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Date Sent: 2012-06-01
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, June 1, 2012 PM edition |
Despite Bloody Failures, US Doubling Down on Drug War -- Obama sped up cyber-attacks on Iran
06-01-12 - Ray McGovern - Bill Buppert - Foster Gamble (MP3 LOADED) -- Alex Jones dances around TheDC’s questions -- The Secrets to Nonviolent Prosperity: The Principles of Liberty - by Trevor Gamble -- Icelandic Recovery on Track for a Bounce -- Free To
Choose: Refusal is the Ultimate Liberty - by Bill Buppert -- RNC tries to block Ron
Paul Festival! -- Ron Paul Will Storm GOP Convention, Plans 100,000
people at 'Ron Paul Fest' -- The Moral Challenge of ‘Kill Lists’ - by Ray McGovern -- False Reporting on the Health of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez
-- Obama At Large: Where Are The Lawyers? -- U.S. judge blocks key
parts of Fla. law regulating voter registration -- Nancy Reagan
endorses Romney, says ‘Ronnie’ would have liked his business
background -- Spain reveals €100bn capital flight -- Pakistan conducts test of nuclear
capable cruise missile -- Who Made Flame Virus: Israel, US or None of the
Above? -- 5 Things The
T.S.A. Does Not Want You To See -- Eating Aluminum: Is It As Safe As
Our Regulators Say? -- Americans beg Obama: Please, don't kill us
with drones -- Plan X: Pentagon's blueprint for full-fledged
cyberwar -- Occupy Bilderberg faces off with secretive gathering -- Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does
not believe -- Murder, Inc: Official Obama Policy - by Stephen Lendman -- Obama
Prioritizes War - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club, Tomorrow, June 2nd, Drug War
and the Media; Protest AZ GOP Inaccurate Election And Unethical
Ballots - Tomorrow, June
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News Link • Drug War
Despite Bloody Failures, US Doubling Down on Drug War
06-01-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
At the expense of US taxpayers and of innocent people throughout Central America, militaristic interventions are increasing
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News Link • Iran
Obama ‘sped up cyber-attacks’ on Iran’s nuclear program
06-01-2012
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New York Times
From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America’s first use of cyberweapons, according to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Alex Jones dances around TheDC’s questions
06-01-2012
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The Daily Caller
Radio show host and America’s paramount conspiracy weaver, Alex Jones danced around a series of questions from The Daily Caller during the “Occupy Bilderberg” protests Thursday.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Books
The Secrets to Nonviolent Prosperity: The Principles of Liberty by Trevor Gamble
06-01-2012
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www.thrivemovement.com
Trevor Gamble is Foster Gamble’s son and has played important roles in the research and coherence of much of the key information in THRIVE - in particular in the areas of true, free-market economics and the liberty perspective.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Icelandic Recovery on Track for a Bounce
06-01-2012
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arclein
This has directly lifted the crushing burden of debt form the shoulders of over one quarter of the Icelandic population, something which many people around the world " but especially in the United States, Greece, Spain, Italy and other nations strugg
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Harappan Collapse Detailed
06-01-2012
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arclein
We can envision that this eastern shift involved a change to more localized forms of economy " smaller communities supported by local rain-fed farming and dwindling streams
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robert klein
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News Link • Geology
Supervolcano Fuse a Few Centuries Long
06-01-2012
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arclein
Now, Guilherme Gualda of Vanderbilt University and his colleagues present several lines of evidence from the Bishop Tuff deposit at Long Valley, suggesting that the pools are "ephemeral" - lasting as little as 500 years before eruption.
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Algol Tracked 3000 Years Ago
06-01-2012
The ancient Egyptians wrote calendars that marked lucky and unlucky days. These predictions were based on astronomical and mythological events thought of as influential for everyday life. The best preserved of these calendars is the Cairo Calendar
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robert klein
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Free To Choose: Refusal is the Ultimate Liberty
06-01-2012
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www.zerogov.com/Bill Buppert
“Laws are rules, made by people who govern by means of organized violence, for non-compliance with which the non-complier is subjected to blows, to loss of liberty, or even to being murdered.” " Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
RNC tries to block Ron Paul Festival!
06-01-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by ausscyn
I took part in my first Ron Paul Festival conference call tonight. It was a real pleasure to meet organizer Bryan Siemon on the telephone, & catch his excitement.
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Ron Paul Will Storm GOP Convention, Plans 100,000 people at 'Ron Paul Fest'
06-01-2012
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http://www.policymic.com, Alex Marin
Ron Paul supporters have revealed a plan to organize a "Ron Paul Festival" at the Republican National Convention which will take place in Tampa, Fla., during the week of August 27, 2012.
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News Link • Agriculture
Weather Disasters, Crop Loss, Biotech Acreage, and Monsanto Sales Rising
06-01-2012
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Farm Wars
At the rate that acreage devoted to biotech crops is increasing, it won’t be long until maximum saturation is achieved, and genetic contamination unavoidable.
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Barbara Peterson
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Opinion • Obama Administration
Ray McGovern: My Take
The Moral Challenge of ‘Kill Lists’
05-30-2012
Ray McGovern
Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has been called President Obama’s “priest” as they wrestle with the moral dilemma of assembling a “kill list” of “bad guys,” a role that recalls how established religions have justified slaughters over the centur
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $2.38 Billion Contract for Detail Design and Construction of LHA 7
05-31-2012
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Market Watch
"Large-deck amphibious ship construction is an important component of our business plan, and we are pleased to have reached agreement with the Navy on this contract," said Ingalls Shipbuilding President Irwin F. Edenzon.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Tea Candle Powered Generator Charges Dead Smartphones and Lights Homes in Off-Grid Villages
06-01-2012
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http://www.marketwatch.com
Tellurex Corporation is currently seeking Kickstarter.com pledge funds and distributors to help launch its new, light and portable electrical generator.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Fresh Wave of Folks Living Off the Land
06-01-2012
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http://fenceviewer.com, by Jacqueline Weaver
Back-to-the-land, or homesteading movements, have been going on for centuries, but the motivation remains the same " to live a simpler, less expensive and more wholesome life.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Misinformation
False Reporting on the Health of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez
06-01-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Eva Golinger
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was diagnosed with cancer and a malignant tumor was removed from his pelvic region last June, all kinds of rumors, lies and speculations have circulated about his health.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama At Large: Where Are The Lawyers?
06-01-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Ralph Nader
The rule of law is rapidly breaking down at the top levels of our government. As officers of the court, we have sworn to “support the Constitution,” which clearly implies an affirmative commitment on our part.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
U.S. judge blocks key parts of Fla. law regulating voter registration
06-01-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, by Jerry Markon
A federal judge on Thursday blocked key provisions of a Florida law regulating groups that organize voter-registration drives, escalating a debate over newly restrictive voter-access laws that have become a major issue in the presidential campaign.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Nancy Reagan endorses Romney, says ‘Ronnie’ would have liked his business background
06-01-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, Associated Press
Former first lady Nancy Reagan served lemonade and cookies to Mitt Romney and his wife and offered the presumptive Republican presidential nominee something extra " her endorsement.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Spain reveals €100bn capital flight
06-01-2012
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http://edition.cnn.com, Financial Times
Madrid was dealt a double blow on Thursday after it emerged that almost €100bn in capital had left the country in the first three months of the year and the head of the European Central Bank lambasted its handling of Bankia, the troubled Spanish lend
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Dragon capsule returns to Earth
06-01-2012
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http://www.news-journal.com, Michael Altenhofen
Triumphant from start to finish, the SpaceX Dragon capsule parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday to conclude the first private delivery to the International Space Station and inaugurate NASA’s new approach to exploration.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Livermorium and Flerovium join the periodic table of elements
06-01-2012
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http://phys.org, by Anne M Stark
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today officially approved new names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Pakistan conducts test of nuclear capable cruise missile
06-01-2012
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http://news.xinhuanet.com, English.news.cn
Pakistan on Thursday conducted test of medium range cruise missile, which can deliver nuclear warheads, the military said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
5 Things The T.S.A. Does Not Want You To See
06-01-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Christopher Elliott
This is a picture of two Transportation Security Administration screeners leaving work last week. But look closely. They’re nowhere near an airport.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Eating Aluminum: Is It As Safe As Our Regulators Say?
06-01-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Sayer Ji
Aluminum toxicity, a characteristically manmade problem, is now impossible to avoid, and has become a postmodern rite of passage.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Americans beg Obama: Please, don't kill us with drones
06-01-2012
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http://rt.com
Grace Bedell thought it could clinch the election when she suggested to Abraham Lincoln that he grow a beard.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Plan X: Pentagon's blueprint for full-fledged cyberwar
06-01-2012
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http://rt.com
The wheels of the war machine are ever turning inside the Pentagon, but the Defense Department’s latest endeavor won’t involve fighter jets and armored tanks.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Events: America
Occupy Bilderberg faces off with secretive gathering
06-01-2012
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http://rt.com
Around 150 of the world’s elite approached the grounds of a suburban Virginia hotel on Thursday for the first day of the 2012 Bilderberg Conference.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe
06-01-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Damascus says a preliminary investigation showed armed groups carried out the Houla massacre.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Chavez's cancer has 'entered the end stage'
05-31-2012
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Dan Rather Reports
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that has "entered the end stage". The prognosis is dire and Chavez is not expected to live "more than a couple of months at most."
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News Link • Police State
Congress, rights groups still know virtually nothing about U.S. wiretap court
05-31-2012
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Rawstory
At a House hearing on Thursday, members of Congress and representatives of two leading privacy rights groups concluded that they still know virtually nothing about a secret court set up by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), originally
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Time Bomb? Banks Pressured to Buy Government Debt
05-31-2012
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MSNBC
US and European regulators are essentially forcing banks to buy up their own government's debt"a move that could end up making the debt crisis even worse, a Citigroup analysis says.
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News Link • Food
Worried About The Soda Ban? Fear Not, Bloomberg to Support ‘National Donut Day’ Tomorrow [Video]
05-31-2012
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At Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s press conference touting his efforts to stop the sale of large soft drinks in restaurants, one reporter in attendance brought up the interesting fact that his administration also supporting “National Donut Day” tomorrow a
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News Link • Military
Air Force's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will Land Soon
05-31-2012
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Space
After more than a year in space, the U.S. Air Force's secretive robotic space plane, the X-37B, is coming down soon. Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the site where the reusable miniature space shuttle will land
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
FAA Clears Virgin Galactic to Begin SpaceShipTwo Rocket Test Flights
05-31-2012
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Space
The developer of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo suborbital space tourism vehicle has won U.S. regulatory approval to begin powered flight testing of the rocket-propelled craft later this year.
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Defense Production in a Voluntary Society
05-31-2012
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Chase Rachels
Could private industries effectively take the place of the state when it comes to defense, both nationally and regionally? Chase Rachels explains some possibilities of defense production in a free, voluntary society.
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Opinion • Surveillance
One Nation Under Surveillance
05-31-2012
Chuck Baldwin
America prides itself in being called “the land of the free.” But, what, exactly, does it mean to be free? Does it mean owning a car and having a job? People in communist countries own a car and have a job. Does it mean going to a mall to shop
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News Link • Depression
America As Self-Declared Victim
05-31-2012
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www.huffingtonpost.com/Michael Brenner
America today lives with a cultivated sense of victimhood. That is the legacy of 9/11. It fills us with anxieties. It warps our self-image. It distorts our foreign relations. It is self-perpetuating. Yet we need it.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • TERRORISM
America's murderous drone campaign is fuelling terror
05-31-2012
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www.guardian.co.uk
Obama's escalation of a war that's already caused thousands of deaths will only destabilise his own allies and bolster al-Qaida
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News Link • WAR: About that War
It may seem painless, but drone war in Afghanistan is destroying the West's reputation
05-31-2012
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Peter Oborne
Drones, supposedly supported by the military establishment in the West, have sparked controversy in countries like Pakistan as they are being increasingly used to wage covert warfare.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Economy - International
Spain's Borrowing Costs Near Danger Level: Bailout Next?
05-30-2012
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CNBC
Spanish 10-year borrowing costs neared the 7 percent danger level and Bankia shares hit record lows on Monday after the government, struggling to sort out its finances, proposed putting sovereign debt into the struggling lender.
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Blueford v. Arkansas
05-30-2012
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The Agitator
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court found another exception to the Constitution’s prohibition on double jeopardy. I don’t agree with the Court’s decision, but that’s not really even the most objectionable part of this case.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
It’s a Long Road to Better
05-30-2012
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The Agitator
This pretty incredible two-part post from the appellatesquawk blog demonstrates how even good policies like videotaping interrogations can be undermined by bad expert witnesses and indifferent judges.
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News Link • Military
Were Nazi Soldiers Heroes?
05-30-2012
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by Jacob Hornberger (Future of Freedom Foundation)
Have you ever noticed that Nazi soldiers, especially those who died in World War II, are never celebrated as heroes? Why is that? Didn’t they answer the call of their government in time of war? Didn’t they serve their country by loyally obeying the d
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News Link • TERRORISM
U.S. Drone Policy: Standing Within 200 Feet Of A Terrorists Makes You A Terrorist
05-30-2012
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New York Times
"It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent," the Times reports. "Counterterrorism officials insis
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News Link • Food
New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks
05-30-2012
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New York Times
New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat rising obesity.
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News Link • China
Japan and China to start direct currency trading on Friday
05-30-2012
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www.japantoday.com
Japan and China will start direct currency trading this week, Tokyo said Tuesday, the first time Beijing has let a major unit other than the dollar swap with the yuan.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Debt Crisis: A $46 Trillion Problem Comes Sweeping In
05-30-2012
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Telegraph(UK)
Bad stuff, they say, comes in threes. We've already got the banking and the eurozone sovereign debt crises. Next comes the corporate funding crisis.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Pill Could Reverse Effects of a Stroke Long After It Hits
05-30-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Susan Young
One pharmaceutical company aims to lengthen a stroke's drug-treatable period from hours to months.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Fatty acid found in fish prevents age-related vision loss: U of A medical research
05-30-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Raquel Maurier
An omega-3 fatty acid found in fish, known as DHA, prevented age-related vision loss in lab tests, demonstrates recently published medical research from the University of Alberta.
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News Link • Agriculture
Time is ticking for some crop's wild relatives
05-30-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Teri Barr
A botanist brings a species of alfalfa from Siberia, to the United States. His hope? The plant survives, and leads to a new winter-hardy alfalfa. But what also happened during this time in the late 1800's, isn't just a story of legend and lore.
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News Link • World News
Islamists in Egypt Blame Christians for Voting
05-30-2012
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Assyrian International News Agency
"These accusations are part of a terror and intimidation campaign to prevent them from voting again for Shafik," said Egyptian writer Saad Namnam, "or even boycotting the elections altogether, which would be the same as voting for Morsy."
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News Link • Communications
New math model can help computers avoid communication breakdowns
05-30-2012
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http://phys.org, byStanford University
Language is so much more than a string of words. To understand what someone means, you need context.
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