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Date Sent: 2012-06-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, June 25, 2012 AM edition |
Ongoing USA Credit Contraction -- U.S. Drug Agent Kills Suspect in Honduran Drug Raid
Pentagon Propaganda for You (and Paid by You) -- Austin Man Facing 10 Years in Prison After Photographing Cop Making Arrest -- Norfolk, Virginia, While Abusing Eminent Domain, Attempts To Silence Free Speech -- Ed Crane, Cato's president forced to step down -- Gulf Coast readies for impact of Tropical Storm Debby -- GOP says Air Force ‘hostile to religion’ -- Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms -- Pension funds in Arizona facing bleak future --
Greek EU/ECB/IMF "troika" postpones Athens visit -- Tunisia extradites
former Kadhafi PM to Libya -- Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside
Iraq -- NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria -- Wildfire forces thousands from homes near Colorado Springs -- Ecuador is no hurry over Julian Assange
as ambassador leaves London for talks... -- Greece's
ailing leaders to miss EU summit on eurozone crisis -- Jet incident shows Syria's defenses
capable, jumpy -- Tropical Storm Debby prompts La.
emergency -- Morsi Is Winner of
Egyptian Presidency -- NC Man Saved from Deadly 'Delirium'
Condition -- Could Fertility Drugs Make Kids Shorter? -- Genome-wide
analysis shows previously undetected abnormalities in parents of
affected children -- 1 in 10
fibromyalgia patients uses marijuana to ease pain -- US
Reconstructs Former Military Bases Across Asia-Pacific -- Muslim
Brotherhood Fills 'Vacuum' -- “Don’t Be Alarmed”: Army Trains
MPs To Drive Tanks On U.S. Streets -- High intake of cholesterol shown to actually repair damaged
brains -- Paraguay: Obama's Second Latin American Coup -- Poison is Treatment: The Campaign
to Fluoridate America -- Heading for Economic Collapse --
Destroying Susiya Village to Save It -- Moon Water -- Greek Healthcare Collapse
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ongoing USA Credit Contraction
06-23-2012
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arclein
It is clear that while Fed-produced money has exploded, privately produced money has imploded. The net result is a level of broad money that is way below where it would have been if broad money had followed a trend rate of growth.
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. Drug Agent Kills Suspect in Honduran Drug Raid
06-24-2012
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New York Times
A United States Drug Enforcement Administration agent shot a man to death in Honduras during a raid on a smuggling operation early Saturday, a spokesman for the American Embassy in Honduras said Sunday. The man who was killed had been reaching for hi
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News Link • Propaganda
Pentagon Propaganda for You (and Paid by You)
06-24-2012
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Russia Today (h/t LewRocwell blog)
The Pentagon budgets half a billion dollars to market its wars in the US. Call it public relations or call it propaganda, it's meant to win the hearts and minds of Americans. But is it coming at the price of the truth?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Austin Man Facing 10 Years in Prison After Photographing Cop Making Arrest
06-24-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
By January 4, he had obtained a video from a witness who had been standing across the street watching the exchange between Buehler and Oborski.
The video doesn’t show Buehler spitting on the cop but it might be difficult to capture that from acros
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Norfolk, Virginia, While Abusing Eminent Domain, Attempts To Silence Free Speech
06-24-2012
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They commissioned a 375-square-foot banner and hung it on their building to protest the taking. The banner worked. Almost immediately, Central Radio started getting calls and letters of support from Norfolk-area residents
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Cato's president forced to step down
06-24-2012
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The Washington Times
The Cato Institute's co-founder and president, Edward Crane, has been forced out by the libertarian organization’s board of directors, according to inside sources. John A. Allison, former chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, will take over.
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News Link • Iraq
When History Didn't Vindicate
06-24-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
“History will vindicate us” " UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, at George W. Bush’s side, 2003.
Blair is "a leader of conviction of passion of moral clarity and eloquence" " Bush, immediately afterwards.
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News Link • Climate Change
Green ‘drivel’ exposed
06-24-2012
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Toronto Sun
Two months ago, James Lovelock, the godfather of global warming, gave a startling interview to msnbc.com in which he acknowledged he had been unduly “alarmist” about climate change.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Environment
Gulf Coast readies for impact of Tropical Storm Debby
06-24-2012
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The Raw Story.com
The US Gulf Coast braced Sunday for a hit from Tropical Storm Debby, as it pounded parts of the coast with strong winds and heavy rain, forecasters said.
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News Link • Military
GOP says Air Force ‘hostile to religion’
06-24-2012
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Arturo Garcia via TheRawStory.com
More than 60 Republican lawmakers have signed a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta accusing the U.S. Air Force of being “hostile to religion,” according to Fox News.
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News Link • Energy
Novel Power Plants Could Clean Up Coal
06-24-2012
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
Major engineering firms and power providers team up to demonstrate two new power generation technologies.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Doctors pioneer heart surgery breakthrough
06-24-2012
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monash.edu
The first trial of a treatment allowing doctors to insert a fully repositionable replacement heart valve without the need for open-heart surgery has been successfully conducted at a Melbourne hospital.
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News Link • Corruption
Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms
06-24-2012
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Washington Post
One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules,
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Pension funds in Arizona facing bleak future
06-24-2012
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Arizona Republic
Taxpayers next week will start paying more to prop up four of Arizona's ailing public retirement plans, which continue to suffer such heavy market losses that their values are far below what they owe pensioners over the long term.
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News Link • New World Order
Greek EU/ECB/IMF "troika" postpones Athens visit
06-24-2012
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Reuters
Officials from Greece's 'troika' of international lenders have postponed a planned visit to Athens on Monday given that the country's new prime minister and incoming finance minister are in hospital, an EU official told Reuters on Sunday.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Libya
Tunisia extradites former Kadhafi PM to Libya
06-24-2012
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Reuters
Tunisia extradited deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's former prime minister on Sunday, making him the first senior official to be returned for trial under Libya's transitional leadership.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside Iraq
06-24-2012
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AP
Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts deep inside northern Iraq, and Kurdish rebels killed one policeman and wounded three others in a roadside bomb attack inside Turkey on Sunday, authorities said.
The military said on its website
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News Link • Syria
NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria
06-24-2012
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AP
NATO will hold emergency talks on Tuesday to discuss Syria's downing of a Turkish jet fighter, but the alliance is not expected to take military action, even if it confirms Turkey's claim the unarmed plane was attacked in international airspace.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Jerry Sandusky convicted: Judge denied Sandusky lawyers' request to resign before trial
06-24-2012
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http://www.cbsnews.com
Jerry Sandusky's lawyers said Saturday they tried to quit at the start of jury selection in his child sex abuse trial because they weren't given enough time to prepare, raising an argument on the trial's speed that could become the thrust of an appea
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Wildfire forces thousands from homes near Colorado Springs
06-24-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Keith Coffman
A fast-growing wildfire has forced thousands of residents from homes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and nearby communities as firefighters struggled on Sunday to contain out-of-control and wind-stoked blazes in several western U.S. states.
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ecuador is no hurry over Julian Assange as ambassador leaves London for talks...
06-24-2012
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http://www.independent.co, Jerome Taylor
Ecuador has signalled that it is in no hurry to decide whether or not to give Julian Assange asylum after it today emerged that their ambassador to London has flown home for talks on the fate of the WikiLeaks founder.
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News Link • European Union
Greece's ailing leaders to miss EU summit on eurozone crisis
06-24-2012
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http://www.guardian.co, Helena Smith
Inspection tour of Greece delayed with PM Antonis Samaras and Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos in hospital
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News Link • Syria
Jet incident shows Syria's defenses capable, jumpy
06-24-2012
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http://www.reuters.com, By Peter Apps
While the exact circumstances remain far from clear, the shooting down of a Turkish warplane shows Syria's military to be capable, extremely jumpy and increasingly drawn into confrontation with its most powerful neighbor.
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Tropical Storm Debby prompts La. emergency
06-24-2012
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http://www.cbsnews.com
Tropical storm warnings were issued Sunday along the northeast coast of the Gulf of Mexico, as Debby lashed parts of the Gulf States with wind and rain. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency as a result of forecasts for Tropic
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Morsi Is Winner of Egyptian Presidency
06-24-2012
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http://www.nytimes.com, By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military counci
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
NC Man Saved from Deadly 'Delirium' Condition
06-24-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Jeanna Bryner
After arresting a 30-year-old man who they said was violently assaulting several individuals, police brought him to the emergency room rather than to the station because of his behavior, including confusion, agitation and nonsensical speech.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Could Fertility Drugs Make Kids Shorter?
06-24-2012
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By Barbara Bronson Gray
For those who need help getting pregnant, the thought of having a child who's a little shorter than other kids probably won't be much of a worry. But the question of whether infertility treatment causes unanticipated consequences remains fertile grou
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Genome-wide analysis shows previously undetected abnormalities in parents of affected children
06-24-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Mary Rice
The use of genome-wide array analysis[1] in parents whose children are suspected of having a genetic disease shows that the parents frequently also have previously undetected genetic abnormalities...
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Electronic Cigarettes Proven as One of the Most Effective Ways to Quit Smoking
06-24-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org,
Quitting smoking is well-known to be one of the most difficult endeavors a person can do. Throughout history, people have struggled to kick the habit, but finally in the 21st century, a new and extremely safe and effective method has been developed.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
1 in 10 fibromyalgia patients uses marijuana to ease pain
06-24-2012
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http://medicalxpress.com
About 10 percent of fibromyalgia patients use marijuana to relieve symptoms such as pain, fatigue and insomnia, a new study has found.
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News Link • Climate Change
Significant sea-level rise in a 2-degree warming world
06-24-2012
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by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
The study is the first to give a comprehensive projection for this long perspective, based on observed sea-level rise over the past millennium, as well as on scenarios for future greenhouse-gas emissions.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Learn that tune while fast asleep
06-24-2012
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byNorthwestern University
Want to nail that tune that you've practiced and practiced? Maybe you should take a nap with the same melody playing during your sleep, new provocative Northwestern University research suggests.
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News Link • China
China’s double record-breaker
06-24-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
China has reached two technological milestones spanning great depths and heights. In the earth’s orbit, the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft manually docked a space module while under the Pacific, a Jiaolong submersible dived to the bottom of the Marian Trench.
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News Link • Military
US Reconstructs Former Military Bases Across Asia-Pacific
06-24-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Bases left in WWII or after the Vietnam War are now being refurbished and put to use in a broader anti-China surge in the region
The Obama administration is continuing its strategic pivot to Asia-Pacific and now trying to cultivate renewed relatio
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Chris Menke
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News Link • World News
Muslim Brotherhood Fills 'Vaccuum'
06-24-2012
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Yahoo! breaking news
Good news for the 'Military-Industrial Complex', isn't it?
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Military
“Don’t Be Alarmed”: Army Trains MPs To Drive Tanks On U.S. Streets
06-24-2012
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http://www.infowars.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Sightings of vehicles provokes fears of martial law
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News Link • Death
Is Death An Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End
06-24-2012
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http://www.robertlanzabiocentrism.com
After the death of his old friend, Albert Einstein said “Now Besso has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us … know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persist
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Graphene? From Any Lab
06-24-2012
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http://www.sciencedaily.com
Considered by many as the most promising material of the future, graphene still remains an expensive and hard-to-fabricate substance.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Forgotten Star Cluster Now Found Useful in Studies of Sun and Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
06-24-2012
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http://www.sciencedaily.com
A loose group of stars, known for over 180 years but never before studied in detail, has been revealed to be an important new tool in the quest to understand the evolution of stars like the Sun, and in the search for planets like Earth.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Technique Allows Simulation of Noncrystalline Materials
06-24-2012
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http://www.sciencedaily.com
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and in Spain has found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials, which may eventually play an important part in new devices including solar cells, org
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
High intake of cholesterol shown to actually repair damaged brains
06-24-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, by Ethan A. Huff
Including high-cholesterol foods as part of a healthy diet may not be the poor dietary choice we have all been told it is, suggests a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Invasive species from Fukushima tsunami washing up on U.S. shores
06-24-2012
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http://www.naturalnews.com, J. D. Heyes
Japan's tsunami-caused nuclear disaster at the Fukushima energy complex in March 2011, in which three atomic reactors were heavily damaged, continues to wreak havoc on ecosystems - in the U.S.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Paraguay: Obama's Second Latin American Coup
06-24-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Shamus Cooke
The recent coup against Paraguay's democratically elected president is not only a blow to democracy, but an attack against the working and poor population that supported and elected President Fernando Lugo, whom they see as a bulwark against the weal
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
Poison is Treatment: The Campaign to Fluoridate America
06-24-2012
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www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. James F. Tracy
The wide scale US acceptance of fluoride-related compounds in drinking water and a wide variety of consumer products over the past half century is a textbook case of social engineering orchestrated by Sigmund Freud's nephew and the “father of public
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News Link • Science
Moon Water
06-23-2012
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arclein
ASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter essentially illuminated the crater's interior with infrared laser light, measuring how reflective it was. The crater's floor is more reflective than that of other nearby craters, suggesting it had ic
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News Link • Economy - International
Greek Healthcare Collapse
06-23-2012
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arclein
Strapped with spiraling debt, the Greek healthcare, which is government-run, has had to receive gobs of international financial aid just to keep operating with some semblance of normalcy. There has also been plenty of IOUs issued, and desperate patie
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News Link • Drug War
DEA’s Michele Leonhart: If Science Disagrees, We’ll Shut Down Research
06-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, MAPS
Despite plentiful scientific that marijuana has the potential to ease pain, reduce depression, and even reduce the likelihood of certain kinds of cancer, the DEA still clings to their dogma that marijuana has no medical uses.
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News Link • F.E.M.A.
Comprehensive List Of FEMA Camps
06-23-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, WorldTruth TV
What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency? Simply put, it is the “secret government”.
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News Link • China
EXPERT: China Resembles The USSR Right Before The Fall
06-23-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com
The panel topic was, "How Stable is China: Can Its Economic Miracle Continue Under Its Current Political System?"
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News Link • Archaeology
Mysterious Structure May Have Led to Ancient Artificial Island
06-23-2012
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http://www.livescience.com, Joseph Castro
Archaeologists have unearthed the foundation of what appears to have been a massive, ancient structure, possibly a bridge leading to an artificial island, in what is now southeast Wales.
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News Link • History
Scientists remember Turing, father of modern computers
06-23-2012
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http://phys.org, by Mariette le Roux
Scientists will gather from Bangalore to Texas on Saturday to honour British mathematician Alan Turing, a pioneer of the modern computer whose code-cracking is credited with shortening World War II.
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