Link • Corruption
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan released from home confinement
07-03-2013
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Rawstory
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan was released Wednesday morning from home confinement, after serving more than five years in prison on corruption charges.
Ryan, 79, now must spend a year under court supervision.
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News Link • TERRORISM
U.S. rejects call to stop force-feedings at Guantanamo for Ramadan
07-03-2013
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CNN
The U.S. government on Wednesday refused to stop force-feeding prisoners at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during Ramadan.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Says Police and U.S. Agents Misled Court in Manhattan Gun Possession Case
07-03-2013
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New York Times
Prosecutors in the office of the US attorney in Manhattan, strongly defended the officers’ testimony as truthful and accurate; they asked the judge to withdraw his findings, citing the potential damage to the officers’ careers. The judge refused.
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News Link • Police State
Hawthorne, California Police Arrest Man for Filming Them, Shoot and Kill His Dog
7-3-13
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http://www.bestgore.com/murder/hawthorne-californi
Hawthorne, California Police detained or arrested a man for no apparent reason other than because he had been filming them. After a few minutes of vertical filming, the man put his Rottweiler in his car and prepared to leave, but cops called to him,
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News Link • WAR: About that War
New Report: Drone Strikes 10x More Deadly to Civilians than Manned Aircraft
07-03-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A recent study by a U.S. military advisor shows that not only are drone strikes more likely to harm civilians per incident, but they are 10x more likely to do so. This lie is right up there with Obama’s recent statement that he “won’t scramble jets t
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News Link • Surveillance
National Intelligence Director Apologizes for Lying to Congress
07-03-2013
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Prison Planet
The director of National Intelligence apologized in June to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during a hearing, according to a letter published on the DNI website on Tuesday.
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News Link • Activism
American flag made of hemp to fly over Capitol
07-03-2013
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breitbart.com
To support pro-hemp legislation, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., aided a lobbyist in getting a hemp American flag flown over the Capitol.
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News Link • Surveillance
Ecuador says it found a hidden microphone at its London embassy
07-03-2013
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Reuters
Ecuador has found a hidden microphone inside its London embassy, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living, and will disclose on Wednesday who controls the device, its foreign minister said.
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News Link • Free Speech
Senator Dick Durbin: “It’s Time to Say Who’s a Real Reporter”
07-03-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If you study the American criminal class long enough, it becomes quite easy to anticipate its next move in almost any serious situation. This is precisely what I did last week in my piece: It’s Acts of Journalism that Matter Not People Called “Journa
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