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Date Sent: 2013-08-27
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
NATO members could act against Syria without UN mandate
NYPD Cop Indicted for Filing False Report in Arrest of New York Times Photographer -- County Pays $2.6 Million To Family After SWAT Team Raids Home, Starts Fire That Kills -- Police Threaten to Arrest Volunteers Feeding Homeless Without Permit -- 10-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Raping 4-Year-Old During Game Of ‘Doctor’ -- Federal Government Plans To Kill Hundreds Of Desert Tortoises To Save $1 Million A Year -- Watch: Wisconsin Capitol police tackle man for photographing progressive protest --
100 Days: Treasury Has Kept Debt Frozen at $16,699,396,000,000 --
Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ protester to win human rights award -- Ohio Attorney General: State secretly uploaded all drivers license photos into police database -- Breaking: U.S. Cruise Missiles Preparing To Strike Syria -- SyrianGirl "Chemical Weapons False Flag Against Syria Update" -- A Christian Case for Libertarianism -- US 'backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria -- Will Texas Voters Decide Secession at the Primary ballot Box in 2014? -- Can’t fight the NSA? -- Seven Countries In Five Years - American General Lays It Out -- Transparent Hoax Could Lead to War -- Authoritarian Sociopathy -- VIDEO: Assad Forces Find Chemical Agents In Rebel Tunnels, But West Won't Report It -- Dealing with Cops These Days -- Forced sharing isn’t sharing -- US Set to Launch 'Iraq, The Sequel', in Syria -- A Long List of What We Know Thanks to Private Manning -- CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran --
Homeowner shoots, kills escaped prisoner in Iowa -- Dear World,
Americans Don't Want War in Syria -- Navy ready to launch first strike
on Syria -- Engage! Warp Drive Could Become Reality with Quantum-Thruster Physics -- Could Marijuana be GOOD for Mental Health? -- Burning Up the West: Feds, Greens Cause Catastrophic Fires -- NYT & Guardian Team Up to Expose Snowden Leaks
AZ: Closing Arguments in John Stuart's Trial...please attend
CA: Libertopia Historic meeting of the minds, August 30
- Sept. 2, 2013, San Diego
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News Link • NATO
NATO members could act against Syria without UN mandate
08-26-2013
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The Guardian
Obama is unlikely to have much trouble mustering a NATO coalition of the willing if Washington opts for military intervention in Syria in response to the alleged chemical weapons atrocities by the Assad regime. There is no prospect of a UN mandate
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
NYPD Cop Indicted for Filing False Report in Arrest of New York Times Photographer
08-26-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A New York City cop who arrested a New York Times photographer last year to prevent him from photographing an arrest was charged with falsifying records Monday, a charge that could land him in prison for seven years.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
County Pays $2.6 Million To Family After SWAT Team Raids Home, Starts Fire That Kills
08-26-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Monterey County has agreed to pay a family $2.6 million after police conducted a military-like raid on the home of an innocent man and burned down the home with the man inside while blocking fire trucks rushing to the scene.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Food
Police Threaten to Arrest Volunteers Feeding Homeless Without Permit
08-26-2013
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Breitbart
"This morning we showed up at Moore Square at 9:00 a.m., just like we have done virtually every Saturday and Sunday for the last six years," wrote Rev. Hollowell. "Today, officers from Raleigh Police Department prevented us from doing our
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
10-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Raping 4-Year-Old During Game Of ‘Doctor’
08-26-2013
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CBS News
“I’ve never dealt with a child this young being accused of a crime,” Quanell X said. “In fact this was nothing more than inappropriate horseplay that has now led to a child that is 10-years-old being charged with aggravated rape.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
Federal Government Plans To Kill Hundreds Of Desert Tortoises To Save $1 Million A Year
08-26-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Due to a lack of federal funding, the federal government plans to euthanize hundreds of the tortoises " animals added to the endangered species list in 1990. The cost? One million dollars a year.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Watch: Wisconsin Capitol police tackle man for photographing progressive protest
08-26-2013
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Rawstory
A photographer and activist was aggressively arrested at the Wisconsin Capitol on Monday during a daily singalong protest.
Video of the incident uploaded to YouTube showed two police officers approaching Damon Terrell, who can be heard saying, “Th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
100 Days: Treasury Has Kept Debt Frozen at $16,699,396,000,000
08-26-2013
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CNS News
The Treasury Dept’s latest daily accounting of the US government’s receipts, expenditures and borrowings--released indicates the legally limited debt of the federal govt has now been exactly $16,699,396,000,000 for 100 straight days.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Activism
Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ protester to win human rights award
08-26-2013
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AFP
He became known around the world by remaining motionless for hours, staring, on Istanbul’s Taksim Square during protests that challenged Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in June and July. “With his silent protest, he became the icon
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Ohio Attorney General: State secretly uploaded all drivers license photos into police database
08-26-2013
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Rawstory
Police officers have performed 2,600 searches using the new database feature, which scans driver’s license photographs and police mug shots and compares them to any image, be it a photograph or a still-frame from a surveillance camera.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Breaking: U.S. Cruise Missiles Preparing To Strike Syria
08-26-2013
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benswann.com
The U.S. military is now moving cruise missiles into position for a possible strike against Syrian government forces, reports CBS News Saturday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
SyrianGirl "Chemical Weapons False Flag Against Syria Update"
08-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
The bbc are insinuating at every opportunity that it is the governments actions while at the same time calling for un "experts" to go to the scene and find proof of who actually did it
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
A Christian Case for Libertarianism
08-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Okay, I've heard so many times that a person can't be libertarian and Christian at the same time. Well I'm going to make a case to prove those people wrong.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Future Predictions
Yahoo News 1-30-13: US 'backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria
08-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
The original link still works, but for how long?
http://in.news.yahoo.com/us-backed-plan-launch-chemical-weap...
US 'backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria, blame it on Assad govt': Report
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Secession
Will Texas Voters Decide Secession at the Primary ballot Box in 2014?
08-26-2013
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thelonestarwatchdog.com
I just attended a meeting of a Pro Texas Independence Group.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Can’t fight the NSA?
08-26-2013
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http://www.backwoodshome.com,
Since the Snowden revelations, there’s been a lot of this sort of talk on the Tubz. Summary: You can’t fight the NSA’s surveillance because you can’t even understand the NSA’s capabilities and methods.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Seven Countries In Five Years - American General Lays It Out
08-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
After hearing of the surprising decision to use force against Syria, I felt compelled to do a little reminiscing:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Anarchism
Authoritarian Sociopathy
08-26-2013
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http://dailyanarchist.com, by Davi Barker
Many anarchists and libertarians eagerly study the psychology of tyrants in an effort to know their enemy in the battlefield of politics.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Obama Administration
VIDEO: Assad Forces Find Chemical Agents In Rebel Tunnels, But West Won't Report It
08-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Assad Forces Find Chemical Agents In Rebel Tunnels, But West Won't Report It
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Forced sharing isn’t sharing
08-26-2013
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http://www.cnjonline.com, Kent Mcmanigal
Recently, in this column, I have been trying to illustrate concrete ways libertarianism works in real life, each and every day, sometimes for people who don’t even realize they are behaving as libertarians.
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News Link • Syria
US Set to Launch 'Iraq, The Sequel', in Syria
08-26-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Daniel McAdams
If you liked the run up to the US attack on Iraq, with the lurid fictional tales o fmobile chemical weapons labs and Saddam’s nukes, you will love “Iraq, The Sequel”, currently unfolding in Syria.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
A Long List of What We Know Thanks to Private Manning
08-26-2013
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http://www.thenation.com, Greg Mitchell
The debate in the media, and in political circles over Edward Snowden"Right or Wrong"often doubles back on references to Pfc. Manning, who was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison on Wednesday.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
08-26-2013
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foreignpolicy.com
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history -- and still gave him a hand.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
We’re Indispensable!
08-26-2013
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http://authoritycon.blogspot.com
As President Obama contemplates what affirmative action the United States government should take regarding the civil war in Syria and bloody violence in Egypt, he haughtily proclaimed to CNN New Day anchor, Chris Cuomo, that the U.S. remains "one ind
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News Link • Obama Administration
America Eats Its Young
08-26-2013
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http://dollarvigilante.com, Wendy McElroy
Obama just signed the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act. It was cheered as a victory for students in higher ed because it keeps federal student loans at low interest rates through 2015. The victory is Pyrrhic.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Homeowner shoots, kills escaped prisoner in Iowa
08-26-2013
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http://www.foxnews.com,
Authorities say an escaped inmate suspected of shooting a southwest Iowa sheriff's deputy has been killed by a homeowner who said the armed man broke into his house.
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News Link • Syria
Dear World, Americans Don't Want War in Syria
08-26-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Open letter to the citizens of the world about our war-mongering government.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Is That Quantum Computer for Real? There May Finally Be a Test
08-26-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Erica Klarreich
In early May, news reports gushed that a quantum computation device had for the first time outperformed classical computers, solving certain problems thousands of times faster. The media coverage sent ripples of excitement through the technology comm
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News Link • Syria
Navy ready to launch first strike on Syria
08-26-2013
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telegraph.co.uk
Britain is planning to join forces with America and launch military action against Syria within days in response to the gas attack believed to have been carried out by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces against his own people.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Dangerous, Toxic, and Necessary " Photos Go Inside DIY Oil Refining in the Niger Delta
08-26-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Pete Brook
Nigeria is the largest oil-producing country in Africa and the continent’s biggest supplier of crude petroleum to the United States. More than 2 million barrels of oil are extracted from the Niger Delta, the main oil-producing region, every day. This
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Space Plane Passes 2nd Captive Flight Test
08-26-2013
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space.com
A private space plane took to the skies for the second time ever Thursday (Aug. 22), passing a "captive carry" test that will help pave the way for the new vehicle's free-flying debut this fall.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Engage! Warp Drive Could Become Reality with Quantum-Thruster Physics
08-26-2013
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space.com
Warp-drive technology, a form of "faster than light" travel popularized by TV's "Star Trek," could be bolstered by the physics of quantum thrusters " another science-fiction idea made plausible by modern science.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Burning Up the West: Feds, Greens Cause Catastrophic Fires
08-26-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By William F. Jasper
It happens every summer, and this year is no different; thousands of wildfires ravage millions of acres in the arid Western states, destroying homes and huge swaths of forest and wildlife habitat " and taking lives.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Interesting: NYT & Guardian Team Up to Expose Snowden Leaks
08-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Guardian has announced they are teaming up with the New York Times (NYT) to expose the National Security Agency (NSA) and their PRISM program through information provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The NYT will be given access to sel
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Healthcare
Man robs $1 from bank, waits for police
08-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
‘This is a holdup. Give me a dollar,’ stickup note reads
A 50-year-old man allegedly robbed $1 from an Oregon bank and then waited for police to arrest him so he could get medical treatment, sheriff’s deputies said.
50-year-old Tim Alsip a
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Hastings Family Member Slams Coroner as “Irresponsible”
08-24-2013
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Prison Planet
The report’s narrative included several mentions of Hastings’s alleged use of various narcotics, apparently based largely upon comments from the brother who was attempting to intervene.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
08-24-2013
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The Guardian
• Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship
• Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA
• Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Hedge funds, insider traders begin dumping Monsanto stock as reality of GMOs sinks in across Wall St
08-24-13
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Natural News
NaturalNews) Monsanto executives and insiders are dumping Monsanto stock in record volumes, sending the stock price spiraling downward. CEO Hugh Grant just sold off 40,000 shares at $97.74, and both Janet Holloway and Gerald Steiner -- both high-leve
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Agorist Alma
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News Link • Housing
New Home Sales Collapse 13.4% In July
08-24-2013
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breitbart.com
Wednesday, Breitbart News reported that over the last 30 days, Gallup measured a sharp spike in unemployment, from 7.7% to 8.9%. Friday, the Commerce Department released another startling and unexpected statistic:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Report: War Looms: Hundreds of American Troops and CIA Operatives Have Entered Syria
08-24-2013
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shtfplan.com
While the media panicked over the halting of NASDAQ stock trading due to a reported bug in the system (more on that shortly), one critical development went under-reported. In fact, it wasn’t reported at all.
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News Link • Drug War
DEA anti-marijuana order might provoke new wave of drug violence
08-24-2013
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http://rt.com
Even though some US states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, the Drug Enforcement Administration has ordered all security and armored vehicle companies to stop servicing legal cannabis dispensaries.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Eugenics
North Carolina agrees to compensate sterilization victims for 45-year eugenics program
08-24-2013
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http://rt.com
After a ten-year deliberation process, North Carolina is set to be the first state to offer monetary compensation to victims of government-sponsored sterilization.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
2 shot and killed during separate officer-involved shootings
8/23/2013
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Billy III
We live at 32nd st. and Greenway Rd. This is the location of the mesa officer involved shooting last night. Last night on August 23rd 2013, we heard approximately 20 shots from the other side of our backyard fence, which happens to border the Los Bet
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News Link • Surveillance
Great Open Letter to President Obama on Surveillance and Freedom written by a security pro
08-19-2013
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benlog.com
In his campaign, Obama has proposed opening up to the public all bill debates and negotiations with lobbyists, via TV and the Internet. Why? Because he trusts that Americans, when given the tools to see and understand what their legislators are doing
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Syria
The Forbidden Truth:
08-24-2013
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globalresearch.ca, By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Who has Crossed the "Red Line"? Barack Obama and John Kerry are Supporting a Terrorist Organization on the State Department List
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Syria
Video Footage of ‘Chemical Weapons Attack’ Uploaded Before it Happened?
08-24-2013
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infowars.com
Russia: Provocation was “pre-planned”
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News Link • Corruption
San Diego mayor agrees to resign
08-23-2013
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AP
Mayor Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign in return for the city's help defending him against claims he groped, kissed and made lewd comments to 17 women, allegations that shook and embarrassed the city and turned the former 10-term congressman
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Public (un)Education For All
08-23-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
A 9-year-old 5-time reading champ, Tyler Weaver, was told by the public library director, Marie Gandron, that he “hogs’’ the school’s reading contest every year and should “step aside” because “other kids quit because they can’t keep up.”
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
America eats its young
08-23-2013
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by Wendy McElroy
The law is more accurately called the Debt Serf Pipeline Act because students who use the loans are pouring their financial futures down the insatiable drain of the state. Like the grads before them, they are likely to end up moving back home and
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Pro Football’s TSA
08-23-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
To provide a safer environment for the public and significantly expedite fan entry into stadiums, NFL teams have implemented an NFL policy this year that limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into stadiums.
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