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Date Sent: 2012-01-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, January 22, 2012 |
Arizona strikes back: State investigates feds over gun-running
Ex-Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dead at 85 -- UK Government Suppresses Media - by Stephen Lendman -- Ron Paul's Speech After South Carolina Primary -- 564 delegates to be split between Paul and Romney -- Regulatory Czar would use copyright mechanisms to shut down rumor and conspiracy theory sites -- Sen. Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote For Now -- Obama Administration "Rigging" US Census By
Counting Illegal Aliens - by Chuck Baldwin -- SOPA and PIPA Part of Effort to
Domesticate Politically Incorrect Internet -- The Great Internet
Wars Have Begun -- Wayne Paul
Talks About Voting Fraud in Iowa -- How Iran Could Whip the
US and Israel Without Firing a Single Shot: Additional
Considerations -- Who Wants War With Iran? -- Another Failure for
the Elites as the EU Sinks? -- EU Crisis: Italy launches sweeping
reforms to revive economy -- Megaupload site wants assets back, to
fight charges -- Democrat operative busted for stealing Iowa Sec.
State's identity - no one dares mention fraud -- Cop Shoots Family
Dog at Wrong Address -- The Global
Elite Are Hiding 18 Trillion Dollars In Offshore Banks --
Warning Signs That We Should Prepare For The Worst -- Ack! They Are Actually Going To Let
Greece Default! -- Austrian Economics Hits the Headlines
-- Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote -- Anti-Syrian Pack Journalism - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Another Debate Party - tomorrow, Jan 23rd, 6 p.m. - Hancock's -- Obama to visit Phoenix area on Jan. 25; Jan. 28, "God on Trial" Book
Signing; Feb 22 – ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6
pm, Mesa Arts Center (BUY TICKETS NOW!)
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Arizona strikes back: State investigates feds over gun-running
01-21-2012
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www.washingtontimes.com
Arizona's state legislature will open its own investigation into the Obama administration's disgraced gun-running program, known as "Fast and Furious," the speaker of the state House said Friday.
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Another Debate...Another debate party - Monday, Jan 23rd, 6 p.m. - Hancock's
01-21-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Debate is from Tampa, Florida at the University of South Florida. Sponsored by The Tampa Bay Times, NBC News, the National Journal and the Florida Council of 100. Ron Paul has confirmed to be there (and also in Thursday's debate from Jacksonville, F
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News Link • Death
Ex-Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dead at 85
01-22-2012
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ABC News (video)
Joe Paterno Jr., whose glittering career as Penn State's football coach was tainted by a child sex-abuse scandal, died today. He was 85. "It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today. His loss leaves a void in
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
SC Primary Results Thread; Paul's Speech After South Carolina Primary - Video
01-21-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Texas Congressman Ron Paul addressed a crowd of supporters in South Carolina after being projected to finish fourth in the Palmetto State's Saturday primary.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Watch Ron Paul's Speech After South Carolina Primary
01-21-2012
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YouTube.com
Paul pointed out that after Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, only 37 delegates have been allocated so far -- "something like 1.5 percent," he said. "This is the beginning of a long, hard slog."
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
No long faces Ron Paul supporters!
01-21-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Gingrich beating Romney in South Carolina is actually a good thing for Ron Paul. The delegates are getting all split up and it's going to be very difficult for Romney, or anyone to get enough, which could result in a brokered convention.
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Regulatory Czar would use copyright mechanisms to shut down rumor and conspiracy theory sites
01-21-2012
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Watts Up With That Blog
As Congress considered SOPA and PIPA, Obama’s “regulatory czar” Cass Sunstein wanted to shut down websites purporting conspiracy theories and rumors using the tools of copyright protection.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Robo-Copter Will Keep Tabs on Navy’s Biofuel Plants
01-21-2012
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Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman via WIRED.com
The Navy is hoping to one day run a huge chunk of its fleet on biofuels. So the Navy’s advanced researchers are turning to a tiny robotic helicopter to help them figure out which crop they might be able to convert into their fuel of the future.
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News Link • Government
Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote
01-21-2012
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David Kravets via WIRED.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday.
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News Link • Internet
A SOPA/PIPA Blackout Explainer
01-21-2012
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David Kravets via WIRED.com
Hundreds, if not thousands, of websites are expected to go dark or alter themselves Wednesday to protest proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation that many believe goes too far fighting online copyright and trademark infringement.
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News Link • Activism
Ron Paul SuperPac Webcasting SC Primary - Calls for Boycott of Cable/Network LSM
01-21-2012
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revolutionpac.com
"In conjunction with the event, the super committee is calling for a nationwide boycott of cable/network outlets, which have exhibited bias against Rep. Paul in their reporting." Genius.
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News Link • Internet
SOPA and PIPA Part of Effort to Domesticate Politically Incorrect Internet
01-21-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
The Megaupload takedown is dominating headlines, but there is something the incident has overshadowed " large internet corporations and government have censored political websites for years as part of a plan to domesticate the internet.
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News Link • Internet
The Great Internet Wars Have Begun
01-21-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
In the video below, we note that the massive protest this week against SOPA and PIPA should not merely be about government and corporate curtailment of freedom of expression on the internet.
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News Link • Free Speech
SOPA’s Wicked Censorship
01-21-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Alex covers the latest news on the SOPA and PIPA protests that have taken a largely clueless Congress by surprise.
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Wayne Paul Talks About Voting Fraud in Iowa
01-21-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
Wayne Paul speaks out on voting fraud in Iowa and the rest of the primaries.
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News Link • Internet
Victory on SOPA: Lessons Learned
01-21-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Gary North
The owners of a handful of popular Internet sites joined together to protest SOPA/PIPA. They blacked out their sites and provided information on the threat to Internet liberty this bill posed.
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News Link • Iran
How Iran Could Whip the US and Israel Without Firing a Single Shot: Additional Considerations
01-21-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Mark Crovelli
Instead of allowing themselves to be dragged into a bloody war with two of the most powerful nations in the history of the world, I suggested that the Iranians hold a trump card that will allow them to escape that outcome by abandoning their nuclear
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News Link • Future Predictions
Marc Faber: 'World War III Will Occur in the Next Five Years,' but Relax, Equities Will Not
01-21-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Constantine Gardner
Eventually when interest rates go up, he says, the cost of financing the failed monetary policies will become burdensome and will ultimately bring a big bust.
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News Link • Internet
Defending the Last Free Place on Earth
01-21-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Jeff Berwick
Sites like Reddit, Wikipedia and thousands of others went dark in protest of the latest attempt at a violent terrorist attack on the internet, the so-called Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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News Link • Iran
Who Wants War With Iran?
01-21-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Patrick J Buchanan
Iran has accused the United States and Israel of murder. But Hillary Clinton emphatically denied any U.S. complicity: "I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of violence inside Iran."
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News Link • European Union
Another Failure for the Elites as the EU Sinks?
01-21-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
The EU just isn't working. What a mess. Who could have foreseen it?
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News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
Alternative Foods in Famines
01-21-2012
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Survivalblog.com
Several future scenarios include or produce famine on a very large scale. The goal of a famine feeding strategy is to get people from the beginning of the famine to the end alive and not permanently damaged.
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News Link • Economy - International
EU Crisis: Italy launches sweeping reforms to revive economy
01-21-2012
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economictimes.indiatimes.com
MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's government on Friday adopted a structural reform programme aimed at breathing new life into a debt-stricken economy, but which has already met heavy opposition.
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News Link • Internet
Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges
01-21-2012
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economictimes.indiatimes.com
The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by US authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Hours before key primary, Romney lowers expectations
01-21-2012
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www.reuters.com
With the crucial Republican presidential primary in South Carolina just hours away, front-runner Mitt Romney on Friday lowered expectations for how well he will do and acknowledged he is in a neck-and-neck race with Newt Gingrich.
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News Link • Internet
Federal indictment claims popular Web site Megaupload.com shared pirated material
01-21-2012
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www.washingtonpost.com
Federal authorities shut down one of the Web’s most popular sites Thursday on charges that it illegally shared movies, television shows and e-books, prompting hackers to retaliate by blocking access to several Web sites, including those of the Justic
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News Link • Voting: Vote Fraud
Democrat operative busted for stealing Iowa Sec. State's identity - no one dares mention fraud
01-21-2012
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The Iowa Republican
Former "Director of New Media" for Obama's election campaign in 2008, Edwards joined Link Strategies. Whether managing campaigns or handling research, their specialty is doing quality work while finding creative solutions.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Activism
Ron Paul SuperPac Webcasting SC Primary - Calls for Boycott of Cable/Network LSM
01-21-2012
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revolutionpac.com
"In conjunction with the event, the super committee is calling for a nationwide boycott of cable/network outlets, which have exhibited bias against Rep. Paul in their reporting." Genius.
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News Link • Internet
If SOPA's Main Target Is The Pirate Bay, It's Worth Pointing Out That ThePirateBay.org Is Im
01-21-2012
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www.techdirt.com
In looking over Eric Goldman's excellent "linkwrap" of a bunch of recent SOPA/PIPA stories, it pointed me to a News.com article from last month, about how SOPA was really about going after one single site: The Pirate Bay.
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News Link • Police State
Cop Shoots Family Dog at Wrong Address
01-21-2012
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www.informationliberation.com
A homeowner was held at gunpoint and his family pet was killed in a mix-up involving a DeKalb County police call.
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News Link • Economy - International
The Global Elite Are Hiding 18 Trillion Dollars In Offshore Banks
01-21-2012
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www.theeconomiccollapseblog.com
In recent days, the fact that Mitt Romney has millions of dollars parked down in the Cayman Islands has made headlines all over the world. But when it comes to offshore banking, what Mitt Romney is doing is small potatoes.
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Warning Signs That We Should Prepare For The Worst
01-21-2012
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www.theeconomiccollapseblog.com
In an absolutely startling report, the World Bank revised GDP growth estimates for 2012 downward very sharply, warned that Europe could be on the verge of a devastating financial crisis, and declared that the rest of the world better "prepare for the
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News Link • Economy - International
Ack! They Are Actually Going To Let Greece Default!
01-21-2012
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www.theeconomiccollapseblog.com
The only question is whether it is going to be an orderly default or a disorderly default. Of course the EU (led by Germany) could save Greece financially if it wanted to. But Germany has decided against that course of action. agreed upon.
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News Link • Economics: Austrian
Austrian Economics Hits the Headlines
01-21-2012
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www.thefreemanonline.org
When a presidential candidate declares, as Ron Paul has, “We’re all Austrians now,” it’s inevitable that his critics would try to discredit him " whether they understand what he’s talking about or not. That’s what Matthew Yglesias does in his Slate p
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Game|Life Podcast: One Game Machine to Rule Them All
01-21-2012
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www.wired.com
Has any game console ever satisfied all kinds of gamers? If so, is it possible to repeat that success in an increasingly fractured world?
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News Link • Free Speech
Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote
01-21-2012
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www.wired.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday.
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News Link • Internet
Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea
01-21-2012
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www.ted.com
What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto -- a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Intermittent Diet Superior
01-21-2012
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arclein
n their 2011 study, Harvie and her team used a sample of 115 women who had some family history of breast cancer, over a four-month trial period. For research purposes, each participant was randomly assigned with one of three types of diets: a standar
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Pyrolysis yield Jumps 40%
01-21-2012
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arclein
"We think that today we can be economically competitive with crude oil production," says research team leader George Huber, an associate professor of chemical engineering at UMass Amherst and one of the country's leading experts on
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News Link • Science
New Chemistry Established Reduces Atmospheric Pollution
01-21-2012
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arclein
The intense, tunable light from the synchrotron allowed researchers to discern the formation and removal of different isomeric species - molecules that contain the same atoms but arranged in different combinations.
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News Link • Science
Lead Pollution Solved by Fungi
01-21-2012
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arclein
this interaction between fungi and lead may be occurring in nature anywhere the two are found together. It also suggests that the introduction or encouragement of fungi may be
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Top CIA lawyer never approved NYPD collaboration
01-20-2012
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AP
The CIA's top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said authorize
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Courts, FCPA, and Runaway Federal Prosecutors
01-20-2012
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CATO Institute
the Government team allowed a key FBI agent to testify untruthfully before the grand jury, inserted material falsehoods into affidavits submitted to magistrate judges in support of applications for search warrants and seizure warrants, improperly rev
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News Link • Internet
Megaupload shutdown raises new Internet-sharing fears
01-20-2012
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Washington Post
The Justice Department’s shutdown of the popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com reverberated across the Internet Friday, sparking fresh questions for major Web companies while rattling millions of users of sites like it.
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News Link • Libya
SAS on ground during Libya crisis
01-20-2012
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www.bbc.co.uk
The British involvement in the campaign to overthrow Col Muammar Gaddafi was a very public one, particularly the part of it involving the use of RAF aircraft.
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News Link • Military
New U.S. Commando Team Operating Near Iran
01-20-2012
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www.wired.com
The primary, day-to-day mission of the team, known as Joint Special Operations Task Force-Gulf Cooperation Council, is to mentor military units belonging to the U.S.’ oil-rich Arab allies, who collectively are known as the Gulf Cooperation Council. T
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Jim Rogers: Lazy Bank and Ratings Clique Must Take a Hit
01-20-2012
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lewrockell.com/Jim Rogers
“It means that you should not bother to pay any attention to the rating agencies. Everything they have done in the past 15 or 20 years has been wrong,” he raged. “I stopped bothering about them long ago.
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News Link • Books
L. Neil Smith's new book, DOWN WITH POWER, releases today
01-20-2012
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DownWithPower.Com
I have named and arranged the chapters of this book so it will be easy to discover what libertarians think about any given issue of the day. This is intended to help those who are new to the movement to educate themselves, and encourage candidates
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