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Date Sent: 2012-12-01
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Saturday, December 1, 2012 |
Judge Gives Bradley Manning Permission to Plead Guilty for WikiLeaks Dumps
John Duncan Pays Tribute to Ron Paul -- The Government Can Still Black Bag Any American -- Why Is The US Building A Secret $100 Million Underground Facility Outside Tel Aviv? -- San Onofre nuclear plant may have been sabotaged -- Interview with Robert Scott Bell about Prop 37 GMO lables -- Drone crashes mount at civilian airports --
Code used by RI founding father is finally cracked -- Albany County
Sheriff’s Office Comes out Shining in Viral Youtube TSA Video -- More than 100 AK-47's stolen from Atlanta train car -- Organic: Food Justice for the 99% -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 2, 2012 Edition -- Doug Casey on Karma --
How an Obscure Comic Artist Became John McAfee’s Lifeline to the World
-- How Amazon Followed Google Into the World of Secret Servers -- On Ehud Barak’s Way Out, Statements on Iran He Knows to Be Misleading -- Tim Geithner's Solution To The Debt Ceiling Is So Reasonable, Nobody Could Possibly Object -- Growth in China’s Drone Program Called ‘Alarming’ -- Through Nanotechnology, the Brilliant R&D Chief at Nano Labs turns Tequila into Diamonds -- Barred from Freedom: How Pretrial Detention Ruins Lives -- Explosive device detonates at Social Security office in Casa Grande,
AZ -- Job lottery: Italian supermarket offers shoppers chance to win
employment
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this morning on the
political activist future; Christmas Party at the
Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012 6:30 p.m. til ???; 2012
Arizona Activist Awards, Patriot Roast & Fundraiser Saturday
December 15th 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Scott Beiser needs his friends
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Judge Gives Bradley Manning Permission to Plead Guilty for WikiLeaks Dumps
11-30-2012
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Wired.com
A military judge in Maryland has accepted the terms under which alleged WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning has proposed to plead guilty.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
John Duncan Pays Tribute to Ron Paul
11-30-2012
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. hailed his friend Ron Paul as a defender of the Constitution and freedom in a retirement tribute on the floor of the House on Thursday, November 29, 2012.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
The Government Can Still Black Bag Any American
11-30-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Congressman Amash points out, the wording of the amendment effectively codifies tyranny: "An authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel
Why Is The US Building A Secret $100 Million Underground Facility Outside Tel Aviv?
11-30-2012
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Business Insider
Leave it to legendary Walter Pincus from the Washington Post to flesh out a Request for Proposal construction project planned for Israel called Site 911. The oddly named project will cost up to $100 million, take more than 2 years to complete,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Evacuations & Catastrophe
San Onofre nuclear plant may have been sabotaged
11-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Southern California Edison’s San Onofre nuclear power plant has often fallen under scrutiny for creating dangerous conditions that some have worried could result in California’s Fukushima. The plant was shut down over radioactive leaks in January
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Food
Interview with Robert Scott Bell about Prop 37 GMO lables
11-30-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Interview with Robert Scott Bell about Prop 37 GMO lables and the power play in California and beyond (Video)
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Drone crashes mount at civilian airports
11-30-2012
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Washington Post
The pilot of the unarmed MQ-9 Reaper drone took off without permission from the control tower. One minute later, he yanked the wrong lever at his console, killing the engine without realizing why. As he tried to make an emergency landing, he forgot t
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News Link • History
Code used by RI founding father is finally cracked
11-30-2012
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AP
20 pages of Williams’ original thoughts on one of the major theological issues of the day: infant baptism. Williams also weighed in on the conversion of Native Americans, implying it was being achieved through treachery and coercion,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Albany County Sheriff’s Office Comes out Shining in Viral Youtube TSA Video
11-30-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Another key moment is when Myers asks Lenic to get their names, winking at the detective to do him the favor, but Lenic refused, saying he had no authority to do that because they were not suspected of a crime. “If I was to ask for his identification
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
More than 100 AK-47's stolen from Atlanta train car
11-30-2012
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AP
More than 100 rifles were stolen from a train in metro Atlanta. After receiving a tip about the incident, Channel 2 Action News confirmed Thursday that 120 rifles were stolen from a CSX cargo container.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Organic: Food Justice for the 99%
11-30-2012
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Farm Wars
Dr. Oz in Time Magazine Slanders Families Who Choose Safe, Organic Food for Their Children
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Barbara Peterson
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 2, 2012 Edition
11-30-2012
John Semmens
President's Laughable Fiscal Plan Called “Will of the People”
So-called negotiations to avert going over the “fiscal cliff” got off to an unpromising start when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's presentation of President Obama's “plan” generat
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News Link • Books
How an Obscure Comic Artist Became John McAfee’s Lifeline to the World
11-30-2012
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Wired.com
Two years ago, Portland animator Chad Essley never could have imagined he would become the webmaster and primary public liaison for John McAfee.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
How Amazon Followed Google Into the World of Secret Servers
11-30-2012
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Wired.com
Chris Pinkham was walking through a data center that would one day house Amazon’s seminal cloud computing service " the Elastic Compute Cloud " when he came face to face with a cage of Google machines.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
On Ehud Barak’s Way Out, Statements on Iran He Knows to Be Misleading
11-30-2012
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antiwar.com
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he’s retiring.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Tim Geithner's Solution To The Debt Ceiling Is So Reasonable, Nobody Could Possibly Object
11-30-2012
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Business Insider
We said earlier this month that the #1 thing that lawmakers could do to improve US fiscal prospects is eliminate the debt ceiling.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
Growth in China’s Drone Program Called ‘Alarming’
11-30-2012
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chinhdangvu.blogspot.com
At China's biennial air show in Zhuhai this month, an imposing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles was on display -- drones bearing a striking resemblance to the American aircraft that have proved so deadly in attacks on insurgents in Pakistan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Through Nanotechnology, the Brilliant R&D Chief at Nano Labs turns Tequila into Diamonds
11-30-2012
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theamericansignal.com
No one in the nanotechnology field in our opinion is more knowledgeable than Nano Labs (CTLE) R&D chief, Professor Victor Castaño. He has risen over 30 years to become a top expert in the field, and celebrated globally.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Barred from Freedom: How Pretrial Detention Ruins Lives
11-30-2012
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sfweekly.com
He lost his apartment and his car. Most of his possessions were in a dump somewhere. His debt was in the thousands. The brother he provided for was sent into transitional housing.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Social Security
Explosive device detonates at Social Security office in Casa Grande, AZ
11-30-2012
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Arizona Republic
Erin Bush, manager of the nearby Three G's Flowers and Candle Store, said the explosion terrified her. “I about fell out of my freaking chair,” she said. “I'm still shaking from it.” “I have never in my life heard a boom like that,” she said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Just For Fun!
SUPER ADVANCED RC JET (MUST SEE!!!)
11-30-2012
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youtube
Does your RC plane pull to one side? Maybe its because you're a "LEFT WING" extremist
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Robert Lee
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Opinion • Obama Administration
Costco's Dividend Tax Epiphany
11-30-2012
Menckens Ghost
When President Obama needed a business executive to come to his campaign defense, Jim Sinegal was there. The Costco co-founder, director and former CEO even made a prime-time speech at the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
11-30-12 -- Will Grigg - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Will Grigg (award-winning investigative journalist, writer, producer) on the status of civil liberties in America, good cop vs. bad cop, freedom good...government bad
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News Link • Military
The US Military Wants To 'Microchip' Troops
11-29-2012
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Business Insider
DARPA is at it again. This time, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced plans to create nanochips for monitoring troops health on the battlefield. Kate Knibbs at Mobiledia reports the sensors are targeted at preventing
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Bid Farewell to Pennies and Nickels!
11-29-2012
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The penny has run out of luck, both in Canada and in the United States. Back in March, the Royal Canadian Mint announced that they were phasing out the penny due to “low purchasing power and rising production costs”, according to CBC News.
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News Link • Healthcare
Now sick babies go on death pathway in budget cutting UK
11-29-2012
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Daily Mail
Sick children are being discharged from NHS hospitals to die at home or in hospices on controversial ‘death pathways’.
Until now, end of life regime the Liverpool Care Pathway was thought to have involved only elderly and terminally-ill adults.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Ron Paul Retirement: Paul Says Military Industrial Complex, Banking System Killing America
11-29-2012
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policymic.com
After serving three separate stints in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1976, Ron Paul is retiring from Congress at the age of 77.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Egypt
Opposition cries foul as Egypt constitution finalized
11-29-2012
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Reuters
An Islamist-led assembly was expected to finalize a new constitution on Friday aimed at transforming Egypt and paving the way for an end to a crisis which erupted when President Mohamed Mursi gave himself sweeping new powers last week.
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News Link • Internet
Privacy up for vote: Senate considers new electronic communication law
11-29-2012
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http://rt.com,
Members of the US Senate are expected to vote this week on a bill that would finally require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before accessing personal emails and other digital messages stored on the cloud.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Lawmakers consider dissolving Detroit
11-29-2012
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http://rt.com,
With Detroit set to go bankrupt by mid-December, one state legislator has suggested that Michigan’s largest city should be dissolved as a municipality and merge with a neighboring county.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
TSA lashes out at whistleblower for revealing security breaches
11-29-2012
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http://rt.com,
A former TSA supervisor has been told he’s under federal investigation for blowing the whistle on security lapses at the Nashville International Airport in Tennessee.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Total blackout: Syria goes offline nationwide
11-29-2012
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http://rt.com
The internet in Syria has been shut off nationwide, say two US based web-monitoring companies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Military May Prosecute Troops Who Try To Commit Suicide
11-29-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Tim Dominick
Marine Corps Pvt. Lazzaric T. Caldwell slit his wrists and spurred a legal debate that’s consuming the Pentagon, as well as the nation’s top military appeals court.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Eugenics
Eugenics:Barbara Harris Of Project Prevention Offers Addicts $300 To Get Sterilized
11-29-2012
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http://govtslaves.info, Mary Plummer
An American charity that pays drug addicts to get sterilized has expanded its operation into Great Britain, and while it has so far paid only one British man to undergo the procedure, it has triggered a storm of criticism.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government
UK judge issues damning press verdict says need official censor
11-29-2012
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AP
Lord Justice Brian Leveson said a new regulatory body should be established in law to prevent more people being hurt by "press behavior that, at times, can only be described as outrageous."
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday Dec 8th, 2012 6:30 p.m. til ???
11-27-2012
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www.meetup.com/RonPaulPhoenix
It's that time of year again for a holiday party - it has been a very busy year for all of us, so come and share in the fun and relaxation we all need - We will be raffling off a brand new Kindle Fire ($5/ticket) - Bring extra lawn chairs if you have
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Sandy recovery claims mount. How much will a divided Congress pay?
11-29-2012
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Christian Science Monitor
Congress may be wrangling over the 'fiscal cliff,' but budget experts are confident that both parties will agree to provide billions in Sandy recovery aid sought by Northeastern governors.
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News Link • Activism
Free speech confrontation at Airport goes viral
11-29-2012
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WNYT.Com
The young woman stood outside the security checkpoint at the airport telling the camera that she's there to hand out flyers to travelers, reminding them of their right to opt out of getting the body scan, which she claims carries health risks.
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News Link • World News
Glenn Greenwald on The Global Battlefield Idea
11-29-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
...to declare the entire world a battlefield in the war on terror on the theory that traditional battles no longer happen is to basically say that the powers that I just described, that are unconstrained, that used to be confined to very identifiable
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News Link • Police State
School Places Unruly Kids In Solitary Confinement
11-29-2012
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www.prisonplanet.com
“Isolation booths” mimic treatment of prisoners
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News Link • Free Speech
Live in the Collective and Forget Who You Are
11-29-2012
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lewrockwell.com/Jon Rappoport
We are now told it’s selfish and greedy to promote freedom for the individual. It’s old-fashioned. It’s passe. It’s dangerous. It’s nothing more than a ruse floated by the rich to hold down the poor.
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News Link • American History
Oliver Stone’s Untold History: A Twice-Told Tale
11-29-2012
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lewrockwell.com/Justin Raimondo
I wanted to like Oliver Stone’s new documentary, The Untold History of the United States, really I did...I should have known better.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Permission Slips Instead of Rights
11-29-2012
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lewrockwell.com/EricPeters
Our slavery is ingenious because it’s so very subtle. Most people not only don’t see (much less feel) their shackles " they get angry when someone calls attention to them. Most people, in other words, still imagine themselves to be free.
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News Link • Intellectual Property
German lawmakers condemn Google campaign against copyright law
11-29-2012
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www.reuters.com
Senior German politicians have denounced as propaganda a campaign by Google to mobilize public opinion against proposed legislation to let publishers charge search engines for displaying newspaper articles.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Surveillance
Robocod: Homeland Security adds underwater drones to their arsenal with robots based on fish
11-29-2012
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www.dailymail.co.uk
Meet Robocod, the latest weapon in Homeland Security's increasingly high-tech underwater arsenal, a robotic fish designed to safeguard the coastline of America and bring justice to the deep.
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