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Date Sent: 2012-11-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, November 21, 2012 PM edition |
Is a Carbon Tax a Done Deal for the US? -- CIA closes dedicated climate change unit
Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Iran? -- Terrorist Attack on Bus in Tel Aviv; Hamas Celebrates -- 11-21-12 -- Ian Williams - Saul Landau - (Video Loaded) -- Getting a Read on Rand Paul -- Third-gen Solidoodle 3D printer pumps up the volume -- Stop Pretending the US Is an Uninvolved, Helpless Party in the Israeli Assault on Gaza -- Cancer Victim Forced To Go Through TSA Body Scanner Despite Opting Out -- Forecast Through 2050 Is The Most Depressing Forecast You'll Ever
See -- Gun Rights in the Age of Obama: Interview w/ President of the NRA
-- Investment alliance with $22 trillion in assets pleads for urgent climate action -- Israeli Terror Attacks: Day 7 -- Toronto faces lawsuits over plastic
shopping bag ban -- Michigan Republicans consider tax breaks for
fetuses -- Kucinich blasts ‘one-sided’ pro-Israeli House resolution -- Cory Booker challenges tea partier to live on food stamps for a week -- U.S. blocks UN Council statement on Gaza -- Bernanke steps up warnings over fiscal cliff -- Girl killed in Florida school bus shooting -- New York sues Credit Suisse over mortgage securities -- Mexico ‘risks corn damage’ if GM maize is planted -- Clinton: U.S. commitment to Israeli security ‘rock solid’ -- Britain recognizes Syria opposition as fighting rages -- Cops Taze Woman Into Cardiac Arrest During Traffic Stop: Video
AZ: 2012 Arizona Activists Patriot Roast & "Contempt of Cop"
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News Link • Climate Change
CIA closes dedicated climate change unit
11-21-2012
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RawStory.com
The CIA has shuttered its unit dedicated to studying the impact of climate change on national security, shifting its activities elsewhere, an official said Tuesday.
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News Link • Science
Largest Quantum Number for Entanglement
11-21-2012
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arclein
. Entangled quanta of light behave as if able to influence each other - even as they are spatially separated.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Carbon Dioxide Seive Developed
11-21-2012
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arclein
nt Jin Shang and research Fellow Gang Li from the Melbourne School of Engineering, have developed a new sieve that allows carbon dioxide molecules to be trapped and stored.
"The findings published in the Journal of the American Chem
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News Link • Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Iran?
11-21-2012
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www.progreso-weekly.com
Fifty years ago millions of people around the world worried that nuclear war would break out between the U.S. and USSR over demands that the Soviet Union withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba. Many Americans still think that an angry Fidel Castro w
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News Link • Agriculture
Four Story Vertical Farm
11-21-2012
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arclein
To ensure uniform sunlight the troughs are rotated via a hydraulic water-driven system that needs just 0.5 liters to rotate one of the 1.7 ton structures. With an emphasis on efficiency Sky Green made sure that the water was recycled, eventually bein
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News Link • Cuba
The civil society ploy
11-21-2012
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www.progreso-weekly.com
Can the United States export democracy to another country, the way it exports Coca Cola? Apparently the government, particularly, USAID, and the mass media " think so. But, some tricky issues emerge because we " the USA " the 'city on the hill" repre
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News Link • Science
Artifact on Mercury
11-21-2012
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arclein
I was looking over some Mercury photos and found this unusual black doorway. It is long and rectangle in shape with four almost perfect right angel corners. Unless meteor cubes are pummeling planets, this seems to be made by ancient aliens. Since n
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News Link • Israel
Terrorist Attack on Bus in Tel Aviv; Hamas Celebrates
11-21-2012
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Arutz Sheva
A terrorist blew up a city bus in central Tel Aviv. Twenty-One people are hospitalized. Two people suffered serious injuries. In celebratory response, Hamas in Gaza has parties, fireworks, songs and the handing out of candy and sweets.
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News Link • Israel
Op-Ed: Gaza is Beslan: "They Love Death, We Love Life"
11-21-2012
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Arutz Sheva
There is a gap wider than the ocean between the way Israelis look at life and the way the Hamas - and not only the Hamas - do.
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Opinion • Giving Thanks
All the Thanks!
11-21-2012
Bob Ross
I just wanted to spread some positivity during this hectic time of the year. This article was originally seen in the ezine. We have so much we can be grateful for, and can give thanks every day. What are you thankful for?
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
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Ernest Hancock
11-21-12 -- Ian Williams - Saul Landau - (Video & MP3 Loaded)
Ian Williams (U.N. Correspondent for Tribune and Senior Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus) on the U.N.'s condemnation of U.S.'s Cuba Policy - Saul Landau (Professor emeritus, author, commentator, filmmaker) on the U.N., U.S. and Cuba
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Third-gen Solidoodle 3D printer pumps up the volume
11-21-2012
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www.gizmag.com
Over the past couple of years, the number of consumer 3D printers hitting the market has multiplied like … well, like plastic chess pieces churned out by a 3D printer.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Stop Pretending the US Is an Uninvolved, Helpless Party in the Israeli Assault on Gaza
11-21-2012
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LewRockwell.Com/GlennGreenwald
The Obama administration's unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict
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News Link • Solar Flares
Two Monster Solar Eruptions Are Just A Taste Of More Damaging Explosions To Come
11-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dina Spector
NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory captured two giant explosions on the sun, one after the other during a 4-hour period, on Nov. 16, 2012.
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News Link • Energy
These Islands Are The First To Be Powered By Solar Energy Alone
11-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Randy Astaiza
The Tokelau islands are the first nation to be run completely on solar power, they announced on November 5.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mars Rover Scientists Say They're Sitting On A Discovery For The 'History Books'
11-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dina Spector
The scientists in charge of NASA's Curiosity rover are sitting on some exciting, but not-yet-confirmed news, NPR's Joe Palca reports.
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
If This Is Actually The Next-Generation Xbox, It's Going To Be Crazy Powerful
11-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Kevin Smith
The next-generation Xbox will be tricked out with heavy-duty computing power according to a report in Xbox World, a Xbox focused magazine.
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News Link • Activism
Cancer Victim Forced To Go Through TSA Body Scanner Despite Opting Out
11-21-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Is the TSA preventing people from exercising their right to say no during national opt out protest?
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Forecast Through 2050 Is The Most Depressing Forecast You'll Ever See
11-21-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam Ro
Jeremy Grantham's US Economic Growth Forecast Through 2050 Is The Most Depressing Forecast You'll Ever See
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News Link • Constitution
Gun Rights in the Age of Obama: Interview w/ President of the NRA
11-21-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gun Rights in the Age of Obama: Interview w/ President of the NRA, David Keene on WHDT (Video)
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Injectable Sponges Can Expand Inside The Body To Deliver Drugs
11-21-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
A new class of gel-based sponges can be molded to any shape, soak up drugs or stem cells, shrink down and be injected into the body, where they inflate to their original size and leak out their contents.
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News Link • Climate Change
Investment alliance with $22 trillion in assets pleads for urgent climate action
11-21-2012
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Stephen C. Webster via RawStory.com
An alliance of some of the world’s largest investment groups, worth a combined total of $22 trillion in assets, urged world leaders this week to take calls for action on climate change seriously.
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News Link • Environment
Toronto faces lawsuits over plastic shopping bag ban
11-21-2012
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RawStory.com
The Canada Plastic Bag Association on Tuesday joined a growing number of groups suing Toronto, Canada’s largest city, to stop a proposed ban on plastic shopping bags.
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News Link • TAXES: State
Michigan Republicans consider tax breaks for fetuses
11-21-2012
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Stephen C. Webster via RawStory.com
Michigan Republicans held a hearing Tuesday to consider two bills that would offer tax breaks to any woman carrying a fetus that’s more than 12 weeks old.
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News Link • Israel
Kucinich blasts ‘one-sided’ pro-Israeli House resolution
11-21-2012
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Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com
Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Tuesday objected to a House resolution that declared “vigorous support and unwavering commitment” to the State of Israel.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
U.S. election count goes on " and on
11-21-2012
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Richard Adams, The Guardian via RawStory.com
Two weeks ago, Barack Obama was triumphantly re-elected as US president. The strange thing is that the votes are still being counted 14 days later.
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News Link • Food
Cory Booker challenges tea partier to live on food stamps for a week
11-20-2012
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Stephen C. Webster via RawStory.com
Over the weekend, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) challenged a tea party-affiliated critic to join him in living on food stamps for a week, and now it appears the challenge has been accepted.
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News Link • Israel
U.S. blocks UN Council statement on Gaza
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The United States on Tuesday blocked a UN Security Council statement on the Gaza conflict, arguing that it would have been “counter-productive” amid efforts to reach a ceasefire.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bernanke steps up warnings over fiscal cliff
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke stepped up his warnings Tuesday over the looming “fiscal cliff,” saying its mandatory tax hikes and spending cuts posed a “substantial threat” to US economic recovery.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Girl killed in Florida school bus shooting
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
A 13-year-old schoolgirl in Florida was shot dead Tuesday by another student as she was being transported on a school bus with her younger sister and eight other children, police said.
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News Link • Housing
New York sues Credit Suisse over mortgage securities
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The state of New York sued Credit Suisse for fraud Tuesday over the sale of questionable mortgage securities that dealt buyers $11.2 billion in losses in the US housing meltdown.
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News Link • Food
Mexico ‘risks corn damage’ if GM maize is planted
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
Environmentalists are warning that Mexico, the cradle of corn, risks damaging its staple if the government gives US firms the green light to plant genetically-modified maize in huge swaths of land.
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News Link • Israel
Clinton: U.S. commitment to Israeli security ‘rock solid’
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Jerusalem on Tuesday during Israel’s conflict in Gaza that Washington’s commitment to the Jewish state’s security remains “rock solid.”
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News Link • Syria
Britain recognizes Syria opposition as fighting rages
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
Britain formally recognised a newly formed opposition bloc as the sole representative of the Syrian people on Tuesday, as UN head Ban Ki-moon said he feared Syria could become a “regional battleground.”
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News Link • Police State
Cops Taze Woman Into Cardiac Arrest During Traffic Stop: Video
11-20-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A video taken by the California Highway Patrol may be the first time a camera has captured all of the events leading up to a cardiac arrest following the use of a TASER® electronic control device.
On June 4, CHP officers stopped to check on the we
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News Link • Torture
What’s the Point of Having Laws Against Torture if They Don’t Apply to the Powerful?
11-20-2012
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One thing brings these four men together. Hassan bin Attash, Sami el-Hajj, Muhammed Khan Tumani and Murat Kurnaz"they are all survivors of the systematic torture program the Bush administration authorized and carried out in locations including Afghan
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News Link • Homeland Security
The Watchmen: California Artist Arrested After TSA Spots Curious Watch
11-20-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Geoffrey McGann, 49, is an artist and the creative director of a media production company called Generator Content. It appears that he was too creative for those folks at TSA. The California artist was arrested at Oakland International Airport becaus
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News Link • Activism
Caught on Camera: Cop and clown brawl
11-20-2012
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http://www.wtsp.com,Written by CNN
It's the type of eyewitness video that is bound to be a web sensation. A local man dressed as a clown getting into a brawl with a Milwaukee police officer. And the incident is all caught on camera.
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News Link • Israel
Israeli Troops Fire Into Syria, Kill Three Soldiers
11-20-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Officials Unclear if Rebels or Regime Gunfire Prompted Attack
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Defense spending: the most expensive ‘free ride’ in history
11-14-2012
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Bernard Keane, Crikey
One of the biggest disasters to befall the world’s major arms companies was when, entirely without meaning to, the United States won the Cold War. . . The great appeal of the War on Terror is its self-perpetuating quality that guarantees this is one
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Letter Re: Lakota Warehouse Bank?
11-20-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com
James Wesley:
Can you provide any insight on the banking services and the Lakota [copper, silver and gold] coins from the Lakota Bank? Thanks, - Bryan E.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ron Paul on Stossel: 'Hard to divvy up loot when there's none left' - Nov 15
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, eduardo89
Rep. Ron Paul, (R-Texas), on the current state of the economy and whether the administration can make corrections in the next four years.
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Lew Rockwell: Ron Paul's ‘Secret’ Plans for Continued Leadership For The Liberty Movement
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L
Lew Rockwell appears on the Alex Jones show and discusses what’s next for the liberty movements fight against statism.
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News Link • Government
I have been identified by the US. Department of Health and Human Services
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, dexterszyd
I received a letter over a month ago from the US Department Health and Human Services (DHHS).
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama signs secret directive to help thwart cyberattacks
11-20-2012
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http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Ellen Nakashima
President Obama has signed a secret directive that effectively enables the military to act more aggressively to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s web of government and private computer networks.
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News Link • Drug War
Man Facing 80 Years In Prison On Federal Charges Over Medical Marijuana In Montana!
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Rebecca Richman Cohen
By state law, medical marijuana is legal in Montana. Federal law, however, is another matter, as Chris Williams sadly found out.
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israeli Airstrike Destroys Russia Today TV Channel Office in Gaza
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Michellee
An Israeli airstrike on a media compound in the Gaza Strip has destroyed the office of Russia Today TV channel, the RT press office said on Sunday.
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Retiring Ron Paul to make his case for liberty on college campuses next year
11-20-2012
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http://thehill.com, By Molly K. Hooper
Retiring Rep. Ron Paul plans to deliver speeches on college campuses next year and beyond, continuing his message of liberty and reducing the size of the federal government.
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News Link • Military
A Phony Hero for a Phony War
11-20-2012
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http://www.nytimes.co, LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV
FASTIDIOUSNESS is never a good sign in a general officer.
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News Link • Israel
Netanyahu Unaware of Camera
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, EncryptedReality4
Netanyahu 'America Won't Get in Our Way..It's Easily Moved
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 11/19/12: If a People Cannot Secede, They Are Not Free
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Ron Paul
Is all the recent talk of secession mere sour grapes over the election or perhaps something deeper?
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News Link • Government
Ben Swann - Will community banks disappear?
11-20-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, fyi2day
Coming to your local bank by New Year's! Big Banks get bigger and local funds forced to gravitate to the corrupt.
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News Link • Climate Change
World Bank warns global temp. could rise devastating 4 degrees this century
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The World Bank warned Sunday that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor.
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News Link • Military
U.S. still not ready to fully embrace Syrian opposition
11-20-2012
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RawStory.com
The United States said Monday it is closely monitoring the progress of a new Syrian opposition alliance as it weighs whether to recognize the body as the sole representative of the Syrian people.
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