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Date Sent: 2013-11-20
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
US-Afghan agreement keeps troops in place and funds flowing, indefinitely
NHTSA May Mandate That New Cars Broadcast Location, Direction and Speed -- Jeremy Hammond Given Maximum Sentence In Hacking Case -- Why They Really Hate Toronto Mayor Rob Ford -- US congressman Trey Radel (R-FL) charged with cocaine possession -- Boston Police Object To Plan To Equip Cruisers With GPS Devices -- Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood --
First Satellite Built By High School Students Launches Tonight --
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Totally Overshadowed This Guy’s Two-Hour
Speech At The Same Event -- As China Looms, the U.S. Ponders Ways Not to Destroy Bitcoin -- Do Americans Prefer Deception? -- YouTube’s New Comments Policy Is Sanitizing YouTube For Advertisers -- Intergalactic Storms on the Way as Sun does a Flip -- Drones, Tanks, and Grenade Launchers: Coming Soon to a Police Department Near You -- Bitcoin Trades Over $1000 On BTC China Exchange And Crashes 30% ... Then Rebounds -- Accidental Discovery Dramatically Improves Electrical Conductivity -- This 13-Year-Old Teaches MIT Graduates About Technology
AZ: Satoshi Square - Tempe Farmers Market Offline eXchange
(TFMOX), Nov. 23; Christmas Party @ the Hancock's - Sat Dec
14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
Free Tempe - End the Food Tax - Sign the Petition
NV: Passport to Freedom - Las Vegas, NV - January 23-25,
2014
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News Link • Afghanistan
US-Afghan agreement keeps troops in place and funds flowing, indefinitely
11-19-2013
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NBC News
While many Americans have been led to believe the war in Afghanistan will soon be over, a draft shows the US is prepared to maintain military outposts in Afghanistan for many years to come, and pay to support hundreds of thousands of Afghan security
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
NHTSA May Mandate That New Cars Broadcast Location, Direction and Speed
11-19-2013
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CNS News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will decide whether or not newly manufactured cars include communications technology that constantly broadcasts the car’s location, direction, speed and the number of passengers it is carrying.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Jeremy Hammond Given Maximum Sentence In Hacking Case
11-19-2013
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Jonathan Turley
This case has the added disturbing element of an allegation of a conflict of interest by Preska who refused to recuse herself from the case despite the fact that her husband was an alleged victim of the hacking.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Why They Really Hate Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
11-19-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
Mayor Ford even gives out his cell phone number to voters, to call him any time about problems with city services or taxes. He eschews a chauffeur and other city perks, all in the name of keeping spending down for the average taxpayer.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
US congressman Trey Radel (R-FL) charged with cocaine possession
11-19-2013
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AP
Florida Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel has been charged with cocaine possession after what a federal law enforcement official described Tuesday as a "buy and bust" operation.
In a statement expressing regret, the 37-year-old Republican freshman lawmaker
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Microsoft Almost Put Smell-O-Vision In The Xbox One Controller
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
It used to be that in certain movie theaters, you could not only see and hear the entertainment, but smell it as well.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
What You Need To Know About Erectile Dysfunction
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
Before "ED" became common parlance, "it" wasn't much talked about or understood and was referred to as impotence, a word with shameful connotations.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Boston Police Object To Plan To Equip Cruisers With GPS Devices
11-19-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Not that long ago, police departments joined together to call upon the United States Supreme Court (with the support of the Obama Administration) to allow citizens to be tracked with GPS devices placed on their vehicles without a warrant
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bitcoin
Lawmakers And Regulators Take A Closer Look At Bitcoin
11-19-2013
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http://thedianerehmshow.org,
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on the potential risks, threats and promises of virtual currencies.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
As China Looms, the U.S. Ponders Ways Not to Destroy Bitcoin
11-19-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Robert McMillan
The U.S. government believes that some scary people are using bitcoin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin Trades Over $1000 On BTC China Exchange And Crashes 30% ... Then Rebounds
11-19-2013
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden
Update: following the 30% drop to under $600 in seconds, BTC promptly rebounded to $800 in a few more seconds, as the entire BTC market is now just an algo arena.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
This 13-Year-Old Teaches MIT Graduates About Technology
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
Quin Etnyre, a 13-year-old tech expert, teaches graduate students at MIT all about Arduino, an open source platform for controlling electronics.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Accidental Discovery Dramatically Improves Electrical Conductivity
11-19-2013
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http://www.itechpost.com
Quite by accident, Washington State University researchers have achieved a 400-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of a crystal simply by exposing it to light.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Drones, Tanks, and Grenade Launchers: Coming Soon to a Police Department Near You
11-19-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By John W. Whitehead
Why does a police department which hasn’t had an officer killed in the line of duty in over 125 years in a town of less than 20,000 people need tactical military vests like those used by soldiers in Afghanistan?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Quirky and GE Partner to Conquer the Internet of Things
11-19-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Liz Stinson
Our homes are full of gadgets that do some very cool things.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Mike Tyson Gives Evander Holyfield His Ear Back In Funny New Foot Locker Ad
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
Foot Locker released a new commercial for its "Week of Greatness" today featuring Cavs star Kyrie Irving. Irving imagines that during the week of greatness, all is right with the world...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Boeing Sees Record Orders for Its Slick Folding-Wing Airliner
11-19-2013
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http://www.wired.com, By Jason Paur
Boeing’s already racked up record-setting orders of almost almost $100 billion for its latest airliner, an innovative updating of the venerable 777 that features increased efficiency, greater comfort and composite wings with folding tips.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood
11-19-2013
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NBC News
Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street on Friday were stopped at a police roadblock and directed into a parking lot, where they were asked by federal contractors for samples of their breath, saliva and even blood.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
First Satellite Built By High School Students Launches Tonight
11-19-2013
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http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey Kratochwill
Onboard the Minotaur 1 rocket, there's a gaggle of CubeSats.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
How It Feels Going From A Chevy Volt To A Tesla Model S
11-19-2013
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www.businessinsider.com, Alex Davies and Wei
For the past week, I've been cruising around in a Chevy Volt. But for one day, I got the privilege of driving a Tesla Model S.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • American History
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Totally Overshadowed This Guy’s Two-Hour Speech At The Same Event
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
One hundred and fifty years ago, on Nov. 19, 1863, famed orator and former Secretary of State Edward Everett delivered a two-hour speech at the Gettysburg National Cemetery "
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Just For Fun!
The 11 Best Adults-Only, All-Inclusive Beach Resorts
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
If an all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink beach getaway with your honey sounds like your idea of a vacation, then we’ve got some great resort picks for you.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Do Americans Prefer Deception?
11-19-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Walter E. Williams
There’s more to the deceit and dishonesty about Social Security and Medicare discussed in my recent columns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Intergalactic Storms on the Way as Sun does a Flip
11-19-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By John Stevens
Magnetic field change could interfere with satellites and cause radio blackouts
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Games
Forget The Playstation 4 And XBox One, This Device Actually Lets You Run ....
11-19-2013
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Business Insider
The Virtuix Omni is a virtual reality gaming platform that lets you walk, run, and move around like you're actually in the game.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Free Tempe - End the Food Tax - Sign the Petition
11-19-2013
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Stop Taxing Food
I am personally unsure where anyone gets the notion that they have a right to tax food. I've started www.stoptaxingfood.us to help send a message that taxing food is not OK (Matt Papke, Tempe City Council 2014 Candidate)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Christmas Party @ the Hancock's - Sat Dec 14th, 2013 - 5 p.m. til ??
11-18-2013
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www.meetup.com/ArizonaLibertyR3VOLUTION
The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and it's time to set aside the time for the annual Christmas Party - Please 'SAVE THE DATE': Saturday December 14th, 2013 from 5 p.m. til?? @ the Hancock's
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Didn't a guy in Oregon go to jail for writing a paper on this years ago?
11-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
dark-web-exposes-75000-bitcoin-based-bounty-bernankes-assassination
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Howard Pearlman
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Siri, What Are Your Political Views? Answer: Ron Paul! (video)
11/18/2013
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libertycrier.com
When asked what it’s political views are, the Siri Application displays the Ron Paul Wikipedia page.
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Big Story Weather " November 18, 2013
11-18-2013
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redorbit.com
The biggest story of the weekend occurred on Sunday was a significant severe weather outbreak across a good portion of the Midwest. Here are just some of the reports from Sunday. First, the largest tornado that has been noted so far occurred in Washi
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News Link • TERRORISM
The Palestininan Authority is Hiring Today!
11-18-2013
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Elder of Zion Weblog & The Times of Israel
Need a cushy job with a nice signing bonus? Is your skill-set mostly focused on slaughtering Jewish hikers, shopping moms, co-workers, and little kids? Do we have a deal for you!
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J E Andreasen
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News Link • Bitcoin
DOJ, SEC: Bitcoins are Legitimate Financial Instruments
11-18-2013
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The Local Voluntary
The future is looking bright for Bitcoin, which is hovering around the $600 mark (global average) at the time of this writing. This morning, favorable news came out from the frauderal government. While the growing voluntaryist community doesn’t car
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Michael Baysek
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News Link • Bitcoin
Keiser Report: Deadly Money Printing Sins (E524)
11-18-2013
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YouTube.Com
Max interviews Cody Wilson about living in a trifecta of disruptive technologies as a citizen of the future in which bitcoin means a thousand silk roads and fanfare for the common man.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bitcoin
Dark Wallet Progress and The State of the Virtual Currency (Dis)union
11-18-2013
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Defense Distributed
The Dark Wallet campaign at indiegogo has raised over sixty-five thousand USD so far in combined donations. The homepage reads $37k+, but this progress bar does not account for our bitcoin donations at coinbase (an exchange service we recommend).
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Ron Paul: Federal Reserve Steals From the Poor and Gives to the Rich
11-17-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
Ms. Yellen indicated that she would continue the Fed’s “quantitative easing” (QE) polices, despite QE’s failure to improve the economy. Coincidentally, two days before the Yellen hearings, Andrew Huszar, an ex-Fed official, publicly apologized
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Bill Gates Backs Washington Initiative That Would End Private Gun Sales
11-17-2013
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Breitbart
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have "each contributed $25,000" to Washington's Initiative 594, which would effectively ban private gun sales in the state.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
Change to Obamacare Scapegoats Insurers, Not Restore Canceled Insurance Policies
11-17-2013
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If aliens from outer space read today’s newspapers, they would assume that America is a dictatorship, not a republic, and that President Obama has the authority to pass and repeal laws all by himself, though executive decree.
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News Link • Corruption
Bulgarian students demand end to govt corruption
11-17-2013
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AP
Ivaylo Dinev believes the time has come to change his world. To do so, he's chosen a tactic straight from the 1960s the sit-in. The 24-year-old anthropology student is the informal leader of a group that has occupied Sofia University's main building
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police Attempt to Murder Kids When Mother Flees Arrest
11-17-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Police do not exist to protect persons and property. Their primary mission is revenue collection at gunpoint on behalf of the political class. In Occupied America, refusal to submit to such extortion is an offense worthy of summary execution
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News Link • World News
Turkey's Kemalists see secularist legacy under threat
11-17-2013
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Reuters
For decades his picture dominated Turkey, piercing blue eyes staring from hoardings, keeping watch over city streets and army barracks. Schoolyards echoed every morning to his oath: "Happy is he who can say 'I am a Turk!'"
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Counter-Insurgency Warfare in Boise?
11-17-2013
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
Boise Police Chief Masterson defended the acquisition of a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected combat vehicle. Among the reasons why it is necessary is because “guns made exclusively for the military are available in society for general use.”
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
For First Time, E.P.A. Proposes Reducing Ethanol Requirement for Gas Mix
11-17-2013
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New York Times
It was also unwelcome news to farmers, who noted that the decision came at a time when a record corn crop is expected, and the price of a bushel has fallen almost to the cost of production.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Could Hammond In Good Conscience Do Any Less?
11-17-2013
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Simple Justice
Hammond told his sentencing judge, whose husband’s email was included among the hacked but still remained on the case, appearance of partiality not being a concern apparently, that his hacking was “acts of civil disobedience.”
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Internet Kill Switch Plan is Killed…For Now.
11-17-2013
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Jonathan Turley
The Electronic Privacy Information Center won a court action asking Homeland Security be required to disclose its plans to pull the plug on regional or national mobile telephone and internet systems pursuant its Standard Operating Procedure 303.
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