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Date Sent: 2012-06-20
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, June 20, 2012 PM edition |
Will Russian And Chinese Military Forces On Syrian Soil Prevent Obama From Bombing Syria?
06-20-12 -- Pete Eyre - Tarrin Lupo, Ruby Hilliard - Boston T Party - New pictures uploaded today... -- Physics Community Afire With Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery -- Watch It Live: Gamera Human-Powered Helicopter Attempts World Record Flight Today -- Taliban Block Polio Vaccinations in Pakistan Until Drone Bombing Stops -- Why 100 Billion Euros For Spain Won't Be Enough -- The Next Round Of
Greek Economic Data Is Going To Be 'Disgusting' -- Americans Are
Delusionally Optimistic -- Four Decades Ago, A Senator Warned
About The Revolving Door Of The Military-Industrial Complex --
Fidelity Investments Funding ‘Synthetic Biology’ Takeover of Life -- US military industrial complex
poised for record foreign military sales this year --
France bank incident: Hostages held in Toulouse -- Informal Romney
adviser: ‘Palin poisoned the well’ for female VP candidates -- John Avlon says Romney lying about
vetting Rubio for VP -- Arizona radio host voted for ‘the
white guy’ because Obama is a ‘monkey’ -- Ron Paul on endorsing Romney: ‘No way!’ -- The President’s Never-Ending Campaign
for Cash -- Furious Greenpeace Moves to 'War Footing' at
Rio+20 -- Iran: Lift sanctions,
and we will fully cooperate with IAEA -- Media ship-storm
over Russian vessels ‘bound for Syria’ -- German Constitutional Court takes Power away from Merkel -- Putin/Obama Talks
William H. Peterson, RIP
MARV is Being Raffled!
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News Link • Syria
Will Russian And Chinese Military Forces On Syrian Soil Prevent Obama From Bombing Syria?
06-20-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Snyder
Everyone knows that the Obama administration has been steadily gearing up for a military campaign against Syria.
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News Link • Books
ZeroGov is Live on Amazon
06-20-2012
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www.zerogov.com
ZeroGov: Limited Government, Unicorns and other Mythological Creatures is published and live this morning on Amazon. It will be available only as an eBook and therein lies a revolution in writing.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Miami Won Thanks To 'Mario Mother F---ing Chalmers'
06-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Lorenzo Arguello
The Miami Heat played the game of their lives and benefited from a serious late game mental lapse on the part of Russell Westbrook to win Game 4 Tuesday night.
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News Link • Communications
Nokia's Mobile Patents Are Its Last Line of Defense
06-20-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, David Talbot
Analysis shows that the struggling company could make plenty of money from its mobile patents.
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News Link • Communications
Latest Galaxy Phone Aims for the Stars, But Falls Short
06-20-2012
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http://www.wired.com, by Nathan Olivarez-Giles
Samsung rightfully enjoys pointing out that it ships more Android smartphones than anyone else.
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News Link • Inventions
Watch It Live: Gamera Human-Powered Helicopter Attempts World Record Flight Today
06-20-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca Boyle
Already demolishing the standing world record more than twice over, a massive human-powered quadrotor designed by students at the University of Maryland is poised to make aviation history today.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Moneyball 2.0: How Missile Tracking Cameras Are Remaking The NBA
06-20-2012
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http://www.fastcodesign.com, Mark Wilson
A new camera system is adding a whole new level of analytics to basketball. We talk to insiders using it.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Prenatal Blood Tests Can Identify Paternity of an Eight-Week Fetus
06-20-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
An interesting story in the New York Times today explores the ease with which noninvasive prenatal diagnostics can now determine paternity, even when the pregnancy is only eight or nine weeks old.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Octopus Hitches Ride on Dolphin's Genitals
06-20-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie Pappas
An octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Baa, Baa Mama! Goats Remember Their Babies' Cries
06-20-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Stephanie Pappas
Don't underestimate the emotional lives of farm animals. According to new research, mama goats recall their babies' bleats at least a year after mother and kid are separated.
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News Link • Archaeology
Talisman of Ancient Googly-Eyed God Discovered
06-20-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Owen Jarus
A newly identified googly-eyed artifact may have been used by the ancient Egyptians to magically protect children and pregnant mothers from evil forces.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Researchers identify protein required to regrow injured nerves in limbs
06-20-2012
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medicalxpress.com, byWashington University School
A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Grid Tied Solar Vulnerabilities
06-20-2012
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arclein
Because of the very fact that these systems are tied into the power grid, however, they all have a safety feature that disconnects them from the grid when the grid goes down. In other words, if the power grid goes offline, your entire grid-tie solar
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News Link • Energy
Toward super-size wind turbines: Bigger wind turbines do make greener electricity
06-20-2012
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http://phys.org, byAmerican Chemical Society
In a study that could solidify the trend toward construction of gigantic windmills, scientists have concluded that the larger the wind turbine, the greener the electricity it produces. Their report appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Tech
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Out of the mouths of primates, facial mechanics of human speech may have evolved
06-20-2012
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http://phys.org, by Princeton University
The throat and facial movements that twist the air pushing through your vocal cords into words could be rooted in the well-meaning expressions primates exchange with each other, according to two recent studies based at Princeton University.
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News Link • Agriculture
Biochar at the San Francisco Chronicle
06-20-2012
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arclein
To me and perhaps much of the local population, the word "biochar" is just as foreign as the Brazilian turf from which it originates. Near the end of the 19th century, researchers found highly fertile sites in the Amazon that contained astounding
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News Link • Archaeology
Holocene Uniqueness Confimed
06-20-2012
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arclein
An epoch which is often regarded suitable for such an undertaking is the Eemian warm period, which began around 125,000 years ago following the Saalian ice age. For about 10,000 years, average temperatures on Earth in the Eemian were rather enhanced
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Taliban Block Polio Vaccinations in Pakistan
06-20-2012
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The New York Times
Citing a U.S. spy conspiracy via the case of Dr. Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani Taliban commander has banned polio vaccinations in the tribal belt of Northern Waziristan days before 161,000 children were to be inoculated.
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News Link • Activism
MARV is Being Raffled!
06-20-2012
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libertyontour.com
A random raffle ticket will be selected at 12:00am EST on June 24th (the last night of PorcFest in Lancaster, NH)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • European Union
Why 100 Billion Euros For Spain Won't Be Enough
06-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Marc Chandler
In the five sessions through Tuesday, the Greek stock market has rallied 25%.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
The Next Round Of Greek Economic Data Is Going To Be 'Disgusting'
06-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
MNI News has an interesting flash headline this morning:
GREECE FISCAL CONSOLIDATION "COMPLETELY DERAILED": EU SOURCE
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Risqué Relics Inside Peru's Erotic Art Gallery
06-18-2012
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Libby Zay, Gadling
In Peru an archaeological museum shows that our fascination with sex is far from a modern phenomenon. One third of the exhibition space at Museo Larco in Lima is devoted to showcasing the world's largest collection of ancient erotic artifacts, an asp
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Americans Are Delusionally Optimistic
06-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Simon Black
Exactly three years ago, we launched this daily e-letter… and needless to say, it’s been eventful.
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News Link • Economy - International
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
06-20-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com
Good morning. Here's what you need to know.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/opening-bell-20-2012-6#ixzz1yKqWcX5d
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Four Decades Ago, A Senator Warned About The Revolving Door Of The Military-Industrial Complex
06-20-2012
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Zaid Jilani, Republic Report
How hard a bargain will officers involved in procurement planning or specifications drive when they are one or two years from retirement and have the example to look at of over 2,000 fellow officers doing well on the outside after retirement?
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Fidelity Investments Funding ‘Synthetic Biology’ Takeover of Life
06-20-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Aaron Dykes
Lab-created artificial species will outnumber natural life 50-to-1, financial firm claims
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
US military industrial complex poised for record foreign military sales this year
06-19-2012
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Allvoices
Recovery may be slow in the U.S and many areas are facing cutbacks in the public sector such as education. However foreign military sales are heading for a record year. Boeing made F-15 fighter jets in sales to Saudi Arabia at a cost of $29.4 billion
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News Link • TERRORISM
France bank incident: Hostages held in Toulouse
06-20-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk
Four people have been taken hostage in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse by a man claiming to be linked to al-Qaeda, police say.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Informal Romney adviser: ‘Palin poisoned the well’ for female VP candidates
06-20-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
An informal adviser to Mitt Romney told MSNBC on Tuesday that the campaign was being extra careful about selecting a female vice presidential candidate because of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
John Avlon says Romney lying about vetting Rubio for VP
06-20-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
CNN contributor and Newsweek columnist John Avlon on Tuesday accused Mitt Romney of lying about vetting Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to be his running mate.
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Arizona radio host voted for ‘the white guy’ because Obama is a ‘monkey’
06-20-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By David Edwards
Conservative Arizona radio personality Barbara Espinosa is standing by her statement that President Barack Obama is a “monkey” and that she voted for “the white guy.”
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul on endorsing Romney: ‘No way!’
06-20-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
Although his son Rand has endorsed Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said Tuesday that he has no plans of doing so himself.
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News Link • Activism
Furious Greenpeace Moves to 'War Footing' at Rio+20
06-20-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org
The head of Greenpeace International said the NGO is moving to a "war footing" after negotiators at the Rio+20 sustainable development conference watered down proposals to protect the world's oceans.
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News Link • Iran
Iran: Lift sanctions, and we will fully cooperate with IAEA
06-20-2012
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http://www.rt.com
The Islamic Republic’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said his country is prepared to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency if the sanctions currently placed on Iran are lifted.
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News Link • Syria
Media ship-storm over Russian vessels ‘bound for Syria’
06-20-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A Russian cargo ship stopped near Scotland has been forced to turn back to home shores as the UK-based insurer withdrew the vessel’s cover.
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News Link • World News
German Constitutional Court takes Power away from Merkel
06-20-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Wow the courts around the world sure have been busy this week and the past one. First Egypt’s court dissolved the parliament there and then Pakistan’s Supreme Court kicked out it’s Prime Minister.
Now the Constitutional Court of Germany has rule
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Iowa Cops Refused to Release Video Showing Them Tasering Handcuffed Woman Repeatedly
06-19-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
An Iowa police officer who was trying to determine whether a woman was a domestic abuse victim ended up tasing her repeatedly, even after she was handcuffed and hogtied.
Two weeks later, Chariton police officer Tyler Ruble was investigated himself
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News Link • Death
William H. Peterson, RIP
06-19-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Economist and libertarian Bill Peterson died today at 91. Bill had a distinguished academic and corporate career"including serving as a colleague at NYU to Ludwig von Mises"but he was never happier or more effective than teaching the truths of the fr
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News Link • Police State
FBI gets a broader role in coordinating domestic intelligence activities
06-19-2012
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Washington Post
The FBI has been given an expanded role in coordinating the domestic intelligence-gathering activities of the CIA and other agencies under a plan enacted this year by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., officials said.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy
06-19-2012
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Reuters
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations.
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo P
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq PM warns of 'wars' over Exxon deal with Kurds
06-19-2012
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AFP
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki believes a contract between US oil giant ExxonMobil and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is dangerous and could lead to "wars," his spokesman told AFP. ExxonMobil signed an oil exploration deal with the Kurdistan regi
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News Link • Israel
U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say
06-19-2012
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New York Times
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials wi
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News Link • Politics
Supreme Court of Pakistan kicked out the Prime Minister
06-19-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza’s ruling as void and declared that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stood disqualified since April 26.
“Yousuf Raza Gilani is disqualified from membership of parliament from
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News Link • Drug War
Baby soaps and shampoos trigger positive marijuana tests
06-19-2012
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TIME
Positive results can precipitate an investigation by child welfare authorities. "We really did this to help protect families from being falsely accused," study co-author Dr. Carl Seashore, a pediatrician in the U.N.C. Chapel Hill newborn nursery, t
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
The Natural Right to Be Free
06-19-2012
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http://www.fff.org, by Laurence M. Vance
Three recent books on libertarianism... although they are quite different as to their nature and purpose, have one thing in common: the word libertarian in their title.
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News Link • Imperialism
US plans significant military presence in Kuwait
06-19-2012
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http://apnews.myway.com, By DONNA CASSATA
The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the withdrawal of American combat forces and the world nervously eyes
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
All Over America Government Control Freaks Are Forcing Preppers Back On To The Grid
06-19-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Synder
In recent years there have been huge numbers of Americans that have sought to go “off the grid” and live a more independent lifestyle.
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News Link • Seriously?
Adidas under fire for unveiling new trainer with orange 'shackles' like those worn by black
06-19-2012
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By Daily Mail Reporter
Adidas has come under fire for creating a pair of trainers with ‘shackles’.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Truth About the Lies About the Chicago 'Terrorists'
06-19-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by digital82711
The Chicago Police Department was recorded harassing these people as they got into town. They were called “Commie faggots” and other obscene epitaphs. These very same individuals recorded the incident and put the video online.
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News Link • Surveillance
Ottawa Airport Installs Hidden Microphones To Monitor and Record Conversations Of Passengers
06-19-2012
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http://jonathanturley.org, Source: Ottawa Citizen
Canadians appear to be striving to make up for lost time in realizing the dream of George Orwell’s “1984.” The most oppressive aspect of the life of Winston Smith in Oceania, Airship One was the televisions that allowed Big Brother to watch you 24/7.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Did NBC Bury Creepy Sandusky Interview?
06-19-2012
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http://jonathanturley.org, Source: MSNBC
Prosecutors in the trial of former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky are asking NBC to turn over the tapes of an interview with him that had unaired creepy segments. It is not clear why NBC chose not to air the statements where Sandusky appears almost
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News Link • Homeland Security
Woman Arrested For Groping TSA Supervisor
06-19-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Federal agency characterizes incident as act of “violence”
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: Down with Deadly Drones, Both Foreign and Domestic
06-19-2012
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http://www.ronpaul.com, by Ron Paul
Last week I joined several of my colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama requesting clarification of his criteria for the lethal use of drones overseas.
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News Link • New World Order
The Global Plan To RFID You,Your Family & Everything You Own
06-19-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, NTEB
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.” Revelation 9:6
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News Link • Police State
Clinton Third-Grader Strip-Searched After Being Accused Of Stealing
06-19-2012
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http://govtslaves.info
The mother of a Clinton third-grader says a school administrator went too far when she strip-searched her child after accusations that he stole from another student.
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