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Date Sent: 2012-03-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, March 5, 2012 AM edition |
India denies report U.S. troops on soil -- TSA demands woman prove her breast pump works
Attorney General to explain rationale for murdering U.S. citizens abroad
-- Senior U.S. Senator Calls for Arming Syria Rebels -- Who Needs a Warrant? Florida Cop Dresses As Power Company Repairman to Gain Access to Home -- Australian state toughens law for Muslim veils -- The Death of Free Speech -- For Europe, Costly Oil Could Be 'the New Greece' -- Anti-smoking vaccines in teens not worth cost: study -- Easy to bend rules of EU debt treaty: Lithuania president -- Hundreds dead as weapons depot goes up in flames -- Bin Ladin not buried at sea -- Toddler found after twister dies in hospital -- Netanyahu: Israel reserves right to attack Iran -- Putin Wins Election Amid Uncertainty Over What Is Next -- How to Live in Your Car -- U.S. officials: Iran is stepping up
lethal aid to Syria -- Judge Imposes Lifetime Driving Ban On 17-Year-Old
Boy -- NYC mayor Bloomberg defends monitoring of U.S. Muslims -- Moody's downgrades Greece after debt swap -- Colorado's Beta Test for the Takeover of the Nation's Water by the Globalists -- Ron Paul on TV News - Sunday Morning (VIDEO) -- Rocket Passes Big Test for 1st Private Launch to Space Station -- North Korea Has Allegedly Tested Nuclear Warheads For Iran -- CIA-Led Force may Speed Afghan Exit -- Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional -- Video Clears Brooklyn Man Of Attempting To Run Over Officer . . . But What About The Officer?
AZ: Super Tuesday Party at
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Freedom Law School's 2012 Freedom
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News Link • Military
India denies report U.S. troops on soil
03-04-2012
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AFP
India has denied as “factually incorrect” a report that US special forces were stationed in the country as part of counter-terrorism cooperation. Media reports quoted top Pentagon commander Admiral Robert Willard as telling a Congressional hearing th
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA asks woman to prove her breast pump is real at Lihue Airport
03-04-2012
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KITV
A Hawaiian mom says she was humiliated when asked to prove her breast pump was real at an airport.
The woman says she was flagged for additional screening at the Lihue Airport Wednesday because of her electric breast feeding pump.
She claims ag
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Attorney General to explain rationale for murdering U.S. citizens abroad
03-04-2012
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Washington Post
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday plans to provide the most detailed account to date of the Obama administration’s legal rationale for killing U.S. citizens abroad, as it did in last year’s airstrike against an alleged al-Qaeda operative
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
Fugitive Chinese businessman Li Jun details struggle over power and property
03-04-2012
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Washington Post
With eight of his relatives in jail, his business empire under police control and his bank accounts frozen, fugitive Chinese executive Li Jun is rejoicing at unexpected good news: The police chief who engineered his misery has himself vanished into t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Senior U.S. Senator Calls for Arming Syria Rebels
03-04-2012
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Reuters
A senior Republican U.S. senator on Sunday called for arming Syria's rebels through the Arab League and suggested the imposition of "no drive" and "no fly" zones against Syrian military forces targeting the opposition.
Senator Lindsey Graham, an i
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
A million-dollar mortgage goes unpaid for years while couple fights foreclosure
03-04-2012
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Washington Post
The eviction from their million-dollar home could come at any moment. Keith and Janet Ritter have been bracing for it " and battling against it " almost from the moment they moved into the five-bedroom, 4,900-square-foot manse along the Potomac River
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Who Needs a Warrant? Florida Cop Dresses As Power Company Repairman to Gain Access to Home
03-04-2012
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Reason magazine
A deputy with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is under heavy scrutiny this week after admitting that he impersonated a Progress Energy employee in order to search a Florida man's property for marijuana.
Detective Paul Giovannoni borrowed a un
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Australian state toughens law for Muslim veils
03-04-2012
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AP
The latest laws were passed Dec. 23 by the state parliament. They follow New South Wales laws passed last year that introduced a AU$5,500 ($5,900) fine for anyone who refuses to remove face coverings when requested to do so by police.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Free Speech
The Death of Free Speech
3-4-2012
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Free Patriot Press
I've previously reported on the vanishing right to peaceably assemble, now two more rights supposedly guaranteed by the First Amendment are on the verge of being killed. On March 1 HR 347 was submitted to the White House for President Obama's signa
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Darryl W. Perry
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News Link • Activism
Marchers honor historic Alabama trek to protest voter ID law
03-04-2012
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By Alvin Benn
More than 200 students of America's civil rights era toured this city over the weekend, and something new drew their attention.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Father & Girlfriends of Inmate Arrested for $30,000 Unemployment Fraud
03-04-2012
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KTLA News
Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators say convicted murderer Anthony "Chopper" Garcia received in excess of $30,000 in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits while he's been in jail.
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News Link • Drug War
Anti-smoking vaccines in teens not worth cost: study
03-04-2012
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Reuters
A vaccination campaign to prevent teenagers from taking up smoking would be too expensive to recommend, according to Australian researchers who looked at the costs and benefits of anti-nicotine shots in development.
Taking into account the effecti
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Easy to bend rules of EU debt treaty: Lithuania president
03-04-2012
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AFP
A new EU treaty aimed at preventing a repeat of the eurozone debt crisis leaves scope for states to bend the rules, Lithuania President and former EU budget commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite said.
"I am sure there will be eagerness among some member
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Hundreds dead as weapons depot goes up in flames
03-04-2012
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smh.com.au
Blasts have rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo after a weapons depot caught fire, killing at least 206 people and forcing thousands to flee.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Yet Another Federal Lie Exposed
03-04-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Osama bin Laden was not buried at sea in an Islamic ceremony--did anyone believe that tall tale?--but his body was spirited to the giant military mortuary in Dover on a CIA plane. Says leaked emails from Statfor, the CIA and foreign intelligence-conn
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Netanyahu: Israel reserves right to attack Iran
03-04-2012
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Antiwar.com
Speaking in Ottawa on his first stop in North America, the Israeli Prime Minister condemned the notion of holding additional negotiations with Iran, calling them a "trap."
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • World News
Putin Wins Election Amid Uncertainty Over What Is Next
03-04-2012
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By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Russian voters overwhelmingly granted Vladimir V. Putin a six-year term as president on Sunday, a long-predicted outcome that set the stage for a far more suspenseful post-election confrontation between Mr. Putin and opposition groups.
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News Link • World News
Drug legalization gains support in Central America
03-04-2012
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Mike McDonald
Guatemalan President Otto Perez has invigorated the drug legalization debate in Central America, where leaders are under pressure to contain staggering crime rates and battle violent drug cartels.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA forces new mom to pump milk out of her breasts in public restroom before boarding the plane
03-04-2012
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by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
As NaturalNews readers already well know, the real agenda of the TSA has absolutely nothing to do with airport security (TSA security is a joke) and everything to do with "prisoner training" the public. It's all about humiliation and dehumanization.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
How to Live in Your Car
03-04-2012
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SMCC
Living in your car might be the only choice, especially if you don’t feel safe at a local shelter. Unfortunately, in many places, sleeping in your car is not only frowned upon, but also illegal. Here’s how to get by until something better comes along
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Iran
U.S. officials: Iran is stepping up lethal aid to Syria
03-04-2012
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Washington Post
U.S. officials say they see Iran’s hand in the increasingly brutal crackdown on opposition strongholds in Syria, including evidence of Iranian military and intelligence support for government troops accused of mass executions and other atrocities in
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Imposes Lifetime Driving Ban On 17-Year-Old Boy
03-04-2012
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CBS News
A Rhode Island judge says he imposed a lifetime driving ban on a 17-year-old boy after a serious car accident because he wanted to send a message about reckless driving. Judge Guglietta revoked Lyle Topa’s license for the rest of his life in connecti
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
NYC mayor Bloomberg defends monitoring of U.S. Muslims
03-04-2012
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AFP
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday defended police surveillance of Muslims who travel between the Big Apple and nearby New Jersey, whose governor has lambasted the controversial scheme.
“A lot of the World Trade Center terrorists that took
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Moody's downgrades Greece after debt swap
03-04-2012
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Reuters
Moody's Investors Service on Friday cut Greece's sovereign debt rating to the lowest possible level after a debt-restructuring deal that imposes hefty economic losses for private creditors.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Culture Change Through “R&D-I-Y”
11-26-2011
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NeoAbolition.com
Worldwide community driven research and development of a local and individual-level self-sustaining system. TED talk by Britta Riley on Window Farming.
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Ryan Gauger
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul on TV News - Sunday Morning (VIDEO)
03-03-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
on Paul Interview with Candy Crowley on CNN “State of the Union” - Ron Paul Interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS “Face the Nation”
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Rocket Passes Big Test for 1st Private Launch to Space Station
03-04-2012
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Space
A private SpaceX rocket sailed through a dress rehearsal Thursday (March 1) for the launch of the robotic Dragon space capsule, which could blast off toward the International Space Station as early as next month.
The five-hour launch readiness tes
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
North Korea Has Allegedly Tested Nuclear Warheads For Iran
03-04-2012
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Zero Hedge
According to one of Europe's most famous newspapers, which in turn references a report in Welt am Sontag, North Korea has conducted at least two nuclear warhead tests in 2010, of which was on behalf of Iran.
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Afghanistan
CIA-Led Force may Speed Afghan Exit
03-04-2012
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Associated Press by Kimberly Dozier
Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year's raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, sources told The Associated Press.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional
03-04-2012
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Chicago Tribune
A Cook County judge today ruled the state’s controversial eavesdropping law unconstitutional.
The law makes it a felony offense to make audio recordings of police officers without their consent even when they’re performing their public duties.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
World's first biodegradable joint implant grows new joints
03-03-2012
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By Ben Coxworth
Joint implants should always be made of materials like titanium, so they can last the lifetime of the patient ... right?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Paypal, Credit Cards and Government Censorship by Proxy?
03-03-2012
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Szandor Blestman dot com
"Something has happened recently that threatens even this most modest means of trying to earn a living."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Iran
Consequences of an Attack on Iran are no Joke
03-03-2012
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Marsha B. Cohen
A grim joke made the rounds in late 2002 and early 2003, in the lead-up to the US invasion of Iraq. The version I recall went something like this:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
"Ron Paul" FINALLY! Now we can get on with the real election! AZ! Video:
03-02-2012
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Chris Haskell - Real News Tucson
"Ron Paul" FINALLY! Now we can get on with the real election! AZ!
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Chris Haskell
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Suicide squads, blind panic and secret plans to evacuate Tokyo
03-03-2012
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By Daily Mail Reporter
Chilling new details have emerged revealing the shocking scale of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the incredible bravery of the technicians, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to avert a total meltdown.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Oklahoma state senator’s sign: ‘If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d f*ck a senator’
03-03-2012
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By Stephen C. Webster
At a recent rally against a so-called “personhood” bill currently favored by Oklahoma lawmakers, state senator Judy McIntyre (D) was photographed holding a sign that read: “IF I WANTED THE GOVERNMENT IN MY WOMB, I’D FUCK A SENATOR.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
Life at a slower pace, with the solar-powered Bauhaus Barge
03-03-2012
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By Paul Ridden
The soothing sound of canal water gently lapping against wood as you fall into peaceful slumber has got to be one of the best ways to end a relaxing day of leisurely cruising past sights that many Londoners rarely glimpse.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Video Clears Brooklyn Man Of Attempting To Run Over Officer . . . But What About The Officer?
03-03-2012
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JONATHAN TURLEY
John Hockenjos, 55, is a New York man accused of trying to run over a Brooklyn officer with his car.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Breitbart’s Footage Shows Obama ‘Palling Around’ With Terrorists
03-03-2012
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Paul Joseph Watson
Obama’s Weather Underground friends wanted Communist dictatorship set up in America
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
March 4, 2012 Edition
03-03-2012
John Semmens
President Rallies to Defend Woman's Reproductive Rights
President Barack Obama waded into the controversy sparked by Sandra Fluke's testimony before a congressional committee hearing on the mandate requiring all insurers to provide reproductive se
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News Link • Military
Air Force abandons $3 billion worth of drones
03-03-2012
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RT
It has been quite an expensive week for the US Air Force. Not only did Congress halt funding on a surveillance blimp project that they already invested $140 million in, but now the Pentagon says $3 billion worth of drones could be canned as well.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Private Religious Schools
Schoolgirl banned from playing basketball for speaking Native American language
03-03-2012
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RT
And what did we learn today, class? At Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano, Wisconsin, a recent lesson plan revealed to students that saying “I love you” in one’s native tongue is something worthy of disciplinary action.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Danish cops block Google, Facebook for 'child porno'... by mistake
03-03-2012
Imagine logging on to Facebook only to find it had been shut down for offering child pornography?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Up in smoke: Eurozone crisis pushes Spanish town to harvest pot
03-03-2012
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RT
A “dying” Spanish town suffering from massive unemployment is trying to stem the tide of economic decay the only way they can: by farming pot.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Any .com a target? US takes down 'illegal' website outside America
03-03-2012
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RT
The conviction of Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre in the US on charges of online gambling and money laundering has sparked fears that anyone owning an Internet .com domain could fall under US jurisdiction.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Argentina calls for flights to Falklands
03-03-2012
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Aljazeera
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has sought negotiations with the United Kingdom to establish several weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Pentagon Confirms: US Troops in South Yemeni City of Aden
03-03-2012
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by Jason Ditz
Pentagon officials today confirmed that a “security team” of US forces came under attack from Ansar al-Sharia loyalists in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, but denied any injuries as a result of the attack. Ansar al-Sharia claimed one “CIA officer”
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