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Date Sent: 2012-04-01
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, April 1, 2012 |
US drones attack militants in Pakistan, Yemen -- Lawyer: US blocks investigation of Afghan massacre
Support for Afghan War Hits New Low, Majority Say Pull Out Before 2014 -- Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all -- How Mitt Romney Funded an Effort to Divide Blacks and Gays -- Makeup, Bowling Balls, and Other Toxic Products You Use -- Game of Thrones:
Come At the Hand of the King, You Best Not Miss -- JAPANESE FISH
CONTAMINATED -- UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US AND CANADA: New Round of Mass
Layoffs in North America -- US-NATO Sea-based Missile System Threatens Russia -- The Illusion of an Economic Recovery: The Backlash of Higher Gasoline Prices... -- Court: Parts of Scott Walker's Anti-Union Law are Unconstitutional -- Student Debt Collectors May Face New Restrictions -- Ron Paul and The 2012 TIME 100 Poll -- Obama Plans Regime Change in Syria -- Bahrain: A Case Study in Despotism -- The Spanish Riotcam Has Arrived -- Cops Taking Care of Their Own -- Documents show debate over
handling of 9/11 remains -- John
Williams: Consumers Crushed And Economy Collapsed -- Alabama nightclub raises eyebrows with
‘Food Stamp Friday’ party -- Sen. Levin tries to legislate a parking
place -- Hugo Salinas Price: World
May Go Down In Flames -- No IRS Investigation into SC
Governor Nikki Haley -- Rewriting The Rules of High Speed Travel -- Cross-Border Martial Law: Stage 1 - by Gary North -- The Hutaree Case: Next Time, They'll
Just Send In The Drones - by William Grigg -- Was the MegaMillions lotto rigged?!
Local woman discovers evidence more improbable than winning
AZ: Hancock's have their 3rd grandkid!!!!; Daily Paul Dime Card
Production Party - this Wednesday, @ the Hancock's, 2PM until ....
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News Link • WAR: About that War
U.S. drones attack militants in Pakistan, Yemen
03-31-2012
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Reuters
U.S.-operated drones carried out deadly missile strikes against suspected al Qaeda targets in Pakistan and Yemen on Friday. There was no connection between the targets in the two locations, other than the fact that both sets of militants who were att
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News Link • Afghanistan
Lawyer says U.S. blocks investigation of Afghan massacre
03-31-2012
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Reuters
The lawyer defending the U.S. soldier accused of murdering 17 Afghan civilians claims U.S. authorities are blocking his ability to investigate the incident.
John Henry Browne, the lawyer for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, said U.S. forces in Afghani
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
Ecuador economy grew 7.8 pct in 2011
04-01-2012
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http://www.reuters.com
Ecuador's economy grew 7.8 percent in 2011 from a year earlier as stronger oil prices helped OPEC's smallest member double its growth rate from 2010, the central bank said on Friday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rumors of Ron Paul campaign demise greatly exaggerated
04-01-2012
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communities.washingtontimes.com, Thomas Mullen
In their mad dash to create the long awaited general election narrative, media outlets have pronounced Ron Paul’s campaign dead.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Santorum, Paul camps team up to get more delegates
04-01-2012
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seattletimes.nwsource.com, The Associated Press
Despite Mitt Romney winning Washington state's straw poll at the precinct caucuses in early March, the fight for the state's 43 delegates is still brewing
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Warren Buffett Scorns Gold. Bad Move!
04-01-2012
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http://dailyreckoning.com, By Addison Wiggin
Warren Buffett doesn’t like gold. Warren Buffett scorned gold as an asset that is “forever unproductive.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Humor
Richard Branson launches journeys to the centre of the Earth through Virgin Volcanic
04-01-2012
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Virgin Volcanic
Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks to join first expedition. Only 500 people have been to space, only three people have been to the bottom of the ocean, but no one has ever attempted to journey to the core of an active volcano. Until now.
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News Link • Healthcare
New discovery may lead to effective prevention and treatment of graft-versus-host dsease
04-01-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org
A new discovery in mice may lead to new treatments that could make bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and to be significantly less dangerous.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Towards TB elimination
04-01-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org,
Today, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) publish their jointly developed European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC).
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Epson's 3-D glasses simulate 80-inch screen
04-01-2012
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http://www.physorg.com, by Nancy Owano
Epson America is now shipping Android-powered projector glasses that place your favorite videos, or games, literally in your face
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
Support for Afghan War Hits New Low, Majority Say Pull Out Before 2014
04-01-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta rejected the legitimacy of the opinion of most Americans
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all
04-01-2012
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http://www.independent.co.uk, Jonathan Owen
Defector tells how US officials 'sexed up' his fictions to make the case for 2003 invasion
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Barataria Bay Dolphins Severely Ill
04-01-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Julia Whitty
The bottlenose dolphins of Barataria Bay, Louisiana, are showing signs of severe ill health, according to a report from NOAA.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Conservatism
It's Not Your Imagination: Republicans Really Don't Like Science
04-01-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Kate Sheppard
They don't like evolution, they don't like global warming"none of that stuff.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
How Mitt Romney Funded an Effort to Divide Blacks and Gays
04-01-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Tim Murphy
We've known that Mitt Romney helped bankroll California's anti-gay-marriage campaign in 2008.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Makeup, Bowling Balls, and Other Toxic Products You Use
04-01-2012
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http://motherjones.com, The EPA wants to classify
The EPA wants to classify coal ash as hazardous waste"and you can find it in your home, backyard, and medicine cabinet.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Game of Thrones: Come At the Hand of the King, You Best Not Miss
04-01-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Adam Serwer
This review contains major spoilers for the first season of Game of Thrones and minor spoilers for the second season.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Diagnosing the Republican Brain
04-01-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Chris Mooney
Fact: Conservatives deny science and facts. But there's a reality check that liberals need too.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
JAPANESE FISH CONTAMINATED
04-01-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca,
Radioactive cesium far exceeding the allowable limit and way higher than previously detected contamination levels in fish has been found in river trout here, the prefectural government said on March 28.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US AND CANADA: New Round of Mass Layoffs in North America
04-01-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Barry Grey
The US electronics retail chain Best Buy on Thursday announced it would close 50 stores this year and lay off 400 corporate and support workers as part of a plan to cut $800 million in costs and restructure its business.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
US-NATO Sea-based Missile System Threatens Russia
04-01-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Vladimir Kozin
A sophisticated multilayered missile defense architecture is being created in the immediate vicinity of Russia...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Illusion of an Economic Recovery: The Backlash of Higher Gasoline Prices...
04-01-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Bob Chapman
The housing recovery seems to have been a temporary affair. Preliminary data frames March as weak as last October.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
Court: Parts of Scott Walker's Anti-Union Law are Unconstitutional
04-01-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Federal judge has struck down key provisions of Act 10
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Student Debt Collectors May Face New Restrictions
04-01-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
Obama administation proposes new policy for collecting public student debt
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Media: Internet
Ron Paul -- The 2012 TIME 100 Poll
03-29-2012
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http://www.time.com
Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Official voting ends on Friday, April 6, and the poll winner will be included in the TIME 100 issue. The complete TIME
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Taking Care of Their Own
03-31-2012
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h/t Lew Rockwell blog
LEO ProCards are “Professional Courtesy Cards” intended for the sole use of the officer’s immediate family member or relative. The purpose is to provide just that, “Professional Courtesy” during a Minor Traffic Infraction. LEO ProCards can be used
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Documents show debate over handling of 9/11 remains
03-31-2012
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Reuters
Cremated remains that may have included those of victims of the September 11 attacks were incinerated and sent to a landfill despite an internal debate in which some officials at the main U.S. military mortuary recommended the ashes be dispersed at s
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
John Williams: Consumers Crushed And Economy Collapsed
03-31-2012
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King World News
“Broad U.S. business activity remains far from being recovered, despite the ongoing GDP-reporting nonsense that shows inflation-adjusted economic activity above the peak levels that preceded the 2007 recession.”
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Alabama nightclub raises eyebrows with ‘Food Stamp Friday’ party
03-31-2012
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The Daily Caller
A nightclub in Montgomery, Ala. is raising eyebrows by hosting a “Food Stamp Friday” party on April 6 that the Friday night cover charge will be just $5 if a “food stamp card” is shown upon arrival.
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
Sen. Levin tries to legislate a parking place
03-31-2012
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The Daily Caller
The same month that Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin bought his first electric car, he sponsored legislation to establish battery recharge stations in the Capitol complex’s parking areas.
The bill would give the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) t
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News Link • Economy - International
Hugo Salinas Price: World May Go Down In Flames
03-31-2012
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King World News
“I think that unless we see legislation, somewhere, that is rational and recognizes that gold and silver are really different forms of money, and that this whole scheme of paper is unworkable, then the world is going to go down in flames."
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Glenn Jacobs
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
No IRS Investigation into SC Governor Nikki Haley
03-31-2012
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ABC News
The Internal Revenue Service never conducted an investigation into South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s involvement in a Sikh temple’s finances. The IRS, said “we determined an examination was not warranted at that time.”
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News Link • Transportation
Rewriting The Rules of High Speed Travel
03-31-2012
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Yahoo! News blog
They hold a patent to Evacuated Tube Technology and with their tubes, you will be able to get you from New York to Beijing in 2 hours and from New York to London in less than an hour. Their capsules travel on frictionless magnetic levitation tracks,
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News Link • North American Union
Cross-Border Martial Law: Stage 1 - by Gary North
03-31-2012
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Lew Rockwell
On Monday, April 2, the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada will meet at what is billed as the North American Leaders Summit. Here is the agenda, as posted on the website of the White House.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Hutaree Case: Next Time, They'll Just Send In The Drones
03-31-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Next time the Regime identifies a group of people as “domestic terrorists,” the result might be summary execution, or imprisonment in military custody, rather than a trial. This is one very plausible result of the dismissal of “seditious conspiracy”
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News Link • Corruption
Was the MegaMillions lotto rigged?! Local woman discovers evidence more improbable than winning.
03-31-2012
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www.azfamily.com
Bleichroth said the odds of getting 10 identical sets of numbers are higher than winning the lottery itself. Either that or something is wrong, she said, so she contacted 3 On Your Side.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Spectacular Brain Images Reveal Surprisingly Simple Structure
03-31-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie Pappas
Stunning new visuals of the brain reveal a deceptively simple pattern of organization in the wiring of this complex organ.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Cyberspace and the New Economy
Historic breach of credit card security reported at Global Payments!
03-30-2012
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The Political Commentator
It's Friday, do you know where your credit card informations is?
"It's one of the largest incidents of data theft in U.S. history. Leading credit card companies Visa and Mastercard are reporting that as many as ten million users may have been aff
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Military
Army Officially Reprimands Soldier Who Spoke At Ron Paul Rally
03-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson
Reserve Corporal Jesse Thorsen says punishment “absolutely worth it”
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Santorum denies calling Obama the n-word
03-30-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By David Edwards
The Internet was buzzing on Friday morning that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum may have almost dropped the n-bomb on President Barack Obama.
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News Link • Drug War
General: U.S. may export terror war tactics to fight drug gangs
03-30-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Stephen C. Webster
Drug cartels in Mexico and across South America pose a grave and growing threat to the security of the United States, and Army General Martin Dempsey is well aware of it.
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News Link • Police State
New York police officers defy order to cut marijuana arrests
03-30-2012
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rawstory.com, By Alice Brennan, Ryan Devereaux
Survey shows nearly half of people charged with marijuana posession were not displaying the drug when they were stopped.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Ron Paul Statement on House Passage of Paul Ryan Budget
03-30-2012
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http://www.marketwatch.com,
“The Ryan budget reduces the federal government’s debt burden by trillions of dollars yet it does so in decades and not immediately, as our severe debt crisis warrants.”
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
McCain, Lieberman and Graham: The Senate’s three war-crazed amigos
03-30-2012
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http://www.salon.com, By Alex Pareene
John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham have an exciting new idea (spoiler: It's war)
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News Link • Military
London: 'We always get our oil… No matter what!’
03-30-2012
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http://rt.com,
With the threat of a British tanker strike threatening to paralyze 90 per cent of gas stations, the government’s decision to train 200 military teams to get behind the wheel shouldn’t come as a surprise given the UK’s sordid history with oil.
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News Link • NATO
Chicago bans anti-war march during NATO Summit
03-30-2012
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http://rt.com
A judge has rejected the demands of anti-war activists for a march to be held in Chicago during a NATO summit planned for November.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Waste
Pentagon Director Had Family Money in Bomb-Detection Boondoggle
03-30-2012
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http://motherjones.com, By Adam Weinstein
The military's top-secret research agency threw millions of dollars at a bomb-detection system that worked no better than a coin toss, according to military sources.
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News Link • Iran
The Art of Warfare : Iran and The Gas Pipeline Battle"
03-30-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Manlio Dinucci
Two major pipeline projects are at present vying to secure future energy supplies to Pakistan, India and China. One originates in Iran while the second one draws on reserves in Turkmenistan.
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News Link • Syria
Foreign Troops Inside Syria: The Failed UN Brokered "Peace Plan" Sets the Stage for War?
03-30-2012
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www.globalresearch.ca, by Michel Chossudovsky
In late February, 13 French military officers were arrrested in Homs at the height of the armed insurrection, pointing to the presence of foreign troops on Syrian soil in derogation of international law.
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News Link • Syria
SYRIA PEACE PLAN: West Moves To Kill Off "Important First Step" To End Violence
03-30-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Finian Cunningham
No sooner had Kofi Annan, the special United Nations envoy to Syria, announced scoring “an important first step” towards implementing a peace plan in the war-torn country, the US and Western powers were scrambling to scupper the goalposts.
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News Link • Military
Manila offers U.S. wider military access, seeks weapons
03-29-2012
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Reuters
The Philippines is offering the United States greater access to its airfields and may open new areas for soldiers to use, as the Pacific country seeks stronger military ties with its closest ally, moves likely to further raise tensions with China.
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News Link • Iran
Can Iranians Make YouTubes?
03-29-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
There isn't a whole lot the American public can do to stop a war that its political class wants. Yet I wonder if the Iranian people themselves could contribute to the cause. The single most important thing for them to do is to speak directly to the W
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News Link • Iran
How to win friends and influence people " to bomb Iran
03-29-2012
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But at Haaretz, Amir Oren says that Israel has put off an attack until 2013 because of a U.S. analysis showing that Iranian counterattack would kill 200 Americans at once. Oren doesn't say where these Americans would die, but that the analysis has sc
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Manager Arrested for Running Prostitution Ring
03-29-2012
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FOX News
A manager at the Transportation Security Administration has lost his job after being arrested on prostitution-related charges. According to court documents, the agency had received a complaint of "very similar" activities back in 2009.
Bryant Jerm
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Gingrich hits new low in Gallup Poll; 4th place
03-29-2012
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USA Today
Newt Gingrich likes to say he shouldn't be counted out of the GOP presidential race because he has bounced back before from low standings in public opinion polls. But the latest national poll from Gallup shows the former House speaker has hit a new l
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