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Date Sent: 2012-10-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, October 31, 2012 AM edition |
Facebook Censors Navy SEALS to Protect Obama on Benghazi-Gate
China powerless to prevent rising tide of Tibetan self-immolations --
Keynesian Idiocy -- Oklahomans Prepare for New Law That Will Make Guns a
Common Sight -- Video shows Omaha man’s dog ‘executed’ by police -- Amsterdam’s pot shops saved after new Dutch government scraps ‘weed pass’ -- Libya assembly stormed in new blow to forming government -- Disney to release ‘Star Wars: Episode 7′ in 2015 -- Chicago Schools Flunk Food Inspections --Another Anarchist Subpoenaed to Grand Jury, as Leah Lynn Plante Denied Support -- IT'S OFFICIAL: UBS Announces Up To 10,000 Job Cuts -- China's Central Bank Just Pumped A Record Amount Of Money Into Its Financial System -- The Supreme Court Is Set To Rule On What You Can Sell On eBay --
Polish Newspaper Reports Explosives Found At Scene Of 2010 Plane Crash
That Killed President -- DIY Drones on the Homestead -- Global Economic Collapse: Causes and Some Potential Outcomes -- There will be Panic into Gold: Doug Casey -- Ron Holland on Gold, Switzerland and the European Secessionist Movement -- The First 30 Years of the Mises Institute, and the Future -- How Solar-Based Microgrids Could Bring Power to Millions -- Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves -- Panic Buying Grips the East Coast: Mad Rush for Supplies Ahead of Mega-Storm -- Are Visa's Days Numbered?
Here's where you can get some of those 'Vote For Nobody -
Leadership We Can Trust' Signs
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday;
Election Night Party - Hancock's - Libertarian Candidates &
Activists Invited - 6:30-11 p.m. next Tuesday
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Facebook Censors Navy SEALS to Protect Obama on Benghazi-Gate
10-30-2012
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Breitbart
Over the weekend, Facebook took down a message by the Special Operations Speaks PAC (SOS) which highlighted the fact that Obama denied backup to the forces being overrun in Benghazi.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Election Night Party - Hancock's - Libertarian Candidates & Activists Invited - 6:30-11 p.m.
10-26-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
Nov 6, 2012 - Libertarian Candidates Attending: Marc J Victor - U.S. Senate; Powell Gammill - Congress, District 9; Michael Kielsky - Maricopa County Attorney; We will have the returns playing on several T.V.'s/Computers inside and out (not that we r
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • China
China powerless to prevent rising tide of Tibetan self-immolations
10-30-2012
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Washington Post
As China’s Communist Party prepares for its leadership transition, a wave of self-immolations has spread and accelerated across Tibet, in the most sustained protests against Beijing’s rule there in five decades.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
The Statist Media
10-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
A couple years ago, I wrote a column arguing that the legacy media isn’t liberal so much as statist. Case in point, yesterday’s lead editorial in USA Today, which denounces the various state ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economics: Agorism
Keynesian Idiocy
10-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Hurricane Sandy has passed with minimal loss of human life, but swathes of destruction. Now is the time to point out the stupidity of Keynesianism, and all its calls for destruction to "stimulate" the economy. It will take billions of dollars and mon
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Oklahomans Prepare for New Law That Will Make Guns a Common Sight
10-30-2012
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New York Times
Bryan Hull will soon strap his Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver to his hip and meet his armed friends at Beverly’s Pancake House here. They have no interest in the cash register. They just want a late-night breakfast.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Video shows Omaha man’s dog ‘executed’ by police
10-30-2012
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Rawstory
A home surveillance camera in Omaha, Nebraska filmed police officers earlier this year arresting a man for walking too close to a search area, then shooting and killing his dog in what the man now calls an execution.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Amsterdam’s pot shops saved after new Dutch government scraps ‘weed pass’
10-30-2012
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Rawstory
Under the new arrangement, the so-called “weed pass” implemented by the last government will be scrapped, although the drug will still be considered off limits to tourists. However individual cities will have the leeway to decide whether to enforce t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Libya
Libya assembly stormed in new blow to forming government
10-30-2012
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AFP
Protesters stormed Libya’s national assembly on Tuesday derailing a vote on a cabinet line-up in a new blow to efforts to form a government after a landmark July election.
As he adjourned the session amid chaotic scenes, assembly president Mohamme
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Disney to release ‘Star Wars: Episode 7′ in 2015
10-30-2012
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Rawstory
Walt Disney announced it will release a 7th Star Wars film. Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. Previously owned by George Lucas, the creator of the iconic Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. Lucas will continue to work at Lucasfilm,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Chicago Schools Flunk Food Inspections (Video explaining why Powell's Graphic is soooo Funny :)
10-30-2012
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CBS News
The Chicago Public Schools are constantly being scrutinized for improving test scores and academic standards. But who’s watching to make sure the school’s kitchens and lunchrooms are being kept up to safety standards?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Another Anarchist Subpoenaed to Grand Jury, as Leah Lynn Plante Denied Support
10-30-2012
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Will Potter/greenisthenewred.com
Another anarchist has been subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in Seattle investigating political activists in the Pacific Northwest, while a support group for grand jury resisters has decided to withdraw support from Leah Lynn Plante until she provid
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Bob Ross
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News Link • Economy - International
IT'S OFFICIAL: UBS Announces Up To 10,000 Job Cuts
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Andre Lehmann
Swiss banking giant UBS intends to cut nearly 10,000 jobs worldwide in a restructuring of its hard-hit investment bank, the group said on Tuesday reporting that reorganisation costs had pushed it deep into loss in the third quarter.
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News Link • China
China's Central Bank Just Pumped A Record Amount Of Money Into Its Financial System
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Also Sprach Analys
People’s Bank of China injects record amount of liquidity today through open market operation.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
They Just Discovered A Bunch Of Awesome WWII Spy Gadgets
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, The Telegraph
A rare wartime book documenting the ingenious James Bond-style gadgets invented by British 'spooks' to help prisoners of war escape has been discovered.
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Here's Where Everyone Lost Power Due To Hurricane Sandy
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe Weisenthal
At least in New York, ther are reports from Con Ed that people could be without power for a week.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
The Supreme Court Is Set To Rule On What You Can Sell On eBay
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Reuters
Several justices on the U.S. Supreme Court voiced concern on Monday about letting U.S. copyright holders block the resale inside the country of products they make elsewhere, in one of the court's biggest copyright cases in years.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Apple Stores Will Sell Lightbulbs You Can Control With Your iPad
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Dylan Love
Philips is manufacturing lightbulbs called "Hue" that can be controlled with your smartphone, and starting today, you can buy them exclusively at the Apple Store.
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News Link • Heroes
Amazing Video Of Coast Guard Helicopter Rescuing HMS Bounty Survivors In Hurricane
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Henry Blodget
A replica of the famous HMS Bounty set sail from New London, Connecticut on October 25th with the intention of sailing east and avoiding the oncoming hurricane.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Natural Disasters
People Are Outraged By American Apparel's Hurricane Sandy Sale
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Ashley Lutz
American Apparel is getting backlash after it offered 20 percent off merchandise in the name of Hurricane Sandy.
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News Link • World News
Polish Newspaper Reports Explosives Found At Scene Of 2010 Plane Crash That Killed President
10-30-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com,Adam Taylor
In 2010, the plane that was carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed into trees in Russia. Kaczynski died in the crash, along with over 100 others.
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Letter Re: DIY Drones on the Homestead
10-30-2012
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http://www.survivalblog.com, Rockhound
Although land, sea, and aerial [unmanned vehicles] are available, for the purpose of survival ‘hobbyist’ surveillance from an aerial vehicle is the best option.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Precious Metals
Ron Holland on Gold, Switzerland and the European Secessionist Movement
10-30-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, with Anthony Wile
The Daily Bell is pleased to present another exclusive interview with Ron Holland
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News Link • Future Predictions
The First 30 Years of the Mises Institute, and the Future
10-30-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Lew Rockwell
This talk was delivered at the 30th Anniversary Supporters Summit of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Callaway Gardens, Georgia, on October 26, 2012.
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News Link • Natural Disasters
What Hurricane Sandy Reveals About the Future of Preparedness
10-30-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Anthony Gucciardi
Hurricane Sandy has cleared entire grocery outlets of their essential items like water, shut off power from hundreds of thousands of homes, and incited gangs to call for the looting for local stores and wealthy homes.
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News Link • Energy
How Solar-Based Microgrids Could Bring Power to Millions
10-30-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
The village of Tanjung Batu Laut seems to grow out of a mangrove swamp on an island off the coast of Malaysian Borneo.
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News Link • Positive News
Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves
10-30-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By David Talbot
A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results.
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Panic Buying Grips the East Coast: Mad Rush for Supplies Ahead of Mega-Storm
10-30-2012
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Mac Slavo
While many people are still trying to make up their minds about the potential severity of the storm threatening the U.S. northeast, it’s not stopping millions of concerned residents from racing to to grocery stores, gas stations and hardware depots i
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
"Officer safety" - by Kent McManigal
10-29-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
I despise the bogus concept of "officer safety". What a completely disgusting justification for anything some corrupt cop (redundancy alert) wants to do to you. Why would a reaver's safety be more important than mine or anyone else's?
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops Raid Free Poker Tournament, Because in Florida Gambling Does Not Require Betting
10-29-2012
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Reason magazine
Since there is no fee to play and no money is wagered on the games, Nutz's owner believed he was complying with Florida's gambling laws. Evidently Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco disagreed by sending its agents, assisted by black-masked local police
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Obama Justice Department Set to Overrule any State that Legalizes Marijuana
10-29-2012
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Depending on the outcome of initiatives in 3 states, a confrontation awaits between the US Dept of Justice and legalizing marijuana. If one or more of the measures passes expect Justice to take action to stop any state from decriminalizing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Creepy Cameraman Reemerges as “Surveillance Camera Man”
10-29-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The creepy cameraman we saw last month entering a college and video recording into random classrooms reemerged as “surveillance camera man” where he continues to wreak havoc on random citizens on the streets in what appears to be Seattle.
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News Link • Books
Check out this awesome stalker fan mail I just got (Tarrin Lupo)
10-30-2012
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LupoLit
Now this is the kind of commitment I expect of my readers. Find out more at LupoLit.Com (this is a fiverr video...)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Books
Please help these parents, their daughter was taken
10-30-2012
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LupoLit
These parents need your help. Their little girl was taken in another Blood Security Agency raid and now they can't find her. Find out more here (LupoLit.Com) - this is a 'fiverr' video...
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News Link • Books
Her child was taken from an anonymous tip to the CPS.
10-30-2012
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LupoLit
She was turned in anonymously as an unfit parent to the Child Protective Service. Help her find her child. Find out more here LupoLit.Com (This is a fiverr video...)
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News Link • Drug War
Update - my conversation with the DEA (Edward 'NJWeedman' Forchion)
10-29-2012
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www.youtube.com
It's over - I'm closing the US Collective.
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News Link • Homeland Security
Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away
10-29-2012
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http://gizmodo.com,
Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Great Crime of China
10-29-2012
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arclein
But Bo Xilai’s fanaticism did not save him. He was eventually imprisoned and served five years, released in 1976 along with the other members of his family after the Cultural Revolution collapsed.
The cruelty Bo suffered in prison made him shady,
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News Link • Activism
VIDEO: Ian Arrested in Palmer MA for Recording in Town Hall
10-29-2012
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www.freekeene.com
Here’s the arrest report from officer Raymond L. Tenczar. Compare his report to the reality of the uncut video, and you decide…
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News Link • Military
Navy Replaces Admiral Leading Mideast Strike Group Because of Ongoing Investigation
10-29-2012
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www.abcnews.go.com
In an unusual move, the Navy has replaced an admiral commanding an aircraft carrier strike group while it is deployed to the Middle East. The replacement was prompted by an Inspector General’s investigation of allegations of inappropriate leadership
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News Link • Drug War
THC Ministry
10-29-2012
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www.thc-ministry.org
Find out how to become a 'practitioner' of Cannabis sacrament and how to establish your religious defense.
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News Link • Drug War
NJWeedman: I tried to send the Gov a fatty
10-29-2012
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www.njweedman.com
Forchion told the Philadelphia Inquirer's Matt Katz that he mails a gram of weed a month to Christie plus another 14 public officials, including the state attorney general. It sounds like a winning gesture:
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News Link • Surveillance
DIY Drones on the Homestead
10-29-2012
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www.survivalblog.com
Why should tyrannical, oppressive governments have all the fun with advanced technology? How many of you reading this knew that for about $1,000 (about the cost of a good AR-15) that you could buy all the parts you needed to build your own drones?
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News Link • Military
When the Military Becomes the Police...
10-29-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com/260691/when-the-military-
My wife and I recently started watching Battlestar Galactica again after finishing it a couple of years ago.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Ben Swann and the Media's NDAA Problem
10-29-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by Ben Swann
Ben Swann talks about the problem of the media not holding President Obama accountable for his words and actions on the NDAA
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Opinion • World News
Why are Asians and Jews at the top?
10-29-2012
Menckens Ghost
The following article discusses the economic and academic success of Asian-Americans and Jewish-Americans. The article's author hints at one of the main reasons why these two groups are much more successful than the rest of America, but political co
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War, Children: It’s Just a Welfare Check Away
10-29-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Thomas Knapp
When pundits name-check “the welfare-warfare state,” we usually mean, and are usually understood to mean, something along the lines of “bread and circuses at home, military adventurism abroad.”
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News Link • Government
US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates
10-29-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Glenn Greenwald
The vindictive humiliation of Pakistan's most popular politician shows the US government's intolerance for dissent
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
How US drones forge as many foes as they kill
10-29-2012
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http://www.independent.co.uk,
World View: The enhanced use of unmanned attack planes is at the heart of American foreign policy
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Voting and Elections
Ernest Hancock Endorsement Of Marc J Victor For Senate || VictorForSenate.com
10-29-2012
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http://www.youtube.com,
Publisher of FreedomsPhoenix.com Ernest Hancock endorses Marc J Victor for Us Senate.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
UN Seeking Global Internet Surveillance for Terror, Propaganda
10-29-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Alex Newman
The United Nations and a broad coalition of its totalitarian-minded member governments are increasingly demanding that a global regulatory regime be imposed over the Internet, with supposed concerns about “terrorism” becoming just the most recent arg
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