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Date Sent: 2013-08-20
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
Anonymous Has Infiltrated The U.S. Army & May Have More Influence Than We Think
08-20-13 -- James Bovard - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EDT) --
Philips Hue LED bulbs susceptible to hackers, malicious hijinks -- Does
drinking soda turn kids into bullies? New research links sodas and
aggression -- Wave of protests sweeps UK: Resistance to fracking plans heats up as pollution concerns grow -- If cigarette packs carry warnings about death, why don't vaccines? -- Florida plans to use drones for 'mosquito control' -- UK intel officials enter Guardian offices, destroy hard drives with Snowden docs -- Ron Finley, guerrilla gardener of South Central LA, awarded 'Natural American Heroes' award -- The Truth About What's Really In Flu Shots -- CIA Exposed for Orchestrating '53 Iranian Coup -- Compromising Our Liberty -- I’m Sick and Tired of Neocons --
Fukushima Apocalypse: Years of ‘Duct Tape Fixes’ could Result in
‘Millions of Deaths’ -- Google Glass Gets An App To Power The Cyber Cops And Futuristic Firefighters Of Tomorrow -- Stop Wars episode V: The Empire Strikes Out… #Bitcoin -- Obama's War on Yemen -- Police State Terror in Egypt -- Minnesota Jury Convicts Peaceful Farmer on Five Charges
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News Link • Anonymous
Anonymous Has Infiltrated The U.S. Army & May Have More Influence Than We Think
08-20-2013
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American Military News
The Army has taken several steps to crack down on these leaks and infiltration and is relying heavily on troops keeping a suspicious eye on their fellow troops, especially in the intelligence community.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Not Too Big to Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street’s Worst Nightmare
By Ellen Brown
08-20-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca/not-too-big-to-jail-w
Less than a month after publishing this editorial, Spitzer had been exposed, disgraced, and was out of office. Greg Palast pointed to the fact that Spitzer was the single politician standing in the way of a $200 billion windfall from the Federal Rese
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Congress Has Lost Control of the Big Banks
By Pam Martens
08-20-2013
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http://wallstreetonparade.com/2013/08/congress-has
Today, it’s not just that Wall Street and its army of lobbyists and trade associations are dictating policy and going to court to hold sway over Washington, it’s also the fact that the Senate has confirmed deeply conflicted regulators who earned big
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Egypt
Weapons to Egypt Under Review as U.S. Public Backs Cutoff
08-19-2013
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Terry Atlas & Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg
Delaying or canceling U.S. sales of the F-16s, tanks, and Apaches would have little impact on Egypt’s security because “the Egyptian military doesn’t face an external threat,” Martini said in an interview. Most of the weapons are “more about prestige
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Leon Felkins
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
08-20-13 -- James Bovard (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
James Bovard (Libertarian Author and Lecturer) on the continued abuses of government power, corruption, crony capitalism, and waste...Ernest goes over the Freedom's Phoenix Headline News
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Philips Hue LED bulbs susceptible to hackers, malicious hijinks
08-20-2013
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Mother Nature Network.com
Using a malware script, a security expert finds that wirelessly controlled " and supposedly safe " Philips Hue LED bulbs can be maliciously hacked and turned off for sustained periods.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
This Robot Barista Serves Up Custom, Cloud-Powered Coffee
08-20-2013
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Wired.com
We’ve all been forced at some point to order a cup of coffee from a shoddy vending machine. But thanks to a company called Briggo, and the design talents of Fuseproject, your automated caffeine fix might become as precisely crafted ....
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News Link • Transportation
The Volkswagen Microbus Is Officially Dead
08-20-2013
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Wired.com
It’s known by many names: the Microbus, the Minibus, even the Hippiemobile. But Volkswagen’s official moniker was the Kombi or the Type 2. And now it’s dead. Not that you knew it was still alive.
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News Link • Food
'Safety assessments' on nearly all common food additives
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
New research published in the journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, has verified that the vast majority of the 10,000-or-so chemical additives currently allowed in food are backed only by industry-funded and supported safety assessments.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Does drinking soda turn kids into bullies? New research links sodas and aggression
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
Researchers say in a new study that kids who drink soda pop generally score higher on aggressive behavior scales than kids who don't drink the carbonated beverages.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Activism
Wave of protests sweeps UK: Resistance to fracking plans heats up as pollution concerns grow
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
Anger is erupting in once sleepy villages, and ordinary people are coming together from all over the UK with the dawning realisation that their green and pleasant land is under threat of long lasting contamination by the government's proposed shale g
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
If cigarette packs carry warnings about death, why don't vaccines?
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
When it comes to people smoking cigarettes, we all know how the federal government feels about this particular freedom -- the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for example, has been pushing for graphic new warning labels on cigarette packs in
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Drones
Florida plans to use drones for 'mosquito control'
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
A Florida state government agency is planning to implement a unique and seemingly innocuous way to violate the privacy of some residents: deploy a spy drone and call it a "mosquito control" effort.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
UK intel officials enter Guardian offices, destroy hard drives with Snowden docs
08-20-2013
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Boing Boing
The Guardian's editor-in-chief, Alan Rusbridger, explains that he is now forced to work on stories about the US National Security Administration from New York City, because UK intelligence officials went into the Guardian's headquarters and destroyed
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • 3D Printing
Animal drug testing can be a thing of the past; scientists now 3D-printing embryonic stem cells
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
With the world-changing technology of 3D printing, scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, have focused their efforts on potentially life saving strategies, having recently had success 3D printing embryonic stem cells.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Heroes
Ron Finley, guerilla gardener of South Central LA, awarded 'Natural American Heroes' award
08-20-2013
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naturalnews.com
Ron Finley, guerilla gardener of South Central LA, awarded 'Natural American Heroes' award from Natural News
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
The Truth About What's Really In Flu Shots
08-20-2013
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Natural Cures Not Medicine
So... You want to know what Flu shots are made of ? Besides the 7.2 billion in funding from the government - Flu shots are made in eggs - they used to inject the virus's in the egg and grow the anti bodies for about 11 days - but now they are using a
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Exposed for Orchestrating '53 Iranian Coup
08-20-2013
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http://www.commondreams.org, Sarah Lazare
New revelations follow 60 years of agency secrecy about event that struck blow against left and progressive forces in Iran
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Compromising Our Liberty
08-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
A letter which was recently signed by a number of Tennessee conservative groups is causing quite a stir, especially in the left-wing blogosphere.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NeoCons
I’m Sick and Tired of Neocons
08-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
A transcript of the Lew Rockwell Show episode 340 with Justin Raimondo.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fukushima Apocalypse: Years of ‘Duct Tape Fixes’ could Result in ‘Millions of Deaths’
08-20-2013
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Lewrockwell.com
Even the tiniest mistake during an operation to extract over 1,300 fuel rods at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan could lead to a series of cascading failures with an apocalyptic outcome, fallout researcher Christina Consolo told RT
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
UK official told Guardian newspaper to destroy files, says editor
08-20-2013
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ft.com
A senior British government official demanded the destruction of files held by the Guardian newspaper related to the US National Security Agency’s mass monitoring of phone and internet use, the newspaper’s editor said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Google Glass Gets An App To Power The Cyber Cops And Futuristic Firefighters Of Tomorrow
08-20-2013
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techcrunch.com
Google Glass has lots of potential applications beyond just making it easier for people to check out their Twitter feed without taking their phones out of their pockets.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Positive News
Dick Van Dyke Rescued From Burning Car in L.A.
08-20-2013
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variety.com
Dick Van Dyke was “fine” after being rescued from a burning car on the 101 freeway, according to California Highway Patrol officials and the 87-year-old actor’s own Twitter account.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • How To
How To Easily Make A Beehive In A Jar Backyard Project DIY
08-20-2013
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removeandreplace.com
It seems everyone is interested in how to make your own beehive in a jar.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Stop Wars episode V: The Empire Strikes Out… #Bitcoin
08-20-2013
I like the concept, but the mid-section at the NH Liberty Fest or whatever with Vader actually felt…kind of silly. I know there was supposed to be humor there " the IRS isn’t evil, it’s just a pencil-necked bureaucrat pushing paper (a la “Eichmann in
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Drew
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News Link • Agriculture
Minnesota Jury Convicts Peaceful Farmer on Five Charges
08-19-2013
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Farm Wars
Alvin Schlangen sentenced to fines, 1-year probation and 90 days in jail suspended for picking up food that people already own and delivering it to them.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Partner of Glenn Greenwald held under Terrorism Act
08-18-2013
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Claire Carter
The partner of a Guardian journalist who wrote stories exposing mass American surveillance programmes was held for nine hours by police under the Terrorism Act.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Imperialism
Oh Help. Oh Help. Oh Help.
Disordered Ramblings on Martial Prowess.
08-18-2013
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Fred Reed
The American military is like a dentist trying to drill teeth with a petroleum platform. It´s the wrong tool. Multibillion dollar ratpacks of hugely expensive fighter planes are splendid fun. They really are the best in the world.
Ah, but they are
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Internet
The Internet, Secrecy and Spying
08-18-2013
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Free Press Publications
Speaking to a group of staff and families at the US Embassy in Brasilia on August 14, John Kerry said, “this little thing called the internet and the ability of people everywhere to communicate instantaneously and to have more information coming at t
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Transhumanism: Genetic Engineering of Man " the New Eugenics
08-18-2013
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Farm Wars
There are those among us who are actively attempting a complete takeover of humanity in order to set themselves up as supreme beings through Transhumanism.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • World News
How the World Forced Ecuador to Destroy Its Own Environment
08-18-2013
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http://www.policymic.com, Shahab Ahmad
The Ecuadorian government has announced its intention to start drilling for oil in the Yasuni area of the Amazon basin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Ecuador approves Yasuni national park oil drilling in Amazon rainforest
08-18-2013
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http://www.theguardian.com, Jonathan Watts
Environmentalists devastated as president blames lack of foreign support for collapse of pioneering conservation plan
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
Hiring in China By JPMorgan Under Scrutiny
By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG, BEN PROTESS and DAVID BARBO
08-18-2013
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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/hiring-in-c
Federal authorities have opened a bribery investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase hired the children of powerful Chinese officials to help the bank win lucrative business in the booming nation, according to a confidential United States government d
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Prisoner Released After DNA Clears Him . . . Judge Fires Clerk Who Told Prisoner How To Seek Testing
08-17-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Kansas Judge David Byrn was the presiding judge in the case of Robert Nelson, 49, who was sentenced to 70 years for a rape that he insisted that he did not commit. Byrn refused repeated requests from Nelson to prove his innocence
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police charged student with felony for wearing fashion belt made from fake ammunition
08-17-2013
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Police dropped gun charges last Thursday against a former Fitchburg State University (FSU) student, after they had initially charged him for wearing a decorative belt made of inert ammunition.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Draft
Swiss government urges voters to keep military conscription service
08-17-2013
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AFP
It said that without compulsory service the Swiss military “will no longer be able to fulfill its current tasks,” pointing out that what gets done will depend on how many “skilled people volunteer to serve in the army.”
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Texas deputy accused of raping mother in front of her children resigns
08-17-2013
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Rawstory
A deputy in Texas accused of raping a woman in front of her children has resigned. The deputy came to her home to question her about harassing phone calls. During the questioning, the deputy allegedly sexually assaulted her in her own home.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Texas deputy sues woman for ‘mental anguish’ after he kills her son-in-law
08-17-2013
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Rawstory
A Texas deputy has filed a lawsuit against a woman for past and future “mental anguish” after he was called to her house last year on a 911 call and forced to kill her son-in-law, who was allegedly behaving irrationally after using drugs.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police tell victims: Call 911 and you’ll get evicted under ‘nuisance’ laws
08-17-2013
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Rawstory
In Pennsylvania and other states, police can force landlords to evict tenants. Under “nuisance property” laws, individuals like domestic violence victims can be told by police if they call 911 one more time, they’ll be forced out of their homes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods
08-17-2013
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McClatchy News
Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation of instructors who claim they can teach job applicants how to pass lie detector tests as part of the Obama administration’s unprecedented crackdown on security violators and leakers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Indiana police threaten to Taser black firefighter in the face for waving at them
08-17-2013
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Rawstory
A police department in Indiana has launched an internal investigation after a firefighter said he was thrown to the ground and threatened with a Taser for waving at several officers, who thought he was flipping them off.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Calculated Ignorance Is Not An Acceptable Excuse
08-17-2013
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Simple Justice
The story of Alfred Anaya doesn’t stop at the point of his facilitating drug dealing, but with his refusal, after being caught in a sting, to become a DEA rat. For that, the full weight of the government fell hard on him, as a co-conspirator
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Video: Sheriff Deputies Raid Home To Enforce A Civil Fine
08-17-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Georgia DeKalb Sheriff deputies came to their home around 1:30 am and virtually tore down their door over an unpaid civil fine by the mother, Natania Griffin, who was 15 days late in paying $1,000. The deputy repeatedly threatening
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Terrifying Future of The United States
08-17-2013
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http://www.youtube.com, StormCloudsGathering
If this doesn't wake you up, I don't know what will.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama supporters will go hysterical over this well sourced list of 252 examples of his lying
08-17-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, No.7
1) Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional approval
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
SWAT Ties Up Students, Blows Out Tires During Bus Hijacking Drill
08-17-2013
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http://www.infowars.com, Julie Wilson
“Then he started tying everybody down and it just got really scary”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Justice seeking to block Bernanke testimony
08-17-2013
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http://finance.yahoo.com, Associated Press
Gov't says Bernanke should not have to testify in AIG case absent extraordinary circumstances
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Most Important Number In The Entire U.S. Economy
08-17-2013
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arclein
Historically speaking, rates are still super low, but what is alarming is that it looks like we hit a “bottom” last year and that interest rates are only going to go up from here. In fact, according to CNBC many experts believe that we will soon be
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