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Date Sent: 2011-06-12
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, June 12, 2011 |
US to Set Up Internet Ministry of Truth -- Senate: Latin American drug war has ‘largely failed’
The Fed's $600 Billion Stealth Bailout Of Foreign Banks Continues -- Members of ‘Anonymous’ accused of hacking PlayStation, world governments -- Syria slammed as crackdown accounts mount, at least 25 dead --
Al-Qaeda’s east Africa chief ‘killed in Somalia’ -- Hawaii TSA airport
screeners fired over explosives lapse -- No new ‘drunk driving’ apps
for Apple -- Iraq asks U.S. congressman to leave after he says they should ‘repay’ for war -- Harvard scientists stunning achievement: Age reversal in mice -- NSA Declassifies 200-Year-Old Book
-- The Great Cancer Hoax: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best
to Shut Down... -- "Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be
Hazardous to Your Health" -- Argentina: A Case Study in How An Economy Collapses -- China Tries to Start a War? -- EU President Juncker Throws US And Japan Under The Insolvency Bus -- DEA, DHS & TOPD Surveillance Along AZ SR86 - by Terry Bressi -- Can Americans Stomach a Second Housing Crash? -- Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense shows off a flying sphere robot -- 300 rounds fired during Texas border shootout
AZ: Candidates announced for first New Hampshire GOP primary debate (party)
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News Link • Surveillance
US Federal Government to Set Up Internet Ministry of Truth
06-12-2011
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naturalnews.com
Bill Clinton's call for this new federal agency comes on the heels of similar rantings by a man named Cass Sunstein, the Obama administration's info-czar, who all Web sites should be forced to link to opposing viewpoints or contain pop-ups...
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News Link • Drug War
Senate report: The Latin American war on drugs has ‘largely failed’
06-11-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
A U.S. Senate subcommittee report this week called into question efforts to curb drug exports from Latin America, suggesting that billions in tax dollars had been wasted in no-bid contracts with no oversight...
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News Link • Housing
MERS Clouded Rightful Ownership to Millions of Homes
06-12-2011
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sfbg.com
Simply stated, subprime and predatory lending allowed banks to create millions of questionable mortgages, Wall Street bundled these risky mortgages together to sell to investors, and MERS made it quicker and easier to conduct these risky transactions
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News Link • Federal Reserve
The Fed's $600 Billion Stealth Bailout Of Foreign Banks Continues
06-12-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Courtesy of the recently declassified Fed discount window documents, we now know that the biggest beneficiaries of the Fed's generosity during the peak of the credit crisis were foreign banks, among which Belgium's Dexia was the most troubled...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Steve Keen: Dude! Where’s My Recovery?
06-12-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
Neoclassical economists ignore the level of private debt, on the basis of the a priori argument that “one man’s liability is another man’s asset”, so that the aggregate level of debt has no macroeconomic impact.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Study: Young adults empowered by debt
06-12-2011
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AZcentral.com
The study involved young adults. The more debt incurred by those in the 18-27 age group, the higher their self-esteem and the more in control they felt, according to researchers. But older respondents, in the 28-34 age group, voiced more stress...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Jim Quinn: It's The Debt, Dummy
06-12-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
It was the early 1980′s and the Boomers were between 23 years old and 40 years old. Seventy six million Boomers were in the work force. Was it the chicken or the egg? The financial industry peddled debt as the solution to all problems.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Members of ‘Anonymous’ accused of hacking PlayStation, world governments
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
Spanish police said Friday they had nabbed three hackers from vigilante group Anonymous for online attacks on Sony PlayStation and the governments of Egypt, Libya and Iran among others.
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News Link • Energy
Inspiring Confidence in Advanced Battery Technology
06-11-2011
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James Greenberger via TheEnergyCollective.com
The ability to store electrical energy in an efficient and light weight form has the promise to solve many critical social problems. The last few months have led me to wonder whether we might not be betting on the wrong technology.
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News Link • World News
Syria slammed as crackdown accounts mount, at least 25 dead
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
Harrowing eyewitness accounts mounted on Saturday after Syrian forces backed by helicopter gunships killed at least 25 protesters, prompting the US to toughen its stance on President Bashar al-Assad.
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News Link • World News
Al-Qaeda’s east Africa chief ‘killed in Somalia’
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
The presumed head of Al-Qaeda in east Africa, Fazul Abdullah Muhammad, wanted for blowing up the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed in Mogadishu this week, sources said Saturday.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Hawaii TSA airport screeners fired over explosives lapse
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
US transport authorities announced Friday the sacking of more than 30 staff at Honolulu International Airport for failing to screen baggage properly for explosives.
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News Link • Government
Palin received death threats after 2008 nomination
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
Sarah Palin received death threats after she was nominated as Republican John McCain's running mate in 2008 presidential elections, according to emails released Friday, reflecting her meteoric rise.
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News Link • Transportation
No new ‘drunk driving’ apps for Apple
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
Apple, in a move hailed by a group of US senators, has agreed not to allow any new iPhone applications in the App Store that identify police drunk-driving checkpoints.
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News Link • Military
U.S. foresees $46 billion in 2011 military sales
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
The United States plans to export $46.1 billion in weapons this year, nearly doubling its 2010 figures, officials said.
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News Link • Government
Hillary Clinton in Africa on U.S. trade drive
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday the United States wanted to expand trade with Africa by investing in the continent's people, warning against a "new colonialism" as China expands its presence.
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News Link • World News
Austria puts two mountains up for sale
06-11-2011
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Megan Carpentier via RawStory.com
The Austrian government is putting the mountains of Grosser Kinigat and Rosskopf, near the border with Italy, up for sale for a total of about $175,000 US. Locals from the village at the foot of the peaks, Kartitsch, are quite upset.
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News Link • Transportation
Cowboys called in to round up cattle on a Georgia highway
06-11-2011
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Megan Carpentier via RawStory.com
A cattle truck accident on a highway in Georgia had authorities calling in cowboys and other volunteers to help round up dozens of cattle that took off at up to 35 miles per hour.
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News Link • Media: Internet
Lawrence O’Donnell gets hate mail from Donald Trump
06-11-2011
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David Ferguson via RawStory.com
This week, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell joined the ranks of Trump critics to receive personal notes from the mogul, and O’Donnell takes it as an opportunity to air his list of grievances against Trump.
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq asks U.S. congressman to leave after he says they should ‘repay’ for war
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
Iraqi authorities have asked for a US congressman to leave the country after he called for Baghdad to repay part of the money spent by Washington since the 2003 invasion, a spokesman said on Saturday.
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News Link • Transportation
US puts brakes on bus firm putting people in cargo
06-11-2011
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RawStory.com
A Michigan bus operator has been ordered to cease all commercial passenger services after the discovery that one of its buses was carrying six passengers in its luggage compartment, US officials said Saturday.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Harvard scientists stunning achievement: Age reversal in mice
06-11-2011
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Terrence Aym
In the fields of longevity and aging research, a research team has announced a breakthrough that may be one of the most significant in medical history. Harvard scientists have successfully reversed the aging process and show how they did it in a rema
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA Declassifies 200-Year-Old Book
06-11-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
A cryptology instruction book 202 years old. A photograph of the U.S. Army’s cypher bureau from 1919. A breakdown of Russian electoral districts circa 1948. Schematics for a magnetic tape memory system nearly half a century old.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Why is America the 'No-Vacation Nation'?
06-11-2011
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http://articles.mercola.com/
Other than a few national holidays, most American workers only get two or three weeks off each year. This is much less than what people in many other countries receive, and even that amount of vacation often comes with strings attached.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Organic Food May Become a Thing of the Past
06-11-2011
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http://articles.mercola.com/
Riceland Foods is the largest rice cooperative in the U.S. The cooperative filed suit against the Bayer Corporation for damages it suffered as a result of Bayer's unapproved genetically-modified rice...
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
"Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health"
06-11-2011
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http://products.mercola.com/
You've been conned for years, maybe even decades -- and it's not your fault. Perhaps you thought you'd been making a healthier choice by substituting those friendly little blue, pink and yellow packets for sugar.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Candidates announced for first New Hampshire GOP primary debate
06-09-2011
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CNN
Debate watching party at the Hancock's Monday, June 13, 2011. Debate starts at 5 p.m. You can show up as early as 4:30 for food and fun, but the debate will be taped and we will begin watching at 6 p.m.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Sugar: The Bitter Truth (HFCS - High Fructose Corn Syrup)
03-25-2010
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YouTube
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics - fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their. (NOW the Agricultural Industrial Complex fights back with PROPAGANDA - GAME ON!
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Argentina: A Case Study in How An Economy Collapses
06-11-2011
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http://www.chrismartenson.com/
When you ask any Argentinean person what concerns them the most, the first thing they’re going to be telling you is the crime problem.
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News Link • World News
China Tries to Start a War?
06-11-2011
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http://dailybell.ch/
When economic times sour, elites turn to war, or at least start to escalate military tensions. Europe and America are involved in at least four wars now, and unfortunately the West's escalating military involvement probably won't stop there.
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News Link • Drug War
‘The Wire’ creator to Holder: I’ll do another season if you end the drug war
06-11-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
The creator of the beloved and critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire offered Eric Holder a counter-offer in response to the U.S. Attorney General's casual plea for another season of the show: I'll do it if you end the war on drugs.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Christians must reject Ayn Rand, faith-based group tells Raw Story
06-11-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
During this time of financial crisis and talk of severe austerity measures in nearly every statehouse across the nation, the philosophy of author Ayn Rand has become a rallying cry for many leading Republicans.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Wallow Fire now likely to become AZ's biggest
06-11-2011
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http://azstarnet.com/
Authorities say a raging wildfire that could become the largest in Arizona history is now 5 percent contained after charring more than 386,000 acres and destroying 22 homes in Greer.
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News Link • Healthcare
The Great Cancer Hoax: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best to Shut Down...
06-11-2011
Important! The producers of this powerful film are allowing a full and FREE preview through June 13th! Please tell everyone you know to watch this film in it's entirety through June 13, 2011. Visit the Mercola Video Library
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News Link • New World Order
Alex Jones Coverage of Bilberberg
06-11-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Male Prostitutes Service Bilderberg Members at Elite Summit? - Bilderberg 2011: Prisonplanet.com Master Page " LIVE VIDEO FEED - Exclusive: Unnamed Bilderberg Attendees Revealed, Gates Violates Logan Act
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
EU President Juncker Throws US And Japan Under The Insolvency Bus
06-11-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
"The debt level of the USA is disastrous," Mr. Juncker said. "The real problem is that no one can explain well why the euro zone is in the epicenter of a global financial challenge at a moment, at which the fundamental indicators of the euro zone...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
This Weekend on LewRockwell.com - Sat. June 11th 2011
06-11-2011
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LewRockwell.com
That Speeding Freight Train You Hear - The Decline and Fall of the Welfare State
Obama can't stop it, says Pat Buchanan - The Bilderberg 2011 Attendee List - Another Gold Correction Is Coming - Astonishing Japanese Photos 3 Months After
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News Link • Police State
Student Loans and DOE S.W.A.T. Teams
06-10-2011
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http://www.fff.org/
On June 7, 2011, the answer became clear. At 6 a.m. a S.W.A.T.-style team of 15 officers from the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) Office of Inspector General broke down a door in Stockton
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Feature Article • Drug War
DEA, DHS & TOPD Surveillance Along AZ SR86
Terry Bressi
In conjunction with the Tohono O'odham Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Agency recently installed a camera surveillance system along the West bound lane of traffic near mile marker 146 on SR86 in Southern Arizona. The location is just West of
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Chance of Another Round of Easing by Year-End: Nouriel Roubini
06-11-2011
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CNBC.com
In an interview with CNBC on Saturday, the head of Roubini Global Economics said the probability of QE3 will become “significantly higher” if U.S. economic weakness persists and the stock markets correct 10 percent or more.
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News Link • Surveillance
School Surveillance: How Big Brother Spies on Pupils
06-11-2011
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guardian.co.uk/
Their scanners, cameras and computer applications are supplied by a US security industry that seems to grow bigger and more insatiable every year. And as she sees it, their neurotic emphasis on security has plenty of negative results...
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News Link • Housing
Can Americans Stomach a Second Housing Crash?
06-11-2011
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DoctorHousingBubble.com
In the U.S. we seemed to pre-programmed to assume that just because prices fall that a strong rebound is assured. I’m always struck in U.S. movies how the hero always wins no matter what. If you watch foreign movies you realize this isn’t...
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News Link • Surveillance
Using The Smart Phone With (NFC) as ID
06-11-2011
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nfcnews.com
2011 is shaping up to be a big year for NFC, and it’s possible that the technology could be used in identity applications, says Goode. Though largely touted as a tool to replace payment that use contactless systems, there’s no reason NFC...
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News Link • Internet
UK Cabinet Office talks to Facebook about new ID system
06-11-2011
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theregister.co.uk
A Cabinet Office spokeswoman confirmed to us this morning that the department was speaking to "a range of industry" about its ID assurance scheme, a prototype for which is expected in October this year.
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News Link • Surveillance
Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense shows off a flying sphere robot
06-11-2011
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physorg.com/
Researchers working with the Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense have created what they claim is the worlds first completely spherical flying robot. The robot, which has roughly the same dimensions as a soccer ball...
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Unofficial Problem Bank list over 1,000 Institutions
06-11-2011
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CalculatedRiskBlog.com
With no closing or action terminations, the five additions this week finally push the Unofficial Problem Bank List over the 1,000 threshold. The list includes 1,002 institutions with assets of $417.4 billion, up from 997 and assets of $416.7 billion.
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News Link • Drug War
300 rounds fired during Texas border shootout
06-11-2011
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AP
U.S. law enforcement officials exchanged 300 rounds of gunfire with suspected drug runners during a pre-dawn shootout across the Rio Grande, but only about six came from the suspects. Such an response was standard given the zero tolerance policy
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
From the Pentagon to the private sector: Retiring generals are taking lucrative defense-firm jobs
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Boston Globe
From 2004 through 2008, 80 percent of retiring three- and four-star officers went to work as consultants or defense executives, according to the Globe analysis. That compares with less than 50 percent who followed that path a decade earlier, from 199
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Fight For the Revolution Christian T-SHIRT
06-11-2011
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www.dixiecotton.com
Ephesians 6:12 - New International Version (NIV) - 12) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly re
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News Link • Obama Administration
Clinton says not pursuing World Bank job
06-11-2011
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Reuters
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was not in discussions over the top job at the World Bank and she was not pursuing the post. "I have had no discussions with anyone, I have evidenced no interest to anyone and I am not pursuing that positio
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Bill Maher and Jane Lynch give a dramatic reading of Weiner’s sexts
06-11-2011
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Rawstory.com
“Most people could not show them to you,” Maher said of the more heavily policed television shows’ treatment of Weiner’s sexts. “We are going to read them, verbatim.”
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News Link • Homeland Security
Drop that Toy: TSA Confronts Man With The Mental Capacity of Two Year Old
06-11-2011
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InfoWars.com/
If you continue to fly, you are to blame for the TSA abusing the mentally disabled, pregnant women, and children.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Pakistan tells CIA chief no U.S. boots on the ground
06-11-2011
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Reuters
CIA Director Leon Panetta told Pakistan's army and intelligence chiefs that he was concerned about a reduction of U.S. troops allowed in the country, but was bluntly told no American boots would be allowed on the ground, Pakistani military officials.
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News Link • Drug War
Upper Providence man shot during drug raid
06-10-2011
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Limerick-Spring City-Royersford Patch
Another victim of the senseless drug war. The man shot himself almost immediately after authorities entered his home on a search warrant. He was in surgery early this morning.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Reich: The military-industrial-political complex
06-05-2011
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Robert Reich/Syndicated columnist
The 10 biggest government contractors are all defense contractors. Every one of them gets most of its revenues from the federal government. And every one uses a portion of that money to lobby for even more defense contracts.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Stem Cell Orthopedic Flourishes
06-11-2011
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arclein
There is little doubt that stem-cell therapy could reshape orthopedics in animals and people alike. After all, Harman says, “when a Super Bowl linebacker tears a ligament, it’s the samedeal as with horses.” The basic tissue structure in the legs of b
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Calvin Confronts the Chinese Marxist Dictatorship
06-11-2011
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arclein
In the month of May, government forces arrested all those who attended church and kept core leaders under house arrest. This is the eighth week the church has defied China’s illegality of non-state-controlled churches.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Solar Flare Wonderfully Videoed
06-11-2011
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arclein
The solar storm hit its peak at about 2:41 a.m. EDT (0641 GMT), but the actual flare extended over a three-hour period, said C. Alex Young, a solar astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center who runs a website called The Sun Today, in a vi
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