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Date Sent: 2012-03-09
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, March 9, 2012 |
Bill would create partnership between NSA and U.S. corporations
Christopher Hitchens targeted by FBI counterintelligence probe -- U.S.
paid $30 million in last 3 years to drug informants -- Whistleblowers:
70 percent of U.S. ground beef contains ‘pink slime’ -- Attorney General Spitzer Tipped Off Escort Madam to Investigation -- Miss. Supreme Court rules all of Barbour pardons valid -- Man accused of trafficking nearly 40,000 sex aid pills -- Hacker "Sabu" worked full nights online for FBI -- Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest -- Four more generals defect from Syrian army: rebels -- 3 linked to ex-Marine murdered in SWAT raid are arrested -- Australian children to be sterilized without parental consent under new eugenics law -- A dollar mutiny has broken out in the global currency wars --
Coke And Pepsi Are Changing Their Soda Recipes So They Don't Have To
Bear A Cancer-Warning Label -- Shutter, then shudder. Spy-app sends
smartphone pics to police -- China Is About To Take A HUGE Step Toward
Internationalizing Its Currency -- US Offers Israel Advanced Weapons In Exchange For Not Attacking Iran ... Yet --
This Young Man Is Chasing The American Dream In A North Dakota Oil
Boomtown -- The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges
Filed -- The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain -- Stratfor leaks: NATO commandos in illegal special ops in Syria -- Some Caliphate -- 03-08-12 - Carlos Miller - Marcy Wheeler - (MP3 & Video Loaded) -- Mueller: I Can’t Say Whether I Now Can Kill Citizens -- The Ethics of Killing Babies with Investigative Reporter Jon Rappoport -- Can the President Kill You? --
Faber: 'Middle East Will Go Up in Flames'... 'Have To Be in Precious
Metals and Equities -- House: Barney Frank banned from speaking for day
-- U.S. may sue Apple, publishers on e-book pricing -- Pro-Ron Paul
super PAC rethinks spending -- Panetta: 'International Permission’ Trumps Congressional Permission For Military Actions --
Doug Wead, Jesse Benton & Brian Doherty's Take on Super Tuesday
[Video + Articles] -- 84-Year-Old Fall River Woman Tries To Vote, Told
She’s Dead -- Mossad, CIA and Blackwater operate in Syria -- Twister on Mars Captured in Amazing NASA Photo
AZ: Sat & Sun March 10th and 11th Camping Gold Trip
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Bill would create partnership between NSA and U.S. corporations
03-08-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Stephen C. Webster
Speaking at a policy debate Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned that a bill currently being considered by the House Select Committee on Intelligence would intertwine the Nati
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Christopher Hitchens targeted by FBI counterintelligence probe
03-08-2012
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Rawstory
A file kept by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the late author and scholar Christopher Hitchens was released this week, revealing that he was, in his earlier years, the target of an FBI foreign counterintelligence investigation.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. paid $30 million in last 3 years to drug informants
03-08-2012
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AFP
The United States paid $10 million in each of the past three years to informants in an effort to capture major druglords, a senior government official told lawmakers Thursday.
The program, sponsored by the State Department, has paid out $71 millio
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Whistleblowers: 70 percent of U.S. ground beef contains ‘pink slime’
03-08-2012
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Rawstory
Let’s hope you didn’t eat a hamburger before clicking on this story. A former U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist has come forward with a startling tale of how a substance known as “pink slime” has been embedded in about 70 percent of ground bee
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Attorney General Spitzer Tipped Off Escort Madam to Investigation
03-08-2012
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The Manhattan-based madam, Anna Gristina, arrested last week for running a high-end escort service was warned of an impending crackdown on escort services by her client Attorney General Elliot Spitzer in 2005.
Kristin Davis, who ran a Manhattan ca
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Miss. Supreme Court rules Barbour pardons valid
03-08-2012
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AP
The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office, including several that freed convicted killers.
The Republican pardoned 198 people before finishing his second term Jan. 10, incl
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
Man accused of trafficking nearly 40,000 sex aid pills
03-08-2012
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Reuters
A retired Korean law enforcement officer who authorities say was found with nearly 40,000 fake Viagra and other erectile dysfunction pills in his luggage at the Los Angeles International Airport was charged on Wednesday with trafficking in counterfei
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Hacker "Sabu" worked full nights online for FBI
03-08-2012
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Reuters
One late-night visit by the FBI was all it took for the notorious hacker known as "Sabu" to switch sides and become a valued snitch.
Hector Xavier Monsegur cooperated immediately in June, helping investigators close a net around five other leaders
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest
03-08-2012
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Reuters
The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants to see the captain arrested. Trayvon Martin was shot dead after he took a break from watching NBA All
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Four more generals defect from Syrian army: rebels
03-08-2012
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Reuters
Four more high-ranking officers have defected from the Syrian armed forces and joined the year-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, two rebel groups said
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
3 linked to ex-Marine murdered in SWAT raid are arrested
03-08-2012
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AP
Authorities say three people have been arrested on drug and money laundering charges in Tucson. The Arizona Daily Star says the three are connected to Jose Guerena, a former Marine who was fatally shot during a SWAT raid last year.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Geography
James Cameron sets submarine diving world record
03-08-2012
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The Sideshow
Filmmaker James Cameron set the record this week for the world's deepest solo submarine dive and says he next plans to dive even deeper in a matter of weeks.
National Geographic reports that Cameron set the 5.1-mile record on Tuesday, during testi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Beautiful Home in Costa Rica to be Raffled!
03-08-2012
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stevequayle.com
10% of the raffle proceeds will be donated to help these people and ministries:single moms, veterans, Omega Man Radio and Stephen Quayle
These people have already entered! Don't be left out!
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News Link • Eugenics
Australian children to be sterilized without parental consent under new eugenics law
03-08-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by Ethan A. Huff, sta
(NaturalNews) If you have ever seen the famous 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, you likely recall several disturbing scenes in which mental health patients are given frontal-lobe lobotomies
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
A dollar mutiny has broken out in the global currency wars
03-08-2012
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http://www.sovereignman.com, by Simon Black
I’ve been having breakfast at Cafe Manolo’s ever since I started coming to Panama, going on ten years now. They make the best ‘batido’ ever… it’s sort of like a milk shake crossed with a fruit smoothie. And it used to be ridiculously cheap. Not anymo
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The NYT Editorial Board Flunks Housing And The Economy 101
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dean Baker, CEPR
The NYT's editorial on housing policy makes it sound like it expects the Nasdaq to return to its 2000 peak of 5000.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
This Tiny Feature Could Keep Pinterest From Getting Sued For Massive Copyright Infringement
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Matt Lynley
When adding an image to Pinterest, an online image-sharing network, you're required to enter a caption.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
The One Startup That Keeps Facebook Awake At Night
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Alyson Shontell
Facebook has an Achilles heel and scrappy startups are kicking it repeatedly.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Okay, Google, It's Time To Suck It Up And Buy Pinterest For $2 Billion
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Henry Blodget
At a conference recently, an industry guru made an impassioned argument that Google should immediately buy Pinterest, the photo-pinning social site that has taken the world by storm.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
You've Never Seen Anything Like This North Dakota Oil Boomtown
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
Ten years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000.
Today, because of oil prices and drilling advancements, Williston is home to America's biggest oil boom and its residents number over 30,000.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
24 Hours In The Life Of Richard Branson
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Aimee Groth and Me
Virgin Group Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson has a lifestyle that many envy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Coke And Pepsi Are Changing Their Soda Recipes So They Don't Have To Bear A Cancer-Warning Label
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, AP
NEW YORK (AP) " Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Even With Zero Experience There's A Place You Can Instantly Find A Job Paying $120,000
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
There are stories from Williston, North Dakota oil workers that are as hard to believe as they are entirely true.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Shutter, then shudder. Spy-app sends smartphone pics to police
03-08-2012
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rt.com
Snitching has eventually entered the digital age thanks to a new smartphone app that lets anyone, anywhere tell the police: “Hey! That’s kind of weird!”
Authorities in the state of West Virginia are encouraging residents to install an Android and iP
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
A Fascinating Interview With Badass Adventurer Bear Grylls
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dina Spector
From summiting Mt. Everest to swimming with saltwater crocodiles in Australia, there are few challenges that English adventurer Bear Grylls isn't prepared to tackle.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
A 20-Year-Old Brazilian Soccer Star Shows Why He Could Be The Next Messi With This Astonishing Goal
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Tony Manfred
While Lionel Messi continues to dominate Europe, 20-year-old Brazilian phenom Neymar is devastating South America.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China Is About To Take A HUGE Step Toward Internationalizing Its Currency
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta Badkar
Last year, Chinese officials reportedly told EU members that the renminbi would be fully convertible by 2015.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
US Offers Israel Advanced Weapons In Exchange For Not Attacking Iran
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley
The U.S. has allegedly offered Israel advanced weapons such as bunker-busting bombs and refueling planes in exchange for an agreement to postpone an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities until 2013
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
This Young Man Is Chasing The American Dream In A North Dakota Oil Boomtown
03-08-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert Johnson
I was sent to Williston, North Dakota to look into the booming oil scene and find out what it takes to get a job.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed
03-08-2012
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YouTube.com
"They...come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything," says Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz
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Ernest Hancock
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Opinion • Philosophy: Political
Status Quo Has To Go
03-08-2012
Chuck Baldwin
A few weeks ago, I said in this column, “It is far more important who is elected as your governor than who is elected President. It is far more important who is elected as your State attorney general than who is appointed US attorney general...
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News Link • World News
Stratfor leaks: NATO commandos in illegal special ops in Syria
03-08-2012
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rt.com
Undercover NATO troops are already in Syria despite denials from their parent governments, according to a leaked brief from a highly-placed analyst.
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News Link • Israel
Some Caliphate
03-08-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Laurence M. Vance
At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire (1299"1923) " the closest thing to a global, Islamic caliphate " controlled vast swaths of land in the Middle East, North Africa, western Asia, Europe, and the Balkans.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
03-08-12 - Carlos Miller - Marcy Wheeler - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Carlos Miller, multimedia journalist & author of 'Photography is Not A Crime', talks about being arrested for recording cops in public - Marcy Wheeler, civil liberty & nat'l security blogger, talks about Eric Holder's comments on executing Americans
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News Link • Obama Administration
Mueller: I Can’t Say Whether I Now Can Kill Citizens
03-08-2012
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http://jonathanturley.org,
This week we have been discussing Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent speech at Northwestern University Law School detailing the claim of President Barack Obama that he has the right to kill American citizens
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News Link • Feminism
The Ethics of Killing Babies with Investigative Reporter Jon Rappoport
03-08-2012
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Jon Rappoport source: Prison Planet
A new article in the Journal of Medical Ethics proposes that newborn babies are not real persons, and therefore it is as ethical to kill them as it is to abort the unborn.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Can the President Kill You?
03-08-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Andrew P. Napolitano
Can the president kill an American simply because the person is dangerous and his arrest would be impractical?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
Faber: 'Middle East Will Go Up in Flames'... 'Have To Be in Precious Metals and Equities
03-08-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com,
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,685.60, EUR 1,282.24 and GBP 1,068.26 per ounce.
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,698.00, EUR 1,286.17 and GBP 1,073.60 per ounce.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Supreme Court Ruling Prompts FBI to Turn Off 3,000 Tracking Devices
03-08-2012
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By Ariane de Vogue ABC News
A Supreme Court decision has caused a "sea change" in law enforcement, prompting the FBI to turn off nearly 3,000 Global Positioning System (GPS) devices used to track suspects, according to the agency's general counsel.
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News Link • Government
House: Barney Frank banned from speaking for day
03-08-2012
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byJoel Gehrke, http://campaign2012.washingtonexami
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., received a day-long ban from speaking on the House floor today, and the comments he had made were removed from the record, after he violated House rules with a personal attack on Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
U.S. may sue Apple, publishers on e-book pricing: report
03-08-2012
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Reuters
The U.S. Justice Department has warned Apple and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them, accusing them of colluding to raise the prices of electronic books, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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News Link • Obama Administration
OBAMA: 'Open up your hearts and your minds' to racialist prof
03-08-2012
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http://www.breitbart.com, by Ben Shapiro
Below is footage of Barack Obama praising and hugging Professor Derrick Bell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Solar Flares
Biggest solar storm in years hits, so far so good
03-08-2012
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http://hosted.ap.org, By SETH BORENSTEIN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early Thursday, but scientists say the planet may have lucked out.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Pro-Ron Paul super PAC rethinks spending
03-08-2012
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politico.com By DAVE LEVINTHAL
The main super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is reassessing its heavy financial support of the Texas congressman following his disappointing Super Tuesday performance, an official confirmed to POLITICO.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Panetta: 'International Permission’ Trumps Congressional Permission For Military Actions
03-08-2012
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http://www.breitbart.com
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared at a Senate Armed Services Committee congressional hearing, where he said “legal basis” was needed to initiate a no-fly zone over Syria.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Doug Wead, Jesse Benton & Brian Doherty's Take on Super Tuesday [Video + Articles]
03-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Submitted by AnCapMercen
Brian Doherty, one of the few good guys at Reason Magazine, and the author of soon to released (May 15, 2012) semi-authorized biography of Dr. Paul, Ron Paul's rEVOLution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired on RT America to discuss his take on the
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News Link • Media: Internet
Please help support the Daily Paul
03-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Michael Nystrom
Dear Friends,
I have been putting this off as long as possible (as usual) because I hate asking for money. But the situation is becoming dire.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Forty+ Years vs. 8 Months: An Open Letter to ALL DailyPaulers & r3VOL on Post-Super Tuesday
03-08-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by AnCapMercenary
Forty Plus years is how long our Gray Champion has been fighting for what is right.
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News Link • Racism
Racial incident mars high school game
03-08-2012
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Author: Brian Mylar, Reporter, ksat.com
A local school district is apologizing after an apparent incident of racism at a boys high school basketball game this past weekend.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Apple Announces New Apple TV; Still Not A TV Set; Now Supports 1080p Video, iCloud
03-08-2012
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Brian Caulfield, forbes.com
Apple announced a new version of its Apple TV set top box Wednesday at an event in San Francisco where the company is unveiling a new version of its iPad tablet computer.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Mossad, CIA and Blackwater operate in Syria - report
03-08-2012
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http://rt.com
A security operation in Homs reveals Mossad, CIA and Blackwater are involved in the military violence in this part of Syria, as over 700 Arab and Western gunmen and Israeli, American and European-made weapons were detained in Baba Amr district.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Government Volt math Obama-style: If at first you don't succeed, just raise the federal subsidy!
03-08-2012
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The Political Commentator
Government Motors to increase Chevy Volt subsidy from $7,500 to $10,000!
Excuse me but doesn't this proposal by President Obama constitute what he is most against? Tax breaks for the wealthy?
With the income of the average Chevy Volt buyer $17
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