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Date Sent: 2012-01-18
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, January 18, 2012 AM edition |
SOPA protests shut down Web sites today -- Romney Would Sign NDAA -- S&P: Greek Default Imminent
The deer's pink collars? Cute, but not to the DNR, which ordered animals
killed -- Georgia lawmaker who sponsored welfare drug testing bill
busted for DUI -- Economist: NATO/G8 Summits Could Be A Disaster -- Police: woman offered sexual favors in exchange for McNuggets --
Wisconsin mayor faces recall vote after drunken antics -- January 18th,
2012 - Peter Eyre - Mikey Weinstein - Mark Nestmann - Thomas Woods --
In Haiti, former dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier is thriving -- New Silver
Dime Trading cards highlighting the “Chalking 8″ -- European Court
Rules Britain Cannot Deport Terrorism Suspect -- New gun scanner that scans you as you walk down street -- If You See Something, Film Something (You Have The Right To Film The
Police) -- Palin: If I were a South Carolinian, I'd back Newt --
Georgia lawmaker who sponsored welfare drug testing bill busted for DUI
-- Illustrated: The Incompetence of the Fed --
Pat Buchanan on Ron Paul, the Internet and Ethnic Politics in the 21st
Century -- Real Reason for Lehman Bros. Collapse? Another Insane
International Tribunal ... -- Journalist Sues Obama Over Indefinite Detention Law --
Paul Campaign To Newt, Santorum, Perry: “It's Over” -- GLOBAL INTERNET
VOTING FIRM BUYS U.S. ELECTION RESULTS REPORTING FIRM -- Daily Paul Goes Dark Tomorrow -- Ron Paul to Pause from Campaigning in South Carolina for Debt-Ceiling Vote -- Does Newt still support gun control? -- Turkey reacts to Rick Perry's terrorist accusation -- Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered --
Village Praxis Series: T.E. Lawrence and the Next American Revolution
(Part II) by Bill Buppert -- Village Praxis Series: T.E. Lawrence and
the Next American Revolution (Part I) by Bill Buppert -- SOUNDS LIKE
SCIENCE FICTION...OR SOME CONSPIRACY THEORY...BUT IT ISN'T. -- THE
TRAGIC TALE OF EDWARD TRUE AND JAMES FALSE -- Who are the victims of
civil liberties assaults and Endless War? -- Doctor Doom Warns: “World
War III Will Occur In the Next Five Years” -- VIDEO: Fox News Caught Completely Excluding Ron Paul From Post Debate Coverage -- Has The ECB Given Up On Portugal? -- Second MF Global Unveiled As
Canadian Regulator Accuses Barret Capital Of Commingling Client Funds --
Another reminder of how the US government destroys business
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News Link • Internet
SOPA protests to shut down Web sites
01-17-2012
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Washington Post
This is what happens when you make the Internet mad.
On Wednesday, a group of technology companies will stage an unusual form of protest: They will shut down their own popular Web sites for a day to show their unhappiness with two Internet-regulat
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News Link • Police State
Romney Would Sign NDAA
01-17-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
During the latest “debate” in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said that if he were president he would sign the the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • European Union
S&P Says Greek Default Imminent
01-17-2012
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www.zerohedge.com
Time for the dominos to fall where they may: head of sovereign ratings at S&P Kraemer spoke on Bloomberg TV, and said the following:
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
The deer's pink collars? Cute, but not to the DNR, which ordered animals killed
01-17-2012
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The couple who cared for two young deer shot and killed by Forest Lake police in their yard Saturday were still infuriated two days later.
Jeff Carpenter said Monday that he thought concrete was cracking from the cold when he heard a loud "bang" a
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Another one in the net
01-17-2012
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The Economist
Ms Black was in her research boat with assistants when killer whales attacked a pod of grey whales and killed a calf. Its blubber floated to the surface, and the killer whales were about to feed on it. Seizing this opportunity to film their behavior,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Georgia lawmaker who sponsored welfare drug testing bill busted for DUI
01-17-2012
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Rawstory
Rep. Kip Smith was pulled over after a police officer witnessed him run through a red light. The officer said he could smell the odor of alcohol coming from Smith’s car and had the lawmaker take a breathalyzer test, which he failed.
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News Link • Activism
Economist: NATO/G8 Summits Could Be A Disaster
01-17-2012
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CBS News
A University of Chicago economist says Antarctica or Guam would be better places than Chicago for the upcoming G8 and NATO summits. Economist Allen Sanderson often questions large scale government subsidies for sports venues. “It’s just a potential
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Police: woman offered sexual favors in exchange for McNuggets
01-17-2012
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A Los Angeles woman was arrested after she offered sexual favors in exchange for chicken McNuggets. Khadijah Baseer of Los Angeles opened customers’ car doors in the drive-thru of McDonald’s asking for free chicken McNuggets in exchange for sexual fa
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News Link • Government
Wisconsin mayor faces recall vote after drunken antics
01-17-2012
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Rawstory
Residents of Sheboygan, Wisconsin will decide whether to replace their mayor, Bob Ryan, after a series of public drinking binges, according to the Huffington Post. In 2009, Ryan was filmed drunkenly bragging about his sister-in-law’s oral sex skills.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
In Haiti, former dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier is thriving
01-17-2012
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Washington Post
For a once-notorious dictator facing charges of crimes against humanity, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier is living a nice life here after his sudden return from exile a year ago.
Although technically under house arrest, the former “president for l
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Wallet Voting
New Silver Dime Trading cards highlighting the “Chalking 8″
01-17-2012
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http://donttreadonmeme.com
We have also partnered up with FreedomsPhoenix.com to offer listeners of Ernest Hancock's radio program to get cards shipped right to the chalking 8 at cost. If you would like to donate $FRN's to be turned into Cards and for those cards to be sent al
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Drew
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News Link • TERRORISM
European Court Rules Britain Cannot Deport Terrorism Suspect
01-17-2012
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New York Times
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Abu Qatada, a radical Islamic preacher regarded as one of Al Qaeda’s main inspirational leaders in Europe, cannot be deported from Britain to his native Jordan because his trial there would be tainted by evide
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
New gun scanner that scans you as you walk down street
01-17-2012
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CBS NYC
The NYPD is stepping up their war against illegal guns, with a new tool that could detect weapons on someone as they walk down the street. But is it violating your right to privacy?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Palin: If I were a South Carolinian, I'd back Newt
01-17-2012
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CBS News
Sarah Palin gave Newt Gingrich the next best thing to an endorsement Tuesday, saying if she lived in South Carolina she would vote for the former speaker.
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News Link • Drug War
Georgia lawmaker who sponsored welfare drug testing bill busted for DUI
01-17-2012
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www.rawstory.com
Rep. Kip Smith was pulled over after a police officer witnessed him run through a red light. The officer said he could smell the odor of alcohol coming from Smith’s car and had the lawmaker take a breathalyzer test, which he failed.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Illustrated: The Incompetence of the Fed
01-17-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
At a time when many in the alternative media were shouting out loud about an impending financial crisis, many of the top men at the US Federal Reserve could only make jokes about desperate discounts being given out by house-builders that found themse
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Real Reason for Lehman Bros. Collapse? Another Insane International Tribunal ...
01-17-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
Supposedly the Dutch government had the bright idea to create a global "financial tribunal." But who gets up in the morning and decides that what the world needs is a better way to resolve disputes about derivatives and other artificial securitized i
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Free Speech
Journalist Sues Obama Over Indefinite Detention Law
01-17-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
NDAA provision could be a one way ticket to Gitmo for reporters, claims class action lawsuit
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Daily Paul Goes Dark Tomorrow - Wednesday January 18 - SOPA/PIPA Strike
01-17-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
On January 18, The Daily Paul will join Wikipedia, Reddit, Twitter, BoingBoing, MoveOn.org, The Free Software Foundation, and tens of thousands of other websites around the Internet in going dark to oppose SOPA and PIPA,
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Cop Block & Fully Informed Jury Association Billboards Going Up in Richmond!
01-17-2012
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http://www.copblock.org
RICHMOND, Virginia- On January 18th, 2012, two billboards with ads promoting police accountability and Jury Nullification will be displayed in the Richmond area. The initiative is being headed by Nathan Cox, an Army Veteran and activist for the cause
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Drew
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul to Pause from Campaigning in South Carolina for Debt-Ceiling Vote
01-17-2012
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http://www.ronpaul2012.com/
Shields taxpayers and future generations from costly Washington enlargement, irresponsibility
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
It's Over " Only Two Republican Candidates on Virginia Ballot
01-17-2012
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http://www.ronpaul2012.com/
In the Commonwealth, real change candidate and Champion of the Constitution Ron Paul will face down establishment flip-flopper Mitt Romney
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Does Newt still support gun control?
01-17-2012
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paramountcommunication.com
The fact is, Newt Gingrich has had a long love affair with the anti-gun crowd.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Turkey reacts to Rick Perry's terrorist accusation
01-17-2012
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Associated Press
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry drew Turkey's ire on Tuesday after suggesting the country is ruled by Islamic terrorists and questioning its NATO membership.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Military Versus Defense: Ron Paul Smacks Down WSJ's Seib
01-17-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
"I would say your question suggests you are very confused about my position. I want to cut money, overseas money. I don't want to cut defense spending. We would save a lot more money and have a stronger national defense.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Obama and Santorum: Two Peas in a War Pod
01-17-2012
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tenthamendmentcenter.com
Apparently Rick Santorum is cut from the same fabric as Barack Obama when it comes to congressional declarations of war, as required by the Constitution.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered
01-17-2012
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www.guardian.co.uk
Killing our enemies abroad is just state-sponsored terror " whatever euphemism western leaders like to use
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Village Praxis Series: T.E. Lawrence and the Next American Revolution (Part II) by Bill Buppert
01-17-2012
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zerogov.com
Like most governments, the US central authorities in DC will do everything in their power to retain the power and control they now practice over their tax jurisdiction.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • r3VOLution Continues
Village Praxis Series: T.E. Lawrence and the Next American Revolution (Part I) by Bill Buppert
01-17-2012
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zerogov.com
Whether the central bankers like it or not, the EU fiat currency will collapse in the next six to twelve months and take the dollar with it. This will lead to the hardest times America has known since the War of Northern Aggression tore the continen
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • New World Order
SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION...OR SOME CONSPIRACY THEORY...BUT IT ISN'T.
01-17-2012
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democratsagainstunagenda21.com
Have you wondered where these terms 'sustainability' and 'smart growth' and 'high density urban mixed use development' came from? Doesn't it seem like about 10 years ago you'd never heard of them and now everything seems to include these concepts?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
THE TRAGIC TALE OF EDWARD TRUE AND JAMES FALSE
01-17-2012
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www.blackboxvoting.com
The actual Iowa winner may "never be known", and one of the "dead" voters in New Hampshire has now shown up -- alive.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Who are the victims of civil liberties assaults and Endless War?
01-17-2012
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www.salon.com
The answer is the same as the one for this related question: who are the prime victims of America’s posture of Endless War? Overwhelmingly, the victims are racial, ethnic and religious minorities: specifically, Muslims (both American Muslims and fore
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Future Predictions
Doctor Doom Warns: “World War III Will Occur In the Next Five Years”
01-17-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
As is generally the case, Dr. Faber doesn’t mince words and warns that, despite what happens in the near term, the end game is global conflict.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare
Fluoride Linked to #1 Cause of Death in New Research
01-17-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Groundbreaking new research has linked sodium fluoride to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
VIDEO: Fox News Caught Completely Excluding Ron Paul From Post Debate Coverage
01-17-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
After huge volume of complaints, Fox reporter was forced to do-over post debate breakdown revealing that Ron Paul blitzed the debate in every category
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA Agents Steal $40,000 From A Passenger . . . And Receive Just Six Months In Jail
01-17-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Recently, two former TSA screeners, 44-year-old Coumar Persad and 31-year-old Davon Webb were convicted of stealing $40,000 from a passenger’s luggage at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
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News Link • Police State
Florida Police Officer Turns Off Dash Camera and Audiotape, Beats Man With Dementia
01-17-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
In Florida, Melbourne police Officer Derek Middendorf is accused of beating a 66-year-old man suffering from dementia. A dash camera shows Middendorf delivering a kick to the stomach of Albert Flowers, then punching him after Flowers falls to the gr
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Titan Has Heat . . . And Two Atmospheres
01-17-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Scientists at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris have published findings in Nature Geoscience that has challenged assumptions about the moon Titan, one of Saturn’s sixty moons and a focus of scientists because of the presence
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Has The ECB Given Up On Portugal?
01-17-2012
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www.zerohedge.com
Despite disappointing auction results in France, the downgrade hangovers (sell the rumor, buy the news?), and increasingly likely Greek PSI talk epic-fail, most European sovereigns are rallying modestly on the day
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Guess The Politician... And Follow The Money
01-17-2012
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www.zerohedge.com
A few days ago we presented a roster of the top contributors to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign as reported by OpenSecrets. Today we have done the same for two other candidates, representing two previous election cycles: 2008 and 2004.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Second MF Global Unveiled As Canadian Regulator Accuses Barret Capital Of Commingling Client Funds
01-17-2012
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www.zerohedge.com
Sure enough, a little over two months since, the second notable company to have been alleged to have abused client capital for own purposes has emerged.
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News Link • Economy - International
Another reminder of how the US government destroys business
01-17-2012
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www.sovereignman.com/Simon Black
One of the most phenomenal human beings I’ve ever met hails from Harare, Zimbabwe of all places. His name is Time. That’s seriously his name. When you ask him about it, he shrugs, grins, and says, “My mom felt that she was in labor for way too long.”
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News Link • Science
Gigantic Titanosaur discovered in Antarctica
01-17-2012
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Terrence Aym
What might have struck fear into the heart of a mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex? The titanosaur. The fossilized remains of the beast"touted as one of the largest dinosaurs ever to roam the earth"has been found under the icy crust of the Antarctic, at least
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News Link • Homeland Security
The DHS Wants to Know Who’s Spreading the News (or Expressing an Opinion), Your Rights Optional
01-16-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Freedom of speech is a well established right in this country and rooted in the 1st Amendment. ”Congress shall make no law [. . .] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”.
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