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Date Sent: 2011-03-23
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 PM edition |
Gaddafi attacks rebel towns, U.S. plane down -- Here comes $4 Gasoline
Gary Shilling: House Prices Will Now Drop Another 20% -- Radiation In
Tokyo Jumps 10 Fold, Hitachinaka Iodine 131 Surges To 85,000 Becquerels
-- AT&T to Buy T-Mobile, Becomes No. 1 U.S. Wireless Company --
Obama: ‘President Does Not Have Power to Unilaterally Authorize a
Military Attack’ -- Kucinich: Obama could be impeached for attacking Libya --
Ellsberg arrested twice in single weekend, protesting for Bradley
Manning -- New Mexico Officers Speed Past Enforcement Vans -- Rep. Ron Paul wins another Republican presidential straw poll -- China intensifies condemnation of Libya air strikes -- Neo-Cons Applaud Obama’s War, Call For Occupation Of Libya -- Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging NSA Surveillance of Americans -- We’re Not Broke. We Could Pay All Our Bills Without Borrowing a Cent -- US sees few good options if Yemen government falls
-- Miss. Gov. Barbour spent over $300K on out-of-state travel in 2010
-- US Justice Department logic: Bernanke is a domestic terrorist -- Power, parts shortages hamper Japan manufacturers -- Inexpensive second passport in Paraguay -- WikiLeaks' Founder Takes on Indian Prime Minister -- Egyptians Go to the Polls as Regional Turmoil Continues -- Splits emerge over Libya operation -- The
Libyan war: Unconstitutional and illegitimate -- The Biometric Gulag:
FBI Center Takes On $1 Billion ID Project -- Republicans Sheep Says Sarah Palin -- Power lines up in
progress at Japan nuclear plant -- TEPCO Hiring Homeless People In The Fukushima Death Zone
-- Karen Kwiatkowski: Thoughts on the
Insanity -- Note to Obama: If you want to be treated like a
superpower then act like a superpower (Video) -- Lies, Damn Lies, and
Humanitarian Intervention
AZ: Publisher of Freedom's Phoenix, Ernest Hancock, to turn 50....party this weekend; "Atlas Shrugged" the Movie, pt. 1 Premiering in Phoenix, April 15
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Gaddafi attacks rebel towns, U.S. plane down
03-22-2011
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Reuters
Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacked two west Libyan towns, killing dozens while rebels were pinned down in the east and NATO tried to resolve a heated row over who should lead the Western air campaign.
With anti-Gaddafi rebels struggling to create
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News Link • Energy
Here comes $4 Gasoline
03-22-2011
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
The average gas price may reach $4 a gallon by Thursday in San Diego County, and Riverside-San Bernardino counties won't be far behind, gasoline analysts said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Gary Shilling: House Prices Will Now Drop Another 20%
03-22-2011
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BusinessInsider.com/
Last October, when everyone was jubilant about the housing "recovery," Gary Shilling of A. Gary Shilling & Co., predicted that house prices would fall another 20%.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Radiation In Tokyo Jumps 10 Fold, Hitachinaka Iodine 131 Surges To 85,000 Becquerels
03-22-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
We are left scratching our heads as to just where is it that the mass media is seeing an improvement in the Japanese radiation crisis. To wit, from the Asahi: "Iodine 131 detected in Tokyo hit 12,000 becquerels, compared with the previous day...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Chris Martenson and John Rubino: The Damage Is Already Done
03-22-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
We’ll enter the final stage of the process, in which the Fed buys ALL the bonds issued by Treasury directly. Or perhaps we’ll simply print the money the government spends, with no borrowing needed. At that point, no sane person will want...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile, Becomes No. 1 U.S. Wireless Company
03-22-2011
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wired.com
AT&T said on Sunday it would buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion, creating the largest wireless company in the United States from what were the nation’s second and fourth providers.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
One Man’s Quest to Outrace Wind
03-22-2011
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wired.com
The Mojave Desert’s dry Ivanpah lake bed shimmers under a vicious solar glare,creating the illusion of water. Piercing the mirage are dozens of sails"a vast array of color streaking over a dusty ocean.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Military
What’s in a Name? ‘Odyssey Dawn’ Is Pentagon-Crafted Nonsense
03-22-2011
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wired.com
The U.S. military’s nickname for the no-fly zone in Libya sounds like the beginning of a long adventure. But Defense Department officials insist that there’s no hidden meaning behind “Operation Odyssey Dawn.”
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Robot Swarms Could Help Search for Life in Martian Caves
03-22-2011
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wired.com
Autonomous swarming robots, programmed to search like honeybees, could be the best strategy to explore caves on Mars that may harbor life.
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News Link • Energy
A New Way to Churn Out Cheap LED Lighting
03-22-2011
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technologyreview.com
Making LEDs with microchip manufacturing methods could slash the cost of lighting.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Aggressive Power and Immoral Authority
03-22-2011
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www.activistpost.com
By what moral mandate do belligerent nations have to insight regime change, when the facts clearly demonstrate that conflicting tribal factions are engaged in a civil conflict?
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: ‘President Does Not Have Power to Unilaterally Authorize a Military Attack’
03-22-2011
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CNS News
As a presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.) emphatically stated that the Constitution does not give the president the authority to unilaterally authorize a military attack unless it is needed to stop an actual or imminent attack on the U
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Kucinich: Obama could be impeached for attacking Libya
03-22-2011
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RawStory.com
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) says President Barack Obama did not have the constitutional authority to order U.S. forces to participate in an attack on Libya.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rep. Ron Paul wins another Republican presidential straw poll
03-22-2011
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RawStory.com
Texas Congressman Ron Paul beat out top Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in a straw poll for the second time this year.
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News Link • Government
Ellsberg arrested twice in single weekend, protesting for Bradley Manning
03-22-2011
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RawStory.com
Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers that helped stop the Vietnam War, was arrested twice over the weekend: on Saturday at the White House, and again on Sunday outside the Quantico military brig where accused WikiLeaks
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Camera Fraud
New Mexico Officers Speed Past Enforcement Vans
03-22-2011
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Officer.com
New information released by the city of Santa Fe shows police officers whizzed past their own photo enforcement speed van far more often than other city workers, including those at the Fire Department, and many did so multiple times.
Police office
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rep. Ron Paul wins another Republican presidential straw poll
03-22-2011
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Rawstory
Texas Congressman Ron Paul beat out top Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in a straw poll for the second time this year. Nearly 18% of Republicans voted for Rep. Paul in the straw poll conducted at a GOP Convention in Sac
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News Link • WAR: About that War
China intensifies condemnation of Libya air strikes
03-22-2011
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prisonplanet.com
The Middle East is an important source of oil for China. On the weekend, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco announced its latest proposal to supply crude to a refinery in the southwest of China, where Beijing is building an oil pipeline that slices through Myanma
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government
Neo-Cons Applaud Obama’s War, Call For Occupation Of Libya
03-22-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Kristol and McCain brazenly admit “humanitarian mission” in Libya is about neo-colonial regime change
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News Link • Surveillance
Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging NSA Surveillance of Americans
03-22-2011
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Wired
It’s easy to forget these days, but former President Bush’s illegal warrantless surveillance program was never halted by Congress, nor by the Obama administration. It was merely [retroactively] legalized in a 2008 law called the FISA Amendments Act.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
We’re Not Broke
We Could Pay All Our Bills Without Borrowing a Cent
03-22-2011
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We’re not broke. Not at all. If we were, it would mean that we were out of money, unable to pay our bills, or meet our financial obligations. We are none of those things. The US continues to meet every one of its financial obligations with no trouble
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US sees few good options if Yemen government falls
03-22-2011
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AP
For two years, the Obama administration has had a relationship of convenience with Yemen: The U.S. kept the Yemeni government armed and flush with cash. In return, Yemen's leaders helped fight al-Qaida or, as often, looked the other way while the U.S
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: State
Miss. Gov. Barbour spent over $300K on out-of-state travel in 2010
03-22-2011
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Rawstory
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) reportedly used taxpayer money to hobnob with wealthy potential donors and campaign for Republican candidates in 2010. Barbour spent over $300,000 to pay for out of state trips in 2010 alone.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Currencies
US Justice Department logic: Bernanke is a domestic terrorist
03-22-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
The United States Department of Justice delivered a very clear and unfortunate message on Friday
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Today on LewRockwell.com 03/22/11
03-22-2011
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lewrockwell.com
The UN Goes to War And makes everything worse. Shock, Awe, and Oil Eric Margolis on the latest US war of aggression. Smashing More Muslims to Smithereens. With humanitarian bombs.
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Power, parts shortages hamper Japan manufacturers
03-22-2011
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AP
Three of Japan's biggest global brands - Toyota, Sony and Honda - said Tuesday they will further delay a return to normal production due to shortages of parts and power after the March 11 quake.
The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami forced the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks' Founder Takes on Indian Prime Minister
03-22-2011
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PC World
India's ruling Congress party bribed members of parliament to survive a vote of confidence in 2008. At the time, leftist parties had withdrawn their support for the government as they objected to a civilian nuclear deal between India and the U.S.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Egyptians Go to the Polls as Regional Turmoil Continues
03-22-2011
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slatest.slate.com
Egyptians flocked to the polls in huge numbers today for a referendum on constitutional reforms that will determine how soon the country can hold full elections.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Utah becomes first in U.S. to designate official state gun
03-22-2011
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www.reuters.com
Utah has become the first U.S. state to name an official firearm, placing an automatic pistol on a list of designated symbols, right along with the honeybee and the cutthroat trout.
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News Link • Identity Theft
Did Patriot Hackers Attack the Canadian Government?
03-22-2011
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SecurityWeek
It appears that Canada’s Finance, Defense Research and Development departments, as well as the Treasury Board, were hacked in February by what the Canadian government is calling an “unprecedented” and “significant” cyber attack. Although confirmation
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Death Penalty
PATRIOT Act Extension Bill Would Also Expand Death Penalty Laws
03-22-2011
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OpenCongress Blog
Since the mid 90s, federal death penalty statutes have been slowly but steadily expanding to include more and more offenses within their reach. With the committee-amended PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill that’s headed for floor votes in the next few
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Surveillance
Government's right to eavesdrop on Americans challenged as lawsuit against Patriot Act re-instat
03-22-2011
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NYDailyNews.com
A lawsuit challenging the government's right to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants under the Patriot Act was re-instated by an appeals court Monday.
Libertarians cheered the decision, which will allow Amnesty International, Human Rights Watc
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Ron Paul Coin Minter, Pot Priest, Faces 15 Years in Prison
03-22-2011
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Mother Jones
At least the Ron Paul chocolates are still legal. Bernard Von NotHaus, the "monetary architect" behind the world's only currency emblazoned with Ron Paul's face, has been convicted in federal court for producing counterfeit currency and engaging
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Internet
With Rustock, a new twist on fighting Internet crime
03-22-2011
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COMPUTERWORLD
For more than 24 hours this week, it was a question that very few security experts could answer: Who had knocked the world's worst spam botnet offline?
After infecting close to a million computers and spamming out as many as 30 billion unwanted e
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Surveillance
Register Now for Secured Cities
03-22-2011
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Officer.com
For law enforcement leaders, city managers and urban security experts.
Hear from cities who have already implemented city camera systems - Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and others:
» Designing municipal video systems
» Financing and budgeting for sys
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Karen Kwiatkowski: Thoughts on the Insanity
03-22-2011
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LewRockwell.com
America the Beautiful is today a value-free, gender-neutral, equal opportunity warrior state, and not a thing " not a constitution, not international law, not ongoing financial collapse, not public opinion nor the moral voices and religious houses...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Surveillance
The Biometric Gulag: FBI Center Takes On $1 Billion ID Project
03-22-2011
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wvgazette.com/
In later stages, NGI system also will be expanded to include the analysis of palm prints, handwriting, faces, human irises and voices.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Splits emerge over Libya operation
03-22-2011
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Norway's news in English
Just days after Norwegian politicians displayed rare, unified support for the government’s decision to back UN-approved military intervention in Libya, criticism is rising within the Socialist Left party. Defense Minister Grete Faremo, meanwhile, was
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
LEAKED! SEIU LEADERS AND RADICAL LEFT PLAN TO COLLAPSE AMERICA THIS SUMMER!
03/22/2011
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godlikeproductions.com
They have their plan, do you have yours?
Revealed The Left’s Economic Terrorism Playbook: The Chase Campaign for a Coalition of Unions, Community Groups, Lawmakers and Students to Take Down US Capitalism and Redistribute Wealth & Power
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Miracle Berry
03-22-2011
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arclein
Chicago chef Homaro Cantu thinks so. At last week's TED conference in Long Beach, he told an audience that he believed the berries could help feed people in famine-stricken regions by transforming what would normally be inedible ingredients, such as
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robert klein
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News Link • WAR: About that War
The Libyan war: Unconstitutional and illegitimate
03-21-2011
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By Michael Lind, Salon
There is no doubt that U.S. participation in the Anglo-French-American attack on Libya is completely unconstitutional. The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not i
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Republicans Sheep Says Sarah Palin
03-22-2011
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arclein
"Free people in a free country don't wage war on another country," she said. "I want peace on Earth."
She questioned the Chinese military's ascent, saying the Communist country's stockpiling of ballistic missiles, submarines and "new-age,
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Earlier Arctic Blooms Recorded Past Decade
03-22-2011
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arclein
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, along with colleagues in Portugal and Mexico, plotted the yearly spring bloom of phytoplankton-tiny plants at the base of the ocean food chain-in the Arctic Ocean and found the peak t
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robert klein
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Power lines up in progress at Japan nuclear plant
03-22-2011
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AP
The operator of Japan's leaking nuclear plant says power lines have been hooked up to all 6 reactor units, though more work is needed before electricity can run through them. Workers must check pumps, motors and other equipment before the electricity
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News Link • Propaganda
Slight Of Hand Is Meant To Distract You
03-22-2011
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economicedge.blogspot.com
Distract you from what?
How about the theft of your productive efforts, the total capture of global markets and politics, war, and especially WHO it is that produces and controls the money...
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
HOMESCHOOLERS SHOULD SUPPORT RON PAUL AND THEIR LOCAL TEA PARTY GROUP!
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www.varight.com
Cong. Ron Paul is speaking Wednesday to a Iowa homeschooling group and it is important for homeschooling parents and guardians to flock to the Campaign for Liberty and local tea party group!
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Obama Administration
Note to Obama: If you want to be treated like a superpower then act like a superpower (Video)
03-22-2011
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The Political Commentator
In a scene out of Bizarro World the United States is pissed at the French for being too aggressive in Libya!
Is this what the United States has become under the Obama administration? Upset because the French have become too aggressive taking the l
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