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Date Sent: 2012-09-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, September 17, 2012 AM edition |
Naval Power Massing in Gulf as Israel Prepares Iran Strike
Four US Troops Killed in Afghan Inside Attack; 8 Coalition Troops Killed in 3 Days -- Rand Paul, Meet Timon of Athens - by William Grigg -- Two Photogs, One Journalist
Arrested as Activists Descend Upon Wall Street for Anniversary -- Two officials out at troubled state lab amid unfolding drug sample
scandal -- 2 Insider Attacks Kill 6 Coalition Members in Afghanistan
-- Gary Johnson wins Pennsylvania, loses Oklahoma with showdown in
Michigan -- Aging U.S. nuclear arsenal slated for costly and
long-delayed modernization -- In Prosecutors, Debt Collectors Find a
Partner -- Arizona CPS discovers computer glitch that hid files for
15 years -- US data whistleblower: 'It's a violation of everybody's
constitutional rights' -- Slices of brain tissue can store patterns of activity for short
periods of time -- World War III: the
unthinkable cost of preserving the petrodollar -- Burn Your House,
Boost the Economy
AZ: Marc J Victor Fundraiser -
Wine and Hors d’oevres Event Wednesday, Sept. 26th, 6:00 – 9:00
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News Link • Iran
Naval Power Massing in Gulf as Israel Prepares Iran Strike
09-16-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are converging on the strategically important Strait of Hormuz in an unprecedented show of force as Israel and Iran move towards the brink of war.
Western leaders are conv
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Afghanistan
Four US Troops Killed in Afghan Inside Attack; 8 Coalition Troops Killed in 3 Days
09-16-2012
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ABC News (video)
4 American service members were killed by an Afghan policeman early today, the third attack on coalition forces in 3 days, bringing the death toll in the recent violence to 8. The attacks -- two "green on blue" incidents and an assault on a coalition
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News Link • Foreign Aid
Rand Paul, Meet Timon of Athens
09-16-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Senator Rand Paul is flogging what he considers to be a brilliant idea: The government should take “half of the $4 billion that we’re squandering” on foreign aid “to people who don’t like us … and put it towards the deficit, and take half of that aid
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Two Photogs, One Journalist Arrested as Activists Descend Upon Wall Street for Anniversary
09-16-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Unlike police in Tampa and Charlotte during the recent political conventions, New York City police made no attempt in respecting the rights of protesters and photographers during the opening night of the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Two officials out at troubled state lab amid unfolding drug sample scandal
09-16-2012
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Boston Globe
The lab officials failed to detect obvious signs of problems with a chemist’s work involving drug samples from criminal cases. They compounded that by making the “poor decision” to wait 6 months to alert the state’s public health commissioner
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News Link • Afghanistan
2 Insider Attacks Kill 6 Coalition Members in Afghanistan
09-16-2012
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New York Times
Afghan police killed 6 service members from the American-led military coalition in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan this weekend, pushing the number of international troops killed by Afghan forces in a single year past 50 for the first time.
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Gary Johnson wins Pennsylvania, loses Oklahoma with showdown in Michigan
09-16-2012
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www.examiner.com
Gary Johnson won one battle late this past week in the State of Pennsylvania when a Commonwealth Court of Judges ruled in a two to one decision he had earned enough signatures to be on the ballot for President in Pennsylvania. However, at this time,
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Aging U.S. nuclear arsenal slated for costly and long-delayed modernization
09-16-2012
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Washington Post
The U.S. nuclear arsenal, the most powerful but indiscriminate class of weapons ever created, is set to undergo the costliest overhaul in its history, even as the military faces spending cuts to its conventional arms programs at a time of fiscal cris
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
In Prosecutors, Debt Collectors Find a Partner
09-16-2012
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New York Times
The letters are sent to people who have written bad checks, threatening them with jail if they do not pay up. They bear the seal and signature of the local district attorney’s office. But the letters are from debt-collection companies,
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona CPS discovers computer glitch that hid files for years
09-16-2012
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Arizona Republic
Arizona's child-welfare agency discovered a computer glitch that kept records from parents, lawyers and others for 15 years, that led to children being wrongly removed and prevented caregivers from supporting civil claims against the state.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
US data whistleblower: 'It's a violation of everybody's constitutional rights'
09-16-2012
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The Guardian
Bill Binney believes he helped create a monster. The former senior National Security Agency official even believes he owes the whole American people an apology. He led the development of a secret software code he now believes is illegally collecting
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Bee study lifts lid on hive habits
09-16-2012
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The Guardian
The entire honeybee workforce are genetically identical sisters. Analysis of the worker bees' DNA revealed foragers had one pattern of chemical tags on their genes, while those that stayed home had another. When bees swapped one job for the other, th
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Slices of brain tissue can store patterns of activity for short periods of time
09-16-2012
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The Guardian
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University report that they can induce memory-like patterns of activity in slices of brain tissue, and that the slices can store these activity patterns for short periods of time.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
An Open Letter to All Muslims
9-16-2012
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Free Press Publications
I would like to send a friendly message to all Muslims.
I do not support the foreign policy of the government of the United States of America. I do not condone the actions of the men and women in the American military, when those men and women k
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
World War III: the unthinkable cost of preserving the petrodollar
09-16-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
As noted by many of our readers, one of the key topics omitted from our article on the inevitability of economic collapse was the petrodollar system. Due to its significance, we felt that this subject deserves its own article. If you have never heard
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Chris Menke
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Reference Link • Economy - Economics USA
Burn Your House, Boost the Economy
Lawrence Parks, Free Market
The GDP measures all goods and services brought to market in a given year. But is it really an accurate measure of how well an economy is serving people's needs? Here are some outlandish ways the GDP can be boosted. War, floods, disease, are componen
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News Link • Egypt
Obama: Egypt Is Neither an Enemy Nor an Ally
09-15-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Washington has been scrambling for leverage in Egypt, but whether the new government will be sufficiently obedient to the US isn't clear
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News Link • Libya
Obama Sends More Drones, Marines to Libya, But Did They Ever Leave?
09-15-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Apparently, there is nothing so permanent as a temporary US war
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News Link • Libya
Reality Check: Does Libya Attacks Change U.S. Foreign Policy Moving Forward?
09-15-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by myajace
Reality Check: Does Libya Attacks Change U.S. Foreign Policy Moving Forward?
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Check out one of the top stories on Politico right now...
09-15-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Quetz
The two men couldn’t be more different on paper: One is a five-term septuagenarian, career politician and the embodiment of the Republican establishment; the other a 49-year-old tea party firebrand who never before held elected office and the de fact
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News Link • How To
Do it Yourself Timber Harvesting
09-15-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, by SMJ
Wood is one of the most readily available materials for homestead construction projects and is also an important fuel source for many of us. I’ve always loved forests and trees, so I drew on my experiences growing up in Alaska and my work in the timb
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Defend Physical Removal Of 77-Year-Old Driver
09-14-2012
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CBS News (video)
Police in Keene are commenting today about an incident involving a sergeant making a traffic stop and the physical removal of a 77-year-old woman from her vehicle.
The Keene Police Department released a statement earlier this week about the incide
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Twitter hands over Occupy protester messages to prosecutors
09-14-2012
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The Guardian
Twitter has relented in its fight with New York prosecutors to hand over 3 months worth of messages from an Occupy Wall Street protester ahead of the activist's criminal trial. Twitter had argued that the posts belong to Malcolm Harris and as such it
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Obama attorneys ask court to restore indefinite detention power
09-14-2012
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Rawstory
Less than 24 hours after a judge blocked a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial, attorneys for the Obama administration were already filing an appeal.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US Credit Rating Cut by Egan-Jones ... Again
09-14-2012
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CNBC
Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to "AA-" from "AA," citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the country's credit quality.
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News Link • Police State
More sniper ammunition being ordered by DHS " Who are the targets?
09-14-2012
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www.setyoufreenews.com
Nevertheless, have no fear; DHS only needs 25,000 rounds to develop good sniper skills. Because, they have also ordered 176,000 rounds of the .308 caliber hollow point boat tail (HPBT) rounds.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Operation Screw - "All In" on QE 3 (Video)
09-14-2012
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Schiff Report
The geniuses at the Federal Reserve have concocted a bold new plan to revive the U.S. economy -- print a bunch of money, loan it to Americans at super low interest rates so they can speculate on rising real estate prices, extract the appreciated equi
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Joe Plummer
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News Link • Currencies
Dollar no longer primary oil currency as China begins to sell oil using Yuan
09-14-2012
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The Examiner
China and Russia have agreed to start trading oil in yuans instead of dollars. What does this spell for the petrodollar? D-E-M-I-S-E.
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Was Warned About Libya 48 Hours Prior And Did Nothing
09-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, nteb
The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Police State Takes Over Greyhound
09-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, from the trenches
I was on a Greyhound this morning after a 12 hour trip and was really looking forward to getting off the bus.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Libya
Ron Paul Predicted Al Qaeda Will Takeover Libya In 2011
09-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Thomas Dishaw
Mainstream media continues to mock this “Great American” but he is wise beyond his years.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Revolt! Maryland Residence Tearing Down Speed And Surveillance Cameras
09-14-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Geoffrey Ingersoll
Police in Palmer Park, Md., plan to deploy cameras to surveil the other other cameras in their district.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Tissue Engineering the Brain, Eyes and Pituitary Glands
09-14-2012
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arclein
How do the proliferating stem cells of an embryo organize themselves seamlessly into the complex structures of the body and brain? And is tissue formation driven by a genetic program intrinsic to cells, or shaped by external cues from neighbouring t
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robert klein
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News Link • Libya
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination
09-14-2012
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www.independent.co.uk
America 'was warned of embassy attack but did nothing'
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government Waste
After huge White House construction job, West Wing emerges little changed " but for how long?
09-14-2012
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www.washingtonpost.com
After nearly two years and $86 million worth of noisy and disruptive construction, the West Wing has emerged from its visual seclusion remarkably unchanged. And deep underground, whatever has been built there remains shrouded in mystery.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Photos: TSA Checkpoint At Mitt Romney Political Event
09-14-2012
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www.infowars.com
The TSA has been very busy in recent weeks, placing its agents at events and functions that have nothing whatsoever to do with transportation, emphasizing how the federal agency has stepped way beyond its mandate and become a literal occupying army o
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Liberty Groups a Front for the Republican Machine
09-14-2012
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www.dailypaul.com Tisha Casida
In an effort to believe that I was the only one experiencing this vortex in the liberty movement " I have kept my mouth shut. But no more " after reading Mr. Woods ‘ article about his experience with Jesse Benton and Campaign for Liberty (C4L), I thi
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Texas Police Kill Unarmed Man Before Confiscating Witness Camera and Deleting Images
09-13-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Police in Texas shot an unarmed man 41 times, then turned around and confiscated another man’s camera after he started taking photos and shooting video of the bloody aftermath.
Dallas-area cops then deleted the man’s footage before returning the c
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Conspiracies
Of Bidens and Bikers: Does Anybody Remember Derek Hale?
09-13-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Beau Biden is Delaware’s Attorney General. 5 years ago, Biden consummated the official cover-up of the police murder of Marine veteran Derek Hale, who was repeatedly shot with a Taser and then gunned down at point-blank range
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
House passes stopgap funding bill to keep government open until after election
09-13-2012
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Washington Post
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a six-month stopgap government funding bill on a 329 to 91 vote, putting aside the partisan warfare of the past 18 months in bipartisan resolve to avoid a budget showdown ahead of the November election.
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News Link • Food
NYC bans supersized sodas at restaurants, theaters and concession stands
09-13-2012
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New York Times
New York City cracked down on the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks in what was celebrated by some as a groundbreaking attempt to curb obesity but condemned by others as a blatant intrusion into people’s lives by a busybody mayor.
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Opinion • Future Predictions
“The Age Of Despotism”
09-13-2012
Chuck Baldwin
On August 7, 2012, The Washington Times ran an editorial entitled, “The Civil War of 2016.” It begins, “Imagine Tea Party extremists seizing control of a South Carolina town and the Army being sent in to crush the rebellion.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
US identifies anti-Muslim filmmaker
09-13-2012
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AP
Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mide
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Police Sent to California Home of 'Innocence of Muslims' Producer, Who is 'Scared of Ret
09-13-2012
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ABC News (video)
As outrage over the anti-Muslim film "Innocence of Muslims" spreads across the Middle East, police were sent to the California home of the man (the US govt) identified as the producer of the film, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who according to authoritie
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed announces new mortgage bond-buying plan, keeps interest rates low
09-13-2012
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Washington Post
The Federal Reserve opened a major new offensive in the battle to reduce unemployment, launching its most extensive effort to stimulate the economy in the past two years. The Fed announced a round of bond purchases targeting the mortgage market, a po
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US median income lowest since 1995
09-13-2012
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http://www.ft.com, By James Politi
The median income of American households dropped to its lowest level since 1995 last year, extending its decline during President Barack Obama’s tenure and highlighting the depth of the damage to the middle class inflicted by the recession and weak r
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Mitch McConnell Hires Jesse Benton
09-13-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Matt Sterba
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has hired a loyal aide to Rep. Ron Paul and fellow Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to run his 2014 reelection bid -- the latest sign of how the wily leader is already preparing to head off any tea party insurgency and D
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Tom Woods clears the air on Jesse Benton
09-13-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by eskiegirl
Ron Paul campaign chairman Jesse Benton is going to head up the campaign of Mitch McConnell. Gee, now why did those incorrigible naysayers have so many unkind words for him?
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Fed Launches QE3
09-13-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by P.Au.L
The Federal Reserve, worried that improvement in the unemployment rate has stalled, announced a third, large purchase of bonds on Thursday in an effort to bring down long-term interest rates and spur growth.
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