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Date Sent: 2013-03-08
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Friday, March 8, 2013 |
North Korea ends non-aggression pacts with South, cuts hotline
Two Asteroids to Pass Near Earth on Saturday -- Welcome to Production Engine EVO-UPDATE: FBI RAID - FBI agents entered our building with Guns drawn -- TSA screeners allow fed agent with fake bomb to pass through security at Newark Airport -- Boy Stops Murder Plot With Gun; National Media Ignores Story --
Newt Gingrich: John McCain attacks on Rand Paul ‘sad’ -- California
State Senate approves $24 million for gun confiscation program -- My Child & I Got Removed By Police From Our Home At 3am & I Won't Know Why For 2 Weeks -- Oprah at Harvard -- There Goes One of Washington’s Favorite Bad Boys - by Eric Margolis -- Drones Are Becoming a Major U.S. Export, and They Kill Democracy in Every Nation They're Shipped -- U.S. ends kidnapping alert for Peru's Machu Picchu -- CITI: The Two
Most Hated Currencies In The World Are Going To Get Pummeled A Lot More
-- 3D Printing Company Names AK-47 Magazine After Gun Control Congresswoman -- Fluoride Bill gives voters a voice -- The Tragic Story Of Outpost Restrepo Sums Up The Whole Afghan War -- JON STEWART: Rand Paul Used The Filibuster 'The Way It's Meant To Be Used' -- The Yen Just Sank To A New Low -- The Wall Street Journal Slams Rand Paul's 'Drone Rant' -- Hugo Chavez's Death Has China On Edge -- ANALYST: The Rise Of Bitcoin Teaches A Tremendous Lesson About Global Economics -- Rand Paul's 13-Hour Filibuster Was The Best Thing That's Happened To The GOP In Years -- 4409: RAND PAUL'S 13 hour PUBLICITY STUNT -- Chavez: A Personal Tribute - by Stephen Lendman -- Obama Authorizes Killing Americans Domestically - by Stephen Lendman -- Better Off With Gaddafi Than Obama? - by Dave Hodges -- For those who seem to have forgotten... -- What Holder Really Said - by William Grigg -- The Stalinist in the White House - by William Grigg
AZ: FIRST EVER PRIVATE GUN SHOW - tomorrow March 9th,
2013 in Lakeside, AZ; Silver Circle at
Pollack Tempe Cinemas - April 11th, 2013 - Tempe, AZ -- Lincoln
Day Dinner and Auction with Keynote Speaker, Sheriff Richard Mack,
Apr. 13
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News Link • WAR: About that War
North Korea ends non-aggression pacts with South, cuts hotline
03-08-2013
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Prison Planet
Pyongyang announced Friday that it is nullifying non-aggression pacts with South Korea and cutting the hotline with its neighbor.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Spotting ‘fashion fingerprints’: Google Glass app helps locate friends
03-08-2013
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Prison Planet
New Google Glass app InSight takes the experience of spotting your friends to the next level, as it recognizes your peers by their clothes and accessories " matching specific color patterns and textures to the user.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Two Asteroids to Pass Near Earth on Saturday
03-08-2013
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Prison Planet
Two asteroids, one of them bigger in size than the celestial body that burst over Russia last month, will fly by the Earth on Saturday, though not as close as to threaten collision.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Welcome to Production Engine EVO-UPDATE: FBI RAID - FBI agents entered our building with Guns drawn
08-28-2012
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http://inteligentry.com
We are creating the "proof of product" engine. This is the final step to prove we can provide all needed data for licensing, expect production and most of all SUCCESS.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA screeners allow fed agent with fake bomb to pass through security at Newark Airport
03-08-2013
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Prison Planet
An undercover TSA inspector with an improvised explosive device stuffed in his pants got past two security screenings at Newark Airport " including a pat-down " and was cleared to get on board a commercial flight, sources told The Post yesterday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Boy Stops Murder Plot With Gun; National Media Ignores Story
03-08-2013
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Prison Planet
Another pro-second amendment story you will never see on the major news networks
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Newt Gingrich: John McCain attacks on Rand Paul ‘sad’
03-08-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is slamming Sen. John McCain for criticizing Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, saying it’s “sad” for someone who was once known as a maverick in Congress.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Archaeology
Ancient Insects Confirm Biodiversity Hypothesis
03-08-2013
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arclein
Fifty million years ago, when these fossil beds were laid down, the world had low seasonality outside of the tropics, right to the poles. Because of this, if Janzen's theory is right, the pattern of biodiversity that he described in modern tropical
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News Link • Gun Rights
California State Senate approves $24 million for gun confiscation program
03-08-2013
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Daily Paul.com
California State Senate approves $24 million for gun confiscation program
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Could Begin in Eight Years
03-08-2013
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arclein
The new scenarios are the simple end result of greenhouse gases emitted to our atmosphere by any number of societal evolution pathways. It's a simpler process, and it updates the old scenarios prepared in 2000 with current greenhouse gas data. It al
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News Link • Food
Twenty Percent Life Extension
03-08-2013
Xu added that in addition to cool temperatures, the spicy condiment wasabi activates TRPA1 as well, and that feeding wasabi to nematodes increases their life spans.
"Maybe we should be going to sushi restaurants more often," he said.
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robert klein
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News Link • Police State
My Child & I Got Removed By Police From Our Home At 3am & I Won't Know Why For 2 Weeks
03-08-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Right now I am experiencing something that many have experienced. I never considered restraining orders as something unlawful, but I now have one against me, and I feel like a criminal. Some background...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
There Goes One of Washington’s Favorite Bad Boys - by Eric Margolis
03-08-2013
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Lew Rockwell
The feisty colonel could not resist relentlessly criticizing the United States and its allies, daring to denounce the Yankee "Empire" " which is not supposed to exist. Chavez voiced the endemic anti-Americanism found across Latin America that continu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Off-Road Lambo, Poorly Named Kia Take Center Stage at Geneva Motor Show
03-08-2013
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Wired.com
With the exception of the crazy genius of Rinspeed, there isn't a single automaker based in the land of chocolate and watches, which makes the Geneva Motor Show one of the most intriguing auto shows on the planet.
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News Link • Drones
Drones Are Becoming a Major U.S. Export, and They Kill Democracy in Every Nation They're Shipped
03-08-2013
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Robert Taylor in Politics, Nation
President Obama's drone warfare policy is thankfully finally being discussed in the mainstream media. While the president's claimed authority to suspend the Fifth Amendment and order assassinations with no judicial oversight, even on American soil, i
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • World News
U.S. ends kidnapping alert for Peru's Machu Picchu
03-06-2013
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Reuters/Reuters
The State Department lifted a kidnapping alert for U.S. citizens traveling to Peru's awesome Machu Picchu ruins and the surrounding Cusco region after a review of the threat, the U.S. embassy said on Wednesday.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Technology: Software
A Photo Service That Understands the Contents of Your Images
03-08-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Everpix organizes photos after analyzing them with software that can detect things such as animals, outdoor scenes, and people.
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
A Startup That Scores Job Seekers, Whether They Know It or Not
03-08-2013
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Technologyreview.com
To help recruiters, a startup called Gild has created a database of four million software developers and rated their work. Could other fields be next?
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Currencies
CITI: The Two Most Hated Currencies In The World Are Going To Get Pummeled A Lot More
03-08-2013
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Business Insider
The two most hated currencies in the world are the yen and the British pound.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Most Important Dollar Chart In The World Is Saying That The Economic Crisis Is Finally Over
03-08-2013
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Business Insider
Last night, Sam Ro posted this chart from Morgan Stanley, which shows the correlation between the US dollar and the S&P 500.
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News Link • Gun Rights
3D Printing Company Names AK-47 Magazine After Gun Control Congresswoman
03-08-2013
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Business Insider
Rep. Diane Feinstein has gone a long way to draw the ire of military members and gun owners alike. Much of it has to do with her admitting to having a concealed carry permit and then going on a crusade for stricter gun control.
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
Fluoride Bill gives voters a voice
03-08-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Utility companies are entrusted with precious resources and often have a government granted monopoly on the products provided to their customers. Goods and services provided by companies that face competition must work to earn your business. Competit
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Vin Suprynowicz's Columns Archive
"Something the administration has not called for …"
03-08-2013
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vinsuprynowicz.com
American politics is a lot like professional wrestling " the dork in the diaper loses again and again to the masked bodybuilder, until finally the tables are turned and the dork wins on a technicality, setting up November’s big grudge match.
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News Link • Media: Print
The Wall Street Journal Slams Rand Paul's 'Drone Rant'
03-08-2013
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Business Insider
The conservative editorial board of the Wall Street Journal criticized Sen. Rand Paul for his nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday, terming it a "drone rant" that was about "theatrical timing."
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
George Lucas Was Working On A New 'Star Wars' Trilogy Before Disney Purchased Lucasfilm
03-08-2013
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Business Insider
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion last fall, one of the most exciting bits of news was that we would be getting a new "Star Wars" trilogy.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul's 13-Hour Filibuster Was The Best Thing That's Happened To The GOP In Years
03-08-2013
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Business Insider
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul energized Republicans with an old-fashioned, 13-hour filibuster Wednesday, mobilizing the GOP in a way that has rarely been seen since the 2010 election.
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News Link • Constitution
For those who seem to have forgotten...
03-08-2013
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Daily Paul
or it's just "escaped their minds," the Declaration of Independence does not say "All Americans Are Created Equal."
The Constitution goes on to say "persons" not "Americans" when it lays out the explicit rights which the founders felt wer
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News Link • Obama Administration
What Holder Really Said - by William Grigg
03-07-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
What Holder is saying, in substantive terms, is that the President does have the supposed authority to use a drone to kill an American who is engaged in “combat,” whether here or abroad.
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Stalinist in the White House
03-07-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Obama might not lock the doors of the Oval Office and force Republican congressional leaders to carry out budget negotiations, but he considers himself duly empowered to carry out the summary execution of U.S. citizens on American soil
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News Link • Police State
'For Your Own Protection'
03-07-2013
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lewrockwell.com/William Norman Grigg
There is no situation that cannot be made instantly and immeasurably worse through police intervention. A splendid illustration of this principle is found in a recent ruling from the the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Political Parties
Liberal actor, John Cusack, on Filibuster "For God's Sake, Where Are Democrats?"
03-07-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Liberal Actor (John Cusack) on GOP-Led Filibuster Over Drones:
"For God's Sake, Where Are Democrats?"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Starting a Strike movement against the killing of Americans, gun control and phony government
03-07-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I've been thinking this over, and I think we should start encouraging striking days against this government.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
The Supreme Court Is On The Verge Of Making An Unprecedented Power Grab
03-07-2013
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Business Insider
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was torn to shreds in the media for calling the Voting Rights Act a "racial entitlement" during heated arguments last week.
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News Link • Police State
McCain and Schumer Move to Force Americans to Use Biometric ID for Employment
02-01-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com
“I’m for it,” McCain told a Politico Playbook breakfast earlier this week when asked if he supports “a super Social Security card that would have some sort of biometric thing like a fingerprint.”
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News Link • Israel
Why Is The US Spending Hundreds Of Millions On These Secret Israeli Bunkers?
03-07-2013
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Business Insider
Last year it was announced the U.S. was looking to build a secret underground complex in Israel.
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News Link • WAR: About that War
This Means War? N.Korea fights back South-US drills with ceasefire scrap
03-07-2013
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youtube
North Korea has threatened to end the decades long ceasefire with its Southern neighbor if it goes ahead with its joint military drills with the US. Pyongyang also cited the US-led attempts to slap it with sanctions, as being behind the decision.
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News Link • World News
North Korea threatens pre-emptive strike
03-07-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by UN diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Drug War
Report: MS-13 Smuggles Missile Launchers, Teams Up With Zetas Cartel
03-07-2013
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Wired.com
Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, became El Salvador’s deadliest gang through force of numbers and the power of the handgun while inking some pretty crazy tattoos. Now if they weren’t deadly enough, the gang is transitioning into adopting heavier weapons w
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
ADP Is Getting Better At Predicting The Official Jobs Report
03-07-2013
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Business Insider
The ADP jobs report, which comes out two days before the official BLS jobs report, is generally considered to be a preview of the official report
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Dow Jones high on Fed steroids
03-06-2013
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USA Today
....the time is approaching to scale back the bond-buying spree and get ready to unwind some of the Fed's massive portfolio, which now tops $3 trillion. The longer the policy lasts, the more likely it will end unhappily.
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News Link • Drug War
UN: Colo., Wash. legal pot violates drug treaties
03-06-2013
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A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government on Tuesday to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws violate international drug treaties.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Societe Generale exiting Alabama county bankruptcy
03-06-2013
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Reuters
French bank Societe Generale is exiting America's biggest municipal bankruptcy, saying in court filings that it had sold its holdings of defaulted sewer warrants issued by Alabama's Jefferson County.
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News Link • Economy - International
Government lets public pension funds raise stakes in infrastructure
03-06-2013
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Reuters
The British government has made it easier for local authority pension schemes to invest in infrastructure by doubling the amount they can invest to up to 30% of their assets, paving the way potentially for billions of pounds of investment to be made
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Utah judge OKs board for polygamous sect's lands
03-06-2013
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The resolution of a lengthy legal battle over homes and land owned by a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs crept forward, when a Utah judge gave initial approval for the creation of a trustees board to oversee the properties on the Utah-Arizona bord
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Lawyer: State's main witness in George Zimmerman murder case lied
03-06-2013
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Trayvon Martin's girlfriend, the state's most important witness in the George Zimmerman murder case, was caught in a lie, it was revealed Tuesday.
It was not the first piece of misinformation tied to her, but it was the most damaging to date and l
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News Link • Corruption
Banks urge judge to throw out Libor lawsuits
03-06-2013
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Reuters
Banks facing a barrage of lawsuits from customers accusing them of interest-rate rigging argued on Tuesday that the cases should be dismissed, saying there is no evidence of antitrust or other violations.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Will Permit Knives, Golf Clubs on U.S. Planes
03-06-2013
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Bloomberg
The TSA will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, along with golf clubs, hockey sticks and plastic Wiffle Ball-style bats to conform with international rules, takes effect
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
When the Minimum Wage was Paid in Silver
03-06-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The minimum wage in 1964 was raised to $1.15 in September; pretty close to the five quarters. The exact exchange would be four quarters and one and a half dimes, which today (March 4, 2013) equals $23.81, or more than three times the current federal
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News Link • Food
Maryland, Raw Milk & the Dept. of Mental Hygiene
03-06-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
(Video) Liz Reitzig of the Raw Milk Freedom Riders gives Mike Adams an update on raw milk legislation in Maryland that would undo the current raw milk ban.
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