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Date Sent: 2012-12-06
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, December 6, 2012 PM edition |
Secret Service demands eBay remove all Norfed Liberty dollars as counterfeit currency
Tanks surround Egypt's Presidential Palace, Mursi delays broadcast -- Speculation Grows Google Chief Schmidt Will Be Tapped for Cabinet Post -- Afghan Children Legitimate Targets, Says U.S. Lt. Col., As They Might Have "Hostile Intent" -- Obama's Approval Rating Soars To Its Highest Point In Three Years In A New Poll -- Reality Check: Is Iran Really Plotting an Attack on U.S. Soil? 12/2/12 -- They Can Hear You Now: Verizon Patent Could Listen In On Customers -- Treasury Scarcity to Grow as Fed Buys 90% of New Bonds --
When The FBI Told Mathew Martoma They Had Evidence He Broke The Law He
Passed Out In His Front Yard -- NASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On The Way Back
To The US After Its Afghanistan Mission -- Rand Paul Votes in Favor of $631 Billion U.S. 'Defense' Legislation -- Chemical hype behind Patriot games on Syria border -- GALLUP: Unemployment Rate Surged In November -- 12-06-12 -- Barry Hess - Carlos Miller -
LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EST) -- Software guru McAfee
arrested in Guatemala -- DARPA & DoD Concerned About Worldwide
Dependence on Digital Technology -- If Peter Thiel And Garry Kasparov
Are Right About The Innovation Crisis, Then We're In Trouble
AZ: Christmas Party at the Hancock's Saturday
Dec 8th, 2012, 6:30 p.m. til ???; America's First Monument
to the Bill of Rights - Arizona Dedication Ceremony, Saturday
December 15th 10:00 am; 2012 Arizona Activist Awards,
Patriot Roast & Fundraiser Saturday December 15th 6:00 pm -
10:00 pm
Liberty Tour 2013 with Jordan Page and Oathkeepers
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News Link • Currencies
Secret Service demands ebay remove all Norfed Liberty dollars as counterfeit currency
12-06-2012
Now that they are pretty much "banned", their collector value is increased and secured. So get yours now!
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Event w/ Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform (12/6/12) Scotts, AZ ...go say hello
12-06-2012
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Politics on the Rocks
Politics on the Rocks is honored to host Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform on Thursday, December 6th 6:00 PM at The Mint located at 7373 E. Camelback Rd. Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Egypt
Tanks surround Egypt's Presidential Palace, Mursi delays broadcast
12-06-2012
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Reuters
Egypt's Republican Guard restored order around the presidential palace on Thursday after fierce clashes killed seven people, but passions ran high in a contest over the country's future.
President Mohamed Mursi had been due to address the nation,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Children Legitimate Targets, Says U.S. Lt. Col., As They Might Have "Hostile Intent"
12-06-2012
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http://reason.com, Brian Doherty
When the war gets to this level--whether or not we believe the Army's assertions that the kids it's killing in Afghanistan deserved it--it's time to rethink whether you are winning hearts and minds
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's Approval Rating Soars To Its Highest Point In Three Years In A New Poll
12-06-2012
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Business Insider
President Barack Obama's approval rating reached its highest point in more than three years in a new Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, part of a sweeping post-election bump for the newly re-elected president.
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News Link • Iran
Reality Check: Is Iran Really Plotting an Attack on U.S. Soil? 12/2/12
12-06-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, BenSwannArchive
The Obama Administration's Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, warned a Senate committee Tuesday about the new threat of Iran, that the country is now willing to step up aggression toward the west, and even willing to carry out terror a
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
They Can Hear You Now: Verizon Patent Could Listen In On Customers
12-06-2012
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http://washington.cbslocal.com
Verizon has filed a patent for targeting ads that collect information from infrared cameras and microphones that can detect the amount of people and types of conversations happening in customers’ living rooms.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Treasury Scarcity to Grow as Fed Buys 90% of New Bonds
12-06-2012
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bloomberg., By Liz Capo McCormick & Daniel Kruger
Even as U.S. government debt swells to more than $16 trillion, Treasuries and other dollar fixed- income securities will be in short supply next year as the Federal Reserve soaks up almost all the net new bonds.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Religion: Believers
EVIL
12-06-2012
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arclein
When I say that word, what mental images pop up? Right… Evil is a very loaded and powerful word. You don't think of puppies and dew drops for a reason. Now I understand that the subject of evil is tricky to address. Nevertheless, in my presentation,
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Smart Scaffolding For Tissue Rebuild
12-06-2012
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arclein
vestigator Rena D’Souza of Baylor won the grant to continue their groundbreaking work on self-assembling, multidomain peptide hydrogels that not only physically support but also encourage the growth of specific kinds of tissues.
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robert klein
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News Link • Geology
New Buried Asteroid Impact Crater Discovered in Canada
12-06-2012
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arclein
Nearly 5 miles across and 3,000 feet deep, the stealth crater has lurked just west of Bow City, Alberta, for millions of years.
Since the 1930s, some had suspected a bit of odd-looking, fragmented terrain in the area sat ato
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Heartburn or Heart Attack?
12-06-2012
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arclein
The first thing to consider is your heart attack risk, according to Chauncey Crandall, M.D. “People with coronary heart disease, heart attack survivors, or those who have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery or had a stent implanted should not he
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robert klein
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News Link • Chemtrails
MASSIVE SPRAYING AZ CAMPAIGN! 12/05/2012
12-05-2012
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Chris Haskell - Real News Tucson
Today was a MASSIVE SPRAYING AZ CAMPAIGN! Called Chemtrails or Geo-Engineering) 12/05/2012 here is a small taste of what we got in Tucson Az! Wow! Apparently it was important to dump massive amounts of Aerosol spray over the city of Tucson Az today 1
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Chris Haskell
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News Link • Corruption
Speculation Grows Google Chief Schmidt Will Be Tapped for Cabinet Post
12-06-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Washington Examiner
Already a winner on the business front for his support and guidance to President Obama and his reelection campaign, there is growing speculation that Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is in line for an even bigger payoff: secretary of either Treasury or C
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
The Only Smartphones Worth Buying Right Now [RANKED]
12-06-2012
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Business Insider
We finally made it past the holiday release schedule for this year's smartphones. And there are a bunch of great ones to check out.
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News Link • Corruption
When The FBI Told Mathew Martoma They Had Evidence He Broke The Law He Passed Out In His Front Yard
12-06-2012
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Business Insider
A year ago, when the FBI approached former SAC portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, who was charged with insider trading last month, here's how he reacted according to Dealbook's Peter Lattman:
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
NASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On The Way Back To The US After Its Afghanistan Mission
12-06-2012
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Business Insider
It's been far too long since we've checked in with our friend David Cenciotti at The Aviationist and we're never disappointed with what his readers send his way.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Rand Paul Votes in Favor of $631 Billion U.S. 'Defense' Legislation
12-06-2012
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http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com
Rand Paul's To Do List before officially running for president:
Visit is Israel (scheduled for January)
Make sure Military-Industrial Compex is funded (Check)
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Robert Lee
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News Link • NATO
Chemical hype behind Patriot games on Syria border
12-06-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, by RussiaToday
NATO foreign ministers have approved the deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkey.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Self-Defense
The Tacticle Stock Adater
12-06-2012
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http://www.endotactical.com
Allows any AR-15,M-16,M4 shoulder stock to be used with a Glock.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
LA100 fully autonomous UAV brings aerial photography to non-flyers
12-06-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
Micro UAVs have proven a boon for photographers looking to spread their wings into the aerial realm.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
Transforming house turns inside out for summer, has 8 configurations
12-06-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By James Holloway
The design is based on the Haberdasher's Puzzle, discovered by English mathematician Henry Dudeney, which allows an equilateral triangle cut into four parts to be folded into a square while all pieces remain in contact with at least one other.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
IBM supercomputer used to simulate a typical human brain
12-06-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Dario Borghino
The human brain, arguably the most complex object in the known universe, is a truly remarkable power-saver:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Concerts - Theatre - Events
Rock 'n' Roll Christmas Featuring Journey Tribute Band - Fri Dec 7th - we have 3 FREE ticket
12-06-2012
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Chester's Harley Davidson
Journey Tribute Band DSB (#1 Journey Tribute in the country) this Friday, December 7th, 2012 at Chester's Harley Davidson; Mesa, AZ - Doors open at 5 p.m. - First 3 people to call get the tickets
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
12-06-12 -- Barry Hess - Carlos Miller - (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Barry Hess (longtime libertarian activist and former candidate for AZ Governor) in studio on his new book, 'The PeaceMonger' - Carlos Miller (Photography is Not a Crime) on the Miami-Dade cops who killed a man then entered his home and took his belon
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News Link • Technology: Software
Software guru McAfee arrested in Guatemala
12-06-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
It was the latest twist in a bizarre tale that has seen McAfee refuse to turn himself in to authorities in Belize, where he is a person of interest in the killing of a neighbour, then go on the lam, updating his progress on a blog and claiming to be
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Police State
DARPA & DoD Concerned About Worldwide Dependence on Digital Technology
12-06-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Last month, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) unveiled Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware (VET) program. This endeavor is designed to indicate “backdoors and other hidden malicious functionality in commercial information de
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Economy - International
If Peter Thiel And Garry Kasparov Are Right About The Innovation Crisis, Then We're In Trouble
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
As one year of sluggish growth spills into the next, there is growing debate about what to expect over the coming decades. (VIDEO of Oxford Debate)
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News Link • Corruption
Is Just Label It Controlled Opposition?
12-05-2012
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Farm Wars
Nobody is waiting in the wings to save us. The calvary isn’t coming. The calvary is here. If you’re still looking for your hero, check the mirror.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Activism
Liberty Tour 2013 with Jordan Page and Oathkeepers
12-04-2012
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Liberty Tour
What this tour seeks to accomplish is to provide a clear picture to our troops of what their oath to defend the constitution really means, and to empower them to do so through peaceful means.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Like Pinocchio, Your Nose Shows When You Lie
12-04-2012
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LiveScience
Much like Pinocchio, your nose could reveal that you're lying, though unlike the beloved character, your nose will heat up instead of growing longer when you tell a fib, new research claims.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
GOP leaders remove 4 from plum House committees
12-04-2012
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AP
House Speaker Boehner's decision to take plum committee assignments away from four conservative Republican lawmakers after they bucked party leaders on key votes isn't going over well with advocacy groups that viewed them as role models.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Philosophy: Socialism
Lest Darkness Triumph - by L. Neil Smith
12-04-2012
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by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)
23 years ago, I wrote a novel that would eventually come to be called Forge of the Elders, in which I predicted that, in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Empire the United States would embrace Marxism and drag the rest of the world with it
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News Link • Humor
Fake dinosaur unleashed in ‘Jurassic Prank’ on unsuspecting passerby (VIDEO)
12-04-2012
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The Sideshow
[Holy crap! I would have to change my pants. Funny stuff!] How do you think you would react if a T. rex suddenly appeared, jumping out of hiding in your own neighborhood? That's a question a few dozen people in Columbus, Ohio, got close to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Headed Toward the 11th Hour Compromise
12-04-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
As the year draws to an end, America faces yet another Congressionally-manufactured crisis which will likely end in yet another 11th hour compromise, resulting in more government growth touted as “saving” the economy.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
The Fight Against the Total Surveillance State in Our Schools
12-04-2012
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Lewrockwell.com
The battle playing out in San Antonio, Texas, over one student’s refusal to comply with a public school campaign to microchip students has nothing to do with security concerns and even less to do with academic priorities
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Deputy Police Chief Calls For “Permanent” DWI Checkpoints In Texas
12-04-2012
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Prison Planet
A deputy police chief in South Texas wants to set up “permanent” DWI checkpoints in order to “save lives,” raising the possibility that Texans could be forced to show their papers, submit to breathalyzer tests, or even be mandated to have blood drawn
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News Link • Gun Rights
Change on veterans’ gun rights lights fire
12-04-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com,
Coburn wants decisions by judge rather than VA for impaired troops
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Alex Jones Calls for Boycott of NFL, NBC and Bob Costas
12-04-2012
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Prison Planet
Within a day after Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher’s and his girlfriend’s deaths, the establishment launched a surprise attack on the right to bear arms and the Second Amendment.
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News Link • Egypt
Egypt's Mursi leaves palace as police battle protesters
12-04-2012
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reuters.com, By Yasmine Saleh and Marwa Awad
Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
UN internet regulation treaty talks begin in Dubai
12-04-2012
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http://www.bbc.co.uk, By Leo Kelion
A UN agency is trying to calm fears that the internet could be damaged by a conference it is hosting.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans' text messages
12-04-2012
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news.cnet.com
State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years -- in case they're needed for future criminal investigations.
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News Link • Obama Administration
MITCHELL: Obama making up drone rules as he goes
12-04-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Allyson Mitchel
Americans need transparency of conventional warfare
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News Link • Constitution
Texas Threatens To Lock Up Advocates Of Obama’s Unconstitutional NDAA
12-04-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Written by Texas representative Lyle Larson, the Texas Liberty Preservation Act says that “…
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News Link • Surveillance
The Feds Want To Spy On Everything
12-04-2012
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http://reason.com, J.D. Tuccille
Government snoops are interested in reading more than just your email.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
US Ending the War in Afghanistan? It Depends on the Meaning of the Word ‘War’
12-04-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, by Dave Lindorff
It is amazing to watch politicians trying to weasel their way around their promises. President Obama is providing us with a good illustration of the art.
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News Link • Military
Bradley Manning: a tale of liberty lost in America
12-04-2012
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http://www.guardian.co.uk, Glenn Greenwald
Over the past two and a half years, all of which he has spent in a military prison, much has been said about Bradley Manning, but nothing has been heard from him.
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News Link • Military
Do We Really Need a Second Gitmo?
12-04-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Adam Serwer
One Senate Republican likes Gitmo so much she wants to build a new offshore detention center"or at least force President Obama to allow Guantanamo to accept new detainees, which it hasn't done since he first took office and issued an executive order
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News Link • United Nations
UN Calls on Israel to Open Nuclear Program to Inspections
12-04-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to join the NPT and allow IAEA inspectors
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Housing
Recycled Shipping Containers to Combat UK’s Homelessness Problem
12-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Philippa Warr
Unused shipping containers from Amsterdam are to be recycled to create housing for homeless people in the English cities Brighton and Hove.
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