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Date Sent: 2012-12-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, December 7, 2012 |
Platinum Coin Scam Solves US debt crisis -- Online sales tax added to defense authorization bill
California school districts face huge debt on risky bonds -- Homeland Security and FBI Release Document Again Slandering Photographers as Terrorists -- U.S. Ready to Offer Mercenaries $10 Billion for a Drug-War Air Force -- High-income Californians may pay nation's highest tax rate -- Kim Dotcom Gets Green Light to Sue New Zealand Spies -- Yes on Prop 37 was classic controlled opposition -- Officer Shot Their Puppy, Then Wrote Them a Parking Ticket -- Wider Chaos Feared as Syrian Rebels Clash With Kurds -- New Orleans
U.S. attorney resigns amid scandal over anonymous online postings -- I Told You So! Of Course Washington will Steal Your Retirement Benefits -- Slowing down the surveillance state: a guide to warrantless government spying -- Giant Crustaceans, Possible Alzheimer’s Drug Among Findings from James Cameron’s Deep Sea Expedition -- Golden Spike Company Unveils Plans to Fly Commercial Crews to the Moon -- Here's What Life Is Really Like In Post-Apocalyptic Afghanistan --
First 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Teaser Trailer -- Who Pays For Sports
Stadiums? [Infographic] -- ‘No Food Rights’ Judge quits to work for
Monsanto law firm -- US Aircraft Carrier’s Arrival Near Syria Sparks War Fears -- Nigel Farage: We are now living in a German dominated Europe -- Fears Confirmed: Domestic Drones 'Fly Regularly' in US Airspace -- Ron Paul: The Film - A Powerful Message of Freedom, Liberty, and Anti NWO -- Pentagon planning for multinational military operation in Mali -- Central Banks Hedge Their Bets -- George W. Bush: 'Canada, Mexico and US Should Merge' -- Israel Rejects UN Call to Open Nuke Program to Inspections -- I Told You So! Of Course Washington will Steal Your Retirement Benefits -- Jim DeMint resigns from Senate -- Must Read: Jersey shore home vanishes
AZ: Christmas Party at the Hancock's Tomorrow 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 • Economy - Economics USA
The Platinum Coin Scam to "Solve" the U.S. debt crisis?
12-06-2012
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Washington Post
Under current law, the Treasury is technically allowed to mint as many coins made of platinum as it wants and can assign them whatever value it pleases.
Under this scenario, the U.S. Mint would make a pair of trillion-dollar platinum coins.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Internet
Online sales tax to be added to defense authorization bill
12-06-2012
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The Daily Caller
This may be the last Christmas of online shopping without paying sales tax. A proposed online sales tax has been offered as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, much to the ire of opponents.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
California school districts face huge debt on risky bonds
12-06-2012
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Los Angeles Times
About 200 districts have borrowed Billions of dollars using so-called capital appreciation bonds. Districts may have to pay 10 to 20 times the amount borrowed saddled them with staggering debt.
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Powell Gammill
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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 • Homeland Security
Homeland Security and FBI Release Document Again Slandering Photographers as Terrorists
12-06-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Two months ago, it began encouraging citizens to photograph other citizens who take suspicious photographs in order to report them to Homeland Security.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
U.S. Ready to Offer Mercenaries $10 Billion for a Drug-War Air Force
12-06-2012
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Wired
Unsure how your private security firm makes money as the US war in Afghanistan winds down? One option: Go into the drug trade â€" specifically the lucrative business of fighting narcotics. The State Department needs a business partner
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
High-income Californians may pay nation's highest tax rate
12-06-2012
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Thanks to passage of Proposition 30 last month, high-income Californians would pay the nation's highest marginal income tax rates -- 52%-- if President Barack Obama and Congress fail to make a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff,"
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Kim Dotcom Gets Green Light to Sue New Zealand Spies
12-06-2012
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New Zealand’s spy agency will have to reveal details of their secret surveillance of Kim Dotcom. The Government Communications Security Bureau will be added to Dotcom’s lawsuit over an illegal January raid on his mansion,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bioterrorism
Yes on Prop 37 was classic controlled opposition
12-06-2012
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Farm Wars
Monsanto doesn’t want a ban. Solution? Promote coexistence and divert anti-GMO forces to make sure they don't turn into a powerful force demanding a ban.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Couple Says Officer Shot Their Puppy, Then Wrote Parking Ticket
12-06-2012
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FOX News
While FOX was interviewing the dog's owners, 2 police officers drove by the home. 90 minutes later, they came back, asked Phillips why he had contacted the media and gave him a ticket for not keeping his dog on a leash.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Wider Chaos Feared as Syrian Rebels Clash With Kurds
12-06-2012
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New York Times
The convoy of gun trucks waving the flag of the Syrian rebels whizzed through the Syrian village of Ras al-Ain rushed in to battle the ethnic Kurds.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
If a goat won't eat it, why should I?
12-06-2012
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Farm Wars
Fiona was raised on a porch and hand fed for a good portion of her life. She eats everything out of my hand. Except those carrots...
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Reported by:
Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
New Orleans U.S. attorney resigns amid scandal over anonymous online postings
12-06-2012
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Washington Post
The top federal prosecutor in New Orleans, the longest-serving U.S. attorney in the country, resigned Thursday amid an investigation into possible prosecutorial misconduct by two of his top deputies.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Golden Spike Company Unveils Plans to Fly Commercial Crews to the Moon
12-06-2012
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Wired.com
A private enterprise named the Golden Spike Company announced today that they have plans to fly manned crews to the moon and back for a price of $1.5 billion per flight by 2020.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
First 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Teaser Trailer
12-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Kirsten Acuna
The world is getting blown up in the first minute teaser trailer for "Star Trek Into Darkness" and Captain Kirk looks uneasy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
I Told You So! Of Course Washington will Steal Your Retirement Benefits
12-06-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Ron Holland
Today the twin fake memes of a "Fiscal Cliff" and "Austerity" are combining to create a contrived excuse to tax and steal far more of your wealth and income, including your retirement benefits.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Underwater Exploration and Living
Giant Crustaceans, Possible Alzheimer’s Drug Among Findings from James Cameron’s Deep Sea Expedition
12-06-2012
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Wired.com
In March of this year, filmmaker, explorer, and high-profile tinkerer James Cameron etched his name in the record books when he became the first man to pilot a solo submarine to the world’s deepest ocean trench.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
‘No Food Rights’ Judge quits to work for Monsanto law firm
12-06-2012
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http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com, Rady
As courts and bureaucrats continue to assert that citizens have no fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice, we find Monsanto lurking nearby.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul super PAC spent most of its money on non-campaign activities
12-06-2012
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Raw Story
The pro-Ron Paul group Revolution PAC spent 83 percent of its $1.2 million total fundraising haul on administrative costs and not on campaign activities, Bloomberg News revealed Tuesday.
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News Link • North American Union
George W. Bush: 'Canada, Mexico and US Should Merge'
12-06-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff Report
Former President George W. Bush stressed the importance of immigration on Tuesday at a speech in Dallas, throwing himself back in the ring as the debate over reform heats up in Washington.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Pentagon planning for multinational military operation in Mali
12-06-2012
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www.washingtonpost.com
U.S. military planners have begun to help organize a multinational proxy force to intervene next year in Mali, the famine-stricken, coup-wracked African country that has become a magnet for Islamist extremists, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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News Link • European Union
Nigel Farage: We are now living in a German dominated Europe
12-06-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, fonzdrew
Nigel Farage from "EFD" The Europe for Freedom Democracy mad about stuff.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Beautiful 'Black Marble' Views Show Earth At Night Like Never Before
12-06-2012
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popsci.com
Aliens looking at our planet from a close distance could detect Earth's life in lots of ways, from the methane in our atmosphere to the reflectance of all the green plants.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Distill Your Own Booze With The HomeMade Gin Kit
12-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Megan Willett
This is the HomeMade Gin Kit.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Synthetic fuel the answer to U.S. oil dependence
12-06-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The U.S. can eliminate its dependency on crude oil if the country switched to production of synthetic fuel using a combination of non-food crops, natural gas and coal, according to researchers at Princeton University.
In a paper produced by the Am
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Surveillance
Slowing down the surveillance state: a guide to warrantless government spying
12-06-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
If the growing use of governmental tip-toeing to wiretap phone lines and emails doesn’t seem serious, think again. So heightened lately are concerns over surveillance that two major organizations have published a primer on federal spy programs.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Inventions
The Decades That Invented the Future, Part 7: 1961-1970
12-06-2012
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Wired.com
Today's leading-edge technology is headed straight for tomorrow's junk pile, but that doesn't make it any less awesome. Everyone loves the latest and greatest.
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News Link • Afghanistan
Here's What Life Is Really Like In Post-Apocalyptic Afghanistan
12-06-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll
People told me I was crazy for doing it.
I hadn't even opened the package containing my shiny new NYU Master's in Journalism and I was already heading to Afghanistan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
US Aircraft Carrier’s Arrival Near Syria Sparks War Fears
12-06-2012
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news.antiwar.com
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has reportedly arrived off the coast of Syria in recent days, having passed through the Suez Canal and joined a team of other ships loitering off the coast in the event President Obama orders a US invasion of Syria.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul: The Film - A Powerful Message of Freedom, Liberty, and Anti NWO
12-06-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com,
So now this is essentially Ron Paul’s Farewell 2.0.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
Central Banks Hedge Their Bets
12-06-2012
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http://www.thedailybell.com, by John Browne
Gold appears to be headed for an impressive price appreciation for the second half of 2012.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Israel
Israel Rejects UN Call to Open Nuke Program to Inspections
12-06-2012
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news.antiwar.com
Israeli FM spokesman called the overwhelming global consensus 'meaningless'
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Know What You’ll Look Like in 30 Years â€" Maybe Then You’ll Max Out Your 401(k)
12-06-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Marcus Wohlsen
Don’t think you’ll ever get old? Keith Richards probably didn’t either. But at least he had a retirement plan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Mercedes’ Next Flagship Does the Commuting for You
12-06-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Damon Lavrinc
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been the pinnacle of high-tech luxury for going on three decades.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Tea Party
Jim DeMint resigns from Senate
12-06-2012
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thehill.com
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a leading Senate conservative and founding member of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, will resign from office in January to become president of The Heritage Foundation.
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News Link • Housing
Jersey shore home vanishes
12-06-2012
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myfoxny.com
A man in New Jersey returned to his home after Superstorm Sandy only to find it had vanished -- and not from the storm. At issue is who tore it down and why?
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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 • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Today on LewRockwell.com - Thursday December 6th 2012
12-06-2012
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LewRockwell.com
Republicans for Big Government, Is there any other kind? Article by Andrew Napolitano / Outlaw Libertarian, Doug Casey remembers American Indian leader Russell Means / Become a Secessionist, It's your patriotic duty, says Tom DiLorenzo
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Ben Swann Talks About Boehner Giving Fiscal Conservatives The Boot
12-05-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Ben Swann on The Jerry Doyle Show today talking about Boehner's latest power grab....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Dennis Kucinich on DIA: "Big Brother Getting Fat On Tax Dollars! While We Have Less Freedom!'
12-05-2012
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Daily Paul.com
Looks like Dennis has taken a few steps down the Rabbit Hole.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
10 Things You Never Knew About Grover Norquist, The Man Behind The GOP's 'No New Taxes'
12-05-2012
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Business Insider
With less than 30 days to go until the deadline to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff...
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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 • Healthcare Industry
Vending machines used to dispense medical marijuana?
12-05-2012
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www.kpho.com
Vending machines provide a plethora of products: a candy bar, a bag of chips, coffee, a sandwich, fingernail clippers, combs and toothpaste among them. But medical marijuana?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Drug War
Judge rules in favor of Arizona's medical marijuana dispensaries
12-05-2012
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www.eastvalleytribune.com
State and county officials cannot refuse to process applications for medical marijuana dispensaries just because the drug remains illegal under federal law, a trial judge ruled.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Documents: PHX officials decided to place kidnapping stats whistleblower under investigation
12-4-2012
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ABC 15 Phoenix AZ
Top Phoenix city and police leaders met in an undisclosed meeting and decided to place a whistleblower under investigation, according to documents obtained by the ABC15 Investigators.
Officials have repeatedly denied that they retaliated against Sgt
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Energy
Solar Startup Silevo Scales Up, Even as Others Shut Down
12-05-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Kevin Bullis
The company thinks its novel solar technology can take on competitors in China.
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News Link • Currencies
Custom Chips Could Be the Shovels in a Bitcoin Gold Rush
12-05-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Tom Simonite
Devotees of the digital currency are ratcheting up their technology in a race to generate new coins.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Mars Rover Finds Puzzling Organic Traces in First Soil Sample
12-05-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, By Maggie McKee
Curiosity sees tantalizing hints of compounds needed for life, but further analysis is needed to make sure it’s not contamination from Earth.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
3D Printer Could Transform Moon Dirt Into Lunar Base
12-05-2012
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http://www.space.com, Megan Gannon
For space scientists dreaming up a manned base on the moon, 3D printing with lunar dust looms as an attractive possibility.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Orbital Sciences Replaces SpaceX on Stratolaunch Project
12-05-2012
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http://www.space.com, Space News
After the exit of launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Corp. as its rocket subcontractor, Stratolaunch Systems has turned to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to keep the world's largest air-launch-to-orbit system on
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News Link • Race Baiting
Breaking: Does New Photo Prove Trayvon Martin Killing Was Self-Defense?
12-05-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
A newly released color photo showing injuries sustained by George Zimmerman during his altercation with Trayvon Martin
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News Link • NATO
NATO votes to deploy Patriot missiles on Turkey-Syria border
12-05-2012
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http://rt.com
NATO foreign ministers have voted to approve Ankara’s request for Patriot missiles to be deployed on the Turkey-Syria border. Ankara requested the deployment over fears that Syria could attack with missiles and chemical weapons.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun Control INCREASES Gun Crime
12-05-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com,
Would banning handguns in America reduce gun crime? After handguns were banned in Britain, gun crime more than DOUBLED. Gun control only creates victims who cannot defend themselves against criminals. More guns = less crime.
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