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Date Sent: 2012-02-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, February 3, 2012 PM edition |
NDAA Nullification: Tennessee Bills Propose Kidnapping Charges for Federal Agents
The State of US Surveillance -- New Syria Resolution: Better but Still Flawed -- Should I Drug My Kids? -- Newt Did Not Resign in Disgrace -- Study: Toxicity and Abuse Of
Sugar Warrant Regulations Akin To Alcohol and Tobacco -- Study: Drug
Addicts May Have Abnormal Brains Prone To Addiction -- Ron Paul says Latinos have become 'scapegoats' -- Doug Casey on the Coming War with Iran -- OBD III: The Motor Law Realized (On Board Diagnostics) --
What Is a Just War? -- Paper Money vs. Gold Part 1: The Problem -- No
Women on Facebook Board Shows White Male Influence -- Zuckerberg Tops
Google Founders With $28.4 Billion Facebook Haul -- A frightening picture of drug war reality --
Bloomberg Pledges Up To $250K To Planned Parenthood After Komen
Foundation Pulls Funding -- After cutting ties with Planned Parenthood,
Komen donations up 100 percent -- Contraception mandate outrages
religious groups -- Holder: No cover-up in 'Fast and Furious,' no effort to hide details of the operation -- Big Head Press - Thoughtful Stories: News, Forums, Blogs, Comics - Scott Bieser -- Bernanke urges caution in overly rapid deficit cutting -- New York Times loses $40 million in 2011
Today: Nationwide NDAA 2012
Congressional Protest
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club tomorrow,
Feb. 4, Phranq Tamburri on the AZ GOP State Convention -- Do You
Know a Homeless Veteran? Arizona Stand-down Can Help! Feb
3rd-5th at AVMC -- Feb 22 –
ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6 pm, Mesa Arts
Center (BUY TICKETS NOW!)
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News Link • States' Rights
NDAA Nullification: Tennessee Bills Propose Kidnapping Charges for Federal Agents
08/03/2012
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TAC Daily Updates
The Tennessee legislature will consider HB1629 and SB2669 in the 2012 session. The legislation would effectively nullify the detention provisions in the NDAA and would also require federal agents making an arrest in the Volunteer State for any reason
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Dennis Treybil
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Should I Drug My Kids?
02-03-2012
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www.wallstreetoasis.com
What I'm increasingly concerned about is whether or not I should be thinking about drugging my kids so they're not at any competitive disadvantage in their respective marketplace (at the moment, grammar school).
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Newt Did Not Resign in Disgrace
02-03-2012
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The Weekly Standard
Former U.S. House Republican Representative Mark Souder weighs in on the truth behind the attempt to oust Newt Gingrich as House Speaker in 1998.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Events: Arizona
125 MW solar power plant to land in Arizona by end of 2013
02-03-2012
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www.gizmag.com
Maricopa County, Arizona is set to play host to a 125 MW photovoltaic solar power plant, according to an announcement on Tuesday from Fluor Corporation.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Study: Toxicity and Abuse Of Sugar Warrant Regulations Akin To Alcohol and Tobacco
02-03-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Researchers at the University of California (San Francisco) are calling for regulations.government regulation of sugar that compares to alcohol and tobacco
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Study: Drug Addicts May Have Abnormal Brains Prone To Addiction
02-03-2012
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www.jonathanturley.org
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have published a startling article in Science Magazine stating that drug addicts may have brain abnormalities that give them a predisposition toward addiction. It could radically change how we view addiction
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul says Latinos have become 'scapegoats'
02-03-2012
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www.latimes.com
Reporting from Las Vegas"As the only Republican candidate for president to address Nevada's oldest Latino political organization Wednesday morning, Rep. Ron Paul got high marks for bravery. All were invited; only he showed up
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • How To
The Most Annoying, Pretentious and Useless Business Jargon
02-03-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Max Mallet, Brett Nelson, a
The next time you feel the need to reach out, touch base, shift a paradigm, leverage a best practice or join a tiger team, by all means do it. Just don’t say you’re doing it.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Why I Haven’t Gotten a Cold In Three Years
02-03-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/James Altucher
I haven’t gotten a cold in almost three years. This is not bragging. I’m not the healthiest person in the world. It’s just fact. Every year of my life from the age of one until three years ago I’d get a cold 2-4 times a year. It was horrible.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Doug Casey on the Coming War with Iran
02-03-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Doug Casey
The Next Fall Guy in the Wag-the-Dog Show
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
OBD III: The Motor Law Realized (On Board Diagnostics)
02-03-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Eric Peters
You know that “check engine” light on your dashboard? What if instead of just telling you that the car’s computer has detected some fault with the emissions control system, it told the government " via roadside readers and satellite uplinks?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
What Is a Just War?
02-03-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/Andrew P. Napolitano
When President Obama announced last April that he was sending the United States military to bomb Libya, he not only violated the United States Constitution, which he has taken an oath to uphold, but he also violated the moral principles of the just w
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Snow falls in Rome for the first time in 26 YEARS
02-03-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Snow fell in Rome today for the first time in 26 years as freezing temperatures took the death toll across Europe to more than 150.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
No Women on Facebook Board Shows White Male Influence
02-03-2012
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www.bloomberg.com
Most of Facebook Inc. (FB)’s more than 800 million users are women. You wouldn’t know it from looking at the board, whose seven directors are all men.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Zuckerberg Tops Google Founders With $28.4 Billion Facebook Haul
02-03-2012
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www.bloomberg.com
Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering may value Mark Zuckerberg’s stake at $28.4 billion, making him richer than Google Inc. (GOOG)’s co-founders and almost on par with Larry Ellison, who started Oracle Corp. (ORCL) 35 years ago.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
A frightening picture of drug war reality
2-3-2012
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Loretta Nall
In Andalusia, Alabama 16 people have entered guilty pleas for various crimes and offenses.
One of those people, Christopher David Hughes, 32, plead guilty to "sexually abusing an intellectually disabled female family member. He has remained incar
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Philanthropy
Bloomberg Pledges Up To $250K To Planned Parenthood After Komen Foundation Pulls Funding
02-03-2012
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www.newyork.cbslocal.com
The billionaire mayor has promised to match future donations to Planned Parenthood up to $250,000, mayoral spokeswoman Samantha Levine said Thursday. The organization uses the money for breast cancer screenings.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philanthropy
After cutting ties with Planned Parenthood, Komen donations up 100 percent
02-03-2012
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www.dailycaller.com
In the wake of this week’s announcement that Susan G. Komen for the Cure will no longer be awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer organization’s donations have gone up 100 percent in the last two days.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Contraception mandate outrages religious groups
02-03-2012
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www.apnews.myway.com
The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Tebow hopes he has a chance to play in Super Bowl one day
02-03-2012
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nfl.com
The Denver Broncos quarterback made the media rounds at the Super Bowl on Thursday, talking about everything from what he needs to work on before next season to his admiration for Eli Manning and Tom Brady to his video game rivalry with his brother.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Mexico
Holder: No cover-up in 'Fast and Furious,' no effort to hide details of the operation
02-03-2012
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www.foxnews.com
Attorney General Eric Holder vigorously denied a "cover-up" by the Justice Department over "Operation Fast and Furious," telling a House panel investigating the botched gun-running program that he has nothing to hide and suggesting the probe is a "po
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Art
Big Head Press - Thoughtful Stories: News, Forums, Blogs, Comics - Scott Bieser
02-03-2012
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Big Head Press
L Neil Smith is the author of close to 30 novels, including five graphic novels published by Big Head Press... Scott Bieser is General Director and Artist In Residence for the publisher, has completed four graphic novels for BHP, and is currently wor
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Bernanke urges caution in overly rapid deficit cutting
02-03-2012
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www.usatoday.com
Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke defended the central bank's decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a contentious hearing Thursday before federal lawmakers.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Media: Print
New York Times loses $40million in 2011
02-03-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
The New York Times Company suffered a net loss of almost $40million in 2011, with its fourth quarter profits falling by 12.2 per cent compared to the same period in 2010.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Concerns grow over volcanic eruptions
02-03-2012
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www.usatoday.com
Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Madonna's guarantee: no half-time wardrobe malfunction
02-03-2012
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www.breitbart.com
Superstar singer Madonna promised no wardrobe malfunctions for her Super Bowl 46 half-time show, saying she has never worked so hard on preparing for a performance.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
Is Iran trying to develop a missile that could reach America?
02-03-2012
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www.csmonitor.com
An Iranian missile under construction, caught up in a mysterious blast in November, had a range of 6,000 miles, a senior Israeli official said Thursday in a speech outside Tel Aviv.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Israel
Is Israel preparing to attack Iran?
02-03-2012
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www.washingtonpost.com
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a lot on his mind these days, from cutting the defense budget to managing the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. But his biggest worry is the growing possibility that Israel will attack Iran over the next few m
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
U.S. Moral Credibility Goes to Zero
02-03-2012
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www.lewrockwell.com/blog
Less than 10 years ago, the U.S. was, on paper anyway, against starting a war without being attacked. It was against aggression. Then came Bush 2. Then came preemptive war. Then came unprovoked attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. Clinton's bombi
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
"War Breeds War" Campaign Video - Lee Wrights for President
02-01-2012
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My good friend Lee himself
If it weren't for Ron Paul, this is the man I'd be campaigning for for President! His 'Stop War' message hits home with me.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Religion: Believers
COURAGEOUS is NUMBER ONE in DVD SALES!
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www.varight.com
COURAGEOUS, that wonderful movie by the church in Albany Georgia was NUMBER ONE in DVD sales last week! Maybe not good enough for an OSCAR(tm) but it's changing hearts and lives!
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The TSA Left Suspected 'Pipe Bombs' Lying Around for Six Hours
02-01-2012
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The Atlantic Wire
"Another screener saw the objects, one gold, the other silver, and both 6-inches long with 'springs' inside, and thought they could be bombs." TSA officials let the passenger catch his flight, but left the pipes on a [hot?] radiator and then forgot t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
ACLU sues to force release of drone attack records
02-01-2012
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The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court Wednesday to force the Obama administration to release legal and intelligence records related to the killing of three U.S. citizens in drone attacks in Yemen last year.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
“I just happened to glance over and saw this huge chainsaw ripping down the side of my door.”
02-01-2012
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The Agitator
It’s going to be a while before things get back to normal for Judy Sanchez and her three-year-old daughter.
Last Thursday, a team of FBI agents swarmed her apartment building as part of a massive citywide drug and weapons gang raid.
Trouble is,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
DEA investigates Montana state legislator for medical marijuana views
02-01-2012
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The Sideshow
A member of Montana's state legislature says the Drug Enforcement Agency began investigating her over support for medical marijuana laws.
State House Democrat Diane Sands tells the Missoulian she was contacted by a defense attorney with some unusu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Pakistani intelligence helping Taliban: NATO report
02-01-2012
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ABC News
A leaked NATO report has provided further evidence that Pakistan's ISI security service has been helping the Taliban.
The report, which will further strain ties between Western powers and Islamabad, is the result of interrogations of thousands of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Alzheimer’s Spreads Like a Virus in the Brain, Studies Find
02-01-2012
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New York Times
Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies find. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as tau. The surprising finding answers a longstanding que
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Grassley investigates FDA monitoring of whistleblowers
02-01-2012
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Washington Post
A senior Senate Republican has launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s secret e-mail monitoring of scientists who warned that unsafe medical devices were approved over their objections, saying whistleblowers often are treate
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Media Belligerence Against Ron Paul Reaches a Pathetic Point - by Sibel Edmonds
02-01-2012
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boilingfrogspost.com via rense.com
Of course it looks nothing like that NOW, but they're still using the same photo of Ron, looking sour... Keep blowing that whistle, Sibel!
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Charles Goyette on Iran and India; Oil for Gold
02-01-2012
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dailypaulradio.com
Charles Goyette of American Breaking Point and international bestselling author of ‘The Dollar Meltdown’ joins Daily Paul Radio with Kurt Wallace for ‘Iran and India; Oil for Gold’ to discuss the impact of a direct exchange between India and Iran
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Sandia Labs' bullet doesn't miss (VIDEO)
02-01-2012
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www.krqe.com
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a bullet that guides itself to the target.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Government
FDA’s New Claim: “Your Body Is a Drug and We Have the Authority to Regulate It!”
2-1-12
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http://healthimpactnews.com/2012/fda%E2%80%99s-new
In another outrageous power-grab, FDA says your own stem cells are drugs"and stem cell therapy is interstate commerce because it affects the bottom line of FDA-approved drugs in other states!
We wish this were a joke, but it’s the US Food and Drug
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