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Date Sent: 2012-08-03
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, August 3, 2012 PM edition |
Homeland Security Teams Up With YouTube To Take Down Controversial Videos
NASA SELECTS SPACEX TO RETURN AMERICANS TO SPACE - CUZ NASA CAN'T -- The 75 Year Anniversary Of Marijuana Prohibition -- Cancer Drug Flushes AIDS Virus -- Architecture of Brain Intelligence Clarified -- Gas Pumps Run Dry For Police And Fire Departments -- Obama: “I Don’t
Believe People Should Be Able To Own Guns” -- Rubio bill eliminates federal tax on Olympic medals -- Panasonic's
Artificial Photosynthesis Turns Water, Sunlight, and CO2 into
Useful Chemicals -- Video: The Navy's Autonomous X-47B
Warplane Makes its First East Coast Test Flight -- Aussie Tycoon
Wants to Clone Dinosaurs for His Real Life, Resort-Based Jurassic
Park -- Europe Will Require New Vehicles to Include
Autonomous Self-Braking System -- Seeing Through Walls With a
Wireless Router -- Doug Casey on the Olympics -- Presidential
Appointees No Longer Need to be Confirmed by Senate --
Illegitimate Sanctions on Iran
Arizona Breakfast Club, this Saturday, Sarah Sandy on the evils of Child Protective Services
AZ: Jackalope Freedom Festival - Detailed Directions & Descriptions - August 3rd – 5th 2012
Paul Festival Commemorative Dime Cards Fundraiser - READY FOR
PURCHASE NOW!
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News Link • Surveillance
Homeland Security Teams Up With YouTube To Take Down Controversial Videos
08-03-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Mike Masnick
We recently wrote about the fight over copyright/fair use in political videos.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Transparent Solar Windows at 4% Efficiency
08-03-2012
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arclein
The near-infrared photoactive polymer absorbs more near-infrared light but is less sensitive to visible light, balancing solar cell performance and transparency in the visible wavelength region.
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News Link • Climate Change
Sea Water Chemistry Change Linked to Eocene Climate Change
08-03-2012
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arclein
Scientists have discovered a potential cause of Earth's "icehouse climate" cooling trend of the past 45 million years. It has everything to do with the chemistry of theworld's oceans. "Seawater chemistry is characterized by long phases of stabil
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Cancer Drug Flushes AIDS Virus
08-03-2012
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arclein
In a comment published with the study, HIV researcher Steven Deeks said the research provided "the first evidence that ... a cure might one day be feasible".
But, as is common with early clinical trials, the study raised more questions than answ
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Architecture of Brain Intelligence Clarified
08-03-2012
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arclein
t another 10 percent of individual differences in intelligence can be explained by the strength of neural pathways connecting the left prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain.
Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the findings establish “g
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Pumps Run Dry For Police And Fire Departments
08-03-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Rowena Lugtu-Shaddox
Stockton police officers and firefighters couldn’t fill up because there was no gasoline in the pumps at their stations.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Obama: “I Don’t Believe People Should Be Able To Own Guns”
08-03-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Joe Newby
On Friday, gun rights advocate John Lott told radio talk show host Laura Ingraham that Barack Obama once told him that people should not be able to own guns.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Rubio bill eliminates federal tax on Olympic medals
08-03-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Stephen Dinan
Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill Wednesday to eliminate the federal government’s tax on Olympic medals, saying the levy amounted to yet another way the government tries to punish those who succeed.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Panasonic's Artificial Photosynthesis Turns Water, Sunlight, and CO2 into Useful Chemicals
08-03-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Artificial photosynthesis--the idea that we might be able to create energy and other useful thing from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, as plants do--is something of a holy grail for energy and green chemistry researchers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Video: The Navy's Autonomous X-47B Warplane Makes its First East Coast Test Flight
08-03-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
PopSci’s favorite autonomous warplane is having a big week at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Aussie Tycoon Wants to Clone Dinosaurs for His Real Life, Resort-Based Jurassic Park
08-03-2012
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http://www.popsci.com,
In other billionaire news today, a controversial and ostentatious Australian is supposedly planning a real-life Jurassic Park, complete with cloned dinosaurs.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Europe Will Require New Vehicles to Include Autonomous Self-Braking System
08-03-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Clay Dillow
Cars in Europe may soon become very much more robotic whether drivers want them to or not.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Seeing Through Walls With a Wireless Router
08-03-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By David Hambling
In the 1930s, U.S. Navy researchers stumbled upon the concept of radar when they noticed that a plane flying past a radio tower reflected radio waves.
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
Doug Casey on the Olympics
08-03-2012
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lewrockwell.com, Interviewed by Louis James
So Doug, the queen of England parachuted into the arena with James Bond to kick-start the Olympics. I'm sure you must have some comments on the " literally " passing parade.
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News Link • Political Theory
Why You Should Quit Politics
08-03-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Kaleb Matson
You’re young, you’ve got your whole life ahead of you, you’re zealous for liberty, and in some capacity or another you want to spend your life in the meaningful pursuit of a better world.
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Bug-Out Boot Camp
08-03-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Tess Pennington
If you had to carry your loaded 20 pound bug out bag and get the heck out of Dodge on foot, how would you fare?
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News Link • Political Parties
Nothing Succeeds Like ‘Success’
08-03-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin Raimondo
Electoral politics and the future of the antiwar movement
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News Link • Constitution
Presidential Appointees No Longer Need to be Confirmed by Senate
08-03-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, pmpowell001
The House passed the legislation Tuesday night by a vote of 261-116. The bill now goes to President Obama’s desk for his signature.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Chemtrails
WHY in the World Are They Spraying? Lifts Veil on Geo-engineering
08-02-2012
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Farm Wars
Geo-engineering - the insidious program of altering natural weather patterns, changing soil chemistry, and taking control of our food supply in the process.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Government
Vermont farmer crushes 7 police cars with tractor over pot arrest
08-02-2012
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Rawstory
A Vermont farmer used his tractor to crush 7 Orleans Co. Sheriff’s Dept squad cars because he was angry about being arrested on marijuana charges last month. “It’s more than half our fleet,” Chief Deputy Sheriff Brooks explained
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Anaheim police open fire and use K-9 on women and children
08-02-2012
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KCal 9/youtube
After police shoot an unarmed man for running away from them, the people of Anaheim organize a protest only to have the cops unleash their dogs and fire at women and children in the crowd as people run for their lives. Yes, this is in present day Ame
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
San Bernardino, California, files for bankruptcy with over $1 Billion in debts
08-02-2012
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Reuters
San Bernardino filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday citing more than $1 billion of debts and making it the third California city to seek protection from creditors.enue by $45 million in the fiscal year that began on July 1.
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News Link • Gun Rights
A secret paradise for gun rights and residency
08-02-2012
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www.sovereignman.com/Simon Black
For centuries, Svalbard was completely lawless, devoid of any government authority....Amazingly enough, they were all able to co-exist for hundreds of years without a sovereign authority or central government telling them what to do or how they could
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Chavis Carter Found Shot In The Head While In Patrol Car; Investigation Launched
08-02-2012
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Huffington Post
A young black man, Chavis Carter, is "found" shot dead in the back of a police cruiser after police discover marijuana on the man. Cops say he shot himself, though there's no evidence of a gun and his mother disputes the official story. Common sense
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News Link • Energy
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Get second Look
08-02-2012
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arclein
"VAWTs are elegant in terms of their mechanical simplicity," said Josh Paquette, one of Sandia's two principal investigators on the project. "They have fewer parts because they don't need a control system to point them toward the blowing wind to
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News Link • Activism
Paul Festival Commemorative Dime Cards Fundraiser - READY FOR PURCHASE NOW!
08-01-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
August 24-26, 2012 - Tampa State Fairgrounds, Tampa Florida - Music, Entertainment, Activism
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Donna Hancock
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Opinion • Iran
Ray McGovern: My Take
A Persian Gulf ‘Hot Line’ Proposed
08-02-2012
Ray McGovern
With tensions again rising in the Persian Gulf, an accident or provocation around the narrow Strait of Hormuz could precipitate a war. In this memo for President Obama, 11 former U.S. intelligence officials urge a U.S.-Iranian system for communicatio
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News Link • Revolving Door
The Revolving Door Keeps Spinning: Former Lockheed VP Given Prime Capitol Hill Post
07-27-2012
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John Amick
The Project on Government Oversight reports:
Ann Elise Sauer, who left Lockheed last year, is now the Republican staff director at the Senate Armed Services Committee. The Committee oversees military spending, including major weapons systems that ar
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • United States Postal Service
11 Services That The US Post Office Has Already Eliminated
08-02-2012
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businessinsider.com,Dina Spector and Kim Bhasin
The deadline for the United States Postal Service to repay its $5.5 billion loan from the U.S. Treasury is tonight, and the USPS is not expected to be able to make the payment.
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News Link • Military
This Is The Awesomely Bad Logo For The Navy's Drone Department
08-02-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim Edwards
This logo (below) is being used by the Navy's Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Death
The Best Quotes Of Gore Vidal, Who Died Last Night
08-02-2012
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www.businessinsider.com, The Daily Telegraph
Gore Vidal, the author and playwright, has died aged 86. He was known for his acerbic wit and wisdom - here are some of his best quotes.
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
USPS defaults on Aug. & Sept. payments for retiree benefits, claims service will not be interrupted
08-02-2012
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www.cnbc.com
The post office had $5.5 billion in payments for future retiree health benefits due Wednesday and $5.6 billion due in September, but it will miss both payments because of cash shortages related to the rise of email, electronic bill payments and priva
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
The Police: Useless, but not Harmless
08-01-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
The bad news for Rafael Lopez was that the 27-year-old Iraq war veteran had been robbed and severely beaten by a gang of at least 10 men on the street outside the Aqua nightclub in Minneapolis. The good news " or Lopez initially thought " was that th
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News Link • Eminent Domain
New Jersey Town Rips Up Working-Class Neighborhood For Private Developers
08-01-2012
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Huffington Post
Santos Cruz still remembers the first time he heard the demolition crews. "They came without any warning at 6 a.m. outside my home," he said in a recent interview with The Huffington Post. "The ground started shaking and there was a tremendous amount
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News Link • Education: Private Secular Schools and Home School
Teachers’ Unions Now Sending Lawyers After Private Schools
08-01-2012
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The Louisiana Association of Educators is sending demand letters to private schools participating in the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence program, the state voucher plan, insisting that those schools pull out of the program.
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News Link • Military
Marines Catch ‘Deserter’ … 5 Years After His Honorable Discharge
08-01-2012
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Wired
On Jan. 26, 2011, a pair of U.S. Marines put Alan Gourgue in handcuffs and a restraint belt and hauled him across the country to face trial as a deserter. Gourgue was distraught and completely confused; he had been honorably discharged in 2006 and fi
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News Link • Conspiracies
Colorado Killer and a Judge's Coverup
08-01-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
The University of Colorado went into CYA mode, and has lucked out now that the judge in the case has ruled that the University is exempt from open-records laws on matters related to the killings. Court records have been altered to remove mention of t
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News Link • Surveillance
Activists push city to be first in U.S. to prohibit use of drones
08-01-2012
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"You guys have an opportunity to make Buffalo the first drone-free city in the United States, and I hope you take that seriously," John Washington of Occupy Buffalo told lawmakers.
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News Link • Iran
Congressman Ron Paul's Speech Against Iran Sanctions August 1, 2012
08-01-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Congressman Ron Paul's floor speech against Iran Sanctions bill on August 1, 2012.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Port Orange police charge woman after she re-enacts domestic abuse claim on cop
08-01-2012
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A Port Orange police officer asked a woman to show him how her husband tried to strangle her and when the woman put two fingers on the policeman's neck, she got arrested, records show.
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News Link • Free Trade
The Most Important Trade Agreement That We Know Nothing About
08-01-2012
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Slate
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could completely change intellectual property law. But the details are being kept secret.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cop Suspects Dad with His Kid of Being a Predator; “You Should THANK Me”
08-01-2012
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My youngest daughter and I were walking to the library together, and she was holding my hand and trying to pull me into telephone poles which is a silly game that she enjoys. Suddenly a police car pulled up beside us, lights on and
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News Link • Corruption
Rep. Laura Richardson broke federal law, obstructed probe, House ethics panel finds
08-01-2012
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Washington Post
The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday called for the full chamber to reprimand Rep. Laura Richardson, accusing the California Democrat of breaking federal law, violating House rules and obstructing the committee’s investigation.
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News Link • Obama Administration
White House analyst warned saving Solyndra could cost more than letting it fail
08-01-2012
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Washington Post
As the Obama administration moved last year to bail out Solyndra, the embattled flagship of the president’s initiative to promote alternative energy, a White House budget analyst calculated that millions of taxpayer dollars might be saved by cutting
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News Link • Energy
Aging power grid on overload as U.S. demands more electricity
08-01-2012
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Washington Post
They began to bend in the roaring wind, then their steel girders snapped like twigs, the towers toppled and the lights went out.
Minutes before the windstorm arrived to pummel the Washington area on June 29, it swept east through West Virginia, cr
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
U.S. to mull more bombers, submarines for Pacific
08-01-2012
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Reuters
Pentagon planners will consider adding bombers and attack submarines as part of a growing U.S. focus on security challenges in the Asia-Pacific, a senior Defense Department official said on Wednesday.
"We will take another look" at sending more su
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Rep. Markey proposes privacy rules for domestic drone licenses
08-01-2012
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Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.com
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) on Wednesday released a discussion draft of legislation that aims to add privacy protections and greater transparency to the authorization of aerial drone flights within the United States.
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News Link • Syria
Obama authorizes secret support for Syrian rebels
08-01-2012
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Reuters
President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said.
Obama's order, approved earlier this year and known
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Wikileaks lawyer Garzon 'worried' for Assange health
08-01-2012
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AFP
THE renowned Spanish lawyer representing Julian Assange has said he is worried about the WikiLeaks founder's health due to the pressure on him as he fights efforts to extradite him from Britain. Baltasar Garzon, known for pursuing Chile's former dict
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News Link • Child Protective Services
Mother Who Questions Vax at Hospital Has Newborn Taken Away
08-01-2012
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Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
A new mother who intended to give birth at home is subjected to her worst nightmare as her newborn is taken from her at the hospital she had to go to due to early labor. CPS is eventually called in to question the new parents.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Scottsdale students conditioned to wear ID badges
08-01-2012
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ABC 15.com
Scottsdale Unified School District officials say middle and high school students will be required to wear student ID cards so that they are clearly visible during the school day.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
08-01-12 -- Terry Bressi - Sarah Sandy (MP3 & Video LOADED)
Terry Bressi (CheckpointUSA.Org) provides an update on his battle with local and federal officials about the right to travel freely thru the US without 'papers' - Sarah Sandy talks about the evils of CPS (Child Protective Services) - Jackalope Freedo
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News Link • American History
Christine Smith's interview with Gore Vidal
08-01-2012
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C. Smith
When I asked Gore Vidal to define love, he told me, "Both Wisdom and Love can be defined by the same word: ‘acceptance." I share my 2005 interview with him with you.
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News Link • Internet
Does Facebook Have a 'Bot' Problem?
08-01-2012
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www.cnbc.com
Facebook’s advertising model is under attack " facing allegations that ad clicks on the site aren’t real, but are more likely from “bots,” (web robots) than from people.
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News Link • Environment
2012 Chevrolet Volt Becomes Centerpiece of Smart Community
08-01-2012
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wwwinsideline.com
OnStar, General Motors and the 2012 Chevrolet Volt have become official partners of Pecan Street Inc., where residents in a Texas community have agreed to be part of a clean-energy smart grid test for sustainable living.
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
DARPA's Blue Angel - Pentagon Prepares Millions of Vaccines Against Future Global Flu
08-01-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency say they’ve produced 10 million doses of an influenza vaccine in only one month’s time.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Will Pam Bondi Be The Next Vice President Of The United States?
08-01-2012
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http://endoftheamericandream.com
Could it actually be possible that Mitt Romney is considering selecting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his running mate?
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Historic Drought, Giant Dust Storms And Massive Power Grid Failures - A Glimpse Into Our Future
08-01-2012
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http://endoftheamericandream.com
This week has provided two very clear examples of why it is so important to keep on prepping.
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News Link • Police State
Is Anaheim California Under Martial Law?
08-01-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Dan Horn
If you’d been following the news from California following Tuesday’s Anaheim riots spurred by a protest of a nonexistent police force continuum that lead to two fatal shootings of suspects in the Southern California city, chances are you haven’t been
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