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Date Sent: 2012-03-29
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, March 29, 2012 AM edition |
NYPD conducting illegal stops in private buildings -- US gears up for land operation in Gulf?
Off to jail in cuffs, student who tweeted abuse about heart failure footballer Fabrice Muamba -- SWAT Raid for counterfeit hair curling irons --
A Gruesome Hate Murder and No One Cares -- A Libertarian Masterpiece:
"The Hunger Games" -- But for Audio this woman would be in prison --
This Week in Innocence -- Penn. GOP Sen. Jane Orie convicted of several
corruption charges -- U.S. trial program would spy on Internet users to prevent animal abuse -- Migrants left to die by NATO after catalog of failures, says report into boat tragedy -- FBI Islamic training materials gave OK to infringe on targets' civil rights -- US acted to conceal evidence of intelligence failure before 9/11 -- Where is my Federal Ammunition Subsidy? -- Lulz Security ‘reborn’ with military dating site hack -- DRONE WARFARE: US Military Releases Information on Drone Slaughter of Afghan "Non-combatants' --
Federal Reserve Boss Ben Bernanke Promises Record High Gas Prices
Through Summer -- Cocaine Unwrapped: The "War on Drugs" Today (Trailer)
-- Judge acquits Hutaree militia members of conspiracy charges -- 'In
the Realms of the Unknown': North Sea Gas Leak Enters Day 4 -- Obama
Admin Takes Steps Towards More Oil Drilling -- The
Fed's "Operation Twist". Europe and America. Grim Economic Prospects
-- Amidst the Deepest Slump since the Great Depression, Obama is
Touting an "Economic Recovery" -- ‘Tens of billions’ of potentially habitable planets in our
galaxy -- Manning 2.0? WikiLeaks-scale 'Russian spy' scandal blinds
'Five Eyes' -- Radiation blowback: 10 times lethal level registered at Fukushima --
Stephan Kinsella on the Logic of Libertarianism and Why Intellectual
Property Doesn't Exist -- Demand for U.S. Debt Is Not
Limitless -- 03-29-12 -- Scott Horton - Kurt Wallace -- LISTEN LIVE
on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Video Documentary Ron Paul
Billboards -- 03-28-12 -- Anand Gopal - Susan Lindauer - (MP3 &
Video Loaded) -- See 'The Hunger Games'! -- Are You
Libertarian Enough? -- Medicare and the Ryan Budget -- The Stunning
JFK Airport Baggage Scandal -- Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley Tied to
Silver State Bank Loan
WI: Ron Paul to Hold Giant Town Hall Meeting March 29
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Suit: NYPD conducting illegal stops in private buildings
03-28-2012
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The Guardian
The ACLU filed a suit against the NY City Police Dept. alleging in addition to stopping primarily black and Latino residents in public spaces as part of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program, officers are illegally searching people in private buildings.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
US gears up for land operation in Persian Gulf?
03-28-2012
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http://rt.com
The US is sending an amphibious assault group and a couple of thousand US Marines to the Persian Gulf.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Off to jail in cuffs, student who tweeted abuse about heart failure footballer Fabrice Muamba
03-28-2012
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Daily Mail
A student who posted a series of racist comments on Twitter following footballer Fabrice Muamba’s cardiac arrest has begun a prison sentence of 56 days.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
SWAT Raid for counterfeit hair curling irons
03-28-2012
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Orange County Register
Local and federal law enforcement authorities descended on a house to investigate 2 men suspected as traffickers in counterfeit hair straighteners, which if poorly made can pose significant safety hazards to consumers, including burning and electrocu
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
A Gruesome Hate Murder and No One Cares
03-28-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Shaima Al Awada, an Iraqi mother of five and a devout Muslim, was brutally beaten to death with a tire iron in her own California home, her body left beside a note telling her to "Go back to your country, you terrorist."
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
A Libertarian Masterpiece: "The Hunger Games"
03-28-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
I urge you to see the epic movie “The Hunger Games.” I also urge you to read this review of the movie first, before heading to the theater. I saw the movie on the first day of its release, without benefit of this review and was mystified by certain a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Government Explained
03-28-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
[based upon a Larkin Rose talk] An inquisitive alien visits the planet to check on our progress as a species, and gets into a conversation with the first person he meets. The alien discovers that we live under the rule of a thing called "government",
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
But for Audio this woman would be in prison
03-28-2012
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The Agitator
An incidental recording taken while a Florida woman was on the phone with her insurance company shows that the police who arrested her and charged her with a felony for resisting arrest lied in their reports, and then again under questioning.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
This Week in Innocence
03-28-2012
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The Agitator
After imprisoning a man 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Washington state finally sets him free . . . with $2,500 and a bus ticket. Oh, but it gets WAY better....
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Corruption
Penn. GOP Sen. Jane Orie convicted of several corruption charges
03-28-2012
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Rawstory
Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane Orie (R) on Monday was convicted of 14 counts, including theft, conspiracy, conflict of interest, forgery, and evidence tampering, according to the Associated Press.
The 50-year-old lawmaker was accused of using her st
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
U.S. trial program would spy on Internet users to prevent animal abuse
03-28-2012
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Rawstory
In other words, the U.S. government is preparing to spend taxpayer money to spy on Americans’ Internet use, so that it can better protect animals and ensure their handlers have paid for all the proper licenses.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • NATO
Migrants left to die by NATO after catalog of failures, says report into boat tragedy
03-28-2012
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The Guardian
A catalog of failures by NATO warships and European coastguards led to the deaths of dozens of migrants left adrift at sea, according to a damning official report into the fate of a refugee boat in the Mediterranean whose distress calls went unanswer
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
FBI Islamic training materials gave OK to infringe on targets' civil rights
03-28-2012
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The Guardian
Training materials used by the FBI for dealing with American Muslims and other Islamic communities have advised agents they can break the law and impinge on some of their targets' civil rights.
The instructions were contained in confidential mater
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
US acted to conceal evidence of intelligence failure before 9/11
03-28-2012
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The Guardian
The US government shut down a series of court cases arising from a multimillion pound business dispute in order to conceal evidence of a damning intelligence failure shortly before the 9/11 attacks, MPs were told.
Moreover, the UK government is no
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Waste
Where is my Federal Ammunition Subsidy?
03-28-12
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AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
I began to contemplate the benefit/cost analysis of subsidizing other goods and services we now currently fund as individuals. During this process, I came to the conclusion we need to start subsidizing ammunition...
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Reported by:
Fredy Riehl
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News Link • Internet
Lulz Security ‘reborn’ with military dating site hack
03-28-2012
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AFP
A Lulz Security hacker group that bade farewell to the world last year appeared to make a comeback with a trove of data looted from a dating website for soldiers. Hackers referring to themselves as “LulzSec Reborn” made a cache of information evident
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Manning 2.0? WikiLeaks-scale 'Russian spy' scandal blinds 'Five Eyes'
03-28-2012
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http://rt.com
The amount of data leaked to ‘a foreign entity’ by a Canadian Navy intelligence officer standing trial is reportedly comparable to the alleged WikiLeaks dump by Pvt. Bradley Manning.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
DRONE WARFARE: US Military Releases Information on Drone Slaughter of Afghan "Non-combatants'
03-28-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
Centcom.mil released on 22 March 2012 a declassified 2,100-page report on slaughter of 23 Afghan non-combatants " men, women, children " in February 2010, blamed on Creech drone pilots over-enthusiastically calling in Hellfires on a 3-vehicle civilia
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Federal Reserve Boss Ben Bernanke Promises Record High Gas Prices Through Summer
03-28-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Kurt Nimmo
Ben Bernanke told ABC's Diane Swayer on Tuesday that gas prices will continue to skyrocket through the summer.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Drug War
Cocaine Unwrapped: The "War on Drugs" Today (Trailer)
03-28-2012
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http://tv.globalresearch.ca, by grtv
Following the trail of the drug from South American coca leaf farmer to the western consumer
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge acquits Hutaree militia members of conspiracy charges
03-28-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Tresa Baldas
A federal judge Tuesday acquitted seven Hutaree members of all conspiracy charges
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
'In the Realms of the Unknown': North Sea Gas Leak Enters Day 4
03-28-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org- Common Dreams staff
French gas giant dismissed concerns that the oil rig could explode
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Obama Admin Takes Steps Towards More Oil Drilling
03-28-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org,Common Dreams staff
Shell's oil spill plan for Beaufort Sea drilling approved, seismic surveys for oil off east coast get OK
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
THE "AFFORDABLE CARE ACT": The Supreme Court Debates the Health Insurance Mandate
03-28-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Kevin Zeese
was standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court holding a sign that said “Single Payer Now, Strike Down the Obama Mandate.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
The Fed's "Operation Twist". Europe and America. Grim Economic Prospects
03-28-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Bob Chapman
Seven months after the official announcement on 9/21/11 of “Operation Twist” not much progress has been made at the long end of the market to reduce yields.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Amidst the Deepest Slump since the Great Depression, Obama is Touting an "Economic Recovery"
03-28-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Barry Grey
While the United States remains mired in the deepest slump since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama is touting a modest improvement in employment over the past several months to boost his electoral prospects in November.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
‘Tens of billions’ of potentially habitable planets in our galaxy
03-28-2012
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http://rt.com
Scientists have long assumed that the best chance of finding alien life in the universe is on planets similar to ours.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Stephan Kinsella on the Logic of Libertarianism and Why Intellectual Property Doesn't Exist
03-28-2012
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www.thedailybell.com
Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian scholar and attorney in Houston. The Executive Editor of Libertarian Papers and Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF), he is Counsel/Treasurer of the Property and Freedom Society
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Demand for U.S. Debt Is Not Limitless
03-28-2012
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http://online.wsj.com
Last year the Fed purchased a stunning 61% of the total net Treasury issuance, up from negligible amounts prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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Feature Article • Books
Obama Doesn’t Want You to Read This
Ernest Hancock
"No government will want its citizens to read this book. Because, in a nutshell, Goyette’s thesis for how individuals are to once again become prosperous: ‘The government must stop.’" - Powell Gammill, Freedom’s Phoenix
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Feature Article • Ron Paul Says...
Video Documentary Ron Paul Billboards
Thomas Costanzo
am heading out of town to do a video documentary on the 3 Ron Paul Billboards that have been put up in and around Arizona.
The First one that we will be visiting the 8x28 on the side of Terrys Barn in Cottonwood Arizona That was put up by Morpheus
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
"Ron Paul: My Campaign is 'Doing Quite Well'" - Great Article by Brian Doherty
03-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Ron Paul, presidential candidate, still in the news. Some of the latest items of interest:
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
See 'The Hunger Games'!
03-28-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by David Franke
I urge you to see the epic movie The Hunger Games.” I also urge you to read this review of the movie first, before heading to the theater. I
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Are You Libertarian Enough?
03-28-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Anthony Gregory
The old mantra that the problem in American politics is everyone is an extremist and no one is willing to meet halfway persists, despite its transparent inapplicability in the real world.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Medicare and the Ryan Budget
03-28-2012
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http://www.batr.org, James Hall
Health care is on the mind of many Americans. The Supreme Court is taking up Obamacare. Costs are going up at an alarming pace.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Barack Obama: I Have A “Moral Obligation” To Neuter America
03-28-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,The American Dream
Barack Obama actually plans to do it. He actually plans to neuter America by unilaterally dismantling most of the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
BREAKING: Secret video of hostile GOP in Minnesota
03-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Here is SECRET VIDEO and write-up of a hostile Republican Convention in Minnesota last weekend trying to exclude Ron Paul supporters:
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley Tied to Silver State Bank Loan
03-28-2012
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e-mail from 'Common Sense Arizona' (THANKS
"Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office investigators raised questions about how Stapley was able to borrow millions from Silver State and Mortgages Ltd." Then it gets deep...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
George H.W. Bush to formally endorse Romney in GOP primary
03-28-2012
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The Ticket
Former President George H.W. Bush will formally endorse Mitt Romney's bid for the Republican nomination. As the Associated Press' Kasie Hunt was first to report, the two will appear together in Houston on Thursday.
Bush's endorsement isn't a huge
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
The U.S. War on Drugs may soon run into a problem
03-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
For the first time 3 Central American Leaders defied the US and send a strong and clear message: we consider the war on drugs failed, we demand that US takes the responsibility, we demand the US pays, we are not paying the price for US failure.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
BREAKING: Secret video of hostile GOP in Minnesota
03-28-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
Here is SECRET VIDEO and write-up of a hostile Republican Convention in Minnesota last weekend trying to exclude Ron Paul supporters:
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
War With Iran Would Mark Beginning of WW3
03-28-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Gerald Celente
Founder of the Trends Research Institute Gerald Celente discusses how conditions of this recession are similar to post-World War recessions.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Former Navy SEAL: “Cold Civil War, but for how long?”
03-28-2012
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http://radiopatriot.wordpress.com, Benjamin Smith
On the heels of NDAA, ObamaCare, Stimulus, Son of Stimulus, Patriot Act, takeover of auto, energy, media and movie industries, and the relentless implementation of Agenda 21
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Robert Lee
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