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Date Sent: 2012-12-11
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, December 11, 2012 AM edition |
Expanding Covert Warfare Makes Us Less Safe - by Ron Paul -- CIA Takes Over Pentagon
Congressman calls for ban on 3D printed guns -- Carbon Tax Could Come After Fiscal Cliff Deal -- US Government Agencies Will Soon Be Able To Access Foreign Medical Dossiers Due To Patriot Act -- Take a trip to the Bank of England’s gold vault -- Unaccounted graves found at former reform school in Florida -- Parents of ex-U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico say he's losing hope -- Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation -- No one retreating; cliff talks seem at standstill -- Some Better Targets for the People Who Hate Government -- Doha Didn't Do So Well But the Elites Will Surely Strike Again -- Prop 37 biggest supporter was… Monsanto -- Standard Chartered to pay $327 million to resolve U.S. sanctions
case -- Old foe The Philippines backs a rearmed Japan to balance
China -- Egypt army given temporary power to
arrest civilians -- Google's GMail service suffers disruption -- Apple Fixes Maps Snafu
Dubbed ‘Potentially Life-Threatening’ by Police -- Obama opposes
proposed "right to work" measures in Michigan -- U.S. Spies See
Superhumans, Instant Cities by 2030 -- US and UK unveil failing
banks plan -- PlayStation-Controlled DIY Tank May Be the Wildest
Weapon Yet in the Syria War -- Pax Americana is ‘winding down’, says
US report -- Morsi returns to secretive ways, say critics -- Nowhere
to Run or to Hide From the New Killer Robots -- Resistance Against
the Globalists Is Futile Unless...
AZ: America's First Monument to the Bill of Rights - Arizona Dedication Ceremony, Saturday December 15th
10:00 am; 2012 Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast &
Fundraiser Saturday December 15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
CIA Takes Over Pentagon
12-10-2012
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The Daily Bell
No longer a turf war, the Pentagon and CIA work closely ... With the increase use of drone strikes as a powerful fighting force, the military is looking to get more involved in intelligence.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Congressman calls for ban on 3D printed guns
12-10-2012
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Firmware locks for 3D printers? A DMCA-like takedown regime for 3D shapefiles that can be used to generate plastic firearms (or parts of plastic firearms?). A mandate on 3D printer manufacturers to make it impossible for their products to print out g
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Carbon Tax Could Come After Fiscal Cliff Deal
12-10-2012
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Breitbart
According to one former member of the White House Climate Change Task Force under President Clinton, President Obama may have plans to implement a carbon tax as soon as the fiscal cliff negotiations are settled.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
US Government Agencies Will Soon Be Able To Access Foreign Medical Dossiers Due To Patriot Act
12-10-2012
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US government agencies can secretly request anyone's data if they are using a cloud-computing service which 'conducts systematic business in the US'. It is sufficient when the service provider is somehow a subsidiary of a US company.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Take a trip to the Bank of England’s gold vault
12-10-2012
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The Sideshow
It's a video that would make 007 supervillain Goldfinger drool. A professor and cameraman were allowed inside the Bank of England's gold bullion vault, where they captured footage of tons and tons of gold bars.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Oldest Pharaoh Carvings Discovered in Egypt
12-10-2012
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LiveScience
The carvings were first recorded in the 1890s, but only rediscovered in 2008. In them, a white-crowned figure travels in ceremonial processions and on sickle-shaped boats, perhaps representing an early tax-collecting tour of Egypt.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Unaccounted graves found at former reform school in Florida
12-10-2012
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Reuters
Investigators in Florida using ground-penetrating radar and soil samples said on Monday they had found at least 50 graves - 19 more than officially reported - on the grounds of a former state reform school for boys.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Parents of ex-U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico say he's losing hope
12-10-2012
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Reuters
The mother of a former U.S. Marine jailed in a notoriously violent corner of northern Mexico said on Monday that her son was losing hope after being arrested in August for possessing a shotgun that was a family heirloom.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation
12-10-2012
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Associated Press
Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado Monday, when the governor took the procedural step of declaring the voter-approved change part of the state constitution.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
No one retreating; cliff talks seem at standstill
12-10-2012
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Associated Press
A year-end deadline approaching, negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" appeared at a standstill Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Some Better Targets for the People Who Hate Government
12-10-2012
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Common Dreams
One of the pleasures of a weekend away from the city is visiting with people who express points of view that are different from my own.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Hillary Clinton's Environmental Failures Could Become Obama's
12-10-2012
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Common Dreams
Hillary isn't winning many friends among environmentalists with her support of the Keystone Pipeline--and it will be the purest test of whether Obama's second term will be greener than his first.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Positive News
10 Reasons Why It’s Not The End of the World As We Know It
12-10-2012
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Prison Planet
Despite the fact that there are innumerable genuine crises and real economic problems all over the world.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Doha Didn't Do So Well But the Elites Will Surely Strike Again
12-10-2012
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The Daily Bell
Kyoto extended in UN climate agreement ... A UN conference has passed a package of agreements extending the life of the Kyoto Protocol, as Australia and 36 other industrialised countries signed up for binding emission cuts by 2020.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Prop 37 biggest supporter was… Monsanto
12-10-2012
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Farm Wars
Monsanto behind labeling effort to divert attention so that the one action that could torpedo their efforts to monopolize food is ignored: BANNING GMO CROPS.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Great Examiner Article on Copyright, Buried Lede on Staffer's Firing
12-10-2012
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The Daily Bell
GOP sides with Mickey Mouse on copyright reform ... Illegally downloading a couple dozen songs can earn you a million-dollar fine. Setting some Robert Frost verses to music can make you a criminal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Standard Chartered to pay $327 million to resolve U.S. sanctions case
12-10-2012
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Reuters
Standard Chartered Plc agreed to pay $327 million to U.S. authorities to resolve allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions laws, capping months of legal headaches for the British bank.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Old foe The Philippines backs a rearmed Japan to balance China
12-10-2012
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antiwar.com
THE Philippines would support Japan dropping its pacifist constitution to become a fully fledged military force and act as a balance against China, a government spokesman said yesterday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Doctors Save A Little Girl's Life By Reprogramming The HIV Virus To Fight Cancer Cells
12-10-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Nicholas Carlson
Drug company Novartis is betting $20 million on a cancer treatment that seems to have saved a little girl's life, according to a report from The New York Times' Denise Grady.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt army given temporary power to arrest civilians
12-10-2012
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Reuters
Egypt's Islamist president has given the army temporary power to arrest civilians during a constitutional referendum he is determined to push through despite the risk of bloodshed between his supporters and opponents accusing him of a power grab.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Seriously?
A New Jersey Gas Station Filled Cars With Jet Fuel
12-10-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Alex Davies
Drivers unknowingly filled up their cars with jet fuel yesterday after a fuel delivery service accidentally filled a pump at a Keyport, New Jersey gas station with kerosene, CBS New York reported.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • How To
Why The Only Secure Password Is One You Don’t Even Know That You Know
12-10-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Justin McLachlan
Researchers have shown how to teach a password subconsciously, then pluck it back out.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
U.S. loosens rules aimed at healthier school meals
12-10-2012
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Reuters
U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at reining in calories and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many children hungry.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Shapeshifting Metamaterial Could Revolutionize How We Treat Wounds
12-10-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
"When a drug can flow into a cavity then conform to the shape of the cavity and stay there, it offers unprecedented opportunities [in the] delivery of drugs."
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Arizona winner of $587.5 million Powerball jackpot identified
12-10-2012
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Reuters
Lottery officials on Monday identified a Phoenix-area man who claimed half of a record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot, putting an end to the man's hopes of remaining anonymous.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Japanese Team Aims For World Record In Human-Powered Styrofoam Plane
12-10-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
The team wants to beat the world distance record for a pedal-powered airplane.
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News Link • Internet
Google's GMail service suffers disruption
12-10-2012
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Reuters
Several Google Inc Web products, including the popular GMail service, appeared to go dark for users on several continents on Monday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
A Forgotten Pioneer of Mars Resource Utilization (1962-1963)
12-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David S. F. Portree
Most early Mars expedition plans made little mention of potential martian resources. Apart from using the martian atmosphere to slow the crew lander for landing, Mars spacecraft generally depended little on materials or conditions peculiar to the pla
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News Link • Technology: Software
Apple Fixes Maps Snafu Dubbed ‘Potentially Life-Threatening’ by Police
12-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Christina Bonnington
Australian authorities are urging motorists to use anything but Apple Maps to get around the Outback after the app left several people stranded in the searing desert, a mistake police called a “potentially life-threatening issue.”
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama opposes proposed "right to work" measures in Michigan
12-10-2012
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Reuters
President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind labor unions opposed to a Republican-led drive for "right-to-work" laws in Michigan, saying efforts to pass such measures were not about economics but about politics.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Future Predictions
U.S. Spies See Superhumans, Instant Cities by 2030
12-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Noah Shachtman
3-D printed organs. Brain chips providing superhuman abilities. Megacities, built from scratch. The U.S. intelligence community is taking a look at the world of 2030. And it is very, very sci-fi.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
US and UK unveil failing banks plan
12-10-2012
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ft.com
US and UK regulators will unveil the first cross-border plans to deal with failing global banks on Monday, outlining proposals to force shareholders and creditors on both sides of the Atlantic to take losses and to ensure sufficient capital exists.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
PlayStation-Controlled DIY Tank May Be the Wildest Weapon Yet in the Syria War
12-10-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Robert Beckhusen
Syria’s rebels may have taken the concept of a videogame a tad too far. A homemade rebel tank has recently been seen rolling down the road like a post-apocalyptic battle wagon " and armed with a machine gun controlled like it’s a PlayStation.
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News Link • China
Pax Americana is ‘winding down’, says US report
12-10-2012
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ft.com
China will be the world’s largest economy by 2030 but the US will still remain “first among equals” in the international system, according to a new US government intelligence assessment of global trends.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Egypt
Morsi returns to secretive ways, say critics
12-10-2012
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ft.com
For years, Mohamed el-Gebba bristled under the dictates of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the secretive and hierarchical organisation he had embraced as a teenager.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Today on LewRockwell.com - Monday December 10th 2012
12-10-2012
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LewRockwell.com
'Crush Their Skulls and Eat Their Faces' / Tax Parasite Attacks Lew Rockwell / The Unemployment Rate is 22.9% / Pearl Harbor Was Surprised, FDR was not / 10 Outrageous Police Maneuvers / Massive New Commercial Super-Vessel
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin, in deal with French financial firms, gets officially recognized under EU law as a "ban
12-10-2012
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BBC News
Under European laws, the deal means Bitcoin-Central becomes a Payment Services Provider (PSP) that has an International Bank ID number. This puts it on an equal footing with other payment networks such as PayPal and WorldPay.
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Chip Saunders
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Reference Link • Military
Dulce et Decorum:
And May You Get the Chance
Fred Reed
.. if my country says to butcher, then butchery were no crime, but a source of honor. To kill for pure enjoyment, as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer, is most contemptible, but to do it because Bush II, Tojo, Bin Laden, or Netanyahu commands it"this is vi
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Blackwater becomes new landlord in Afghanistan for US Special Forces
12-07-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
As President Obama insists on a speedy end to the war in Afghanistan, his administration has other plans. A facility owned by the private security force once known as Blackwater has been awarded a $22 million contract to house US troops through 2015.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
State laying groundwork for managed bankruptcy for Detroit
12-07-2012
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Even as the state Treasury prepares to begin another financial review of Detroit's books, a plan is being solidified in the governor's office that would guide Michigan's largest city through what is being called a managed bankruptcy.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Parents Of Teen Strip-Searched At School Sue Assistant Principal, Police
12-07-2012
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CBS News
“And then he searched me with my clothes on,” the boy said. “Then he told me to remove my belt. As I undid my belt he pulled my pants and underwear down to my knees.” After that, “He started grabbing and searching my privates,” the boy said.
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News Link • Surveillance
Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns
12-07-2012
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FOX News
Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to propose long-delayed regulations requiring auto manufactur
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 9, 2012 Edition
12-07-2012
John Semmens
Amount Spent on Welfare Exceeds Average Income
Data from a Congressional Research Service report reveals that the amount the government spends on welfare per family below the poverty line exceeds the median earned income. The median for earned inc
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News Link • Energy
Europe’s Carbon Trading Problems May Influence U.S. Climate Policy
12-07-2012
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Technologyreview.com
A flooded carbon market could help make the case for carbon taxation in the United States.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Defense Contractors Seek Fiscal Cliff Relief, Budget-Busting Tax Breaks At Same Time
12-07-2012
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Huffington Post
There's probably no group of companies more alarmed about going over the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect next month than defense contractors.
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News Link • Media: Television
Zimmerman publicizes defamation lawsuit against NBC
12-07-2012
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Rawstory
Murder suspect George Zimmerman on Thursday filed a defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal Media as well as three current and former NBC reporters for allegedly portraying him as racist to increase ratings.
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
The Attorney for Freedom Show with Marc J. Victor
12-07-2012
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KQCK Radio
The Attorney for Freedom Show with host Marc J. Victor launched yesterday on KQCK Radio for the first of many weekly shows.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
DNA testing frees man who lived on death row for 15 years [chilling read]
12-07-2012
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The Guardian
He walked out as the 300th prisoner in the US to be freed as a result of DNA testing and one of 18 exonerated from death row. He has been proved innocent of a crime for which the state of Louisiana spent 15 years trying to kill him.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Secret Service under investigation over loss of sensitive files on Metro
12-07-2012
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FOX News
The Secret Service is being investigated for an "immense breach" involving the loss of backup computer tapes that contained sensitive personal information about ALL agency employees, contacts and overseas informants,
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