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Date Sent: 2013-02-08
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, February 8, 2013 |
UN's Drone Investigator Backs Brennan for Top CIA Job -- Iran shows video 'extracted from US drone'
Calif. seeks to adopt nation's toughest gun laws -- GOP US Sen. Lindsey Graham Tells Us What We Already Knew -- Former LAPD cop arrested in string of AZ bank heists -- Sneaker tax? Illinois considers a 25-cent charge -- Defense contractor claims he was fired for reporting fraud -- Europe’s Imbalances Widen -- Neil Barofsky: Geithner Doctrine Lives on in Libor Scandal -- NYPD places full body scanners on the streets (Video) -- Who Controls The Money? An Unelected, Unaccountable Central Bank Of The World Secretly Does -- Republican Civil War Erupts Over Karl Rove's New Super PAC -- Can This App Put An End To New York's Controversial Stop And Frisk Searches? -- Obama Gives Himself Permission To Kill -- Florida police want to use drones for crowd control -- Officials hunt for ex-cop in shootings of 3 officers; 1 killed -- DHS Purchases 21.6 Million More Rounds of Ammunition -- Senate intelligence hearing on Brennan’s CIA nomination halted by protesters -- 86-year-old woman grabs gun in self-defense -- Currency Wars Return, 1930s Style: Who Will Lose Out? -- Iran shows footage 'extracted from US drone' -- Texas "Anti Drone" Laws Would be Toughest in USA -- Tel Aviv Workers Painted A Handicapped Spot Around A Car, Then Towed It --
New FAA drone list reveals over 20 more public entities authorized to
fly drones over United States -- There's Been A Big Shift In America's
Foreign-Born Population Since 1960 -- DAVID WOO: The 'Moment Of Truth' For The US Economy Is Approaching In Just The Next Few Week -- Rich Californians Are Fed Up With The State's Crazy Taxes –– Here's
Where They Should Move -- John Bush points out the gun in the room -- Gun Ban Repealed! As City Council Meeting Turns Into Massive Pro-Gun
Rally -- The Hypocrisy of the BATFE -- From the mailbox of Vin Suprynowicz -- Reality
Check: President Obama's Rules for Assassinating U.S. Citizens? --
White House: No more information about drone killings will be
released to public -- Gun Shop Owner: Piers Morgan Did A Hatchet Job
On Me -- Zahra' Langhi: Why Libya's
revolution didn't work -- and what might -- Creator Of Most
Efficient Supercomputer To Start Working On Drone-Bugs -- The Republican Civil War
Has Officially Erupted Over Karl Rove's New Super PAC -- An Onslaught Of Protesters Just Forced
John Brennan's Confirmation Hearing To Be Temporarily Stopped -- Exit From
Massive Silver Base Projects Staggering 1,020% Move
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News Link • Obama Administration
Exclusive: U.N.’s Drone Investigator Backs Brennan for Top CIA Job
02-07-2013
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Wired.com
The head of the United Nations inquiry into drone strikes and targeted killings believes the chief architect of those efforts will rein them in at the CIA.
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News Link • Iran
Iran shows footage 'extracted from US drone'
02-07-2013
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telegraph.co.uk
Iranian state television has broadcast footage allegedly extracted from an American CIA drone captured in 2011.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
All dogs to be microchipped in England by 2016
02-07-2013
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The Guardian
All dogs in England will, from April 2016, have to be microchipped as part of a government attempt to cut the number of strays and make pet owners more responsible for their animals.
Each year about 110,000 dogs in Britain are abandoned or lost, a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
"Taxing Relationship": Man claims IRS agent coerced him into sex
02-07-2013
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CBS News (video)
An Oregon man is suing the U.S. Government and a female IRS agent he alleges pressured him into sex, by threatening a tax penalty.
Vincent Burroughs, of Fall Creek, Ore., says the harassing relationship began in August of 2011 when Dora Abrahamso
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Supermarkets cry foul as FDA proposes new food labeling rule under ObamaCare
02-07-2013
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FOX News
If the Food and Drug Administration gets its way, your trip to the grocery store could get a tad pricier.
Supermarket owners argue a pending federal food-labeling rule that stems from the new health care law would overburden thousands of grocers a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida police want to use drones for crowd control
02-07-2013
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The bill would ban the use of drones for law and code enforcement with three major exceptions, including terrorism. It also would allow drone use authorized by search warrants and in cases of imminent danger, such as a missing child.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Chuck Hagel's farcical hearings
02-07-2013
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Washington Examiner
Last week's confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel made clear it's past time to retire that hackneyed phrase "World's Greatest Deliberative Body." Eight hours of questioning by the Senate Armed Services Committee
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Calif. seeks to adopt nation's toughest gun laws
02-07-2013
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AP
Weeks after New York enacted the nation's toughest gun laws, California lawmakers said Thursday they want their state to do even more in response to recent mass shootings, particularly the Connecticut school massacre.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
GOP US Sen. Lindsey Graham Tells Us What We Already Knew
02-07-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
“Every member of Congress needs to get on board, [with killing citizens with drones]” Graham said. “It’s not fair to the president to let him, leave him out there alone quite frankly. He’s getting hit from libertarians and the left."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Former LAPD cop arrested in string of AZ bank heists
02-07-2013
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KPHO TV-5 CBS Phoenix
The FBI said surveillance video from the crimes made them believe that the suspect may have a military or law enforcement background. Farber is in fact a former LAPD officer where he worked in the Career Criminals Unit.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Ancient pyramids discovered in Sudan
02-07-2013
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LiveScience
At least 35 small pyramids, along with graves, have been discovered clustered closely together at a site called Sedeinga in Sudan. They date back around 2,000 years to a time when a kingdom named Kush flourished in Sudan.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Sneaker tax? Illinois considers a 25-cent charge
02-07-2013
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The cost of a new pair of basketball shoes could jump by 25 cents under a proposal floated this week by an Illinois lawmaker. “Everywhere, funding is challenged,”Davis said. “I see it as a uniquely creative way of helping youth.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Defense contractor claims he was fired for reporting fraud
02-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
A former manager for one of the biggest US defense contractors says he was removed from his job after accusing his higher-ups of defrauding the government.
Cornelius Hosch, the one-time head of counter-IED intelligence for BAE Systems Information
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe’s Imbalances Widen
02-07-2013
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nakedcapitalism.com
By Delusional Economics, who is determined to cleanse the daily flow of vested interests propaganda to produce a balanced counterpoint. Cross posted from MacroBusiness.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Neil Barofsky: Geithner Doctrine Lives on in Libor Scandal
02-07-2013
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nakedcapitalism.com/
Now that Tim Geithner has resigned as US Treasury secretary, it is time to survey the damage wrought from four years of his approach to the financial crisis.
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News Link • Surveillance
NYPD places full body scanners on the streets (Video)
02-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Across the country, people are begging for new ways to prevent another Sandy Hook incident from happening again. Now, the New York City Police Department has sprung into action and are planning on using the latest technology called “Terahertz Imaging
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - International
Who Controls The Money? An Unelected, Unaccountable Central Bank Of The World Secretly Does
02-07-2013
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theeconomiccollapseblog.com
An immensely powerful international organization that most people have never even heard of secretly controls the money supply of the entire globe.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Republican Civil War Erupts Over Karl Rove's New Super PAC
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
The bloody and internal struggle within the GOP was blown wide open this week, with the news that Karl Rove has formed a new super-PAC, an offshoot of American Crossroads, that aims to weed out Republican primary candidates it views as unpalatable an
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Can This App Put An End To New York's Controversial Stop And Frisk Searches?
02-07-2013
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popsci.com
The New York Civil Liberties Union wants everyone ready to record stop and frisk searches.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Gives Himself Permission To Kill
02-07-2013
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Antiwar.com
After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Florida police want to use drones for crowd control
02-07-2013
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clickorlando.com/
Bill would ban drones except for terrorism, missing children, search warrants
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
DHS Purchases 21.6 Million More Rounds of Ammunition
02-07-2013
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infowars.com
Federal agency has now acquired enough bullets to wage 30 year war
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Senate intelligence hearing on Brennan’s CIA nomination halted by protesters
02-07-2013
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washingtontimes.com
John O. Brennan couldn’t even finish introducing his family before he was interrupted four times by protesters at his confirmation hearing Thursday to become the new director of the CIA.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
86-year-old woman grabs gun in self-defense
02-07-2013
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wcyb.com/news
The woman turned herself in on February 6
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Currency Wars Return, 1930s Style: Who Will Lose Out?
02-07-2013
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cnbc.com/
As countries try to weaken their currencies to boost exports, the risk of a currency war similar to events seen in the 1930s has heightened, and policymakers are making sure they are on the winning side, according to Morgan Stanley.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Texas "Anti Drone" Laws Would be Toughest in USA
02-07-2013
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radio.woai.com
lawmaker would prohibit drone surveillance of Texas citizens
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Helicopter and Fixed Wing Drones for Retreat Security, by Long Jim
02-07-2013
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Survivalblog.com
I recently stopped by our local farmers market, and while ambling along with a fresh home-made fig newton, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw what one vendor offered.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China's Growing Legion Of Single Males Will Make You Sad And Worried
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
In the last few years, the phenomena of China's "leftover women" " that is, women over the age of 28 who are unmarried " has become a hot topic amongst China and China-watchers.
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Tel Aviv Workers Painted A Handicapped Spot Around A Car, Then Towed It
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
The City of Tel Aviv apologized to an Israeli woman for towing her car, after she produced video showing municipal workers had painted a handicapped spot around the vehicle after she parked it legally.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
New FAA drone list reveals over 20 more public entities authorized to fly drones over United States
02-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) drone authorization list obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit reveals more than 20 additional public entities allowed to fly drones over
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Foreign Policy
There's Been A Big Shift In America's Foreign-Born Population Since 1960
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
The US Census Bureau just published this great infographic showing the evolution of America's foreign-born population. Check it out.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
DAVID WOO: The 'Moment Of Truth' For The US Economy Is Approaching In Just The Next Few Week
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
Yesterday at Bloomberg we got the chance to meet David Woo, BofA/ML's brilliant strategist for Global FX and rates.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Rich Californians Are Fed Up With The State's Crazy Taxes "" Here's Where They Should Move
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
Some of the wealthiest Californians are threatening to pack up and leave over a newly adopted federal and state income tax hike.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Huge victory against fluoride in Australia
02-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Nearly 200,000 Australians have been released from the medical slavery that is artificial water fluoridation thanks to a major governmental policy change. The Liberal National Party (LNP) government of the Australian state of Queensland has not only
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Free Speech
John Bush points out the gun in the room
02-07-2013
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Daily Paul.com
John Bush Returns to Austin City Council After Being Banned to Point Out the Gun in the Room
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Virginia Proposes Alternative Currency In Case Of Federal Reserve Collapse
02-07-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Robert Siegel speaks to Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall about why he feels that the commonwealth needs to have other currency available in case anything happens to the Federal Reserve System.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Ban Repealed! As City Council Meeting Turns Into Massive Pro-Gun Rally
02-07-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Gun Ban Repealed! As City Council Meeting Turns Into Massive Pro-Gun Rally
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House: No more information about drone killings will be released to public
02-07-2013
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Prison Planet
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Thursday that the Obama administration will not be releasing any more information about the controversial use of drones to kill American citizens.
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News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
New Food Storage Ebook Free To DPers, Limited Time, Deep Knowledge.
02-07-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com
Hidden Harvest: Long Term Food Storage Food Storage for Rich and Poor. started as a meeting and the meeting turned into a recitation of 3 generations worth of knowledge so it inevitably turned into a story and the story turned into notes.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Republican Civil War Has Officially Erupted Over Karl Rove's New Super PAC
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
The bloody and internal struggle within the GOP was blown wide open this week, with the news that Karl Rove has formed a new super-PAC, an offshoot of American Crossroads, that aims to weed out Republican primary candidates.
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News Link • Activism
An Onslaught Of Protesters Just Forced John Brennan's Confirmation Hearing To Be Temporarily Sto
02-07-2013
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Business Insider
John Brennan's confirmation hearing to be the next CIA director had to be stopped temporarily because of a flurry of protesters targeting his oversight of the Obama administration's controversial drone program.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Today on LewRockwell.com - Thursday February 07th 2013
02-07-2013
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LewRockwell.com
I Hereby Give Myself Permission To Murder, Andrew Napolitano on the predator-in-chief / What If Atlas Really Shrugged? / Medications and Massacres, Doug Casey on the suppressed shrink connection / The Secret Government / Govt To Track All Internet
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Exit From Massive Silver Base Projects Staggering 1,020% Move
02-07-2013
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http://kingworldnews.com
Today’s fundamentals for fear and scarcity that drives a commodities wave 5 rally are lining up perfectly. We are seeing the move to reject and outright fear in some cases of fiat currencies, to the low supply and shortages of physical silver.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Layered Moly Oxide for High Speed Electronics
02-07-2013
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arclein
The material - made up of layers of crystal known as molybdenum oxides - has unique properties that encourage the free flow of electrons at ultra-high speeds. In a paper published in the January issue of materials science journal Advanced Materials,
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News Link • Archaeology
40,000 Year Old Fossil Link to Today
02-07-2013
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arclein
he evidence comes from DNA extracted from a 40,000-year-old leg bone found in a cave near Beijing.
Results show that the person it belonged to was related to the ancestors of present-day Asians and Native Americans.
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News Link • Agriculture
Bacterial Supplement Energizes Pig Immune System
02-07-2013
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arclein
In a study of 36 weanling-age pigs, researchers found that a dose of lipid-producing Rhodococcus opacus bacteria increased circulating triglycerides. Triglycerides are a crucial source of energy for the immune system.
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News Link • China
Union Jack Flies in Hong Kong Protests
02-07-2013
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arclein
On several occasions the old blue flag, which incorporates the Union Flag, has been flown by protesters on the streets of what is becoming an increasingly divided Hong Kong, both embarrassing and infuriating Beijing.
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News Link • World News
Fukushima Moms Seek Aid in Evacuating Children (video)
02-07-2013
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enenews.com via Rense.com
"We implore the International Community to help save the children of Fukushima." Seems there's a difference between politicians food safety standards and that of the children...
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